Herbert Wilcox wrapped up his long and prestigious film career as the director of Heart of a Man, which was produced by...
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Director
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1959
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A musical and comedic bit of fluff without any other pretensions, The Lady Is a Square plays off the popularity of...
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1959
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Producer
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1959
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Wonderful Things was one of two Frankie Vaughan vehicles produced in the late 1950s by actress Anna Neagle. The popular...
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Director
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1958
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk was coproduced by husband-and-wife Herbert Wilcox and Anna Neagle, with Ms. Neagle filling the role...
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1958
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The Yangtse Incident is the saga of the Amethyst, a British vessel left stranded in China during the Communist takeover. The...
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Producer
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1957
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This British drama chronicles the exploits of a brutal Liverpudlian gang leader/would-be rock star who finds himself...
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Director
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1957
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What was the lady-like Dame Anna Neagle doing in something called Bad Girl -- or, as it was renamed in certain regions,...
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Director, Producer
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1955
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King's Rhapsody was the second screen teaming of beloved British star Anna Neagle and Hollywood's "bad boy" Errol Flynn....
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Director, Producer
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1955
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Trouble in the Glen was one of several felicitous collaborations between Hollywood's Republic Pictures and England's Herbert...
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Director, Producer
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1954
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Comparatively little known today, Republic's Laughing Anne was a Late Late Show perennial in the early 1960s. One of several...
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Director, Producer
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1954
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Anna Neagle is so overpoweringly good in Lilacs in the Spring (aka Let's Make Up!) that a times it's easy to forget that her...
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Director, Producer
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1954
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Laurence Olivier makes his singing debut in this lively adaptation of John Gay's 18th century theatrical piece The Beggar's...
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1953
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1952
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Derby Day is a typically British omnibus feature, delineating the fates of several different people during a single day at...
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1952
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British film-favorite Anna Neagle, having previously played such great historical personages as Queen Victoria and Edith...
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1951
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1951
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This espionage drama was based on the true story of Odette Sansom Churchill, who became an unlikely hero during WWII. Born in...
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Director, Producer
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1950
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Maytime in Mayfair is concerned with England's high-fashion set, especially those creatures whose designs set the tone for...
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1949
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1949
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Fans of British film star Anna Neagle had a field day with her bravura Technicolor vehicle Elizabeth of Ladymead--though not...
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1948
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1948
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Originally released in England as The Courtneys of Curzon Street, The Courtney Affair entertainingly covers the first 45...
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Director, Producer
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1947
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I Live in Grosvenor Square is better known by its American release title, A Yank in London. Anna Neagle, whose husband...
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1945
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1944
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The Yellow Canary was one of several wartime collaborations between British producer-director Herbert Wilcox and Hollywood's...
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Director, Producer
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1944
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The 80-star cast of Forever and a Day would certainly not have been feasible had not most of the actors and production people...
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Director, Producer
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1943
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Sunny was one of three RKO Radio Broadway-musical adaptations tailored to the talents of British favorite Anna Neagle by her...
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Director, Producer
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1941
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Wings and the Woman was a reverent (read: dull) British biopic about pioneer aviatrix Amy Johnson. Anna Neagle portrays Amy,...
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Director, Producer
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1941
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No, No, Nanette was the second film version of the popular Otto Harbach-Vincent Youmans Broadway musical. Though slightly...
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Director, Producer
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1940
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In this remake of the 1926 silent hit (which was in turn based on a hit musical from 1919), Anna Neagle stars as Irene...
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Director, Producer
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1940
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Many of the "preparedness" films of the years just prior to World War II sidestepped censorship by depicting past outrages of...
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Director, Producer
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1939
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Following a string of mysterious robberies, Scotland Yard assigns its best detective, Inspector Elk, to bring the crooks to...
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1938
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1938
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In this complicated comedy chronicles a caper involving jewel thieves and an unlucky parking lot jockey whom they mistake...
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Producer
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1938
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A Royal Divorce is the misleading title bestowed upon this dramatization of certain events in the lives of Napoleon and...
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Producer
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1938
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Gordon Harker stars as a goonish London cabbie who finds himself up to his brimmed cap in espionage. Harker innocently...
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Producer
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1938
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In this comedy, a Boy Scout leader privately fancies himself a genius at producing stage productions. When he tries to...
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Producer
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1938
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Producer
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1937
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In this British war drama, an Italian soldier marries an Austrian girl and together they return to Italy. When war erupts...
