
Acting
Harvey Braban
Born 1883-05-19 · Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Acting credits
6.5London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Blackmail
1929
1922 British silent drama
Shirley
1922
6.3Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
Sixty Glorious Years
1938
In South America the wife of the president's son loves the leader of the revolution
Man and His Kingdom
1922
6.7While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace held within the British Museum. This comedic 1930s mystery features daring rescues, intense fistfights and an exciting edge-of-your seat finale aboard a runaway train.
Bulldog Jack
1935
A king declares war to force a princess to wed his hunchbacked brother.
The Prince and the Beggarmaid
1921
6.0Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) is on vacation when he stumbles into a house and discovers two bodies. Both have been dead for hours but there aren't any visible signs of violence and soon other bodies start to pile up.
The Devil's Foot
1921
9.0'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Girl in the Night
1931
No synopsis available yet.
A Gentleman of France
1921
8.0Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
Alibi
1931
7.0Vaudevillian Gene Gerrard stars as George, a young man on a yacht moored off Monte Carlo who has a tiff with his fiancée, goes ashore on a glorious binge, then finds himself accused of assaulting a prince! When he attempts to extricate himself by pretending to be his non-existent twin brother, he finds he's really in trouble...
Brother Alfred
1932
8.0A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the hypocratic oath.
Should a Doctor Tell?
1930
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
The Viper
1938
8.0A frightened woman is murdered in the London apartment of a well-known novelist named Henry Leroux. The police arrest Leroux's butler, but he escapes and runs off to a mysterious opium den, the lair of a drug dealer named Mister King. Gaston Max, a detective from Paris, arrives in London to investigate the drug trafficking. Although the police take down the gang, Mr. King escapes and manages to keep his true identity a secret.
The Yellow Claw
1921
Comedy about two Ruritanian countries who declare war on each other with the mutual intention of losing. Political satire that might have been Britain’s answer to Duck Soup.
The Path of Glory
1934
South African Film
The Reef of Stars
1923
A secretary takes the blame when his fiancée's father ruins his oil company.
Bentley's Conscience
1922
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
Diana of the Crossways
1922
An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.
Thank Evans
1938
The Callbox Mystery (1932) is a British quota quickie crime film about a detective investigating murders linked to a mysterious callbox, likely involving suspects from a will, with a newspaper woman assisting and uncovering deeper secrets behind the apparent financial motives.
The Callbox Mystery
1932
10.0In India a major tries to cash in on a dry oil well but shoots himself when the oil returns.
The Great Well
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills
1921
6.3Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor.
Darby and Joan
1937
A gypsy girl saves a runaway girl from her rich fiancé.
The Romany
1923