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- DirectorPaul MerzbachStarsJoseph SchmidtFlorine McKinneyBilly MiltonA music student is hired to dub an indisposed tenor in a film entitled A Star fell from Heaven. He does it to become successful and be able to propose to his beloved, his housekeeper's daughter. But things won't be so easy. English version of one of the few Joseph Schmidt films, with a different ending than the German one.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn GarrickDorothy BoydJoyce Bland
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsHenry KendallNancy BurneBetty Astell
- DirectorEugene FrenkeStarsAnna StenHenry WilcoxonViola KeatsAn officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.
- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Dolores Del RíoFlorence DesmondTony Seymour and his partner Gaby Ramarios are a dance team who perform an Apache specialty number, which ends with Tony, via a steel waistcoat with a scabbard arrangement, getting a knife plunged into his back, but he is unharmed since Gaby is an expert knife thrower. They are auditioning for parts in "La Nouvelle Revue" which is to open in three weeks at the Alhambra of Paris. The star is Yvette Delange, described as "a beautiful woman who could not hide with the most perfect makeup the ravages of time." She also does not like rehearsals, but perks up at the sight of Tony. Alphonse de la Riviere, once a great star but now just an assistant to the producer Morel, winces when he hears this. Later, Yvette sends Alphonse to fetch Tony to her dressing room, and informs Tony that Gaby is not invited. Tony accepts her invitation. Gaby is not pleased. Yvette is found murdered, stabbed with a knife belonging to Gaby. And Gaby is charged with murder. Tony's mission now is to clear Gaby and find the real killer. Tony's suspects include Morel, Alphonse, Dubec the concierge and possibly Ninette Duval, a member of the chorus, who has her eye on Tony. She is also the only one who knows that Tony and Gaby are married.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsRalph LynnGina MaloJack BartyArchie, a young man, inherits a stable for racing horses, and his aunt tries to talk him into converting it into a home for working girls on holiday. However, Archie is an inveterate gambler, and before he knows it he gets mixed up with two con artists and a wrestling arena that's just gone bankrupt.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsTyrell DavisGoogie WithersJames CarewLovestruck young man pretends to be a famous writer in order to impress a girl while on a cruise.
- DirectorPaul CzinnerStarsElisabeth BergnerLaurence OlivierSophie StewartA Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyrannical brother with whom to contend, so he joins those in the forest.
- DirectorVictor HanburyJohn StaffordStarsConrad NagelMarta LabarrLu Ann MeredithIt is the height of the fashionable season and the world-famous singer, Anita Stella, comes to Cannes on the Riviera, where she has been engaged to perform at a Charity Ball sponsored by society leaders. John Egan, a distinguished British diplomat, traveling incognito as Baron Dupont, for reasons of State, falls in love with Stella and resolves to make her acquaintance.
- DirectorVictor HanburyStarsRene RayFred ConynghamGermaine Aussey
- DirectorAlbert ParkerStarsBasil SydneyEnid Stamp-TaylorBarbara GreeneA drama about a blind scientist who upon regaining his sight discovers his unfaithful wife has stolen his top secret formula for her lover.
- DirectorR.A. HopwoodStarsMeggie EatonGus ChevalierEric Woodburn
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsDolly HaasEmlyn WilliamsArthur MargetsonA Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's "Masterpiece".
- DirectorReginald DenhamThorold DickinsonStarsAdele DixonSally GraySam LiveseyA gramophone manufacturer's daughter loves the son of the man he once cheated.
- DirectorLeo MittlerStarsStanley LupinoSally GrayRoddy HughesA couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and general confusion as our heroes attempt to make a living as songwriters in 1930s Britain. Well paced acting with some quite amusing lines, together with some reasonably good song and dance make this amusing Ealing Studio production worth a viewing.
- DirectorAlfred ZeislerStarsMargot GrahamePaul CavanaghJoseph CawthornThings are getting too hot in New York City for "Joker" Finnigan and his gang, so they decide to move their activities to London. There, Inspector Gary of Scotland Yard is keeping a polite eye on them since "Joker" is planning a big robbery of a large department store, known as the House of a Thousand Windows. "Joker" forces an American actor named Riley to impersonate Mr. Sherwood, the store owner, as Riley and Mr. Sherwood are identical in appearance. Ronald Martin, store employee and nephew of Sherwood, is also fooled, but he is distracted by the romance he is having with another store employee, Joan.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsBeatrix ThomsonPatric KnowlesGlennis LorimerWhen an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of insurance ...
- DirectorTom WallsStarsTom WallsEugene PalletteBetty StockfeldStephen Champion is a correspondent in the case of Lamb v Lamb. Prosecuting council reviles him in the witness box as a Don Juan but Stephen cheerfully maintains that he is human and honest.
- DirectorJohn E. BlakeleyStarsRoy BarbourDan YoungJenny HowardDole office supervisor Dan Young is continually thwarted in his attempts to find a job for work-shy pair Barnes and Walmsley.
- DirectorReginald DenhamStarsFrances DayNelson KeysHugh Wakefield