Biography: Nova Pilbeam |
15-year-old Nova Pilbeam was already a seasoned stage veteran when she made her screen debut as the youthful kidnap victim in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). She went on to deliver a superb performance as the ill-fated Lady Jane... more
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The Three Weird Sisters (1948)
Tags: Crime Drama Drama Crime
Length: 82min
In this crime drama, three ancient, weird sisters begin planning to kill their half-brother in order to scare up the cash they need to keep their ramshackle mansion running. Poet Dylan Thomas helped write the screenplay. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast: Felix Aylmer
Tags: Drama
Length: 83min
In this melodrama, a fisherman begins studying to be a doctor. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is believed to have a terminal illness. He seems to cure her, and the case draws a lot of...
Cast: Tom Walls
Tags: Comedy
Length: 103min
This holiday comedy is set during the Christmas of 1946 and centers upon a fellow who has returned to his native Canada to spend the Yule. When he receives a telegram from "the Fergusons," many memories of the Christmas they spent together come...
Cast: Anna Neagle Herbert Wilcox Richard Greene Ian Fleming
Tags: Spy Film Action Adventure War Spy Film
Length: 98min
The Yellow Canary was one of several wartime collaborations between British producer-director Herbert Wilcox and Hollywood's RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Wilcox's wife Anna Neagle as pretty aristocrat Sally Maitland. Having alienated many of her...
Cast: Margaret Rutherford Basil Sydney
Tags: Drama
Length: 93min
Based on a stage play by M. J. Farrell and John Perry, Spring Meeting stars Enid-Stamp Taylor and Michael Wilding as Tiny and Tony Stamp-Collier, mother and son. Tiny is a wealthy British courtesan who hopes to arrange a profitable marriage for son...
Cast: Roy Boulting John Boulting
Tags: War Drama POW Drama War Drama
Length: 97min
In this patriotic drama, the courage of a German pastor is presented as he makes a public stand against Nazi philosophies and actions. Unfortunately, the outspoken fellow is sent to a concentration camp where he is beaten and tortured. Still he...
Cast: Alfred Hitchcock Geraldine Fitzgerald Percy Marmont
Tags: Psychological Thriller Thriller
Length: 80min
As early as 1937's Young and Innocent, Alfred Hitchcock was beginning to repeat himself, but audiences didn't mind so long as they were thoroughly entertaining-which they were, without fail. Derrick De Marney finds himself in a 39 Steps situation when...
Cast: John Mills Sybil Thorndike Cedric Hardwicke
Tags: Biopic Drama Historical Film
Length: 80min
This lush historical drama chronicles the brief reign of the late Henry VIII's successor, Lady Jane Grey. After only nine days on the throne, she was beheaded at the behest of the treacherous Mary Tudor. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast: Jean Cadell Finlay Currie
Tags: Drama
Length: 80min
Fourteen-year-old British actress Nova Pilbeam (best known for her work in Hitchcock's Man Who Knew too Much and Young and Innocent) plays the title role in Little Friend. When her parents (Matheson Lang and Lydia Sherwood) decide to divorce, poor...
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