Dorothy Boyd
Actor · 1907 – 1996
Movies24
Movie6.5DramaThe wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.
The Ace of Spades
1935 · 4 votes
Movie9.0Crime'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Girl in the Night
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.2RomanceComedyPaul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters. While there, he finds inspiration of a different sort in the form of the beautiful Jacqueline.
It Happened in Paris
1935 · 10 votes
Movie6.4DramaCrimeAt a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of danger, with Hilton recalling a case in which he was involved as a Natal police commissioner. In it there were three guilty persons, but only one of them was hanged; the other two were sentenced to long terms, vowing vengeance on Hilton. Unknown to him, the same two men are now among his guests, and are determined to have their revenge.
Birds of Prey
1930 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DramaSomehow Good
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ThrillerCrimeA French sleuth in England helps the police solve a series of murders linked by the diary pages of a dead woman.
Inside the Room
1935 · 2 votes
Movie5.3RomanceDramaUnjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.
Easy Virtue
1928 · 87 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAlgernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert Amos Purdie, the puritanical head of an anti-betting association, into a punter within a week.
The Sport of Kings
1931 · 2 votes
- Movie7.0Mystery
The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing - or no one - stand in the way of finding that record.
A Shot in the Dark
1933 · 2 votes
- MovieComedy
A chef squabbles with his hotel maître de as to who deserves credit for the success of their restaurant, then decides to open up his own place in competition, across the street, and invites poor people from the neighborhood to fill it up.
- Movie7.0MusicComedy
An opera singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a composer.
Everything in Life
1936 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MusicBased on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band leader.
Everything Is Rhythm
1936 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyCrimeA man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.
Too Many Crooks
1930 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaRomanceSanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in love with their cousin Florence when she comes to take the girls back to England. But little Tessa Sanger is in love with Lewis herself, and when she runs away from school and comes to live with Florence and her husband, their already-shaky marriage is further undermined
The Constant Nymph
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MysteryA mystery film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon.
The House of Unrest
1931 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyLove Lies is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd and Jack Hobbs. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. It was based on Stanley Lupino's own hit 1929 stage musical.
Love Lies
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie6.7ComedyDrama
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
Pearls Bring Tears
1937 · 3 votes
- Movie6.0DramaMusic
Set in Ireland, a poor knight's rival frames him for murder in this musical based on 'Colleen Bawn'.
Lily of Killarney
1934 · 3 votes
- Movie8.0
The Love Race is a delightful musical comedy film based around the fierce rivalry between two motor manufacturers – and the romance that develops between the daughter of one and the son of the other...
The Love Race
1931 · 2 votes
Movie6.5ComedyThird 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.
Third Time Lucky
1931 · 2 votes
Movie10.0Drama'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
Called Back
1933 · 1 votes
Movie6.2DramaThings are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night....
Rynox
1931 · 4 votes
- Movie8.0DramaCrime
The Iron Stair
1933 · 1 votes
Movie6.9DramaCommander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.
Lonely Road
1936 · 4 votes