1914-1918
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1914 | ||||||
Eugene Aram | Edwin J. Collins | Jack Leigh, Mary Manners | Drama | |||
The Life of Shakespeare | Frank R. Growcott, J.B. McDowell | Albert Ward, George Foley | Biopic | |||
Lights of London | Bert Haldane | Arthur Chesney, Fred Paul | Drama | |||
The Old Curiosity Shop | Thomas Bentley | Mai Deacon, Alma Taylor | Drama | |||
She Stoops to Conquer | George Loane Tucker | Henry Ainley, Jane Gail | Comedy | Based on the play by Oliver Goldsmith | ||
A Study in Scarlet | George Pearson | James Bragington, Fred Paul | Drama | First film to feature Sherlock Holmes | ||
1915 | ||||||
The Baby on the Barge | Cecil Hepworth | Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome | Drama | |||
Barnaby Rudge | Thomas Bentley | Tom Powers, Stewart Rome | Drama | Based on Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens | ||
Far from the Madding Crowd | Laurence Trimble | Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Malcolm Cherry | Drama | |||
Fight for the Dardanelles | Percy F. Smith | World War I documentary | ||||
The Heart of Sister Ann | Harold M. Shaw | Edna Flugrath, Hayford Hobbs | Drama | |||
Honeymoon for Three | Maurice Elvey | Charles Hawtrey, Elisabeth Risdon | Comedy | |||
Jane Shore | Bert Haldane, F. Martin Thornton | Blanche Forsythe, Roy Travers | Historical | |||
John Halifax, Gentleman | George Pearson | Fred Paul, Peggy Hyland | Drama | |||
Rupert of Hentzau | George Loane Tucker | Henry Ainley, Jane Gail | Adventure | |||
1916 | ||||||
The Battle of the Somme | Geoffrey Malins John McDowell |
First World War Documentary/Propaganda | ||||
Beau Brocade | Thomas Bentley | Mercy Hatton, Charles Rock | Adventure/Drama | Based on a novel by Baroness Orczy | ||
Disraeli | Charles Calvert Percy Nash |
Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold | Biopic | Based on a play by Louis N. Parker | ||
East Is East | Henry Edwards | Florence Turner, Henry Edwards | Drama | |||
Her Greatest Performance | Fred Paul | Edith Craig, Ellen Terry | Crime | |||
It's Always the Woman | Wilfred Noy | Hayden Coffin, Daisy Burrell | Drama | |||
Just a Girl | Alexander Butler | Daisy Burrell, Owen Nares, Minna Grey | Romance | Based on a novel by Charles Garvice | ||
Kent, the Fighting Man | A.E. Coleby | Billy Wells, Hetty Payne | Sport | |||
The Lyons Mail | Fred Paul | Harry Irving, Nancy Price | Drama | Based on the play The Courier of Lyons by Charles Reade | ||
The Marriage of William Ashe | Cecil M. Hepworth | Henry Ainley, Alma Taylor | Drama | |||
The Merchant of Venice | Walter West | Hutin Britton, Matheson Lang | Drama | |||
Milestones | Thomas Bentley | Isobel Elsom, Owen Nares | Drama | |||
Sally in Our Alley | Laurence Trimble | Hilda Trevelyan, Reginald Owen | Romance | |||
Sir James Mortimer's Wager | Leslie Seldon-Truss | Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Hyland | Romance | |||
Tom Brown's Schooldays | Rex Wilson | Joyce Templeton, Jack Coleman | Drama | |||
Ultus and the Grey Lady | George Pearson | Frank Dane, Mary Dibley | Crime drama | |||
The Valley of Fear | Alexander Butler | H. A. Saintsbury, Arthur Cullin, Daisy Burrell, Booth Conway | Detective drama | Sherlock Holmes mystery based on a story by Conan Doyle | ||
A Welsh Singer | Henry Edwards | Henry Edwards, Florence Turner | Drama | |||
1917 | ||||||
Auld Lang Syne | Sidney Morgan | Violet Graham, Henry Baynton | Crime | |||
The Cost of a Kiss | Adrian Brunel | Bertram Wallis, Marjorie Day | Drama | |||
Daddy | Thomas Bentley | Langhorn Burton, William Lugg | Drama | |||
Dombey and Son | Maurice Elvey | Norman McKinnel, Lilian Braithwaite, Hayford Hobbs | Drama | |||
The Gay Lord Quex | Maurice Elvey | Ben Webster, Irene Vanbrugh | Comedy | |||
For All Eternity | Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby | Janet Alexander, Malvina Longfellow | Crime | |||
Holy Orders | Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby | Malvina Longfellow, Maud Yates | Romance | |||
The House Opposite | Walter West, Frank Wilson | Matheson Lang, Violet Hopson | Drama | |||
Justice | Maurice Elvey | Gerald du Maurier, Hilda Moore | Crime | |||
The Labour Leader | Thomas Bentley | Fred Groves, Fay Compton | Drama | |||
Little Women | Alexander Butler | Daisy Burrell, Minna Grey | Drama | |||
Masks and Faces | Fred Paul | Irene Vanbrugh, Gerald du Maurier | Biopic | |||
A Pit Boy's Romance | Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby | Jimmy Wilde, Tommy Noble | Drama | |||
The Ragged Messenger | Frank Wilson | Violet Hopson, Gerald Ames | Drama | |||
The Village Blacksmith | Arthur Rooke, A.E. Coleby | Janet Alexander, Arthur Rooke | Drama | |||
1918 | ||||||
Adam Bede | Maurice Elvey | Bransby Williams, Ivy Close | Drama | Adapted from the novel by George Eliot | ||
Consequences | Arthur Rooke | Gordon Craig, Joyce Templeton | Comedy | |||
The Divine Gift | Thomas Bentley | Joyce Dearsley, Henrietta Watson | Drama | |||
God and the Man | Edwin J. Collins | Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey | Drama | |||
Hindle Wakes | Maurice Elvey | Colette O'Niel, Hayford Hobbs | Drama | |||
The Kiddies in the Ruins | George Pearson | Emmy Lynn, Hugh E. Wright | War | |||
Nelson | Maurice Elvey | Donald Calthrop, Malvina Longfellow | Biopic | |||
Once Upon a Time | Thomas Bentley | Lauri de Frece, Manora Thew | Romance | |||
The Passing of the Third Floor Back | Herbert Brenon | Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Molly Pearson | Drama | |||
A Peep Behind the Scenes | Kenelm Foss, Geoffrey H. Malins | Ivy Close, Gerald Ames | Drama | |||
Red Pottage | Meyrick Milton | C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Dibley and Gerald Ames | Drama | |||
Rock of Ages | Bertram Phillips | Queenie Thomas, Leslie George | Drama | |||
Thelma | Arthur Rooke | Malvina Longfellow, Maud Yayes | Drama | |||
Victory and Peace | Herbert Brenon | Matheson Lang, Marie Lohr | War |
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