Margaret Yarde
Actor · 1878 – 1944 · Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK
Movies24
Movie6.5ComedyDue to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved.
Gypsy Melody
1936 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA comedy film directed by Norman Walker
Uneasy Virtue
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.2RomanceComedyPaul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters. While there, he finds inspiration of a different sort in the form of the beautiful Jacqueline.
It Happened in Paris
1935 · 10 votes
- Movie7.0Mystery
The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing - or no one - stand in the way of finding that record.
A Shot in the Dark
1933 · 2 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
Movie5.0RomanceComedyAccording to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to receive it; the two must marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However, when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
The Man from Toronto
1933 · 3 votes
Movie6.7ComedyA young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.
Beauty and the Barge
1937 · 6 votes
Movie6.2CrimeDramaIn this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England. On arriving in England, "Sir Percival" schemes to marry an heiress for her money, and, with the connivance of the cunning Dr. Isidor Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and would get in the way of his plans to stay Lord of the Manor.
Crimes at the Dark House
1940 · 18 votes
Movie4.8MysteryThrillerA young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932 · 15 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDramaA well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.
Matinee Idol
1933 · 2 votes
Movie7.5ComedyLove blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.
Man of the Moment
1935 · 2 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
Movie5.7DramaHorrorIn 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the wealthy Chevalier Lucio del Gardo is the only chance to save the bank. Chevalier proposes to the owner M. de Brisson to deposit a large amount of gold, but in return he would like to marry his daughter Cecile. However, Cecile is in love with the efficient clerk Lucien Cortier that belongs to the lower classes and refuses the engagement. In order to get rid off the rival, Chevalier uses evidences to incriminate Lucien, manipulating the incompetent Parisian chief of police.
The Face at the Window
1939 · 23 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceA Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.
London
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyIt is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in France, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates. Alan (Ray Milland), one of the students, successfully resists Diana's charms-meaning of course that Alan and Diana will be in each other's arms by fadeout time. (AllMovie)
French Without Tears
1940 · 4 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
- Movie10.0Drama
American chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as though Mamie and her dancing colleagues are going to be stranded in Europe with no way home. Luckily, she meets a handsome, well-spoken Englishman Peter Millett (Hulbert), who falls in love with her and proposes marriage. Under the impression that he is a man of means, she readily accepts, imagining an entrée to English high society. The couple return to England and Mamie discovers to her horror that not only is her new home a decrepit farmhouse out in the sticks, but that Peter is a widower and his three children also come as part of the package.
You Live and Learn
1937 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0CrimeDrama
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
A Glimpse of Paradise
1935 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaA young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....
Michael and Mary
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Enemy of the Police
1933 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyA young bachelor gets drunk on the eve of his wedding - and marries a dancer.
Let's Love and Laugh
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0DramaCrime
A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.
Father and Son
1935 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests remain unattended. A burglar breaks in and ensuing complications compel the girl to pose as a wife.” - BFI.
The Compulsory Wife
1937 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them understand why they're fighting.
From the Four Corners
1941 · 1 votes