Norma Varden

Norma Varden

출생 : 1898-01-20, London, England, UK

사망 : 1989-01-19

약력

Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career.

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Norma Varden
Norma Varden

참여 작품

죽은자는 체크무늬를 입지 않는다
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Doc
Mrs. Dobson
An aging doctor in a small town decides to pack up his little black bag, but when a young doctor assumes his practice, the older practitioner can't resist butting in with comic results.
Istanbul Express
Englishwoman
An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective Cheval tries to help and pursues criminals on the Istanbul Express.
닥터 두리틀
Lady Fetherington
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
사운드 오브 뮤직
Frau Schmidt
알프스의 아름다운 자연에 둘러싸인 오스트리아의 잘츠부르크 수도원. 음악을 사랑하는 말괄량이 견습 수녀 마리아는 원장 수녀의 권유로 해군 명문 집안 폰 트랩가의 가정교사가 된다. 마리아는 좀처럼 마음의 문을 열지 않는 폰 트랩가의 일곱 아이들에게 노래를 가르치며 점차 교감하게 되고, 엄격한 폰 트랩 대령 역시 마음의 문을 열게 된다. 그러던 어느 날, 마리아는 자신이 폰 트랩 대령을 사랑하고 있다는 사실을 깨닫게 되고, 자신만의 비밀을 간직한 채 아이들의 곁을 떠나 다시 수녀원에 들어가기로 결심하는데...
Kisses for My President
Miss Disendorff
When the women of America join together on election day and elect a Leslie McCloud as the US President, things get a little awkward. Especially for her husband Thad McCloud. He, as First Husband, must take over the job as The First Lady, in the women's groups and garden parties.
Island of Love
Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, decide to escape on a freighter to Greece. En route, Steve learns that the island of Paradeisos has lost its tourist trade because it has no apparent historical or mythological heritage. Intrigued, he hits upon the scheme of turning Paradeisos into a legendary island of love and taking a cut from all commercial enterprises. After planting Greek antiquities in the waters surrounding the island, Steve induces Paul to "recover" them, thus causing the tourist trade to increase.
13 Frightened Girls
Miss Pittford
While attending a Swiss school for diplomats' daughters, the teenage daughter of the American ambassador uses her access to various embassies to engage in espionage.
Rome Adventure
Dean of Briarcroft College for Women (uncredited)
Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel. She sails for Italy, takes a job at a small bookstore in Rome, and meets Don, who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Prudence and Don tour Italy together, and romance naturally follows.
Five Minutes to Live
Priscilla Auerbach
A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.
기적
Mrs. MacGregor (uncredited)
1백년 전, 나폴레옹의 군사들은 스페인을 영국군의 침공으로부터 보호하기 위해 마드리드에 도착한다. 부대의 총대장 마이클(Capt. Michael Stuart: 로저 무어 분)은 전투 중 부상을 당해 인근 수녀원에서 치료를 받게 된다. 테레사(Teresa: 캐롤 베이커 분) 수녀는 마이클의 간호를 맡게되고 마침내 둘은 사랑에 빠진다. 테레사 수녀는 결국 수녀로서의 금기사항을 어기게 되고 그로 인해 갈등을 느낀다. 얼마후 마이클은 완쾌되어 다시 전투에 참가하게 된다. 떠나기 전날 테레사는 마음의 증표로 시계를 건네준다. 그러나 마이클이 떠나자 테레사는 그리움을 잊을 수 없게 되고 수녀원을 빠져나와 마이클을 찾아 나선다. 그러나 테레사가 수녀원을 떠난 이후 수녀원에서는 마리아상이 사라지는 불길한 징조가 일어난다. 한편 수녀원을 빠져나온 테레사는 집시의 마을에서 자신이 증표로 준 시계를 발견하고 마이클이 죽었다고 생각한다. 실의에 빠진 테레사는 집시생활을 시작한다. 하지만 죽은 줄만 알았던 마이클은 극적으로 살아남아 수녀원으로 테레사를 찾아가지만 테레사는 이미 수녀원을 떠난 뒤였다. 스페인의 마드리드를 여행하던 테레사 수녀는 스페인의 한 귀족 청년을 만나 사랑을 나눈다. 그러나 투우경기 중 예기치 않은 사고로 그는 죽음을 당하고 테레사는 자신과 사랑에 빠지는 남자는 모두 죽는다는 과거의 악몽에 다시금 사로잡힌다.
대해적
Madame Hilaire
1812년 영국 대전 때 미국 본토 뉴올리언즈를 지키기 위해 앤드류 잭슨 장군에게는 병사 1,200명이 고작이다. 반면에 영국군은 군함 60척 과 16,000 명이 넘는 병사들이 공격해 온다. 양쪽 군의 전략적 요충지에 자리 잡은 섬에는 해적단 장 라피트가 버티고 있는 상황이다. 해적단은 본토의 시민들과 우호적인 관계를 유지하고는 있지만 참모진들의 의견은 정치적 상황을 고려할 때 이번 전쟁은 영국군에 붙어야 유리하다는 판단을 내리는데...
In the Money
Mrs. Smythe-Chumley
The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean cruise.
검찰 측 증인
Emily Jane French
남편 레너드를 사랑하는 부인 크리스틴은 살인죄로 구속되자 검사측 증인이 되어 남편 레너드의 범죄를 증언한다. 그 때 정체불명의 여인이 나타나법정에 크리스틴 필적의 편지를 공개해 크리스틴은 위증죄로 걸리게 되고 남편은 석방된다. 하지만 이것은 남편을 구하기 위해 크리스틴이 꾸민 계략이다. 그렇지만 석방된 남편은 애인 다이애너와 달아나 버린다. 세계적인 추리소설가 애거서 크리스티의 <검찰 측 증인>을 각색하여, 인간의 추잡한 욕망을 지능적이고 긴장감 넘치는 법정 스릴러로 밀도 있게 그려낸 걸작이다. 배우들의 탄탄한 연기력이 돋보이지만, 단연 1930~40년대 섹스 심벌로 유명했던 마를렌 디트리히의 악녀 연기가 압권이다.
Jupiter's Darling
Fabia
Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius' fiancée, Amytis, is curious about the fearless conqueror. Amytis travels to Hannibal's camp just to get a look at him, but she ends up being captured. However, she is instantly smitten by the Carthaginian commander, so she tries to shift his attentions away from Rome -- and to her instead.
애천
Woman at Cocktail Party (uncredited)
마리아(Maria Williams: 매기 맥나마나 분)는 로마에 있는 미 연방 지역 기관의 비서직으로 임명 받아 미국을 떠난다. 로마에 도착한 마리아는 마중나와 있는 아니타(Anita Hutchins: 진 피터스 분)를 만난다. 들뜬 기분에 사로 잡힌 마리아는 아니타와 함께 회사로 향하던 중 '트래비 분수대'를 지나게 된다. 뒤로 돌아서 동전을 던지며 소원을 빌면 소원이 이루어진다는 말에 마리아는 '최소한 1년 동안은 로마에 머물게 해 달라'고 기도한다.
신사는 금발을 좋아해
Lady Beekman
로렐라이는 프랑스 대륙에 유럽이라는 나라가 있는 것으로 알 정도로 멍청하지만 돈이라면 사족을 못쓰는 금발의 아름다운 쇼걸이다. 반면 로렐라이의 단짝인 도로시는 검은 머리에 똑똑한 쇼걸로 잘생긴 외모를 중시하며 로렐라이와는 상반된 이미지와 성격의 소유자다. 두 사람은 배를 타고 파리로 향하는데 로렐라이는 그곳에서 백만장자의 아들, 에스몬드와 결혼을 하고자 한다. 한편 에스몬드의 아버지는 로렐라이가 백만장자의 돈만을 노리는 여자인지 알아보기 위해 사립 탐정 말론을 고용하는데, 도로시가 말론과 사랑에 빠지게 된다.
Young Bess
Lady Tyrwhitt
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
Loose in London
Aunt Agatha
The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
지상에 종이 울릴 때
Pierce
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
열차 안의 낯선 자들
Mrs. Cunningham
인기있는 프로 테니스 선수 가이 하이네스는 기차 안에서 브루노 안토니라는 소년을 만난다. 정계 진출을 꿈꾸는 가이는 상원의원의 딸인 앤과 연애를 하고, 아내와는 이혼하기만을 기다리고 있다. 브루노는 열차 안에서 만난 가이에게 '교환살인'을 제안하고, 황당한 가이는 이를 농담으로 여기는데...
팬시 팬츠
Lady Maude
An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes the actor/butler to be an earl and President Roosevelt decides to pay a visit.
The Secret Garden
Nurse
When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Mary changes the lives of those she encounters at her Uncle's remote estate.
Adventure in Baltimore
Helen Hadley Hamilton
Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's rights. Her minister father and her boyfriend Tom Wade do not approve.
Let's Live a Little
Nurse Brady
A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is a psychiatrist and author of a new book. When the executive goes over to discuss the ad campaign, the psychiatrist turns out to be a woman. But what does he really need? Romance? Or analysis?
The Scar
Mrs. Gerry (uncredited)
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
The Amazing Mr. X
Wealthy looking woman
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
Where There's Life
Mabel Jones
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
포에버 엠버
Mrs. Abbott
Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.
The Trouble with Women
Wilmer Dawson
A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating. There is trouble, when he falls in love with her, unaware of who she is.
Millie's Daughter
Mrs. Sarah Harris
An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.
The Searching Wind
Mrs. Hayworth
With a screenplay adapted by Lillian Hellman from her own play, director William Dieterle's 1946 drama stars Robert Young as a U.S. ambassador in Europe in the years before WW2.
The Green Years
Mrs. Bosomley
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.
Hold That Blonde!
Flora Carteret
Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace. Complications include two scantily attired individuals, one of them drunk, clinging to the cornice of a skyscraper and a large band of crooks in quest of the precious jewels.
Girls of the Big House
Mrs. Thelma Holt
A women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town woman framed by a man whom she met in a nightclub in the big city. She is not welcomed by the inmates and immediately the prisoners are divided.
The Cheaters
Mattie
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.
Those Endearing Young Charms
Mrs. Woods, Hall's Floor Lady
A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.
Bring on the Girls
Martha Neely
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.
녹원의 천사
Miss Sims
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
Mademoiselle Fifi
The Wholesaler's Wife
In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.
The White Cliffs of Dover
Mrs. Bland
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
What a Woman
Miss Timmons
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
셜록 홈즈 죽음과 직면하다
Gracie the Barmaid (uncredited)
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.
Dixie
Mrs. LaPlant (uncredited)
A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most treasured composition: "Dixie." The film is based on the life of Daniel Decatur Emmett, who wrote the classic song "Dixie."
Slightly Dangerous
Opera singer (uncredited)
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Johnny Doughboy
Miss Penticott
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group of former child stars to perform in a USO show.
마음의 행로
Julia
전투 도중 부상을 입고 기억 상실증에 언어장애까지 겹친 찰스(Charles Rainer/John 'Smithy' Smith: 로날드 콜맨 분)는 종전 되던 날 안개를 틈타 수용소를 몰래 빠져 나온다. 그 뒤 챨스는 아름다운 여인 폴라(Paula: 그리어 가슨 분)를 만나 건강도 되찾고 결혼해 아들도 낳는 한편 작가로 입문하는데 리버풀에 연재기사를 계약하러 혼자 갔다 교통사고를 당해 폴라와 같이 산 세월만 기억을 못하게 된다. 명문의 아들인 챨스는 그 뒤 고향으로 돌아가 사업가로 대성하나 기억하지 못하는 세월 때문에 뭔가 늘 허전해 하며 열쇠를 만지작 거리며 산다. 한편 폴라는 잡지에 난 챨스의 사진을 보고 챨스의 개인 비서로 일하게 되고 사실은 밝히지 않고 챨스를 훌륭히 보필하면서 기억이 되살아 나기만 기다리며 안타까와 한다. 챨스가 국회의원이 되자 둘은 결혼해 형식적인 부부가 되어 폴라는 챨스의 의정활동을 돕다가 끝내는 기억이 되살아나 재회하게 된다.
카사블랑카
Wife of Pickpocketed Englishman (uncredited)
2차 대전으로 어수선한 프랑스령 모로코, 미국인인 릭(험프리 보가트)은 암시장과 도박이 판치는 카사블랑카에서 카페를 운영하고 있다. 어느 날 미국으로 가기 위해 비자를 기다리는 피난민들 틈에 섞여 레지스탕스 리더인 라즐로(폴 헨라이드)와 아내 일자(잉그리드 버그만)이 릭의 카페를 찾는다. 일자는 릭의 옛 연인이었다. 라즐로는 릭에게 미국으로 갈 수 있는 통행증을 부탁하지만 아직도 일자를 잊지 못하는 릭은 선뜻 라즐로의 청을 들어주지 못한다. 경찰서장 르노와 독일군 소령 스트라세는 라즐로를 쫓아 릭의 카페를 찾고, 결국 릭은 라즐로와 함께 일자를 떠나보내는데...
다수와 소수
Mrs. Osborne
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.
The Glass Key
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Flying with Music
Miss Mullens
The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with several pretty young ladies. Marjorie Woodworth plays the girl who helps Marshall in his escape, pausing occasionally to participate in a some lively but forgettable musical numbers.
We Were Dancing
Mrs. Bryce-Carew
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.
Glamour Boy
Mrs. Lee
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
로드 투 잔지바르
Clara Kimble
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
Scotland Yard
Lady Heathcote
Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After plastic surgery he shows up as a bank president planning an enormous robbery.
Mr. District Attorney
Hat Saleswoman
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
애수
Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)
제2차 세계대전 중 휴가를 나온 로이 대위는 복귀를 앞두고 워털루 다리를 산책한다. 공습 경보가 울려 대피소로 향하던 로이는 마이라라는 아름다운 여성과 만난다. 발레리나인 마이라는 로이 대위와 사랑에 빠지지만 로이는 곧 전쟁터로 호출되는데... 비비안 리의 청순한 모습을 만날 수 있는 마빈 르로이 감독의 작품으로, 국내에서 할리우드 멜로 드라마의 고전으로 알려졌다.
The Earl of Chicago
Maureen Kilmount
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Shipyard Sally
Lady Patricia Randall
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
Rhythm Racketeer
Mrs. Della Nash
A Chicago gangster steals jewels and frames his band leader double.
Wanted!
Mrs. Smithers
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves are captured.
Make-Up
Hostess
Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studios.
영광의 결전
Elena's Governess (uncredited)
16세기말 영국은 강대국 스페인에 맞서 스페인이 주도하는 해상무역에 타격을 주기 시작한다. 영국 여왕 엘리자베스(플로라 롭슨 분)의 격려에 힘입어 영국 세력이 넓어지자 위협을 느낀 스페인 황제 필립(레이몬드 메세이 분)은 엘리자베스를 암살하려는 계획을 세운다.
Windbag the Sailor
Olivia Potter-Porter
Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked. This was the first film to couple Will Hay with both Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.
East Meets West
Lady Mallory
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
Where There's a Will
Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.
Music Hath Charms
Bit (uncredited)
This cheerful maze of melody, song, comedy and drama showcases the talents of Henry Hall and His Dance Band.
Foreign Affaires
Mrs. Hardy Hornett
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means - fair or foul!
Get Off My Foot
Mrs. Rawlingcourt
A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.
Stormy Weather
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
Boys Will Be Boys
Lady Dorking
Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head.
Mimi
Madame Durand
A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.
The Student's Romance
Dora Streudelmeier, Karl's Aunt
A Student's Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed a lot to that old chestnut The Student Prince. In 1825, impoverished composer Max (Patric Knowles) enrolls at Heidelburg University. Local girl Veronika (Carol Goodner) falls in love with Max, helping him to finance his education and clear his debts. Alas, Veronika is left out in the cold when Max becomes enamored with gorgeous tourist Helene (Grete Natzler). Little does he know that Helene is the daughter of the Grand Duke (Ivan Simpson), meaning of course that their romance is doomed to disappointment. Leading lady Grete Natzler later changed her screen name to Della Lynd, and under that cognomen co-starred with Laurel & Hardy in Swiss Miss (1938).
Dirty Work
Tiara Customer
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
The Iron Duke
Duchess of Richmond
The life and times of the Duke of Wellington
Evergreen
Barmaid (uncredited)
Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era mysteriously disappears on the eve of her wedding. Years later she reappears on the stage as young looking and beautiful as ever.
Crime on the Hill
Editor's Secretary
In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent.
Happy
Miss Stone, Secretary with Glasses
A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while waiting for his invention to be successful.
Turkey Time
Ernestine Stoatt
A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.
A Night Like This
Mrs. Tuckett(uncredited)
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
The Chance of a Night Time
Mrs. Rashley-Butcher (uncredited)
Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
The Glorious Adventure
Court Lady (uncredited)
An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.