Vernon Steele
Oyuncu · 1882 – 1955 · Santiago, Chile
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was actress Hilda Anthony.
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Film7.1DramRomantikAltı Oscar kazanan BAYAN MİNİVER, savaşın başlarında ABDnin Avrupaya müdahale etmesi doğrultusundaki kamuoyu desteğini oluşturan ve devam etmesini sağlayan bir İkinci Dünya Savaşı propaganda filmiydi. İngiliz orta sınıf ailesi Miniverlar, savaşın ilk aylarını Belham kasabasında geçirirler. Miniverların oğlu Vin, bir yandan bombalardan isabet almamaya çalışırken, bir yandan da Leydi Beldonın zarif torunu Carola kur yapar. İstasyon şefi Bay Ballard yetiştirdiği güle Bayan Miniverın adı verilir ve gururlu yaşlı Leydi Beldonın gülüne rakip olarak yarışmaya sokulur. Daha sonra, Vin Kraliyet Hava Kuvvetlerine katılır; Bayan Miniverin iriyarı kocası Clem İngiliz Ordusunun Dunkerqueten dramatik bir biçimde tahliyesine gezinti teknesiyle yardımcı olur; Nazi bombalarının güllerini mahvetmesine göz yummayı reddeden hoş, kibar ama güçlü bir iradeye sahip Bayan Miniver ise, bahçede bulduğu yaralı Alman paraşütçüsünü etkisiz hale getirir
Film7.2MaceraBu klasik serüvende Errol Flynn ve Olivia de Havilland başrolü paylaşmaktadır. Yaralı İngiliz asileri tedavi eden Doktor Peter Blood (Flynn) tutuklanır ve Jamaika'ya köle olarak yollanır. Burada valinin kızı Arabella'nın (de Havilland) dikkatini çeker ve Arabella onu satın alır. Ama Blood önderlik ettiği diğer kölelerle kaçar ve korsan Kaptan Blood olarak Jamaikalıların yüreğine korku salar. Ta ki İspanyollar saldırana ve Blood, Arabella ile Jamaika'yı İngiltere'nin düşmanlarından kurtarana değin.
Film6.8DramRomantikIn 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
Madame Bovary
1949 · 59 votes
Film7.3DramTarihNorfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
Lloyd's of London
1936 · 25 votes
Film6.5DramSavaşAfter a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
They Were Expendable
1945 · 140 votes
Film5.9KorkuDr.Van Helsing Kont Drakula'yı öldürmeyi basarmıstır.Lakin vücudu gizemli Macar kontesi Maria Zaleska tarafından çalınmıştır.Aslında Transilvanya'dan gelen, Drakula'nın kızı olan Kontes Zaleska babasının cesedini yakarak huzura kavuşturmaya çalışır.Kontes ve yardımcısı Sandor basarili psikiyatrist olan, Dr.Van Helsing'in öğrencisi Dr.Jeffrey Garth'tan vampirliğine karşı bir tedavi ister.
Film7.1KomediRomantikIndependent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Tom and George, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.
Film6.6KomediStan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
Bonnie Scotland
1935 · 74 votes
Film5.7KomediThe king of an unnamed European country abdicates and tries to recapture the happiness with the wife he had to give up for the throne.
The King's Vacation
1933 · 3 votes
Film6.0MaceraKomediA girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
Time Out for Romance
1937 · 6 votes
Film5.6AksiyonMaceraBulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · 12 votes
Film4.0DramThough loved by many in her Norwegian village home, Thelma herself does not know love until she meets Sir Phillip Errington. They are married and go to London, where she is well received except by Phillip's jealous "friends." Lady Clara and Lennox plot to make Phillip appear to be unfaithful, and Thelma returns to Norway. Phillip, however, pursues her and proves his innocence.
Thelma
1922 · 2 votes
Film5.9GerilimA treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.
To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · 18 votes
Film6.5DramTarihThis short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights
1939 · 4 votes
Film7.0DramSally Marrio, neglected wife of a prominent shoe designer, has three wishes: to be a millionaire's wife, to be famous, and to have a child.
Beyond Price
1921 · 1 votes
Film7.0DramMichael Frazer, newly rich from his invention of a can-opener, has drifted away from Jane, his wife, who persists in her old-fashioned ways. He advises his daughter Marcia to marry "someone congenial so that when love goes you will have common interests." Neighboring architect Jack Ballard obtains the contract to design Frazer's house through the friendship of his attractive wife, Emily, with Frazer. Emily and Frazer become intimate friends, arousing the concern of Mrs. Frazer and Jack Ballard. Determined to teach his wife a lesson and win her back, Jack asks Marcia Frazer to run away with him. She consents but later reconsiders and they return home. Frazer realizes that Mrs. Ballard meant nothing to him, and Jack is reunited with his wife.
Discontented Husbands
1924 · 1 votes
Film6.0MaceraDramRobert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.
Kidnapped
1938 · 4 votes
Film7.5WesternSuçFur thieves, who murder trappers when they refuse to give up their pelts at a low price, occupy the attention of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. The leader of the gang is Victor Renaud, also the mayor of the small Canadian town where the gang is headquartered. Lucky Kerrigan is broken from the mounted service for apparent disobedience to orders, which results in the death of a fellow Mountie. Lucky, working undercover, aids the Mounties in rounding up the gang and gains back his uniform, and also the love of Gabrielle Renaud, Renaud's sister who was unaware of his criminal activities.
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 · 4 votes
Film7.0DramNara, the daughter of a wealthy Russian killed by the Bolsheviki, flees to America and meets Adam Pine, a sculptor, who marvels at the beauty of her hands. Through him she meets Mrs. Vanessa Yates, a patroness of the arts, and Dr. Emlen Claveloux, who is completely absorbed in science. Connor Lee, a fake spiritualist, persuades her that she has a God-given power to cure ill people, and profits financially by her success in this work. This brings her into conflict with the physician, whom she loves, but her faith in the power of will and her beauty of character finally teach him that faith is at least an important adjunct to medicine.
The Hands of Nara
1922 · 1 votes
Film8.0M'liss, raised in the mountains as an unruly tomboy, is orphaned and is offered "protection" by Calaveras John and Johnny Cake, friends of her father's murderer. She shows no interest in anything until the new schoolmaster persuades her to tidy herself and get some education. Believing the schoolmaster to be in love with some other girl, M'liss decides to run off with another man.
The Girl Who Ran Wild
1922 · 1 votes
Film6.0KomediSuçA British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.
Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937 · 5 votes
Film3.5DramAn actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
The Great Flirtation
1934 · 4 votes
Film7.0AksiyonMaceraIn this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.
The Witness Vanishes
1939 · 5 votes
FilmDramGeraldine, the daughter of a wealthy New Yorker, is in Hungary and about to return to the United States after an absence of seven years. As a farewell, a masked ball is given in her honor at the American Embassy. Count Carlos Kinski, a distinguished young nobleman, is one of the guests and catches a momentary glimpse of her face. He falls in love with her at once and tries in vain to ascertain her identity.