Norah Howard
Also Known As: Norah Lilian Emily Smeed
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: December 12, 1900
Age: 124 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: May 02, 1968
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The Saint in London
Overview: Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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A Yank at Oxford
Overview: A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-18
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Jane Eyre
Overview: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-27
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Two Loves
Overview: American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
Overview: A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-11
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Car of Dreams
Overview: Produced by the highly acclaimed Michael Balcon, the story revolves around Robert, the son of the owner of a musical instrument factory. He is in love with Vera, one of the factory workers, who is unaware of his position. So when she jokes one day that she would love a Rolls-Royce, Robert makes sure that she gets one. Then he decides to raise her salary out of all proportion to hint at who he is...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-09
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Fighting Stock
Overview: The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle royale between two rival groups of fishermen. Brigadier-General Sir Donald Rowley (Tom Walls) gets involved in the fray when he rents a country cottage with his nephew Sydney (Ralph Lynn). While the nephew pitches woo at the local maidens, General Rowley adopts military tactics to reclaim the stream from village squire Duck (J. Robertson Hare).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-09
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Condemned to Death
Overview: A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.
Genres: Mystery Horror Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-21
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Love, Life and Laughter
Overview: Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-01
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The W Plan
Overview: A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.
Genres: War Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-25
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An Englishman's Home
Overview: A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-27
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The Big Noise
Overview: A clerk in an oil company is promoted ostensibly to take the blame when it looks like the bosses' dodgy dealings will be found out by the authorities.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-01
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The Lambeth Walk
Overview: Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-03
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The Winslow Boy
Overview: In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-13
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