John Garrick
Actor · 1902 – 1966 · Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Movies22
Movie5.8ComedyMusicNew York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.
Just Imagine
1930 · 26 votes
Movie5.4MusicRomanceIn his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the film's paucity of cold hard facts); instead, the writers allow the famed composer's works to speak for themselves. In the tradition of one of his own operettas, Herbert spends most of his time patching up the shaky marriage between tenor John Ramsey (Allan Jones) and Louise Hall (Mary Martin). Many of Herbert's most famous compositions are well in evidence, including "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "March of the Toys" and "Kiss Me Again", the latter performed con brio by teenaged coloratura Susanna Foster. Evidently, the producers were able to secure the film rights for the Herbert songs, but not for the stage productions in which they appeared, which may explain such bizarre interpolations as having a song from Naughty Marietta.
The Great Victor Herbert
1939 · 7 votes
Movie6.0AdventureDramaMajor John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that, Cravens, the man she is to marry already has a wife. He also learns that Craven cleaned out Lucy's father in a crooked gambling game, and Lucy is paying the price to hold the family home together.
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935 · 3 votes
Movie7.0CrimeMysteryCharlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931 · 4 votes
Movie5.3RomanceMusicSundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.
The Lottery Bride
1930 · 8 votes
Movie4.8DramaBroken hearts in Ireland. Sean is a great tenor, in semi-retirement, living in a village close to Mary, the woman he’s always loved. Mary’s aunt convinced her to marry a man for his money; he has recently deserted her, leaving her penniless. She and her two children, Eileen and Tad, move in with the selfish and austere aunt. Eileen is falling in love with Fergus, a young man who’s off to Dublin to seek his fortune. Sean is drawn out of retirement and goes on tour in America. At his first concert, he’s nervous and out of sorts until the last song, when peace descends on him like a gift. What has happened, and can family life be set right?
Song o' My Heart
1930 · 6 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
Movie7.0DramaMusicA composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.
The Broken Melody
1934 · 4 votes
- Movie6.3RomanceDrama
An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.
A Woman Alone
1936 · 4 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
- Movie9.0Music
John, holidaying in the Ruritanian principality of Poldavia, falls for Princess Sandra. Returning to Britain, he meets not only the princess but her parents. As the King is a wine expert and the Queen a decent cook, they get together to open a restaurant, where John can also sing at table.
Movie7.0ActionAdventureJack Bardell, a British aviator in World War I, a dashing hero to all who know him, is discharged following an airplane crash that occurred under suspicious circumstances. Invalided to private life, to the shame of his father, Lord Bardell, he gets his chance for redemption during a German Zepplin attack over London. He puts on a good show.
The Sky Hawk
1929 · 2 votes
Movie5.0DramaCrimeA psychotic and sadistic mob boss is infatuated with the young wife of his newlywed attorney, and he plots to get him out of the way so he can have her to himself.
Bad Company
1931 · 6 votes
Movie5.0MusicFantasyMusical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.
Chu Chin Chow
1934 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ActionComedyBeatrice Lillie shines in disguise as a private detective.
Are You There?
1930 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Crime
British crime film directed by George A. Cooper.
Anything Might Happen
1934 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Crime
A framed captain breaks jail and saves his ex-fiancée from blackmail.
The Rocks of Valpre
1935 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaStranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con man to bilk a millionaire at his Italian villa. Little do they realize that he knows full well who they are after being tipped off by Scotland Yard.
Always Goodbye
1931 · 1 votes
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Popular comedian Claude Dampier is seen at his best here, as he disrupts the sedate peace of Victorian England in his attempt to help a village blacksmith win both a bicycle race and the girl. Can the blacksmith's new bicycle design triumph over his rival's trusty penny farthing?
Riding High
1939 · 1 votes
- Movie5.5CrimeDrama
A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.
Royal Eagle
1936 · 2 votes
Movie7.0A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, gets married and has a son, but loses his command when his ship is rammed and the vessel is abandoned to save passengers. For years he lives in the countryside. Then his son, now grown, contacts his father's old shipmates and eventually their ship is put back into commission with its old skipper in command.
Shipmates o' Mine
1936 · 2 votes
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Lucy and her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a street singer.
Street Song
1935 · 3 votes