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Morris Harvey
Morris Harvey (25 September 187724 August 1944) was a British actor and writer. A renowned character actor, he also wrote for the stage, including material for Broadway theatre, Broadway revues, in which he also appeared. He was the stepfather of film director Anthony Harvey. Filmography References External links * * Revueby Morris Harvey and Fred Thompson oGreat War Theatre 1877 births 1944 deaths Male actors from London British male stage actors British male film actors 20th-century British male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squibs (1935 Film)
''Squibs'' is a 1935 British musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Stanley Holloway. It was produced by Twickenham Film Studios with sets designed by James A. Carter. It was a remake of the 1921 film '' Squibs'' which also starred Balfour. Synopsis In this musical comedy, a Cockney flower girl is in love with a policeman whom she wants to marry. Her father opposes the union because he is involved in a little crooked investing. The young woman wins a lottery and is able to find wealth and marital bliss. Cast * Betty Balfour as Amelia "Squibs" Hopkins * Gordon Harker as Sam Hopkins * Stanley Holloway as Constable Charley Lee * Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Lee * Morris Harvey as Inspector Lee * Michael Shepley as Colin Barratt * Drusilla Wills as Mrs. Parker * O. B. Clarence as Sir John Barratt * Ronald Shiner as Bill * Thomas Weguelin as Alf * Vivienne Chatterton * William Daunt * Aubrey Fitzger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Mother Riley In Business
''Old Mother Riley in Business'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Cyril Chamberlain. It was the sixth in the long-running Old Mother Riley series of films. Old Mother Riley's pub faces competition from a large chain store nearby, causing her to declare war on it. Plot summary Old Mother Riley comes to the rescue of local shopkeepers after a ruthless chain, "Golden Stores" makes its aggressive presence felt. The boisterous Irish washerwoman gives the chain stores boss a push into the river and soon finds herself a wanted woman, donning a nurse's outfit to escape from the hospital in which she is hiding. Cast * Arthur Lucan as Mrs. Riley * Kitty McShane as Kitty Riley * Cyril Chamberlain as John Halliwell * Ernest Butcher * O. B. Clarence * Edgar Driver * Morris Harvey * Roddy Hughes * Ruth Maitland * Edie Martin * Wally Patch * Ernest Sefton * Charles Victor Charles Victor (10 February 1896 – 23 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crook's Tour
''Crook's Tour'' is a 1940 British comedy film, comedy spy film directed by John Baxter (director), John Baxter featuring Charters and Caldicott. It is adapted from a BBC radio serial of the same name. Plot Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) with fellow Britons. After their vehicle breaks down they meet a caravan and a local sheikh invites them to dinner. After a glass of wine the sheikh offers to lend them two camels and tells of his fears that someone is spying on his oilfield. They return to Baghdad where they go to a night club. Here two spies are expected and a Mata Hari type figure (the glamorous La Palermo) delivers a note (hidden on a record) to them in error, because they order exactly what the true spies are meant to order (as a code). When the real spies arrive (two Americans) and make the same order the mistake is realised. Meanwhile our two heroes are flying to Istanbul. Here they are directed to a false hotel. La Palermo is to sing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 Days
''21 Days'' (also known as ''21 Days Together'', ''The First and the Last'' and ''Three Weeks Together'') is a 1940 British drama film based on the short 1919 play ''The First and the Last (play), The First and the Last'' by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and stars Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks. The film was renamed ''21 Days Together'' for the American market. Plot Larry Darrant, the black sheep of his family, returns home to London from an unsuccessful business venture in Kenya and embarks on an affair with a married woman, Wanda. When Wanda's long-absent Russian husband Henry appears, he tries to extort money from the couple and threatens Larry at knifepoint when he refuses to pay. In the ensuing fight, Henry is accidentally killed when he strikes his head. Larry places Henry's body in a quiet brick archway. He then visits his brother Keith, a successful barrister hoping to soon become a judge, for advice. Keith tells Larry to leave the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mysterious Mr
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sky's The Limit (1938 Film)
