Helen Chandler
Also Known As: Helen Louise Chandler
Biography: Helen Chandler was an American stage and screen actress. She is today best remembered for her portrayal of Mina in the 1931 classic horror film Dracula.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: February 01, 1906
Age: 119 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 30, 1965
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Dracula
Overview: British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together and Dracula, a secret vampire, begins preying on London socialites.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-12
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Christopher Strong
Overview: A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-09
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Outward Bound
Overview: A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-17
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The Last Flight
Overview: Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-29
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A House Divided
Overview: A New England fisherman's second wife prefers his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-05
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Salute
Overview: A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-01
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Overview: Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Midnight Alibi
Overview: An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-12
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Overview: A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-18
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Goodbye Again
Overview: Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's secretly in love with him, save his neck?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-09
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Long Lost Father
Overview: A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-19
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Daybreak
Overview: An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-02
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Radio Parade of 1935
Overview: One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not happy. However, when he discovers this he decides to take action and promotes Jimmy, his Head of the Complaints Department, to Programme Director. Jimmy decides that a series of variety spectaculars are what the public want and sets about hiring the acts. But obstacles are put in his way and he discovers that the NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-12
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Rough Romance
Overview: Love and logging in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-15
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The Joy Girl
Overview: Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-03
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Vanity Street
Overview: A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-14
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Fanny Foley Herself
Overview: A vaudeville performer has trouble dividing her time equally between her career and her two daughters.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-09
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Mothers Cry
Overview: Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life of crime and now returns to inflict his insane behavior on the family household.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-04
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Dracula
Overview: 8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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It's a Bet
Overview: A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-01
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Salvation Nell
Overview: Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-01
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Alimony Madness
Overview: A man's wife is put on trial for the murder of his first wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-31
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Unfinished Symphony
Overview: Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue. English-language version of "Leise flehen meine Lieder."
Genres: Drama Music History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1934-08-23
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Mother's Boy
Overview: Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-01
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The Worst Woman in Paris?
Overview: Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a local hero after injuring herself while saving a baby's life. While recovering at the home of the headmaster of a boy's school and his family, her veneer of oversophistications melts away and she finds herself fancying the small town life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-03
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The Sky Hawk
Overview: Jack Bardell, a British aviator in World War I, a dashing hero to all who know him, is discharged following an airplane crash that occurred under suspicious circumstances. Invalided to private life, to the shame of his father, Lord Bardell, he gets his chance for redemption during a German Zepplin attack over London. He puts on a good show.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-29
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Overview: Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-16
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The Road to 'Dracula'
Overview: A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-21
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The Music Master
Overview: Former Viennese orchestra leader Anton von Barwig has been searching for his daughter, taken by his ex-wife, for many years. The search has reduced him to penury since a crooked detective swindled him. One day he meets a young society girl, Helene Stanton, seeking music lessons for her fiancé, Beverly Cruger, and recognizes her as his child. Barwig finally confronts her foster father, who had run away with his wife in Vienna, who pleads with him to stay silent for his daughter’s future. He acquiesces but Helene discovers the relationship and brushes social considerations aside to be reunited with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-23
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