Warburton Gamble

The Paliser Case (1920)

A young woman consents to a bad marriage to an unscrupulous man in order to save her father from ruin. When her marriage is disrupted by a murder, three different people confess to it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Parke
CAST:  Pauline Frederick  •  Alan Roscoe  •  James Neill  •  Kate Lester

A young woman consents to a bad marriage to an unscrupulous man in order to save her father from ruin. When her marriage is disrupted by a murder, three different people confess to it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Parke
CAST:  Pauline Frederick  •  Alan Roscoe  •  James Neill  •  Kate Lester

Thirty a Week (1918)

Although she is engaged to the wealthy Freddy Ruyter, Barbara Wright prefers her father's handsome Irish chauffeur, Dan Murray, and marries him. The newlyweds struggle to survive on Dan's meager income, but Barbara's father, furious with them both, nearly destroys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Tom Moore  •  Alec B. Francis  •  Brenda Fowler  •  Warburton Gamble

Although she is engaged to the wealthy Freddy Ruyter, Barbara Wright prefers her father's handsome Irish chauffeur, Dan Murray, and marries him. The newlyweds struggle to survive on Dan's meager income, but Barbara's father, furious with them both, nearly destroys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Tom Moore  •  Alec B. Francis  •  Brenda Fowler  •  Warburton Gamble

Lonely Road (1936)

Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Flood
CAST:  Clive Brook  •  Victoria Hopper  •  Nora Swinburne  •  Malcolm Keen

Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Flood
CAST:  Clive Brook  •  Victoria Hopper  •  Nora Swinburne  •  Malcolm Keen

By Candlelight (1933)

A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Elissa Landi  •  Paul Lukas  •  Nils Asther  •  Dorothy Revier

A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Elissa Landi  •  Paul Lukas  •  Nils Asther  •  Dorothy Revier

Fast Life (1932)

Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all they succeed in doing is sinking the Admiral's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry A. Pollard
CAST:  William Haines  •  Madge Evans  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Arthur Byron

Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all they succeed in doing is sinking the Admiral's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry A. Pollard
CAST:  William Haines  •  Madge Evans  •  Conrad Nagel  •  Arthur Byron

A Study in Scarlet (1933)

In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies. Sherlock Holmes is approached by member James Murphy's widow, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Reginald Owen  •  Anna May Wong  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Warburton Gamble

In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies. Sherlock Holmes is approached by member James Murphy's widow, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Reginald Owen  •  Anna May Wong  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Warburton Gamble

Child of Manhattan (1933)

Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Buzzell
CAST:  Nancy Carroll  •  John Boles  •  Buck Jones  •  Jane Darwell

Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Buzzell
CAST:  Nancy Carroll  •  John Boles  •  Buck Jones  •  Jane Darwell

Tonight or Never (1931)

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Gloria Swanson  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Alison Skipworth  •  Boris Karloff

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Gloria Swanson  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Alison Skipworth  •  Boris Karloff

Spare a Copper (1940)

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  George Formby  •  Dorothy Hyson  •  Bernard Lee  •  George Merritt

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Paddy Carstairs
CAST:  George Formby  •  Dorothy Hyson  •  Bernard Lee  •  George Merritt

As You Desire Me (1932)

Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Owen Moore

Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Owen Moore

Tonight Is Ours (1933)

A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Walker
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Fredric March  •  Alison Skipworth  •  Arthur Byron

A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Walker
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Fredric March  •  Alison Skipworth  •  Arthur Byron

Dangerous Lies (1921)

A widow's husband returns after her second marriage, and dies while assaulting her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  David Powell  •  Mary Glynne  •  Minna Grey  •  Warburton Gamble

A widow's husband returns after her second marriage, and dies while assaulting her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  David Powell  •  Mary Glynne  •  Minna Grey  •  Warburton Gamble

Fine Feathers (1921)

Bob Reynolds, a construction engineer, is constructing a dam. Finding himself in financial trouble, he is persuaded by John Brand to use a cheaper--but far inferior--cement to replace the cement he's been using. Brand, who is determined to ruin Reynolds, then talks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Sittenham
CAST:  Claire Whitney  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Thomas W. Ross  •  Warburton Gamble

Bob Reynolds, a construction engineer, is constructing a dam. Finding himself in financial trouble, he is persuaded by John Brand to use a cheaper--but far inferior--cement to replace the cement he's been using. Brand, who is determined to ruin Reynolds, then talks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Sittenham
CAST:  Claire Whitney  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Thomas W. Ross  •  Warburton Gamble

La belle Russe (1919)

In this film, her next-to-last picture for Fox, it was Theda Bara's turn to tackle a double role. Bara's characters are twin sisters La Belle Russe, the wicked one, and Fleurette, the nice one. They're Parisian dancers, and Fleurette marries Philip Sackton ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Theda Bara  •  Warburton Gamble  •  Marian Stewart  •  Robert Lee Keeling

In this film, her next-to-last picture for Fox, it was Theda Bara's turn to tackle a double role. Bara's characters are twin sisters La Belle Russe, the wicked one, and Fleurette, the nice one. They're Parisian dancers, and Fleurette marries Philip Sackton ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Theda Bara  •  Warburton Gamble  •  Marian Stewart  •  Robert Lee Keeling

The Silver King (1919)

When British gentleman Wilfred Denver weds the beautiful Nellie, he earns the undying hatred of Nellie's former sweetheart, Geoffrey Ware. After several years of cozy matrimonial contentment, Denver finds himself heavily in debt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Irving
CAST:  William Faversham  •  Barbara Castleton  •  Nadia Gary  •  Lawrence Johnson

When British gentleman Wilfred Denver weds the beautiful Nellie, he earns the undying hatred of Nellie's former sweetheart, Geoffrey Ware. After several years of cozy matrimonial contentment, Denver finds himself heavily in debt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Irving
CAST:  William Faversham  •  Barbara Castleton  •  Nadia Gary  •  Lawrence Johnson

The Unforseen (1917)

On the eve of her elopement with Henry Traquair, Margaret Fielding is accidentally discovered in Traquair's apartments by his friends, Captain Richard Haynes and Walter Maxwell.....  (more)

DIRECTION:  John B. O'Brien
CAST:  Olive Tell  •  Lionel Adams  •  Warburton Gamble  •  David Powell

On the eve of her elopement with Henry Traquair, Margaret Fielding is accidentally discovered in Traquair's apartments by his friends, Captain Richard Haynes and Walter Maxwell.....  (more)

DIRECTION:  John B. O'Brien
CAST:  Olive Tell  •  Lionel Adams  •  Warburton Gamble  •  David Powell

A Society Exile (1919)

Nora Shard, a young American girl living in England, is ostracized from society for her presumed part in a scandal which culminated in a murder-suicide by a nobleman and his wife. Nora disguises her identity and goes to Italy, where she finds happiness - until the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  William P. Carleton  •  Warburton Gamble  •  Julia Dean

Nora Shard, a young American girl living in England, is ostracized from society for her presumed part in a scandal which culminated in a murder-suicide by a nobleman and his wife. Nora disguises her identity and goes to Italy, where she finds happiness - until the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  William P. Carleton  •  Warburton Gamble  •  Julia Dean