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Benita Hume

Benita Hume

Benita Hume (14 October 1906 – 1 November 1967) was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.

She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet. She starred with Colman in both versions of the situation comedy The Halls of Ivy, an NBC Radio program (1949–1952) and a CBS Television show (1954–1955). She also made occasional guest appearances with her husband on The Jack Benny Show on radio, where the Colmans were portrayed as Benny's long-suffering next-door neighbors. She was also married to actor George Sanders from 1959 to her death in 1967. She died in Egerton, Kent, England from bone cancer at age 61.

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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)

Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner all kinds of problems. ...

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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord. ...

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Rainbow on the River (1936)

A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York. ...

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Tarzan Escapes (1936)

White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her. ...

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Suzy (1936)

A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive. ...

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Moonlight Murder (1936)

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer. ...

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The Garden Murder Case (1936)

Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play. ...

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The Gay Deception (1935)

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems. ...

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The Divine Spark (1935)

Recounting the life and romantic struggles of the celebrated Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini. Set in 19th-century Naples, the story follows the young and ambitious Bellini as he struggles to establish himself in the world of classical music. Bellin ...

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18 Minutes (1935)

A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall submit without question to his will - is applied with unseeing kindness to an orphan girl whom the lion tamer adopts. ...

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Jew Süss (1934)

A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of life in the 18th-century Jewish ghetto of Württemberg. Süss works himself out of the ghetto and into a posit ...

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The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)

What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and ...

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The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933)

Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a local hero after injuring herself while saving a baby's life. While recovering at the home of the headmast ...

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Only Yesterday (1933)

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World ...

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Gambling Ship (1933)

Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new name. On the train, he meets Eleanor and they fall in love. Eleanor is afraid to tell Ace she's a soiled do ...

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Looking Forward (1933)

Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff. ...

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Clear All Wires! (1933)

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with hi ...

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Discord (1933)

Peter, a talented but struggling composer, finds himself in a difficult position when he must rely entirely on the financial support of his wealthier wife, Phil. The narrative explores the tension and "discord" that arises in their marriage due to this fin ...

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The Little Damozel (1933)

A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub. ...

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Lord Camber's Ladies (1932)

In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is married to a shrewish actress and cannot get out of the marriage. The distraught woman then leaves her shop to become a nurse. Trouble ensues when the actr ...

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Sally Bishop (1932)

Sally Bishop, a headstrong young girl falls for a trashy novelist and insidiously enters his household. This prompts her former fiancé to conspire with the author's wife to expose her foolishness. ...

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Men of Steel (1932)

James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly ...

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Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)

One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party. ...

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Help Yourself (1932)

A clever, out-of-work man through a series of misunderstandings and bold maneuvers, manages to pass himself off as a wealthy and influential figure. He uses this false persona to navigate high society and outwit various characters he encounters. The comedy ...

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Women Who Play (1932)

In order to deter his wife from having an affair a man hires an actress as part of an elaborate scheme. ...

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Service for Ladies (1932)

Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. ...

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The Happy Ending (1931)

A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find that his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero. ...

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A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)

An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland. ...

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The Flying Fool (1931)

Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he suspects of smuggling drugs into Britain from France on a regular basis. Floyd has so far struggled to gain ...

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