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2 unusual facts about Cinema of the United Kingdom


Emile Charles

Emile Charles is an English actor, best known for playing Eddie in the 1988 British Film The Fruit Machine, aka Wonderland (USA).

The Life Story of David Lloyd George

The Life Story of David Lloyd George is a 1918 British silent biopic film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Norman Page, Alma Reville and Ernest Thesiger.


A Daughter of Eve

A Daughter of Eve is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome and Cameron Carr.

Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons

Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons is a 1960 British thriller directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring George Sanders, Corinne Calvet and Jean Kent.

Josser on the Farm

Josser on the Farm is a 1934 British comedy film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Ernie Lotinga, Betty Astell and Garry Marsh.

Kicking the Moon Around

Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman.

King of the Ritz

King of the Ritz is a 1933 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and Herbert Smith and starring Stanley Lupino, Betty Stockfeld and Hugh Wakefield.

Lady in Danger

Lady in Danger is a 1934 British comedy thriller film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Yvonne Arnaud and Anne Grey.

Let's Love and Laugh

Let's Love and Laugh is a 1931 British-German comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus and Dennis Wyndham.

Luck of the Turf

Luck of the Turf is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Randall Faye and starring Jack Melford, Moira Lynd, Wally Patch and Moore Marriott.

Malachi's Cove

Malachi's Cove is a 1974 British-Canadian drama film directed by Henry Herbert and starring Donald Pleasence, Veronica Quilligan and Peter Vaughn.

Many Tanks Mr. Atkins

Many Tanks Mr. Atkins is a 1938 British comedy war film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Claude Hulbert, Reginald Purdell and Barbara Greene.

Menschen im Käfig

Menschen im Käfig is a 1930 British drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner and Tala Birell.

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's is a 1936 British thriller film directed by George Pearson and starring Lucille Lisle, James Carew and Charles Oliver.

Mist in the Valley

Mist in the Valley is a 1923 British silent crime film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, G.H. Mulcaster and James Carew.

Old Mother Riley Joins Up

Old Mother Riley Joins Up is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Garry Marsh and Bruce Seton.

Old Roses

Old Roses is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Horace Hodges, Nancy Burne and Bruce Lester.

Sailors Three

Sailors Three is a 1940 British war comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert and Carla Lehmann.

Shadowed Eyes

Shadowed Eyes is a 1940 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Basil Sydney, Patricia Hilliard and Stewart Rome.

Solution by Phone

Solution by Phone is a 1954 British crime film directed by Alfred Travers and starring Clifford Evans, Thea Gregory and Georgina Cookson.

Some May Live

Some May Live is a 1967 British war film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Cushing, Joseph Cotton and Martha Hyer.

Somebody's Darling

Somebody's Darling is a 1925 British silent comedy film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Betty Balfour, Rex O'Malley and Fred Raynham.

Star of My Night

Star of My Night is a 1954 British romance film directed by Paul Dickson and starring Griffith Jones, Kathleen Byron and Hugh Williams.

Subway in the Sky

Subway in the Sky is a 1959 British crime film directed by Muriel Box and starring Van Johnson, Hildegard Knef and Albert Lieven.

The Bosun's Mate

The Bosun's Mate is a 1914 British silent comedy film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Mary Brough, Charles Rock and Wyndham Guise.

The Hectics

Derrick Branche (born in 1947, in Bombay, India) went on to appear in British films such as My Beautiful Laundrette and television shows such as Only When I Laugh as male nurse Gupta,The Comic Strip Presents... and Father Ted.

The Last Adventurers

The Last Adventurers is a 1937 British drama film directed by Roy Kellino and starring Niall MacGinnis, Roy Emerton, Linden Travers and Peter Gawthorne.

The Love Wager

The Love Wager is a 1933 British comedy film directed by A. Cyran and starring Pat Paterson, Frank Stanmore and Wallace Douglas.

The Loves of Ariane

The Loves of Ariane is a 1931 British-German drama film directed by Paul Czinner starring Elisabeth Bergner, Charles Carson and Percy Marmont.

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Gerald Ames and Ivan Samson.

The Man Without a Body

The Man Without a Body is a 1957 British horror film directed by Charles Saunders and W. Lee Wilder and starring Robert Hutton, George Coulouris and Julia Arnall.

The Nipper

The Nipper (1930) is a British musical film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Betty Balfour, John Stuart, and Anne Grey.

The Prisoner of Corbal

The Prisoner of Corbal is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Nils Asther, Hugh Sinclair and Hazel Terry.

The Public Life of Henry the Ninth

The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) is a British comedy film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Leonard Henry, Betty Frankiss, and George Mozart.

The River House Ghost

The River House Ghost (1932) is a British comedy crime film directed by Frank Richardson and starring Florence Desmond, Hal Walters, and Joan Marion.

The Rolling Road

The Rolling Road is a 1927 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Flora le Breton, Clifford Heatherley and A.V. Bramble.

The Sea Change

The Sea Change is a 1998 British-Spanish comedy film directed by Michael Bray and starring Maryam d'Abo, Sean Chapman and Ray Winstone.

The Third Clue

The Third Clue is a 1934 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Molly Lamont, Robert Cochran and Raymond Lovell.

These Charming People

These Charming People is a 1931 British drama film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Cyril Maude, Godfrey Tearle and Nora Swinburne.

They Came by Night

They Came by Night is a 1940 British crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert and Anthony Hulme.

Three Hats for Lisa

Three Hats for Lisa is a 1965 British musical comedy film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Joe Brown, Sid James, Sophie Hardy, Una Stubbs and Dave Nelson.

Trouble in the Glen

Trouble in the Glen is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles and Forrest Tucker.

Up for the Derby

Up for the Derby is a 1933 British sports comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Dorothy Bartlam and Tom Helmore.

Valley of Song

Valley of Song is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Mervyn Johns, Clifford Evans and Maureen Swanson.

We'll Smile Again

We'll Smile Again is a 1942 British musical comedy film, directed by John Baxter, and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen and Meinhart Maur.

We're Going to Be Rich

We're Going to Be Rich is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy.

Why Sailors Leave Home

Why Sailors Leave Home is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Peter Bernard and Eve Gray.

Wings Over Africa

Wings Over Africa is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew.


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