Heather Angel

Heather Angel

Born: February 9, 1909
Died: December 13, 1986
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Heather Grace Angel was an English actress, the younger of two sisters, born to parents Andrea and Mary Letticia. She began her stage career at the Old Vic in 1926 and later appeared with touring companies. Her Broadway debut came in December 1937, in Love of Women, at the Golden Theatre. She also appeared in The Wookey (1941–42).

Angel appeared in many British films. She made her first screen appearance in City of Song. She later had a leading role in Night in Montmartre, and followed this success with The Hound of the Baskervilles. She then decided to move to Hollywood, sailing on the Majestic to New York in December 1932 with her mother. Over the next few years, she played strong roles in such films as The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Three Musketeers, The Informer, and The Last of the Mohicans.

In 1937, she made the first of five appearances as Phyllis Clavering in the popular Bulldog Drummond series. She was cast as Kitty Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and as maid, Ethel, in Suspicion. Angel was also the leading lady in the first screen version of Raymond Chandler's The High Window, released in 1942 as Time to Kill. She was one of the passengers of Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat. Her film appearances in the following years were few, but she returned to Hollywood to provide voices for the Walt Disney animated films Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. During 1964 and 1965, she played a continuing role in the television soap opera Peyton Place. After that role, she played Miss Faversham, a nanny and female friend of Sebastian Cabot's character of Giles French in the situation comedy Family Affair.

Angel received a star, located at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Angel died from cancer in Santa Barbara, California, and was buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery.

