
Birthday:
09-25-1905
Deathday:
04-17-1981 (75 years)
Birthplace:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Jane Steps Out
Writer
event1938
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Wallflower Jane Wilton has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful and popular sister Beatrice. Making things worse, Beatrice is spiteful and cruel, directing all manner of nastiness towards the submissive and uncomplaining Jane. But when Beatrice sets her cap for Jane's erstwhile boy friend Basil Gilbert, she goes a shade too far. For once, the worm turns, and Jane fights tooth and nail to win her man back. A retelling of the Cinderella story.
The Rough and the Smooth
Screenplay
event1959 star_border 5.9
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Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.
Marigold
Writer
event1938
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Marigold is a 1938 British drama film set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in Edinburgh. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title by Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor.
Three Silent Men
Screenplay
event1940 star_border 5.2
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An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.
Black Limelight
Writer
event1938 star_border 5.8
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This gripping, atmospheric crime thriller from Austrian-born director Paul Stein stars Oscar nominee Raymond Massey as a man at the centre of a multiple murder investigation – a case that sparks a sensationalist press frenzy when it becomes clear that the killer only strikes when there is a full moon.
Tall Headlines
Writer
event1952 star_border 5.8
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A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
The Tenth Man
Adaptation
event1936 star_border 6
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George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.
Housemaster
Scenario Writer
event1938
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Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the staff and pupils.
Living Dangerously
Writer
event1936 star_border 3.5
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The dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder.
The Outsider
Writer
event1939 star_border 5
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A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
Black Eyes
Writer
event1939 star_border 5.5
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Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Done with cool deliberation, Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...
Hell's Cargo
Writer
event1939
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Adventure film directed by Harold Huth.
Ourselves Alone
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 5
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One of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, a powerful story of love and conflicting loyalties set against the battle for Ireland's independence.
The Golden Madonna
Writer
event1949 star_border 5.7
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Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.
A Star Fell from Heaven
Screenplay
event1936
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In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs slips out and suddenly he finds that he himself has become a star. Unfortunately he soon encounters unanticipated problems. He is especially concerned about his girl friend who dumped him in favor of the voiceless star.
Sensation
Screenplay
event1936 star_border 5
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Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
Danger on Dartmoor
Writer
event1980 star_border 5.7
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The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.
Glamorous Night
Adaptation
event1937 star_border 6
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Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their king from the clutches of a would-be dictator.
Oh, Boy!
Screenplay
event1938
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A mysterious scientist presents a timid chemist with an elixir which turns him from a weakling into a confident, vital male, able to defeat his rival and impress the girl of his choice. The only problem is that this mysterious substance has the unexpected result of causing him to revert gradually to babyhood...
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