
Acting
Mary Brough
Born — Died
1863-04-14 — 1934-09-30
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
33 titles
Known for
9.0A sacked workman rescues an owner's amnesiac son from a factory fire and reports him dead.
Master & Man
1929
A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.
The Bachelor's Club
1921
No synopsis available yet.
The Will
1921
7.5No synopsis available yet.
The Passing of Mr. Quinn
1928
A millionaire bets £25,000 that he can earn his own living for six months.
The Amazing Quest of Mr Ernest Bliss
1920
'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)
Up to the Neck
1933
Film credits
1930s · 9 titles
'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)
Up to the Neck
1933
6.2A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
A Cuckoo in the Nest
1933
8.0A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Rookery Nook
1930
7.0Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
A Night Like This
1932
7.0A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Tons of Money
1930
'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)
On Approval
1930
10.0Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
Thark
1932
10.0A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.
Turkey Time
1933
8.0A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
Plunder
1930
1920s · 21 titles
9.0A sacked workman rescues an owner's amnesiac son from a factory fire and reports him dead.
Master & Man
1929
A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.
The Bachelor's Club
1921
No synopsis available yet.
The Will
1921
7.5No synopsis available yet.
The Passing of Mr. Quinn
1928
A millionaire bets £25,000 that he can earn his own living for six months.
The Amazing Quest of Mr Ernest Bliss
1920
A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
1921
7.0Bill and Lily are newly married. Bert works as a tea salesman and is of a naturally cheery disposition. Over time however, worries about the security of his job and income prey on his mind and he frets over not being able to provide for Lily. With his worries heightened by the fear that he is about to go blind, he falls into a deep depression .....
Lily of the Alley
1924
A silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan.
Miriam Rozella
1924
8.0An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.
The School for Scandal
1923
9.0An exiled Prince living in Paris, begins a dalliance with an opera singer before returning to his wife.
The Broken Melody
1929
'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sailors Don't Care
1928
A woman leaves her husband to run a Paris boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war.
The Old Wives' Tale
1921
8.0A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.
The Passionate Adventure
1924
10.0A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
Dawn
1928
'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue)
A Sister to Assist 'Er
1927
7.0Harold Armytage is disowned, then framed for murder by his conniving cousin, Clifford, to steal his inheritance. After escaping jail, Harold rescues his wife, Bess, and brings the true villains to justice.
Lights of London
1924
10.0An Earl's disowned son becomes a chauffeur, loves a landlady, and is jailed for theft.
Not For Sale
1924
A lonely squire throws a New Year's party for villagers and discloses that he is a poor girl's uncle.
The Alley of Golden Hearts
1924
A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.
His Grace Gives Notice
1924
10.0A flower girl wins £60,000 and takes her family to Paris to save her sister from her murderous husband.
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep
1922
9.0Tons of Money is a 1924 British silent comedy film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Leslie Henson, Flora le Breton and Mary Brough. Aubrey Allington is pursued by creditors and on learning of a family inheritance is persuaded by his wife to fake his own death and return as his own long-lost relative, George Maitland, the rightful claimant. Things get complicated when the real Maitland turns up with another Maitland impersonator, the brother of Aubrey’s butler, Sprules. It is an adaptation of the 1922 play Tons of Money by Will Evans and Arthur Valentine. Both were co-produced with Tom Walls. It was remade as a sound film Tons of Money in 1930
Tons of Money
1924
1910s · 3 titles
6.6Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
A Christmas Carol
1914
An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.
Masks and Faces
1917
A Jinn's magic helps a poor architect win a professor's daughter. This film is considered lost.
The Brass Bottle
1914
