Beryl Mercer

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À l'ouest, rien de nouveau
7.8

À l'ouest, rien de nouveau

Apr 29, 1930

À l'ouest, rien de nouveau
1930 133 min 810 vues
Lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, Paul Bäumer et ses amis de classe d'un lycée allemand se décident à s'enrôler volontairement pour répondre aux harangues patriotiques de leur professeur.
Drama
Petite Princesse
6.702

Petite Princesse

Mar 17, 1939

Petite Princesse
1939 93 min 109 vues
Le Capitaine Reginald Crewe est mobilisé par la guerre des Boers. Étant veuf, il décide d'inscrire sa fille Sara dans un pensionnat de jeunes filles britannique. Miss Minchin, la directrice, change de comportement lorsque le père de la petite Sara est déclaré mort.
Family
La Femme aux miracles
6.6

La Femme aux miracles

Jul 17, 1931

La Femme aux miracles
1931 90 min 46 vues
Florence Fallon, fille de pasteur, vient de perdre son père. À l’église lors de l’enterrement, elle monte en chaire et fustige l’assistance pour avoir remplacé son père en tant que pasteur à cause de son grand âge. Un escroc, Hornsby, présent lors de la scène la convainc d’exploiter ses dons oratoires pour prêcher l’évangile dans une maison de culte. Florence confie au soin d’Hornsby la partie financière de l’entreprise et chaque soir la prédicatrice attire les fidèles de plus en plus nombreux dans un temple.
Drama
The Little Minister
5.9

The Little Minister

Dec 28, 1934

The Little Minister
1934 110 min 14 vues
Dans un petit village d'Écosse où il vient de prendre ses fonctions, un jeune prêtre rencontre une jolie gitane qui bouleverse sa vie. Tiré d'un roman de J.M. Barrie (le père de "Peter Pan"), ce drame offre l'un de ses premiers grands rôles à une Katharine Hepburn d'autant plus envoûtante que l'atmosphère typiquement écossaise apporte une touche de mystère.
Drama
Devil's Lottery
1

Devil's Lottery

Mar 27, 1932

Devil's Lottery
1932 78 min 1 vues
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.
Drama
L’Ennemi public
7.25

L’Ennemi public

Apr 23, 1931

L’Ennemi public
1931 84 min 346 vues
Tom et Matt sont deux amis inséparables. Lors de la Prohibition, ils rejoignent la pègre. Mais Matt est tué par un gang rival. Tom veut se venger, mais blessé, il est emmené à l'hôpital. Sa mère et son frère viennent le voir pour se réconcilier. Malheureusement, le gang qui l'a blessé le retrouve et l'exécute.
Crime
Et La Parole Fut…
5.969

Et La Parole Fut…

Apr 04, 1939

Et La Parole Fut…
1939 98 min 16 vues
Le futur inventeur Alexander Graham Bell tombe amoureux d'une femme atteinte de surdité, Mabel Hubbard, qui enseigne dans une école pour sourds. Elle repousse les demandes en mariage de l'inventeur tant que les expériences de ce dernier n'auront pas abouti. Finalement, il réussit à inventer le téléphone, se marie et devient riche, mais son bonheur est menacé par une société concurrente qui veut le ruiner...
Drama
East Lynne
6.3

East Lynne

Mar 01, 1931

East Lynne
1931 102 min 13 vues
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.
Drama
Smilin' Through
6

Smilin' Through

Sep 24, 1932

Smilin' Through
1932 98 min 20 vues
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
Drama
Cavalcade
5.5

Cavalcade

Feb 08, 1933

Cavalcade
1933 112 min 116 vues
Le film est une chronique qui retrace la vie des Maryott, une famille bourgeoise de Londres, entre 1899 et 1918, caractérisée par une éducation stricte mais une certaine unité familiale, complétée par une fidélité des domestiques. La famille est témoin de grands évènements de son temps comme la guerre des Boers, le naufrage du Titanic, la mort de la reine Victoria et évidemment la Première Guerre mondiale.
Drama
The Man in Possession
6.5

