Hay Petrie Movies

In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper...

A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she...

Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in...

During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.

'Farm life on the South Downs. A gentleman farmer beats his unscrupulous rival in sheepdog trials.' (British Film Institute)

Wartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman torn between her love for a naval officer and duty to...

A short featurette about a murderer summoned by chance to sit on the jury and try the man accused of his crime.

Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks...

'1670. Irish patriot caught stealing Crown Jewels talks his way to pardon.' (British Film Catalogue)

A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of...

A London cabby uncovers the city's secret nightlife in this surprising plug for post-war National Savings.

Dramatised short about the advantages of gas appliances in the home, with music.