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Producer
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1937
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One of several Anna Neagle-Tulio Carminatti vehicles of the 1930's, London Melody was one of five films directed in 1937 by...
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Director, Producer
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1937
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In this romance, a street performer gets into an argument with an ambassador's chauffeur and ends up falling in love with...
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Director, Producer
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1937
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In this British comedy, the last in the "Splinter" series, an inventor designs a helicopter. He is then mistaken for his...
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Producer
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1937
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A trio of American actors head the cast of the British naval drama Torpedoed. Noah Beery appears as the unnamed President of...
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Producer
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1937
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Laurence Housman's 1935 stage play Victoria Regina, which has served as a showcase for actresses as varied as Helen Hayes and...
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1937
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In this drama, "The Rat" is the moniker for a notorious jewel thief whose life suddenly changes when a friend facing life...
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1937
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1937
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1937
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1936
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This period drama is based on the relationship between 18th-century British stage stars Peg Woffington and David Garrick....
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Director, Producer
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1936
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In this British comedy, a millionaire deals with his wild son by cutting him off the family dole. To regain his father's...
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Producer
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1936
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Adapted from a popular West End stage musical, This'll Make You Whistle has been refashioned as a suitable vehicle for...
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Director, Producer
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1936
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Comic actor Sydney Howard stars as obsequious department-store floorwalker Oswald Bertwhistle. Our hero's life is...
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1936
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Producer
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1935
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Anna Neagle is every other inch a lady in the frolicsome costume epic Nell Gwyn. The star is of course cast as the title...
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1935
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Blacksmith Howard turns to a career of soccer in this comedy. ~ Rovi...
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Producer
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1935
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In this musical, set in the mythical country of Ruritania, a princess finds herself exiled by revolutionaries before she can...
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1935
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Producer
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1935
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Margaret Kennedy, whose novel The Constant Nymph dealt with a musician's love for a pretty young gamin, penned a variation of...
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1935
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In this drama, a prominent playwright and thespian prides himself on his ability to take any woman and turn them into...
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1934
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1934
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A winning lottery ticket is left in an antique desk which was recently sold and the rightful owner spends the remainder of...
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1934
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1934
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The venerable Warwick Deeping story Sorrell and Son was dusted off again for this 1934 screen incarnation. Repeating his role...
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Producer
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1934
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College students Baxter and Underdown fall in love and are harassed by gym teacher Howard who wants to break up their...
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Producer
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1934
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No relation to the 1968 John Cassavetes film of the same name, the 1934 Faces is a compact British romantic melodrama....
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Producer
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1934
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In this comedy, a quiet bank clerk inherits a fortune, quits his job, and tries to become a major theatrical producer. He...
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Producer
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1933
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In this comedy, a portly stable boy ends up buying a Derby-winning horse from his financially ruined boss. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
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Producer
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1933
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In this comedy drama, a cruise ship steward is assigned to keep an eye on a famous jewel thief. When the thief steals a...
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Producer
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1933
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After 2 aristocrats become engaged, they fall in love with people in a lower class in this romantic comedy. ~ Rovi...
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Producer
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1933
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In this domestic comedy, a married couple gets a divorce and goes their separate ways. Several years pass and they run into...
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Producer
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1933
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In this British comedy, a groom must somehow find his bride's missing garter. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1933
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1933
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This British musical comedy is based on a German play and tells the story of Nicholas Baumann, an ambitious representative...
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1933
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In this drama, a gambler takes a bet and marries a strong-willed showgirl. Sometime after the wedding, the two fall in love,...
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Director, Producer
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1933
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Based on a play by George A. Birmingham, General John Regan is a remake of the 1921 film of the same name. Henry Edwards, who...
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1933
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1933
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In this actioner, a married pair of stunt pilots encounter turbulence when the husband becomes afraid of flying after a...
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1933
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A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease in this British melodrama. When...
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Producer
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1933
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In this frothy farce, the personal secretary to a boorish lord finds himself in romantic trouble after he falls in love with...
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Producer
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1933
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A feisty Irish lad leaves his home village to find fortune in bustling London. Things start off well when he lands a good...
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Producer
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1933
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In this romantic drama a struggling composer tries to protect his wife from the lecherous Lord Quilhampton. The nobleman is...
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Producer
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1933
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Dapper song-and-dance man Jack Buchanan was both star and director of That's a Good Girl. Hoping to replenish his bank...
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1933
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1933
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In this drama a shy music teacher attempts to become more outgoing by taking a "How to Succeed" course. Later his...
