Frederick Bradshaw Movies
- 1950
Miss Laramie Pilgrim (Yolande Donlan) is an American factory girl. Anxious to see what life is like outside her own backyard, Miss Pilgrim trades places with a British lass. After reels and reels of culture-clash comedy, the heroine comes to the rescue of her new friends and neighbors, who are being exploited by a local land developer. On the verge of his American stardom, Michael Rennie plays Miss Pilgrim's English love interest. Miss Pilgrim's Progress was another of those minor British films that were played to death on American TV in the 1950s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yolande Donlan, Michael Rennie, (more)
- 1950
In this comedy, a blue-collar couple attempt to pull off a posh soiree to welcome their daughter and her new husband home. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1948
The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19th century, the film traces the rags-to-riches story of a girl named Theresa (Beryl Baxter). Sleeping her way to the top, she becomes a highly sought-after Parisian courtesan, one worthy of the attentions of the Emperor Napoleon (Kenneth Kent). But Theresa has no time for the Emperor, not with such virile lovers as Hertz (Michael Rennie) around and about. Despite inherent censorship problems, The Idol of Paris was picked up for American distribution by Warner Bros. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sybilla Binder, Campbell Cotts, (more)
- 1937
In this comedy, a photographer is placed in charge of the village coffer. He takes the cash and hides it in an old dresser. The trouble begins when his wife sells the junkie chest to a junk man. A frantic search ensues. Fortunately, during the hunt, the cameraman locates an old charter that saves the village from the encroachment of developers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1936
Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold play dimwitted detectives Smith and Smythe in the British farce Highland Fling. The story gets under way when Smith--or is it Smythe?--suggests that two of them go to Scotland, in search of a valuable will. Once they've arrived in a dank Scottish castle, Smythe--or is it Smith?--begins seeing ghosts. The clue to the missing will rests in a mantle clock....which is also missing. Highland Fling received limited American release through the auspices of 20th Century-Fox. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1936
When a socialist barber inherits a royal title, he adapts his political opinions in this political and social satire. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1936
Playwright Terene Rattigan adapted Ivar and Sheila Campbell's story for The Belles of St. Clements. We start out when schoolgirl Evelyn Foster escapes an arranged marriage. While in mid-escape, Foster accepts a lift from motorist Basil Langton. She soon learns that Langton is himself on the lam, since he's suspected of being a thief. In trying to prove Langton's innocence, Foster is on the receiving end of more excitement than she bargained for. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1935
Dreams Come True for Ilona Ratkay (Frances Day), a popular opera singer who falls in love with gangly farm boy Anton (Nelson Keys). Not so lucky is Anton's father Albert (Hugh Wakefield), who is left all alone when his son runs off to the Big City with Ilona. Things really get sticky when Albert becomes obsessed with the notion that Ilona is actually his own illegitimate daughter! The more censurable aspects of the story are neatly skirted and circumvented with liberal doses of music and comedy. Dreams Come True is a remake of the German operetta Liebesmelodie. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frances Day, Nelson Keys, (more)
- 1935
This 53-minute British "quota quickie" was released in the U.S. by MGM. Frederick Bradshaw plays an eccentric inventor wrongly accused of a crime. He escapes, scurrying away to the inn of the title. Here he locates the thieves responsible for the crime for which he was blamed. The leading lady of Alibi Inn was Molly Lamont, whose subsequent American career consisted of "other woman" roles in films like Leo McCarey's The Awful Truth (1937). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
