Alma Taylor
Oyuncu · 1895 – 1974 · London, England, UK
From Wikipedia Alma Taylor (3 January 1895 – 23 January 1974) was a British actress. Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor was one of the major British stars of the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1915 she was voted the most popular British performer by readers of Pictures and the Picturegoers, comfortably beating Charlie Chaplin into second place. She acted only occasionally after 1932, appearing in films such as Lilacs in the Spring, Blue Murder at St Trinian's and A Night to Remember during the 1950s. She died in London, she was 79.
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Film6.0RomantikKomediA young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
Lilacs in the Spring
1954 · 3 votes
Film6.8KomediWith their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957 · 31 votes
Film8.0DramRomantik'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)
Tansy
1921 · 1 votes
Film5.5DramA young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
David Copperfield
1913 · 2 votes
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Molly Bawn. British silent drama movie. Directed by Cecil M Hepworth. Starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome an Violet Hopson. adaptation of the1878 Irish novel of the same name by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. Molly Bawn the novel by M. W. Hungerford contains her most famous idiom: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." It is also referenced in chapter 8 of James Joyce's Ulysses.
Molly Bawn
1916 · 1 votes
Film6.9SuçKorkuOne of the last of the silent Sherlock films.
Film7.0MüzikWhen her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her greedy manager--seeing his "cash cow" slipping away--goes to court to have her declared legally incompetent.
Everybody Dance
1936 · 2 votes
Film6.5KomediMüzikA scatterbrained circus lady must cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.
Things Are Looking Up
1935 · 2 votes
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An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Oliver Twist
1912 · 1 votes
Film5.8DramHELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was discovered in a vault in Canada.
Helen of Four Gates
1920 · 4 votes
Film6.8SuçGizemU.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Lost
1956 · 6 votes
Film7.5DramYoung heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.
Mist in the Valley
1923 · 2 votes
- Film10.0KomediMacera
'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)
A South Sea Bubble
1928 · 1 votes
- Film10.0Dram
The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.
The Narrow Valley
1921 · 1 votes
- Film7.0Dram
An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.
The House of Marney
1927 · 1 votes
- Film9.0Suç
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.
Anna the Adventuress
1920 · 1 votes
- Film7.0Dram
Die stärkere Macht
1929 · 1 votes
Film9.0DramRomantikThe Heart of a Fishergirl
1 votes
Film7.0SuçDramA murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.
Deadlock
1931 · 1 votes
Film5.3KomediFunny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.
Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
1910 · 7 votes
Film7.2DramKatie attempts to save her father's failing garage, after he is killed during a stock car race. She is assisted by an American driver, Larry Duke, but unfortunately one of the creditors is determined to take the garage.
Stock Car
1955 · 4 votes
- Film7.0Komedi
Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.
Tilly in a Boarding House
1912 · 4 votes