Derek Blomfield
Also Known As: Derek Louis Cecil Blomfield
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: August 31, 1920
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 23, 1964
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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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Recoil
Overview: A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-01
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Fate Takes a Hand
Overview: When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees. This solitary incident has profound ramifications on several of the recipients and this film tells the story of how just five of those letters changed peoples lives forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-12
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After Mein Kampf
Overview: Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Genres: Documentary War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-13
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Turn of the Tide
Overview: Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-08
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Small Hotel
Overview: The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. Then, there's a visit from Mr Finch, who feels it's time Albert was replaced.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-14
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Hobson's Choice
Overview: Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-19
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Overview: Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-22
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Reach for the Sky
Overview: The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-05
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Carry on Admiral
Overview: Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-14
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Love on Wheels
Overview: A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-26
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Shipmates o' Mine
Overview: A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, gets married and has a son, but loses his command when his ship is rammed and the vessel is abandoned to save passengers. For years he lives in the countryside. Then his son, now grown, contacts his father's old shipmates and eventually their ship is put back into commission with its old skipper in command.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-18
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The Ghost of St. Michael's
Overview: Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-01
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It's Great to be Young!
Overview: IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle does his best to stand up for his students, only to be dismissed for his troubles. The kids conspire to not only reinstate their favourite teacher, but to circumvent Frome's refusal to purchase new instruments for an upcoming music festival.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-26
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Escort for Hire
Overview: An unemployed actor hires out as a bodyguard-companion for a woman and finds himself involved in murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
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Night and the City
Overview: Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-15
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The Floating Dutchman
Overview: Two men working on the docks close to London's Tower Bridge find the body of an unidentified man floating in the Thames. The police later identify the body to be that of a diamond courier from Holland. The police have to find his murderer, as well as the missing diamonds he was carrying.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Golden Arrow
Overview: On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-31
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Read All About It
Overview: An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-08
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Turn of the Tide
Overview: Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-08
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Appointment with Venus
Overview: At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-08
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