The best William Austin’s movies

William Austin

William Austin

12/06/1884- 15/06/1975
Today we present the best William Austin’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best William Austin’s movies.
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Batman

Batman
6.1/10
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

National Velvet

National Velvet
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 26/01/1945
  • Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/11/1934
  • Character: Englishman at Party (uncredited)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland
6.3/10
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
7.3/10
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII
7/10
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.

The Return of the Vampire

The Return of the Vampire
6.2/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 11/11/1943
  • Character: Detective Gannett
In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.

It

It
7.2/10
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as "it."

The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 12/10/1934
  • Character: Cyril Glossop
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case
6/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 21/02/1936
  • Character: Sneed, Hammle's Butler (Uncredited)
Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwicke-Ralston.

County Hospital

County Hospital
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/06/1932
  • Character: Ollie's Hospital Roommate
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.

Corsair

Corsair
5.6/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 28/11/1931
  • Character: Richard Bentinck
A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

Duck Soup

Duck Soup
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/03/1927
  • Character: Lord Tarbotham
Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/08/1941
  • Character: Spectator
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1937
  • Character: Bob's Butler (uncredited)
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy.

The Goose and the Gander

The Goose and the Gander
6.5/10
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.

The Flirting Widow

The Flirting Widow
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 11/05/1930
  • Character: James Raleigh
An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/09/1937
  • Character: Constable Holly
Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of ice. When the counterfeiters force engraver Bronson to make a new plate, he inscribes a tiny help message on it. Renfrew catches a henchman who has one of the new bills. A magnifying glass lets him read the message and he heads out alone to round up the counterfeiters.

Red Hair

Red Hair
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/03/1928
  • Character: Dr. Eustace Gill
A free-spirited young girl has three middle-aged admirers, each of whom sees her from a completely different perspective. Unknown to her, they also happen to be the guardians of a wealthy young man to whom she is attracted.

$1000 a Minute

$1000 a Minute
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/10/1935
  • Character: Salesman
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Robert Pryor can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours. If you're asking "Why $720,000?", the answer is: because this Republic programmer is titled $1000 a Minute . Anyway, a couple of cops spot Pryor flashing a roll of bills, and deduce that he's the bank robber they're looking for. For the rest of the film, Pryor must race around to spend his money, while remaining two steps ahead of the Law. The supporting actors in $1000 a Minute are delightfully cast to type, from Edgar Kennedy as a detective to Sterling Holloway as a helpful cabbie.

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