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Under Suspicion (1930)
Character: Maj. Manners
A group of Canadian Royal Mounted Police officers arrive home after serving overseas with the Allied Army. After enjoying a birthday banquet for the aged Major Manners amid much singing and revelry, Inspector Turner reveals suspicions about a new recruit, John Smith, whom he knows to be using a pseudonym and whose war record contains something potentially damaging.
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Always Goodbye (1931)
Character: Merson
Stranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con man to bilk a millionaire at his Italian villa. Little do they realize that he knows full well who they are after being tipped off by Scotland Yard.
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The Monkey's Paw (1933)
Character: Sampson
A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.
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Dracula (1963)
Character: Mina's Father (archive footage)
8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
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File 113 (1933)
Character: Fauvel
A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail. Based on a novel by Émile Gaboriau.
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Vanity Fair (1932)
Character: Mr. Sedley
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
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The Little Minister (1934)
Character: Mr. Carfrae
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
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Long Lost Father (1934)
Character: The Bishop
A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.
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Once a Lady (1931)
Character: Roger Fenwick
A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to leave Britain and moves to Paris. Many years later, her daughter approaches her, needing her help.
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Dr. Monica (1934)
Character: Mr. Pettinghill
A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.
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Clive of India (1935)
Character: First Director
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
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Desirable (1934)
Character: Uncle Fred
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Ambassador Bill (1931)
Character: British Ambassador
An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is prepared to take on the role and also to see that he lives long enough to assume the crown.
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A Shot in the Dark (1935)
Character: College Professor
An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.
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Dracula (1931)
Character: Doctor Seward
British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together and Dracula, a secret vampire, begins preying on London socialites.
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Smilin' Through (1932)
Character: Minister
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
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The Lady of Scandal (1930)
Character: Lord Cragle
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
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Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Character: Duke of Normandy
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
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Les Misérables (1935)
Character: Judge at Favorelles
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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The Moonstone (1934)
Character: Sir John Verinder
A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.
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Old English (1930)
Character: Mr. Brownbee
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
Character: Lord Elton
There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and playboy Lord Arthur Dilling are both very interested in the mysterious Fay. Invited to the house of Mrs. Webley, Fay is again the center of attention for Arthur and Elton with her leaning towards stuffy old Elton. When Arthur sees Charles, Fay's Butler, lurking in the gardens, he remembers that Charles was a thief caught in Monte Carlo and he figures that Fay may be more interested in the pearls of Mrs. Webley, which she is. After Fay takes the pearls, but before she can toss them out the window, she is caught by Arthur who is very disappointed in how things are turning out.
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Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
Character: Garrick Enderly
Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.
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The Richest Girl in the World (1934)
Character: Cavendish
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.
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The Last Flight (1931)
Character: Man on Train
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
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