Walter Byron
Biography: Walter Byron (born Walter Clarence Butler; 11 June 1899 – 2 March 1972) was an English film actor.[1
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 11, 1899
Deathday: March 03, 1972
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Not Damaged
1930-05-25
Not Damaged
Overview: A fortune teller informs a hopeless romantic that she'll be meeting a mysterious, tall, dark stranger. Initially skeptical, the young lady latterly concedes when the soothsayer's premonitions begin to ring true.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-25
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This Sporting Age
1932-09-14
This Sporting Age
Overview: Polo, a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals by driving a small ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-14
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Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942-11-27
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Overview: A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-27
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Queen Kelly
1932-10-18
Queen Kelly
Overview: A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-18
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The Mummy's Tomb
1942-10-23
The Mummy's Tomb
Overview: A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-23
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Don't Bet on Blondes
1935-07-13
Don't Bet on Blondes
Overview: Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-13
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Kiss of Araby
1933-04-21
Kiss of Araby
Overview: While the commander of the British Army in Arabia, Major J. W. Courtney, is out in the desert chasing marauding tribesmen, his wife carries on an affair with Captain Randall. Courtney returns to the outpost ahead of time and the wife takes refuge in the quarters of Lieutenant W.B. Lawrence. Lawrence, maintaining the silence (and stiff upper lip) that his code of honor dictates is drummed out of the service. He joins the forces of El Rahman and becomes a sheik of the desert. Warfare, instigated by Randall, breaks out between the troops and the tribesmen and ends when the mortally wounded Randall confesses to his dastardly deeds, the least of which included making love to his commander's wife.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-21
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Exposure
1932-08-20
Exposure
Overview: A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She wants to give it up, but he tries to convince her to make a go of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-20
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Frontier Scout
1938-09-16
Frontier Scout
Overview: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1938-09-16
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Crashing Thru
1939-12-11
Crashing Thru
Overview: Renfrew of the Mounties hunts brother-and-sister gold hijackers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-11
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British Agent
1934-09-15
British Agent
Overview: In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-15
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Vanity Fair
1932-03-15
Vanity Fair
Overview: An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-15
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The Reckless Hour
1931-08-15
The Reckless Hour
Overview: Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a warm-hearted artist-type who shows her that life -- and men -- ain't so bad in this early talkie drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-15
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Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
Mrs. Miniver
Overview: Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-03
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Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
1933-04-06
Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
Overview: A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-06
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The Menace
1932-01-29
The Menace
Overview: A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-29
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The Bridge of Sighs
1936-02-14
The Bridge of Sighs
Overview: Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion Courtney, but he's unaware that Marion is the sister of the innocent man he sent to prison. Marion gets herself committed to a women's prison to get proof from inmate, Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane, that her brother is innocent. Powell learns of Marion's plight and believes she's in love with the man he sent to prison.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-14
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Big Time Or Bust
1933-11-10
Big Time Or Bust
Overview: Newlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-10
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out
1938-02-18
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Overview: A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-18
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Man of Two Worlds
1934-01-13
Man of Two Worlds
Overview: A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-13
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The Crusader
1932-10-04
The Crusader
Overview: Gangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-04
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The Awakening
1928-11-17
The Awakening
Overview: A French country lass Marie Ducrot, name is "mud" after she is compromised by a German soldier . Turning to religion, Banky becomes one of the "sisters in white" in the field hospitals of World War 1. THE AWAKENING was nominated by the Academy for its Art Direction in the first transitional year of the talkies. A vast number of films from this year are lost and this is no exception. No print or negative materials are known to exist at this time. William Cameron Menzies received his third nomination for this film, having received two the prior year and winning for both.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-17
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White Heat
1927-04-11
White Heat
Overview: A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-11
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Society Girl
1932-05-29
Society Girl
Overview: Johnny is training for a championship fight. Judy distracts him, so his manager Briscoe walks out on him. Then so does Judy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-29
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Slightly Married
1932-10-15
Slightly Married
Overview: Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him and they were going to be married.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-15
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Shop Angel
1932-03-19
Shop Angel
Overview: A dress designer is attracted to the fiancée of her boss' daughter, not knowing that her boss himself is in love with her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-19
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Tommy Atkins
1928-05-18
Tommy Atkins
Overview: A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-18
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Three Wise Girls
1932-02-10
Three Wise Girls
Overview: Romantic comedy drama about three friends in New York. Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her friend Gladys works. She falls in love with wealthy young Jerry who is already married. Gladys has the same probelm with her man Phelps.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-10
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Folies Bergère
1935-02-22
Folies Bergère
Overview: An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
Back in Circulation
Overview: Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-27
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The Savage Girl
1932-12-04
The Savage Girl
Overview: An intoxicated millionaire commissions an expedition to Africa. A white jungle goddess falls in love with the millionaire's daring consort, incurring the wrath of the jungle itself.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-04
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Trade Winds
1938-12-28
Trade Winds
Overview: After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Genres: Romance Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-28
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Sinners in the Sun
1932-05-13
Sinners in the Sun
Overview: A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-13
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Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
Nazi Agent
Overview: Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-01
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The Yellow Ticket
1931-10-30
The Yellow Ticket
Overview: A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-30
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Once to Every Woman
1934-03-24
Once to Every Woman
Overview: An able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-24
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Week Ends Only
1932-06-19
Week Ends Only
Overview: A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy fellow who hires her to help him spice up his weekend parties. She begins helping him and regains her lost wealth and posh lifestyle.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-19
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The Last Flight
1931-08-29
The Last Flight
Overview: Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-29
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What Price Decency
1933-03-07
What Price Decency
Overview: A young woman with a shady past goes to the tropics, where she winds up marrying a vicious and brutal pearl trader, then falls in love with another man.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-07
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Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
Gentleman Jim
Overview: As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-14
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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933-09-14
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Overview: When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-14
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Top of the Town
1937-04-17
Top of the Town
Overview: In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-17
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Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12
Confirm or Deny
Overview: Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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Yvette
1927-12-30
Yvette
Overview: Paris 1883. Yvette is the daughter of a courtesan who serves men of wealth and status. She is unaware of how her mother makes money and why they are always in the presence of princes, dukes and barons. Only when Yvette goes away on a holiday she realizes that the Banker Saval is engaging her mother in such activities, she suddenly feels dirty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1927-12-30
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Left Over Ladies
1931-09-30
Left Over Ladies
Overview: Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-30
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Grand Slam
1933-02-22
Grand Slam
Overview: A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-22
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All Men Are Enemies
1934-04-26
All Men Are Enemies
Overview: A British aristocrat falls in love with an Austrian woman before they are separated with the outbreak of World War I.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-26
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If You Could Only Cook
1935-12-30
If You Could Only Cook
Overview: An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-30
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The Sacred Flame
1929-11-24
The Sacred Flame
Overview: Colonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash immediately following his marriage to Stella. Maurice is non-functional in most of the physical areas of marriage that count, but Stella attends to his other needs faithfully for three years. Then his brother, Colin, shows up from South America, and he and Stella fall passionately in love and are making plans to run away together. Mother Taylor is aware of the romance, as is Nurse Weyland, who is secretly in love with Maurice, and now hates Stella for her careless attitude toward Maurice's patiently-borne sufferings. Maurice is also aware of the affair. He has a talk with his wife and brother. Complications arise.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-24
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Death Goes North
1939-06-30
Death Goes North
Overview: Sergeant Ken Strange, of the Canadian Mounted Police, and his dog, King, are on the trial of the murderer.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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