Lillian Hall-Davis
Actor · 1898 – 1933 · Mile End, London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films. Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-colour version of I Pagliacci (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), Blighty (1927), The Ring (1927), and The Farmer's Wife (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who at the time considered her his "favourite actress." She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of Quo Vadis (1924), an Italian film directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby. Hall-Davis also appeared in a comedy short film made in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, As We Lie (1927), co-starring and directed by Miles Mander. Hall-Davis did not make the transition to talkies; in 1933 her "sharp career decline and health problems" prompted her to commit suicide by turning on the gas oven and cutting her own throat at home in the Golders Green area of London. She was 35.
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Movie5.6ComedyDramaSuccessful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.
The Farmer's Wife
1928 · 91 votes
Movie6.3DramaHistory"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel-- Re-created for your entertainment in the most colossal drama produced", reads an ad in the Daily Argus of New York. Unione Cinematografica Italiana's lavish production of the oft-told tale stars Emil Jannings as Nero.
Quo Vadis?
1924 · 7 votes
Movie5.9DramaRomanceBoth 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.
The Ring
1927 · 118 votes
MovieDramaFamilyFour sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Little Women
1918
- Movie10.0Romance
A Lord who intervenes to save the mistress of a notorious playboy from a suicide attempt. After rescuing her, he eventually marries her, leading to a dramatic shift in her social standing and life.
The Honeypot
1920 · 1 votes
Movie8.5DocumentaryA sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in Hollywood.
Shepperton Babylon
2005 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ActionDramaA cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is really an Earl.
Tommy Atkins
1928 · 1 votes
Movie10.0aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a large family. When she refuses to marry and have children, she is estranged from her family, and after being imprisioned after a failed suicide attempt becomes a maid. Controversial at the time for its views on marriage and birth control.
Married Love
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
A woman plans to boost her public profile by getting a divorce. She enlists the help of a male friend to act as co-respondent leading to a series of mix-ups and her eventual decision not to get divorced.
Her Reputation
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
Love Maggy
1921 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
Wolga Wolga
1928 · 1 votes
Movie10.0Nitchevo
1926 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaA rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.
The Passionate Adventure
1924 · 2 votes
Movie8.0RomanceAn elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Many Waters
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0History
Silent historical film depicts the significant events of Queen Victoria's reign through the experiences of three young girls.
The Game of Life
1922 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0RomanceComedy
Silent romantic comedy set on a train.
Movie10.0DramaA doctor learns his pregnant patient is engaged to his son.
Should a Doctor Tell?
1923 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaComedyDer Farmer aus Texas
1925 · 1 votes
Movie10.0- Movie8.0
When a Lord and family are shipwrecked on an island their butler becomes a king.
The Admirable Crichton
1918 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Music
A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.
Just for a Song
1930 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaA colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
The Unwanted
1924 · 1 votes
Movie9.0AdventureIn the Sahara a British Riff chief weds a captured girl to save her from the tribe.
The White Sheik
1928 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaA paralytic dominates his brother and wife until their child reforms him.
The Wonderful Story
1922 · 1 votes