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Writing
Michael Hogan
Born September 16, 1893 · London, England, UK
Died January 26, 1977 · aged 83
No biography available.
Known For
Rebecca · 1940Rebecca
★ 7.91940
MovieMysteryRomance
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Nurse Edith Cavell · 1939Nurse Edith Cavell
★ 6.61939
MovieDramaWar
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Fortunes of Captain Blood · 1950Fortunes of Captain Blood
★ 7.31950
MovieActionAdventure
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.
18 Shades of Dust · 199918 Shades of Dust
★ 5.31999
MovieThriller
Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.
Bride of Vengeance · 1949Bride of Vengeance
★ 5.41949
MovieDramaAdventure
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
Brown on Resolution · 1935Brown on Resolution
★ 6.31935
MovieActionWar
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
One Family · 1930One Family
★ 9.01930
MovieFamilyFantasy
A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.
Lady from Louisiana · 1941Lady from Louisiana
★ 5.41941
MovieDrama
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
Movies
Rebecca · 1940Rebecca
★ 7.91940
MovieMysteryRomance
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Nurse Edith Cavell · 1939Nurse Edith Cavell
★ 6.61939
MovieDramaWar
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Fortunes of Captain Blood · 1950Fortunes of Captain Blood
★ 7.31950
MovieActionAdventure
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They've been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who is now using them as slave labor harvesting pearls from the sea.
18 Shades of Dust · 199918 Shades of Dust
★ 5.31999
MovieThriller
Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.
Bride of Vengeance · 1949Bride of Vengeance
★ 5.41949
MovieDramaAdventure
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
Brown on Resolution · 1935Brown on Resolution
★ 6.31935
MovieActionWar
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
One Family · 1930One Family
★ 9.01930
MovieFamilyFantasy
A young boy dreams he's on a guided tour of Buckingham Palace and various countries in the British Empire.
Lady from Louisiana · 1941Lady from Louisiana
★ 5.41941
MovieDrama
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
A Yank at Oxford · 1938A Yank at Oxford
★ 6.71938
MovieDramaRomance
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Bolibar · 1928Bolibar
★ 8.01928
MovieWarDrama
Hessian officers' flirtations with an artist's daughter accidentally give signals to the attacking English.
Tall in the Saddle · 1944Tall in the Saddle
★ 6.61944
MovieWestern
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 thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
The Windjammer · 1930The Windjammer
★ 10.01930
MovieAdventure
Adapted from the book By Way of Cape Horn by A.J Villiers, Windjammer is a beautifully-filmed record of the last journey of the Grace Harwar, a full-rigged Windjammer sailing from Australia to England via Cape Horn.
Forever and a Day · 1943Forever and a Day
★ 7.51943
MovieDramaHistory
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
King Solomon's Mines · 1937King Solomon's Mines
★ 5.41937
MovieActionAdventure
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Arabian Nights · 1942Arabian Nights
★ 6.01942
MovieActionAdventure
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.
The Passing of the Third Floor Back · 1935The Passing of the Third Floor Back
★ 7.81935
MovieDramaFantasy
The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.
The Prime Minister · 1941The Prime Minister
★ 6.51941
MovieDramaHistory
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
The Hour Before the Dawn · 1944The Hour Before the Dawn
★ 6.41944
MovieDramaRomance
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
My Old Dutch · 1934My Old Dutch
★ 4.01934
MovieDrama
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - with time for some laughs - portrays the life and hardships of a working class Hackney couple over a span of 40 years. Our intrepid couple (wonderfully played by Betty Balfour and Michael Hogan) have to face everything life throws at them with fortitude, from the Great War (a son in the RAF and zeppelin raids) to a raging oil fire during the Great Strike. The inimitable Gordon Harker provides sterling support. The film the couple watch at the cinema is the 1915 version of My Old Dutch, starring Albert Chevalier (writer of the original music hall song) and Florence Turner. As the complete silent film is now believed to be lost, this 1934 version contains the only surviving footage.
The Last Journey · 1935The Last Journey
★ 7.21935
MovieDramaCrime
Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicions of the relationship between his wife and his fireman. Aboard the train are a pair of pickpockets, a honeymoon couple, a drunk, a temperance pamphleteer and a host of familiar types, all more-or-less bizarre in characteristically English ways. Bob takes an unexpected course of action, and the characters start interacting in varied and unexpected ways. When, at last, the train stops, all has been resolved, but not as might have been expected at the beginning of the journey.
The Ace of Spades · 1935The Ace of Spades
★ 6.51935
MovieDrama
The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.
The Mayor's Nest · 1932The Mayor's Nest
★ 9.01932
MovieComedy
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
The Roof · 1933The Roof
★ 6.01933
MovieMysteryCrime
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
Doctor Syn · 1937Doctor Syn
★ 6.81937
MovieDramaAdventure
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
TV Shows
Alfred Hitchcock Presents · 1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
★ 7.81955
SeriesMysteryDrama
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel · 1955The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
★ 8.01955
SeriesDrama
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.