
Acting
Viola Lyel
Born 1896-12-08 · Hull, Humberside, England, UK
Acting credits
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Night Mail
1935
7.0The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.
Passing Shadows
1934
6.4Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.
The Little Hut
1957
6.4The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Wanted for Murder
1946
5.5A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.
Hobson's Choice
1931
5.4Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles. Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes shocked when she attends a carnival.
Isn't Life Wonderful!
1953
7.6A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
9.0A north-country chimney sweep standing for Parliament is opposed by a local bigwig. His campaign is imperiled when his artist son, Tony, falls in love with a girl who has reason to hope that the bigwig will be elected.
A Political Party
1934
5.3A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Quiet Wedding
1941
7.0Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.
The Farmer's Wife
1941
5.8A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
No Place for Jennifer
1950
10.0A British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele
Marry Me
1932
8.0An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair.
Over the Garden Wall
1934
A feature length compilation of crimes solved by Superintendent Fabian. Based on a real Scotland Yard detective, Fabian was one of the first of a new breed of intellectual detectives who preferred to solve a crime using his brain rather than pure muscle.
Fabian of the Yard
1954
4.4A married man having an affair visits a friend to establish an alibi for a rendezvous with his girlfriend. His friend is murdered the same night and he is accused of the crime.
Suspended Alibi
1957
7.5A husband flirts with a pretty girl after a taxi smash, but a delicate situation ensues when he has to explain the presence of her necklace in his pocket!
Let Me Explain, Dear
1933
6.1Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. "This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at nothing." Radford and Wayne, cashiered from the army when they let a captured Nazi escape, become private detectives who later get involved with the same German and a missing diamond ...
It's Not Cricket
1949
7.0The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.
Black 13
1953
7.0'Poor lord poses as butler to avoid framed arrest for theft.' (British Film Catalogue)
Lord Richard in the Pantry
1930
A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.
After Office Hours
1932
A shrewd ex-prisoner runs a successful antique shop -- until his assistant discovers the collectibles are stolen goods and begins blackmailing him.
The Shop at Sly Corner
1946
9.0'Innocent blacksmith hanged on circumstantial evidence.' (British Film Catalogue)
Thread o' Scarlet
1930