Edmund Gwenn Movie Trailers

Java Head Trailer (1934)

31 July 1934

The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons.

One Night In Lisbon Trailer (1941)

13 June 1941

Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.

Bonzo Goes to College Trailer (1952)

11 September 1952

When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him into a college.

Tell Me Tonight Trailer (1932)

31 October 1932

An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.

Of Human Bondage Trailer (1946)

05 July 1946

A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for help.

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.

Parnell Trailer (1937)

04 June 1937

Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

Happy Family Trailer (1939)

01 January 1939

Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.

How He Lied to Her Husband Trailer (1931)

12 January 1931

'Rich man suspects wife loves poet.' (British Film Catalogue)

Passing Shadows Trailer (1934)

22 October 1934

The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train.

Father and Son Trailer (1935)

07 January 1935

A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.

The Student Prince Trailer (1954)

15 June 1954

A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.

Apartment for Peggy Trailer (1948)

30 September 1948

Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.

A Yank at Eton Trailer (1942)

01 September 1942

An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.

The Good Companions Trailer (1933)

28 February 1933

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

An Englishman's Home Trailer (1940)

27 January 1940

A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.

The Meanest Man in the World Trailer (1943)

12 February 1943

Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel.

The Skin Game Trailer (1921)

07 January 1921

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.

Money for Nothing Trailer (1932)

20 January 1932

As he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay Cheddar, eventually leading to Joan's stockbroker father, Sir Henry Blossom, investing heavily in a supposedly worthless gold mine.

Cash Trailer (1933)

08 October 1933

A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cash that a young electrician has in his toolbox.

Cheer Boys Cheer Trailer (1939)

01 August 1939

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

Frail Women Trailer (1932)

15 January 1932

Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.

The Greatest Gift Trailer (1942)

05 September 1942

Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous gratitude.

All American Chump Trailer (1936)

16 October 1936

A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.