Desmond Jeans Movies
- 1951
In this crime drama, two Scotland Yard investigators try to break up "The Six Men," a notorious gang of jewel thieves. Their informer is a blind man known as "The Mole;" with his help, the inspectors find an actress who is involved with the gang. They then begin endeavoring to turn the gang members against each other. Their ploy succeeds and justice ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1936
In this British comedy, set in the City of Light during 1904, a singer and regular at Maxim's finds herself entangled in the marital travails of a doctor married to a shrew. Eventually, the doctor begins taking the seductive chanteuse around town introducing her as his wife. Mayhem and mistaken-identity ensue. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frances Day, Lady Tree, (more)
- 1935
A royal Ruritanian family opens a restaurant with Garrick, their daughter's boyfriend. Queen Grey is the cook and King Selten is the wine steward in this comic musical. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1934
In this costume drama, Colonel Blood, a notorious Irish patriot/outlaw, tries to steal the British Crown Jewels. He is caught and taken before King Charles II. The king finds the rogue colonel so charming that he pardons him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1932
The credits for the 68-minute programmer Blue Danube are rather more impressive than the film itself. The picture was produced and directed by British cinematic giant Herbert Wilcox, the script is by veteran actor/director/playwright Miles Malleson, and the stars are the formidable Austrian-born stage actor Joseph Schildkraut and one-time Metropolis leading lady Brigette Helm (this was a German-English co-production). The story casts Helm and Schildkraut as European gypsies whose romance is broken up when both fall in love with aristocrats. It is Schildkraut who finally awakens to the old bromide "stay in your own backyard." Blue Danube is not a remake of the 1928 film of the same name, even though Joseph Schildkraut starred in both. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joseph Schildkraut, Dorothy Bouchier, (more)
- 1932
American film star Adolphe Menjou crossed the Atlantic to England to appear in Blame the Woman. Menjou and Claude Allister play a pair of sharpsters who prey upon eligible wealthy ladies. Priding himself on his ability to charm any woman out of her hard-earned diamonds, Menjou is himself victimized by Benita Hume, who finagles him into participating in a jewel heist. The sadder-but-wiser Menjou ends up in the slammer. Adolphe Menjou and Benita Hume would later reteam in the delightful pseudo-Lubitsch romantic comedy Worst Woman in Paris? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Adolphe Menjou, Benita Hume, (more)
