Joan Kemp-Welch
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 23, 1906
Deathday: July 05, 1999
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All In!
1936-10-29
All In!
Overview: Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-29
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The 1002nd Night
1933-05-19
The 1002nd Night
Overview: An Arabian prince falls in with a group of downtrodden rebels and faces the wrath of an unsympathetic sultan whose wife he is also romancing.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1933-05-19
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Hard Steel
1942-05-18
Hard Steel
Overview: A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-18
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The Avenging Hand
1936-04-16
The Avenging Hand
Overview: A Chicago gangster is pleasantly surprised by violent crime in London. When he discovers crooks are after a mysterious package, and murder an innocent match-seller for it, he turns detective.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-16
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The Girl in the Taxi
1937-09-02
The Girl in the Taxi
Overview: In this British musical, set in Paris, an apparently upstanding husband and father spends his nights fooling around with wild women. His son, wanting to be just like his dad, begins dating a seductive widow--the same widow his father has been seeing. Trouble ensues when the father refuses to let his daughter marry her true love. When the fiancée learns of the father-son shenanigans, he begins blackmailing them into letting him marry the daughter.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-02
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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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Busman's Honeymoon
1940-07-22
Busman's Honeymoon
Overview: When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-22
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Rhythm Serenade
1943-10-11
Rhythm Serenade
Overview: Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-11
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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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London Melody
1937-02-04
London Melody
Overview: Jacqueline intrigues a diplomat, so unbeknown to her he finds her an apartment and finances her musical training. She ends up falling in love with one of his underlings. It turns out that he is no good, will the diplomat save her?
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-04
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'Pimpernel' Smith
1941-07-28
'Pimpernel' Smith
Overview: Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-28
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Once a Thief
1935-06-14
Once a Thief
Overview: Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing.
Genres: Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-14
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School for Husbands
1937-08-11
School for Husbands
Overview: A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter and Morgan Cheswick, off to Paris so they can be free for one night of fun and frolic. The husbands are all for this as they think it will cure their wives of being infatuated with this man-about-town. And they might run into some fun in Paris. Actually, the philanderer is the one who put the idea in their heads to go away so the coast will be clear for his marauding raid party, with no intentions of curing anybody of anything.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-11
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Laugh It Off
1940-03-09
Laugh It Off
Overview: As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep moral up, his commanding officer orders him to perform for the troops.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-09
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