Elsa Lanchester — Actor (36)
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My Dog, the Thief (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
My Dog, the Thief
director: Robert Stevenson actor: Dwayne Hickman / Mary Ann Mobley …
other title: Bernardo, cane ladro e bugiardo / Mon chien, ce voleur …
As ratings for Jack Crandall's lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall's new co-pilot helps send ratings sky-high, but the canine's chronic kleptomania generates girl trouble, jewel thievery, and loads of laughs.
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Les Miserables (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Les Miserables
director: Lewis Milestone actor: Michael Rennie / Debra Paget …
other title: I Miserabili / Die Legion der Verdammten …
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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Me, Natalie (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Me, Natalie
director: Fred Coe actor: Patty Duke / James Farentino …
other title: Uma Garota Avançada / Ich, Natalie
Since she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her mother's encouragement that she will grow up to be pretty, Natalie has never believed it will happen. She runs away to Greenwich Village to find herself and discovers a vibrant bohemian counterculture.
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
director: John Cromwell actor: Tyrone Power / George Sanders …
other title: Il figlio della furia / Abenteuer in der Südsee …
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
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Dreamboat (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Dreamboat
director: Claude Binyon actor: Clifton Webb / Ginger Rogers …
other title: Primo peccato
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.
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Ladies in Retirement (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Ladies in Retirement
director: Charles Vidor actor: Ida Lupino / Louis Hayward …
other title: Tenebre / Das Geheimnis der drei Schwestern …
Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.
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Rembrandt (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rembrandt
director: Alexander Korda actor: Charles Laughton / Gertrude Lawrence …
other title: L'arte e gli amori di Rembrandt
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, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
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The Inspector General (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Inspector General
director: Henry Koster actor: Danny Kaye / Walter Slezak …
other title: L'ispettore generale / Generalinspektøren …
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
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Androcles and the Lion (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Androcles and the Lion
director: Chester Erskine actor: Victor Mature / Jean Simmons …
other title: Androclo e il leone / Androkles und der Löwe …
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
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Frenchie (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Frenchie
director: Louis King actor: Joel McCrea / Shelley Winters …
other title: Yvonne la francesina / Revolverlady …
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
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Alice in Wonderland (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Alice in Wonderland
director: George Schaefer actor: Gillian Barber / Martyn Greene …
A young girl named Alice goes through a looking glass and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.
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3 Ring Circus (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
3 Ring Circus
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Dean Martin / Jerry Lewis …
other title: Il circo a tre piste / Im Zirkus der drei Manegen …
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
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The Bishop's Wife (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Bishop's Wife
director: Henry Koster actor: Cary Grant / Loretta Young …
other title: La moglie del vescovo / O Mensageiro do Céu …
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.