John Batten
Actor · 1903 – 1993 · Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Movies13
Movie6.1WarDramaA WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
For Those in Peril
1944 · 9 votes
Movie5.3DramaComedyAfter the wealthy and married William Judson meets young, attractive Marie Skinner, he's flattered by her attention. What he fails to realize is that Marie has plotted with her lover to seduce Judson for his money. When his family points out her motives, Judson quarrels with them and moves out. Desperate for a solution, Judson's daughter Ruth takes a gun with intentions of shooting Marie – unless her lover can talk her out of it.
The Battle of the Sexes
1928 · 13 votes
- Movie10.0DramaRomance
A woman, disappointed in love, becomes increasingly cynical and attempts to marry a wealthy man.
As Good as New
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaA girl organist is blamed for ousting the village choir.
Under the Greenwood Tree
1929 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedySet in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.
The Great Game
1930 · 1 votes
Movie5.8RomanceComedyWhen a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.
The Church Mouse
1934 · 4 votes
Movie8.5ComedyOriginally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).
The Love Waltz
1930 · 2 votes
Movie9.0DramaSelf-made businessman Sir Grant Rayburn is obsessed with making money to the exclusion of all else. He shows little interest in his daughter Jill and is irritated when she falls in love with, and wishes to marry, a young man named Tom. Sir Grant does not believe Tom is a suitable match for Jill as he does not come from a moneyed background. He suspects that Tom is a chancer with an eye on access to Jill's money....
High Finance
1933 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaHaving been in show biz since infancy, Broadway chorus girl Beatrice regrets her lack of formal education, so when she unexpectedly falls heir to a huge sum of money, Beatrice decides to make up for lost time.
The Chorus Kid
1928 · 1 votes
Movie9.0Crime'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)
Loose Ends
1930 · 1 votes
Movie7.0RomanceDramaA paralysed farmer watches his brother fall in love with the woman he intended to marry.
The Wonderful Story
1932 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Call Me Mame is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Ethel Irving, John Batten and Dorothy Bartlam. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.
Call Me Mame
1933 · 1 votes
Movie6.5HistoryActionA British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in sub which sinks trapping the crew.
Men Like These
1932 · 2 votes