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Alicia Ramsey
Alicia Ramsey (1864–1933) was a British playwright and screenwriter. She was born Alice Joanna Royston. Life Alice Joanna Royston was born in Chelsea, the daughter of William Hayelett Royston, gentleman.Register of Marriages solemnized at St John the Baptist, Kensingtonp. 5at ancestry.co.uk, accessed 20 April 2020 She was educated in Oxford and Paris and trained as a pianist in Leipzig.”Ramsey (1864-1933) née Alice Joanna Royston aka Alice Ramsey Author, Playwright, Screenwriter” at tellersofweirdtales.com, accessed 20 April 2020 In 1891, in Kensington, she married Sanderson Henry Walker, who gave his occupation as Theatrical. Her pen name was taken from her husband’s stage name, Cecil Ramsey. They had a son, Guy Haylett Walker (1900-1959), also known as Guy Ramsey, an author. Sanderson Henry Walker (or Ramsey) died in 1914, and in September 1916, in New York City, Alice, now Alicia Ramsey, married the Jamaican-born writer and actor Rudolph de Cordova, with whom she h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph De Cordova In 1916
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Rob Roy (1922 Film)
''Rob Roy'' is a 1922 British silent historical film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring David Hawthorne, Gladys Jennings and Simeon Stuart. It depicts the life of the early 18th century outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Cast * David Hawthorne as Rob Roy MacGregor * Gladys Jennings as Helen Campbell * Simeon Stuart as Duke of Montrose * Wallace Bosco Wallace Charles Bosco (31 January 1880 in St Pancras, London – 1973 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey) was an English film actor and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a write ... as James Grahame * Alec Hunter as The Dougal Creature * Tom Morris as Sandy the Biter * Eva Llewellyn as Mother MacGregor * Roy Kellino as Ronald MacGregor, the Child Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1922 films 1920s historical drama films British silent feature films British histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Chelsea, London
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British Writers
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1933 Deaths
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – " Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 Births
Events January–March * January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster (" Oh! Susanna", " Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dreamer" is published in March. * January 16 – Denmark rejects an Austrian-Prussian ultimatum to repeal the Danish Constitution, which says that Schleswig-Holstein is part of Denmark. * January 21 – New Zealand Wars: The Tauranga campaign begins. * February – John Wisden publishes ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, The Cricketer's Almanack for the year 1864'' in England; it will go on to become the major annual cricket reference publication. * February 1 – Danish-Prussian War (Second Schleswig War): 57,000 Austrian and Prussian troops cross the Eider River into Denmark. * February 15 – Heineken N.V., Heineken brewery founded in Netherlands. * February 17 – American Civil War: The tiny Confederate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Colombo Night
''One Colombo Night'' is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Godfrey Tearle, Marjorie Hume and Nora Swinburne. The film was based on a story by Austin Phillips. Premise After being ruined in business, a man goes to Australia to make his fortune. Cast * Godfrey Tearle as Jim Farnell * Marjorie Hume as Rosemary Thurman * Nora Swinburne as Jean Caldicott * James Carew as Richard Baker * J. Fisher White as Father Anthony * William Pardue as Pabu * Julie Suedo as Lalla * Dawson Millward as Governor * Annie Esmond Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress. Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ... as Wife References External links * 1926 films Films directed by Henry Edwards 1926 drama films British silent feature films Films based on British novels Films set in Sri Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of The Castle (1926 Film)
''King of the Castle'' is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Marjorie Hume, Brian Aherne and Dawson Millward. It was based on a 1922 novel by Keble Howard, who approved the scenario and wrote some of the intertitles. Many of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Cornwall. Cast * Marjorie Hume as Lady Oxborrow * Brian Aherne as Colin O'Farrell * Dawson Millward as Chris Furlong * Prudence Vanbrugh as Leslie Rain * Moore Marriott as Peter Coffin * Albert E. Raynor as Matlock * E.C. Matthews as Ezekiel Squence References External links * * (HathiTrust HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally ... digital library) 1926 films British silent feature films Films directed by Henry Edwards British films based on plays British black-and-whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Presumption Of Stanley Hay, MP as Honorable Member
''The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP'' is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring David Hawthorne, Betty Faire, Fred Raynham and Kinsey Peile. It is adapted from a novel by Nowell Kaye. Cast * David Hawthorne as Stanley Hay * Betty Faire as Princess Berenice * Fred Raynham as Baron Hertzog * Kinsey Peile as The King * Nelson Ramsey as The Spy * Dora De Winton as Lady Barmouth * Madame d'Esterre as Madame de Vere * Eric Bransby Williams Eric Bransby Williams (18 March 1900 – 22 June 1994) was a British actor. References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Story Of Aliette Brunton
''The Love Story of Aliette Brunton'' is a 1924 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Isobel Elsom, Henry Victor and James Carew. The film was based on the 1922 novel of the same title by Gilbert Frankau. The film was a success on its release. This was the last film Elvey made for Stoll Pictures, leaving them shortly afterwards for independent work and later for Gaumont British.Low p.172 Cast * Isobel Elsom as Aliette Brunton * Henry Victor as Ronald Cavendish * James Carew as Hector Brunton * Humberston Wright as Admiral Brunton * Lewis Gilbert as William * Minna Leslie as Maggie Peterson * Adeline Hayden Coffin Adeline Maria Elisabeth Hayden Coffin (née de Leuw; 20 June 1862 – 31 March 1939) was a German-born British actress. In an advertisement for her professional availability in 1921 she described herself, or was described by her agent, as suita ... as Julia Cavendish References Bibliography * Low, Rachel. ''The History of Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Desert Sheik
''The Desert Sheik'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba.Munden p.180 British star Stewart Rome also appears in a supporting role. The story is inspired by the 1898 novel ''The Tragedy of the Korosko'' by Arthur Conan Doyle. Synopsis An American woman in Egypt falls in love with a major in the British Army. While on a trip through the desert they are attacked by Bedouins, and the woman captured. British troops stage a rescue mission. Cast * Wanda Hawley as Corinne Adams * Nigel Barrie as Major Egerton * Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Ibrahim * Edith Craig as Miss Adams * Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Roden * Stewart Rome as Reverend Roden * Douglas Munro as Mansoor * Percy Standing as Stephen Belmont * Cyril Smith as Lord Howard Cecil * Hamed El Gabrey Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (ِ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Money Habit
''The Money Habit'' is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by Walter Niebuhr and starring Clive Brook, Annette Benson and Nina Vanna.Low p.411 It was based on a novel by Paul M. Potter. The screenplay concerns a man whose mistress helps him con a financier into buying a worthless oil well. Cast * Clive Brook as Noel Jason * Annette Benson as Diana Hastings * Nina Vanna as Cecile d'Arcy * Warwick Ward as Varian * Fred Rains as Marley * Eva Westlake as Duchess * Philip Hewland Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini. Selected filmography * '' The Christian'' (1915) * ''His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916) * '' Ar ... as Mr. Hastings * Muriel Gregory as Typist * Kate Gurney as Mrs. Hastings References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1924 films 1924 crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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