Constance Collier
Actor · 1878 – 1955 · Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Constance Collier (born Laura Constance Hardie; 22 January 1878 – 25 April 1955) was an English stage and film actress and acting coach. She made her stage debut at the age of three, when she played Fairy Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and later appeared in several Shakespearean stage plays. Her brief visit to New York in the 1910s yielded her work in a few silent films. When she was diagnosed with diabetes, she became the first ever patient in Europe to receive insulin treatment following its recent discovery. She served as an acting coach for many silent film stars in 1920s Hollywood following the tumultuous change to "talkies". While her most famous pupil was arguably Colleen Moore, her most acclaimed lifelong friend was fellow Stage Door co-star, Katharine Hepburn. Collier has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Movies24
Movie7.9ThrillerCrimeTwo young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Rope
1948 · 3.1K votes
Movie7.1DramaHistoryThe story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · 390 votes
Movie7.1ComedyDramaA spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
Stage Door
1937 · 143 votes
Movie10.0Drama'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)
Bleak House
1920 · 1 votes
Movie6.4ThrillerCrimeThe wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
Whirlpool
1950 · 103 votes
Movie6.8DramaFamilyAn American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936 · 62 votes
Movie6.7AdventureFamilyIn 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he commands in northern India.
Wee Willie Winkie
1937 · 35 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaEx-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
The Dark Corner
1946 · 72 votes
Movie6.7ComedyMusicFunloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · 11 votes
Movie6.6DramaRomanceWhen a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts.
Girls' Dormitory
1936 · 6 votes
Movie5.7DramaRomancePickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Kitty
1945 · 13 votes
Movie6.5MusicComedyLady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.
A Damsel in Distress
1937 · 39 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceA small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that her somewhat dotty uncle has mortgaged his boarding house to the hilt. In her efforts to help him keep his boarding house, she becomes involved with a handsome young minister and his superior, an older bishop.
The Girl from Manhattan
1948 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ComedyDramaA visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Thunder in the City
1937 · 6 votes
Movie6.5ComedyDramaA flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
Susan and God
1940 · 18 votes
Movie5.7DramaWhen school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.
Downhill
1927 · 101 votes
Movie6.7MysteryComedyWhen a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.
Shadow of Doubt
1935 · 6 votes
Movie5.7DramaRomanceA seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
Zaza
1939 · 6 votes
Movie5.3MysteryAdventureAlthough young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the trunk. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.
Half a Sinner
1940 · 12 votes
Movie5.7ComedyRomanceA bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946 · 11 votes
MovieDramaEarly film by Frank Lloyd
Movie5.7ActionAdventureMercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to keep him safe while a revolution is planned.
Professional Soldier
1935 · 3 votes
Movie6.8RomanceA Polish officer posing as a gypsy loves a gypsy girl who is really the count's daughter.
The Bohemian Girl
1922 · 6 votes
MovieHistoryDramaShakespeare's tragedy of the Scots nobleman whose ambition leads him to betrayal, murder, and damnation.
Macbeth
1916