Walter Forde Movies

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.

Walter poses as a detective to impress his girlfriend and ends up having to fend off thieves who try to steal her father's valuable diamond, kept on...

A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander...

A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

Third Time Lucky" was released in February 1931 and was the first film to star Bobby Howes in a leading role. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, who...

Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.

A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.

A wealthy bloater magnate looks for his lost son. His daughter sees a ragged man (Walter) at a construction site with the family birthmark and brings...

To celebrate their Admiral's impending marriage, his men stage a variety performance. Meanwhile Joe Crabbs attempts to win back his girlfriend from...

A songwriter is mistaken for a convict.

A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through...

A song and dance comedy in which Jack Hulbert plays an incompetent sailor.

Lunatic British comedy about a small town mayor who finds himself the owner of a broken-down London theatre and acting school. Insanity run amok.

A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.

An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.

Believing real life is an operetta, the citizens of the European country Lucco break into song at every blink of an eye. Since everybody's singing,...

Uninsured collector of rare pottery is pursued by two employees of the Busy Bee Insurance Company.

Walter comes home drunk from a fancy dress ball he has attended as a convict. His father announces that he has been a wastrel long enough and throws...

Walter wants work (1922) (Directed by and starring Walter Forde this stands as a good introduction to the work of the UK's only major comedian. This...

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or...