Henry Stephenson was an English entertainer. He depicted amicable and shrewd courteous fellows in many movies of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his jobs were Sir Joseph Banks in Uprising on the Abundance and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Wind.
#1 Men and Women
Men and Women is a lost 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and written by Clara Beranger. It stars Richard Dix as Will Prescott, Claire Adams as Agnes Prescott, Neil Hamilton as Ned Seabury, Henry Stephenson as Arnold Kirke, Robert Edeson as Israel Cohen, Flora Finch as Kate.
Story Line: Will Prescott and Ned Seabury work as cashiers in the bank of Israel Cohen. Ned speculates in the stock market and lives well on his investments, spending a substantial part of his money on Will's wife, Agnes, who longs for the luxuries that Will cannot provide her on his salary. Will eventually succumbs to temptation and places $30,000 of the bank's money with Arnold Kirke, Ned's broker. A sudden change in market conditions wipes out Kirke, and the distraught broker commits suicide; the theft is discovered, and Israel Cohen places the responsibility for the crime on Ned rather than Will. Will at first allows Ned to take the blame, but his better nature prevails and he confesses. Will is jailed, and a repentant Agnes goes to Cohen and pleads for his freedom. Cohen is impressed with the woman's sincerity and arranges for Will's release from jail, sending him to South America to manage a coffee plantation.
#2 Red-Headed Woman
Red-Headed Woman is a 1932 American romantic comedy film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald & directed by Jack Conway. This movie based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Katharine Brush. This film stars Jean Harlow as Lillian "Lil"/"Red" Andrews Legendre, Chester Morris as William "Bill"/"Willie" Legendre, Jr., Lewis Stone as William "Will" Legendre, Sr., Leila Hyams as Irene "Rene" Legendre, Una Merkel as Sally
Henry Stephenson as Charles B. "Charlie"/"C.B." Gaerste, Charles Boyer as Albert, May Robson as Aunt Jane, Harvey Clark as Uncle Fred.
Storyline: Lil (Jean Harlow) works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill (Chester Morris) to divorce Irene (Leila Hyams) and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste (Henry Stevenson) and uses him to force society to pay attention to her. She has another affair with the chauffeur Albert (Charles Boyer).
#3 Guilty as Hell
Guilty as Hell is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Arthur Kober and Frank Partos. This film was produced by Paramount Pictures. This film stars Edmund Lowe as Russell Kirk, Victor McLaglen as Detective Capt. T.R. McKinley, Richard Arlen as Frank C. Marsh, Adrienne Ames as Vera Marsh, Henry Stephenson as Dr. Ernest S. Tindal, Ralph Ince as Jack Reed, Noel Francis as Julia Reed, Elizabeth Patterson as Elvira Ward, Arnold Lucy as Dr. Sully, Willard Robertson as Police Sgt. Alcock, Richard Tucker as District Attorney, Fred Kelsey as Detective Duffy, Claire Dodd as Ruth Tindal, Lillian Harmer as Mrs. Alvin.
Storyline: The sister of a convicted murder is convinced that he is innocent in this cat-and-mouse game where the murderer is always one step ahead until a final tense confrontation.
#4 Double Harness
Double Harness is a 1933 Amarican Film written by Jane Murfin and directed by John Cromwell, Kenneth Macgowan & Merian C. Cooper produced this film. This film was based on the play of the same name by Edward Poor Montgomery. A young woman maneuvers a lazy playboy into marrying her. It stars Ann Harding as Joan Colby, William Powell as John Fletcher, Lucile Browne as Valerie Colby, Henry Stephenson as Colonel Sam Colby, Lilian Bond as Monica Page, George Meeker as Dennis Moore, Reginald Owen as Freeman, John's butler, Kay Hammond as Eleanor Weston, Joan's friend, Wallis Clark as Postmaster General Oliver Lane.
Storyline: A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.
#5 Little Women 1933
Little Women is a 1933 American Drama Film directed by George Cukor, written by David Hempstead & produced by Merian C. Cooper. This film was based on the 1868-69 two-volume novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. It stars Katharine Hepburn as Josephine "Jo" March, Joan Bennett as Amy March, Frances Dee as Margaret "Meg" March, Jean Parker as Elizabeth "Beth" March, Spring Byington as Marmee March, Douglass Montgomery as Theodore "Laurie" Laurence, Paul Lukas as Professor Bhaer, Edna May Oliver as Aunt March, Henry Stephenson as Mr. Laurence, John Davis Lodge as Brooke, Samuel S. Hinds as Mr. March, Nydia Westman as Mamie, Harry Beresford as Doctor Bangs, Mabel Colcord as Hannah, Marion Ballou as Mrs. Kirke, Olin Howland as Mr. Davis
Storyline: Little Women is a "coming of age" drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls' father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor Mr. Laurence, and his high-spirited grandson Laurie
#6 The Mystery of Mr. X
The Mystery of Mr. X is a 1934 American Crime Film written by Howard Emmett Rogers & Monckton Hoffe, directed by Edgar Selwyn & Richard Boleslawski and produced by Lawrence Weingarten. It was based on the 1933 novel X v. Rex by Philip MacDonald, was remade in 1952 as The Hour of 13. This film stars Robert Montgomery as Nicholas Revel, Elizabeth Allan as Jane Frensham, Lewis Stone as Supt. Connor, Ralph Forbes as Sir Christopher Marche, Henry Stephenson as Sir Herbert Frensham, Forrester Harvey as Joseph Horatio Palmer, Ivan F. Simpson as Hutchinson, Leonard Mudie as Mr. X, Alec B. Francis as Judge Malpas, Claude King as Cummings.
Storyline: There have been a spate of London police murders, the victims always killed by a long knife (which the police know is a sword cane), the murders always taking place in a deserted but successively different part of town, and the police always being notified by the murderer that he will strike beforehand. By his signed notes, the murderer has dubbed himself as X. The police have their first real lead when the latest murder occurs outside the home where the Drayton Diamond was stolen on the same night. The diamond thief is Nick Revel, a suave, confident career thief, and his two accomplices, an insurance clerk named 'Hutch' Hutchinson, and a taxi driver named Joe Palmer. Nick, however, is not Mr. X, but he and his accomplices know they can't pawn the diamond or return the diamond for its insurance money now until Mr. X is caught. When a well known and respected man named Sir Christopher Marche is arrested for the murders on circumstantial evidence, Nick knows the police have the wrong man. Nick, who has an idea on how the police can find Mr. X, decides the best thing he can do is to make a up a story to clear Sir Christopher while suggesting his plan to the police. In this process, both Sir Christopher and the lead investigator, Superintendent Connor, don't quite trust Nick, the latter who suspects he is the diamond thief. Nick realizes that the police are onto him, which worries both Hutch and Joe more than it worries the confident Nick. But the one person who does trust Nick is Jane Frensham, Sir Christopher's fiancé and Police Commissioner Sir Herbert Frensham's daughter. Sir Herbert himself has been under great criticism by the public for failing to stop the murders. In the process of Nick's assistance, Nick and Jane have fallen in love with each other. To protect himself under the circumstances and protect Jane's good name, Nick feels his only solution is to capture Mr. X himself.
#7 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, written by Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman & Carey Wilson, produced by Frank Lloyd & Irving Thalberg. It was based on the 1932 Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty. This film stars Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh, Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian, Franchot Tone as Byam, Herbert Mundin as Smith, Eddie Quillan as Ellison, Dudley Digges as Bacchus, Donald Crisp as Burkitt, Henry Stephenson as Sir Joseph Banks, Francis Lister as Capt. Nelson, Spring Byington as Mrs. Byam, Movita Castaneda as Tehani, Mamo Clark as Maimiti, Byron Russell as Quintal, David Torrence as Lord Hood, John Harrington as Mr. Purcell, Douglas Walton as Stewart, Ian Wolfe as Maggs, DeWitt Jennings as Fryer, Ivan F. Simpson as Morgan, Vernon Downing as Hayward, Bill Bambridge as Hitihiti, Marion Clayton as Mary Ellison, Stanley Fields as Muspratt, Wallis Clark as Morrison, Crauford Kent as Lt. Edwards, Pat Flaherty as Churchill, Alec Craig as McCoy, Hal LeSueur as Millard, Harry Allen as Wherryman, Dick Winslow as Tinkler, Charles Irwin as Thompson.
Storyline: Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six pleasant months on Tahiti, Christian leads the crew to mutiny on the homeward voyage. Even though Byam takes no part in the mutiny, he must defend himself against charges that he supported Christian.
#8 Captain Blood
Captain Blood is a 1935 American black-and-white swashbuckling pirate film from First National Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead, written and directed by Michael Curtiz. It was based on the 1922 novel Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini. This film stars Errol Flynn as Peter Blood, Olivia de Havilland as Arabella Bishop, Lionel Atwill as Colonel Bishop, Basil Rathbone as Levasseur, Ross Alexander as Jeremy Pitt, Blood's friend and navigator, Guy Kibbee as Henry Hagthorpe, Master Gunner, Henry Stephenson as Lord Willoughby, Robert Barrat as John Wolverstone, Hobart Cavanaugh as Dr. Bronson, Donald Meek as Dr. Whacker, Jessie Ralph as Mrs. Barlow, Forrester Harvey as Honesty Nuttall, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Rev. Uriah Ogle, Holmes Herbert as Capt. Gardner, David Torrence as Andrew Baynes, J. Carrol Naish as Cahusac, Pedro de Cordoba as Don Diego, George Hassell as Governor Steed, Harry Cording as Kent, Leonard Mudie as Baron Jeffreys, Ivan F. Simpson as The Prosecutor, Mary Forbes as Mrs. Steed, E. E. Clive as Clerk of the Court, Colin Kenny as Lord Chester Dyke, Vernon Steele as James II, Murray Kinnell as Court Clerk, Halliwell Hobbes as Lord Sunderland.
Storyline: Arrested during the Monmouth Rebellion and falsely convicted of treason, Dr. Peter Blood is banished to the West Indies and sold into slavery. In Port Royal, Jamaica the Governor's daughter Arabella Bishop buys him for £10 to spite her uncle, Col. Bishop who owns a major plantation. Life is hard for the men--and for Blood. By chance he treats the Governor's gout and is soon part of the medical service. He dreams of freedom, and when the opportunity strikes, he and his friends rebel taking over a Spanish ship that has attacked the city. Soon they are the most feared pirates on the seas, men without a country attacking all ships. When Arabella is prisoner, Blood decides to return her to Port Royal, but they discover that it is under the control of England's new enemy: France. All of them must decide if they will fight for their new King.
#9 Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1936 drama film based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was written and directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Freddie Bartholomew as Cedric "Ceddie" Errol, Dolores Costello Barrymore as "Dearest" Errol, C. Aubrey Smith as the Earl of Dorincourt, Guy Kibbee as Silas Hobbs, Henry Stephenson as Mr Havisham, Mickey Rooney as Dick Tipton, a Brooklyn bootblack, Una O'Connor as Mary, the Errols' servant, Constance Collier as Lady Constantia Lorridaile, Jackie Searl as Tom Tipton, Jessie Ralph as the Applewoman from Brooklyn, Helen Flint as Minna Tipton, Walter Kingsford as Joshua Snade, Minna's lawyer, E. E. Clive as Sir Harry Lorridaile, Ivan F. Simpson as Reverend Mordaunt, Virginia Field as Miss Herbert, Eric Alden as Ben Tipton, William Ingersoll as the Doctor, Reginald Barlow as Mr. Newick, Lionel Belmore as Mr. Higgins, Tempe Pigott as Mrs. Dibble, Gilbert Emery as Purvis, Joseph Tozer as Thomas, May Beatty as Mrs. Mellon, Lawrence Grant as Lord Chief Justice, Robert Emmett O'Connor as the Policeman in Brooklyn, Elsa Buchanan as Susan.
Storyline: After the death of Cedric's ('Ceddie') English father, he and his mother live together in Brooklyn. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, had disowned Cedric's father when he married an American, but when the Earl's remaining son dies, he accepts Cedric as Lord Fauntleroy, his heir, and sends for Cedric and his mother. Cedric uses the first of his newly-found wealth to do some favors for his old friends, then heads to England, where he must try to overcome the Earl's dislike for Cedric's mother.
#10 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American Historical Adventure Film from Warner Bros. The film was written and directed by Michael Curtiz. It was based on the 1854 poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This film stars Errol Flynn as Major Geoffrey Vickers, Olivia de Havilland as Elsa Campbell, Patric Knowles as Captain Perry Vickers, Henry Stephenson as Sir Charles Macefield, Nigel Bruce as Sir Benjamin Warrenton, Donald Crisp as Colonel Campbell, David Niven as Captain Randall, C. Henry Gordon as Surat Khan, G. P. Huntley Jr. as Major Jowett, Robert Barrat as Count Igor Volonoff, Spring Byington as Lady Octavia Warrenton, E. E. Clive as Sir Humphrey Harcourt, J. Carrol Naish as Subahdar-Major Puran Singh, Walter Holbrook as Cornet Barclay, Princess Baigum as Prema's Mother, Charles Sedgwick as Cornet Pearson, Scotty Beckett as Prema Singh, George Regas as Wazir, Helen Sanborn as Mrs. Jowett, Holmes Herbert as Gen. O'Neill.
Storyline: Major Vickers is an officer at the 27th Lancers in India 1856. When the regiment is on maneuver, the barracks are attacked by Surat Khan and his soldiers who massacre British women and children. This leaves an inextinguishable memory and Vickers promises to revenge the dead.
#11 The Prince and the Pauper 1937
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Storyline: On the same day two boys are born: the pauper Tom and prince Edward. As a kid, Tom sneaks into the palace garden and meets the prince. They change clothes with each other but the guards discover them and throw out the prince, since they are almost identical. Nobody believe them when they try to tell the truth. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne. The evil earl of Hertford attempts to murder the prince to gain power for himself.
#12 The Young in Heart 1938
The Young in Heart is a 1938 American Comedy Film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by Richard Wallace, written by Charles Bennett. It stars Janet Gaynor as George-Anne Carleton, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Richard Carleton, Paulette Goddard as Leslie Saunders, Roland Young as Col. Anthony "Sahib" Carleton, Billie Burke as Marmy Carleton, Minnie Dupree as Ellen Fortune, Henry Stephenson as Felix Anstruther, Richard Carlson as Duncan Macrae, Lawrence Grant as Mr. Hutchins, Walter Kingsford as Inspector, Eily Malyon as Sarah, Miss Fortune's servant, Tom Ricketts as Andrew, Irvin S. Cobb as Mr. Jennings, Lucile Watson as Mrs. Jennings, Margaret Early as Adela Jennings.
Storyline: The Carletons make a living as card sharps and finding new suckers to mooch off of. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo. At the train station, they meet a kind old woman named Miss Fortune. The elderly lady is very wealthy and very lonely. As a reward for saving her life after the train derails, Miss Fortune invites the Carletons to come live with her. The family hopes that by winning her affection, they can eventually be named sole beneficiaries in her will. But will a change of heart soften their mercenary feelings before that time comes?
#14 Marie Antoinette 1938
Marie Antoinette is a 1938 American Historical Drama Film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was written and directed by W. S. Van Dyke. This film stars Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette, Tyrone Power as Count Axel von Fersen, John Barrymore as King Louis XV, Robert Morley as King Louis XVI, Anita Louise as Princesse de Lamballe, Joseph Schildkraut as Duc d’Orléans, Gladys George as Madame du Barry, Henry Stephenson as Count Mercey, Cora Witherspoon as Countess De Noailles, Barnett Parker as Prince de Rohan, Reginald Gardiner as Comte d'Artois, Henry Daniell as La Motte, Leonard Penn as Toulan, Albert Van Dekker as Comte de Provence, Alma Kruger as Empress Maria Theresa, Joseph Calleia as Drouet, George Meeker as Robespierre, Scotty Beckett as The Dauphin, Marilyn Knowlden as Princesse Thérèse, Harry Davenport as Monsieur de Cosse, Nigel De Brulier as Archbishop, Walter Walker as Benjamin Franklin.
Storyline: The life of Marie Antoinette from her betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. At first, she's a Hapsburg teenager isolated in France, living a virgin's life in the household of the Dauphin, a shy solitary man who would rather be a locksmith. Marie discovers high society with the help of Orleans and her brothers-in-law. Her foolishness is at its height when she meets a Swedish count, Axel de Fersen. He helps her see her fecklessness. In the second half of the film, she avoids an annulment, becomes queen, bears children, and is a responsible ruler. The affair of the necklace and the general poverty of France feed revolution. She faces death with dignity.
#15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 American Mystery Adventure Film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. It was directed by Alfred L. Werker and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. This film stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, Ida Lupino as Ann Brandon, George Zucco as Professor Moriarty, Alan Marshal as Jerrold Hunter, Terry Kilburn as Billy, Henry Stephenson as Sir Ronald Ramsgate, E. E. Clive as Inspector Bristol, Arthur Hohl as Bassick, Mary Forbes as Lady Conyngham, Peter Willes as Lloyd Brandon, Mary Gordon as Mrs. Hudson, Frank Dawson as Dawes, George Regas as Matteo, William Austin as Passerby, Holmes Herbert as Justice of the Court.
Storyline: When Sherlock Holmes arrives in court moments too late to give evidence against Professor Moriarty, the professor is acquitted. Soon afterward, he develops a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. In order to get Holmes involved, he persuades a gaucho flute player to murder a girl.
#16 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, for a time also entitled Elizabeth the Queen, is a 1939 American Historical Romantic Drama Film written & directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis. The film was Based on the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson which had a successful run on Broadway with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in the lead roles. This film stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth, Errol Flynn as Earl of Essex, Olivia de Havilland as Lady Penelope Gray, Donald Crisp as Francis Bacon, Alan Hale, Sr. as Earl of Tyrone, Vincent Price as Sir Walter Raleigh, Henry Stephenson as Lord Burghley, Henry Daniell as Sir Robert Cecil, James Stephenson as Sir Thomas Egerton, Nanette Fabray as Mistress Margaret Radcliffe, Ralph Forbes as Lord Knollys, Robert Warwick as Lord Mountjoy, Leo G. Carroll as Sir Edward Coke, Guy Bellis as Lord Charles Howard, Forrester Harvey as bit part, Holmes Herbert as Majordomo, I. Stanford Jolley as Spectator outside Whitehall Palace.
Storyline: This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the younger Devereux but fearful of his influence and popularity, sends him on a new mission: a doomed campaign to Ireland. When he and his troops return in defeat, Devereux demands to share the throne with the heir-less queen, and Elizabeth, at first, intends to marry. Ultimately sensing the marriage would prove disastrous for England, Elizabeth sets in motion a merciless plan to protect her people and preserve her throne.
#17 Mr. Lucky 1943
Mr. Lucky is a 1943 Romance Film written and directed by H.C. Potter, produced by David Hempstead. It stars Cary Grant as Joe Adams, Laraine Day as Dorothy Bryant, Charles Bickford as Hard Swede, Gladys Cooper as Captain Veronica Steadman, Alan Carney as the "Crunk", Henry Stephenson as Mr. Bryant, Paul Stewart as Zepp, Kay Johnson as Mrs. Mary Ostrander, Walter Kingsford as Commissioner Hargraves, Erford Gage as Henchman, Florence Bates as Mrs. Van Every, Edward Fielding as Foster, Emory Parnell as the dock watchman, Vladimir Sokoloff as the Greek priest.
Storyline: Joe Adams takes on the identity of a dead gangster in order to avoid the draft. Adams plans to use a war relief charity to get his gambling operation up and running, until he falls in love with Dorothy Bryant and has a change of heart.
#18 The Green Years
The Green Years is a 1946 American Drama Film, written and directed by Victor Saville, produced by Leon Gordon. It stars Charles Coburn as Alexander Gow, Tom Drake as Robert Shannon, Beverly Tyler as Alison Keith, Hume Cronyn as Papa Leckie, Gladys Cooper as Grandma Leckie, Dean Stockwell as Robert Shannon, Selena Royle as Mama Leckie, Jessica Tandy as Kate Leckie, Richard Haydn as Jason Reid, Andy Clyde as Saddler Boag, Norman Lloyd as Adam Leckie, Robert North as Murdoch Leckie, Wallace Ford as Jamie Nigg, Eilene Janssen as Alison Keith, Hank Daniels as Gavin Blair, Richard Lyon as Gavin Blair, Henry O'Neill as Canon Roche, Henry Stephenson as Blakely, Norma Varden as Mrs. Bosomley, Morris Ankrum as Dr. Galbraith, Jimmy Aubrey as Speller, Gary Gray as Boy Making First Communion, Brandon Hurst as Bookseller, Mitchell Lewis as Smithy.
Storyline: When young Robert Shannon is orphaned he leaves his home in Ireland and travels to Loganford, Scotland, home of his maternal grandparents. Growing up in the home of his penny-pinching grandfather is made bearable by his doting but irresponsible great-grandfather, loving grandmother and kind aunt and uncle. After a rocky start in his new school Robbie adjusts and is befriended by Gavin and Alison, whom he grows to love as the years pass. As he matures into a young man Robbie's dreams turn to medicine and becoming a doctor. Supported by everyone in the family except his grandfather, he studies for a scholarship as a way to escape life toiling in the local boiler-works.
#19 Of Human Bondage 1946
Of Human Bondage is a 1946 American Drama Film written and directed by Edmund Goulding. It was produced by Henry Blanke. This film stars Paul Henreid as Philip Carey, Eleanor Parker as Mildred Rogers, Edmund Gwenn as Athelny, Janis Paige as Sally Athelny, Patric Knowles as Harry Griffiths, Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Athelny, Alexis Smith as Norah Nesbitt, Henry Stephenson as Dr. Tyrell, Una O'Connor as Mrs. Foreman, Matthew Boulton as Mr. Forman, Doris Lloyd as Landlady.
Storyline: Abandoning artistic ambitions, sensitive, club-footed Philip Carey enrolls in medical school and falls in love with a waitress Mildred Rogers. She rejects him, runs off with a salesman, and returns unmarried and pregnant. Philip gets her an apartment and they become engaged. Mildred runs off with another medical student. Philip takes her back again when she returns with her baby. She wrecks his apartment and burns the securities he needs to pay tuition. He gets a job as a salesman, has surgery on his foot, receives an inheritance, and returns to school, where he learns Mildred is dying.
#20 The Locket
The Locket is a 1946 American Psychological Thriller, written by Sheridan Gibney, directed by John Brahm. This film stars Laraine Day as Nancy Monks Blair Patton, Brian Aherne as Dr. Harry Blair, Robert Mitchum as Norman Clyde, Gene Raymond as John Willis, Sharyn Moffett as Nancy, Ricardo Cortez as Drew Bonner, Katherine Emery as Mrs. Willis, Helene Thimig as Mrs. Monks, Reginald Denny as Mr. Wendell, Nella Walker as Mrs. Wendell, Henry Stephenson as Lord Wyndham, Lillian Fontaine as Lady Wyndham, Myrna Dell as Thelma, Wyndham Standing as Butler.
Storyline: Lovely Nancy seems like the ideal bride to fiancée John Willis... until, just before the ceremony, Willis is approached by Harry Blair, claiming to be Nancy's former husband. The tale Blair unfolds paints Nancy as a kleptomaniac, habitual liar, and perhaps worse. But is Blair telling the truth? And does fate have another surprise in store?
#21 Ivy 1947
Ivy is a 1947 American Crime Film, written by Marie Belloc Lowndes, and directed by Sam Wood. It was produced by W. Cameron Menzies. This film stars Joan Fontaine as Ivy Lexton, Patric Knowles as Roger Gretorex, Herbert Marshall as Miles Rushworth, Richard Ney as Jervis Lexton, Cedric Hardwicke as Inspector Orpington, Lucile Watson as Mrs. Gretorex, Sara Allgood as Martha Huntley, Henry Stephenson as Judge, Rosalind Ivan as Emily, Lillian Fontaine as Lady Flora, Molly Lamont as Bella Crail, Una O'Connor as Mrs. Thrawn, Isobel Elsom as Miss Chattle, Alan Napier as Sir Jonathan Wright, Paul Cavanagh as Doctor Berwick, Lumsden Hare as Doctor Lanchester, Norma Varden as Joan Rodney, C. Montague Shaw as Stevens.
Storyline: In 1909, the beautiful but amoral British belle Ivy Lexton meets older, rich Miles Rushworth; undeterred by the prior claims of her husband Jervis and lover Roger, she goes after Miles and has no trouble fascinating him, but oddly enough he has compunctions about making love to other men's wives. The means that Ivy reluctantly adopts to resolve the problem of too many men promise disaster for all concerned.
#22 Oliver Twist 1948
Oliver Twist is a 1948 British Film written and directed by David Lean, produced by onald Neame & Anthony Havelock-Allan. It stars Robert Newton as Bill Sykes, Alec Guinness as Fagin, Kay Walsh as Nancy, Francis L. Sullivan as Mr. Bumble, Henry Stephenson as Mr. Brownlow, Mary Clare as Mrs. Corney, Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger, Josephine Stuart as Oliver's Mother, Ralph Truman as Monks, Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Sowerberry, Gibb McLaughlin as Mr. Sowerberry, Amy Veness as Mrs. Bedwin, Frederick Lloyd as Mr. Grimwig, John Howard Davies as Oliver Twist, Henry Edwards as Police Official, Ivor Barnard as Chairman of the Board, Maurice Denham as Chief of Police, Michael Dear as Noah Claypole, Michael Ripper as Barney, Peter Bull as Landlord of "Three Cripples" tavern, Deidre Doyle as Mrs. Thingummy, Diana Dors as Charlotte, Kenneth Downy as Workhouse Master, W.G. Fay as Bookseller, Edie Martin as Annie, Fay Middleton as Martha, Graveley Edwards as Mr. Fang, John Potter as Charley Bates, Maurice Jones as Workhouse Doctor, Hattie Jacques and Betty Paul as Singers, Jake as Bull's Eye.
Storyline: The immortal characters of Charles Dickens' classic novel, Oliver Twist...A penniless orphan in 17th century London - Poor but honest Oliver is fleeing the cruelty of the workhouse when he's forced in a band of young thieves headed by the notorious Fagin and the evil Bill Sikes. But when the greedy cutthroats threaten Oliver's only chance for happiness, the gentle-hearted boy must summon the courage to fight for his freedom and future.
# 23 Enchantment 1948
Enchantment is a 1948 Romantic Film written and directed by Irving Reis. Samuel Goldwyn was produce this film. It stars David Niven as General Sir Roland 'Rollo' Dane, Teresa Wright as Lark Ingoldsby, Evelyn Keyes as Grizel Dane, Farley Granger as Pilot Officer Pax Masterson, Jayne Meadows as Selina Dane, Leo G. Carroll as Proutie, Philip Friend as Pelham Dane, Shepperd Strudwick as the Marchese Guido Del Laudi, Henry Stephenson as General Fitzgerald, Colin Keith-Johnston as Mr. Dane, Gigi Perreau as Lark as a child, Peter Miles as Rollo as a child, Peter is Gigi Perreau's older brother, Sherlee Collier as Selina as a child, Warwick Gregson as Pelham as a child, Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs Sampson, Edmund Breon as Uncle Bunny, Gerald Oliver Smith as Willoughby, Melville Cooper as Jones, Matthew Boulton as Air Raid Warden, William Johnstone as Narrator.
Storyline: Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and the subsequent romance between her and Lark's nephew causes him to re-evaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple don't make the same mistake he did all those years ago.