Acting
Robert Atkins
Born August 10, 1886 · Dulwich, London, England, UK
Died February 9, 1972 · aged 85
No biography available.
Known For
A Matter of Life and Death · 1946A Matter of Life and Death
★ 7.81946
MovieRomanceFantasy
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Black Magic · 1949Black Magic
★ 6.41949
MovieDramaHistory
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
Victoria the Great · 1937Victoria the Great
★ 5.61937
MovieDramaHistory
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
The Cardinal · 1936The Cardinal
★ 5.71936
MovieHistoryDrama
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici's dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal's brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.
Let the People Sing · 1942Let the People Sing
★ 6.81942
MovieComedy
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Peg of Old Drury · 1935Peg of Old Drury
★ 6.81935
Movie
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.
Everything Is Thunder · 1936Everything Is Thunder
★ 5.61936
MovieDramaThriller
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
The Great Mr Handel · 1942The Great Mr Handel
★ 6.61942
MovieMusicDrama
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
