Movies by Fay Compton

Tell England

Tell England

In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.

Blackmailed

Blackmailed

A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)

Lady Possessed

Lady Possessed

A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, the second woman feels empty and withdrawn, and, thinking that getting her away from London will help, her husband takes her to live at a country estate, which turns out to be the former residence of the pianist who left after his wife died. The woman begins to get visions of the wife and her final days; is she becoming possessed by the dead wife of the pianist?

The Prime Minister

The Prime Minister

Directed by Thorold Dickinson.

Somehow Good

Somehow Good

The Mill on the Floss

The Mill on the Floss

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.