Franklin Dyall
Actor · 1870 – 1950 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franklin Dyall (3 February 1874, Liverpool – 8 May 1950, Worthing, Sussex) was an English actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1916 and 1948. He was the father of actor Valentine Dyall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franklin Dyall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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
Movie6.0MysteryA young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under suspicion. However, the husband's father, an amateur detective, believes in their innocence and sets out to find who really killed the blackmailer.
A Night in Montmartre
1931 · 2 votes
Movie5.5DramaHistoryScotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948 · 7 votes
- Movie8.0DramaCrime
Three victims plot to murder a retired informer.
Creeping Shadows
1931 · 1 votes
Movie5.3RomanceDramaUnjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.
Easy Virtue
1928 · 87 votes
Movie5.4HistoryDocumentaryThis early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
The Conquest of the Air
1931 · 5 votes
Movie8.0CrimeThrillerBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Alibi
1931 · 3 votes
Movie5.4DramaThrillerIn 1940 Sally Maitland is forced to leave England, ostracised as a Nazi sympathiser by everyone including her well-to-do family. On the ship to Halifax, Canada, she is courted by Polish aristocrat Jan Orloch and by awkward British navel intelligence officer Jimmy Garrick. She shows herself somewhat more amenable to Orloch's advances, and agrees to meet his mother in Halifax. Once there however, it becomes clear no-one is really who they say they are.
Yellow Canary
1943 · 15 votes
Movie5.3DramaEnglish-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.
Atlantic
1929 · 12 votes
Movie7.0DramaJames Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly injured in a workplace accident resulting from employer negligence, Harg uses some of the compensation payment to develop his invention to a stage where it can be tested in practice. It is a huge success and Harg patents his process. He rises to a position on the board of the company, before staging a coup to oust his former employer and take over the business himself.
Men of Steel
1932 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeDrama
Mr. Satan
1938 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Crime
A crime film directed by Herbert Wynne
A Safe Affair
1931 · 1 votes
Movie8.0A rich mixed race woman is abandoned after a mock marriage, has a stillborn baby, and weds the man who helps her.
The Garden of Resurrection
1919 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0DramaCrime
An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman.
The Case of Gabriel Perry
1935 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedySandy Powell plays a messenger who joins the Navy by accident and has a series of misadventures.
All At Sea
1940 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaThe Duke of Wellington’s attempt to restore peace to France is threatened by a French Duchess.
The Iron Duke
1934 · 1 votes
Movie10.0Drama'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
Called Back
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0ThrillerCrime
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
The Ringer
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
Captain's Orders
1937 · 1 votes