Movies by Florence Desmond

Keep Your Seats, Please

Keep Your Seats, Please

Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage. Help seems to be at hand when George is left a fortune by his old auntie, but unfortunately his inheritance is hidden inside a chair which has already been auctioned off! Can George and his chums track down his rightful due before his grasping solicitor (Alastair Sim, in an early film appearance) snatches the lot? It's hard to say, but he still finds time to perform both the title song and the cla...

Hoots Mon

Hoots Mon

An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him

Mr. Skitch

Mr. Skitch

After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.

Murder on the Second Floor

Murder on the Second Floor

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...

Gay Love

Gay Love

Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations develop.

Sally in Our Alley

Sally in Our Alley

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Charley Moon

Charley Moon

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, Armytage suggests they team up as stage comics. Things are not easy; jobs are few and far between, and when they can be found they are in the tattiest of theatres, but Charley gains the experience he needs. They then decide to try their luck in London.