Betty Stockfeld Movies
- 1935
In this farce, a dancing shoe almost causes the end of a marriage. More complications ensue when a fluff-headed girl attempts to return the missing slipper and ends up getting the hapless husband arrested as a jewel thief. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1934
This British Edgar Wallace derivation was originally released as The Man Who Changed His Name. That ripe old barnstormer Lyn Harding plays Shelby Clive, who has been obliged to shorten his last name so that he won't be confused with a notorious (and never-apprehended) wife murderer. Not long afterward, Clive tries to claim a valuable piece of Canadian property, owned by his wife Nita (Betty Stockfield). When it develops that he can only take possession of the property upon his wife's death, the audience is immediately primed to suspect the worst. Sure enough, several mysterious "accidents" befall poor Nina, leading her to believe that she's actually married to that infamous wife-killer mentioned earlier. But there's more to this than meets the eye, as Clive reveals in the film's final moments. Though the story is rife with melodrama, The Man Who Changed is believably acted throughout, even by the chop-licking Lyn Harding. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lyn Harding, Betty Stockfeld, (more)
- 1934
The Battle is the English-language version of the French La Bataille; both versions starred Charles Boyer in one of his oddest screen roles. Adapted from a novel by Claude Farrere, the film casts Boyer as Marquis Yorisaka, a patriot Japanese nobleman in charge of a vast naval fleet. He strikes up a friendship with British navy officer Fergan (John Loder), in hopes of harvesting new information concerning maritime maneuvers. Yorisaka even goes so far as to push his own wife Marquise (Merle Oberon) into a romantic liaison with Fergan, even though this cruel deed will bring him disgrace as a Japanese gentleman. Even after emerging victorious from a naval battle, Yorisaka grimly realizes he's betrayed his own people through his disgraceful treatment of Marquise, leaving him with no other option but an honorable suicide. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon, (more)
- 1934
Filmed in Great Britain, Brides to Be was distributed worldwide by Paramount. Leading lady Betty Stockfield is a humble shop girl, in love with a rich millionaire who has lots of money. Betty is framed for a robbery by a gang of crooks. This proves awkward not only for Betty but for the crooks, who may have to eliminate the girl before her wealthy beau finances her defense. Basil Mason scripted Brides to Be from his own (presumably less confusing) story Sign Please. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1933
Anne One Hundred was adapted from Sewell Collins' stage play, which in turn was taken from Rescuing Anne, a novel by Edgar Franklin. Betty Stockfield plays Anne, a girl of modest means who suddenly inherits a soap factory. This gives her a leg-up in her battle with a rival over her boyfriend's attentions. The hero balks at being "kept" by a wealthy woman, but golden-hearted Anne wins out by proving that money really means nothing to her. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1933
After 2 aristocrats become engaged, they fall in love with people in a lower class in this romantic comedy. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1933
In this comedy, a popular head porter at the Paris Ritz finds trouble when he falls in love with a wealthy widow who stays there. After saving her family jewels, the porter is given the title of Duke. He also receives an ancestral home in which to live. He and the widow begin planning their future. This does not set well with the little hotel maid who secretly loves the porter. He eventually returns to her when he discovers that the "mansion" is a ramshackle, worthless wreck. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1932
Monsieur Albert (Noel-Noel) is the headwaiter of a fancy Parisian restaurant. Falling in love with the beautiful Sylvia (Betty Stockfield), our hero follows her to a Swiss vacation resort, where she mistakes him to be a member of royalty. With the help of a fun-loving European King (Baron Fils) who owes the waiter a favor, Albert manages to pull off his charade all the way to the alter. Amusingly, the main restaurant set bears a striking resemblance to a real-life Parisian dining establishment known as Albert's. The stellar French leading lady Edwige Feuillere shines in a subordinate role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Betty Stockfeld, Edwige Feuillère, (more)
- 1932
