Henry Stephenson
Biography: From Wikipedia Henry Stephenson Garraway (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956), sometimes credited as Harry Stephenson, was a British stage and film actor. He portrayed friendly and wise Gentleman in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles was Sir Joseph Banks in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist. Stephenson was educated in Rugby in Warwickshire and started acting in his twenties. He appeared on British and American stages and made his Broadway debut in 1901, playing the messenger in A Message from Mars. In the following decades, he appeared in over 30 Broadway plays. Henry Stephenson made his film debut in 1917 and appeared in a few silent films, but made his mark mostly as an elder man in sound films. Between 1931 and 1932, he appeared in the successful Broadway play Cyanara with over 200 performances. He came to Hollywood for the film version of Cyanara, starring Ronald Colman and with Henry Stephenson in a supporting role. In the same year year, he played the tycoon C.B. Gaerste in Red-Headed Woman and Doctor Alliott in A Bill of Divorcement. The following year, the English-born actor appeared as the intimidating yet warm-hearted Mr. Laurence in Little Women. The tall, white-haired actor specialized in portraying wise, dignified and friendly British gentlemans in supporting roles. He could be "both imposing and benevolent in his patrician portrayals, usually expounding words of wisdom or offering gentlemanly aid." He appeared overall in 90 films from 1917 to 1951, often as a doctor or professor, general, judge or aristocrat. He often played historical figures like Sir Joseph Banks in the oscar-winnig adventure film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau in Marie Antoinette (1938). Stephenson worked with film star Errol Flynn in the films Captain Blood, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Prince and the Pauper, and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; often as Flynn's paternal friend and superior. He portrayed Sir Thomas Lancing in Tarzan Finds a Son! in 1939 and playing an entirely different role as Sir Guy Henderson in Tarzan and the Amazons in 1945. He seldom played dark figures, among the exceptions was the snobbish Mr. Bryant in Mr. Lucky in 1943. Stephenson also appeared in literature adaptions, for example as the friendly lawyer Havisham in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and as Mr. Brownlow in David Lean's literature adaption Oliver Twist (1948). He made his last film in 1949, but appeared in two TV-series in 1951 before the end of his career. In 1950, after finishing his role of Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga in the drama play, That Lady, Stephenson retired from the stage. He married actress Ann Shoemaker. They had one daughter. Henry Stephenson died in 1956 at the age of 85 years. He was survived by Ann and his daughter.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 15, 1871
Deathday: April 24, 1956
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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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Conquest
1937-10-22
Conquest
Overview: A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-22
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936-03-06
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Overview: An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-06
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
Mutiny on the Bounty
Overview: Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-22
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Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939-06-16
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Overview: A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-16
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Heartbeat
1946-05-01
Heartbeat
Overview: A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-01
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The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30
The Prince and the Pauper
Overview: Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-30
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Challenge to Lassie
1949-10-31
Challenge to Lassie
Overview: When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
Genres: Action Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-31
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Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
Down Argentine Way
Overview: The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-11
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Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
Marie Antoinette
Overview: The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-26
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The Young in Heart
1938-07-06
The Young in Heart
Overview: A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-06
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Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
Beloved Enemy
Overview: In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-25
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The Locket
1946-12-20
The Locket
Overview: A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Overview: In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
Genres: Drama Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-20
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Ivy
1947-06-26
Ivy
Overview: When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, and her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-26
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939-11-11
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Overview: This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-11
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Captain Blood
1935-12-26
Captain Blood
Overview: Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Genres: Adventure Action History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-26
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939-09-01
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-01
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Mr. Lucky
1943-07-01
Mr. Lucky
Overview: A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-01
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Little Women
1933-11-24
Little Women
Overview: Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family, headed by their mother, experiences tribulations, joy, and kindness from their wealthy neighbor and his high-spirited grandson.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-24
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Reckless
1935-04-19
Reckless
Overview: A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-19
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When You're in Love
1937-02-12
When You're in Love
Overview: An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-12
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Two Girls and a Sailor
1944-06-14
Two Girls and a Sailor
Overview: A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-14
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Julia Misbehaves
1948-08-08
Julia Misbehaves
Overview: Julia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when their daughter he has raised invites her mother to her wedding, with the disapproval of William's mother.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-08
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Thirty Day Princess
1934-05-18
Thirty Day Princess
Overview: A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-18
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A Bill of Divorcement
1932-09-28
A Bill of Divorcement
Overview: A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-28
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The Baroness and the Butler
1938-02-18
The Baroness and the Butler
Overview: A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-18
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Overview: Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-02
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Rendezvous
1935-10-25
Rendezvous
Overview: A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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The Mantrap
1943-04-13
The Mantrap
Overview: Henry Stephenson stars as a retired Scotland Yard detective. He is regarded as an icon because he has written volumes of books on the art of detection. While Stephenson is being honoured for his past successes, he senses modern detectives, particularly the current District Attorney, look at him and his methods as outdated. This spurs the old man out of retirement to prove himself to the know-it-all modern detectives.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-13
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Tarzan and the Amazons
1945-04-29
Tarzan and the Amazons
Overview: A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.
