Hugh Wakefield
Oyuncu · 1888 – 1971 · Wanstead, Essex, England, UK
Hugh Wakefield (10 November 1888 – 5 December 1971) was an English film actor, who played supporting roles. He was often seen wearing a monocle. Wakefield was born in Wanstead, which was then in Essex. He also had a distinguished stage career, which began at the age of 11. City of Song (1931) was his first film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Wakefield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Film7.0KomediAn impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
The Million Pound Note
1954 · 85 votes
Film6.5GerilimGizemTatillerini İsviçre’de geçirmeye karar veren İngiliz Bob ve Jill Lawrence burada Fransız Pierre Fresnay ile tanışırlar ve dost olurlar. Kısa bir süre sonra Fresnay öldürülür, ölümünden hemen önce ise Bob’un kulağına bir sır fısıldar: önemli bir diplomata Londra’da Albert Hall’da bir konser sırasında suikast düzenlenecektir. Bu olaya şahit olan yabancı ajanlar Bob’un küçük kızı Betty’i kaçırarak onun bildiklerini açıklamamasını sağlamaya çalışırlar. Polise başvurmaktan çekinen Bob kızını kendi çabalarıyla kurtarmak ve suikastı önlemek istemektedir. İngiliz yönetmen Alfred Hitchcock’ın dünya çapında tanınmasını ve Amerikan film endüstrisinin de dikkatini çekmesini sağlayan film olan 1934 tarihli Çok Şey Bilen Adam’ı yönetmen 1956’da daha geniş bir bütçeyle yeniden çekti.
Film7.0DramGerilimJames Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
No Highway in the Sky
1951 · 66 votes
Film7.0KomediFantastikMedyumlarla ilgili kitap yazan Charles ile komşusu "emekli medyum" Madam Arcati’nin öyküsü. Araya yazarın ikinci eşi girince işler karışacak.
Film8.0KomediRomantikBecause his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
Aren't We All?
1932 · 1 votes
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A theatre producer and actor try in vain to have a quiet week in a country cottage. But their efforts turn into comic disaster as a variety of wives, girlfriends and scoutmasters arrive uninvited.
Love's a Luxury
1952 · 3 votes
Film7.2KomediMüzikTwo strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of 'It Happened One Night'.
One Night with You
1948 · 2 votes
Film7.5MüzikKomediMusical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo
My Heart Is Calling
1935 · 2 votes
Film5.6DramBased on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers
The Crimson Circle
1936 · 4 votes
Film9.0KomediRomantikIn this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
The Luck of a Sailor
1934 · 1 votes
Film9.0MüzikWhile working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.
King of the Ritz
1933 · 1 votes
Film6.6SavaşDramTwo Englishmen train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
Journey Together
1945 · 7 votes
Film10.0MüzikRomantikThis rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way through a touching love story. Features musical selections from "Il Trovatore" and "Rigoletto" as well as a lullaby and some Neapolitan songs, including the title tune. Distributed by New York's Bel Canto Society (an organization of hard-core opera buffs).
Film7.0KomediAlgernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert Amos Purdie, the puritanical head of an anti-betting association, into a punter within a week.
The Sport of Kings
1931 · 2 votes
Film9.0SuçDramAn amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.
The Man They Couldn't Arrest
1931 · 1 votes
Film5.8KomediA wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her luck.
The Fortunate Fool
1933 · 4 votes
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A popular opera singer falls in love with a gangly farm boy. Anton's father is left all alone when his son runs off to the Big City with Ilona. Things really get sticky when Albert becomes obsessed with the notion that Ilona is actually his own illegitimate daughter!
Dreams Come True
1936 · 1 votes
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A cabaret singer is found dead in her flat and Viscount Brent becomes a suspect. His cousin is convinced of his innocence and with a journalist investigates the crime.
Death Croons the Blues
1937 · 1 votes
Film7.0KomediTo help his partner win the daughter of an anthropologist, an actor pretends to be an ape.
No Monkey Business
1935 · 1 votes
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After moving into a picturesque country cottage, a woman becomes increasingly concerned about the fate of the previous owner who she believes was murdered.
The Crime at Blossoms
1933 · 1 votes
Film9.0MüzikRomantikA tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege.
City of Song
1931 · 1 votes
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Make It Three
1938 · 1 votes
Film9.0KomediThe King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
The Improper Duchess
1936 · 1 votes
Film5.9DramRomantikA young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared.
Forget Me Not
1936 · 7 votes