Laurence Hanray

Laurence Hanray

Laurence Hanray (16 May 1874 – 28 November 1947), sometimes credited as Lawrence Hanray, was a British film and theatre actor born in London, England. He is also credited as the author of several plays and music hall songs. Laurence Hanray was born Lawrence Henry Jacobs in St John's Wood on 16 May 1874, the son of Angelo Jacobs (c. 1851-1910), a glass manufacturer, and Leah (née Nathan; 1850/1851 - 1946). His father changed his name to Angelo Jacobs Hanray, and with it the family name, after becoming bankrupt in 1897, although Laurence had been using the name Hanray professionally from at least 1892, when he appeared as a member of the Hermann Vezin Theatre Company in supporting roles in Hamlet and Macbeth at Her Majesties Theatre, Dundee. Australian newspapers show he was in Australia and New Zealand from around 1901-04, appearing as Carraway Bones the undertaker in the farce Turned Up at the Theatre Royal, Perth, in May 1901, and subsequently at most of the main cities until June 1904. Travel records show him departing Sydney for Auckland in August 1901, and sailing from Sydney for London on 7 October 1904. He then resumed touring in Britain. In the 1911 census, Laurence Hanray (36), actor, is listed as residing at the Woolton Hall Hydropathic Hotel, Much Woolton, Lancashire, England. Hanray married Dorothy Mary Chambers Farnsworth (1884-1918) in the Birkenhead district during the first quarter of 1914. She petitioned for divorce in 1917, but then died suddenly in London on 16 August 1918. Hanray married Lois Grace Heatherley (1892-1966) in Paddington during the same quarter his first wife died. Lois was also an actress and performed with Laurence at the Booth Theatre, Broadway, in 1921. They were also together in The Faithful Heart, she as Ginger and Laurence as Major Lestrade, at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket. Travel records then show the couple arriving in New York in September 1922. He appeared in John Galsworthy's play Loyalties at the Gaeity Theatre on Broadway. They arrived in Liverpool in May 1923. The couple also played together in Escape at the Booth Theatre, Broadway in 1927, she as Miss Grace and he in multiple roles (the Fellow Convict, the Old Gentleman and the Farmer). Laurence and Lois had a daughter, Ursula Susan Edith Hanray, on 16 November 1923. According to travel records, the family visited America from September 1927. Laurence also went on his own to Canada in September 1931, and also during 1939-1940. Ursula became a child actress, playing the title role in the first televised production of Alice Through The Looking Glass in 1937, and the young Queen Victoria in a London theatre in 1940. Hanray worked almost up to his death; The Times reported in early September 1947 that he was to appear in a play at Dunfermline Abbey Theatre. He died at age 73 on 28 November 1947, following an operation at the Middlesex Hospital, London. Lois Grace Hanray died aged 74 on 25 April 1966.

  • Title: Laurence Hanray
  • Popularity: 0.78
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1874-05-15
  • Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Lawrence Hanray, Lawrence Henry Jacobs
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Laurence Hanray Movies

  • 1932
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    Leap Year

    Leap Year

    1 1932 HD

    'Affianced Foreign Office agent searches for mystery woman he loves.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1933
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    His Grace Gives Notice

    His Grace Gives Notice

    1 1933 HD

    'Butler inherits title but keeps it secret to woo employer's daughter.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1933
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    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    6.295 1933 HD

    Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of...

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  • 1942
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    Hatter's Castle

    Hatter's Castle

    5.9 1942 HD

    The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle,...

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  • 1938
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    Many Waters

    Many Waters

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1943
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    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    6 1943 HD

    An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

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  • 1937
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    It's Never Too Late to Mend

    It's Never Too Late to Mend

    5.8 1937 HD

    An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.

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  • 1935
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    Murder at Monte Carlo

    Murder at Monte Carlo

    1 1935 HD

    A professor comes up with a system to win at roulette, and goes to the famous casino at Monte Carlo to try it out. When he turns up murdered and his...

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  • 1937
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    Moonlight Sonata

    Moonlight Sonata

    7 1937 HD

    In this romantic tale Paderewski, the famed pianist, and two other plane crash survivors are guests of a Swedish baroness. Interwoven throughout this...

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  • 1936
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    The Three Maxims

    The Three Maxims

    1 1936 HD

    The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the...

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  • 1944
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    Love Story

    Love Story

    6.4 1944 HD

    After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While...

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  • 1944
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    On Approval

    On Approval

    6.9 1944 HD

    Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away...

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  • 1938
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    Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

    1 1938 HD

    The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

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  • 1933
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    The Man from Toronto

    The Man from Toronto

    4 1933 HD

    According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian...

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  • 1932
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    Wedding Rehearsal

    Wedding Rehearsal

    4.6 1932 HD

    The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .

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  • 1937
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    Action for Slander

    Action for Slander

    1 1937 HD

    A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.

