Lilian Braithwaite Movies

The Chinese Puzzle

A Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers.

Because

A girl rejects her father's choice of husband and he locks her up.

Dombey and Son

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

The Chinese Puzzle

Justice

A clerk is jailed for forging a cheque to help a drunkard's wife.

General Post

An aristocrat allows his daughter to marry a tailor after he wins the VC saving his son's life.

The Gay Lord Quex

An affianced Lord tries to compromise a maid, the witness to his affair with a Duchess.

Motherhood

A Tory magnate rejects his ward's socialisitic suitor until a dying seamstress reveals he is her bastard son.

Castles in Spain

An author's nephew loves his mother's companion, who turns out to the the author's bastard.

The World's Desire

A doctor exchanges an unwanted child for a stillborn baby who is later suspected of being a bastard.

The Woman Who Was Nothing

An ex-convict takes the identity of a dying heiress and is loved by a fortune hunter, who reforms and thwarts a blackmailer.