Acting
Annie Esmond
Born — Died
1873-09-26 — 1945-01-04
Place of birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
47 titles
Known for
6.4Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
6.0A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Thunder in the City
1937
6.7Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
Cottage to Let
1941
6.3Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1937
8.0A couple rent a luxury flat and try to pass it off as their own in order to impress a wealthy relative.
To Oblige a Lady
1931
6.5In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
Abdul the Damned
1935
Film credits
1940s · 5 titles
6.7Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
Cottage to Let
1941
8.0From a series of films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing vital information to enemy spies and collaborators. This Ealing Studios production features well-known 1940s actor John Mills, playing a sailor who then divulges his sailing details to his girlfriend aloud.. The consequences prove disastrous when his boat next leaves to cross the English Channel.
All Hands
1940
6.2Gert and Daisy accompany a crowd of Cockney children who are being evacuated to a stately home in the country.
Gert and Daisy's Weekend
1942
6.8An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Let the People Sing
1942
7.0A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
Saloon Bar
1940
1930s · 30 titles
6.4Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges of treason, Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that wedded bliss also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the tyrannical king chooses German-born Anne of Cleves, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and so Henry's reign of spousal terror continues.
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
6.0A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Thunder in the City
1937
6.3Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
1937
8.0A couple rent a luxury flat and try to pass it off as their own in order to impress a wealthy relative.
To Oblige a Lady
1931
6.5In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
Abdul the Damned
1935
8.0A Ruritanian Prince is due to marry a princess with acting ambitions, but he has fallen in love with another woman.
Prince of Arcadia
1933
After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.
Murder in the Family
1938
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
Pearls Bring Tears
1937
8.0The Duke of Wellington’s attempt to restore peace to France is threatened by a French Duchess.
The Iron Duke
1934
6.4Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
The Good Companions
1933
A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison.
Ebb Tide
1932
7.0Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.
Save a Little Sunshine
1938
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in investigating murders at Marsh Manor, home of the wealthy Claydon family. Plenty of suspects to choose from, Kerrigan believes that the murders may be connected to hidden treasure on the estate.
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
No synopsis available yet.
It's a Cop
1934
6.0A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.
Lend Me Your Husband
1935
When the City stockbroker firm of Macintyre & Son records a substantial yearly profit, its senior staff are each promised a £50 bonus. But their hasty plans for spending their windfalls are put in jeopardy the following morning, as a set of negotiable bonds are discovered missing.
East of Ludgate Hill
1937
6.8Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.
Stolen Life
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Lucky Loser
1934
9.0In the lead-up to the First World War, a French military attaché falls in love with the wife of a prominent German in Stamboul in the Ottoman Empire.
Stamboul
1931
8.0In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex roles, Shepherd leaves Jane when she accepts a teaching post at Oxford. He later changes his views, and the couple is reunited.
Men of Tomorrow
1932
9.0The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
The Improper Duchess
1936
A family heirloom is stolen and the family attempts to recover it.
The Jewel
1933
5.8A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer?
The Silent Passenger
1935
7.6Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
Service for Ladies
1932
8.2A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.
Alf's Button
1930
A bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment.
All That Glitters
1936
Sally Bishop, a headstrong young girl falls for a trashy novelist and insidiously enters his household. This prompts her former fiancé to conspire with the author's wife to expose her foolishness.
Sally Bishop
1932
The impoverished Lord Cavender woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan, only to find that his secretary Mary, whom he really loves, is a genuine heiress. His Lordship does quickly and truly regret.
His Lordship Regrets
1938
A Lieutenant becomes mixed-up with some stolen jewels.
The Officers' Mess
1931
7.0An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.
The Outsider
1931
1920s · 11 titles
9.0Syd Chaplin And Betty Balfour star in this British International Picture.
A Little Bit of Fluff
1928
9.0A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
Tiptoes
1927
7.0An orphan named Innocence leaves her county home after her foster-father dies. She travels to the city and makes a living as a novelist. Subsequently, she has an affair with a painter named Amadis de Jocelyn, who later dumps her.
Innocent
1921
7.0Holmes and Watson match wits with an opera star intent on blackmailing a king.
A Scandal in Bohemia
1921
8.5A chorus girl, who dreams of being a music-hall star, falls for an impoverished author.
Love, Life and Laughter
1923
9.0An armament king's wife kills herself to save her MP lover from a divorce scandal.
The Passionate Friends
1922
No synopsis available yet.
The Knave of Diamonds
1921
A divorced knight nearly becomes the lover of his married daughter.
The Sins Ye Do
1924
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
9.0A British-German silent drama film directed by Henrik Galeen
After the Verdict
1929
No synopsis available yet.
The Recoil
1922
