Maire O'Neill
Actor · 1886 – 1952 · Dublin, Ireland
Movies23
Movie7.4FantasyDramaEbenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
Scrooge
1951 · 382 votes
Movie4.6DramaIn the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses after news of an unexpected inheritance lures them into a false sense of prosperity. Captain Boyle, a boastful idler, squanders their meager resources, while his wife Juno holds the household together. When the fortune proves illusory, the family faces ruin, betrayal, and tragedy.
Juno and the Paycock
1930 · 63 votes
Movie5.6DramaWarA tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
Convoy
1940 · 15 votes
Movie7.5ComedyA wife tries to prevent her husband, a miner, from gambling away the money he receives as an inheritance.
Spring Handicap
1937 · 2 votes
Movie7.4ComedyDramaPickpocket Libby is protected by aging street performer Charles, who takes her into his troupe. Libby's dancing leads her to meet songwriter Harley and launch a stage career, while Charles is seemingly spurned by the waif he has helped.
St. Martin's Lane
1938 · 28 votes
Movie5.9DramaDepressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
Love on the Dole
1941 · 16 votes
Movie6.3ActionThrillerDrummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1937 · 16 votes
Movie7.2MysteryDuring a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939 · 12 votes
Movie5.4CrimeDramaA barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
On the Night of the Fire
1939 · 10 votes
Movie7.4DramaAn impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
Great Day
1945 · 6 votes
Movie6.8ComedyAn out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Let the People Sing
1942 · 7 votes
Movie6.5DramaFarewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
Farewell Again
1937 · 2 votes
- Movie6.3Mystery
A man and his sister live in a country home, not knowing that there is stolen loot hidden there. A gang of criminals attempts to get them to move so they can get the loot for themselves.
Someone at the Door
1950 · 3 votes
Movie6.8a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.
Peg of Old Drury
1935 · 4 votes
Movie6.3MysteryThrillerAfter leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.
The Clouded Yellow
1950 · 22 votes
Movie9.0MusicA Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Come Out of the Pantry
1935 · 1 votes
Movie4.7ComedyThe Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threatens to close it, the workers fear that they will soon be forced out of their jobs. The Royal's property master, Bob Parker (Bud Flanagan), recruits the rest of the staff to stage a benefit gala. They hope their show, featuring songs and dances, can raise enough cash to stave off the end. Meanwhile, they seek investors who can keep the Theatre Royal and its staff in business permanently.
Theatre Royal
1943 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ComedyFantasyAn Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.
The Oracle
1953 · 3 votes
Movie5.3CrimeNovelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
Send for Paul Temple
1946 · 9 votes
Movie5.8ComedyWhen the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Sing As We Go
1934 · 11 votes
Movie9.0ComedyA mysterious scientist presents a timid chemist with an elixir which turns him from a weakling into a confident, vital male, able to defeat his rival and impress the girl of his choice. The only problem is that this mysterious substance has the unexpected result of causing him to revert gradually to babyhood...
Oh, Boy!
1938 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaIn 1921, as Irish nationalists battle with British authorities, a young girl is torn between loyalty to her brother, an IRA leader, her fiance, a police inspector, and his comrade and rival in love, a British Army captain.
Ourselves Alone
1936 · 2 votes
Movie6.7ThrillerDramaTom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.
Murder in Reverse
1945 · 6 votes