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Winifred Shotter

Winifred Shotter

Acting

Biography

English actress best known for her appearances in the Aldwych farces of the 1920s and early 1930s.

Known For

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9.0

'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)

On Approval

1930
John and Julie
4.9

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

John and Julie

1955
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Mrs Frush complains to Sir Hector Benbow that Thark, the large country house she has bought from him, is haunted. Investigators and occupants spend a tense night searching for the spook.

Thark

1948
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
6.0

Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that, Cravens, the man she is to marry already has a wife. He also learns that Craven cleaned out Lucy's father in a crooked gambling game, and Lucy is paying the price to hold the family home together.

D’Ye Ken John Peel?

1935
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10.0

A framed captain breaks jail and saves his ex-fiancée from blackmail.

The Rocks of Valpre

1935
Jack's the Boy
5.7

With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.

Jack's the Boy

1932
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7.0

Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.

Summer Lightning

1933
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10.0

No description available.

Marry the Girl

1935
A Night Like This
7.0

Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.

A Night Like This

1932
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9.0

The impoverished Lord Cavender woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan, only to find that his secretary Mary, whom he really loves, is a genuine heiress. His Lordship does quickly and truly regret.

His Lordship Regrets

1938
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Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.

The Chance of a Night Time

1931
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9.0

A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.

The Love Contract

1932
Petticoat Fever
6.1

A lonely radio operator in Labrador falls for an engaged woman.

Petticoat Fever

1936
Candles at Nine
5.4

A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he has left his estate to a beautiful young actress whom the other relatives didn't know was related to him. Several attempts on her life are thwarted by a detective, who sets out to discover who's behind the scheme to kill her.

Candles at Nine

1944
Rookery Nook
8.0

A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.

Rookery Nook

1930
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8.0

'Newlywed tries to get back gift garter from honeymoon bride.' (British Film Catalogue)

Night of the Garter

1933
Plunder
8.0

A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.

Plunder

1930
Just My Luck
10.0

No description available.

Just My Luck

1933
Mischief
9.0

When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.

Mischief

1931
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10.0

'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)

Up to the Neck

1933