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British And Dominions Film Corporation
Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation, a short-lived British film production company located at Imperial Place, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The studios (one of several facilities historically referred to as Elstree Studios) were active from 1929 to 1936, when they were destroyed by fire. The company relocated to Pinewood Studios but ceased production in 1938. History British and Dominions was one of the successors to British National Pictures, which began operations in 1925 and was taken over by British International Pictures in 1927. The British and Dominions Film Corporation was formed in June 1927 by Herbert Wilcox and was registered as a public company on 13 February 1928. As it had no studios of its own, its first films, which were silent, were made at Cricklewood Studios. In 1930, the company, which had been incorporated for the purpose of physically producing sound films, bought three new sound stages from British In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Artists
United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios. After numerous ownership and structural changes and revamps, United Artists was acquired by media conglomerate Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($ billion today). On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers Media and merged them to revive the television production unit of United Artists as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). MGM itself acquired UAMG on December 14, 2015, and folded it into MGM Television, their own television division. MGM briefly revived the United Artists brand as United Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Written Law
''The Written Law'' is a 1931 British drama film directed by Reginald Fogwell and starring Madeleine Carroll, Percy Marmont and Henry Hewitt. It was shot at Elstree Studios.Wood p.73 Synopsis The screenplay concerns a man who is cured of blindness but conceals his recovery from his wife. Cast * Madeleine Carroll Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) was an English actress, popular both in Britain and in America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success in 1938, she was the world's highest-paid actress. Ca ... as Lady Margaret Rochester * Percy Marmont as Sir John Rochester * Henry Hewitt as Harry Carlisle * James Fenton as Doctor Rawlinson * Barbara Barlowe as Celia References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1931 films 1931 drama films Films directed by Regina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sport Of Kings (1931 Film)
''The Sport of Kings'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield and Gordon Harker. It was based on the 1924 play of the same title by Ian Hay. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at British and Dominions Elstree Studios.Wood p.70 The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton. Premise A stern Justice of the Peace takes over a firm of bookmakers. Cast * Leslie Henson as Amos Purdie * Hugh Wakefield as Algernon Sprigg * Gordon Harker as Bates * Jack Melford as Sir Reginald Toothill * Willie Graham as Albert * Dorothy Boyd as Dulcie Primrose * Renee Clama as Jane * Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Purdie * Barbara Gott as Cook * Daphne Scorer as Lizzie * Wally Patch Walter Sydney Vinnicombe (26 September 1888 – 27 October 1970), known as Wally Patch, was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre. Biography Vinnicombe was born in Willesden, Middlesex and began working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contraband Love
''Contraband Love'' is a 1931 British crime film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Janice Adair and Haddon Mason. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios and on location in Cornwall. The film was distributed by the American studio Paramount Pictures as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.261 Cast * C. Aubrey Smith as Paul Machin, JP * Janice Adair as Janice Machin * Haddon Mason as Roger * Rosalinde Fuller as Belle Sterling * Sydney Seaward as Sampson * Charles Paton as Jude Sterling * Marie Ault as Sarah Sterling References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ..., 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, east London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The company was initially based at Islington Studios, which were built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway and later converted to studios. Other films were made at Lime Grove and Pinewood Studios. The former Islington studio was converted to flats in 2004 and a London Borough of Hackney historical plaque is attached to the building. The studio is best remembered for the Gainsborough melodramas it produced in the 1940s. Gainsborough Pictures is now owned by Gregory Motton. History Gainsborough was founded in 1924 by Michael Balcon and, from 1927, was a sister company to the Gaumont British, with Balcon as Director of Production for both studios. Whilst Gaumont-British, based at Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Warm Corner
