In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.

The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.

Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.

Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave. The film also features the English singing favourite of the forties, Anne Shelton.

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.