George Hayes
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: November 13, 1888
Age: 136 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 13, 1967
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Emil and the Detectives
Overview: Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil’s adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-05
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The Case of the Frightened Lady
Overview: A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-28
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The Return of the Frog
Overview: The film concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-24
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Old Roses
Overview: An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Esther Waters
Overview: Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-28
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Death Croons the Blues
Overview: A cabaret singer is found dead in her flat and Viscount Brent becomes a suspect. His cousin is convinced of his innocence and with a journalist investigates the crime.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-01
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Freedom Radio
Overview: Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-04
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Come on George!
Overview: George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-01
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For Them That Trespass
Overview: In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-21
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Strange Boarders
Overview: Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-01
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Life of St. Paul
Overview: The Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-30
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East of Piccadilly
Overview: A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-23
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The Guv'nor
Overview: The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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Great Expectations
Overview: In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-26
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Hamlet
Overview: Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-09-22
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Inside the Room
Overview: A French sleuth in England helps the police solve a series of murders linked by the diary pages of a dead woman.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-26
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Spy for a Day
Overview: During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-26
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The Mind of Mr. Reeder
Overview: Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-04
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