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The Common Touch (1941)
Character: Mother at School Cricket Match
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
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Auld Lang Syne (1937)
Character: Clarinda
Auld Lang Syne is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by James A. Fitzpatrick. It portrays the life of the eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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Let the People Sing (1942)
Character: Lady Shepshod
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
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When We Are Married (1943)
Character: Annie Parker
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
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Blaze of Glory (1963)
Character: Grandmother
A soldier in a civil war is trapped on a roof with his commanding officer.
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David Livingstone (1936)
Character: Mary Moffatt
Film portrays the expedition of the British explorer David Livingstone to Africa to discover the source of the Nile, his disappearance, and the expedition to find him led by Stanley.
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The Wife of General Ling (1937)
Character: Lady Buckram
In this espionage drama, a Secret Service agent must discover who has been smuggling British arms into China. The prime suspect is a prosperous Chinese merchant-philanthropist and the agent thinks the merchant is working with the notorious Chinese guerilla warlord General Ling.
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Intimate Relations (1953)
Character: Yvonne
Yvonne is seething when her devoted son, Michael, declares his intention to marry Madeleine, despite the latter's admitting to having an affair with a mysterious older man. At the same time, George, Michael's father, confides in Yvonne's sister, Leo, that he is in fact Madeleine's other lover. Together, they hatch a plot to end Madeleine's hopes of marriage - by threatening to reveal George's scandalous secret to his son.
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Flight from Folly (1945)
Character: Harriet
An out of work show girl poses as a nurse and undertakes the job of looking after Clinton Clay, a composer and playboy, jilted by his Russian wife. She stands up to his tantrums and supersedes his wife in his affections.
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The Secret (1955)
Character: Aunt Doris Porter
An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand.
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The Captain's Table (1936)
Character: Ruth Manning
A passenger is murdered on board an ocean going liner and suspicion falls all too neatly upon her husband.
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Bond Street (1948)
Character: Aunt Lottie
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
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Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
Character: Miss Gratton
Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in America and meets up again with Carole.
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Character: Mrs. Wintry
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
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The Demi-Paradise (1943)
Character: Mrs. Teddy Beckett
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
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The Weaker Sex (1948)
Character: Harriet Lessing
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.
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Spellbound (1941)
Character: Mrs. Olivia Stapleton
A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Character: Empress of Lilliput
Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.
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