Sybil Grove

Sybil Grove

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Racing Romance
Title: Racing Romance
Character: Mrs. Hanway
Released: September 10, 1937
Type: Movie
Garage owner Harry Stone buys a racehorse, Brownie, from Peggy Lanstone and, according to formula, hires Peggy as the steed's trainer. When the filly finishes a mere second in the Oaks, Harry's snooty fiancee, Muriel, who never liked the setup anyway, disgustedly heads for greener pastures. Harry promptly marries Peggy, and, after an official investigation of the Oaks' results, Brownie gets revenge on the fickle Muriel.
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Sensation
Title: Sensation
Character: Mrs. Spurge
Released: December 16, 1936
Type: Movie
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
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Forget Me Not
Title: Forget Me Not
Character: Undetermined role (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared.
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Tropical Trouble
Title: Tropical Trouble
Character: Lady Thumpeter
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A series of misunderstanding leads to a colonial governor's wife suspecting him of an affair with his assistant.
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Men Are Not Gods
Title: Men Are Not Gods
Character: Painter
Released: November 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.
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Fighting Stock
Title: Fighting Stock
Character: Mrs. Peacock
Released: April 9, 1935
Type: Movie
The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle royale between two rival groups of fishermen. Brigadier-General Sir Donald Rowley (Tom Walls) gets involved in the fray when he rents a country cottage with his nephew Sydney (Ralph Lynn). While the nephew pitches woo at the local maidens, General Rowley adopts military tactics to reclaim the stream from village squire Duck (J. Robertson Hare).
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Waltzes from Vienna
Title: Waltzes from Vienna
Character: Mme. Fouchett (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Johann Strauss Jr. is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery, where he falls in love with Resi, the baker's daughter. The girl gets jealous when a contessa asks Strauss Jr. to write a waltz for her.
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Red Wagon
Title: Red Wagon
Character: Mrs. Cronk
Released: December 6, 1933
Type: Movie
Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many struggles, achieves his life-long ambition of owning a circus.
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Maid Happy
Title: Maid Happy
Character: Miss Warburton
Released: June 16, 1933
Type: Movie
'Switzerland. Schoolgirl poses as socialite to win diplomat.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Man from Toronto
Title: The Man from Toronto
Character: Vicar's Wife
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to receive it; the two must marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However, when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
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Hotel Splendide
Title: Hotel Splendide
Character: Mrs.Harkness
Released: March 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. Gentleman Charlie, a jewel thief arrives after a long spell in prison expecting to be able to dig up the pearls he had buried - only to find the hotel has been built on the site.
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C.O.D.
Title: C.O.D.
Character: Mrs.Briggs
Released: March 17, 1932
Type: Movie
A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....
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Sunshine Susie
Title: Sunshine Susie
Character: Secretary
Released: December 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller who starred in the original, was again cast as the country girl seeking fame and fortune in the big city. She takes a secretarial job at a bank, and sets about catching the heart of her boss, Herr Hasel.
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Rynox
Title: Rynox
Character: Elsa Victoria Fairburn, Benedik's housekeeper
Released: November 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night....
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Along Came Youth
Title: Along Came Youth
Character: Maid (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1930
Type: Movie
An American sportsman stranded in London poses as a cook to remain near the aristocratic lady he would woo.
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Let Us Be Gay
Title: Let Us Be Gay
Character: Perkins - the Maid
Released: July 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance, their children and himself. Kitty re-invents herself and becomes a Continental favorite, dressing like a fashion model and behaving gaily. Three years after their divorce, Bob is at the home of a wealthy matron romancing her soon-to-be-married granddaughter, when the matron invites Kitty to a weekend party to steal Bob away from the granddaughter. When Kitty and Bob see each other, neither lets on they have a past, and the party continues as Bob pursues his ex-wife and new conquest equally.
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Prince of Diamonds
Title: Prince of Diamonds
Character: Miss Wren
Released: March 26, 1930
Type: Movie
Eve Marley (Aileen Pringle)is forced to marry a wealthy jeweler that she does not love in order to save the man she loves, Rupert Endon (Ian Keith), from being unjustly arrested as a thief. Rupert, unaware of the reason his sweetheart married his rival, goes to the Far East where he grows rich after discovering a diamond mine. He breaks Eve's husband by underselling him and then returns to England to exact his revenge on the woman he thinks did him wrong.
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Campus Knights
Title: Campus Knights
Character: The Matron
Released: March 1, 1929
Type: Movie
High-stepper Earl Hastings is continually mistaken for his twin brother, Ezra, a meek professor at a girls' seminary, and his constant flirtations in and around the dormitories--most notably with the daughter of the dean--involve Ezra in several compromising situations. Finally, a woman pursuing Earl for breach of promise unscrambles the twins with the help of the dean's daughter.
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The Black Pearl
Title: The Black Pearl
Character: Miss Sheen
Released: December 18, 1928
Type: Movie
A pearl stolen from an Indian idol results in nothing but trouble for its owner. After he receives death threats by note pinned to a dagger, he decides to gather his relatives in his old mansion for a reading of his will. Unfortunately, the family members are being mysteriously bumped off one by one. The butler and an heiress set out to discover what's going on.
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His Private Life
Title: His Private Life
Character: Maid
Released: November 17, 1928
Type: Movie
Story of a Frenchman who seduces women all over Paris, but he meets his match in a proper American tourist. He does everything he can to seduce her, but he will only find romance when he does so on her terms!