John Batten

John Batten

Movies for John Batten...

For Those in Peril
Title: For Those in Peril
Character: Wireless Officer
Released: June 1, 1944
Type: Movie
A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
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The Church Mouse
Title: The Church Mouse
Character: Geoffrey Steele
Released: December 10, 1934
Type: Movie
When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.
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High Finance
Title: High Finance
Character: Tom
Released: June 21, 1933
Type: Movie
Self-made businessman Sir Grant Rayburn is obsessed with making money to the exclusion of all else. He shows little interest in his daughter Jill and is irritated when she falls in love with, and wishes to marry, a young man named Tom. Sir Grant does not believe Tom is a suitable match for Jill as he does not come from a moneyed background. He suspects that Tom is a chancer with an eye on access to Jill's money....
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As Good as New
Title: As Good as New
Character: Tom
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A woman, disappointed in love, becomes increasingly cynical and attempts to marry a wealthy man.
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The Wonderful Story
Title: The Wonderful Story
Character: John Martin
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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Men Like These
Title: Men Like These
Released: January 30, 1932
Type: Movie
A British submarine on patrol is accidentally rammed by a merchant ship, that tears a big hole in in sub which sinks trapping the crew.
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The Great Game
Title: The Great Game
Character: Peggy Jackson
Released: August 27, 1930
Type: Movie
Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.
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The Great Game
Title: The Great Game
Character: Dicky Brown
Released: August 27, 1930
Type: Movie
Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.
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The Love Waltz
Title: The Love Waltz
Character: Bobby Fould
Released: July 23, 1930
Type: Movie
Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).
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Loose Ends
Title: Loose Ends
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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Under the Greenwood Tree
Title: Under the Greenwood Tree
Character: Dick Dewey
Released: September 5, 1929
Type: Movie
A girl organist is blamed for ousting the village choir.
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The Battle of the Sexes
Title: The Battle of the Sexes
Character: Judson's Friend
Released: October 12, 1928
Type: Movie
Gum-chewing frizzy-haired golddigger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly middle-aged real estate tycoon, William Judson. Marie moves into Judson's apartment building and contrives to meet and seduce him, plying him with compliments, music, swoons, décolletage, and batted eyes. When his loyal wife (and their two children) see him out catting with Marie at a night club, mom's devastated and confronts him. He moves out. Babe wants Marie to sell Judson worthless bonds. Will mom commit suicide? Will sis shoot the floozy? Will pops figure out he's being a fool?
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The Chorus Kid
Title: The Chorus Kid
Character: Jimmy Garrett
Released: April 9, 1928
Type: Movie
A Silent Comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton.