Sybil Thorndike Movies

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

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)

Mrs Isobel Manners lives a large Victorian house with her two grown up sons; Geoffrey and Edward. Mrs Manners is convinced that someone is trying to murder her.

Part of serial Tense Moments from Great Plays.

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

George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.

Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. It was directed by H. B. Parkinson and produced by Frank Miller.