
Myrette Morven
Actor · 1908 – 1986 · Dublin, Ireland
Movies13
Movie7.0DramaClassic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
London Belongs to Me
1948 · 15 votes
Movie6.7ComedyNutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950 · 43 votes
Movie6.6AdventureDramaThe wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.
The Planter's Wife
1952 · 5 votes
Movie6.9ComedyCharles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
The Constant Husband
1955 · 11 votes
Movie6.7ComedyCrimeThree criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
Two-Way Stretch
1960 · 57 votes
Movie6.2RomanceComedyNeagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.
The Lady is a Square
1959 · 5 votes
Movie8.0ComedyBilly Brannigan, a mechanic, has some difficulties and problems when he gets mixed up with the police looking for a jewel thief. An identical suitcase used by Billy and the thief cause most of the troubles.
Ireland's Border Line
1938 · 1 votes
Movie6.2DramaMagazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing young Tony Ward Black mad about jive, owner of a Bentley, and supposedly running through a legacy. Attracted to the daring young man, she rejects Mark, a young farmer who is in love with her. But it soon becomes apparent to everyone but Jan that neither Tony's fortune nor even his name may be his own, and her association with him will lead her into delinquency and danger.
My Teenage Daughter
1956 · 4 votes
Movie5.0ComedyThe 13th film in the Old Mother Riley series.
Old Mother Riley, Headmistress
1950 · 5 votes
Movie6.2AdventureComedyIn pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents. Based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s.
Under Your Hat
1940 · 4 votes
Movie6.8DramaComedyEntertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
Derby Day
1952 · 5 votes
- MovieComedyTV Movie
BBC television adaptation of the Philip King and Falkland L. Cary play about an imminent wedding becoming endangered by a domineering matriarch.
Sailor Beware!
1955
Movie10.0MusicDramaShaw is the south end of a horse for an ice show, but she longs to be a ballerina. It looks like she will achieve that goal, but will her oversized ego get in her way?
Walking on Air
1946 · 1 votes
Series1
TVDramaA BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Theatre Night
1957