The Man in Possession

Jul 04, 1931

The Man in Possession
1931 84 min 7 vues
A deeply in debt heiress tries to land a rich man while a collector from the Sheriff's office is guarding the assets in her house.
Comedy
Outward Bound
5.9

Outward Bound

Sep 17, 1930

Outward Bound
1930 83 min 12 vues
A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).
Drama
Berkeley Square
5.6

Berkeley Square

Sep 15, 1933

Berkeley Square
1933 84 min 14 vues
Un jeune américain est transporté dans le temps à Londres, à l'époque de la Révolution américaine et rencontre ses ancêtres.
Fantasy
Supernatural
6

Supernatural

Apr 21, 1933

Supernatural
1933 65 min 25 vues
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When fake psychic Paul Bavian claims to have a message from Roma's dead brother, he coaxes Roma into participating in a séance. Although Roma's fiancé, Grant, first believes the séance is nothing more than a scam, he eventually realizes that the vengeful spirit of an executed murderer has possessed Roma's body.
Mystery
The Richest Girl in the World
5.6

The Richest Girl in the World

Sep 21, 1934

The Richest Girl in the World
1934 71 min 13 vues
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.
Comedy
Lena Rivers
5.5

Lena Rivers

Mar 27, 1932

Lena Rivers
1932 67 min 2 vues
Young Lena Rivers, who was born out of wedlock, goes to live with a rich uncle. Unfortunately, her uncle's wife and daughter make no secret of their dislike of Lena and that they don't want her in their family.
Drama
Blind Adventure
5.5

Blind Adventure

Aug 18, 1933

Blind Adventure
1933 63 min 5 vues
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.
Mystery
Jane Eyre
4.9

Jane Eyre

Aug 15, 1934

Jane Eyre
1934 62 min 10 vues
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?
Drama
Hitch Hike Lady
6.8

Hitch Hike Lady

Dec 28, 1935

Hitch Hike Lady
1935 77 min 2 vues
Brit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to California, a perilous journey that she shares with kind young Judy Martin. When Judy and another fellow traveler discover the unfortunate truth about Alfred, they struggle to spare Amelia's feelings.
Drama
Three Live Ghosts
5

Three Live Ghosts

Jan 10, 1936

Three Live Ghosts
1936 61 min 1 vues
Three WWI veterans thought long dead turn out to be still alive and return home - much to the consternation of their friends and family.
Comedy
Seven Days Leave
7

Seven Days Leave

Jan 24, 1930

Seven Days Leave
1930 80 min 1 vues
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war. She is shocked when he shows up on her doorstep, and they make an agreement that he will pretend to be her son. "Seven Days Leave" is a screen adaption of James M. Barrie's play, "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals."
Drama
Jeune Amérique
5

Jeune Amérique

Apr 17, 1932

Jeune Amérique
1932 70 min 5 vues
Mme Doray s'assoit avec un juge du tribunal pour mineurs pour en savoir plus sur les enfants à problèmes et sur ce qu'il faut faire à leur sujet. L'un des cas concerne Arthur, 13 ans, "le pire gamin de la ville", qui fait les 400 coups en ville. Le juge donne une autre chance à Arthur et à son ami Nutty. Cependant, ils se heurtent à d'autres problèmes lorsqu'ils pénètrent par effraction dans la pharmacie de M. Doray pour obtenir des médicaments pour la grand-mère de Nutty. M. Doray n'est pas sympathique et totalement opposé au projet de sa femme de devenir le tuteur d'Arthur. Plus d'incidents se produisent avec M. Doray prompt à juger avant d'obtenir tous les faits. Mme Doray doit choisir entre son mariage et Arthur.
Drama
Broken Dreams
6

