D.A. Clarke-Smith
Actor · 1888 – 1959 · Montrose, Angus, Scotland, UK
Movies24
Movie7.1DramaHistoryAfter fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Quo Vadis
1951 · 470 votes
Movie6.5ThrillerMysteryWhile vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934 · 468 votes
Movie6.4AdventureDramaTells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnaped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued by her love in an exciting battle on the beach.
The Sword and the Rose
1953 · 25 votes
Movie6.4ComedyAfter a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
The Baby and the Battleship
1956 · 9 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAdventureThe Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
The Pickwick Papers
1952 · 16 votes
Movie7.0MysteryThe film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.
Passing Shadows
1934 · 2 votes
Movie5.6HorrorMysteryBritish Egyptologist Professor Morlant seeks immortality through a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to Earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.
The Ghoul
1933 · 64 votes
Movie7.0DramaA young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....
Michael and Mary
1931 · 1 votes
Movie5.7ComedyDramaA British Army Officer returning to civilian life after WWII, starts a catering company with some of his ex-army pals.
Something Money Can't Buy
1952 · 3 votes
Movie7.5DramaBill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good at. His name and position work against him, however, so he adopts an alias and prevails upon the charity of a drunken friend Charles Barrington, through whom he meets Stella Barrington - who has not only inherited her father’s racing stables but also his debts. Still incognito, he takes on the job of stable lad for Stella but little does she realise that he could be the man to finally put an end to her money worries forever.
Flying Fifty-Five
1939 · 5 votes
Movie7.0Mystery'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Old Man
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.4RomanceComedyFilm musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
The Good Companions
1933 · 5 votes
Movie10.0CrimeA jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them and after collecting the reward for their arrest, uses they money to buy some silver bracelets for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Bracelets
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.4ComedyDramaIt is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.
Friday the Thirteenth
1933 · 10 votes
- Movie8.0DramaHistory
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
1938 · 1 votes
Movie5.6DramaWarAn RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.
Frieda
1947 · 17 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeMystery
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
White Face
1932 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
A Cup of Kindness
1934 · 1 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
Movie6.6CrimeDramaThis is the story of a woman who kicks out her no-good second husband after he wastes all her money. Since gambling and drink had taken all her money, she decides to use the money from a windfall to open an illegal after hours night club and gambling parlor, in order to provide her two daughters with a high society education. Eventually she gets caught, and the daughters take over the night club and legitimize it. But the daughters have conflicts, and the no-good husband shows up to complicate matters.
Illegal
1932 · 5 votes
Movie9.0MysteryCrimeA young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to fear for her life.
The Frightened Lady
1932 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Crime
A British crime film directed by William C. McGann
A Voice Said Goodnight
1932 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
A clever, out-of-work man through a series of misunderstandings and bold maneuvers, manages to pass himself off as a wealthy and influential figure. He uses this false persona to navigate high society and outwit various characters he encounters. The comedy centers on his efforts to maintain the facade while dealing with the romantic and financial complications that arise.
Help Yourself
1932 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
A cuckolded husband finds poems written to his wife by her lover, who then tries to explain they were written to a goddess who shares the same name. The husband takes this as an insult to his wife.
How He Lied to Her Husband
1937 · 1 votes