List of the best Esme Percy movies: An Old Spanish Custom(1936), Love, Life and Laughter(1934), When Thief Meets Thief(1937), Pygmalion(1938), Dead of Night(1945), Caesar and Cleopatra(1946) ... ...
Comedy
1936
61 Minutes
Jose
Buster Keaton Lupita Tovar Esme Percy Lyn Harding Hilda Moreno Clifford Heatherley Webster Boothe
A temptress (Lupita Tovar) dupes a wealthy yachtsman (Buster Keaton) who falls for her while docked in Spain.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1934
88 Minutes
Goebschen
Gracie Fields John Loder Ivor Barnard Alan Aynesworth Fred Duprez Esme Percy Veronica Brady Horace Kenny Rob Wilton Norah Howard A. Bromley Davenport
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder). This one however, isn't English, but ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1937
85 Minutes
Robinson
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Jack Melford Anthony Ireland Barbara Everest Edward Rigby Esme Percy Basil Radford Leo Genn Ian Fleming
A London cat burglar (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) falls for the girlfriend (Valerie Hobson) of a stockbroker (Alan Hale) who used to be his partner.
Romance
UK
1938
96 Minutes
Count Aristid Karpathy
Leslie Howard Wendy Hiller Wilfrid Lawson Marie Lohr David Tree Scott Sunderland Jean Cadell Everley Gregg Leueen MacGrath Esme Percy
flower girl professor socialite father charming endearing witty london party household class distinctions love culture clash transformation love 1910s
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
Horror
UK
1945
104 Minutes
Charles Crichton Mervyn Johns Basil Dearden Michael Redgrave Roland Culver Mary Merrall Frederick Valk Renee Gadd Antony Baird Judy Kelly
architect host psychiatrist race car driver golfer ventriloquist creepy eerie frightening england farm household accident psychoanalysis superhuman abilities dreams ghosts paranoia discovery mystery
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.
Drama, History
UK
1946
135 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Claude Rains Stewart Granger Flora Robson Francis L. Sullivan Basil Sydney Cecil Parker Raymond Lovell Anthony Eustrel Ernest Thesiger Anthony Harvey
julius caesar cleopatra ptolemy military officer engaging calm alexandria, egypt royal palace political intrigue family imperialism growing up transformation ancient egypt
At the height of the Roman Civil War, a young Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) meets a middle-aged Julius Caesar (Claude Rains), who teaches her how to rule Egypt.