Mary Brough

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

Film credits

1930s · 9 titles

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10.0

'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

A Cuckoo in the Nest poster
6.2

A 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

Rookery Nook poster
8.0

A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.

Rookery Nook

1930

A Night Like This poster
7.0

Going 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

Tons of Money poster
7.0

A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.

Tons of Money

1930

No artwork available
9.0

'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)

On Approval

1930

Thark poster
10.0

Mrs 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

Turkey Time poster
10.0

A 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

Plunder poster
8.0

A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.

Plunder

1930

1920s · 21 titles

Master & Man poster
9.0

A sacked workman rescues an owner's amnesiac son from a factory fire and reports him dead.

Master & Man

1929

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8.0

A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.

The Bachelor's Club

1921

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8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Will

1921

The Passing of Mr. Quinn poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Passing of Mr. Quinn

1928

No artwork available
7.0

A millionaire bets £25,000 that he can earn his own living for six months.

The Amazing Quest of Mr Ernest Bliss

1920

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8.0

A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

1921

Lily of the Alley poster
7.0

Bill 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

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7.0

A silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan.

Miriam Rozella

1924

The School for Scandal poster
8.0

An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.

The School for Scandal

1923

The Broken Melody poster
9.0

An exiled Prince living in Paris, begins a dalliance with an opera singer before returning to his wife.

The Broken Melody

1929

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9.0

'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)

Sailors Don't Care

1928

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9.0

A woman leaves her husband to run a Paris boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war.

The Old Wives' Tale

1921

The Passionate Adventure poster
8.0

A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.

The Passionate Adventure

1924

Dawn poster
10.0

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

Dawn

1928

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10.0

'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue)

A Sister to Assist 'Er

1927

Lights of London poster
7.0

Harold 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

Not For Sale poster
10.0

An Earl's disowned son becomes a chauffeur, loves a landlady, and is jailed for theft.

Not For Sale

1924

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10.0

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

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7.0

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

Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep poster
10.0

A 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

Tons of Money poster
9.0

Tons 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