
Olga Lindo
Actor · 1899 – 1968 · London, England
Olga Helena Frances Lindo was born in London at the end of the Victorian era to Frank and Marion (née Wakeford) Lindo. She had one brother Reginald David Marion Lindo (1900-72). Her father was a well-known actor-manager and author. It was no surprise then when Olga made her stage debut aged just fourteen in The Sleeping Beauty Re-Awakened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London's Covent Garden. She joined her father's touring company taking on a wide range of roles. By 1925 she had been described as formibable by the Times for her portrayal of Sadie Thompson in Maugham's Rain at the Garrick Theatre. Her range was extrordinary and she graced the London stage for over half a century. Whilst not her first love she also had a very successful screen career. Olga Lindo died in London in 1968 aged 69.
Movies24
Movie7.0MysteryCrimeTwo Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Sapphire
1959 · 53 votes
Movie6.8ThrillerCrimeA British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Obsession
1949 · 56 votes
Movie7.2CrimeDramaAn upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
An Inspector Calls
1954 · 112 votes
Movie6.5DramaThrillerProud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · 26 votes
Movie6.9DramaCrimeLocked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
Yield to the Night
1956 · 41 votes
Movie6.3DramaComedyA train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Train of Events
1949 · 13 votes
Movie6.9ThrillerBritish intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Night Boat to Dublin
1946 · 11 votes
Movie6.5DramaDavey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
The Stars Look Down
1940 · 29 votes
Movie8.0DramaWith Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
Luck of the Navy
1938 · 2 votes
Movie7.1DramaComedyDirector William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in a new film that's currently shooting.
The Extra Day
1956 · 5 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceA married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957 · 20 votes
Movie7.0DramaWarDuring World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Morley being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvonne. Two decades later, Yvonne incidentally meets a tourist guide in the former combat zone region who looks fiendishly like - Morley. —Guy Bellinger
A Romance in Flanders
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.0MysteryComedyThe story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950 · 7 votes
Movie7.7ComedySid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak a plug for Sid's suds into a live TV spectacular. The public goes bananas for the product but to maintain sales Sid and Arthur must arrange for ever more outrageous plugs on TV shows. The Ascots races, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo - no show is safe.
Make Mine a Million
1959 · 6 votes
Movie6.1DramaCrimeA British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
Dr. Crippen
1963 · 22 votes
Movie5.3DramaMysteryBedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
Bedelia
1946 · 10 votes
Movie6.0ComedyScience FictionThe Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
Time Flies
1944 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThe Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
When We Are Married
1943 · 1 votes
Movie4.7ComedyHorrorA young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon.
Things Happen at Night
1948 · 9 votes
Movie7.2DramaCrimeBob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.
The Last Journey
1935 · 5 votes
- Movie10.0RomanceDrama
A romantic drama film directed by Norman Walker.
The Shadow Between
1931 · 1 votes
Movie7.0CrimeDramaScotland Yard is thrown into an uproar when a mad killer begins knocking off beautiful young blondes.
Out of the Fog
1962 · 5 votes
- Movie9.0DramaCrime
An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman.
The Case of Gabriel Perry
1935 · 1 votes
- Movie7.5Fantasy
A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God.
What Men Live By
1938 · 2 votes
Series5
TV7.1CrimeDramaBBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Maigret
1960 · 15 votes
- TVDrama
Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated with Armchair Theatre from ABC in the Sunday evening slot. The series was described at the time as epitomising ATV drama.
Drama 61-67
1961
- TV6.5Drama
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships. Initially broadcast on BBC One from January to April 1966, only nine of the thirteen episodes are believed to still exist.
David Copperfield
1966 · 2 votes
TV6.0DramaArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6 votes
- TV6.0Mystery
Tales of Mystery was a British supernatural television drama anthology series based on the short stories of Algernon Blackwood. It was broadcast by ITV and ran over three seasons from 1961-1963. Produced by Peter Graham Scott, each episode was 25 minutes long and introduced by John Laurie. None of the 29 episodes broadcast survive in any television archive, however.
Tales of Mystery
1961 · 1 votes