Broken Dreams

Oct 19, 1933

Broken Dreams
1933 68 min 1 vues
Medical intern Robert Morley is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and heads off to Europe to pursue his medical studies. Morley returns to his hometown six years later, now a successful doctor and engaged to be married to a beautiful socialite. He also feels differently about the boy and attempts to gain custody from his aunt and uncle.
Drama
Age of Indiscretion
5.2

Age of Indiscretion

May 10, 1935

Age of Indiscretion
1935 78 min 5 vues
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's fortunes improve dramatically, however, when a best-selling romance novelist decides to publish her new book with his firm. In the meantime, his ex-wife has married the millionaire, and she and her new mother-in-law come up with a plan to sue her ex-husband for custody of the boy.
Romance
Three Live Ghosts
1

Three Live Ghosts

Sep 15, 1929

Three Live Ghosts
1929 87 min 1 vues
An investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson Jimmy. Both are listed as killed in action during the Great War. It is Armistice Day, 1918, and the war is over. Who should be strolling down the street but Jimmy Gubbins, Bill 'Jones' and another man who has lost his memory. They are ghosts as the official records list them as dead and not as escaped P.O.W's. Jimmy's mother is not happy to see that Jimmy is still living as she has been spending the death benefits, but she is happy to see Bill as there is a large reward for him. No one knows much about the third one, called 'Spoofy', except that he can steal anything at anytime and that gets everyone is trouble.
Comedy
Unholy Love
3

Unholy Love

Jun 08, 1932

Unholy Love
1932 75 min 3 vues
An adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have been renamed.
Drama
Are These Our Children?
6

Are These Our Children?

Nov 13, 1931

Are These Our Children?
1931 84 min 4 vues
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
Drama
Dumb-bells in Ermine
4

Dumb-bells in Ermine

May 10, 1930

Dumb-bells in Ermine
1930 70 min 2 vues
In a small town in Virginia, Faith Corey, daughter of a socially prominent family, meets and falls in love with Jerry Malone, a prizefighter, though her straitlaced mother wants her to marry Siegfried, a spellbinding "missionary reformer." Though Grandma Corey promotes the romance with the prizefighter, Mike, the fighter's hardboiled, wisecracking manager, tries to keep them apart; following a quarrel, Faith reconciles herself to marrying Siegfried, but when he invites a group of "weak sisters" to a revival meeting, he is disgraced when one accuses him of her downfall. Finally, with Mike's advice, Jerry wins back Faith and they are united with the family's blessings.
Comedy
Common Clay
1

Common Clay

Aug 01, 1930

Common Clay
1930 89 min 1 vues
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer. But a surprise awaits them all.
Drama
Change of Heart
6.3

Change of Heart

May 18, 1934

Change of Heart
1934 77 min 3 vues
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
Drama
Le Chien des Baskerville
7.1

Le Chien des Baskerville

Mar 24, 1939

Le Chien des Baskerville
1939 80 min 199 vues
À la mort de son oncle, Sir Henry Baskerville revient de l'étranger pour s'installer dans le château familial situé dans les landes désolées du Devonshire. Sherlock Holmes découvre un complot visant à assassiner Sir Henry avec un terrible chien.
Mystery
The Matrimonial Bed
5.7

The Matrimonial Bed

Aug 01, 1930

The Matrimonial Bed
1930 69 min 3 vues
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarried and with children.
Comedy
In Gay Madrid
5

In Gay Madrid

May 17, 1930

In Gay Madrid
1930 82 min 2 vues
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
Drama
6 Hours to Live
5

6 Hours to Live

Oct 15, 1932

6 Hours to Live
1932 72 min 5 vues
A murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.
Science Fiction
Her Splendid Folly
1

Her Splendid Folly

Oct 07, 1933

Her Splendid Folly
1933 60 min 1 vues
Solomon Ginsberg is the President of International Pictures Corporation and hires Joan McAllister, an unemployed stenographer, to double for his star, Laura Girard. While on a location trip, Laura is killed in an automobile accident, and in order to save the money already invested in the film Ginsberg, aided by the film's leading-man, Wallace Morely, with whom Joan is more than a little infatuated, persuades Joan to assume the identity of the dead actress, whose death is being concealed.
Romance
Lovers Courageous
5.8

