Ann Wilton
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: England, UK
Birthday: April 20, 1899
Deathday: May 12, 1980
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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School for Secrets
Overview: Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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The Miniver Story
Overview: The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-26
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Fanny by Gaslight
Overview: Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-08
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Dead Men Tell No Tales
Overview: The middle aged matron at a Norwich school wins a large prize in a French lottery. She is murdered in London and the murderer's secretary impersonates her and draws the old lady's prize money. There follows a series of killings until the murderer realises that he is trapped and commits suicide.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-01
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Father Steps Out
Overview: The film features 17 year old Dinah Sheridan as the daughter of the owner of a cheese factory (veteran actor Goerge Carney), who helps save her father from the action of a couple of swindlers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-13
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The Way to the Stars
Overview: Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-16
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Hungry Hill
Overview: Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-07
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Tawny Pipit
Overview: Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-28
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The October Man
Overview: Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-28
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The Man in Grey
Overview: After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-06
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Sailor Beware!
Overview: BBC television adaptation of the Philip King and Falkland L. Cary play about an imminent wedding becoming endangered by a domineering matriarch.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-05
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First Night
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-01
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