Genres: Adventure Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-29
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Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Red-Headed Woman
Overview: Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-25
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The Animal Kingdom
1932-12-28
The Animal Kingdom
Overview: Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage, Tom is bored with the social scene and the obligations of his life. He publishes books that will sell, not books that he wants to write. Even worse, he has his old friend working as a butler and Cecelia wants him fired. When Tom tries to get back together with Daisy to renew the feelings that he once felt, Daisy turns the tables on him and leaves to protect both of them.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-28
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The Green Years
1946-07-04
The Green Years
Overview: An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-04
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This Above All
1942-05-12
This Above All
Overview: In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-12
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If I Were Free
1933-12-01
If I Were Free
Overview: A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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She Loves Me Not
1934-08-31
She Loves Me Not
Overview: A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-31
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The Richest Girl in the World
1934-09-21
The Richest Girl in the World
Overview: Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-21
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It's a Date
1940-03-22
It's a Date
Overview: An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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Half Way to Shanghai
1942-09-18
Half Way to Shanghai
Overview: A murder occurs on a train bound for Shanghai during World War II.
Genres: Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-18
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Guilty as Hell
1932-08-05
Guilty as Hell
Overview: Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve. Just the pleasure of watching an intricate cat-and-mouse game, with the murderer one step ahead of his pursuers until the final, tense confrontation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-05
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The Mystery of Mr. X
1934-02-23
The Mystery of Mr. X
Overview: A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-02-23
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Wise Girl
1937-12-31
Wise Girl
Overview: Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids so he can paint.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-31
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Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05
Of Human Bondage
Overview: A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for help.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-05
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Tomorrow at Seven
1933-06-01
Tomorrow at Seven
Overview: People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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Blind Adventure
1933-08-18
Blind Adventure
Overview: Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-18
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Cynara
1932-12-24
Cynara
Overview: A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-24
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Stingaree
1934-05-24
Stingaree
Overview: A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.
Genres: Comedy Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-24
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Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Overview: The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-01
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Hearts Divided
1936-06-20
Hearts Divided
Overview: Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.
Genres: Drama Romance Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-20
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Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
Give Me Your Heart
Overview: An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-17
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Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944-07-26
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Overview: Secrets of Scotland Yard is Republic's spin on a plotline first elucidated in the old E. Phillips Oppenheim novel The Great Impersonation. After losing WW I, the German high command, with remarkable foresight, prepares for the next war by planting a spy in the British Admiralty. Edgar Barrier plays the dual role of the German spy and his British twin brother. When one twin is killed, the other assumes his identity. The question: is the surviving brother the "good" one or the bad? It is up to C. Aubrey Smith, cast as Scotland Yard inspector Sir Christopher Belt, to sort out the mystery. Though it owes a great deal to the aforementioned Oppenheim yarn, Secrets of Scotland Yard is actually based on a novel by Denison Clift, who also wrote the screenplay.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-26
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Double Harness
1933-07-21
Double Harness
Overview: After tricking him into marriage, a woman tries to win the love of her philandering husband.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-21
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Dramatic School
1938-12-09
Dramatic School
Overview: Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-09
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Outcast Lady
1934-09-28
Outcast Lady
Overview: A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-28
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The Night Is Young
1935-01-11
The Night Is Young
Overview: Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-11
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A Society Exile
1919-10-07
A Society Exile
Overview: Nora Shard, a young American girl living in England, is ostracized from society for her presumed part in a scandal which culminated in a murder-suicide by a nobleman and his wife. Nora disguises her identity and goes to Italy, where she finds happiness - until the spectre of the past is raised.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-07
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Overview: A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-27
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What Every Woman Knows
1934-10-18
What Every Woman Knows
Overview: Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-18
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Spring Parade
1940-09-27
