David Hawthorne Movies

Though director Carol Reed seldom included Laburnham Grove on his resumé, he allowed that it was quite successful, and a cut above the minor programmers he was usually assigned in the mid-1930s. Based on a novel by J. B. Priestley, the film stars Edmund Gwenn as Mr. Radfern -- solid citizen by day, counterfeiter by night. Saddled with a pack of tedious in-laws, Radfern decides to dispose of them by handing them a roll of "funny money" and inviting them to shop in town to their heart's content. He then skips town, secure in the knowledge that his unwelcome guests will soon be rounded up by the authorities. Edmund Gwenn would later play a more benign (and less skilled) counterfeiter in the 1950 Hollywood production Mister 880. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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

In this comedy, a charming elderly gentleman, a former famous thespian, still finds himself a ladies man. Unfortunately, he is disturbed to discover that his latest conquest is engaged to his son. When the woman's father learns of this he angrily confronts the old actor who then must concoct an elaborate plan to get rid of her without letting her know that he is her betrothed's father. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Two prolific British character actors contributed to the production end of The Woman Between; its script was adapted from Conflict, a play by Miles Malleson, and it was directed by Miles Mander (best to avoid any cracks about "miles and miles"). Adrienne Allen plays Lady Pamela, the daughter of nobleman Earl Bellingdon (C.M. Hallard) -- and the mistress of Conservative parliamentary candidate Tremayne (David Hawthorne), her father's best friend. Tremayne's well-ordered lifestyle is upset when Cambridge classmate Tom Smith (Owen Nares), now down on his luck, hits Tremayne up for a five-pound loan. Using the money to get back on his feet, Smith enters the world of politics as a Labor candidate, and within months he is running against Tremayne in an impending election. Pamela becomes the "Woman Between" of the title when she falls in love with Smith, leading to a political scandal of potentially cataclysmic dimensions. The Woman Between was retitled The Woman Decides in the U.S., to avoid confusion with a like-vintage RKO picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this thriller, a young man finds himself victimized by three ex-cons out for revenge when he moves into the estate he inherited. First they cut his phone lines; then they drain his gas tanks. Next they make bells to begin mysteriously chiming to drive him insane. They do this to get even after he informed upon them and had them sent to prison. One of the cons walks with a limp and this arouses the young man's suspicions. To solve the mysteries of the estate, the man hires a detective. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

No, Bed and Breakfast isn't about a New England motel. It is about a British married couple (Sari Maritza and Richard Cooper) who've just had a rather nasty quarrel. To get even with one another, the husband and wife take up with new lovers. Nothing really untoward happens, though there's plenty of "Third Act" scurrying about at a roadside inn involving various couples, a burglar, and the bobbies. You may recognize leading lady Sari Maritza as Stu Erwin's girlfriend in the 1933 Hollywood musical farce International House. Bed and Breakfast was based on a play by Frederick Whitney. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Yes, Tallulah Bankhead, she of the mighty-low voice and outrageous private life, did appear in silent films. The British His House in Order was lensed in 1928, at a time when Tallu was knocking 'em dead on the London stage. Ms. Bankhead plays a socialite who falls in love with handsome Ian Hunter. Our Heroine is caught in the middle when Hunter's wealthy father, David Hawthorne, raises Holy Ned upon finding that his son is illegitimate. His House in Order was adapted from a play by Arthur Wing Pinero. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

When Rob Roy MacGregor (David Hawthorne) seeks an audience with the Duke of Montrose (Sir Simeon Stuart), the jealous Duke steals his land because of Rob's love for Helen Campbell (Gladys Jennings). Rob becomes an outlaw and is hunted by the Duke's henchmen. He spends 10 years avoiding capture and gathers the clan to take back his title and property. The clan proves victorious over the forces of the dastardly Duke in this historical costume adventure. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Nineteen-year-old British actress Nora Swinburne was already a stage star of seven years' standing when she appeared in the 1921 silent film Autumn of Pride. Swinburne plays a young farm girl who is in danger of losing her house in a foreclosure case. The man holding the mortgage is taciturn country squire Cecil Morton York. To save her from eviction, York's son David Hawthorne buys the farm from his father-but doesn't tell him why until the wedding bells peal. Autumn of Pride was adapted from a novel by E. Newton Bungey. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide