Movies: Gerald Ames

Arsène Lupin, alias the Duke of Charmence, is a clever gentleman burglar. Detective Guerchard has vowed to bring Lupin to justice. Given a chance to escape when caught with the goods, Lupin gives up his freedom for the love of a good woman....

An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife....

The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen....

A young man from a wealthy background takes a job working as a porter at the fruit and vegetable market in Covent Garden....

A major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children....

Concerns a young woman who embarks on a series of love affairs. Originally around 100 minutes, only a 23 minute, 9.5mm cut-down version is known to survive today, held by the BFI....

HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies be...

The film is a contempary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It....

Emperor Napoleon divorces his wife to marry an Austrian Queen and have an heir....

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A lady's lover draws spills with her husband to decide who shall commit suicide....

Comradeship is a 1919 British silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lily Elsie, Gerald Ames and Guy Newall. The film's action covers the entire span of World War I, from the months before the outbreak of hostilities to the declara...

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Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents....

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'1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)...

'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)...

A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide....

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A millionaire bets £25,000 that he can earn his own living for six months....