Sam Livesey
Actor · 1873 – 1936 · Sir y Fflint, Flintshire, Wales, UK
Movies23
Movie6.5DramaThrillerLondon, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Blackmail
1929 · 288 votes
Movie6.4HistoryDramaRenowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · 98 votes
Movie6.5ThrillerWarBritish double agent Madeleine Goddard meets and falls in love with German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I.
Dark Journey
1937 · 34 votes
Movie4.5CrimeA medium is murdered and suspicion falls on his niece.
Tangled Evidence
1934 · 2 votes
Movie6.8DramaHistoryA character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
Rembrandt
1936 · 38 votes
Movie6.2RomanceDramaA beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
Wings of the Morning
1937 · 10 votes
- Movie9.0Crime
A Commissionaire is suspected of a robbery committed by his son.
Commissionaire
1933 · 1 votes
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A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league.
Where’s George?
1935 · 1 votes
Movie5.7DramaRomeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
The Mill on the Floss
1937 · 3 votes
Movie5.9RomanceWarDuring the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since Natasha has not betrayed him. He forces Ignatoff into his debt as a means of humiliating him. When Ignatoff's new friend, Madame Sabline, offers to pay his debt, preventing his ruin, Ignatoff comes quickly to realize that Madame Sabline has an ulterior motive, one that could prove dangerous to more lives than just Ignatoff's.
Moscow Nights
1934 · 4 votes
Movie9.0FamilyFantasyA young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.
One Family
1930 · 1 votes
Movie6.8ActionDramaImposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
Drake of England
1935 · 5 votes
Movie7.3RomanceDramaTurn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
Turn of the Tide
1935 · 3 votes
Movie8.0DramaA forger's arrest shocks his pregnant wife, causing their daughter to suffer strange trances.
A Sinless Sinner
1919 · 1 votes
Movie7.3HorrorCrimeOn his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1931 · 4 votes
- Movie9.0Drama
A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion.
Men of Yesterday
1936 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeDrama
A young girl in Monte Carlo is engaged to a nobleman, but is really in love with someone else. A jewel thief named "The Black Spider" has been robbing the wealthy of Monte Carlo, and as a joke the girl steals her aunt's jewels. Unfortunately, a detective finds out and suspects her of being the real "The Black Spider".
The Black Spider
1920 · 1 votes
Movie9.0Crime'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Girl in the Night
1931 · 1 votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaA Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers.
The Chinese Puzzle
1919 · 1 votes
Movie8.0RomanceAn elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Many Waters
1931 · 1 votes
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Wait and See is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Frank Stanmore, Pauline Johnson and Sam Livesey.
Wait and See
1928 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDramaA British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
1932 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaHistoryIn 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
Dreyfus
1931 · 1 votes