''The Sky's the Limit'' is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Jack Buchanan and Lee Garmes and starring Buchanan, Mara Losseff and William Kendall. It was made at Pinewood Studios Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England. It is approximately west of central London. The studio has been the base for many productions over the years from large-scale films to t .... Plot summary Jack is an aircraft designer who becomes involved with a Russian soprano, Mary Loseff. She had in real life been the partner of Richard Tauber, who broke off the relationship to marry Diana Napier, turning Loseff into an alcoholic. While William Kendall will be seen as Lord Beckley's underhand who tries to steal the star’s invention. H. F. Maltby is in his element as the irascible Lord Beckley and , strong comedy roles are taken by Athene Seyler, Sara Allgood, Antony , Holies and David Burns. Cast Joe Hurst as RAF Officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lilac Domino (film)
''The Lilac Domino'' is a 1937 British operetta film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Michael Bartlett, June Knight and Fred Emney. It was made at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. It is based on the 1918 version of the operetta '' The Lilac Domino''.Low p.203 Partial cast * Michael Bartlett as Count Anatole de Karefi * June Knight as Shari de Gonda * Fred Emney as Baron Ladislas de Gonda * Paul Blake as Cousin Andor de Gonda * S.Z. Sakall as Sandor * Richard Dolman as Steffen * Cameron Hall as Arnim * Athene Seyler as Mme. Alary * Morris Harvey as Janos * Jane Carr as Leonie * Robert Nainby as Biro * Joan Hickson as Katrina * Fewlass Llewellyn as Chauffeur * Ralph Truman as Doorman * Mark Daly * Norma Varden * Janette Scott as Youth Club Boy Uncredited Samir Sabry as Extra in crowd Uncredited In the creative arts and scientific literature, an acknowledgment (British English also acknowledgement [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Trouble
''Tropical Trouble'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Douglass Montgomery, Betty Ann Davies and Alfred Drayton. It was based on the novel ''Bunga-Bunga'' by Stephen King-Hall. A series of misunderstandings leads to a colonial governor's wife suspecting him of an affair with his assistant. It was shot at Walton Studios.Wood p.88 Plot Cast * Douglass Montgomery as George Masterman * Betty Ann Davies as Mary Masterman * Alfred Drayton as Sir Monagu Thumpeter * Natalie Hall as Louise van der Houten * Sybil Grove as Lady Thumpeter * Victor Stanley as Albert * Gerald Barry as Sir Pomfrey Pogglethwaite * Morris Harvey as Chief of the Bungs * Marie Ault as Nonnie * Vernon Harris Vernon Harris (26 February 1905 – February 1999) was a British screenwriter. He often worked with the film director Lewis Gilbert who said: arrisworked with me in some way on almost every film I did over nearly forty years. In those early day ... as Martindale Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams Come True (film)
''Dreams Come True'' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Frances Day, Nelson Keys and Hugh Wakefield. The film is based on the 1924 operetta ''Clo-Clo'' by Franz Lehár and Bela Jenbach in an English adaptation by Bruce Sievier. It was made at Ealing Studios.Wood p.89 It was one of many operetta films made during the decade. An Austrian version of the story '' The World's in Love'' had been released the previous year. Cast * Frances Day as Ilona Ratkay * Nelson Keys as Anton * Hugh Wakefield as Albert von Waldenau * Marie Lohr as Helen von Waldenau * Frederick Bradshaw as Peter * Morris Harvey as Waldemar * Arthur Finn as Manager * Minnie Rayner Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress. In 1889, while in Cape Colony, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was stage ... as Dresser See also * '' The World's in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown V
A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, particularly in Commonwealth countries, as an abstract name for the monarchy itself (and, by extension, the state of which said monarch is head) as distinct from the individual who inhabits it (that is, ''The Crown''). A specific type of crown (or coronet for lower ranks of peerage) is employed in heraldry under strict rules. Indeed, some monarchies never had a physical crown, just a heraldic representation, as in the constitutional kingdom of Belgium. Variations * Costume headgear imitating a monarch's crown is also called a crown hat. Such costume crowns may be worn by actors portraying a monarch, people at costume parties, or ritual "monarchs" such as the king of a Carnival krewe, or the person who found the trinket in a king cake. * The nup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Soup (1936 Film)
''In the Soup'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Ralph Lynn, Judy Gunn, Morton Selten and Nelson Keys. Synopsis In a farce, a wealthy couple impersonate their servants to mislead a visitor. Cast * Ralph Lynn as Horace * Judy Gunn as Kitty * Morton Selten as Abernethy Ruppershaw * Nelson Keys as Emile Moppert * Bertha Belmore as Madame Moppert * Michael Shepley as Paul Hemming * Olive Melville as Delphine * Morris Harvey as Bates * Margaret Yard as Mrs Bates * Felix Aylmer as Counsel * Mervyn Johns as Meakin * Olive Sloane as Defendant Production The film was made at Twickenham Studios,Wood p.90 based on a play by Ralph Lumley. The film's sets were designed by art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ... James Carter. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
