Timed to bolster public morale at the end of the Great War, Maurice Elvey’s biopic of Nelson frequently steps out of its period setting to give us historical background or contemporary relevance. There are some nice locations but resort to cheap sets and episodic structure don’t quite do justice to the subject.

Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.

In Wales, a gypsy queen changes her sister's dead baby for one by the same father. The child grows up to marry her daughter.

A British silent crime film directed by J. O. C. Orton

An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death.

An Englishman, Lord Wheatley, purchases an island over which reigns the supremely beautiful Phroso, thus disposessing her of her land. Revolted, the islanders, supported by an adventurer who desires Phroso, rise against the new master. The English are saved by the British governor, also under the spell of gorgeous Phroso. The latter, for her part, is not wholly insensitive to Lord Wheatley's distinction. The imbroglio still worsens with the meddling of a dark horse : the neighboring sultan.

'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)

'1850. Squire's grandson saves farmer's niece from charge of murdering illegitimate baby.' (British Film Catalogue)

The romantic 13th-century history of Prince Llywelyn of Wales, and his conflict with King Edward I of England.

In India, a princess disguises herself as a commoner to escape an arranged marriage.