Michael Hogan

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My Old Dutch
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My Old Dutch

Oct 01, 1934
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - with time for some laughs - portrays the life and hardships of a working class Hackney couple over a span of 40 years. Our intrepid couple (wonderfully played by Betty Balfour and Michael Hogan) have to face everything life throws at them with fortitude, from the Great War (a son in the RAF and zeppelin raids) to a raging oil fire during the Great Strike. The inimitable Gordon Harker provides sterling support. The film the couple watch at the cinema is the 1915 version of My Old Dutch, starring Albert Chevalier (writer of the original music hall song) and Florence Turner. As the complete silent film is now believed to be lost, this 1934 version contains the only surviving footage.
Drama
The Ace of Spades
5.7

The Ace of Spades

Feb 09, 1935
The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.
Drama
The Last Journey
7.2

The Last Journey

Oct 01, 1935
Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.
Drama
The Roof
5

The Roof

Jan 01, 1933
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
Mystery
The Windjammer
1

The Windjammer

Sep 18, 1930
Adapted from the book By Way of Cape Horn by A.J Villiers, Windjammer is a beautifully-filmed record of the last journey of the Grace Harwar, a full-rigged Windjammer sailing from Australia to England via Cape Horn.
Adventure
Bolibar
1

Bolibar

Jun 26, 1928
Hessian officers' flirtations with an artist's daughter accidentally give signals to the attacking English.
War
One Family
1

One Family

Jul 08, 1930
A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.
Family
Dance Pretty Lady
1

Dance Pretty Lady

Dec 10, 1931
During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.
Drama
Two Crowded Hours
1

Two Crowded Hours

Jul 08, 1931
A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him there. The detective gives chase with the help of a London cabbie who has aspirations of becoming a policeman himself.
Drama
His Lordship
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His Lordship

Jun 02, 1932
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
Comedy
The Mayor's Nest
1

The Mayor's Nest

Jun 27, 1932
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
Comedy
The Man Outside
5

The Man Outside

Jun 01, 1933
A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the unmasking of people who are not as they at first seem.
Mystery
Appointment in Berlin
6.4

Appointment in Berlin

Jul 15, 1943
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.
Drama
Bride of Vengeance
4.5

Bride of Vengeance

Apr 07, 1949
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
Drama
Bride of Vengeance
4.5

Bride of Vengeance

Apr 07, 1949
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
Drama
Lady from Louisiana
5.3

Lady from Louisiana

Apr 22, 1941
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
Drama
Une heure avant l'aube
5
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
Drama
My Old Dutch
1

My Old Dutch

Oct 01, 1934
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - with time for some laughs - portrays the life and hardships of a working class Hackney couple over a span of 40 years. Our intrepid couple (wonderfully played by Betty Balfour and Michael Hogan) have to face everything life throws at them with fortitude, from the Great War (a son in the RAF and zeppelin raids) to a raging oil fire during the Great Strike. The inimitable Gordon Harker provides sterling support. The film the couple watch at the cinema is the 1915 version of My Old Dutch, starring Albert Chevalier (writer of the original music hall song) and Florence Turner. As the complete silent film is now believed to be lost, this 1934 version contains the only surviving footage.
Drama
Akhirat: A Love Story
6.5

Akhirat: A Love Story

Dec 02, 2021
Timur, a young accountant who falls in love with a woman named Mentari. Even though the two have differences, Timur and Mentari remain firm together.
Drama
Vive les étudiants
6.7

Vive les étudiants

Feb 18, 1938
Timur, a young accountant who falls in love with a woman named Mentari. Even though the two have differences, Timur and Mentari remain firm together.
Drama
Nurse Edith Cavell
6.4

Nurse Edith Cavell

Aug 31, 1939
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Drama
Forever and a Day
7.4

Forever and a Day

Jan 21, 1943
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Drama
Brown on Resolution
5.8

Brown on Resolution

May 15, 1935
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
Action
Take My Tip
1

Take My Tip

Jan 01, 1937
Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back.
Music
Les Mille et Une Nuits
5.9
Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back.
Action
Sam's Medal
1

Sam's Medal

Jan 01, 1936
Pvt. Sam Small is awarded a medal after Waterloo for saving his Sgt. Major's life. The truth emerges that he was actually saving a jar of rum. Asked would he have done it without the rum, Sam says "Like Hell!". He loses his medal.
Trouble Brewing
6.2

Trouble Brewing

Mar 01, 1939
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
Comedy
18 Shades of Dust
1

18 Shades of Dust

Sep 01, 1999
Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.
Thriller
Doctor Syn
6.6

Doctor Syn

Aug 25, 1937
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
Drama
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring.
Mystery
7.6

Jun 22, 1956

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
Drama