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  • 1937
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    The Girl in the Taxi

    The Girl in the Taxi

    6 1937 HD

    In this British musical, set in Paris, an apparently upstanding husband and father spends his nights fooling around with wild women. His son, wanting...

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  • 1933
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    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    5.8 1933 HD

    Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.

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  • 1937
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    The Last Chance

    The Last Chance

    6 1937 HD

    Alan Burmister leaves Devon on a secret gun-running expedition immediately after his engagement to Mary Perrin is announced; he returns at Christmas...

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  • 1936
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    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    5.685 1936 HD

    An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.

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  • 1947
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    Mine Own Executioner

    Mine Own Executioner

    7 1947 HD

    Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.

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  • 1937
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    Midnight Menace

    Midnight Menace

    6.5 1937 HD

    When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begins to investigate on his own. He finds that a...

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  • 1934
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    The Great Defender

    The Great Defender

    4.8 1934 HD

    Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the...

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  • 1940
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    21 Days Together

    21 Days Together

    6.1 1940 HD

    After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and...

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  • 1934
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    Those Were the Days

    Those Were the Days

    7.5 1934 HD

    A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall...

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  • 1936
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    Someone at the Door

    Someone at the Door

    1 1936 HD

    When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally...

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  • 1933
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    Loyalties

    Loyalties

    6 1933 HD

    A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of...

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  • 1934
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    Chu Chin Chow

    Chu Chin Chow

    4.3 1934 HD

    Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.

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  • 1937
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    Knight Without Armour

    Knight Without Armour

    5.6 1937 HD

    British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he...

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  • 1936
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    Lonely Road

    Lonely Road

    6.2 1936 HD

    Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.

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  • 1934
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    Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

    5.8 1934 HD

    High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of...

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  • 1936
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    Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

    Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

    5.2 1936 HD

    Mozart biopic.

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  • 1935
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    Drake of England

    Drake of England

    7 1935 HD

    Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's...

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  • 1935
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    Brewster's Millions

    Brewster's Millions

    6 1935 HD

    Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon...

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  • 1935
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    Mimi

    Mimi

    5.2 1935 HD

    A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.

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  • 1932
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    Love on Wheels

    Love on Wheels

    1 1932 HD

    A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.

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  • 1934
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    What Happened Then?

    What Happened Then?

    5 1934 HD

    Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when...

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  • 1941
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    Quiet Wedding

    Quiet Wedding

    4.2 1941 HD

    A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

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  • 1941
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    The Ghost of St. Michael's

    The Ghost of St. Michael's

    6.6 1941 HD

    Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary...

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  • 1944
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    Hotel Reserve

    Hotel Reserve

    6.5 1944 HD

    A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.

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  • 1930
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    Beyond the Cities

    Beyond the Cities

    1 1930 HD

    "A wealthy young man, through losing the bulk of his fortune, goes to Canada, where he encounters and loves the daughter of the scoundrel lawyer who...

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  • 1937
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    Dark Journey

    Dark Journey

    6.4 1937 HD

    Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of...

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  • 1937
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    Fire Over England

    Fire Over England

    6 1937 HD

    The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the...

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  • 1936
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    Beloved Impostor

    Beloved Impostor

    1 1936 HD

    A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury

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  • 1935
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    Street Song

    Street Song

    5.5 1935 HD

    Lucy and her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a street singer.

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    Adventure Ltd.

    Adventure Ltd.

    1 1935 HD

    A British adventure film directed by George King

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  • 1932
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    That Night in London

    That Night in London

    1 1932 HD

    A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return...

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  • 1932
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    The Faithful Heart

    The Faithful Heart

    5.5 1932 HD

    Herbert Marshall and Edna Best, husband and wife in 1933, star in the British drama Faithful Hearts. Best plays the daughter of Marshall, who years...

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  • 1931
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    Her Reputation

    Her Reputation

    1 1931 HD

    A woman plans to boost her public profile by getting a divorce. She enlists the help of a male friend to act as co-respondent leading to a series of...

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  • 1933
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    This Week of Grace

    This Week of Grace

    3.5 1933 HD

    Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby...

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  • 1934
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    The Rise of Catherine the Great

    The Rise of Catherine the Great

    5.9 1934 HD

    The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth....

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  • 1945
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    Read All About It

    Read All About It

    4.6 1945 HD

    An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of...

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  • 1937
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    Smash and Grab

    Smash and Grab

    5.8 1937 HD

    John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's...

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  • 1938
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    A Royal Divorce

    A Royal Divorce

    1 1938 HD

    The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.

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  • 1932
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    There Goes the Bride

    There Goes the Bride

    6.4 1932 HD

    A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a...

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  • 1945
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    Waterloo Road

    Waterloo Road

    6 1945 HD

    During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.

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  • 1941
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    Old Mother Riley's Circus

    Old Mother Riley's Circus

    3.8 1941 HD

    Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

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  • 1936
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    Rembrandt

    Rembrandt

    6.6 1936 HD

    A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife,...

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  • 1947
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    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    6.4 1947 HD

    A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

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