Lovers Courageous

Jan 23, 1932

Lovers Courageous
1932 77 min 5 vues
A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.
Drama
The Christian
1

The Christian

Jan 14, 1923

The Christian
1923 80 min 1 vues
Glory Quayle and John Storm, sweethearts since childhood on the Isle of Man, go to London, Glory to become a nurse and John to enter a monastery. Instead, Glory becomes a theater star, and John renounces his vows because he cannot forget his love for her. Lord Robert Ure, who has already betrayed Glory's friend, Polly Love, incites the London populace against John....
Drama
Forgotten Women
1

Forgotten Women

Nov 25, 1931

Forgotten Women
1931 67 min 1 vues
Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Burke, a Hollywood reporter, publishes an article revealing an independent film producer to have mob connections. As a result of the story, Jimmy becomes city editor.
Drama
Call It a Day
5

Call It a Day

Apr 17, 1937

Call It a Day
1937 90 min 1 vues
The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
Comedy
Forbidden Heaven
1

Forbidden Heaven

Oct 04, 1935

Forbidden Heaven
1935 68 min 1 vues
Charles Farrell stars as a British working stiff named Niba, who hopes one day to attain a Parliamentary seat. Niba's life is permanently altered when he rescues forlorn American girl Ann (Charlotte Henry). Though forced to give up his political dreams, Niba contentedly sets up house with Ann, eventually falling in love with her.
Drama
Midnight Morals
1

Midnight Morals

Aug 01, 1932

Midnight Morals
1932 61 min 1 vues
A rookie cop falls for a "taxi dancer" in a dance hall, but his father has strong objections to the relationship.
Drama
Night Must Fall
7.061

Night Must Fall

Apr 30, 1937

Night Must Fall
1937 116 min 41 vues
Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.
Mystery
Inspiration
6.1

Inspiration

Jan 31, 1931

Inspiration
1931 74 min 7 vues
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.
Drama
La Chaîne Brisée
1

La Chaîne Brisée

Dec 10, 1922

La Chaîne Brisée
1922 137 min 1 vues
Un jeune garçon, Peter Wyndham, prend un emploi dans un camp de bûcherons de l'Ouest pour améliorer sa vie. Dans son travail comme surveillant, il rencontre et tombe amoureux de la belle Hortense Allen, une jeune femme maltraité par son mari, Boyan Boone.
Adventure
Mother's Boy
1

Mother's Boy

Jul 01, 1929

Mother's Boy
1929 82 min 1 vues
Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
Drama
A Woman is the Judge
1

A Woman is the Judge

Oct 03, 1939

A Woman is the Judge
1939 61 min 1 vues
Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial is none other than Mary Cabot.
Drama
My Marriage
5

My Marriage

Jan 31, 1936

My Marriage
1936 73 min 2 vues
When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.
Crime
The Sky Spider
2.5

The Sky Spider

Oct 01, 1931

The Sky Spider
1931 69 min 2 vues
The three Morgan brothers, Glenn, Jim and Buddy are all air mail pilots. The plane flown by Jim is shot down by Hugh Jeffries for the money it carries. Another flight is made by Buddy followed by Jeffries intending to shoot him down also...
Action
Merely Mary Ann
1

Merely Mary Ann

Sep 06, 1931

Merely Mary Ann
1931 74 min 1 vues
Orphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale.
We Americans
1

We Americans

May 06, 1928

We Americans
1928 90 min 1 vues
We Americans was based on the Broadway play of the same name. Returning to the "melting pot" themes that he handled so well, director Edward H. Sloman concentrates on the trials and tribulations of three first-generation American families: The Jewish Levines, the German Schmidts and the Italian Albertinis.
Drama