Owen Nares
Actor · 1888 – 1943 · Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England, UK
From Wikipedia Owen Ramsay Nares (11 August 1888 in Maiden Erlegh, Berkshire, England – 30 July 1943 in Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales) had a long stage and film career. Besides his acting career, he was the author of Myself, and Some Others (1925). In 1914, Nares appeared in Dandy Donovan, the first of the 25 silent films in which he appeared. The early 1920s was his golden period and he was the male lead opposite such actresses as Gladys Cooper, Fay Compton, Madge Titheradge and Daisy Burrell. His stage career also continued to flourish. With the advent of talkies, his considerable stage experience meant that, in the early days, he was still much in demand and starred in four films. He was, however, too mature to be the handsome star he had been a decade earlier. In the last six films he made, he played supporting roles. In 1942, he appeared in a revival of Robert E. Sherwood’s The Petrified Forrest, and afterwards he went on tour with the play to Northern England and Wales. During a tour through Wales Nares had a heart attack and died shortly afterwards. He was 54.
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Movie6.0RomanceDramaWhat do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan.
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · 21 votes
Movie8.0ComedyRomanceBecause his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
Aren't We All?
1932 · 1 votes
Movie6.5RomanceComedyA businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...
There Goes the Bride
1932 · 6 votes
Movie6.5DramaHistoryA biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
The Prime Minister
1941 · 2 votes
Movie6.5MusicA mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
The Show Goes On
1937 · 2 votes
- Movie7.0CrimeDrama
A lady gambler shields her brother by claiming responsibility for a forgery he committed.
Gamblers All
1919 · 1 votes
Movie9.0MusicA British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury and Ladislao Vajda
Where Is This Lady?
1932 · 1 votes
Movie7.0The Loves of Madame du Barry was the American title of the 1935 British operetta I Give My Heart, based on the stage musical The Du Barry. German actress Gitta Alpar stars as Jeanne, the young 18th century Parisian milliner who sleeps her way to the uppermost rungs of French aristocracy, emerging at last as the glamorous Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV (Owen Nares). Refusing to gloss over du Barry's sexual peccadilloes (as previous films with Norma Talmadge and Dolores del Rio had done), the film presents the "heroine" as a whore, pure and simple-or, on second thought, not so pure and simple! Particularly troublesome for American censors was a scene in which du Barry is depicted as a resident of a bawdy house. Otherwise, The Loves of Madame du Barry is standard historical-drama fare, allowing dozens of top European actors to play "dress-up" for 90 minutes.
I Give My Heart
1935 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0DramaDocumentary
A educational drama about Tuberculosis.
The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
1936 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
A silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan.
Miriam Rozella
1924 · 1 votes
- MovieDramaComedy
'1860-1910. Life of a mayor's daughter if she married (a) a rich baronet; (b) a poor shopkeeper; (c) nobody.' (British Film Catalogue)
Movie7.2MusicComedySunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller who starred in the original, was again cast as the country girl seeking fame and fortune in the big city. She takes a secretarial job at a bank, and sets about catching the heart of her boss, Herr Hasel.
Sunshine Susie
1931 · 4 votes
- Movie9.0Fantasy
The Sorrows of Satan is a 1917 British silent fantasy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gladys Cooper, Owen Nares and Cecil Humphreys. Made at Isleworth Studios, and based on the novel of the same name, the plot involves a poverty-stricken author so depressed that he agrees to sell his soul to the Devil.
The Sorrows Of Satan
1917 · 1 votes
Movie10.0Comedy'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Middle Watch
1930 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0DramaRomance
In India, a princess disguises herself as a commoner to escape an arranged marriage.
The Indian Love Lyrics
1923 · 1 votes
- MovieDramaRomance
A proud architect learns his vicar's daughter is adopted, so she weds a workman who inherits a fortune.
The Man Who Won
1918
- Movie7.0Drama
In Rhodesia, a woman leaves her cruel husband when their baby dies.
The Edge o' Beyond
1919 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0DramaRomance
Peter, a talented but struggling composer, finds himself in a difficult position when he must rely entirely on the financial support of his wealthier wife, Phil. The narrative explores the tension and "discord" that arises in their marriage due to this financial imbalance and the pressures of his pursuit of musical success.
Discord
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie6.0Drama
Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.
Frail Women
1932 · 4 votes
- Movie8.0Romance
A naval captain returns and jilts a socialite to take care of his bastard daughter.
The Faithful Heart
1922 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
'Newlywed poses as burglar to scare flighty wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
This Marriage Business
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0MusicRomance
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
The Love Contract
1932 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaA classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease
One Precious Year
1933 · 1 votes
Movie9.0Crime'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)
Loose Ends
1930 · 1 votes