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Producer
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1933
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In this British thriller, a hapless fellow learns that he has chosen to stay in a problematic hotel when he learns that the...
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Producer
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1932
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A general's son, Buchanan, calls off his engagement to countess Bland when he falls in love with flower girl Neagle who...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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In this war drama, a British naval lieutenant performs heroically during a raid upon a Chinese fort, but then gives all the...
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Producer
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1932
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In this lively romance, an aristocratic agent from the Foreign Office finds himself falling for an enigmatic woman during...
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Producer
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1932
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The credits for the 68-minute programmer Blue Danube are rather more impressive than the film itself. The picture was...
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1932
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In this musical drama, an amnesiac composer is comforted by a helpful bandleader who uses music and reminiscences to help...
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Producer
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1932
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The Barton Mystery was adapted from a play by Walter Hackett, previously filmed as a silent in 1920. Carried over from the...
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Producer
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1932
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In this farce, a playboy falls for a nightclub dancer who is being blackmailed by the club owner over a necklace she...
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Producer
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1932
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In this drama, a wealthy social worker locates an unemployed trombone player and cons him into running for mayor. Of course...
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Producer
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1932
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Thark is a lively British filmization of a popular theatrical "old dark horse" satire. Aldwych Theatre stalwart Tom Walls...
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Producer
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1932
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A love triangle forms the basis of this melodrama set during a Venetian carnival. The main couple are a famed actor and his...
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1931
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In this British farce, based on a popular play, one fellow joins another in an endeavor to steal his fiancee's jewels back...
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Producer
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1931
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No relation to American author Sidney Howard, bulbous Briton Sydney Howard was the star comedian in several cheaply made film...
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Producer
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1931
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Ralph Lynn (who also co-directed) plays a twittish lawyer whose prior engagements prevent him from attending his sweetheart's...
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Director, Producer
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1931
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The Aldwych Theater farceurs again combined forces in this adaptation of Will Evans and Arthur Valentine's stage farce Tons...
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Producer, Screenwriter
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1931
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In this comedy, the inventor of a loom heads for London to see the Football Association Cup Final and ends up having a...
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Producer
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1931
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In this British comedy, a normally devoted wife begins entertaining thoughts about an affair. Her husband then goes on a...
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Producer
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1931
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Sherlock Holmes and Watson solve the murder of a young woman in this mystery that features Raymond Massey in the title role....
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Producer
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1931
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This comedy marks the first sound appearance of the "Aldwych farceurs" three actors known for performing adaptations of then...
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Producer
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1930
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This bedroom farce was originally a play that centers on an unhappily married couple looking to change their lives. When...
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Production Manager
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1930
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Though not as well known as the 1944 remake (which was directed by its star, Clive Brook), this first adaptation of Frederick...
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Producer
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1930
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This grim and gripping British melodrama was originally released in 1931 under the title Wolves. The scene is a Labrador...
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Producer
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1930
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The life and times of 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns are dramatized in this semi-musical biography. Burns is played...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1930
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Produced in Hollywood by Herbert Wilcox, who had been unable to obtain sound equipment in London, this "haunted house"...
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Producer
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1929
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In this British drama, a female circus performer runs away to join her aunt after her mother dies. She is trying to escape...
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Producer
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1929
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The Bondman was producer-director Herbert Wilcox's third cinematic effort of 1929, and his last silent production. Hollywood...
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1929
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1929
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In this British WW II comedy set in France, the bored Englishmen stationed there entertain themselves by putting on a...
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Producer
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1929
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One of the most controversial British films of the 1920s, Dawn is the story of World War 1 nurse and martyr Edith Cavell....
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1928
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The great American character actress Pauline Frederick crossed the Big Pond to star in the British Mumsie. Ms. Frederick is...
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1927
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1927
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1927
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1926
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This British-made production was based on the "celebrated" (circa 1906) stage play by Freeman Wills, which was based on the...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1926
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While Lillian Gish achieved stardom with her dramatic emoting, her sister Dorothy made a name for herself as a saucy...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1926
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This romantic drama is taken from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow entitled "The Spanish Student." Dolores...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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1924
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During the 1920s, it was a common occurrence for British filmmakers to lense their productions in Germany, and vice versa....
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1924
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1923
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This lightweight comedy-drama is based on the stage play by Gertrude Page. Because her father (Sir Simeon Stuart) really...
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1923
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With her Hollywood career in the doldrums, actress Mae Marsh briefly set up shop in England, where she appeared in several...
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1922
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