
Harvey Braban
Actor · 1883 – 1943 · Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Movies24
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
Movie6.3HistoryContinuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
Sixty Glorious Years
1938 · 3 votes
Movie8.0CrimeThrillerBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Alibi
1931 · 3 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
1922 British silent drama
Shirley
1922 · 1 votes
Movie6.7ComedyThrillerWhile filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace held within the British Museum. This comedic 1930s mystery features daring rescues, intense fistfights and an exciting edge-of-your seat finale aboard a runaway train.
Bulldog Jack
1935 · 7 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
- Movie
South African Film
Movie9.0Crime'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Girl in the Night
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaSherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodies start to pile up.
The Devil's Foot
1921 · 5 votes
Movie8.0DramaA doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.
Should a Doctor Tell?
1930 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
A king declares war to force a princess to wed his hunchbacked brother.
The Prince and the Beggarmaid
1921 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Adventure
In South America the wife of the president's son loves the leader of the revolution
Man and His Kingdom
1922 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
Diana of the Crossways
1922 · 1 votes
Movie8.0CrimeA frightened woman is murdered in the London apartment of a well-known novelist named Henry Leroux. The police arrest Leroux's butler, but he escapes and runs off to a mysterious opium den, the lair of a drug dealer named Mister King. Gaston Max, a detective from Paris, arrives in London to investigate the drug trafficking. Although the police take down the gang, Mr. King escapes and manages to keep his true identity a secret.
The Yellow Claw
1921 · 1 votes
Movie10.0HistoryRomanceThe Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Adventure
A Gentleman of France
1921 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaIn India a major tries to cash in on a dry oil well but shoots himself when the oil returns.
The Great Well
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Drama
A secretary takes the blame when his fiancée's father ruins his oil company.
Bentley's Conscience
1922 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyVaudevillian Gene Gerrard stars as George, a young man on a yacht moored off Monte Carlo who has a tiff with his fiancée, goes ashore on a glorious binge, then finds himself accused of assaulting a prince! When he attempts to extricate himself by pretending to be his non-existent twin brother, he finds he's really in trouble...
Brother Alfred
1932 · 2 votes
- Movie10.0Adventure
A gypsy girl saves a runaway girl from her rich fiancé.
The Romany
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Adventure
In Australia a drunkard hires a gang to kill his ex-fiancée's husband.
The Prey of the Dragon
1921 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0ComedyCrime
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
The Viper
1938 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0CrimeMystery
The Callbox Mystery (1932) is a British quota quickie crime film about a detective investigating murders linked to a mysterious callbox, likely involving suspects from a will, with a newspaper woman assisting and uncovering deeper secrets behind the apparent financial motives.
The Callbox Mystery
1932 · 1 votes
Movie6.3DramaDarby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor.
Darby and Joan
1937 · 3 votes