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Winifred Ashton is a Scriptwriter British born on 21 february 1888
Clemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton (21 February 1888 – 28 March 1965), an English novelist and playwright.
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Winifred Ashton
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 february 1888
Death 28 march 1965 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 21 february 1888
Death 28 march 1965 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
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Filmography of Winifred Ashton (12 films)
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Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
, 2h16Directed by Robert Stevenson, Leslie Arliss, Anthony Kimmins, Alexander Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Judy Campbell, Jack Hawkins, Morland Graham, John Laurie
Rating52%
In 1745, Flora MacDonald plays a Jacobite song on the piano and is scolded by her stepfather for its seditious nature. In Italy, James, the Old Pretender, wants to make another attempt at regaining the English throne but is worried that he is too old. It is decided to send his son, Charles.
Perfect Strangers (1945)
, 1h42Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns, Ann Todd, Roland Culver, Elliott Mason
Rating70%
Robert and Cathy Wilson (Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr) are a timid married couple in 1940 London. He is a bookkeeper, she a bored housewife. However, their tedium-filled lives are drastically changed by the war. He enlists in the Royal Navy, while she (against his wishes) joins the Wrens. During the three years the couple are apart, they are transformed, each becoming much more self-confident.
Salute John Citizen (1942)
, 1h36Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Actors Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros, Jimmy Hanley, Peggy Cummins, Dinah Sheridan, Stanley Holloway
Rating62%
The life of an ordinary family during the London Blitz. In the summer before that explosive September, elderly clerk Mr. Bunting (Edward Rigby) loses his job at the Department store where he's worked for over 40 years. George Bunting is the head of a happy home, with wife Mary (Mabel Constanduros), daughter Julie (Peggy Cummins), and two sons, Chris (Eric Micklewood) and Ernest (Jimmy Hanley). When the Blitz hits London, we observe its effect on the family, and how they cope with the crisis. Mr. Bunting is rehired in his former job due to the shortage of manpower, though little else in his life is positive. Daughter Julie goes to work in a factory. The London blitz destroys everything in sight, and one of his sons, Chris, is killed. In the wake of this destruction, his other son, Ernest is converted from pacifism to the war effort.
St. Martin's Lane (1938)
, 1h25Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Maire O'Neill, Tyrone Guthrie, Gus McNaughton
Rating68%
Charles Staggers (Charles Laughton) is a London street performer, a "busker," with his partners, Arthur Smith (Gus McNaughton) and Gentry (Tyrone Guthrie).
Farewell Again (1937)
, 1h25Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw, Patricia Hilliard, Anthony Bushell
Rating58%
Fire Over England (1937)
, 1h32Directed by William K. Howard, René Clair
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Flora Robson, Leslie Banks, Raymond Massey, Robert Newton
Rating64%
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England is concerned by the impending arrival of the Spanish Armada. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), English privateers such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
Anna Karenina (1935)
, 1h35Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Maureen O'Sullivan, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen
Rating69%
Anna Karenina (Greta Garbo) is the wife of Czarist official Karenin (Basil Rathbone). While she tries to persuade her brother Stiva (Reginald Owen) from a life of debauchery, she becomes infatuated with dashing military officer Count Vronsky (Fredric March). This indiscreet liaison ruins her marriage and position in 19th century Russian society; she is even prohibited from seeing her own son Sergei (Freddie Bartholomew), with eventual dire results.
The Tunnel (1935)
, 1h34Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, C. Aubrey Smith, Basil Sydney
Rating59%
A group of wealthy industrialists gather in the home of Mr. Lloyd, a millionaire who introduces them to Richard "Mack" McAllan, the engineer who successfully spearheaded the construction of the Channel Tunnel (the story takes place in the unspecified near future, though it is noted in the film that the Channel Tunnel is built "in 1940"). McAllan informs the group that the "Allanite steel" he developed, along with a "radium drill" developed by his friend Frederick "Robbie" Robbins, makes it possible to construct an undersea tunnel linking England with the United States. Though the group is initially sceptical, the backing of Lloyd and his associate Mostyn convinces the group to buy shares in the project.
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
, 1h10Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors John Barrymore, Billie Burke, Katharine Hepburn, David Manners, Paul Cavanagh, Henry Stephenson
Rating64%
A Bill of Divorcement describes a day in the lives of a middle-aged Englishwoman named Margaret "Meg" Fairfield (Burke); her daughter Sydney (Hepburn); Sydney's fiancée Kit Humphreys (Manners); Meg's fiancée Gray Meredith (Cavanagh); and Meg's husband Hilary (Barrymore), who escapes after spending almost twenty years in a mental hospital. After the family discusses Hilary's genetic predisposition toward psychiatric problems, which Sydney seems to have inherited, Hilary and Sydney give up Meg and Kit in order to avoid passing this trait to future generations.
Mary (1931)
, 1h20Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Alfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Graetz, Paul Graetz, Lotte Stein, Hermine Sterler
Rating57%
L'actrice Mary Baring est retrouvée prostrée à côté du cadavre d'Ellen Moore, actrice se produisant dans la même troupe. Elle est arrêtée et inculpée du meurtre.
Murder! (1930)
, 1h38Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Una O'Connor, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
Rating62%
Diana Baring (Norah Baring), a young actress in a travelling theatre troupe, is found in a daze with blood on her clothes, standing by the murdered body of another young actress, Edna Druce. The poker used to commit the murder was at Diana's feet, but she has no memory of what happened during the minutes the crime was committed. The two young women were thought to have been rivals, and the police arrest her. Diana withholds some important information deliberately, to protect something about the identity of a man that she will not name.
A Bill of Divorcement (1922)
Directed by Denison Clift
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Constance Binney, Fay Compton, Henry Victor, Henry Vibart, Martin Walker
A bill provides that after a certain length of time the wife of a man incurably insane is entitled to a divorce. Meg Fairfield secures a divorce from her husband Hilary, and is about to marry Gray Meredith when Hilary returns cured. Sydney, daughter of Hilary and Meg, is engaged to Kit Pumphrey, son of the parish rector who refuses to permit his son to marry Sydney when he learns her mother is divorced. How Sydney sacrifices everything that her mother may find happiness and remains with her father completes the story.— The Film Daily, (October 15, 1922)