Percy Parsons
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 12, 1878
Deathday: October 03, 1944
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Dangerous Moonlight
1941-06-26
Dangerous Moonlight
Overview: Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in America and meets up again with Carole.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-26
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The Citadel
1938-10-29
The Citadel
Overview: Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-29
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Red Wagon
1933-12-06
Red Wagon
Overview: Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many struggles, achieves his life-long ambition of owning a circus.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-06
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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939-03-01
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Overview: An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-01
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This Is the Life
1933-09-01
This Is the Life
Overview: This Is the Life is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale and Betty Astell. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios by British Lion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-01
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Twelve Good Men
1936-03-01
Twelve Good Men
Overview: A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of another juror, an actor. It is the actor who saves them from the murderous fugitive.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-01
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Song of the Road
1937-08-08
Song of the Road
Overview: After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-08
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The Man from Toronto
1933-01-01
The Man from Toronto
Overview: According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to receive it; the two must marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However, when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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The Camels Are Coming
1934-10-08
The Camels Are Coming
Overview: A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-08
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The Good Companions
1933-02-28
The Good Companions
Overview: Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-28
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The Four Just Men
1939-06-01
The Four Just Men
Overview: The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-01
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King of the Damned
1935-12-31
King of the Damned
Overview: Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special twist...the prisoners want to stay on and govern themselves in a humane and productive working community. Well that's the theory anyway but circumstances make their venture a lot more complicated than that.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-31
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Okay, Chief
1931-01-22
Okay, Chief
Overview: Bradshaw, an Englishman, is arrested for the New York killing of booze racketeer Buck Cooly. Interrogated by police chief Galvin, Bradshaw claims self-defence, but refuses to name the woman he was with at the speakeasy where Cooly was shot, and who could provide the alibi that would exonerate him from a murder charge. Galvin's continued pursuit of the woman's identity eventually leads to an unwelcome surprise.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-22
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Victoria the Great
1937-09-01
Victoria the Great
Overview: The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-01
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Blackmail
1929-07-11
Blackmail
Overview: London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-11
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Red Ensign
1934-06-17
Red Ensign
Overview: David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-17
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Rhodes of Africa
1936-06-30
Rhodes of Africa
Overview: Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-30
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Suspense
1930-07-04
Suspense
Overview: During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-04
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Sleepless Nights
1932-11-07
Sleepless Nights
Overview: A journalist is sent to the South of France to interview a reclusive millionaire..He offers his hotel bedroom to the millionaires daughter to use to avoid her boyfriend,who is actually a crook, His boss arrives unexpectedly and as there is no other room available expects to share the hotel room with him, he explains the situation by saying he had just married the girl.Obviously lots of comedic situations arise because of this.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-07
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The Big Splash
1935-01-01
The Big Splash
Overview: A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Love on Wheels
1932-07-26
Love on Wheels
Overview: A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-26
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They Flew Alone
1942-06-29
They Flew Alone
Overview: The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-29
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Said O'Reilly to McNab
1937-07-30
Said O'Reilly to McNab
Overview: A retired businessman in Scotland, who is also a golf fanatic, will not let his daughter marry an Irish-American boy, Terry O'Reilly. Then one day O'Reilly's father shows up for a "visit"--which, as it turns out, is because he's on the run from the police in New York.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-30
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Hi Gang!
1941-12-27
Hi Gang!
Overview: Hi Gang! is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Vic Oliver. It was a spin-off from the popular radio series Hi Gang!.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-27
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49th Parallel
1941-11-24
49th Parallel
Overview: In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-24
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The Nipper
1930-06-01
The Nipper
Overview: A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-01
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Beyond the Cities
1930-11-18
Beyond the Cities
Overview: "A wealthy young man, through losing the bulk of his fortune, goes to Canada, where he encounters and loves the daughter of the scoundrel lawyer who has robbed him." (Synopsis from The Bioscope, November 1930.)
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-18
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Creeping Shadows
1931-07-28
Creeping Shadows
Overview: Three victims plot to murder a retired informer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-28
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Strictly Business
1931-12-29
Strictly Business
Overview: The daughter of an American leather magnate is sent on a series of sightseeing tours in London with her father's business associate, but finds herself targeted by an opportunistic blackmailer.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-29
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The Frightened Lady
1932-03-01
The Frightened Lady
Overview: A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to fear for her life.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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Everybody Dance
1936-09-06
Everybody Dance
Overview: When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her greedy manager--seeing his "cash cow" slipping away--goes to court to have her declared legally incompetent.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-06
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Happy Ever After
1932-09-23
Happy Ever After
Overview: Two window cleaners help a girl who is trying to get to Hollywood.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-23
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Friday the Thirteenth
1933-11-01
Friday the Thirteenth
Overview: It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-01
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