By Vlad Zakh · July 15, 2026
E. E. Clive brought fussy, officious British comic energy to Hollywood’s golden age, often as a constable, butler or other flustered authority figure. Bachelor Mother mistakes a department store clerk for an abandoned baby’s mother, It’s Love I’m After has a stage actor helping win over a fan, Libeled Lady sends an editor’s own fiance to discredit a woman suing his paper, and Camille threatens a courtesan’s happiness. Captain Blood and The Invisible Man round out the list.
01 A department store clerk is mistakenly believed to be the mother of an abandoned baby.
Directed by Garson Kanin · 1h 22m · Rated NR
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02 A famous stage actor agrees to help a fan's rival win her heart by pretending to woo her.
Directed by Archie Mayo · 1h 30m
03 A newspaper editor concocts an elaborate scheme to prevent a wealthy heiress from suing his paper.
Directed by Jack Conway · 1h 38m · Rated NR
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04 A glamorous Parisian courtesan risks everything for true love despite her declining health.
Directed by George Cukor · 1h 49m · Rated NR
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05 A wrongly enslaved doctor becomes a legendary pirate captain seeking freedom and revenge across the Caribbean.
Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 59m · Rated NR
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06 Claude Rains plays a scientist whose experiment with invisibility slowly drives him toward violent megalomania.
Directed by James Whale · 1h 11m · Rated NR
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