J. Fisher White

J. Fisher White

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Pastor Hall
Title: Pastor Hall
Character: Johann Herder
Released: May 28, 1940
Type: Movie
The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
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As You Like It
Title: As You Like It
Character: Adam (as Fisher White)
Released: September 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
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Turn of the Tide
Title: Turn of the Tide
Character: Isaac Fosdyck
Released: June 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
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City of Beautiful Nonsense
Title: City of Beautiful Nonsense
Character: Thomas Grey
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Title: The Old Curiosity Shop
Character: The Schoolmaster
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. They are pursued both by Quilp and by the shop-keeper's long-lost brother, who wants to find them for a different reason.
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The Great Defender
Title: The Great Defender
Character: Judge
Released: November 26, 1934
Type: Movie
Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.
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What Happened Then?
Title: What Happened Then?
Character: Judge
Released: September 24, 1934
Type: Movie
Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution allows his motive was fear of being disinherited if he married his fiancé, the fair Alicia Atherton, against his uncle's wishes, and the prosecution lays a mountain of evidence against Raymond, including his razor, dragged from an artificial lake on the estate, as the murder weapon; Raymond's bloody fingerprints and footprints found at the scene of bedroom crime, and his bloody shoes, found in his cupboard and bloody monogrammed-handkerchief found under his uncle's death bed. Raymond's only defense is that he could not have committed the crime as he goes into a paroxysm of dread at the mere sight of blood, a phobia he has had ever since childhood when his dog was run over by a lorry and the dog's blood was splattered into his face.
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A Cup of Kindness
Title: A Cup of Kindness
Character: Vicar
Released: May 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
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Counsel's Opinion
Title: Counsel's Opinion
Character: Judge
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
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The Wonderful Story
Title: The Wonderful Story
Character: Parson
Released: October 20, 1932
Type: Movie
A paralysed farmer watches his brother fall in love with the woman he intended to marry.
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All That Is England
Title: All That Is England
Released: July 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.
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Betrayal
Title: Betrayal
Character: John Lawrence KC
Released: March 31, 1932
Type: Movie
British crime film directed by Reginald Fogwell
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Man of Mayfair
Title: Man of Mayfair
Character: Wilson
Released: November 30, 1931
Type: Movie
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Many Waters
Title: Many Waters
Character: Gentleman
Released: November 1, 1931
Type: Movie
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
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Dreyfus
Title: Dreyfus
Character: General Georges-Gabriel de Pellieux
Released: April 18, 1931
Type: Movie
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
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Madame Guillotine
Title: Madame Guillotine
Character: Le Farge
Released: February 19, 1931
Type: Movie
During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
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Kissing Cup's Race
Title: Kissing Cup's Race
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .
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Loose Ends
Title: Loose Ends
Character: The Stranger
Released: May 22, 1930
Type: Movie
'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)
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Lily of Killarney
Title: Lily of Killarney
Released: March 3, 1930
Type: Movie
A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.
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The Last Post
Title: The Last Post
Character: Mr Blair
Released: January 11, 1929
Type: Movie
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Balaclava
Title: Balaclava
Character: Lord Raglan
Released: June 6, 1928
Type: Movie
A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
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The City of Youth
Title: The City of Youth
Character: Patrick Enderby
Released: March 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A silent drama film directed by E. H. Calvert.
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Somehow Good
Title: Somehow Good
Character: Old Fossil
Released: October 31, 1927
Type: Movie
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The Fake
Title: The Fake
Character: Sir Thomas Moorgate, MD
Released: September 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'MP forces daughter to marry titled drug addict who dies when her lover tries to cure him.' (British Film Catalogue)
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One Increasing Purpose
Title: One Increasing Purpose
Character: Mr. Yeoman (as Fisher White)
Released: January 2, 1927
Type: Movie
Stars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris returns home with nary a scratch. This convinces him that his life has a "greater purpose" in the scheme of things, so he sets about to find that purpose.
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The Island of Despair
Title: The Island of Despair
Character: Dr. Blake
Released: December 27, 1926
Type: Movie
A shipwrecked captain saves a girl from a Spanish murderer by threatening to give him leprosy.
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Owd Bob
Title: Owd Bob
Character: Adam McAdam
Released: January 1, 1924
Type: Movie
An old farmer's sheepdog is saved when a rival's dog is proved to be a sheep killer.
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Diana of the Crossways
Title: Diana of the Crossways
Character: Lord Dannisburgh
Released: May 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
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Bentley's Conscience
Title: Bentley's Conscience
Character: John Carson
Released: February 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A secretary takes the blame when his fiancée's father ruins his oil company.
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Damaged Goods
Title: Damaged Goods
Released: December 1, 1919
Type: Movie
A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.
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Masks and Faces
Title: Masks and Faces
Character: Snarl
Released: March 1, 1917
Type: Movie
An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.
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King John
Title: King John
Released: September 20, 1899
Type: Movie
Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is attended by Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke, and Robert Bigot. Prince Henry tries repeatedly to comfort his delirious father, but to no avail - John's pain is too great.