Acting

Gwynne Herbert

Acting credits

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8.0

British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London. Two of five reels survive.

The Toilers

1919

The Shulamite poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Shulamite

1916

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7.0

A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.

Aylwin

1920

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9.0

Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.

Anna the Adventuress

1920

The Kinsman poster
7.0

A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.

The Kinsman

1919

Alf's Button poster
5.5

A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.

Alf's Button

1920

Helen of Four Gates poster
5.8

HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was discovered in a vault in Canada.

Helen of Four Gates

1920

The City of Beautiful Nonsense poster
10.0

A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.

The City of Beautiful Nonsense

1919

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NR

A princess avoids a forced marriage by changing places with her double.

The Princess of Happy Chance

1916

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10.0

The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.

The Narrow Valley

1921

Mist in the Valley poster
7.5

Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.

Mist in the Valley

1923

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9.0

A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.

The World of Wonderful Reality

1924

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NR

A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....

Annie Laurie

1916

The Heart of a Child poster
NR

A slum orphan, injured by a lady's car, becomes a dancer and marries the lady's brother.

The Heart of a Child

1916

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dollars in Surrey

1921