John Deverell
Actor · 1880 – 1965 · London, England, UK
Movies12
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
Movie6.8MusicComedyIn this British musical, set in Paris, an apparently upstanding husband and father spends his nights fooling around with wild women. His son, wanting to be just like his dad, begins dating a seductive widow--the same widow his father has been seeing. Trouble ensues when the father refuses to let his daughter marry her true love. When the fiancée learns of the father-son shenanigans, he begins blackmailing them into letting him marry the daughter.
The Girl in the Taxi
1937 · 5 votes
Movie8.0CrimeThrillerBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Alibi
1931 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0MusicComedy
An opera singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a composer.
Everything in Life
1936 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
Domineering actor-manager Max Till takes the impoverished Maika Tamara under his wing, turning her into an overnight sensation. But as her fame threatens to eclipse his own, he jealously strives to control every aspect of her life - including her romance with theatre electrician Paul Lebrun.
The King of Paris
1934 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Comedy about two Ruritanian countries who declare war on each other with the mutual intention of losing. Political satire that might have been Britain’s answer to Duck Soup.
The Path of Glory
1934 · 1 votes
Movie9.0CrimeDramaA casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!
Children of Chance
1930 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyMusicFollowing an argument with his co-star during the rehearsals for a new stage show, famous singer Richard King walks out of the theatre, still wearing his ragged stage costume. Mistaken for a beggar, he’s taken in by a pair of street entertainers and joins their act incognito.
The Street Singer
1937 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyIn Monte Carlo, Lady Wellingford cannot redeem a necklace from a jeweler.
Above Rubies
1932 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MusicIn Monte Carlo, a captain tries to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, but falls in love with a Queen.
Monte Carlo Madness
1932 · 1 votes
- Movie6.8
An unhappy wife falls for an injured pilot.
Incident in Shanghai
1938 · 4 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Marry the Girl
1935 · 1 votes