D.J. Williams
Actor · 1868 – 1949 · Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
British actor and director. Born on March 25, 1868 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales as David John Williams.
Movies24
Movie6.0MysteryThrillerA fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
The Clairvoyant
1935 · 20 votes
Movie6.4DramaRomanceYoung, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does poorly, but when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
The Citadel
1938 · 35 votes
Movie6.6AdventureDramaIn India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
Elephant Boy
1937 · 21 votes
Movie6.2DramaHistoryIn 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 · 9 votes
Movie6.1DramaFantasyEbenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
Scrooge
1935 · 53 votes
Movie6.1HorrorScience FictionDr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming ... a mad scientist, almost unstoppable.
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · 34 votes
Movie5.7DramaCrimeIt is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street barber, awaits the arrival of men whose first port of call is for a good, close shave. For most it will be the last time they are seen alive. Using a specially designed barber's chair, Sweeney Todd despatches his victims to the cellar below, where he robs them of their new found fortunes and chops their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile, Mrs Lovett is enjoying a roaring trade for her popular penny meat pies.
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · 51 votes
Movie6.1ComedyHorrorMismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
The Ghost Train
1941 · 36 votes
- Movie5.0Music
A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
Music Hall
1934 · 1 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
Movie6.6WarDramaBritish World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.
Tomorrow We Live
1943 · 7 votes
Movie6.3RomanceAdventureDramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
The Challenge
1938 · 9 votes
Movie6.3ComedyA weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Keep Fit
1937 · 9 votes
Movie6.7CrimeDramaCapt. Johnnie Gray is enlisted by Mr. J.G. Reeder to infiltrate a gang of forgers in Dartmoor jail on behalf of the Bank of England.
Mr. Reeder in Room 13
1938 · 3 votes
Movie6.2RomanceDramaA beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
Wings of the Morning
1937 · 10 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
Movie6.6MusicDramaThis classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
The Great Mr Handel
1942 · 4 votes
Movie4.8RomanceComedyIn this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.
My Song for You
1934 · 4 votes
Movie8.0DramaThe village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
Pastor Hall
1940 · 10 votes
Movie5.3ComedyMusicGutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
Look Up and Laugh
1935 · 3 votes
Movie6.5DramaWarMorale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Unpublished Story
1942 · 7 votes
Movie6.1DramaAn evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937 · 7 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA retired Admiral steals jewels and is pursued by Spanish bandits.
The Admiral's Secret
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.3ComedyRomanceThe niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.
Cotton Queen
1937 · 4 votes