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The Call of the Sea (1930)
Character: Poquita
Lt. Cmdr. Good is a naval officer who goes on an extensive search for his long-lost friend who mysteriously disappeared on a tropical island.
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Warned Off (1930)
Character: Florrie Greville
An expelled horse owner clears his name and wins the Grand National.
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Carnival (1931)
Character: Simonetta Steno
During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..
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Ebb Tide (1932)
Character: Cassie
A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison.
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Palais De Danse (1928)
Character: No. 2
The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair with a poor but courageous dancer
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Honours Easy (1935)
Character: Kate
Unhinged art dealer William Barton seeks revenge on a man who ruined his career years ago. He does so by attempting to frame the man's son for the theft of $2,500 from the safe in his gallery. However the son has an alibi in Barton's wife, with whom he is having an affair.
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Maria Marten (1928)
Character: N/A
1820. A squire kills his pregnant mistress to marry a heiress but is exposed by his mother's dream.
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To Be a Lady (1935)
Character: Diana Whitcombe
Misadventures of a country girl who comes to the city, and falls in love with a musician.
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The Office Wife (1934)
Character: Linda
“The reconciliation of a divorced couple following the publisher husband's marriage to his secretary.” - BFI.
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Get Off My Foot (1935)
Character: Marie
A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.
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Where's Sally? (1936)
Character: Sonia
'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)
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My Wife's Family (1941)
Character: Rosa Latour
A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at the same time.
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Change for a Sovereign (1937)
Character: Countess Rita
A king goes on strike and takes a holiday. A double is found to impersonate him who brings disgrace to the throne.
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Dead Lucky (1960)
Character: Mrs. Winston
Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been works more of imagination than genuine journalism. But when he and his columnist girlfriend, Jenny Drew, finally manage to infiltrate one of them, it leads quickly to trouble. The party's organiser is found murdered the next morning, and a number of suspects begin to emerge. But which of them killed Lucky Lewis?
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A Woman in Pawn (1927)
Character: Elaine
'Ruined stockbroker blamed for killing crooking financier who lured his wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Brown Sugar (1931)
Character: Ninon de Veaux
The young Lord Sloane marries a musical comedy actress, much to his parents' disappointment. The actress's brother-in-law gets into betting difficulties so she obtains money from her husband to help him.
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The Blue Danube (1932)
Character: Yutka
In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into their lives rides a blonde countess, with whom Sandor becomes infatuated.
Yutka soon flees from her faithless lover. Sandor roams the country, searching for his lost love, but finds her too late. she now wears furs and has her own aristocratic love. Sandor returns heartbroken to his Romany encampment.
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Faithful (1936)
Character: Pamela Carson
A musical drama about two pupils from a provincial music conservatory who elope, marry, and move to London to try their luck. The husband becomes a singer in a nightclub, and is soon targeted by a predatory socialite. They start an affair, the wife finds out about it and decides to leave her husband, until matters are smoothed over by a third-party who wishes the couple well.
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Gypsy (1936)
Character: Hassina
Gypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.
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Mumsie (1927)
Character: N/A
A pacifist gambler turns spy and gives his father's gas factory plans to the enemy.
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Summer Lightning (1933)
Character: Sue Brown
Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.
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Murder in Reverse? (1945)
Character: Doris Masterick
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.
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The Dark Stairway (1938)
Character: Betty Trimmer
“Professional jealousy over the discovery of a formula for an anaesthetic leads to murder in a hospital.” - BFI.
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The King's Cup (1933)
Character: Betty Conway
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)
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The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939)
Character: Elsa Weford
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring.
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Mayfair Melody (1937)
Character: Carmen
“Romantic comedy of a motor factory mechanic encouraged to train his voice by the daughter of the magnate.” - BFI.
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Death Drives Through (1935)
Character: Kay Lord
The race car designer Kit Woods is in love with Kay Lord. Kay's father is against her relationship with Kit. Kit also has to do with the competition from his rival Garry Ames.
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Dawn (1928)
Character: N/A
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
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The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
Character: Gerta
An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who knew nothing of his past, to counterfeit 5-pound notes for mass distribution around the countryside.
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Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
Character: Julia Levine
Old Mr. Cohen (Paul Graetz) simply walks away from his London department store, leaving his sons to run it.
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The Case of Charles Peace (1949)
Character: Katherine Dyson
Charles Peace leads a double life, by day he's a respected local businessman, but by night he's a professional thief who stops at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants.
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The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Character: Cleopatra
Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan. To clear his mounting debts, Donald sells the dilapidated pile to an American businessman, Mr Martin, who has the castle complete with the Glourie ghost transported and rebuilt in Florida. While old-world gentility rubs up comically against 20th-century materialism, Martin's daughter takes a liking to both Donald and Murdoch, convinced they are one and the same man...
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Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
Character: Norris
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
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Shooting Stars (1928)
Character: Winnie
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks.
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The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
Character: Publican's Wife
A very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation is set on the Tower Bridge in London. A little boy named Tommy watches as his father is arrested after a bad brawl. Tommy believes his father must have killed someone and rather than return home, he heads to Tower Bridge to set up housekeeping there. The atmosphere and life around the bridge are a secondary protagonist in the story, introducing several interesting characters.
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