Sybil Thorndike Movies

Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation...

'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.

George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.

Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.

Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced,...

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.

Mrs Isobel Manners lives a large Victorian house with her two grown up sons; Geoffrey and Edward. Mrs Manners is convinced that someone is trying to...

British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Agutter and Arthur Lowe....

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in particular, her pet fox. She is hotly desired...

Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an...

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes...

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many...

Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.