Director
Maurice Elvey
1887Stockton-on-Tees, England, UK82 Films
Maurice Elvey was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, the oldest son of William Clarence Folkard, an inspecting engineer, and Sarah Anna Seward Folkard (formerly Pearce). He never had a formal education, and was working on the streets of London by the age of nine after having run away from home. For a time he worked as a page boy in the Hyde Park Hotel, and a lucky encounter with a wealthy American set him on the road to a career in first the theatre and then in films.
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8.0
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
2025
5.6
Second Fiddle
1957
5.0
Stars in Your Eyes
1956
7.1
Dry Rot
1956
5.0
Fun at St. Fanny's
1955
Room in the House
1955
5.2
You Lucky People!
1955
5.7
The Happiness of Three Women
1954
6.3
What Every Woman Wants
1954
6.5
The Gay Dog
1954
6.0
The Harassed Hero
1954
5.0
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
1953
6.0
House of Blackmail
1953
6.0
The Great Game
1953
4.0
My Wife's Lodger
1952
6.4
The Late Edwina Black
1951
6.0
The Third Visitor
1951
6.5
Beware of Pity
1946
6.0
Strawberry Roan
1944
6.5
Medal for the General
1944
5.4
The Lamp Still Burns
1943
Salute John Citizen
1942
Room for Two
1940
5.3
Under Your Hat
1940
6.8
Sons of the Sea
1939
5.7
The Return of the Frog
1938
6.4
Who Goes Next?
1938
A Romance in Flanders
1937
7.0
The Man in the Mirror
1936
5.3
The Tunnel
1935
6.0
The Clairvoyant
1935
Heat Wave
1935
4.0
My Song for You
1934
7.0
Princess Charming
1934
7.5
Love, Life and Laughter
1934
7.6
The Wandering Jew
1933
4.3
This Week of Grace
1933
5.4
I Lived with You
1933
The Lost Chord
1933
Soldiers of the King
1933
5.3
The Lodger
1932
Diamond Cut Diamond
1932
6.0
The Water Gipsies
1932
4.5
A Honeymoon Adventure
1931
4.5
Sally in Our Alley
1931
Potiphar's Wife
1931
The School for Scandal
1930
5.8
High Treason
1929
You Know What Sailors Are
1928
Palais De Danse
1928
Balaclava
1928
The Flight Commander
1928
The Flag Lieutenant
1927
7.1
Hindle Wakes
1927
The Glad Eye
1927
Roses of Picardy
1927
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
1927
Human Law
1927
Every Man's Wife
1925
She Wolves
1925
Curlytop
1924
Folly of Vanity
1924
My Husband's Wives
1924
Sally Bishop
1923
5.7
The Sign of Four
1923
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922
4.0
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1921
5.7
The Man with the Twisted Lip
1921
5.2
The Devil's Foot
1921
5.5
The Dying Detective
1921
A Scandal in Bohemia
1921
Innocent
1921
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1921
The Hundredth Chance
1920
Bleak House
1920
5.0
The Swindler
1919
God's Good Man
1919
Comradeship
1919
5.8
The Life Story of David Lloyd George
1918
Florence Nightingale
1915
The Suicide Club
1914