A. Bromley Davenport

Acting

A. Bromley Davenport

Born 1867-10-29

Acting credits

Jamaica Inn poster
6.1

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

Jamaica Inn

1939

Boy Woodburn poster
8.0

A horse trainer's daughter agrees to wed a broke banker if her foal wins a race.

Boy Woodburn

1922

Owd Bob poster
5.6

Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.

Owd Bob

1938

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Running Water

1922

The Bigamist poster
8.0

Pamela (Duke) and Herbert Arnott (Royce) have been happily married for five years and have had two children. On the day of their wedding anniversary, Pamela receives a letter from another woman signed Lucy Arnott which states that she is the legal wife of Herbert.

The Bigamist

1921

The Scarlet Pimpernel poster
7.0

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934

No artwork available
10.0

A woman meets a conceited young novelist aboard a yacht, and decides to teach him a lesson he won't forget.

Captivation

1931

The Way Ahead poster
6.5

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.

The Way Ahead

1944

Fox Farm poster
4.3

A gypsy loves a married farmer who is blinded blowing up a tree.

Fox Farm

1922

No artwork available
7.0

A knight hires a tramp to pose as his lost son and wed his niece, who loves a younger man.

The Great Gay Road

1920

Sally Bishop poster
8.0

A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.

Sally Bishop

1923

No artwork available
7.0

Farce centered on a married man, Barrington (Guy Newall), who pretends to be single while his wife, Mrs. Barrington (Irene Rich), is traveling in America. Complications arise when a guest at a hydrotherapy clinic is bitten by a parrot and, in a fit of pique, encourages the bird to bite every other male guest at the facility.

What the Butler Saw

1924

The Young Mr. Pitt poster
6.2

In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.

The Young Mr. Pitt

1942

No artwork available
7.0

'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film Archive Catalogue)

Dora

1933

No artwork available
7.0

A Duke's daughter loves an author and follows him to France, discovering her father withheld letters.

The Persistent Lovers

1922

So You Won't Talk poster
8.0

The owner of a small Italian restaurant in central London is left a million pound inheritance, the only stipulation to the will being that he cannot speak or write anything for a period of one month.

So You Won't Talk

1935

No artwork available
8.0

After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.

The Blue Peter

1928

No artwork available
9.0

A killer distracts his victims with a hideous face

The Face at the Window

1932

No artwork available
NR

A Cornish man working in a silver mine on a French island is framed for killing a girl's father and brother.

A Maid of the Silver Sea

1922

Mr. Bill the Conqueror poster
8.0

A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker

Mr. Bill the Conqueror

1932

Love, Life and Laughter poster
7.0

Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).

Love, Life and Laughter

1934

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Impatient Patient

1925

The American Prisoner poster
10.0

Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow captives make a desperate escape attempt, in which Stark is shot. He is found by Grace Malherb, and the two fall in love while he convalesces on her family estate. But Grace's father is heavily indebted to the boorish Peter Norcot, whose price for forgiving the loan is Grace's hand in marriage....

The American Prisoner

1929

The Fake poster
9.0

'MP forces daughter to marry titled drug addict who dies when her lover tries to cure him.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Fake

1927