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Please Teacher (1937)
Character: Agatha Pink
Tommy Deacon learns that a gift bequeathed by his aunt is hidden in her house inside a bust of Napoleon. However, the house has been sold, and is now a girls school and to gain admission Tommy has to pose as the elder brother of Anne, one of the pupils. His arrival in the school results in a variety of escapades, but Tommy resolutely persists in his search for the missing legacy...
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Convict 99 (1938)
Character: Tiara Lady
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
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In the Soup (1936)
Character: Madame Moppert
A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.
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She Couldn't Say No (1939)
Character: Dr. Grimstone
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
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So You Won't Talk (1935)
Character: Harriet
The owner of a small Italian restaurant in central London is left a million pound inheritance, the only stipulation to the will being that he cannot speak or write anything for a period of one month.
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Going Gay (1933)
Character: Masculine Lady at TableTen
Musical where two friends fall for the same lady and work to make her a star.
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Over She Goes (1937)
Character: Lady Ethel Drewsden
Three friends plan to marry their sweethearts, but when the former fiancée of one of them shows up threatening breach of promise because she's after his aristocratic title, they must think on their toes and resurrect his dead uncle, leading to comedic chaos.
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Broken Blossoms (1936)
Character: Daisy
A Chinese missionary comes to England and helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's masterpiece.
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Yes, Madam? (1938)
Character: Emily Peabody
The hilarious tale of two cousins who must complete a period in domestic service in order to receive an inheritance.
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Let's Make a Night of It (1937)
Character: Policewoman
Unbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.
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Happy (1933)
Character: Mrs. Brummelberg
A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while waiting for his invention to be successful.
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Hold My Hand (1938)
Character: Lady Milchester
Eddie Marston and his future father-in-law, Lord Milchester, struggle valiantly and comedically to balance their attempts to save Eddie's failing newspaper with their rampant hedonism.
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Queer Cargo (1938)
Character: Henrietta Travers
The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore.
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Over the Garden Wall (1934)
Character: Jennifer
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.
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