Syd Crossley Movies

A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.

An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging-...

Stan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was released 30 July 1925.

An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.

Two women win £130,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. They use their winnings to establish an oyster bar, but soon become the target of a phony...

The Boy, involved in a maritime disaster as a child, suffers from hydrophobia. He invents a life preserver that automatically inflates when it hits...

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a...

An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity things turn out rough but Valerie's charm and...

Monty Banks gets involved in tracking down a stolen fortune, his adventures culminating in a whirlwind, gag-filled climax at sea.

An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress...

Posing as an aristocrat to crash a party, a composer stumbles upon a gang of jewel thieves working unnoticed upstairs.

A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to...

'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)

Irresponsible playboy Arthur Rawlings is sent by his uncle to work as a waiter at a hotel in the South of France. Arthur arranges for shop assistant...

Two thieves are released from prison; one of them has an umbrella with jewels hidden in its handle.

Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.

Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members...

'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)