Francis Lister
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Biography: From Wikipedia Francis Lister (1899–1951) was a British film actor. He was married to the actresses Nora Swinburne (1924–32) and Margot Grahame (1934-36)
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: April 02, 1899
Age: 126 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 28, 1951
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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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The Old Wives' Tale
Overview: A woman leaves her husband to run a Paris boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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Up to the Neck
Overview: 'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-18
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Home to Danger
Overview: A young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-01
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Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Overview: Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-20
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Cardinal Richelieu
Overview: The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
Genres: History Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-18
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Clive of India
Overview: Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-25
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The Unwanted
Overview: A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-22
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The Wicked Lady
Overview: A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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Jack's the Boy
Overview: With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-11
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Murder in Soho
Overview: A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-01
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Living Dangerously
Overview: The dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-08
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Sensation
Overview: Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-16
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Counsel's Opinion
Overview: Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-01
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Hawleys of High Street
Overview: A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-07
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The Fortune of Christina McNab
Overview: An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-03-31
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At the Villa Rose
Overview: Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-05
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Brown Sugar
Overview: The young Lord Sloane marries a musical comedy actress, much to his parents' disappointment. The actress's brother-in-law gets into betting difficulties so she obtains money from her husband to help him.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-21
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Uneasy Virtue
Overview: A comedy film directed by Norman Walker
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-05
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Atlantic
Overview: English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-15
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Christopher Columbus
Overview: Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-12
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