Mabel Poulton

Mabel Poulton

Born: July 29, 1901
Died: December 21, 1994
in London, England, UK
From Wikipedia

Mabel Lilian Poulton (29 July 1901 – 21 December 1994) was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.

Born in Bethnal Green, London, England, Poulton worked as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters (1920) was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her debut, and the film was a success. Over the next several years, Poulton was cast in a succession of roles, and usually played feisty or mischievous characters. A petite blonde, she also became well regarded for her fashion style, and was a highly recognisable celebrity. In 1928, she starred in The Constant Nymph by Adrian Brunel and received excellent reviews for her performance.[4] By the end of the decade she was considered to be one of Britain's leading screen actresses along with Balfour, and was described by critics as Balfour's only serious rival.

However the advent of sound film brought a premature end to Poulton's film career.

Movies for Mabel Poulton...

Crown v. Stevens
Title: Crown v. Stevens
Character: Mamie
Released: August 3, 1936
Type: Movie
When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of insurance
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Children of Chance
Title: Children of Chance
Character: Molly
Released: November 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!
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Star Impersonations
Title: Star Impersonations
Character: Mary Pickford
Released: October 1, 1930
Type: Movie
'Advertisement for Film Weekly, in which British actors impersonate Hollywood stars in scenes from recent films; the audience is invited to compete for a prize of £100 for naming the best impersonation.' (BFI)
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Escape!
Title: Escape!
Character: The Girl in Hyde Park
Released: August 28, 1930
Type: Movie
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
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Taxi for Two
Title: Taxi for Two
Character: Molly
Released: November 21, 1929
Type: Movie
'Lady's son poses as chauffeur to woo girl who buys taxi.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Return of the Rat
Title: The Return of the Rat
Released: May 30, 1929
Type: Movie
The rich, amoral Zelie is married to Pierre Boucheron, "The Rat" - but her interest in another man is an open secret. Forced to defend his honour, the Rat takes refuge in his old domain of the Paris underworld. But even here he has a rival - and when murder is afoot, the sinister Morel's ambition threatens to cost the Rat dear....
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The Alley Cat
Title: The Alley Cat
Character: Polly
Released: March 21, 1929
Type: Movie
"The Alley Cat" - A man who thinks he killed a millionaire is cared for by a Cockney girl and becomes a composer.
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The Silent House
Title: The Silent House
Character: T'Mala
Released: January 2, 1929
Type: Movie
A Mandarin hypnotises his partner's daughter to locate hidden bonds.
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Palais De Danse
Title: Palais De Danse
Character: No. 16
Released: July 27, 1928
Type: Movie
The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair with a poor but courageous dancer
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The Hellcat
Title: The Hellcat
Character: Hetty
Released: April 2, 1928
Type: Movie
'Scientist adopts slum girl and she saves him from murderous lover.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Constant Nymph
Title: The Constant Nymph
Character: Tessa Sanger
Released: February 20, 1928
Type: Movie
Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in love with their cousin Florence when she comes to take the girls back to England. But little Tessa Sanger is in love with Lewis herself, and when she runs away from school and comes to live with Florence and her husband, their already-shaky marriage is further undermined
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The Glad Eye
Title: The Glad Eye
Character: Suzanne
Released: June 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an excuse for their absence from home by pretending that they are accompanying a famous airman on a flight, but the latter does not proceed according to plan, and they have a hard time countering the suspicious questionings and moves of the sophisticated wife.' (BFI)
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Heart of an Actress
Title: Heart of an Actress
Character: Helen Taylor
Released: October 7, 1924
Type: Movie
Desire brings out the worst in an actress' suitors-- One a well-to-do patron of London's theatre set, the other a lovestruck loner on the verge of penning a play dedicated to her.
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Moonbeam Magic
Title: Moonbeam Magic
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
The legend of how colour came into the world.