Vida Hope
Also Known As: Vida Beatrice Frances Hope
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: December 16, 1918
Age: 106 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: December 23, 1963
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The 39 Steps
Overview: Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-06
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The Man in the White Suit
Overview: The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-07
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The Woman in Question
Overview: Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-03
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Angels One Five
Overview: The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-19
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Roadhouse Girl
Overview: A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-01
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Green Grow the Rushes
Overview: Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back to Henry III) to evade government-imposed import duties and taxes. And when the government decides to curb this right, the whole village quietly rises up in a comical rebellion. After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-06
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Fast and Loose
Overview: An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-12
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Women of Twilight
Overview: When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-16
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The Interrupted Journey
Overview: When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train crash, a murder and a police man hunt, but all is not what it seems.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-11
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The Long Memory
Overview: An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-23
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The Mark of Cain
Overview: An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. As the situation festers it leads to murder…
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-14
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The Broken Horseshoe
Overview: When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-10
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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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Rx Murder
Overview: An American doctor, Jethro Jones, comes into a quiet British seaside community and becomes entangled in a murder mystery when the town gossips inform him that all of the three wives of the town doctor, Doctor Dysert (or Doctor Deadcert as they call him) have had mysterious deaths. And now Doctor Dysert is treating his own secretary, Kitty, who he wants to make her his next wife, as she has inexplicably fallen ill.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-18
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Lease of Life
Overview: The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-18
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Hue and Cry
Overview: A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-01
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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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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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Emergency Call
Overview: A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-19
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Double Confession
Overview: The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-30
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They Made Me a Fugitive
Overview: After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-24
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Champagne Charlie
Overview: A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-25
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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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In the Doghouse
Overview: After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-17
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Cheer the Brave
Overview: A newly married man soon finds his new wife to be a tyrant. After discovering her previous husband is not really dead, he manages to escape from her clutches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-01
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English Without Tears
Overview: While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-28
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While the Sun Shines
Overview: Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-01
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Woman Hater
Overview: A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-13
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It Always Rains on Sunday
Overview: During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-28
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Angels One Five
Overview: The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-19
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Vice Versa
Overview: Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-28
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Beware of Pity
Overview: A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-22
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Overview: A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-12
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