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Robinson Crusoe (1927)
Character: Sophie
Daniel Defoe's classic tale of survival is handsomely brought to the movies for the first time in this rarely seen 1927 film, produced by Rex Pictures, a division of Universal. M. A. Wetherell, who stars as Robinson Crusoe, produced, directed and adapted the story for the screen, admirably condensing a lengthy slow-moving novel into a taut, exciting screen adventure. The costumes and production values match the fine performances and all of the island sequences appear to have been shot outdoors, convincingly on location. Crusoe's improvised island apparel and makeshift architectural constructions are creatively and faithfully rendered.
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Esther Waters (1948)
Character: Mrs. Barfield
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...
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Uncle Vanya (1963)
Character: Marya, the mother
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
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Cape Forlorn (1931)
Character: Eileen Kell
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 stranger who is rescued from the wreck of a motor-launch, a chain of shocking events is set in motion...
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A Bill of Divorcement (1922)
Character: Margaret Fairfield
Meg Fairfield secures a divorce from her husband Hilary, and is about to marry Gray Meredith when Hilary returns cured. Sydney, daughter of Hilary and Meg, is engaged to Kit Pumphrey, son of the parish rector who refuses to permit his son to marry Sydney when he learns her mother is divorced....
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Diana of the Crossways (1922)
Character: Diana
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
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The Happy Ending (1925)
Character: Mildred Craddock
A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.
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So This Is London (1939)
Character: Lady Worthing
American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to conclude a business deal.
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The Eleventh Commandment (1924)
Character: Ruth Barchester
An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play The Pillory by Brandon Fleming.
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London Love (1927)
Character: Sally Hope
A rich man's chauffeur kills his mistress and frames his daughter's fiancé.
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Doublecross (1956)
Character: Alice Pascoe
A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.
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Claude Duval (1924)
Character: Duchess Frances
A Frenchman turns highwayman after a duchess's cousin frames him for killing a title blackmailer.
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The Prime Minister (1941)
Character: Queen Victoria
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
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I vinti (1953)
Character: Mrs. Pinkerton
Three tales of privileged youth entangled in murder: French students kill for money, an Italian student smuggles cigarettes, and an English poet exploits a grim discovery.
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Town on Trial (1957)
Character: Mrs. Crowley
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
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Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Character: Agnes Russell
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.
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The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
Character: Grandma
Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.
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The Old Wives' Tale (1921)
Character: Sophie Barnes
A woman leaves her husband to run a Paris boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war.
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The Haunting (1963)
Character: Mrs. Sanderson
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
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Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
Character: Countess Helga von Stahl
In Vienna, aspiring composer Johann Strauss Jr. clashes with his domineering father, who wants him to abandon music for a steady job in a bakery. Torn between his love for the baker’s daughter, Resi, and the encouragement of a wealthy countess, Strauss finds inspiration that leads to the creation of "The Blue Danube."
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Britannia Mews (1949)
Character: Mrs. Culver
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
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Autumn Crocus (1934)
Character: Jenny Grey
A teacher falls in love with the married owner of the guest house in which she is staying during a holiday to Austria.
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Odd Man Out (1947)
Character: Rosie
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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Aunt Clara (1954)
Character: Gladys Smith
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den--just as it's being raided by the police.
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Othello (1951)
Character: Emilia
Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.
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Tell England (1931)
Character: Mrs. Doe
In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
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I Start Counting (1970)
Character: Mrs. Bennett
An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is a serial killer.
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London Belongs to Me (1948)
Character: Mrs. Josser
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
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The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Character: Mother Superior
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident that killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is persuaded to help educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband.
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Lady Possessed (1952)
Character: Mme. Brune
A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, the second woman feels empty and withdrawn, and, thinking that getting her away from London will help, her husband takes her to live at a country estate, which turns out to be the former residence of the pianist who left after his wife died. The woman begins to get visions of the wife and her final days; is she becoming possessed by the dead wife of the pianist?
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Blackmailed (1951)
Character: Mrs. Christopher
A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)
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The Mill on the Floss (1937)
Character: Mrs. Tulliver
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.
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