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Gone with the West
Title: Gone with the West
Character: Old Little Moon
Released: September 1, 1975
Type: Movie
After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American woman and together they go to settle their score with a small town and its corrupt leader.
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Title: Police Story
Released: March 20, 1973
Type: TV
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it was an anthology, there were certain things that all episodes had in common; for instance, the main character in each episode was a police officer. The setting was always Los Angeles and the characters always worked for some branch of the LAPD. Notwithstanding the anthology format, there were recurring characters. Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as "Vinnie," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.
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Title: The Guns of Will Sonnett
Released: September 8, 1967
Type: TV
The Guns of Will Sonnett is a Western television series
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Title: Family Affair
Character: Miss Faversham
Released: September 12, 1966
Type: TV
Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.
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Title: Mr. Novak
Character: Alfreida White
Released: September 24, 1963
Type: TV
Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965.
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The Premature Burial
Title: The Premature Burial
Character: Kate Carrell
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
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Title: The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Character: Mrs. Rhodes
Released: September 26, 1958
Type: TV
Make way for the reluctant detective. It's Ellery Queen, the suave, debonair and brilliant hero of the new, live, full-hour detective show. George Nader plays the stalwart writer turned investigator.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Florence Ingle
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Peter Pan
Title: Peter Pan
Character: Mrs. Darling (voice)
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.
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Alice in Wonderland
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: Alice's Sister (voice)
Released: July 28, 1951
Type: Movie
On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry, topsy-turvy world of Wonderland! Memorable songs and whimsical escapades highlight Alice's journey, which culminates in a madcap encounter with the Queen of Hearts - and her army of playing cards!
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The Saxon Charm
Title: The Saxon Charm
Character: Vivian Saxon
Released: September 28, 1948
Type: Movie
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
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In the Meantime, Darling
Title: In the Meantime, Darling
Character: Mrs. Nelson
Released: September 22, 1944
Type: Movie
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.
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Lifeboat
Title: Lifeboat
Character: Mrs. Higley
Released: January 28, 1944
Type: Movie
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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Cry 'Havoc'
Title: Cry 'Havoc'
Character: Andra
Released: November 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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Time to Kill
Title: Time to Kill
Character: Myrle Davis
Released: December 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
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The Undying Monster
Title: The Undying Monster
Character: Helga Hammond
Released: November 27, 1942
Type: Movie
A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition has gone on for generations and tries to find a link between the werewolf and the family, leading to a frightening conclusion.
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Suspicion
Title: Suspicion
Character: Ethel the Maid
Released: November 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance.
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Singapore Woman
Title: Singapore Woman
Character: Frieda
Released: May 17, 1941
Type: Movie
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
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That Hamilton Woman
Title: That Hamilton Woman
Character: Mary Smith
Released: April 3, 1941
Type: Movie
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Shadows on the Stairs
Title: Shadows on the Stairs
Character: Sylvia Armitage
Released: March 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
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Kitty Foyle
Title: Kitty Foyle
Character: Wife in Prologue (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.
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Pride and Prejudice
Title: Pride and Prejudice
Character: Kitty Bennet
Released: July 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.
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Half a Sinner
Title: Half a Sinner
Character: Anne Gladden
Released: April 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the trunk. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.
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Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Character: Phyllis Clavering
Released: July 12, 1939
Type: Movie
Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way before they reach the altar.
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Land of Liberty
Title: Land of Liberty
Character: Virginia Randolph (edited from 'Daniel Boone')
Released: June 15, 1939
Type: Movie
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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Undercover Doctor
Title: Undercover Doctor
Character: Cynthia Weld
Released: June 9, 1939
Type: Movie
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his nurse Margaret Hopkins. The FBI agent Robert Anders has to catch on to Morgan's illicit activities.
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Title: Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Character: Phyllis Clavering
Released: March 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Title: Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Character: Phyllis Clavering
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
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Army Girl
Title: Army Girl
Character: Gwen Bradley
Released: August 11, 1938
Type: Movie
A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to modern changes, is killed.
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Title: Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Character: Phyllis Clavering
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.
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The Duke Comes Back
Title: The Duke Comes Back
Character: Susan Foster
Released: November 29, 1937
Type: Movie
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his businessman father-in-law Arnold (Frederick Burton) loses his fortune, Duke returns to the ring to raise money for him. Susan is furious that Duke is breaking his promise never to box again, and the stakes get even higher when a crooked promoter orders him to take a dive ... or else.
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Portia on Trial
Title: Portia on Trial
Character: Elizabeth Manners
Released: November 8, 1937
Type: Movie
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
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Western Gold
Title: Western Gold
Character: Jeannie Thatcher
Released: August 27, 1937
Type: Movie
President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed shipments of gold. There he meets his boyhood friend Foster. When all others refuse to take out the next gold shipment due to the killings, Bill volunteers. Jeannie, afraid for his safety, tells Foster of Bill's secret route not knowing Foster is the leader of the outlaw gang.
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Title: Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Character: Phyllis Clavering
Released: January 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
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The Bold Caballero
Title: The Bold Caballero
Character: Lady Isabella Palma
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.
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Daniel Boone
Title: Daniel Boone
Character: Virginia Randolph
Released: October 16, 1936
Type: Movie
In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Title: The Last of the Mohicans
Character: Cora Munro
Released: July 2, 1936
Type: Movie
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, daughters of the British commander; and their rescue by the last Mohicans.
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The Perfect Gentleman
Title: The Perfect Gentleman
Character: Evelyn Alden
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Constance
Released: November 1, 1935
Type: Movie
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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The Headline Woman
Title: The Headline Woman
Character: Myrna Van Buren
Released: May 14, 1935
Type: Movie
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the reporter eventually finds himself falling in love and trying to find the real killer.
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The Informer
Title: The Informer
Character: Mary McPhillip
Released: May 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
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It Happened in New York
Title: It Happened in New York
Character: Chris Edwards
Released: March 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A New York City cab driver in need of $200 picks up a movie star in his cab, and schemes to get the money from her.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Character: Rosa Bud
Released: February 4, 1935
Type: Movie
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
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Springtime for Henry
Title: Springtime for Henry
Character: Miss Smith
Released: August 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away with the promise of a more stable relationship. The rake is tempted, but then decides he prefers the married woman, which is fine with her husband who has an eye for the secretary.
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Romance in the Rain
Title: Romance in the Rain
Character: Cynthia Brown
Released: August 13, 1934
Type: Movie
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
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Murder in Trinidad
Title: Murder in Trinidad
Character: Joan Cassell
Released: May 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Author/explorer John W. Vandercook conceived the character of Bertram Lynch as an investigator for the League of Nations. He is Trinidad's Port o' Spain trying to track down the leader of a gang of diamond smugglers. A trail, littered with murders, leads him to a crocodile-infested swamp.
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Orient Express
Title: Orient Express
Character: Coral Musker
Released: February 28, 1934
Type: Movie
Based on Graham Greene's novel Stamboul Train, the movie focuses on the lives of individuals aboard the Orient Express as it makes a three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople.
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Berkeley Square
Title: Berkeley Square
Character: Helen Pettigrew
Released: September 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Title: Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Character: Carlotte Eagan
Released: September 14, 1933
Type: Movie
When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.
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Early to Bed
Title: Early to Bed
Character: Grete
Released: August 8, 1933
Type: Movie
'Manicurist Grete and nightclub waiter Carl share a bed, but not at the same time. They hate each other, even though they have never met. Their rented room is next to a cinema with its frankfurter-munching projectionist and romantic musical numbers that seem to permeate their lives. Might they meet and fall in love?' (BFI)
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Pilgrimage
Title: Pilgrimage
Character: Suzanne
Released: July 12, 1933
Type: Movie
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
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Men of Steel
Title: Men of Steel
Character: Ann Ford
Released: September 1, 1932
Type: Movie
James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly injured in a workplace accident resulting from employer negligence, Harg uses some of the compensation payment to develop his invention to a stage where it can be tested in practice. It is a huge success and Harg patents his process. He rises to a position on the board of the company, before staging a coup to oust his former employer and take over the business himself.
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After Office Hours
Title: After Office Hours
Character: Pat
Released: June 30, 1932
Type: Movie
A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.
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Mr. Bill the Conqueror
Title: Mr. Bill the Conqueror
Character: Rosemary Lannick
Released: May 5, 1932
Type: Movie
A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
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Self Made Lady
Title: Self Made Lady
Character: Sookey Roberts
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Early '30s British drama, starring Heather Angel, about a poor girl who achieves success as a fashion designer.
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Frail Women
Title: Frail Women
Character: Girl
Released: January 15, 1932
Type: Movie
An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Beryl Stapleton
Released: July 28, 1931
Type: Movie
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound.
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A Night in Montmartre
Title: A Night in Montmartre
Character: Annette Lefevre
Released: July 16, 1931
Type: Movie
A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under suspicion. However, the husband's father, an amateur detective, believes in their innocence and sets out to find who really killed the blackmailer.
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City of Song
Title: City of Song
Character: Carmela
Released: January 9, 1931
Type: Movie
A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege.