Evelyn Roberts Movies

A bellboy gets sweet revenge upon the employers at the hotel where he once worked after he inherits a lot of money in this lively British comedy. The sweetest revenge of all comes when he and the other lackeys team up to scam the wealthy, who look down upon them, hoping to get them to finance his attempt to buy the posh establishment. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The Green Scarf may be set in France, but its cast, crew, and overall tone is impeccably British. Michael Redgrave, hidden beneath a mattress of whiskers, portrays a French lawyer who takes on a seemingly hopeless case. His client, Kieron Moore, is a blind deaf-mute seaman accused of murder. Moore has already confessed to the crime, but Redgrave is sworn to give the best defense possible. At times, however, it is the dullest defense possible, despite a few random spurts of imagination. The Green Scarf was adapted from the novel The Brute by Guy des Cars. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This adventure, targeted for children, follows the exploits of two children on the Rock of Gibraltar who save the island's ape population and British naval ships from saboteurs. One of the kids is a sea cadet whose visit to the island is his reward for rescuing a pilot from a burning plane. The other is island resident Banda, whose father is stationed there. After they discover the terrible plot of the saboteurs the children report it. The trouble is, no one believes them. The ingenious children somehow steal the plans from the scheming rebels and show them to the authorities who at last believe them and thwart the plots. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this melodrama, a wealthy businessman, is at long last reunited with his estranged son, an oily-tongued salesman who has been working for him for ages. Meanwhile, the salesman is in love with a pretty young woman. Trouble ensues when a psychic predicts that the father will die in a car wreck involving the son. Sure enough, the father does indeed die in a car crash, but the son survives to deal with it all. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this comedy, a man becomes the owner of a race horse, at least he thought it was a race horse. As he watches the beast lightly prance down the homestretch the poor man realizes that he has a circus horse. Naturally the horse loses. The pragmatic fellow then decides to give up the racetrack in favor of the sawdust ring. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Romance in Flanders is the American title of the British Lost on the Western Front. Set during WWI, the first part of the story dwells upon the rivalry between Sergeants John Morley (Paul Cavanaugh) and Rodd Berry (Garry Marsh) over the affections of fetching mademoiselle Yvonne (Marcelle Chantal). She favors Morley, but when he's reported missing and presumed dead, she marries Berry. Years pass: during a British Army reunion, Yvonne suddenly spots a battlefield guide named Dick, who is the living image of her beloved Morley. Berry scoffs at the possibility that Dick and Morley are one of the same -- but they are. Not wishing to come between Yvonne and her husband, Morley feigns amnesia, but this doesn't weaken Yvonne's resolve to leave Berry and run off with her rediscovered Romeo. Suddenly, Morley's mind snaps, and he vows to kill Berry and claim Yvonne for himself. But a last-minute plot twist averts bloodshed and sets things right -- not happily right, but right all the same. The film was inspired by Mario Fort and Ralph E. Vanloc's best-selling novel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

No Limit is purely and simply a vehicle for chipmunk-cheeked British comic George Formby. He plays a provincial auto mechanic who dreams of the Main Chance. He gets it when he decides to soup up an old dirt-bike and enter the vehicle in an upcoming championship race. The climactic road sequences were picturesquely filmed on the Isle of Man. Supporting George is Florence Desmond, one of the foremost celebrity impressionists of her time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

British poet Adelaide Proctor adapted the screenplay of Broken Rosary from her own poem Legend of Provence. Italian singer Derek Oldham is in love with Jean Adrienne, Oldham's best friend Ronald Ward. Though they fight against their emotions, Adrienne and Ward fall in love. Oldham is philosophical, but he pours out his true feelings in song. Broken Rosary allows modern viewers a rare glimpse at famed British music-hall artiste Vesta Victoria. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The venerable Warwick Deeping story Sorrell and Son was dusted off again for this 1934 screen incarnation. Repeating his role from the 1927 film version, H.B. Warner plays Captain Stephen Sorrell, a WW I hero reduced to scrubbing floors in a hotel. This he does for the sake of his beloved son Kit (Hugh Williams), who thanks to his father's sacrifices becomes a successful surgeon. The film's emotional undercurrents boil over in the climax, when Kit must decide whether or not to put his father out of his misery when the old man is stricken with a fatal disease. The most memorable characterization is delivered by Wally Patch as a sadistic bellboy, whose bullying of Sorrell senior literally makes the flesh creep. Featured in a minor role is Louis Hayward, just before embarking upon his Hollywood career. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this drama, an established composer falls in love with an aspiring one and takes her sonata, which she plans to use in competition, and makes it into a musical comedy. Naturally her work is rejected by the contest committee. Fortunately, it is purchased by a theatrical producer. The woman forgives the man and happiness ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Leo Pertuz' novel The Marquise of Bolibar was the starting point for this British silent film. The story is set during the 1808 military contretemps between England and Spain. Elissa Landi plays the daughter of an artist who leads a double life as a Spanish espionage agent. Inadvertently, Landi provides the British with the wherewithal to emerge triumphant. Curiously, Bolibar does not show up on any of the official resumes of Austro-Italian film star Elissa Landi-unless, of course, the film was also released as Underground. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide