H. Manning Haynes

'Old knight's new wife throws first husband down well and tries to burn blackmailing gardener.' (British Film Catalogue)

A clerk is planning to murder a stockbroker but is foiled in the attempt.

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.

A retired boatswain hires an ex-soldier to rob a widow's inn.

Financier Sir Charles Hendra, on the brink of ruin, contemplates ending his own life. After pondering the difficult decision, Charles decides to...

'An author marries an already-married prostitute because she resembles his dead fiancée.' (British Film Institute)

A couple dreams that a magic paw returns their dead son.

"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in...

'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)

Financier Sir Charles Hendra, on the brink of ruin, contemplates ending his own life. After pondering the difficult decision, Charles decides to...

A schoolmistress sets rival lovers to find her father who is hiding in belief that he is a murderer.

A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the...

When the City stockbroker firm of Macintyre & Son records a substantial yearly profit, its senior staff are each promised a £50 bonus. But...

A Lieutenant becomes mixed-up with some stolen jewels.

'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)

A couple rent a luxury flat and try to pass it off as their own in order to impress a wealthy relative.

Eustace Ede, the unhinged brother of Lady Magda Ware, is discovered drowned in the lake of her country house. While most assume it to have been...

A small boy [Billy] looking for a way of avoiding the workhouse looks for a father. Rl. 1 Captain Hunt of the ketch `Nancy Bell’ sends his crew...

A small boy [Billy] looking for a way of avoiding the workhouse looks for a father. Rl. 1 Captain Hunt of the ketch `Nancy Bell’ sends his crew...

A rich man's chauffeur kills his mistress and frames his daughter's fiancé.

Eustace Ede, the unhinged brother of Lady Magda Ware, is discovered drowned in the lake of her country house. While most assume it to have been...

A widow weds a bully and tames him by having a sailor pose as her long-lost son.