George Arliss Movies

Disraeli

64/100

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.

The House of Rothschild

68/100

The wealthy Rothschild family undergoes prejudice from the anti-Semitic society they live within.

The Man Who Played God

75/100

After losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.

The Working Man

75/100

Successful wealthy shoe manufacturer John Reeves takes a vacation, leaving his business in the hands of his nephew. While on vacation Reeves runs into his rival's heirs, who are living it ... See full summary »

The Millionaire

72/100

A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.

The Green Goddess

55/100

An airplane carrying three Brits--Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern--crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to ... See full summary »

A Successful Calamity

69/100

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton...

Alexander Hamilton

60/100

With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with him into the newly formed government. While the main disagreements in the early days was ... See full summary »

Land of Liberty

80/100

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

Voltaire

66/100

Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire ... See full summary »

Doctor Syn

63/100

When customs and excise men arrive at the village of Dymchurch in Kent, they uncover an intricate smuggling network being coordinated by the local parson, Dr Syn. Unknown to all but a few ... See full summary »

Cardinal Richelieu

64/100

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

The King's Vacation

68/100

A king finds himself with no purpose in his reign, abdicates his throne to return to the wife and child he left many years ago when he was called to duty to be the king of his country.

Mister Hobo

71/100

George Arliss plays Spike an elegant British tramp who is accidentally mistaken for a member of the Rothschild family and made a bank director.

The Iron Duke

63/100

Chronicling the life of Arthur Wellesley the first duke of Wellington, who faced down Napoleon's armies at Waterloo, and served as prime minister.

Man of Affairs

56/100

A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.

The Green Goddess

66/100

Three British subjects arrive in the land of the Rajah of Rukh, during the time of the British Raj.

Old English

62/100

An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.

Disraeli

72/100

The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.

The Man Who Played God

56/100

The Ruling Passion

James Alden, a self-made millionaire on the edge of exhaustion, is ordered by his doctor to retire and rest. Rest, however, drives Alden mad with boredom, so he decides to open a garage ... See full summary »

The Last Gentleman

71/100

In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss)...

The Devil

66/100

East Meets West

60/100

Twenty Dollars a Week

60/100