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Alec B. Francis is a Actor British born on 1 december 1867 at London (United-kingdom)
Alec B. Francis (2 December 1867 – 6 July 1934) was an English actor, largely of the silent era. He appeared in 241 films between 1911 and 1934. He was born in London and died in Hollywood, California.
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Birth name Alec Francis Budd
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 december 1867 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 6 july 1934 (at 66 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 december 1867 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 6 july 1934 (at 66 years) at Hollywood (USA)
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Thank You (2011)
, 1h10Directed by John Ford, Anees Bazmee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors George O'Brien, Alec B. Francis, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Logan, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor
Roles David Lee
Rating52%
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
, 1h24Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Edgar Selwyn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes, Henry Stephenson, Forrester Harvey
Roles Judge Malpas
Rating68%
London police constables are being killed by a man calling himself "Mr. X" (Leonard Mudie). By chance, one of the murders occurs around the same time and place as a diamond robbery, leading Police Commissioner Sir Herbert Frensham (Henry Stephenson) to suspect the same man is responsible for both, much to the annoyance of the thief, Nicholas "Nick" Revel (Robert Montgomery), and his confederates, taxi driver Joseph "Joe" Palmer (Forrester Harvey) and insurance clerk Hutchinson (Ivan F. Simpson).
Outcast Lady (1934)
, 1h17Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Henry Stephenson, Leo G. Carroll, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Hugh Williams
Roles Truble
Rating54%
Bien qu'ils s'aiment beaucoup, Iris March et son amour d'enfance, Napier Harpenden, font face à la désapprobation du père de Napier, Sir Maurice, qui considère la relativement pauvre Iris et son frère alcoolique Gerald comme un obstacle à l'avenir politique de son fils. Napier suggère qu'ils attendent qu'il s'établisse dans le service diplomatique britannique en Inde pour se marier, et Iris accepte à contrecœur. Après quatre ans d'attente, cependant, Iris cède à la pression de Gerald et accepte la demande en mariage de Boy Fenwick, un riche ami de son frère qui l'aime depuis longtemps. Lorsque Napier apprend les fiançailles d'Iris, il quitte l'Inde pour assister à son mariage en Angleterre. Juste avant la cérémonie, une femme étrange tend à Iris une note pliée, qu'Iris empoche sans la lire. Puis, le premier soir de sa lune de miel française, Iris se souvient de la note et commence à la lire devant Boy. Troublée par la note, Iris essaie de la jeter, mais Boy insiste pour la lire lui-même. Quand Iris demande gentiment si la note, qui affirme que, sous un faux nom, Boy a commis et purgé une peine de prison pour un crime odieux, est vraie, Boy répond par l'affirmative. Bien qu'Iris accepte courageusement la confession, Boy a honte et saute par la fenêtre de l'hôtel. Masters, et Hilary, un ami de la famille, apprennent le secret de Boy, mais comme Iris refuse de révéler la raison du suicide de Boy à qui que ce soit d'autre, elle est soupçonnée à la fois de l'avoir poussé par la fenêtre et d'avoir causé sa mort par son comportement. Malgré leur amour pour elle, même Napier et Gerald, qui adoraient Boy, soupçonnent Iris de trahison et lui tournent le dos. Ainsi condamnée par sa famille et ses amis, Iris s'installe en France et s'affirme comme la veuve la plus célèbre d'Europe. Cinq ans plus tard, Hilary informe Iris que Gerald est gravement malade et vit dans la misère et elle retourne immédiatement en Angleterre pour le voir. Après avoir vu Napier et entendu parler de ses fiançailles avec la respectable Venice, Iris se rend chez son frère. Toujours en colère contre sa sœur, Gerald, tuberculeux et ivre, refuse de la voir, et craignant qu'il ne meure sans lui pardonner, Iris accepte de laisser Hilary lui dire la vérité sur Boy. Gerald meurt sans connaître le secret mais pardonne à sa sœur. Bien que soulagée par le pardon de Gerald, Iris retourne en France et tombe dans un état fébrile. Lorsqu'il apprend la maladie d'Iris, Napier, maintenant marié, qui vient de se distinguer comme leader parlementaire, se précipite pour être avec elle. Quand Venice voit Iris et Napier ensemble, elle comprend la profondeur de leur amour mais, à cause du passé inexpliqué d'Iris, elle craint pour son mari. Incapable de garder le secret de Boy plus longtemps, Hilary dit enfin la vérité à Napier et Venice, et Venisc accepte généreusement le divorce. Portée par l'idée que Napier lui a pardonné sans connaître le secret de Boy, Iris récupère et se prépare à affronter Sir Maurice. Bien que Sir Maurice renonce à sa condamnation d'Iris lorsque Napier lui parle enfin de Boy, Iris n'arrive pas à mener à accepter ce divorce et se suicide avec sa voiture.
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
, 1h16Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Charlotte Henry, W. C. Fields, Edna May Oliver, Roscoe Ates, Cary Grant, William Austin
Roles King of Hearts
Rating62%
Left alone with a governess one snowy afternoon (Alice's sister does not appear in this version), Alice is supremely bored. She idly starts to wonder what life is like on the other side of the drawing room mirror, when she suddenly feels a surge of confidence and climbs upon the mantelpiece to look. She discovers that she can pass through the looking glass and finds herself in a strange room where many things seem to be the exact reverse of what is in the drawing room. Strangely, through all of this, the governess does not seem to notice what has happened.
His Private Secretary (1933)
, 1hOrigin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne, Reginald Barlow, Alec B. Francis, Arthur Hoyt, Al St. John
Roles Rev. Hall
Rating55%
Dick Wallace, portrayed by a 26-year-old John Wayne, has to prove to the Preacher's daughter, his own Dad, his old friends, and himself that he isn't just an irresponsible playboy. Fortunately, his new love, Marion does a good job of convincing them. The question is whether or not it is true.
Looking Forward (1933)
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan, Phillips Holmes, Colin Clive
Roles Mr. Birkenshaw
Rating69%
With his upscale department store steadily losing money, Gabriel Service, Sr. (Lewis Stone) is forced to discharge some of his employees, including an unenterprising but loyal and long-serving Tim Benton (Lionel Barrymore). Then Service returns home to his mansion to inform his family of their own financial straits; he has kept the 200-year-old family firm afloat with his own money in recent times. Neither his young adult children, Caroline and Michael, nor their stepmother Isobel take him very seriously at first, despite his repeated warnings over the past few months. Isobel has also been seeing another man behind her oblivious husband's back.
Oliver Twist (1933)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Irving Pichel, Dickie Moore, Doris Lloyd, William Boyd, Alec B. Francis, Barbara Kent
Roles Mr. Brownlow
Rating50%
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Looking Forward (1933)
, 1h22Directed by Clarence Brown
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan, Phillips Holmes, Colin Clive
Roles Mr. Birkenshaw
Rating69%
Un commerçant est licencié pendant la Grande Dépression, après avoir travaillé pendant 40 ans dans le même magasin.
The Last Mile (1932)
, 1h15Directed by Samuel Bischoff
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Preston Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison, Alan Roscoe, Paul Fix, Al Hill
Roles Father O'Connor
Rating61%
The movie presents the life in a prison where men are on death row. Some of them are wrongfully accused and convicted, there is nothing else in their future but the electric chair.
Arrowsmith (1931)
, 1h48Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, Myrna Loy, Alec B. Francis, Beulah Bondi
Roles Twyford
Rating62%
An idealistic young medical student named Martin Arrowsmith (Ronald Colman) makes a favorable impression on Dr. Max Gottlieb (A. E. Anson). When Arrowsmith graduates, Gottlieb offers him a position as his research assistant, but the young man reluctantly has to turn him down. He has fallen in love with nurse Leora (Helen Hayes), and the salary is not enough to support the couple. Instead, he marries Leora and sets up his medical practice in her rural home town. One day, he develops a serum to cure a fatal cow disease ravaging the nearby herds. Reinvigorated, he decides to join Gottlieb at the McGurk Institute in New York. Meanwhile, Leora miscarries and, to the couple's sorrow, is unable to have any more children, so she devotes herself to supporting her husband's mission.
Mata Hari (1931)
, 1h29Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Greta Garbo, Ramón Novarro, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, C. Henry Gordon, Karen Morley
Roles Major Caron
Rating65%
In 1917, France is embroiled in World War I. Dubois (C. Henry Gordon), head of the French spy bureau, offers to spare the life of a captured agent (an uncredited Mischa Auer) if he will reveal who he is protecting. Dubois suspects it is Mata Hari, a celebrated, wildly popular exotic dancer, but the prisoner chooses execution by firing squad.
, 20minutesDirected by Bryan Foy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Alec B. Francis, Mary Carr, Owen Moore
Rating66%
Captain Applejack (1931)
, 1h3Directed by Hobart Henley
Origin USA
Actors John Halliday, Mary Brian, Alec B. Francis, Louise Closser Hale, Claud Allister, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Roles Lush, the Butler
Rating58%
Ambrose Applejohn lives in an extravagant old mansion with his ward, played by Poppy Faire, and his elderly aunt. Poppy is in love with Applejohn but he doesn't realize it and treats her like a child. Applejohn is bored with his sheltered and mundane live and craves excitement. He plans to sell the family mansion and use the money to travel around the world on a quest for adventure and excitement.
The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)
, 1h22Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Alec B. Francis, Jean Hersholt, Leyland Hodgson
Roles General von Lychow
Rating71%
Sergeant Grischa Paprotkin of the Imperial Russian Army has been captured by the Imperial German Army during World War I, and is interned in a Prisoner-of-war camp. When his chance comes to escape, he takes it, ending up staying with a young Russian refugee, Babka. However, after a time, he longs to return to his home in Russia. Babka, even though she has fallen in love with him, agrees to help him. Since he cannot travel under his real name, being an escaped POW, Babka obtains the credentials of a dead Russian soldier, Bjuscheff.
Murder Will Out (1930)
, 1h9Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Noah Beery Sr., Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall, Alec B. Francis
Roles Sen. Baldwin
Leonard Staunton (Mulhall), a young wealthy New York club-man is engaged to Jeanne Baldwin (Lee), daughter of a U.S. Senator (Francis). Mulhall is preparing to spend a weekend at the Senator's estate. He becomes involved in the affairs of a gang of blackmailers through his efforts to help a fellow club member. When Alan Fitzhugh (Allister), a fellow club-member, arrives with a note, imprinted with a purple hieroglyph, in which he, Fitzhugh, is threatened with a horrible death. Since Fitzhugh is nervous and terrified, Leonard agrees to stay with him at his apartment that night.