Blackmail 1929  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, John Longden, Charles Paton, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Ritchard, Harvey Braban, Hannah Jones, Johnny Ashby, Johnny Butt, Alfred Hitchcock, Parcy Parsons, Phyllis Monkman, Phyllis Konstam
When Alice White (Anny Ondra) kills her attacker in self-defense, her boyfriend, Scotland Yard detective Frank Webber (John Longden), is assigned the case. During the investigation, Frank learns that Alice is at the mercy of a blackmailer. This is Alfred Hitchcock's and England's first sound film.
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Juno and the Paycock 1930  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Sara Allgood, Sidney Morgan, John Laurie, John Longden, Edward Chapman, Maire O'Neill, Dennis Wyndham, Kathleen O'Regan, Dave Morris, Fred Schwartz, Donald Calthrop
Set during an uprising of the Dublin Civil War, this is a rendition of Sean O'Casey's play about the troubled members of an Irish family.
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Major Barbara 1941  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Gabriel Pascal
Cast: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, Stanley Holloway, Emlyn Williams, Sybil Thorndike, Torin Thatcher, Miles Malleson, Marie Lohr, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Walter Hudd, David Tree, Donald Calthrop
This film rendition of the intuitive play by George Bernard Shaw features Salvation Army officer Major Barbara (Wendy Hiller) as the young woman who rebels against her wealthy upbringing and opts to help those less fortunate. Barbara's main opponent is her father Andrew (Robert Morley) who is a weapons manufacturer, and, to show up his daughter and her dislike of money, he donates a vast sum to the Salvation Army. Meanwhile, love enters the picture in the person of an intellectual, Adolphus Cusins (Rex Harrison), who Barbara ignores because she is too busy with her cause–until Adolphus takes her on a tour of her father's company and shows her that capitalism is good.
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The Man Who Changed His Mind 1936 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Boris Karloff, John Loder, Anna Lee, Frank Cellier, Cecil Parker, Donald Calthrop, Clive Morton, D.J. Williams, Lyn Harding, Brian Pawley
A bizarre professor, Doctor Laurence (Boris Karloff), experiments in brain transplants.
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Murder! 1930 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Konstam, Norah Baring, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Donald Calthrop, Una O'Connor, Esme Percy, Esme V. Chaplin, Amy Brandon Thomas
A jury member (Herbert Marshall) believes that the accused murderess (Norah Baring) is innocent, but he must identify the real murderer in order to prove her innocence.
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Number Seventeen 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Number 17
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald Calthrop, John Stuart, Barry Jones, Ann Casson, Garry Marsh, Henry Caine, Herbert Langley
Detective Gilbert Fordyee (John Stuart) has been trying to catch a gang of jewel thieves and recover a necklace. With help from a hobo, Ben (Leon M. Lion), he is closing in on them. When Ben comes across their hideout, his discovery brings him to the attention of the jewel thieves. The great train crash scene is worth watching. A good early Alfred Hitchcock thriller.
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Scrooge 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Henry Edwards
Cast: Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran, Mary Glynne, Garry Marsh, Oscar Asche, Marie Ney, C.V. France, Athene Seyler, Maurice Evans, Barbara Everest, Philip Frost, Mary Lawson, Eve Gray, Morris Harvey
This British film of Charles Dickens' popular story is about greedy Ebenezer Scrooge (Seymour Hicks) whose heart is changed when Christmas spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (Marie Ney), Present (Oscar Asche), and Future (C.V. France) are all there, and Donald Calthorp performs well in his role of Bob Cratchit.
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| 1. Blackmail (1929)
2. Juno and the Paycock (1930)
3. Major Barbara (1941)
4. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
5. Murder! (1930)
6. Number Seventeen (1932)
aka: Number 17
7. Scrooge (1935)
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