Hay Petrie Movies

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

An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.

a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.

As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England falls for a pretty ballerina.

A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion.

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

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.

A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.

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

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

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...

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