Isla Bevan Movies
- 1936
A criminologist, who wishes to discourage his son from a career as detective, organizes a picture theft which the son manages to solve, proving that there truly was a burglary. ~ Rovi
- 1935
Richard Sabine (Godfrey Tearle) at first appears in Wolves of the Underworld as a mysterious sidelines character. He is pressed into service by beautiful Joan Harding (Isla Bevan), who wants to clear her uncle of a murder charge. Another resident of Joan's household is an escaped convict, likewise pleading innocence. It is finally revealed that Sabine is a combination attorney and detective, magnanimously solving everyone's problems and seeing to it that the guilty are punished. Godfrey Tearle is a bit long-in-tooth for the dashing hero, but otherwise Wolves of the Underworld pleased the crowd. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Godfrey Tearle, Isla Bevan, (more)
- 1932
In this drama, a power-mad attorney, the bastard son of a baronet, plots the demise of the rightful heir so he can inherit the title himself. Fortunately he is caught. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1932
In this romance, the love lives of several London dress shop employees are chronicled. Much of the story centers upon the head dressmaker who gets into trouble by borrowing one of her own designs to attend a gala with a rich fellow and finds herself accused of stealing it. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
In this Sherlock Holmes mystery, the great detective and Dr. Watson help a young woman who has received a giant pearl from a mysterious man. The woman, to whom Watson is very attracted, is also searching for her father who has mysteriously disappeared. Holmes and the Dr. first go to the home of a flamboyant fellow in South London. This man too is being harassed by the mysterious stranger. This leads the sleuths to a one-legged criminal and his assistant, a dwarf. The story climaxes with a thrilling motor boat chase down the Thames. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Arthur Wontner, Isla Bevan, (more)
- 1932
Parisian detective Massey pretends to bring a dead man back to life to force a bank robber to reveal his true identity as a count. ~ Rovi
- 1932
Coming in at an economical 44 minutes (and costing an economical 3700 pounds), Star Reporter was one of several collaborations between director Michael Powell and acclaimed mystery writer Philip MacDonald. A sly character named Mandel (Garry Marsh) persuades Lord Longbourne (Spencer Trevor) to participate in an insurance scam: Mandel will abscond with a precious diamond belonging to Longbourne's daughter, Lady Susan Loman )Isla Bevan), and Longbourne can cash in on the insurance money. Things go awry when Lady Loman's chauffeur, Major Starr (Harold French), foils their efforts and Mandel is killed in a fall from a rooftop. Starr, who it turns out is the star reporter of the title, then proposes to Lady Loman, who accepts. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
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