List of the best Ernest Jay movies: Broken Blossoms(1936), The Sword and the Rose(1953), Blanche Fury(1948), Edward, My Son(1949) ... ...
Drama
UK
1936
70 Minutes
Alf
Dolly Haas Emlyn Williams Arthur Margetson Ernest Sefton C.V. France Ernest Jay Bertha Belmore Gibb McLaughlin Donald Calthrop Kathleen Harrison Kenneth Villiers
missionary young girl abusive father buddhist boxer high priest tense suspenseful intense brooding engaging gritty london buddhism saving the day protecting girlfriend child abuse pre-war britain vengeance rescue
A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's "Masterpiece".
Adventure
UK
1953
93 Minutes
Lord Chamberlain
Richard Todd Glynis Johns James Robertson Justice Michael Gough Jane Barrett Peter Copley Rosalie Crutchley D.A. Clarke-Smith Ernest Jay
commoner lady king henry viii duke king louis xii dauphin of france mushy winsome playful spirited english court tower of london bristol, england france london english society love honor knights loyalty
During the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Tudor seeks to flee a forced marriage with the French king by escaping to America with her true love, but her plans are not so easily executed.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1948
95 Minutes
Calamy
Stewart Granger Valerie Hobson Walter Fitzgerald Michael Gough Maurice Denham Sybilla Binder Edward Lexy Allan Jeayes Suzanne Gibbs Ernest Jay George Woodbridge
stableman cousin uncle governess daughter husband dark eerie passionate tense estate england stable curse class distinctions wealth murder plot ambition love triangle forbidden love
The childless widow of Allan Fury bequeaths the Fury estate to her Fuller relatives but Allan's illegitimate son who masquerades as a servant hopes to grab the estate for himself.
Drama
1949
112 Minutes
Walter Prothin
Spencer Tracy Deborah Kerr Ian Hunter Leueen MacGrath James Donald Mervyn Johns Felix Aylmer Walter Fitzgerald Tilsa Page Ernest Jay Colin Gordon
father mother son lover doctor dark melodramatic disturbing london family father/son relationship alcoholism self-destruction fall wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy in this adaptation of the British play.