Mavis Clair

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The Demi-Paradise
Title: The Demi-Paradise
Character: Barmaid
Released: November 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
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Battle for Music
Title: Battle for Music
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Story of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in World War II, from going bust, to being taken over by the musicians to run itself. Starring many of the members of the orchestra themselves
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Ten Days in Paris
Title: Ten Days in Paris
Character: Marie
Released: June 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.
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Double Exposures
Title: Double Exposures
Character: Jill Rodman
Released: May 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A industrialist has a row with his son, who leaves home. Meanwhile, both his assistant and solicitor conspire to embezzle a fortune in bonds. A plucky young newspaper reporter pursues the rich man's daughter.
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The Tenth Man
Title: The Tenth Man
Character: Dora
Released: August 12, 1936
Type: Movie
George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.
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The Doughboy
Title: The Doughboy
Character: Orphan
Released: September 21, 1926
Type: Movie
The film begins with Snub going off to war in WWI. He manages to get lost behind enemy lines and spends most of the movie hiding or just barely escaping encounter after encounter with German soldiers.
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A Lowland Cinderella
Title: A Lowland Cinderella
Character: Ethel Torpichan
Released: January 11, 1922
Type: Movie
A retelling of Cinderella in 1920s Britain.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge
Character: Elizabeth Jane
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A man sells his wife and child to a sailor, remarries on becoming mayor, and learns his daughter is actually the sailor's.