Hugh Wakefield

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L'homme qui en savait trop
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L'homme qui en savait trop

Dec 01, 1934

L'homme qui en savait trop
1934 76 min 400 vues
En vacances en Suisse avec leur fille, Bob et Jill Lawrence se lient d'amitié avec un Français qui est assassiné. Avant de mourir, il prévient Bob qu'un diplomate va également être assassiné. Pour empêcher le couple de parler, les futurs meurtriers enlèvent leur fille. Jill se rend a l'Albert Hall ou un tueur doit abattre le diplomate et tente de faire échouer l'attentat.
Thriller
The Improper Duchess
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The Improper Duchess

Jan 17, 1936

The Improper Duchess
1936 80 min 1 vues
The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
Comedy
L'esprit s'amuse
6.9

L'esprit s'amuse

Apr 05, 1945

L'esprit s'amuse
1945 96 min 147 vues
Écrivain à succès, Charles Condomine organise, avec sa nouvelle femme Ruth, un dîner en compagnie d’une voyante excentrique. À la fin du repas, les convives se rassemblent autour d’une séance de spiritisme que tous croient ratée. Mais ce soir là, Charles est hanté par le fantôme de sa première femme, Elvira, ce qui suscite la plus grande jalousie chez Ruth…
Comedy
Forget Me Not
5.7

Forget Me Not

Dec 01, 1936

Forget Me Not
1936 68 min 6 vues
A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared.
Drama
The Fortunate Fool
4

The Fortunate Fool

Dec 13, 1933

The Fortunate Fool
1933 73 min 2 vues
A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her luck.
Comedy
Dreams Come True
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Dreams Come True

Dec 08, 1936

Dreams Come True
1936 78 min 1 vues
A popular opera singer falls in love with a gangly farm boy. Anton's father is left all alone when his son runs off to the Big City with Ilona. Things really get sticky when Albert becomes obsessed with the notion that Ilona is actually his own illegitimate daughter!
Music
One Night with You
6.5

One Night with You

Apr 25, 1948

One Night with You
1948 92 min 1 vues
Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of 'It Happened One Night'.
Comedy
Non Ti Scordar Di Me
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Non Ti Scordar Di Me

Jan 01, 1935

Non Ti Scordar Di Me
1935 95 min 1 vues
This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way through a touching love story. Features musical selections from "Il Trovatore" and "Rigoletto" as well as a lullaby and some Neapolitan songs, including the title tune. Distributed by New York's Bel Canto Society (an organization of hard-core opera buffs).
Music
Love's a Luxury
5.2

Love's a Luxury

Oct 01, 1952

Love's a Luxury
1952 89 min 2 vues
A theatre producer and actor try in vain to have a quiet week in a country cottage. But their efforts turn into comic disaster as a variety of wives, girlfriends and scoutmasters arrive uninvited.
Comedy
The Street Singer
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The Street Singer

Mar 01, 1937

The Street Singer
1937 86 min 1 vues
Following an argument with his co-star during the rehearsals for a new stage show, famous singer Richard King walks out of the theatre, still wearing his ragged stage costume. Mistaken for a beggar, he’s taken in by a pair of street entertainers and joins their act incognito.
Comedy
Death Croons the Blues
1

Death Croons the Blues

Oct 01, 1937

Death Croons the Blues
1937 74 min 1 vues
A cabaret singer is found dead in her flat and Viscount Brent becomes a suspect. His cousin is convinced of his innocence and with a journalist investigates the crime.
Crime
Lady in Danger
5.7

Lady in Danger

Nov 27, 1934

Lady in Danger
1934 68 min 3 vues
Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstanding with his firm and his fiancee.
Comedy
L'Homme au million
6.8

L'Homme au million

Jan 07, 1954

L'Homme au million
1954 90 min 66 vues
Fraîchement arrivé à Londres et sans un sou après s'être fait dévaliser, Adams, un jeune Américain se demande comment survivre. Au moment où il se penche pour ramasser une brioche qu'un gamin vient de jeter, un majordome lui ouvre la porte d'une riche demeure. Deux vieux messieurs, les frères Monpelier, lui remettent une coupure unique d'un million de livres. Il peut l'utiliser pendant un mois. Et si au terme de ce delai, Adams la restitue intacte, sa fortune sera faite.
Comedy
The Crimson Circle
5.2

The Crimson Circle

Aug 10, 1936

The Crimson Circle
1936 76 min 2 vues
Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers
Drama
Aren't We All?
1

Aren't We All?

Mar 17, 1932

Aren't We All?
1932 80 min 1 vues
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
Comedy
The Crime at Blossoms
1

The Crime at Blossoms

Mar 01, 1933

The Crime at Blossoms
1933 77 min 1 vues
After moving into a picturesque country cottage, a woman becomes increasingly concerned about the fate of the previous owner who she believes was murdered.
Crime
The Luck of a Sailor
1

The Luck of a Sailor

Apr 26, 1934

The Luck of a Sailor
1934 66 min 1 vues
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
Comedy
City of Song
1

City of Song

Jan 09, 1931

City of Song
1931 96 min 1 vues
A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege.
Music
The Sport of Kings
1

The Sport of Kings

Feb 23, 1931

The Sport of Kings
1931 98 min 1 vues
Algernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert Amos Purdie, the puritanical head of an anti-betting association, into a punter within a week.
Comedy
Life Goes On
1

Life Goes On

Mar 01, 1932

Life Goes On
1932 78 min 1 vues
A criminal hides the body of a dead financier in an effort to manipulate shares.
Crime
18 Minutes
10

18 Minutes

Apr 07, 1935

18 Minutes
1935 88 min 1 vues
A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall submit without question to his will - is applied with unseeing kindness to an orphan girl whom the lion tamer adopts.
Drama
Le Voyage fantastique
6.9

Le Voyage fantastique

Jun 28, 1951

Le Voyage fantastique
1951 98 min 58 vues
Un savant qui travaille pour l’aéronavale britannique à mis au point un nouvel avion de combat révolutionnaire. Mais, suspectant soudain un grave défaut de fabrication, il tente de convaincre ses supérieurs de procéder à de nouveaux essais. Le Reindeer fait escale à l’aéroport de Gander pour un contrôle technique qui ne détecte rien d’anormal. Désespéré à l’idée que l’avion va repartir sans autre précaution, Honey n’hésite pas à coucher le train d’atterrissage de l’appareil alors qu’il est au sol, ce qui provoque l’affaissement du fuselage sur le tarmac et endommage l’avion. Choqués par cet acte de vandalisme, quelques passagers demandent son interpellation…
Drama
Love's a Luxury
5.2

Love's a Luxury

Oct 01, 1952

Love's a Luxury
1952 89 min 2 vues
A theatre producer and actor try in vain to have a quiet week in a country cottage. But their efforts turn into comic disaster as a variety of wives, girlfriends and scoutmasters arrive uninvited.
Comedy