Humberston Wright

Humberston Wright

Movies for Humberston Wright...

Love on Leave
Title: Love on Leave
Character: Dr. MacMillan
Released: November 13, 1940
Type: Movie
George and Katherine plan to marry but war breaks out. When he returns on two weeks leave, but has his marriage proposal put down by Katherine, George enters a relationship with another woman.
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The Marriage Bond
Title: The Marriage Bond
Character: Jenkins
Released: March 22, 1932
Type: Movie
A drunken man is left by his wife but she later comes back to him when she realises how desperate he is.
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In a Monastery Garden
Title: In a Monastery Garden
Character: The Abbot
Released: March 11, 1932
Type: Movie
An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.
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Detective Lloyd
Title: Detective Lloyd
Character: Lodgekeeper
Released: January 4, 1932
Type: Movie
A detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.
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Congress Dances
Title: Congress Dances
Character: Duke of Wellington
Released: December 3, 1931
Type: Movie
In 1815, Tsar Alexander I romances a working-class glove seller, while his double takes his place at the Vienna Congress. English-language version of Der Kongreß tanzt.
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Down River
Title: Down River
Character: Sir Michael Gordon
Released: May 8, 1931
Type: Movie
A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.
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Thread o' Scarlet
Title: Thread o' Scarlet
Character: Smith
Released: November 22, 1930
Type: Movie
'Innocent blacksmith hanged on circumstantial evidence.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Alf's Button
Title: Alf's Button
Character: Eustace the genie
Released: March 24, 1930
Type: Movie
A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.
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Waterloo
Title: Waterloo
Character: Herzog Wellington
Released: November 7, 1929
Type: Movie
This presentation of 'Waterloo', a film by Karl Grune about the last hurrah of Napoleon, is a fascinating companion to the Abel Gance epic 'Napoleon'. 'Waterloo' presents a tale of several people involved in the final battle. Napoleon and Wellington, of course, but also the Austrian general Blutcher (who is seen as a ladies' man - his scene with a flirty Countess about halfway through the film is priceless; as are his touching scenes with his plain wife (who he imagines to be a young and nubile girl when they get romantic) and some people within his regiment. Not simply a film of war, 'Waterloo' is a story of people, of lovers, of lost opportunities.
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White Cargo
Title: White Cargo
Character: Robert, the Missionary
Released: May 25, 1929
Type: Movie
The manager of a rubber plantation marries a native and she tries to poison him.
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High Treason
Title: High Treason
Character: Dr. Stephen Seymour
Released: March 25, 1929
Type: Movie
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States. A bloody border incident puts both sides on high alert.
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Sailors Don't Care
Title: Sailors Don't Care
Character: Sir William Graham
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Flag Lieutenant
Title: The Flag Lieutenant
Character: Stiffy Steele
Released: October 3, 1927
Type: Movie
A lieutenant is branded a coward after saving a beleaguered fort for an amnesiac major.
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The Arcadians
Title: The Arcadians
Character: Sir George Paddock
Released: October 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'Club-owner crashes plane in Arcady, land of truth and beauty.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Chris Hawthorne
Released: September 12, 1927
Type: Movie
A young working-class girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic getaway with the wealthy heir of the mill where she works.
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Boadicea
Title: Boadicea
Character: Prasutagus
Released: September 5, 1927
Type: Movie
The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
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A Sister to Assist 'Er
Title: A Sister to Assist 'Er
Character: Mr Mull
Released: September 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Glad Eye
Title: The Glad Eye
Character: Gaston
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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Roses of Picardy
Title: Roses of Picardy
Released: April 1, 1927
Type: Movie
In France, and ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son.
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The Love Story of Aliette Brunton
Title: The Love Story of Aliette Brunton
Character: Admiral Brunton
Released: August 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A faithless K.C.'s wife elopes with his opponent in a slum murder trial.
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The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
Title: The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: August 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.
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The Gay Corinthian
Title: The Gay Corinthian
Character: Sir Thomas Apreece
Released: July 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A boxer saves a lady who joins gypsies on learning she is the subject of a bet.
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Slaves of Destiny
Title: Slaves of Destiny
Character: Hassan
Released: March 31, 1924
Type: Movie
In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.
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Henry, King of Navarre
Title: Henry, King of Navarre
Character: Charles XI
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.
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The Shrine of the Seven Lamps
Title: The Shrine of the Seven Lamps
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: December 17, 1923
Type: Movie
In this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?
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The Sacred Order
