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I Give My Heart (1935)
Character: Louis XV
The Loves of Madame du Barry was the American title of the 1935 British operetta I Give My Heart, based on the stage musical The Du Barry. German actress Gitta Alpar stars as Jeanne, the young 18th century Parisian milliner who sleeps her way to the uppermost rungs of French aristocracy, emerging at last as the glamorous Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV (Owen Nares). Refusing to gloss over du Barry's sexual peccadilloes (as previous films with Norma Talmadge and Dolores del Rio had done), the film presents the "heroine" as a whore, pure and simple-or, on second thought, not so pure and simple! Particularly troublesome for American censors was a scene in which du Barry is depicted as a resident of a bawdy house. Otherwise, The Loves of Madame du Barry is standard historical-drama fare, allowing dozens of top European actors to play "dress-up" for 90 minutes.
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The Sorrows Of Satan (1917)
Character: Geoffrey Tempest
The Sorrows of Satan is a 1917 British silent fantasy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gladys Cooper, Owen Nares and Cecil Humphreys. Made at Isleworth Studios, and based on the novel of the same name, the plot involves a poverty-stricken author so depressed that he agrees to sell his soul to the Devil.
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Young Lochinvar (1923)
Character: Lochinvar
In Scotland, a young man, Lochinvar insists on marrying Ellen, the woman he loves in spite of the fact that she is betrothed to another.
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Frail Women (1932)
Character: Colonel Leonard Harvey
An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
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One Precious Year (1933)
Character: Stephen Carton
A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease
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Milestones (1916)
Character: N/A
Family saga about several generations of shipbuilders. Believed to be a lost film.
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The Middle Watch (1930)
Character: Captain Maitland
'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Loose Ends (1930)
Character: Malcom Forres
'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)
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The Woman Between (1931)
Character: Tom Smith
An Earl's daughter is torn between loving opposing parliamentary candidates.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (1918)
Character: John Tinker
'1860-1910. Life of a mayor's daughter if she married (a) a rich baronet; (b) a poor shopkeeper; (c) nobody.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Discord (1933)
Character: Peter Stenning
A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
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The Man Who Won (1918)
Character: Captain Bert Brook
A proud architect learns his vicar's daughter is adopted, so she weds a workman who inherits a fortune.
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Aren't We All? (1932)
Character: Willie
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.
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The Love Contract (1932)
Character: Neville Cardington
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
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The Show Goes On (1937)
Character: Martin Fraser
A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
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The Impassive Footman (1932)
Character: Bryan Daventry
A woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a concert.
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There Goes the Bride (1932)
Character: Max
A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...
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The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
Character: Antonio Martinez, an Actor as Actors Go
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan.
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Sunshine Susie (1931)
Character: Herr Arvray
Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller who starred in the original, was again cast as the country girl seeking fame and fortune in the big city. She takes a secretarial job at a bank, and sets about catching the heart of her boss, Herr Hasel.
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