Edmund Willard

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Moscow Nights (1935)

During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Penelope Dudley-Ward  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Athene Seyler

During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith
CAST:  Harry Baur  •  Penelope Dudley-Ward  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Athene Seyler

Royal Eagle (1936)

QUota quickie crime drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold Ridley  •  George A. Cooper
CAST:  Felix Aylmer  •  John Garrick  •  Nancy BUme  •  Edmund Willard

QUota quickie crime drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arnold Ridley  •  George A. Cooper
CAST:  Felix Aylmer  •  John Garrick  •  Nancy BUme  •  Edmund Willard

Cardboard Cavalier (1949)

Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Sid Field  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Jerry Desmonde  •  Jack McNaughton

Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Sid Field  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Jerry Desmonde  •  Jack McNaughton

The Iron Duke (1934)

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Saville
CAST:  George Arliss  •  Ellaline Terriss  •  Gladys Cooper  •  A.E. Matthews

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Saville
CAST:  George Arliss  •  Ellaline Terriss  •  Gladys Cooper  •  A.E. Matthews

Farewell Again (1937)

Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Leslie Banks  •  Flora Robson  •  Sebastian Shaw  •  Patricia Hilliard

Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Leslie Banks  •  Flora Robson  •  Sebastian Shaw  •  Patricia Hilliard

Heat Wave (1935)

Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South American banana republic. He becomes mistaken for a gun-runner, and problems arise when Albert begins using the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Elvey
CAST:  Albert Burdon  •  Cyril Maude  •  Lester Allen  •  Anna Lee

Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South American banana republic. He becomes mistaken for a gun-runner, and problems arise when Albert begins using the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Elvey
CAST:  Albert Burdon  •  Cyril Maude  •  Lester Allen  •  Anna Lee

Hoots Mon (1940)

An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Max Miller  •  Florence Desmond  •  Hal Walters  •  Davina Craig

An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Max Miller  •  Florence Desmond  •  Hal Walters  •  Davina Craig

Cape Forlorn (1931)

William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an affair with Henry Cass, the handsome assistant later taken on by her husband; when she then begins to flirt with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.A. Dupont
CAST:  Fay Compton  •  Frank Harvey  •  Ian Hunter  •  Edmund Willard

William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an affair with Henry Cass, the handsome assistant later taken on by her husband; when she then begins to flirt with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.A. Dupont
CAST:  Fay Compton  •  Frank Harvey  •  Ian Hunter  •  Edmund Willard

Rynox (1931)

Wealthy businessman F.X. Benedik, Head of the Rynox company, claims to have been receiving threats from a mysterious stranger named Boswell Marsh. Benedik is subsequently found murdered and the hunt is on for the elusive Marsh. Benedik's son Tony takes over the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell
CAST:  Stewart Rome  •  John Longden  •  Dorothy Boyd  •  Charles Paton

Wealthy businessman F.X. Benedik, Head of the Rynox company, claims to have been receiving threats from a mysterious stranger named Boswell Marsh. Benedik is subsequently found murdered and the hunt is on for the elusive Marsh. Benedik's son Tony takes over the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell
CAST:  Stewart Rome  •  John Longden  •  Dorothy Boyd  •  Charles Paton

Smash and Grab (1937)

John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's most prestigious jewellers. As the chase leads him to Ireland, Forrest finds he needs help and who better to call upon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Jack Buchanan  •  Elsie Randolph  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Anthony Holles

John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's most prestigious jewellers. As the chase leads him to Ireland, Forrest finds he needs help and who better to call upon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Jack Buchanan  •  Elsie Randolph  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Anthony Holles

King of the Damned (1935)

Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special twist...the prisoners want to stay on and govern themselves in a humane and productive working community. Well that's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Conrad Veidt  •  Helen Vinson  •  Noah Beery  •  Cecil Ramage

Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special twist...the prisoners want to stay on and govern themselves in a humane and productive working community. Well that's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Conrad Veidt  •  Helen Vinson  •  Noah Beery  •  Cecil Ramage

The Mill on the Floss (1937)

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Frank Lawton  •  Victoria Hopper  •  Fay Compton  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald

Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Frank Lawton  •  Victoria Hopper  •  Fay Compton  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald

Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)

Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Clifford Evans  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Dennis Arundell  •  Aubrey Mallalieu

Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Clifford Evans  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Dennis Arundell  •  Aubrey Mallalieu

Dark Journey (1937)

Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of espionage blends high adventure and romance making perfect order from wartime chaos and growing in faith from despair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Saville
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Conrad Veidt  •  Joan Gardner  •  Anthony Bushell

Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of espionage blends high adventure and romance making perfect order from wartime chaos and growing in faith from despair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Saville
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Conrad Veidt  •  Joan Gardner  •  Anthony Bushell

The Crooked Lady (1932)

An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  George Graves  •  Isobel Elsom  •  Ursula Jeans  •  Austin Trevor

An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  George Graves  •  Isobel Elsom  •  Ursula Jeans  •  Austin Trevor

A Night in Montmartre (1931)

A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under suspicion. However, the husband's father, an amateur detective, believes in their innocence and sets out to find who really ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  Horace Hodges  •  Franklin Dyall  •  Hugh Williams  •  Heather Angel

A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under suspicion. However, the husband's father, an amateur detective, believes in their innocence and sets out to find who really ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  Horace Hodges  •  Franklin Dyall  •  Hugh Williams  •  Heather Angel

Helter Skelter (1949)

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Carol Marsh  •  David Tomlinson  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Richard Hearne

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Carol Marsh  •  David Tomlinson  •  Mervyn Johns  •  Richard Hearne

Atlantic Ferry (1941)

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Valerie Hobson  •  Griffith Jones  •  Hartley Power

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Valerie Hobson  •  Griffith Jones  •  Hartley Power

The Stars Look Down (1940)

The Stars Look Down is based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same name, about injustices in a mining community in North East England. While the novel follows the development of three young men in the small mining town, the film focuses on just one of them; the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Emlyn Williams  •  Nancy Price

The Stars Look Down is based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same name, about injustices in a mining community in North East England. While the novel follows the development of three young men in the small mining town, the film focuses on just one of them; the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Emlyn Williams  •  Nancy Price

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denison Clift
CAST:  Bela Lugosi  •  Shirley Grey  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Edmund Willard

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denison Clift
CAST:  Bela Lugosi  •  Shirley Grey  •  Arthur Margetson  •  Edmund Willard
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