H.F. Maltby Movies

A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his...

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall...

About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.

An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.

A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.

An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt...

A confirmed bachelor takes pity on a young woman and takes her to London.

An opera singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a composer.

Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.

The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an...

The son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire businessman. The fathers oppose the relationship.

A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.

In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his...

Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members...

George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend of his father. A midday sojourn to a public...

Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and...

British comedy. It was released in the United States the following year under the alternative title Trouble Ahead.

The heir to a London department store must learn the business by working his way through various menial jobs incognito first. However, a crooked...

A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be...