Acting
Frank Vosper
Born December 15, 1899 · Hampstead, London, England, UK
Died March 6, 1937 · aged 37
No biography available.
Known For
The Man Who Knew Too Much · 1934The Man Who Knew Too Much
★ 6.51934
MovieThrillerMystery
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
Love from a Stranger · 1937Love from a Stranger
★ 6.31937
MovieMysteryThriller
Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming Basil Rathbone, Harding finds herself married before she is fully able to grasp the situation. Slowly but surely, Rathbone's loving veneer crumbles; when he casually asks Harding to sign a document turning her entire fortune over to him, she deduces that her days are numbered.
Dick Turpin · 1933Dick Turpin
★ 9.01933
MovieDramaAdventure
The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.
No Funny Business · 1933No Funny Business
★ 10.01933
MovieComedy
'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Last Post · 1929The Last Post
★ 9.01929
MovieDrama
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)
Crimson Dynasty · 1935Crimson Dynasty
★ 6.31935
MovieDramaHistory
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.
Waltzes from Vienna · 1934Waltzes from Vienna
★ 5.41934
MovieHistoryRomance
In Vienna, aspiring composer Johann Strauss Jr. clashes with his domineering father, who wants him to abandon music for a steady job in a bakery. Torn between his love for the baker’s daughter, Resi, and the encouragement of a wealthy countess, Strauss finds inspiration that leads to the creation of "The Blue Danube."
Heart's Desire · 1935Heart's Desire
★ 9.01935
Movie
Richard Tauber, the great Austrian tenor, features in the story of a singing peasant from a Vienna beer-garden who conquers London, but at a cost...
Movies
The Man Who Knew Too Much · 1934The Man Who Knew Too Much
★ 6.51934
MovieThrillerMystery
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
Love from a Stranger · 1937Love from a Stranger
★ 6.31937
MovieMysteryThriller
Ann Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after winning a lottery. Swept off her feet by charming Basil Rathbone, Harding finds herself married before she is fully able to grasp the situation. Slowly but surely, Rathbone's loving veneer crumbles; when he casually asks Harding to sign a document turning her entire fortune over to him, she deduces that her days are numbered.
Dick Turpin · 1933Dick Turpin
★ 9.01933
MovieDramaAdventure
The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.
No Funny Business · 1933No Funny Business
★ 10.01933
MovieComedy
'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Last Post · 1929The Last Post
★ 9.01929
MovieDrama
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)
Crimson Dynasty · 1935Crimson Dynasty
★ 6.31935
MovieDramaHistory
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.
Waltzes from Vienna · 1934Waltzes from Vienna
★ 5.41934
MovieHistoryRomance
In Vienna, aspiring composer Johann Strauss Jr. clashes with his domineering father, who wants him to abandon music for a steady job in a bakery. Torn between his love for the baker’s daughter, Resi, and the encouragement of a wealthy countess, Strauss finds inspiration that leads to the creation of "The Blue Danube."
Heart's Desire · 1935Heart's Desire
★ 9.01935
Movie
Richard Tauber, the great Austrian tenor, features in the story of a singing peasant from a Vienna beer-garden who conquers London, but at a cost...
Rome Express · 1932Rome Express
★ 6.11932
MovieThriller
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
Shadows on the Stairs · 1941Shadows on the Stairs
★ 5.21941
MovieMysteryThriller
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
The Secret of Stamboul · 1936The Secret of Stamboul
★ 7.51936
MovieDrama
A man travels to Istanbul to try and prevent a revolution.
Open All Night · 1934Open All Night
★ 6.31934
MovieDrama
Anton is an exiled Russian Grand-duke but works in a hotel as a night manager with tragic consequences.
Royal Cavalcade · 1935Royal Cavalcade
★ 8.01935
MovieDramaDocumentary
Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V, this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign, told through the many travels of a penny that was minted in the year of his accession: 1910. Through a series of individual stories, Royal Cavalcade covers a period of striking change in every area of life – from the suffragette movement to the trenches of World War One, the effects of the Depression to single events such as the first ever Royal Command Performance, featuring Anna Pavlova and George Robey.
Love from a Stranger · 1947Love from a Stranger
★ 5.71947
MovieDrama
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.
Jew Süss · 1934Jew Süss
★ 5.71934
MovieDramaHistory
A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of life in the 18th-century Jewish ghetto of Württemberg. Süss works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power with the help of an evil duke.
Red Ensign · 1934Red Ensign
★ 6.01934
MovieDrama
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.
Murder on the Second Floor · 1932Murder on the Second Floor
★ 10.01932
MovieCrimeThriller
A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...