Mary Clare
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Clare (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television. In films, she was mainly a character actress, in later life often portraying mature ladies who had strength of character or were autocratic. She appeared in two of the British-made Alfred Hitchcock films, Young and Innocent (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 16, 1892
Deathday: August 29, 1970
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The Lady Vanishes
1938-10-07
The Lady Vanishes
Overview: On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-07
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Becket
1924-02-04
Becket
Overview: The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-04
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Young and Innocent
1937-11-01
Young and Innocent
Overview: Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.
Genres: Thriller Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-01
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Oliver Twist
1948-06-28
Oliver Twist
Overview: When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Genres: Drama Adventure Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-28
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The Clairvoyant
1935-06-07
The Clairvoyant
Overview: A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-07
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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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On the Night of the Fire
1939-10-26
On the Night of the Fire
Overview: A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-26
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There Ain't No Justice
1939-06-17
There Ain't No Justice
Overview: A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-17
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The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935-09-01
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Overview: The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-01
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The Night Has Eyes
1942-06-01
The Night Has Eyes
Overview: Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-01
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Esther Waters
1948-09-28
Esther Waters
Overview: Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-28
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The Three Weird Sisters
1948-02-26
The Three Weird Sisters
Overview: Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed the sisters promise to rebuild the homes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-26
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The Skin Game
1921-01-07
The Skin Game
Overview: An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1921-01-07
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Lorna Doone
1934-12-09
Lorna Doone
Overview: High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-09
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Miss Grant Goes to the Door
1940-09-01
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
Overview: Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-01
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The Rat
1937-11-11
The Rat
Overview: Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-11
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Portrait of Clare
1950-11-13
Portrait of Clare
Overview: The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-13
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Cardboard Cavalier
1949-03-31
Cardboard Cavalier
Overview: Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-31
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Gipsy Blood
1931-10-30
Gipsy Blood
Overview: In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper Mérimée’s classic story of passion and fatal jealousy, Carmen. With a score based on Bizet’s opera, Gipsy Blood features celebrated American soprano Marguerite Namara as the capricious gypsy girl from the cigarette factory; her co-performers include Thomas Burke as Carmen’s tormented lover, Don José, and New Zealand-born baritone Lance Fairfax as his rival, the toreador Escamillo.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-30
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Climbing High
1938-10-31
Climbing High
Overview: Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering are the result.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-31
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London Town
1946-09-30
London Town
Overview: Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-30
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The Constant Nymph
1933-12-01
The Constant Nymph
Overview: Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining the already delicate Tessa’s health, the composer realises that life without Tessa is unbearable and leaves his unloving wife – but sadly too late.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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The Mill on the Floss
1937-01-09
The Mill on the Floss
Overview: Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-09
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The Challenge
1938-09-14
The Challenge
Overview: Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Genres: Romance Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-14
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Moulin Rouge
1952-12-23
Moulin Rouge
Overview: In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-23
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A Girl Must Live
1939-09-24
A Girl Must Live
Overview: A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-24
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My Brother Jonathan
1948-02-05
My Brother Jonathan
Overview: Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-05
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The Feather
1929-11-15
The Feather
Overview: 'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-15
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Old Bill and Son
1941-03-01
Old Bill and Son
Overview: Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-01
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Hindle Wakes
1931-10-02
Hindle Wakes
Overview: A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-02
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Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
1940-04-13
Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
Overview: An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-13
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Say It with Flowers
1934-05-22
Say It with Flowers
Overview: Warm-hearted Cockneys stage a show to help a sick flower-seller.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-22
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The Constant Nymph
1928-02-20
The Constant Nymph
Overview: Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in love with their cousin Florence when she comes to take the girls back to England. But little Tessa Sanger is in love with Lewis herself, and when she runs away from school and comes to live with Florence and her husband, their already-shaky marriage is further undermined
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-20
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The Black Rose
1950-09-01
The Black Rose
Overview: In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
Genres: War Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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The Next of Kin
1942-06-15
The Next of Kin
Overview: Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.
Genres: Drama War Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-15
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The Beggar's Opera
1953-08-24
The Beggar's Opera
Overview: Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Genres: History Crime Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-24
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The Guv'nor
1935-10-01
The Guv'nor
Overview: The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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The Briggs Family
1940-09-07
The Briggs Family
Overview: During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-07
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The Hundred Pound Window
1944-04-03
The Hundred Pound Window
Overview: An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-03
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One Exciting Night
1944-12-04
One Exciting Night
Overview: A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-04
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Bill's Legacy
1931-11-01
Bill's Legacy
Overview: A comedy film directed by Harry Revier.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-01
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Keepers of Youth
1931-12-31
Keepers of Youth
Overview: The arrival of Mr. Knox, the new sports instructor at a British public school, heralds trouble. He imposes his dominant personality to influence colleagues and the headmaster alike, and then attempts to force himself on Millicent, the assistant matron.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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Shadows
1931-03-31
Shadows
Overview: The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-31
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Many Waters
1931-11-01
Many Waters
Overview: An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-01
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The Outsider
1931-04-20
The Outsider
Overview: An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-20
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The Patient Vanishes
1941-07-21
The Patient Vanishes
Overview: Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-21
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The Price of Silence
1959-06-06
The Price of Silence
Overview: Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-06
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Hindle Wakes
1952-11-10
Hindle Wakes
Overview: During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-10
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Penny Princess
1952-03-24
Penny Princess
Overview: A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. But before, the deal is closed, he dies. His nearest relative and heir turns out to be a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards, but no experience with money, or affairs of state, or Europe. A charming young English visitor helps her to muddle through. Comedy and romance follow.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-24
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Fiddlers Three
1944-10-01
Fiddlers Three
Overview: Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-01
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Mambo
1954-09-18
Mambo
Overview: A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-18
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Mrs. Fitzherbert
1947-12-03
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Overview: The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-03
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Lights of London
1924-01-28
Lights of London
Overview: An heir, framed by his cousin for killing his father, breaks jail and saves his wife from a fire.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-28
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A Gipsy Cavalier
1922-12-29
A Gipsy Cavalier
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-29
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