The title lass in this Eclipse production is a goatherd-ess, in love with a strapping mountain youth. During his daily sojourn through the hills, the hero gets mixed up in a skirmish between two hunters. To avoid injury, he collapses to the ground and plays dead then escapes into the mountains. Several weeks pass before he sees his sweetheart again, by which time she has fallen out of love with him. Spotting the girl keeping company with a handsome artist, the mountaineer goes crazy and lunges after his rival with a huge knife. The girl responds with a severe tongue-lashing and flounces off with her new boyfriend, leaving her ex-beau flat. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1932
In this romantic comedy, an impoverished gambler falls in love with a coquette playing hard-to-get. The fellow's luck changes when he is mistaken for a prominent banker. Although, now enjoying the highlife-thanks to the error, he still cannot get the girl. Instead, he decides to run to the Riviera with her pretty maid. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Seymour Hicks, Betty Stockfeld, (more)
- 1932
In this British thriller, a hapless fellow learns that he has chosen to stay in a problematic hotel when he learns that the stockbroker in the adjacent room has died and a woman is being blamed for the death. It is son revealed that the hotel manager, and another are attempting to keep the killing quiet until they can arrange the clues just so. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1932
The French-language title of this Hungarian-made comedy is a bit misleading, unless one understands its irony. The "palaces" referred to are actually hotels, and the "prince of hotels" is hall porter Claude (Jules Berry). Despite his apparently lowly position, Claude genially reigns over the rest of the domestics, and occasionally offers romantic advice to the more confused hotel guests. As far as his own love life is concerned, Claude is "that way" about an American heiress (Betty Stockfield), though she prefers the company of the rakish King of Poldavia (Albert Dranem). Meanwhile, chambermaid Victoire (Simone Simon), harboring a seemingly hopeless love for Claude, takes up with the heiress's ex-beau, golf champion Teddy Smith (Alexander D'Arcy). It takes a heap of plot twists before Claude and Victoire end up in each other's arms at "The End" time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Betty Stockfeld, Simone Simon, (more)
- 1931
Based on the play by Walter Hackett, this film has Neilson-Terry taking Stockfeld out to his house - but the place has been turned into an impromptu casino in his absence. Blackmail against Stockfeld's brother keeps Stockfeld from reporting this indignity. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dennis Neilson-Terry, Malcolm Keen, (more)
- 1931
A novel by British author Eliot Crashaw-Williams was the source for the French melodrama La Nuit a L'Hotel. Jean Perier stars as naïve Colonel who spends an evening in the titular hotel. Though he is loved by a middle-aged lady violinist (Magdelaine Berubet), the Colonel has eyes only for young and reckless Marion Barnes (Marcelle Romee). Convincing himself that Marion is a girl of high principle and virtue, the Colonel is so aghast when he discovers her true libertine nature that he promptly kills himself! La Nuit a L'Hotel was also filmed in a German language version. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marcelle Romee, Betty Stockfeld, (more)
- 1931
Betty Stockford, a British actress who probably played more wronged women than Constance Bennett and Helen Twelvetrees combined, is the leading lady of Captivation. Stranded in Europe, Stockford is befriended by iconoclastic writer Conway Tearle. To save her from disgrace, Tearle introduces Stockford as his wife. She rather likes the idea, and by film's end she makes the set-up legal and permanent. Edgar Middleton adapted his verbose screenplay for Captivation from his own stage play. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Betty Stockfeld, Violet Vanbrugh, (more)
- 1931
Several European countries collaborated to create this drama. The story begins as a young British woman meets and falls in love with her tour guide during a vacation to Naples. Along the way, she hears him singing. Recognizing a good tenor voice when she hears one, she takes him back to England for special vocal training. The tour guide is one handsome heartbreaker and one of his lovers is angered by his desertion. In England he sings at a fancy party. They are so impressed, that he is immediately booked into an opera house the following night. During the party, he finds himself becoming increasingly jealous of his newest girlfriend's flirtatious ways. When he discovers that his operatic debut is being financed by other party goers, the tenor flies into a rage and begins attacking the backers. Naturally they cancel his performance. The tour guide returns to Naples and to his other lover. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jan Kiepura, Walter Janssen, (more)