Spring Parade
Overview: In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-27
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Man of Two Worlds
1934-01-13
Man of Two Worlds
Overview: A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-13
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The Homestretch
1947-05-04
The Homestretch
Overview: A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-04
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Little Old New York
1940-02-09
Little Old New York
Overview: Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-09
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The Flame Within
1935-05-17
The Flame Within
Overview: Psychiatrist finds herself falling for her patient.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-17
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Lady from Louisiana
1941-04-22
Lady from Louisiana
Overview: Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-22
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Suez
1938-10-28
Suez
Overview: Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-28
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Men and Women
1925-03-23
Men and Women
Overview: Will Prescott (Richard Dix) is a bank cashier whose assistant, Ned Seabury (Neil Hamilton), has made a killing in the stock market. With his newfound riches, Seabury proceeds to woo Prescott's wife, Agnes (Claire Adams), by buying her luxurious items that her husband can not afford. Seabury makes no secret of his aim, and Prescott desperately steals some of the bank's bonds, hoping to make enough money to keep Agnes by his side.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-23
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The Hour Before the Dawn
1944-05-10
The Hour Before the Dawn
Overview: A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-10
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Walking on Air
1936-09-11
Walking on Air
Overview: A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-11
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Enchantment
1948-12-25
Enchantment
Overview: Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-25
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Half Angel
1936-05-22
Half Angel
Overview: Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-22
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Her Sister's Secret
1946-09-23
Her Sister's Secret
Overview: A WWII tale of romance that begins during New Orlean's "Mardi Gras" celebration when a soldier and a girl meet and fall in love. He asks her to marry him but she decides to wait until his next leave. He is sent overseas and she does not receive his letter and feels abandoned, but she does find out she is pregnant. She gives the child to her married sister and does not see her child again for three years. She returns to her sister's home to reclaim the child, and the soldier, who has been searching for her, also turns up. The sister is not interested in giving up the child. Written by Les Adams
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-23
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Dark Delusion
1947-06-24
Dark Delusion
Overview: Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-24
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My Lips Betray
1933-11-04
My Lips Betray
Overview: In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer garden for her rent money. Meanwhile, the king is facing bankruptcy for his little nation, unless he marries a rich but undesirable queen of another comic opera principality. Eventually he takes in the struggling young singer, and they fall in love, despite possible ruin.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-04
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The Perfect Gentleman
1935-11-22
The Perfect Gentleman
Overview: A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-22
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The Return of Monte Cristo
1946-12-19
The Return of Monte Cristo
Overview: Louis Hayward, star of 1940's Son of Monte Cristo, returns to Alexandre Dumas territory in Columbia's Return of Monte Cristo. This time, Hayward plays the grandson of his namesake Edmond Dantes, who, it will be recalled, was cheated out of his fortune and falsely imprisoned, only to escape and wreak vengeance on his betrayers by assuming the guise of the Count of Monte Cristo. Just like grandpa, the younger Dantes is framed by a trio of connivers and shipped off to Devil's Island. Escaping with a fellow convict, political radical Bombelles (Steven Geray), Dantes adopts the bearded guise of an elderly man in order to destroy his enemies and reclaim his birthright. One of his principal antagonists - at least during the first half of the film - is haughty aristocrat Angele Picard (Barbara Britton), who because she wasn't a part of the original conspiracy genuinely believes that Dantes is a criminal.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-19
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Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03
Time Out of Mind
Overview: The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-03
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One More River
1934-08-06
One More River
Overview: A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-06
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The Man Who Lost Himself
1941-03-21
The Man Who Lost Himself
Overview: John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-21
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Reckless Age
1944-08-01
Reckless Age
Overview: Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-01
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All Men Are Enemies
1934-04-26
All Men Are Enemies
Overview: A British aristocrat falls in love with an Austrian woman before they are separated with the outbreak of World War I.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-26
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Rings on Her Fingers
1942-03-20
Rings on Her Fingers
Overview: Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-20
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Night and Day
1946-07-02
Night and Day
Overview: When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-02
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Song of Love
1947-10-09
Song of Love
Overview: Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-09
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Wild, Wild Susan
1925-08-04
Wild, Wild Susan
Overview: Wealthy New York girl, Susan Van Dusen, in search of thrills and laughter, leaves home and finds work with a private detective agency. She meets Tod Waterbury, who, under another name, is working as a cab driver (in search of story material for a novel), and the two fall in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-04
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