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Jack Beaver
Jack Beaver (27 March 1900 – 10 September 1963) was a British film score composer and pianist. Beaver was born in Clapham, London. He studied at the Metropolitan Academy of Music, Forest Gate and then at the Royal Academy of Music under Frederick Corder. After graduating he worked for the BBC. In the early 1930s he played with the Michael Doré Trio and wrote some concert pieces, including the three movement Sonatina for piano. He also contributed music and arrangements for various BBC radio drama and music features, including most of the radio adaptions of films in collaboration with producer Douglas Moodie, throughout the 1930s and 1940s.Huntley, John. ''British Film Music'' (1947), p. 194 As (like Charles Williams) a member of the Gaumont–British Pictures composing team from the 1930s he was a prolific composer of film scores - around 40 scores between 1932 and 1947 - though many of his contributions were not credited. He wrote music for Alfred Hitchcock's '' The 39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clapham, London
Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. History Early history The present day Clapham High Street is on the route of a Roman road. The road is recorded on a Roman monumental stone found nearby. According to its inscription, the stone was erected by a man named Vitus Ticinius Ascanius. It is estimated to date from the 1st century. (The stone was discovered during building works at Clapham Common South Side in 1912. It is now placed by the entrance of the former Clapham Library, in the Old Town.) According to the history of the Clapham family, maintained by the College of Heralds, in 965 King Edgar of England gave a grant of land at Clapham to Jonas, son of the Duke of Lorraine, and Jonas was thenceforth known as Jonas "de fClapham". The family remained in possession of the land until Jonas's grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroud
''Baroud'' is a 1932 British-French adventure film directed by Rex Ingram and Alice Terry and starring Felipe Montes, Rosita Garcia, and Pierre Batcheff. Actor Paul Henreid debuted in a small role. The film was released in separate French and English-language versions, the latter sometimes known by the title ''Love in Morocco''.Cook p. 182 It was the final film of Ingram, a leading Hollywood director of the silent era, and the last film appearance by Alice Terry, a leading Hollywood star of the silent era and Ingram's wife. The title is the Berber word for war. Plot It is set in French Morocco. Two soldiers in the Spahis, one a Frenchman and the other the son of a chief allied to the French, are friends, but quarrel when the Frenchman becomes romantically involved with the other's sister. They join forces again to repulse an attack by a hostile tribe. Cast English version * Felipe Montes as Si Alal, Caid de Ilued * Rosita Garcia as Zinah, his daughter * Pierre Batchef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Exposures
''Double Exposures'' (A.K.A. ''Alibi Breaker'') is a 1937 British crime film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring David Langton, Julien Mitchell and Ruby Miller. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie. (David Langton is credited under the name Basil Langton, his birth name being Basil Muir Langton-Dodds. He later changed his acting name to David as there was another actor called Basil Langton.) Plot Reporter Peter Bradfield (David Langton under the name Basil Langton) is fired from his newspaper for failing to deliver an interview with big businessman Hector Rodman (Julien Mitchell). Plucky Bradfield subsequently becomes a photographic equipment salesman, and accidentally takes photos of two men in conversation. Unbeknown to him, these men are the businessmen's lawyer and his secretary, and are plotting to embezzle a fortune in bonds from Rodman, and planning to frame his workshy son George (George Astley) for the crime. Cast * David Langton (under the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wake Up Famous
''Wake Up Famous'' is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by and starring Gene Gerrard. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.93 Cast * Nelson Keys as Alfred Dimbleden * Gene Gerrard as Fink * Bela Mila as Agatha Dimbleden * Josephine Huntley Wright as Daisy * Fred Conyngham as Jack * H. F. Maltby as Sir Weatherby Watts * Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco Alberto G. G. Barnabe (3 April 1905 – 20 June 1998) was an English film and stage actor. He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and in Egypt, Australia and New Zealand. Biography Barnabe was born in St Giles, Londo ... * Leo de Pokorny * Joan White References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1937 films British musical comedy films 1937 musical comedy films Films shot at Shepperton Studios Films scored by Jack Beaver British black-and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball At Savoy (1936 Film)
''Ball at Savoy'' (sometimes known as ''Ball at the Savoy'') is a 1936 British operetta film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Conrad Nagel, Marta Labarr and Fred Conyngham. The film is based on the 1932 operetta '' Ball im Savoy'' by Paul Abraham, which had been turned into an Austrian film in 1935. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.85 A British diplomat falls in love with a famous singer when he meets her in Cannes. Cast * Conrad Nagel as John Egan/Baron Dupont * Marta Labarr as Anita Stella * Lu Ann Meredith as Mary * Fred Conyngham as George * Aubrey Mather as Herbert * Fred Duprez as Not Herbert * Bela Mila as Terese * Dino Galvani as Manager * Monti DeLyle as Stranger * Esther Kiss as Suzanne * Tony De Lungo as Maitre d'Hotel * Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco Alberto G. G. Barnabe (3 April 1905 – 20 June 1998) was an English film and stage actor. He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and in Egypt, Australia and New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Bureau (1936 Film)
