Fred Paul
Biography: Fred Paul (1880 – 1967) was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1880
Deathday: January 01, 1967
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John Halifax, Gentleman
1915-06-01
John Halifax, Gentleman
Overview: An apprentice inherits a master's mill, weds a disowned heiress, and remains true to his class.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-01
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Lieutenant Daring Avenges an Insult to the Union Jack
1912-01-01
Lieutenant Daring Avenges an Insult to the Union Jack
Overview: In Corsica, a lieutenant trails brigands and saves a captured flag.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring R.N.: In a South American Port
1911-09-01
The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring R.N.: In a South American Port
Overview: An army officer comes to the aid of a girl who is the object of unwelcome attention from some locals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-09-01
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Deadwood Dick's Vengeance
1915-10-01
Deadwood Dick's Vengeance
Overview: Directed by L.C. MacBean and Fred Paul.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-01
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A Study in Scarlet
1914-10-01
A Study in Scarlet
Overview: Sherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-01
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Christmas Day in the Workhouse
1914-11-23
Christmas Day in the Workhouse
Overview: A pauper tells workhouse visitors of his wife's death from starvation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-23
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The Sting of Death
1921-06-01
The Sting of Death
Overview: British horror drama short from 1921.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-01
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The Gentle Doctor
1921-03-01
The Gentle Doctor
Overview: Part of the 'Grand Guignol' series of 1-reel macabre drama shorts.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-03-01
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Buttons
1915-04-01
Buttons
Overview: A man trailing burglars is saved by a dog in this British short film.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-01
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Straws in the Wind
1924-03-01
Straws in the Wind
Overview: A benefactor ejects a tramp who covets his wife and later adopts the child of the girl the tramp saved from suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-01
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How Kitchener Was Betrayed
1922-11-01
How Kitchener Was Betrayed
Overview: A dead officer's German wife betrays 'Hampshire's' secret route.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-01
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Aaron's Rod
1923-01-01
Aaron's Rod
Overview: A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-01-01
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The Call of Siva
1923-10-01
The Call of Siva
Overview: Fourth release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Nayland Smith saves the life of Graham Guthrie, the British Resident in Bhutan, while on a visit to London from a plot by Dr. Fu-Manchu.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-01
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The Clue of the Pigtail
1923-09-24
The Clue of the Pigtail
Overview: Third release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series, where the police has to investigate the clue of the pigtail wig.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-24
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The Queen of Hearts
1923-11-26
The Queen of Hearts
Overview: Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-26
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The West Case
1923-09-17
The West Case
Overview: Second release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Plans for an aerial torpedo are stolen from its inventor Frank Norris West, Nayland Smith tries to retrieve them but is defeated by Fu-Manchu.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-17
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The Cry of the Nighthawk
1923-10-29
The Cry of the Nighthawk
Overview: n this episode of adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie investigate the strange death of a man from Forest Hill found with his face covered with scratches; their enquiries lead them once more to the Devil Doctor, Fu-Manchu. Meanwhile, Petrie’s stiff upper lip begins to quiver, as he grows dangerously fond of Fu-Manchu’s slave girl, Karamaneh...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-29
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The Fiery Hand
1923-11-12
The Fiery Hand
Overview: In this exciting adventure based on the second Fu-Manchu novel, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie investigate a haunted house, but get more of a fright than they expected. Caught by the evil Dr Fu-Manchu, Nayland Smith faces a plague of ravenous Cantonese rats - a torture known as 'The Six Gates of Joyful Wisdom'. Will Petrie end his agony, with the razor-sharp ‘Friend’s Sword’?
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-12
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The Fungi Cellars
1923-10-15
The Fungi Cellars
Overview: Fu-Manchu’s slave girl Karamaneh leads sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie to her evil master’s lair, where they fall prey to another of the Devil Doctor’s traps. Bound hand and foot, they watch helplessly as a party of policemen are imprisoned in a subterranean vault and poisoned with vile fungal spore vapour, while Fu-Manchu cackles with maniacal glee. Can our heroes escape to save the day?
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-15
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The Man with the Limp
1923-11-19
The Man with the Limp
Overview: This action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-19
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The Miracle
1923-10-08
The Miracle
Overview: Nayland Smith restores a `dead' man to life.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-08
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The Knocking on the Door
1923-10-22
The Knocking on the Door
Overview: The evil Dr Fu-Manchu proves to be a master of disguise as well as villainy in this thrilling episode of the popular adventure serial. Adopting the persona of a long-bearded professor, Fu-Manchu pays a visit to London's Madame Tussauds waxworks. Elsewhere, there's something horribly uncanny going on at a remote country cottage: sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie leave the capital to investigate.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-22
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The Silver Buddha
1923-12-03
The Silver Buddha
Overview: Our hero Dr Petrie is caught by evil Fu-Manchu and imprisoned near the British Museum, where he risks a daring escape, high above the London streets.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-03
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Lights of London
1914-04-01
Lights of London
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-01
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The Adventure of the Torture Cage
1928-03-11
The Adventure of the Torture Cage
Overview: Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)
Genres: Crime Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-11
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The Sacred Order
1923-12-10
The Sacred Order
Overview: When sleuth Nayland Smith steals evil Dr Fu-Manchu's 'Sacred Order', the Devil Doctor himself faces death at the hands of the Si-Fan organisation.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-10
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The Shrine of the Seven Lamps
1923-12-17
The Shrine of the Seven Lamps
Overview: In this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-17
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The Rogues of London
1915-04-01
The Rogues of London
Overview: A cleric's son saves a maid from suicide and she saves him when he is framed for killing a crook's mistress.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-01
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The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
1924-08-01
The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
Overview: Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-01
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Black Peter
1922-03-01
Black Peter
Overview: An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-03-01
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The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
1923-04-15
The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
Overview: A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-15
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Three-Fingered Kate - The Wedding Presents
1912-07-01
Three-Fingered Kate - The Wedding Presents
Overview: 'Crooks tunnel through fireplace to rob house next door.' (British Film Catalogue). According to BFI, this is the only surviving film of 7 episodes made in the Three-Fingered Kate series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-01
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O.H.M.S.
1913-04-01
O.H.M.S.
Overview: 'Spy blackmails commander's wife into stealing treaty.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-04-01
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The Tube of Death
1913-06-01
The Tube of Death
Overview: 'Inventor's wife avenges death by posing as anarchist and exploding their den.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-06-01
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Sixty Years a Queen
1913-11-01
Sixty Years a Queen
Overview: '1837-1901. Main events during Queen Victoria's reign.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-11-01
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East Lynne
1913-05-01
East Lynne
Overview: An aristocratic woman, Lady Isabel, leaves her husband and children when she suspects him of adultery, a notion which had been suggested to her by the scheming and murderous Captain Levison. Life on the continent with Levison does not work out as she had envisaged so, eight years later, she returns to England and finds her husband has remarried. She cannot bear to be away from her family and so dons a disguise, gaining employment with them as a governess. When her young son, Willie, dies she is unable to comfort him as she would like, and she too dies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-05-01
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The Gentleman Ranker
1912-07-14
The Gentleman Ranker
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-14
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