Joan Barry

Acting

Joan Barry

Born 1903-11-05 · Carlisle, Cumberland, England, UK

Acting credits

Man of Mayfair poster
8.0

'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)

Man of Mayfair

1931

Blackmail poster
6.5

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

Blackmail

1929

Rich and Strange poster
5.4

After receiving an advance inheritance, a bored London couple set off on a world cruise hoping to rejuvenate their marriage and escape their dull routine. But newfound wealth and freedom only expose deeper cracks in their relationship, as each becomes infatuated with someone else. Their journey through exotic ports and mounting disillusionment ultimately brings them face to face with the fragility—and resilience—of love.

Rich and Strange

1931

The Card poster
10.0

A sacked clerk rises to become Mayor and weds the daughter of the councillor who fired him.

The Card

1922

Rome Express poster
6.1

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.

Rome Express

1932

No artwork available
7.0

A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison.

Ebb Tide

1932

Space Master X-7 poster
5.0

A fungus dubbed "Blood Rust" from outer space threatens to destroy the Earth.

Space Master X-7

1958

No artwork available
7.0

A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.

The Happy Ending

1925

Atlantic poster
5.3

English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.

Atlantic

1929

No artwork available
NR

A cowboy saves a village girl from a mad squire's torture chamber.

Hutch Stirs 'em Up

1923

Women Who Play poster
8.0

In order to deter his wife from having an affair a man hires an actress as part of an elaborate scheme.

Women Who Play

1932

The Outsider poster
7.0

An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.

The Outsider

1931

No artwork available
7.0

'Rich man returns to first wife on finding second wife loves younger man.' (British Film Catalogue)

The First Mrs Fraser

1932

No artwork available
8.0

A widow wants to marry, but her father will only consent if he is satisfied that a scandalous story about her is untrue.

Mrs. Dane's Defence

1933

No artwork available
7.0

Sally Bishop, a headstrong young girl falls for a trashy novelist and insidiously enters his household. This prompts her former fiancé to conspire with the author's wife to expose her foolishness.

Sally Bishop

1932

The Rising Generation poster
7.0

A major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children.

The Rising Generation

1928