Sybil Thorndike Movies

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.

Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in particular, her pet fox. She is hotly desired...

Focuses on the suspenseful, intertwined stories of the Chancery court injustices and the scandalous secrets surrounding Lady Dedlock's past. Part of...

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the...

Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many...

A dramatized retelling of Colin Clark's experience on the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl, based on the diary he kept throughout production as...

A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young...

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts....

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes...

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first...

Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jenny Agutter and Arthur Lowe....

Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be...

Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.