
Acting
Eve Gray
Born 1900-11-27 · West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eve Gray (27 November 1900 – 23 May 1983) was an English film actress. Born Fanny Evelyn Garrett, she was taken to Australia as a child and later had a stage career there. She returned to England in 1924 and within three days of arrival had signed a contract and then made her first appearance on the London stage at Daly's Theatre in Madame Pompadour. A film contract soon followed.
Acting credits
7.2London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927
A newsboy enters a boxing championship where he is matched with a sick friend.
The Bermondsey Kid
1933
Poisoner's victim turns tables.
The Flaw
1933
8.5A young count rents a villa near Rome to be near a woman he's courting. While there, he strikes up a friendship with a young woman living with a violent husband.
Villa Falconieri
1928
6.1Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
Scrooge
1935
No synopsis available yet.
Smashing Through
1928
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
Pearls Bring Tears
1937
6.5An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter's fiance, only to have him fall obsessively in love with her and she with him. Alienation, betrayal and near tragedy result.
Moulin Rouge
1928
10.0The Foreman of an Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.
Jury's Evidence
1936
An Earl's reformed son fakes a relapse on learning his sweetheart loves another, and dies saving his life.
Poppies of Flanders
1927
7.5Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.
Man of the Moment
1935
7.0When their ship arrives in an Arabian port, the sailors are given shore leave among them Bill Biggles, who has previously had little success with women. Visiting a sheik who has long been under obligation to him, Bill is welcomed at the palace, and the polygamous ruler, who has abducted a damsel, decides to absent himself and appoint Bill as his deputy. It seems Bill's luck is set to change dramatically until the wives decide to go on strike!
Why Sailors Leave Home
1930
9.0A professor comes up with a system to win at roulette, and goes to the famous casino at Monte Carlo to try it out. When he turns up murdered and his "system" missing, a reporter sets out to find the killer--and the system.
Murder at Monte Carlo
1935
2.0Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.
Night Birds
1930
7.0A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.
Twice Branded
1936
7.2Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.
The Last Journey
1935
6.0At a firm of contractors, a partner is accused of murdering his brother following a takeover bid.
Three Witnesses
1935
A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters place, he then causes an actress to be framed.
Death on the Set
1935
“Comedy concerning a clerk pretending to be a European composer who falls in love with a woman who poses as an actress.” - BFI.
What’s in a Name?
1935
An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity things turn out rough but Valerie's charm and personality overcome the obstacles.
His Lordship Goes to Press
1938
7.0Based on Agatha Christie's "The Secret Adversary," a young couple looking for adventure become involved in the mystery of a missing woman and an espionage ring.
Adventures Inc.
1929
'1820. Officer frames colleague when gambler forces him to steal secrets.' (British Film Catalogue)
One of the Best
1927
8.0Biography of the ploughboy poet.
The Loves of Robert Burns
1930
The impoverished Lord Cavender woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan, only to find that his secretary Mary, whom he really loves, is a genuine heiress. His Lordship does quickly and truly regret.
His Lordship Regrets
1938