Minnie Rayner

Acting

Minnie Rayner

Born 1869-05-02 · London, England, UK

Acting credits

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8.0

A novelist living in a boarding house imagines a murder that involves his fellow boarders.

Stranglehold

1931

Gaslight poster
7.1

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.

Gaslight

1940

The House of the Spaniard poster
6.5

A man ignores a warning to stay away from a sinister house on marshland near Liverpool; when someone drowns close by, he finds the evidence doesn’t add up…

The House of the Spaniard

1936

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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

Silver Blaze poster
5.7

Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.

Silver Blaze

1937

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10.0

A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea.

Barnacle Bill

1935

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9.0

A popular opera singer falls in love with a gangly farm boy. Anton's father is left all alone when his son runs off to the Big City with Ilona. Things really get sticky when Albert becomes obsessed with the notion that Ilona is actually his own illegitimate daughter!

Dreams Come True

1936

I Lived with You poster
6.1

In London a young lady meets a homeless and apparently penniless Russian prince. She introduces him to her middle-class Fulham family and he moves in. It turns out he still has a number of diamonds given him by the last czar, and he is persuaded to start selling them. The resulting money, and his princely notoriety, soon cause changes in everyone's lives.

I Lived with You

1933

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes poster
5.4

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

1935

It Happened in Paris poster
6.2

Paul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters. While there, he finds inspiration of a different sort in the form of the beautiful Jacqueline.

It Happened in Paris

1935

The Missing Rembrandt poster
7.0

Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

The Missing Rembrandt

1932

The Sleeping Cardinal poster
5.5

A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity.

The Sleeping Cardinal

1931

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10.0

'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)

Excess Baggage

1933

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6.3

An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.

A Woman Alone

1936

The Man at Six poster
9.0

A butler is found murdered in an unfurnished mansion house.

The Man at Six

1931

This Week of Grace poster
5.3

Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.

This Week of Grace

1933

Symphony in Two Flats poster
7.0

A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition. He believes he's won, but doesn't know that his wife couldn't bear to tell him that he didn't. Complications ensue.

Symphony in Two Flats

1930

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Veteran of Waterloo

1933

Flood Tide poster
7.7

Set on the Thames estuary, romance blossoms for a young couple.

Flood Tide

1934

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7.7

Old Mother Riley does the laundry for the dancers in the pantomime "Aladdin", where her daughter Kitty works as a chorus girl. Sneaking a peek at the show one day, Mother Riley accidentally pops up through a trap door onto the stage. Accosted by the angry star, Mother Riley’s belligerent responses have the audience in stitches. Outraged, the star walks out, leaving Kitty to take over the leading role, to great success.

Old Mother Riley in Society

1940