George Arliss Movies

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

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

In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate...

En eminent pianist is made deaf by an anarchist's bomb during a command performance.

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

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

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...

Celebrity endorsement: Stanley Baldwin introduces George Arliss playing the legendary PM.

John Reeves, steel magnate, wagers with his son Chester that he can earn twenty dollars a week and live on it. He procures work in the office of...

The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with...

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

A millionaire's health deteriorates when his doctor and family prevail upon him to retire.