Brember Wills

Brember Wills was an English stage actor who appeared in supporting roles in a small number of films. He is best remembered for his portrayal of madman Saul Femm in James Whale's 1932 film The Old Dark House.

The Old Dark House (1932)

Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Charles Laughton  •  Ernest Thesiger

Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Charles Laughton  •  Ernest Thesiger

Carnival (1931)

During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox
CAST:  Matheson Lang  •  Joseph Schildkraut  •  Chili Bouchier  •  Lilian Braithwaite

During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox
CAST:  Matheson Lang  •  Joseph Schildkraut  •  Chili Bouchier  •  Lilian Braithwaite

Unfinished Symphony (1934)

Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith  •  Willi Forst
CAST:  Mártha Eggerth  •  Helen Chandler  •  Hans Járay  •  Eliot Makeham

Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Asquith  •  Willi Forst
CAST:  Mártha Eggerth  •  Helen Chandler  •  Hans Járay  •  Eliot Makeham

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Merle Oberon  •  Raymond Massey  •  Nigel Bruce

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Merle Oberon  •  Raymond Massey  •  Nigel Bruce