Michael Balcon Movies

  • 1945
    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

    6.91945HD

    In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

    Painted Boats
  • 1939
    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    6.21939HD

    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...

    The Four Just Men
  • 1942
    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    7.81942HD

    A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall
  • 1928
    A South Sea Bubble

    A South Sea Bubble

    A South Sea Bubble

    01928HD

    'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)

    A South Sea Bubble
  • 1946
    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    The Overlanders

    5.8951946HD

    It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth"...

    The Overlanders
  • 1941
    Yellow Caesar

    Yellow Caesar

    Yellow Caesar

    5.81941HD

    Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

    Yellow Caesar
  • 1925
    The Blackguard

    The Blackguard

    The Blackguard

    61925HD

    A French violinist saves his beloved princess from the Russian revolution..

    The Blackguard
  • 1923
    Woman to Woman

    Woman to Woman

    Woman to Woman

    6.51923HD

    David Compton leaves his expecting French girl-friend Louise Boucher, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, for the war where he looses his memory. Building...

    Woman to Woman
  • 1935
    Oh, Daddy!

    Oh, Daddy!

    Oh, Daddy!

    51935HD

    Member of a village Purity League branch find things much livelier on a trip to London.

    Oh, Daddy!
  • 1933
    The Constant Nymph

    The Constant Nymph

    The Constant Nymph

    01933HD

    Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with...

    The Constant Nymph
  • 1938
    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    6.31938HD

    An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

    The Ware Case
  • 1940
    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    01940HD

    Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the...

    Salvage with a Smile
  • 1940
    All Hands

    All Hands

    All Hands

    81940HD

    From a series of propaganda films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing vital information to enemy spies and collaborators....

    All Hands
  • 1931
    The Calendar

    The Calendar

    The Calendar

    01931HD

    Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations....

    The Calendar
  • 1931
    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

    01931HD

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

    Hindle Wakes
  • 1978
    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran

    01978HD

    American documentary film-maker George C. Stoney visits the Aran Islands to try and unravel some of the myths surrounding a film that had engrossed...

    How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran
  • 1924
    The White Shadow

    The White Shadow

    The White Shadow

    7.21924HD

    The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked...

    The White Shadow
  • 1934
    It's a Boy

    It's a Boy

    It's a Boy

    01934HD

    "It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a...

    It's a Boy
  • 1927
    Ghost Train

    Ghost Train

    Ghost Train

    81927HD

    Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...

    Ghost Train
  • 1942
    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    101942HD

    Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

    Go to Blazes