Fred Groves

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Un mari idéal
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Un mari idéal

Nov 14, 1947

Un mari idéal
1947 96 min 13 vues
1895. Mrs. Laura Cheveley, une jeune femme au passé trouble, est de retour à Londres après des années d'absence. Elle profite d'un secret découvert sur Sir Robert Chiltern pour le faire chanter : soit il couvre un scandale financier, soit elle révèle l'origine frauduleuse de sa fortune, ruinant ainsi sa réputation et l'amour de sa femme, qui l'idéalise en « mari parfait ». Heureusement, le Vicomte Arthur Goring surveille tout cela de près et à un plan pour empêcher son ancienne maîtresse de nuire.
Comedy
Morning Departure
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Morning Departure

Dec 01, 1946

Morning Departure
1946 90 min 1 vues
At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. The subsequent explosion sinks the submarine, killing most of its crew. Frantic efforts are taken to rescue those remaining alive.
Drama
Bridegrooms Beware!
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Bridegrooms Beware!

Nov 03, 1913

Bridegrooms Beware!
1913 10 min 1 vues
A comedy feature with Fred Groves having dual roles of bridegroom and a lunatic, and in the course of the film the two characters swap places.
Comedy
Her Luck in London
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Her Luck in London

Jan 01, 1914

Her Luck in London
1914 65 min 1 vues
Nellie, a beautiful farmer's daughter, is lured to the wickedness of the big city. Based on an original story by Charles Darrell.
Drama
Beautiful Jim
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Beautiful Jim

Jan 01, 1914

Beautiful Jim
1914 55 min 1 vues
A murder mystery concerning the murder by a Colonel's son of his sister's fiancé using a golf club. Based on the novel by John Strange Winter.
Crime
Popsy Wopsy
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Popsy Wopsy

Jan 01, 1913

Popsy Wopsy
1913 8 min 1 vues
A composer gets drunk on the proceeds of a song and sees his furniture dancing.
Comedy
Black-Eyed Susan
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Black-Eyed Susan

Jan 01, 1914

Black-Eyed Susan
1914 48 min 1 vues
A sailor is court-martialled for hitting an officer who tried to seduce a smuggler's young daughter.
Drama
The Idol of Paris
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The Idol of Paris

Jan 01, 1914

The Idol of Paris
1914 57 min 1 vues
A crook demands his princess cousin in marriage in return for clearing a prince of theft charges. Based on Charles Darrell's original play.
Crime
The Ghost Camera
6.1

The Ghost Camera

Jan 31, 1933

The Ghost Camera
1933 65 min 12 vues
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.
Comedy
Royal Eagle
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Royal Eagle

Jan 01, 1936

Royal Eagle
1936 69 min 1 vues
A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.
Crime
The Challenge
5.9

The Challenge

Sep 14, 1938

The Challenge
1938 76 min 8 vues
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Romance
The Old Curiosity Shop
5.3

The Old Curiosity Shop

Dec 14, 1934

The Old Curiosity Shop
1934 105 min 3 vues
An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. They are pursued both by Quilp and by the shop-keeper's long-lost brother, who wants to find them for a different reason.
Drama
Florence Nightingale
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Florence Nightingale

Mar 05, 1915

Florence Nightingale
1915 40 min 1 vues
The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).
Drama
The Squeaker
5.2

The Squeaker

Nov 11, 1937

The Squeaker
1937 77 min 5 vues
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).
Romance
Strange Boarders
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Strange Boarders

May 01, 1938

Strange Boarders
1938 74 min 1 vues
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
Thriller
My Brother Jonathan
6.75

My Brother Jonathan

Feb 05, 1948

My Brother Jonathan
1948 108 min 4 vues
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Drama
Puppets of Fate
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Puppets of Fate

Jan 10, 1933

Puppets of Fate
1933 73 min 1 vues
'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)
Crime
21 Days Together
6.1

21 Days Together

Jan 07, 1940

21 Days Together
1940 72 min 26 vues
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
Drama
Dance Band
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Dance Band

Jul 01, 1935

Dance Band
1935 75 min 1 vues
Life gets complicated for bandleader Buddy when he falls for his greatest rival – the leader of an all-girl dance band!
Romance
Suspense
1

Suspense

Jul 04, 1930

Suspense
1930 75 min 1 vues
During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
War
The Viper
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The Viper

Mar 01, 1938

The Viper
1938 75 min 1 vues
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
Comedy
Out of the Blue
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Out of the Blue

Nov 05, 1931

Out of the Blue
1931 88 min 1 vues
Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale, but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela, who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.
Music
My Brother's Keeper
6.1

My Brother's Keeper

Aug 19, 1948

My Brother's Keeper
1948 86 min 9 vues
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
Drama
Your Witness
5.7

Your Witness

Mar 06, 1950

Your Witness
1950 94 min 7 vues
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.
Drama
The Suicide Club
1

The Suicide Club

Jul 01, 1914

The Suicide Club
1914 40 min 1 vues
A colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another.
Drama
Escape!
6.3

Escape!

Aug 28, 1930

Escape!
1930 70 min 3 vues
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
Crime