Marguerite Allan
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Blossom Time
Jan 01, 1934World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on the composer's unrequited love for a dance master's daughter.
Romance
Prison Breaker
Feb 01, 1936A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds himself in prison facing a charge of manslaughter..
Crime
Matinee Idol
Aug 29, 1933A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.
Doctor's Orders
Nov 01, 1934Leslie Fuller stars as a quack whose son qualifies as a doctor in total ignorance of his father's occupation!
Comedy
Luck of the Navy
Nov 27, 1938With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
Drama
A Romance of Seville
May 20, 1929Dolores and Ramon celebrate their arranged betrothal with little enthusiasm: Dolores has a lover, and Ramon wants his freedom so that he can pursue Pepita. Having heard of Ramon's betrothal, Pepita gives her heart to another but when bandits accost her and try to rob her father, they give the dashing Ramon just the chance he needs to prove the gallant lover!
Romance
Those Were the Days
Apr 02, 1934A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
Music
Follow the Lady
Jan 01, 1933The Big Splash
Jan 01, 1935
Breach of Promise
Apr 20, 1942Low-key British comedy starring Clive Brook as a successful playwright who is sued for breach of promise by a mysterious beauty he claims not to know.
Sleeping Partners
Mar 18, 1930A neglected wife spends the night with a roué after drinking a sleeping draught.
Comedy
Stepping Stones
Jun 01, 1931
The Plaything
Sep 29, 1929A Scot acquires sophistication in order to spurn the socialite who spurned him.
Romance
Widecombe Fair
Dec 01, 1928'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)
