Athole Stewart
Also Known As: Athole Chalmers Stewart
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ealing, London, England, UK
Birthday: June 24, 1879
Deathday: October 18, 1940
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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To What Red Hell
Overview: 'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-01
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The Clairvoyant
Overview: A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-07
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The Speckled Band
Overview: After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
Genres: Romance Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-05
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Dusty Ermine
Overview: A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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They Came by Night
Overview: A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-07
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His Lordship Regrets
Overview: The impoverished Lord Cavender woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan, only to find that his secretary Mary, whom he really loves, is a genuine heiress. His Lordship does quickly and truly regret.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-31
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The Spy in Black
Overview: A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-03
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The Constant Nymph
Overview: Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining the already delicate Tessa’s health, the composer realises that life without Tessa is unbearable and leaves his unloving wife – but sadly too late.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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The Amateur Gentleman
Overview: A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the watch and suspecting a frame-up, follows the royal party to London, where he poses as a wealthy "gentleman" and insinuates himself into the English court in an effort to find out who framed his father and why.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-26
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Doctor Syn
Overview: A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-25
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Jack of All Trades
Overview: In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a bank next to the beleaguered Robertson Hare. Here he invents a fraudulent business plan (Merrivale - you remember it surely?), the manager and chairman and another finance company are suck(er)ed in and it all snowballs from there. With of course a love interest as a dynamo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-30
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Action for Slander
Overview: A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-21
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Poison Pen
Overview: The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-03
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The Four Just Men
Overview: The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-01
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The Tenth Man
Overview: George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-12
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Loyalties
Overview: A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. Instead of supporting De Levis, the host attempts to hush the matter up and when this fails, he sides with Dancy and subtly tries to destroy de Levis' reputation. When Dancy is later exposed, and commits suicide, de Levis is blamed for his demise.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-02
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Frail Women
Overview: An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-15
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The Little Damozel
Overview: A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Confidential Lady
Overview: Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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I Killed the Count
Overview: Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Davidson is trying to determine who murdered the much-hated Count Matton. The dilemma isn't that the Detective is suffering from a lack of witnesses but that four different people have come forth to confess to the killing, each of them with plenty of motive and opportunity.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-06
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The Path of Glory
Overview: Comedy about two Ruritanian countries who declare war on each other with the mutual intention of losing. Political satire that might have been Britain’s answer to Duck Soup.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-08
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Accused
Overview: Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-18
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The Singing Cop
Overview: “Spy comedy with operatic background.” - BFI.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Thistledown
Overview: The Viennese bride of a Scottish peer is driven away by suspicion and unfriendliness from his family. Famous, she buys the estate and her husband returns to be reconciled with her and the son of whom he never knew.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Return of a Stranger
Overview: James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the crime, knowing the solicitor was alive when he left him. Carol refuses to speak to him, and he escapes on a ship to South Africa. There, he is the victim of an accident that disfigures his face, and he returns to England to clear his name, believing he won't be recognized. Other than by everybody who knew him, it turns out.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-04
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It Happened to One Man
Overview: A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-12
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Meet Maxwell Archer
Overview: Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-17
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Old Mother Riley in Society
Overview: Old Mother Riley does the laundry for the dancers in the pantomime "Aladdin", where her daughter Kitty works as a chorus girl. Sneaking a peek at the show one day, Mother Riley accidentally pops up through a trap door onto the stage. Accosted by the angry star, Mother Riley’s belligerent responses have the audience in stitches. Outraged, the star walks out, leaving Kitty to take over the leading role, to great success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-27
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Canaries Sometimes Sing
Overview: Geoffrey and his wife Anne are trapped in a stifling marriage, which neither feels able to leave. When Geoffrey's boyhood friend, Ernest, and his new wife, Elma, come for a long visit, it's soon apparent that their marriage is equally unhappy. As Ernest and Anne strike up a supposedly secret affair, Geoffrey and Elma do everything they can to encourage their spouses' infidelity, whilst also pretending to be blissfully unaware of it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-10
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The Temporary Widow
Overview: Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resigns from his mandate, the mysterious Peter Bille steps in, though it becomes apparent that he actually is not an advocate but Kitty's lover and moreover confesses the murder. The widow has to admit that the pictures by her deceased spouse sell much better, only for him to suddenly appear alive.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-13
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The Faithful Heart
Overview: Herbert Marshall and Edna Best, husband and wife in 1933, star in the British drama Faithful Hearts. Best plays the daughter of Marshall, who years earlier had run out on his family. When Edna re-enters Marshall's life, it causes him to reassess his values-and to end his engagement to his judgmental fiancee. When Faithful Hearts was released in the US, all the voices were redubbed by American actors; even Herbert Marshall, a fixture in Hollywood films since the dawn of the talkie era, was submitted to this electronic augmentation. Original titled The Faithful Heart (Americans must have more of everything!), the film was based on a play by Monckton Hoffe.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-01
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Where's Sally?
Overview: 'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-28
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