Tin Gods

The Fruitful Vine

1921 · ★ 10

An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.

It Happened to One Man

1940 · ★ 8

A notorious swindler who returns from abroad and decides to reform his life for the sake of his estranged family.

The Briggs Family

1940 · ★ 7

During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car

Thais

1917 · ★ 4.5

The wanton dancer Thais, tries to entice Paphnutius from becoming a monk but fails. He later returns to reclaim her soul and follow in his footsteps. They attempt to live lives of simplicity, but the pull of worldliness is too strong.

The Water Lily

1919 · ★ 8

Genevieve Connors, a young woman from the slums who is given a chance at a better life through the help of a wealthy family, but faces class prejudice and is later involved in a criminal plot.

The Warning

1915

Robert Denman, a manager at a construction company, loses everything he has to the throws of alcoholism.

Sally Bishop

1932 · ★ 7

Sally Bishop, a headstrong young girl falls for a trashy novelist and insidiously enters his household. This prompts her former fiancé to conspire with the author's wife to expose her foolishness.

Cardinal Wolsey

1912

King Henry VIII smitten with Anne Boleyn wishes to displace his estimable Queen Catherine for her. He appeals to Cardinal Wolsey to set aside the tenets of the Church and consent to his divorce from the Queen. The cardinal absolutely refuses to do anything so inimical to his office, as representative of the Holy See. Angered King Henry induces the Archbishop of Canterbury to call a special council through which he divorces himself from Queen Catherine. In punishment for his refusal to accede to the king's wishes, the cardinal is exiled to Leicester Abbey where he dies three days afterward, conscious that he had sustained the sacredness of his office, a martyr to his faith and of service to his king.

Macushla

1937 · ★ 8

Released in the US in 1940 while a drive was being staged in Ireland to stop the smuggling of munitions across the Ulster border. The story involves a family, the Muldoons, living in a village on the Ulster border. Pamela Wood, the daughter, is being romanced (and romancing back) border-guard Lian Gaffney. A damper is dumped on the romance when her brother, Max Adrian, is recognized as one of the rebels. He is caught by the guards, but manages to escape after saving the life of Gaffney.

Smooth The Edges

A young woman, soon to be Gypsy bride, decides to take a stance against traditional norms and find herself a job much against the liking of her fiance. When her background becomes a burden she can’t shake, she enters her latest job interview and calls them out for their prejudice.

Souls for Sables

1925 · ★ 8

A lonely wife becomes obsessed with furs and keeps bad company in an effort to obtain more.

The Lion's Den

1919 · ★ 9

A reverend attempts to raise the money necessary to open up a boys' club and clashes with a wealthy grocer in the process.