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Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933)
Character: Mrs Bulsom-Porter
A widow wants to marry, but her father will only consent if he is satisfied that a scandalous story about her is untrue.
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Little Friend (1934)
Character: Mrs. Parry
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
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Lord Camber's Ladies (1932)
Character: Peach
In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is married to a shrewish actress and cannot get out of the marriage. The distraught woman then leaves her shop to become a nurse. Trouble ensues when the actress suddenly appears, accuses the nurse of fooling around with her husband and dies leaving the nurse and the husband to be charged with murder. Fortunately, they are found innocent and they are free to fall in love at last.
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Third Time Lucky (1931)
Character: Mrs. Scratton
Third Time Lucky" was released in February 1931 and was the first film to star Bobby Howes in a leading role. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, who also wrote "The Ghost Train", and later went on to star in "Dad's Army", "Third time lucky" tells the story of a timid parson (Howes) who steps in to protect his ward from blackmail at the hands of Garry Marsh and Gordon Harker.
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The Rising Generation (1928)
Character: Cook
A major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children.
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Emil and the Detectives (1935)
Character: Grandma
Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil’s adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
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Royal Eagle (1936)
Character: N/A
A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.
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Alibi (1931)
Character: (uncredited)
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
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Lord Babs (1932)
Character: Mrs. Parker
A steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
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White Face (1932)
Character: Mrs. Albert
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
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St. Martin's Lane (1938)
Character: Old Maud
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
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The Manxman (1929)
Character: Mrs. Cregeen
A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.
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The Ring (1927)
Character: Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
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Murder! (1930)
Character: Jury Member
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.
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Jamaica Inn (1939)
Character: Granny Tremarney
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
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Sabotage (1937)
Character: Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Character: Mrs. Brockett (uncredited)
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
Character: Mrs. Hudson
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
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Three Live Ghosts (1922)
Character: Mrs Gubbins
Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.
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