The Auteur's Selection In the Shadow of Barnaby Rudge: Cult Guide

Dir: Thomas Bentley

Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Love Nest perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

An American prisoner of war escapes and saves a squire's daughter.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The American Prisoner perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

Henry Hobson runs a successful boot-maker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to run the lives of his three unruly daughters. When he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of settlements, eldest daughter Maggie rebels and sets her sights on Will Mossop, Hobson's star boot-maker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then turns her mind to helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of After Office Hours perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

Strange film intertwining several vignettes involving Henry Hall and his BBC dance orchestra, in the studio at broadcast house, and their mishaps at children's outing, and how their music affects listeners on a luxury liner at sea, a mountaineering couple, two men trapped in a jungle cabin, and a court case where Romeo and Juliet-type neighbours fight over a loud wireless set.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Hobson's Choice perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play "The Magistrate", in which the son of a stern magistrate visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long, all of the characters are trying not to avoid each other.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

A mad scientist devises a formula that puts people into a zombie-like trance to do his bidding.

Dir: Thomas Bentley

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.