Frederick Kerr
Also Known As: Frederick Grinham Keen, Frederic Kerr, Fred Kerr
Biography: Frederick Kerr (born Frederick Grinham Keen) was an English stage and screen actor who performed in plays and movies both in the UK and America, his film career beginning in 1916. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the old Baron Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 11, 1858
Age: 166 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 03, 1933
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Frankenstein
Overview: Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-21
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Waterloo Bridge
Overview: In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-01
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Raffles
Overview: A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.
Genres: Adventure Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-11
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Lovers Courageous
Overview: A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-23
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But the Flesh Is Weak
Overview: A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-09
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The Lady of Scandal
Overview: A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-24
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The Devil to Pay!
Overview: Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-18
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Always Goodbye
Overview: Stranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con man to bilk a millionaire at his Italian villa. Little do they realize that he knows full well who they are after being tipped off by Scotland Yard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-24
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Beauty and the Boss
Overview: An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-09
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Born to Love
Overview: A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-17
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The Man from Toronto
Overview: According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to receive it; the two must marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However, when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Friends and Lovers
Overview: British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-03
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The Midshipmaid
Overview: Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show utilizing ship-board talent. Her fiancé shows up, and romantic complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-08
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Lord of the Manor
Overview: Two aristocrats become engaged but fall in love with people from a lower class.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-01
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12.10
Overview: Louis Fernando fails to sell a patent upon which he has spent the better part of his life and drowns himself. His orphaned child Marie is adopted by Lord Chatterton. Geoffrey Brooke, who is in the employ of Lord Chatterton, falls in love with Marie. Chatterton's general manager Arthur Newton also loves Marie and formulates a scheme whereby he hopes to win her and also acquire the Chatterton fortune. Chatterton becomes suspicious and by a ruse traps Newton and exposes his plot. Marie and Geoffrey are made happy in the end.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-14
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Honor of the Family
Overview: Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-17
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Victory and Peace
Overview: 'Nurse saves captain from invading Germans and is saved herself when he leads counter-attack.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-01
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The Lifeguardsman
Overview: An idiot heir helps a wounded prince save the princess from forced marriage to a usurper.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-01
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