Basil Gill
Biography: From Wikipedia Basil Gill (March 10, 1877 – April 23, 1955) was a British stage actor and film actor. His stage career included many roles in plays of Shakespeare. His career as a film actor started with Henry VIII (1911): he appeared with Beerbohm Tree, on whose version of the play the film was based. In 1926, Gill appeared in two short films made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, Santa Claus as the title character, and Julius Caesar as Brutus. He appeared in many more films, the last being The Citadel of 1938.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 10, 1877
Deathday: April 23, 1955
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Mrs. Dane's Defence
1933-11-30
Mrs. Dane's Defence
Overview: A widow wants to marry, but her father will only consent if he is satisfied that a scandalous story about her is untrue.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-30
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High Treason
1929-03-25
High Treason
Overview: The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States. A bloody border incident puts both sides on high alert.
Genres: War Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-25
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His Lordship
1936-11-12
His Lordship
Overview: A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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Knight Without Armour
1937-07-23
Knight Without Armour
Overview: British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.
Genres: History Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-23
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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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The Rocks of Valpre
1919-06-01
The Rocks of Valpre
Overview: A romantic melodrama about a young woman, Christine, who falls in love with a glamorous French soldier. Bertrand is involved in secret work with the French army but when he gets falsely accused of stealing army plans, she marries the sensible, rich and older Trevor Mordaunt.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-01
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The Crimson Circle
1936-08-10
The Crimson Circle
Overview: Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-10
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The Immortal Gentleman
1935-03-26
The Immortal Gentleman
Overview: In the early seventeenth century William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton meet in a Southwark tavern and begin discussing the other customers who remind them of characters from Shakespeare's plays.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-26
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The Divine Spark
1935-06-01
The Divine Spark
Overview: British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-01
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Dangerous Medicine
1938-07-23
Dangerous Medicine
Overview: After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-23
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Gaol Break
1936-08-31
Gaol Break
Overview: “Jim Oakley hears in prison that his son is to be made a substitute by a gang for a rich American family's son who was kidnapped years back. He breaks jail to rescue his son but after seeing how happy his son will be with the family, he renounces his claim to boy and returns to finish his sentence in jail.” - BFI.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-31
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The School for Scandal
1930-09-05
The School for Scandal
Overview: Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-05
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Should a Doctor Tell?
1930-09-26
Should a Doctor Tell?
Overview: A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-26
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Glamour
1931-06-05
Glamour
Overview: A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-05
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The Wandering Jew
1933-11-15
The Wandering Jew
Overview: Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-15
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St. Martin's Lane
1938-10-18
St. Martin's Lane
Overview: On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-18
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On the Banks of Allan Water
1916-12-21
On the Banks of Allan Water
Overview: A bart's son weds a miller's daughter and their class disparity almost causes her suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-21
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God's Good Man
1919-08-01
God's Good Man
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-01
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Rembrandt
1936-11-06
Rembrandt
Overview: A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-06
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