''A Warm Corner'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher and Austin Melford. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. It was based on a successful play by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. It featured an early screen appearance by Merle Oberon. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.Wood p.70 The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. Cast * Leslie Henson as Mr Corner * Heather Thatcher as Mimi * Austin Melford as Peter Price * Connie Ediss as Mrs Corner * Toni Edgar-Bruce as Lady Bayswater * Alfred Wellesley as Mr Turner * Kim Peacock as Count Toscani * Belle Chrystall as Peggy * George DeWarfaz as Count Pasetti * Harry Crocker Henry Joseph Crocker II (July 2, 1893 – May 23, 1958) was an American journalist and occasional film actor. Life and career Although Crocker was for most of his career a ''Los Angeles Examiner'' newsman, he also appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to audiences for her '' Squibs'' series of films. Life and career Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the ''Daily Mirror'' as the country's favourite world star. Her talent was most evident in the ''Squibs'' comedy series produced by George Pearson, while in his '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1923), rediscovered in 2014, and ''Reveille'' (1924), she demonstrated a serious side to her character. Her role as a wealthy heiress in '' Somebody's Darling'' (1925) was an attempt to break out of her previous role as Squibs, to avoid typecasting. She made her stage debut in 1913, and was appearing in ''Medora'' at the Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square when T. A. Welsh and Pearson saw and signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nipper - Lady Sevenoaks
* Louis Goodrich - Woolf
''The Nipper'' is a 1930 British musical film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Betty Balfour, John Stuart, and Anne Grey. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Brat''. Cast * Betty Balfour - The Nipper * John Stuart - Max Nicholson * Anne Grey - Clarissa Wentworth * Alf Goddard - Alf Green * Gibb McLaughlin - Bill Henshaw * Percy Parsons - Joubert * Helen Haye Helen Haye (born Helen Hay, 28 August 1874 – 1 September 1957) was a British stage and film actress. New York Times. 3 Septem ... References External links * 1930 films British musical comedy films[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Leave (1930 Film)
''French Leave'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Madeleine Carroll, Sydney Howard and Arthur Chesney. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios. It is based on a play by Reginald Berkeley, a "light comedy in three acts", set during the First World War. It was remade in 1937 by Norman Lee. Plot During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy. Cast *Madeleine Carroll as Mlle. Juliette / Dorothy Glenister * Sydney Howard as Cpl. Sykes *Arthur Chesney as General Root *Haddon Mason as Captain Harry Glenister * Henry Kendall as Lt. George Graham *May Agate as Mme. Denaux *George Owen as Pvt. Jenks *George De Warfaz as Jules Marnier Critical reception ''The New York Times'' called it "a moderately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Melody
''London Melody'' is a 1937 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Robert Douglas. It was made at British and Dominions Imperial Studios, Elstree and Pinewood Studios by Wilcox's independent production company and distributed by J. Arthur Rank's General Film Distributors. It was also released with the alternative title ''Look Out for Love''. It was the first movie shot at Pinewood. Synopsis and production A musical with a trial. One of several Anna Neagle - Tullio Carminati vehicles of the era, ''London Melody'' was one of five films directed within a year or so by Neagle's future husband, Herbert Wilcox. This time around, Carminatti is cast as Marius Andreani, a cultured Italian diplomat. While in London on business, Marius makes the chance acquaintance of boisterous cockney street entertainer Jacqueline (Neagle). It is love at first sight, but hero and heroine must undergo a dizzying series of roadblocks and mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iver Heath
Iver is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. In addition to the central clustered village, the parish includes the residential neighbourhoods of Iver Heath and Richings Park and the hamlets of Shreding Green and Thorney. Geography, transport and economy Part of the 43-square-mile Colne Valley regional park, with woods, lakes and land by the Grand Union Canal. Most of the open land is classified as Metropolitan Green Belt. Surrounding the Ivers are neighbouring villages and towns of Fulmer, Denham, Gerrards Cross and Wexham. Also nearby are Colnbrook, Langley, Uxbridge, Cowley, Yiewsley and West Drayton. The Ivers have public transport and motorway links. The M25 motorway passes east of the main village, west of Iver Heath and east of Richings Park, but cannot be accessed directly from the Ivers. Instead, road links are provided to junction 5 of the M4 motorway for Langley, and to junction 1 of the M40 motorway for Denham. The junction of the M4 with the M25 is na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
