
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franklin Dyall (3 February 1874, Liverpool – 8 May 1950, Worthing, Sussex) was an English actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1916 and 1948. He was the father of actor Valentine Dyall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franklin Dyall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.

A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.

Sandy Powell plays a messenger who joins the Navy by accident and has a series of misadventures.

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An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman.

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly injured in a workplace accident resulting from employer negligence, Harg uses some of the compensation payment to develop his invention to a stage where it can be tested in practice. It is a huge success and Harg patents his process. He rises to a position on the board of the company, before staging a coup to oust his former employer and take over the business himself.
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