Fred Rains
In the early seventeenth century William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton meet in a Southwark tavern and begin discussing the other customers who remind them of characters from Shakespeare's plays.
When 'Gentleman' Burton boards the Capri his aura of mystery makes the crew curious about his origins and makes him especially attractive to the Captain's daughter. But he little realises the danger that is to unfold when the Captain conceals diamonds on board as a favour...
A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.
Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)
In Canada a man investigates his brother's death and saves a suspected girl from kidnap.
Short comedy set in a haunted hotel. Filmed using "Kinekature" which provides lens distortion.
A barrister abandons his mistress for a socialite but returns in time to save her from suicide.
'Tramp dons Egyptian gloves which cause objects to disappear.' (British Film Catalogue)
In Algiers, brigands throw the lieutenant over a cliff and sailors save him from a flooding cave.
'Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.' (The British Film Catalogue)
