Constance Cummings
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Constance Cummings, CBE (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen and stage. Born Constance Halverstadt in Seattle, Washington to Dallas Halverstadt and Kate Cummings, she began as a stage actress, landing her first role on Broadway by the age of 18. While appearing on Broadway, she was discovered by Sam Goldwyn, who brought her to Hollywood in 1931. Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in 21 films, most notably the Harold Lloyd picture Movie Crazy and American Madness, directed by Frank Capra. She was married to the playwright and screenwriter Benn Levy MBE from 1933 until his death in 1973. Levy went on to write and direct films for Cummings, such as The Jealous God (1939); he also served in the United Kingdom Parliament from 1945-50 as the Labour MP for Eton and Slough. They had a son and a daughter. Cummings was uncomfortable in Hollywood and moved to England, where she continued acting, both in movies and on the stage. Few of these films became popular in America, although included amongst those that did is Blithe Spirit, adapted from a play by Sir Noël Coward. In 1974, Cummings, who resided in the UK for many decades, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the British entertainment industry. She played Mary Tyrone in the Royal National Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, to great acclaim. She later recreated the role for a television version. In 1979, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in the role in the play Wings (written by Arthur Kopit) of Emily Stilson, a former aviator who has suffered a stroke, from which she struggles to recover. She was a committee member of the Royal Court Theatre and the Arts Council. Despite her truncated career in the U.S., she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6211 Hollywood Blvd. Constance Cummings Levy died on November 23, 2005 at the age of 95. Description above from the Wikipedia article Constance Cummings, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: May 15, 1910
Deathday: November 23, 2005
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American Madness
1932-08-15
American Madness
Overview: Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-15
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Dead Man's Folly
1986-01-08
Dead Man's Folly
Overview: During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-08
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The Last Parade
1931-01-31
The Last Parade
Overview: During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-31
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Behind the Mask
1932-02-25
Behind the Mask
Overview: A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-25
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Sammy Going South
1963-03-18
Sammy Going South
Overview: After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-18
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The Criminal Code
1931-01-03
The Criminal Code
Overview: After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-03
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The Battle of the Sexes
1960-02-25
The Battle of the Sexes
Overview: Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-25
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Love Song
1985-04-06
Love Song
Overview: The life of a successful student couple at Cambridge University.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-06
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Blithe Spirit
1945-04-05
Blithe Spirit
Overview: An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-05
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Night After Night
1932-10-29
Night After Night
Overview: A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-29
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Seven Sinners
1936-06-01
Seven Sinners
Overview: Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at a hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-01
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Movie Crazy
1932-09-23
Movie Crazy
Overview: After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-23
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Remember Last Night?
1935-10-28
Remember Last Night?
Overview: After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-28
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Finger of Guilt
1956-06-01
Finger of Guilt
Overview: Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss's daughter after which he quickly rises through the studio ranks. Then the letters begin to appear from a lovesick American actress who wants to know why he has thrown her over.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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Cyrano de Bergerac
1938-10-30
Cyrano de Bergerac
Overview: Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon swordsman, poet, and philosopher, Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). Secretly and passionately in love with beautiful Roxane, Cyrano, who is embarrassed by his elongated nose, is shocked to find out that she has fallen head-over-heels in love with the handsome but superficial recruit to the Cadets de Gascogne, Christian de Neuvillette. As a result, convinced that he stands no chance against the handsome but tongue-tied suitor, Cyrano steps aside and becomes Christian's tutor in the delicate matters of love, composing poems and ardent letters to help him woo Roxane.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-30
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The Foreman Went to France
1942-06-22
The Foreman Went to France
Overview: Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-22
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The Mind Reader
1933-04-01
The Mind Reader
Overview: Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is challenged when his deception impacts others' lives and Sylvia urges him to reform.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-01
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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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Looking for Trouble
1934-03-28
Looking for Trouble
Overview: Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.
Genres: Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-28
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In the Cool of the Day
1963-05-29
In the Cool of the Day
Overview: After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-29
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Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933-11-02
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Overview: Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
Genres: Romance Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-02
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Channel Crossing
1933-10-14
Channel Crossing
Overview: Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value system is thrown into turmoil.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-14
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This Man Is Mine
1934-04-13
This Man Is Mine
Overview: The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-13
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The Guilty Generation
1931-11-19
The Guilty Generation
Overview: The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-19
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John and Julie
1955-07-26
John and Julie
Overview: The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-26
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Attorney for the Defense
1932-05-21
Attorney for the Defense
Overview: A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-21
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This England
1941-07-22
This England
Overview: Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-22
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The Big Timer
1932-03-10
The Big Timer
Overview: Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-10
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Traveling Husbands
1931-08-15
Traveling Husbands
Overview: A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-15
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973-03-10
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Overview: On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund, and the alcoholism and debauchery of the older son Jamie. As day turns into night, guilt, anger, despair, and regret threaten to destroy the family.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-10
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932-10-15
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Overview: Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-15
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Late Summer
1963-07-07
Late Summer
Overview: Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time they are together the more age difference becomes a rift between them.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-07
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Glamour
1934-04-09
Glamour
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-09
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Into the Blue
1950-12-27
Into the Blue
Overview: Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence - and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-27
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Heads We Go
1933-07-28
Heads We Go
Overview: A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-28
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The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933-01-06
The Billion Dollar Scandal
Overview: An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-06
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Wings
1983-04-26
Wings
Overview: An elderly woman, a former aviatrix, is gradually recovering from a stroke.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-26
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The Bitter Waters
1956-08-01
The Bitter Waters
Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century, a rich American boy touring Europe with his uncle stops at a trendy German resort and meets a pretty young girl who is there with her mother, a widow. The young couple fall for each other, until the young girl's mother's past begins to have an effect on their relationship.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-01
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Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
1962-12-04
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
Overview: Hilarious scenes from his silent and sound films as compiled and produced by Harold Lloyd himself.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-04
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