D.J. Williams
Oyuncu · 1868 – 1949 · Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
British actor and director. Born on March 25, 1868 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales as David John Williams.
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Film6.4DramRomantikYoung, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does poorly, but when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
The Citadel
1938 · 36 votes
Film6.0GizemGerilimA fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
The Clairvoyant
1935 · 20 votes
Film6.5DramDavey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
The Stars Look Down
1940 · 29 votes
Film6.2DramTarihIn 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 · 9 votes
Film4.8RomantikKomediIn this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.
My Song for You
1934 · 4 votes
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A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
Music Hall
1934 · 1 votes
Film6.1KorkuBilim KurguDr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming ... a mad scientist, almost unstoppable.
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · 34 votes
Film5.7DramSuçIt is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street barber, awaits the arrival of men whose first port of call is for a good, close shave. For most it will be the last time they are seen alive. Using a specially designed barber's chair, Sweeney Todd despatches his victims to the cellar below, where he robs them of their new found fortunes and chops their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile, Mrs Lovett is enjoying a roaring trade for her popular penny meat pies.
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · 51 votes
Film6.6MaceraDramIn India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
Elephant Boy
1937 · 21 votes
Film6.2RomantikDramA beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
Wings of the Morning
1937 · 10 votes
Film5.3KomediMüzikGutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
Look Up and Laugh
1935 · 3 votes
Film6.1DramFantastikEbenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
Scrooge
1935 · 53 votes
Film6.1DramAn evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937 · 7 votes
Film6.7SuçDramCapt. Johnnie Gray is enlisted by Mr. J.G. Reeder to infiltrate a gang of forgers in Dartmoor jail on behalf of the Bank of England.
Mr. Reeder in Room 13
1938 · 3 votes
Film6.6MüzikDramThis classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
The Great Mr Handel
1942 · 4 votes
Film6.6SavaşDramBritish World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.
Tomorrow We Live
1943 · 7 votes
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Those Kids from Town
1942 · 1 votes
Film5.7KorkuGizemThe film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of his famous melodramas about a wicked moneylender etc.
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1936 · 13 votes
Film6.5DramSavaşMorale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Unpublished Story
1942 · 7 votes
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“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
A Glimpse of Paradise
1935 · 1 votes
Film10.0KomediA retired Admiral steals jewels and is pursued by Spanish bandits.
The Admiral's Secret
1934 · 1 votes
Film7.3KomediMatronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members awaits the reading of the will. Ready to celebrate their fortunes the family gathers the evening before with a big party. A great assortment of characters, comic ones, are all expecting to get their share of the inheritance.
Boys Will Be Girls
1938 · 3 votes
Film6.3KomediA weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Keep Fit
1937 · 9 votes
Film6.3RomantikMaceraDuring an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.
The Challenge
1938 · 9 votes