Fay Compton Movies

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...

Daniel Defoe's classic tale of survival is handsomely brought to the movies for the first time in this rarely seen 1927 film, produced by Rex...

Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's...

Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young...

A husband's attempts to escape from a loveless marriage ends in tragedy.

American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to...

A woman leaves her husband to run a Paris boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war.

A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt...

The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.

When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort...

A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.

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.

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many...

A Frenchman turns highwayman after a duchess's cousin frames him for killing a title blackmailer.

Meg Fairfield secures a divorce from her husband Hilary, and is about to marry Gray Meredith when Hilary returns cured. Sydney, daughter of Hilary...

An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play The Pillory by Brandon Fleming.

A widow's son refuses to be adopted by a Lord when he learns the Lord is her father.

A teacher falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria.