Elisabeth Risdon
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Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later years in films she switched to playing character parts.
Born in London, England, Risdon graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1918 with high honours. She attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw and was cast as the lead in his biggest plays. Besides her performances for Shaw, she was leading lady for actors including George Arliss, Otis Skinner, and William Faversham. She was also under contract to the Theatre Guild for many years.
In later years, she taught drama to patients at a veterans administration hospital near her Brentwood home. She was married to the prolific silent film director George Loane Tucker who left her a widow in 1921. She later married actor Brandon Evans, who died in April 1958. She was the great-aunt of actress Wendy Barrie-Wilson.
Risdon died in December 1958 in St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, California from a cerebral haemorrhage. Her body was donated to medical science.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.163 |
Birthday | 1887-04-26 |
Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
Also Known As | Elizabeth Risden, Elizabeth Risdon , Elizabeth Evans, |
1942
Random Harvest
7.2/98
An amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-...
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1938
Mannequin
6.1/19
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Mannequin
1947
High Wall
6.2/24
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High Wall
1941
High Sierra
7.029/306
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High Sierra
1937
Dead End
6.961/116
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1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
7.6/173
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Make Way for Tomorrow
1947
Life with Father
6.5/60
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1946
They Made Me a Killer
5.6/10
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1943
Higher and Higher
6.3/8
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Higher and Higher
1948
Bodyguard
6/25
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Bodyguard
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
6.8/20
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1939
The Roaring Twenties
7.487/223
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1935
Crime and Punishment
6.5/50
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1945
The Unseen
4.4/18
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1942
Reap the Wild Wind
6.469/48
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1950
Bunco Squad
5.9/8
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1944
Weird Woman
6.2/31
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1939
Five Came Back
6.3/37
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1937
They Won't Forget
5.7/27
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They Won't Forget
1944
The Canterville Ghost
6.527/37
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The Canterville Ghost
1941
Mr. Dynamite
0/0
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Mr. Dynamite
1940
The Howards of Virginia
6.333/9
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The Howards of Virginia
1946
Roll on Texas Moon
6/3
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Roll on Texas Moon
1950
The Secret Fury
5.3/15
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The Secret Fury
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6.5/15
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
5.833/6
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1950
Sierra
5.4/15
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Sierra
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
8.5/5
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1940
Mexican Spitfire
4.6/6
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Mexican Spitfire
1942
Jail House Blues
0/0
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Jail House Blues
1940
Saturday's Children
6.4/8
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Saturday's Children
1941
Footlight Fever
6/1
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Footlight Fever
1941
Let's Make Music
5.6/5
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1936
The King Steps Out
5.7/8
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The King Steps Out
1950
Hills of Oklahoma
0/0
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1938
Girls on Probation
5.9/8
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1942
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
3/4
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1951
Bannerline
6/3
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
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Bannerline
1946
Lover Come Back
6.2/3
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Lover Come Back
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
4.3/7
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1942
Are Husbands Necessary?
0/0
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1945
A Song for Miss Julie
1/1
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1937
Mountain Justice
5.5/2
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Mountain Justice
1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective
5.2/4
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Tom Sawyer, Detective
1942
I Live on Danger
5.7/6
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
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I Live on Danger
1937
The Woman I Love
0/0
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
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1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
4.4/5
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1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
4.6/5
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
1942
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
5.2/6
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Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1939
The Great Man Votes
6.1/6
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The Great Man Votes
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
4/3
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for pu...
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The Affairs of Annabel
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
4/1
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
1939
Full Confession
4.7/5
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
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Full Confession
1952
Scaramouche
7.052/86
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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Scaramouche
1936
Craig's Wife
6.4/14
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her...
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Craig's Wife
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
6.5/40
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Th...
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Theodora Goes Wild
1940
Slightly Tempted
0/0
A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.
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Slightly Tempted
1939
The Man Who Dared
5/1
An elderly grandfather proves to be heroic when he takes a stand against local city corruption.
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The Man Who Dared
1939
Sorority House
6.8/5
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
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Sorority House
1938
My Bill
6.2/7
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
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My Bill
1946
The Fighting Guardsman
0/0
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.
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The Fighting Guardsman
1939
The Girl from Mexico
4.2/5
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, w...
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The Girl from Mexico
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
4/2
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1944
Tall in the Saddle
6.6/64
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwar...
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Tall in the Saddle
1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
6.4/21
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an...
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Every Girl Should Be Married
1944
In the Meantime, Darling
5/2
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways...
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In the Meantime, Darling
1943
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
5.7/3
Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens.
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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1945
Grissly's Millions
6/1
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
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Grissly's Millions
1940
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
6/1
In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss Manhattan" to promote a cheap line of clothing. To...
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Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1943
Never a Dull Moment
6/1
Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).
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Never a Dull Moment
1915
Love in a Wood
0/0
The film is a contempary-set version of William Shakespeare's play As You Like It.
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Love in a Wood
1942
Journey for Margaret
6.6/17
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her ba...
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Journey for Margaret
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
6/5
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and ha...
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The Bride Goes Wild
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
6/5
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and ha...
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The Bride Goes Wild
1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
5/1
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on...
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At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
Nice Girl?
5.3/3
Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice gi...
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Nice Girl?
1949
Down Dakota Way
7/1
In Roy Rogers' Down Dakota Way, the deadly hoof-and-mouth disease has struck the herd owned by evil rancher H. T. McKenzie (Roy Barcroft). To avoid an...
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Down Dakota Way
1944
Blonde Fever
4.417/6
Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry...
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Blonde Fever
1936
Don't Gamble with Love
0/0
Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to st...
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Don't Gamble with Love
1951
In Old Amarillo
6/1
A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the remaining cattle cheap. He plans to ruin the cattle...
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In Old Amarillo
1951
My True Story
6/3
Ann Martin is serving time as a jewel thief. Paroled and determined to stay clean, she quickly finds out that her freedom was bought by an old, viciou...
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My True Story
1939
Disputed Passage
6/1
A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs int...
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Disputed Passage
1943
Lost Angel
7.5/6
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts A...
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Lost Angel
1916
The Mother of Dartmoor
0/0
A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.
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The Mother of Dartmoor
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
6/1
Edmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case of a murder, which could also be a suicide, in which ca...
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Honeymoon Deferred
1950
The Milkman
8/1
A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
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The Milkman
1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
6.6/5
A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1941
Paris Calling
5.2/4
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi st...
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Paris Calling
1947
The Egg and I
6.9/38
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While...
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The Egg and I
1948
Sealed Verdict
5.5/2
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to...
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Sealed Verdict
1914
The Suicide Club
0/0
A colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another.
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The Suicide Club
1936
Lady of Secrets
6/1
Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.
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Lady of Secrets
1942
The Lady Is Willing
6.6/4
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep t...
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The Lady Is Willing
1936
The Final Hour
6/1
A down-and-out lawyer gets back on his feet with help from a singer who later retains him to defend her on a murder charge.
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The Final Hour
1951
It's a Big Country
5.3/7
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best director...
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It's a Big Country
1938
Mad About Music
7.2/7
A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is...
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Mad About Music
1945
Mama Loves Papa
0/0
A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is...
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Mama Loves Papa
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
6.4/7
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1913
Bridegrooms Beware!
0/0
A comedy feature with Fred Groves having dual roles of bridegroom and a lunatic, and in the course of the film the two characters swap places.
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Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
0/0
A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based...
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Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1914
The Cup Final Mystery
0/0
A goalkeeper is kidnapped just before the Cup Final at Crystal Palace. Can he be rescued in time for a triumphant match?
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The Cup Final Mystery
1914
Her Luck in London
0/0
Nellie, a beautiful farmer's daughter, is lured to the wickedness of the big city. Based on an original story by Charles Darrell.
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Her Luck in London
1914
Black-Eyed Susan
0/0
A sailor is court-martialled for hitting an officer who tried to seduce a smuggler's young daughter.
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Black-Eyed Susan
1914
Beautiful Jim
0/0
A murder mystery concerning the murder by a Colonel's son of his sister's fiancé using a golf club. Based on the novel by John Strange Winter.
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Beautiful Jim
1914
Inquisitive Ike
0/0
A man poses as a woman to fool a peeping tom.
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Inquisitive Ike
1914
The Idol of Paris
0/0
A crook demands his princess cousin in marriage in return for clearing a prince of theft charges. Based on Charles Darrell's original play.
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The Idol of Paris
1935
Guard That Girl
4/1
Attorney Joshua Scranton hires "Budge" Edwards and Larry Donovan, who has just bought into Edwards' detective agency, to protect Estelle Hudson, a cli...
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Guard That Girl
1939
The Forgotten Woman
0/0
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
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The Forgotten Woman
1915
Florence Nightingale
0/0
The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).
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Florence Nightingale
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
6/1
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
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The Man Who Returned to Life
1952
Crossroads - U.S.A.
0/0
Group of people trapped in gas station during a storm teach a young man valuable life lessons.
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Crossroads - U.S.A.
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
6.3/16
Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conn...
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