Betty Lawford
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Lawford (February 1, 1912 – November 20, 1960) was a United States-based English film and stage actress. Her parents, Ernest Lawford and Janet Slater Lawford, were also actors, and she was a cousin of the actor and socialite Peter Lawford. Lawford's stage debut came in a Players' Club production of Henry IV. She followed that with appearances in Julius Caesar and The Lady Lies. Her Broadway credits include Glamour Preferred (1940), Walk With Music (1940), The Women (1936), There's Wisdom in Women (1935), Heat Wave (1931), The Lady Lies (1928), and King Henry IV, Part I (1926). She was briefly married to the American actor-director Monta Bell. She died at Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, following an illness of three weeks.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Birthday: February 01, 1912
Age: 113 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: November 20, 1960
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Overview: Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan takes over and persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one, the others learn that Morgan is a killer.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-20
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Berkeley Square
Overview: A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
Genres: Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-15
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Love Before Breakfast
Overview: Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-09
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Gallant Lady
Overview: Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-07
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Secrets of a Secretary
Overview: Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-05
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Stolen Holiday
Overview: A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-06
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Criminal Lawyer
Overview: Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group is guilty, just to get even with Larkin for a rebuke. On the same night in court, Madge Carter is on trial for disorderly conduct, and Brandon volunteers to defend her, and proves the case against her if a frame-up. Finding that she is penniless, Brandon hires her as his secretary, and falls in love with her. Brandon is appointed district attorney and has ambitions of becoming the state governor. Having dinner at Betty's home, she maneuvers him, while he is drunk, into marrying her. Later, Madge is a witness when Larkin shoots down a fellow gangster. By threatening Brandon's life, he forces her to commit perjury at his trial, and say he fired in self-defense. Brandon, the prosecuting attorney (who has had his marriage to Betty annulled) knows she is lying but doesn't know why.
Genres: Action Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-29
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Old English
Overview: An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-12
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: The Return of Sherlock Holmes was the first sound film to feature Sherlock Holmes.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-26
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The Monkey's Paw
Overview: A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-13
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Stage Door Canteen
Overview: A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
Genres: Comedy Music Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-24
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Gentlemen of the Press
Overview: A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-04
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Let’s Be Ritzy
Overview: Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-01
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Lucky In Love
Overview: Michael O'More, an American who lives in Ireland with his uncle, a horsetrainer for the Earl of Balkerry, loves Lady Mary Cardigan, granddaughter of the Earl. He finds a rival in Capt. Brian Fitzroy, a rake who intends to buy the impoverished earl's castle and marry Lady Mary. After nearly killing Fitzroy in a brawl over Lady Mary, Michael flees to the United States. There he becomes financially secure when department store magnate Abe Feinberg offers him a job. Feinberg commissions Michael to establish a linen mill on the earl's estate. He and Mary, who is in the United States evading Fitzroy, return to Ireland and marry.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-16
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The Human Side
Overview: The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-01
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