Mrs. Thompson is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Minna Grey, C.M. Hallard and Isobel Elsom. It was released in the United States on 6 April 1923. It was adapted from a novel by William Babington Maxwell.
, 2h4 Directed byCharlie Chaplin OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime ThemesSerial killer films, Films about capital punishment ActorsMartha Raye, William Frawley, Charlie Chaplin, Isobel Elsom, Edna Purviance, Fritz Leiber Rating77% Henri Verdoux had been a bank teller for thirty years before being laid off. To support his wife and child, he turns to the business of marrying and murdering wealthy widows. The Couvais family becomes suspicious when Thelma Couvais draws all her money and disappears, only two weeks after marrying a man named "Varnay", whom they only know through a photograph. As Verdoux (Chaplin) prepares to sell the residence of the murdered Thelma, widowed Marie Grosnay visits the residence. Verdoux sees her as another "business" opportunity and attempts to charm her, but she refuses. In the following weeks, Verdoux has a flower girl repeatedly send Grosnay flowers. In need of money to invest, Verdoux, as M. Floray, visits widow Lydia Floray (Hoffman), who complains that his engineering job has kept him away too long. That night, Verdoux murders her for her money.
, 1h39 Directed byPeter Godfrey, Peter Godfrey OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Noir, Crime ThemesPeinture, Théâtre, Serial killer films, Films based on plays ActorsHumphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Elsom, Ann Carter Rating67% While on vacation in Scotland, Sally Morton (Barbara Stanwyck) learns that her lover, the painter Geoffrey Carroll (Humphrey Bogart), is already married. Before returning home to his pre-teen daughter, Beatrice (Ann Carter), and his ill wife, Geoffrey buys a package (which the audience later learns contained poison) from chemist Horace Blagdon (Barry Bernard). The audience sees that Geoffrey is painting his wife's portrait, depicting her as an "angel of death".
, 1h42 Directed byHenry King OriginUSA GenresDrama, War, Romance ThemesFilms about writers, Films about journalists, Political films, Children's films ActorsJennifer Jones, William Holden, Keye Luke, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Richard Loo Rating63% The widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with the married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they briefly find happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community. After losing her position at the hospital, Suyin and her adopted daughter go to live with a friend while Mark is on an assignment during the Korean War. They write to each other constantly.