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Leap Year (1932)
Character: N/A
'Affianced Foreign Office agent searches for mystery woman he loves.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Give Us the Moon (1944)
Character: Peter Pyke
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
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I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)
Character: N/A
In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.
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Tennis Court (1984)
Character: Vicar John Bray
Maggie and Harry Dowl arrive in England to inspect a house left to Maggie. The house has a dilapidated tennis court, but this seems to have some force which takes over the daughter of the local holy man, as well as causing tennis balls to gush blood and kill people with animated nets.
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Spring Song (1946)
Character: Tony Winster
The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
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The Eligible Bachelor (1993)
Character: George Tidy
Sherlock Holmes' problem with disturbing dreams proves to be both an impediment and an aid in the search for a missing woman.
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The Jokers (1967)
Character: Mr. Tremayne
Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous.
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Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Character: Basil Maitland
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy, is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?
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Derby Day (1952)
Character: Gerald Berkeley
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
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How I Won the War (1967)
Character: Staff Officer
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
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Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
Character: Albert Gutman
A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
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I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Character: Jeweller
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.
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The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Character: Prince Albert
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
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The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Character: Brocklehurst
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.
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Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Character: D'Arcy Davenport
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as quickly as possible, but on meeting Ellen, chief designer and manager, he quickly changes his mind and turns his attention to courting her.
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Gaiety George (1946)
Character: Henry Carter
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.
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Encore (1951)
Character: Philip Cronshaw
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
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Miss London Ltd. (1943)
Character: Capt. Rory O'Moore
Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave. The film also features the English singing favourite of the forties, Anne Shelton.
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Bees in Paradise (1944)
Character: Peter Lovell
Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.
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The Woman He Loved (1988)
Character: Lord Reith
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.
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Waltz Time (1945)
Character: Count Franz von Hofer
Waltz Time is a 1945 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Carol Raye, Peter Graves and Patricia Medina. In Imperial Vienna a young Grand Duchess is prevented from marrying the man she loves.
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The Wrong Box (1966)
Character: Military Officer
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
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Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
Character: Prince of Wales
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
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The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Character: General
Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the prince to wed no matter what. When the prince meets Cinderella at a ball, he's sure she's the one, and when she loses her slipper upon exiting the dance, the prince is determined to find and marry her.
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