Title: The Sacred Order
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: December 10, 1923
Type: Movie
When sleuth Nayland Smith steals evil Dr Fu-Manchu's 'Sacred Order', the Devil Doctor himself faces death at the hands of the Si-Fan organisation.
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The Silver Buddha
Title: The Silver Buddha
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: December 3, 1923
Type: Movie
Our hero Dr Petrie is caught by evil Fu-Manchu and imprisoned near the British Museum, where he risks a daring escape, high above the London streets.
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Sally Bishop
Title: Sally Bishop
Character: Judge
Released: December 1, 1923
Type: Movie
A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.
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The Queen of Hearts
Title: The Queen of Hearts
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: November 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...
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The Man with the Limp
Title: The Man with the Limp
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: November 19, 1923
Type: Movie
This action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.
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The Fiery Hand
Title: The Fiery Hand
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: November 12, 1923
Type: Movie
In this exciting adventure based on the second Fu-Manchu novel, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie investigate a haunted house, but get more of a fright than they expected. Caught by the evil Dr Fu-Manchu, Nayland Smith faces a plague of ravenous Cantonese rats - a torture known as 'The Six Gates of Joyful Wisdom'. Will Petrie end his agony, with the razor-sharp ‘Friend’s Sword’?
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The Cry of the Nighthawk
Title: The Cry of the Nighthawk
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: October 29, 1923
Type: Movie
n this episode of adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie investigate the strange death of a man from Forest Hill found with his face covered with scratches; their enquiries lead them once more to the Devil Doctor, Fu-Manchu. Meanwhile, Petrie’s stiff upper lip begins to quiver, as he grows dangerously fond of Fu-Manchu’s slave girl, Karamaneh...
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The Knocking on the Door
Title: The Knocking on the Door
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: October 22, 1923
Type: Movie
The evil Dr Fu-Manchu proves to be a master of disguise as well as villainy in this thrilling episode of the popular adventure serial. Adopting the persona of a long-bearded professor, Fu-Manchu pays a visit to London's Madame Tussauds waxworks. Elsewhere, there's something horribly uncanny going on at a remote country cottage: sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie leave the capital to investigate.
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The Fungi Cellars
Title: The Fungi Cellars
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: October 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Fu-Manchu’s slave girl Karamaneh leads sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie to her evil master’s lair, where they fall prey to another of the Devil Doctor’s traps. Bound hand and foot, they watch helplessly as a party of policemen are imprisoned in a subterranean vault and poisoned with vile fungal spore vapour, while Fu-Manchu cackles with maniacal glee. Can our heroes escape to save the day?
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The Miracle
Title: The Miracle
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: October 8, 1923
Type: Movie
Nayland Smith restores a `dead' man to life.
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The Call of Siva
Title: The Call of Siva
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: October 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Fourth release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Nayland Smith saves the life of Graham Guthrie, the British Resident in Bhutan, while on a visit to London from a plot by Dr. Fu-Manchu.
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The Clue of the Pigtail
Title: The Clue of the Pigtail
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: September 24, 1923
Type: Movie
Third release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series, where the police has to investigate the clue of the pigtail wig.
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The West Case
Title: The West Case
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: September 17, 1923
Type: Movie
Second release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Plans for an aerial torpedo are stolen from its inventor Frank Norris West, Nayland Smith tries to retrieve them but is defeated by Fu-Manchu.
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The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
Title: The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
Character: Dr. Petrie
Released: April 15, 1923
Type: Movie
A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.
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Aaron's Rod
Title: Aaron's Rod
Character: Dr Petrie
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers
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The Rocks of Valpre
Title: The Rocks of Valpre
Character: Captain Rodolphe
Released: June 1, 1919
Type: Movie
A romantic melodrama about a young woman, Christine, who falls in love with a glamorous French soldier. Bertrand is involved in secret work with the French army but when he gets falsely accused of stealing army plans, she marries the sensible, rich and older Trevor Mordaunt.
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The Romance of Lady Hamilton
Title: The Romance of Lady Hamilton
Character: Horatio Nelson
Released: January 1, 1919
Type: Movie
An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death.
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Trapped by London Sharks
Title: Trapped by London Sharks
Character: John Manton
Released: January 1, 1916
Type: Movie
Cardsharpers gas a drunkard and make him think he has killed his wife, so that he helps them plan a bank raid.