Iris Hoey
Actor · 1885 – 1979
Movies14
Movie7.0ComedyDramaWhen linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Pygmalion
1938 · 165 votes
Movie7.2ComedyThrillerA loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.
Poet's Pub
1949 · 6 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
A woman plans to boost her public profile by getting a divorce. She enlists the help of a male friend to act as co-respondent leading to a series of mix-ups and her eventual decision not to get divorced.
Her Reputation
1931 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyMusicUnbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.
Let's Make a Night of It
1937 · 2 votes
- Movie6.5Mystery
For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor prison without their share of the bullion stolen in a daring raid.
The Terror
1938 · 8 votes
Movie8.3MusicComedyA farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.
Those Were the Days
1934 · 3 votes
- Movie6.5Comedy
Fantasy of a bank clerk who accepts a deposit of a million too late to put it in the bank and has to guard it over the weekend.
Once in a Million
1936 · 2 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
A rascal child recruits his friends as assistants to help his father to get elected to the city council. Sadly, the children accidentally helped two jewel thieves to escape. They feel sorry about this, and then, to redeem themselves, the kids begin investigating a rival candidates conspiracy. Their involvement causes the boy's father to win the elections.
Just William
1940 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyIn this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs slips out and suddenly he finds that he himself has become a star. Unfortunately he soon encounters unanticipated problems. He is especially concerned about his girl friend who dumped him in favor of the voiceless star.
A Star Fell from Heaven
1936 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaGeorge Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.
The Tenth Man
1936 · 2 votes
Movie4.5DramaCrimeThe dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder.
Living Dangerously
1936 · 4 votes
- Movie9.0ThrillerDrama
A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....
The Midas Touch
1940 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyWallflower Jane Wilton has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful and popular sister Beatrice. Making things worse, Beatrice is spiteful and cruel, directing all manner of nastiness towards the submissive and uncomplaining Jane. But when Beatrice sets her cap for Jane's erstwhile boy friend Basil Gilbert, she goes a shade too far. For once, the worm turns, and Jane fights tooth and nail to win her man back. A retelling of the Cinderella story.
Jane Steps Out
1938 · 1 votes
Movie6.8DramaA tramp is invited to stay with the family of a teenage girl who has been unable to smile since childhood in a bid to cure her.
The Girl Who Couldn't Quite
1950 · 4 votes