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- DirectorWalter FordeStarsMichael RedgraveValerie HobsonGriffith JonesAfter their state-of-the-art steamship the "Gigantic" sinks a few minutes after being launched, the MacIver brothers of Liverpool begin to plan for the future of their company. David (Griffith Jones) takes a business-like approach and eventually joins forces with former rivals, but decides the expensive gamble of steamships is not the way to go. Charles (Sir Michael Redgrave) embarks on a different course, sailing on a doomed ship to America to forge an alliance with Samuel Cunard (Hartley Power). Eventually, the brothers are reunited in their bid to gain the mail contract from the British government, although their relationship might not last since each is in love with Mary (Valerie Hobson), the daughter of one of their backers.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsBasil RadfordNaunton WayneGreta GyntCharters and Caldicott, touring in the Near East, are mistaken for German agents and handed in error a gramophone record which contains vital information for Britain's enemies.
- DirectorHarold HuthStarsJudy CampbellSebastian ShawNiall MacGinnisThe homicidal maniac,who is strangling young women in London's West Side, is being sought by both Scotland Yard and a young reporter/writer, Penny Sutton. She had found one of the murder victims and had set out to get the story for both her newspaper, and for the thriller yarns she writes. The trail leads to an eccentric millionaire living under an assumed name. Penny uncovers enough evidence to convict the man, but a new clue turns up in time to save him and unmask the real killer.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsBunny DoyleBetty DriverH.F. Maltby
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsBebe DanielsBen LyonVic OliverBebe and Ben are husband and wife (precisely as in real life), striving for the best scoop for their rival radio broadcasts, amidst troubles caused by Vic Oliver. Bebe, now Miss Liberty for the war effort, has an exclusive: a British refugee boy whose father owns the castle in Amersham which has just been bombed during the air raids. The fund-raising campaign begins and so does their race for getting first to Amersham. The film follows the success of their same-named British radio show.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsBarbara MullenMichael RedgraveWilfrid LawsonBased on Aimée Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a grand tour of the Continent.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMichael RedgravePhyllis CalvertPhilip FrostKipps, the draper's apprentice, falls in love with a girl above his station. After he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true. But money can't make him a gentleman, or bring him the girl he really wants.
- DirectorWalter C. MycroftStarsCharles ClaphamJohn WarwickPatricia RocA naval officer attempts to juggle a visit from his wife's family, and a visit from an ex-girlfriend, with farcical results.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsDavid Tomlinson
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneErnest Butcher
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneJohn LongdenMother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneJohn StuartA charwoman comes upon a plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house.
- DirectorJoy BatchelorJohn Halas
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMargaret LockwoodMarjorie FieldingA.E. MatthewsA young couple become engaged, but enjoy several comedic adventures before their wedding day.
- DirectorGermain BurgerStarsDavid FarrarPhilip FriendHelen PerryA blind West country preacher is in love with a local girl but she wants to marry another. Meanwhile the local farmers are puzzled by the sheep that seem to vanish from their flocks.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsDerek FarrVera LindsayHay PetrieA young man's fiancée dies after contracting a terminal illness and, in his efforts to contact her, he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
- DirectorLeslie ArlissNorman LeeStarsBasil SydneyWilfrid LawsonNora SwinburneAfter his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry but finds choosing a suitable mate a problematic process.
- DirectorNorman WalkerStarsWilfrid LawsonMary JerroldWilliam FreshmanHenry Foley gave up fishing when his two sons were lost at sea. But when war breaks out, he joins a lifeboat crew, to his wife's dismay.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsJames MasonMary ClareMargaret VynerJames Mason as a private detective, whose father is a Scotland Yard man, takes a case involving extortion and kidnapping. A young girl is kidnapped from a nursing home and he advises the girl's father not to pay the ransom. After several near-misses on his life, he learns that the doctor in charge of the nursing home has been taken prisoner by the kidnappers. And then the wicket gets stiff or stuffy, or whatever wickets do.
- DirectorJack Lee
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsJohn GielgudDiana WynyardWill FyffeA biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsEmlyn WilliamsJohn ClementsConstance CummingsA visiting American woman is shown how the people of an English village responded to invasions and threats through four historical vignettes.
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsRobert MorleyEmlyn WilliamsDorothy HysonBiopic of Victorian songwriter Leslie Stuart who achieved fame and international success as a composer of Edwardian musical comedy, but with the coming of the Jazz Age sank back into poverty and obscurity.