''Second Bureau'' is a 1936 British spy romance film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Marta Labarr, Charles Oliver and Arthur Wontner. It was made at Shepperton StudiosWood p.92 and based on a novel ''Second Bureau'' by Charles Robert-Dumas. It was a remake of a 1935 French film of the same name. The film's title refers to the French military intelligence outfit Deuxième Bureau. Synopsis A French spy, Captain Paul Benoit, manages to steal some German secrets. The Germans send Erna Fielder, an agent of their own, after him, but the two spies end up falling in love. Cast * Marta Labarr as Erna Fielder * Charles Oliver as Paul Benoit * Arthur Wontner as Col. Gueraud * Meinhart Maur as Gen. von Raugwitz * Fred Groves as Sgt. Colleret * Joan White as Dorothy Muller * Anthony Eustrel as Lt. von Stranmer * G. H. Mulcaster as Yvanne Brosilow * Leo de Pokorny as Dr. Weygelmann * Fewlass Llewellyn as Director of Schaffingen * Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabotage (1936 Film)
''Sabotage'', released in the United States as ''The Woman Alone'', is a 1936 British espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, and John Loder. It is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel ''The Secret Agent'', about a woman who discovers that her husband, a London shopkeeper, is a terrorist agent. ''Sabotage'' should not be confused with Hitchcock's film ''Secret Agent'', which was also released in 1936, but which instead is loosely based on two stories in the 1927 collection '' Ashenden: Or the British Agent'' by W. Somerset Maugham. It also should not be confused with Hitchcock's film ''Saboteur'' (1942), which includes the iconic fall from the torch of the Statue of Liberty which presaged the Mount Rushmore scene in ''North by Northwest'' (1959). In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for ''Time Out'' magazine ranked the film 44th best British film ever. In 2021, ''The Daily Telegraph' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenging Hand
''The Avenging Hand'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Victor Hanbury and Frank Richardson and starring Noah Beery, Louis Borel and Kathleen Kelly.Wood p.93 It was made at Welwyn Studios as a quota quickie. Duncan Sutherland worked on the film's sets. Premise A Chicago gangster staying in a London hotel tries to solve the murder of one of the other guests. Cast *Noah Beery as Lee Barwell * Louis Borel as Pierre Charrell * Kathleen Kelly as Gwen Taylor * Charles Oliver as Toni Visetti *Reginald Long as Charles Mason *Tarva Penna as Conrad Colter *Penelope Parkes as Elizabeth *Billie De la Volta as Muriel *James Harcourt James Harcourt (20 April 187318 February 1951) was an English character actor. Harcourt was born in Headingley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He started work as a cabinet maker, and drifted into amateur dramatics. He appeared as a stage act ... as Sam Hupp References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Alle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Over Africa
''Wings Over Africa'' is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew. The film is a quota quickie produced for released by RKO.Chibnall p.292 It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. The film score was created by composer Jack Beaver. Plot Explorer Tony Cooper and homesick trader Norton find a skeleton in the African jungle with a package intended to be delivered to Victor Wilkins in London. Cooper takes it there and it proves to be from Wilkins' brother - the skeleton was his - with a map showing where he left £100,000 in diamonds for Victor. Cooper agrees to accompany him to Africa and they hire pilots John Trevor and Carol Reed, who all agree to a cut of the profits. On arrival in Africa, they're challenged by three men - Redfern, Collins and Quincey - who claim to have the mineral rights to all gems found in the area, and by Norton, who al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloved Imposter
''Beloved Imposter'' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Rene Ray, Fred Conyngham and Germaine Aussey. It was made at Welwyn Studios and released as a quota film by RKO Pictures.Chibnall p.287 It was based on the novel ''Dancing Boy'' by Ethel Mannin. Cast * Rene Ray as Mary * Fred Conyngham as George * Germaine Aussey as La Lumiere * Charles Oliver as Pierre * Penelope Parkes as Connie * Edwin Ellis as Herbert * Fred Groves as Jack Harding * Bela Mila as Mona * Tony De Lungo as Govani * Laurence Hanray as Arthur * Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson as Pianist * Gwen Farrar as Singer * Sidney Culver as Horace * Phil Thomas as Hodges * Quentin McPhearson as Mr. Watts * Reginald Long as Mr. Sladen * Dino Galvani as Manager of Cabaret * Scott Harrold as Davis * Billy Wells as Policeman * Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco Alberto G. G. Barnabe (3 April 1905 – 20 June 1998) was an English film and stage actor. He performed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crouching Beast
''The Crouching Beast'' is a 1935 British war thriller film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland.Wood p.85 Based on the novel ''Clubfoot'' by Valentine Williams, the film was distributed by the Hollywood studio RKO Pictures in order to fulfil its British quota. However it was considerably more expensive than many of the quota quickies produced by American companies during the era. Plot In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist. Travelling to Constantinople she manages to make contact with the British network, but the ruthless head of Turkish intelligence is close on her trail. Cast * Fritz Kortner as Ahmed Bey * Wynne Gibson as Gail Dunbar * Richard Bird as Nigel Druce * Andrews Engelmann a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admirals All
''Admirals All'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Wynne Gibson, Gordon Harker, Anthony Bushell and George Curzon. It was based on the 1934 play of the same title by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. Premise A temperamental female film star (Gibson) arrives in China to film her next movie, but becomes inadvertently involved with local bandits. Cast * Wynne Gibson as Gloria Gunn * Gordon Harker as Petty Officer Dingle * Anthony Bushell as Flag Lieutenant Steve Langham * George Curzon as Pang Hi * Joan White as Prudence Stallybrass * Henry Hewitt as Flag Captain Knox * Percy Walsh as Admiral Westerham * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr Stallybrass * Gwyneth Lloyd as Jean Stallybrass * Ben Welden Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows. Early years Welden was born in Toledo, Oh ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
