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Barnacle Bill (1935 Film)
''Barnacle Bill'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Archie Pitt, Joan Gardner and Gus McNaughton. A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea. Cast * Archie Pitt as Bill Harris * Joan Gardner as Jill Harris * Gus McNaughton as Jack Baron * Jean Adrienne as Mary Bailey * Sybil Jason as Jill as a child * Denis O'Neil as Shorty * O. B. Clarence as Uncle George * Henrietta Watson as Aunt Julia * Minnie Rayner Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress. In 1889, while in South Africa, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was stage ... as Mrs Bailey * Iris Darbyshire as Florrie * Tully Comber as Harry Fordyce References External links * 1935 films Films directed by Harry Hughes British drama films 1935 drama films British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hughes (director)
Harry Hughes was a British screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * '' The Shadow of Evil'' (1921) * '' A Rogue in Love'' (1922) * '' A Daughter in Revolt'' (1928) * ''The Hellcat'' (1928) * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1928) * ''Troublesome Wives'' (1928) * '' His Wife's Mother'' (1932) * '' Facing the Music'' (1933) * ''A Southern Maid'' (1933) * '' Their Night Out'' (1933) * '' Song at Eventide'' (1934) * ''The Broken Rosary'' (1934) * ''Play Up the Band'' (1935) * ''The Improper Duchess'' (1936) * '' Tropical Trouble'' (1936) *'' The Last Chance'' (1937) * ''The Gables Mystery ''The Gables Mystery'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Francis L. Sullivan, Antoinette Cellier and Leslie Perrins. It is an adaptation of the play ''The Man at Six'' by Jack Celestin and Jack DeLeon, previou ...'' (1938) * '' Mountains O'Mourne'' (1938) References External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aveling Ginever
Aveling Ginever was a film writer and director. He established his own film company, Gee Films in 1931. His work includes the Pathé film '' Twenty-Five Years a King'' (1935) and '' Walking on Air'' (1946). He was one of two screenwriters credited for '' Barnacle Bill'' (1935), adapting a story by Archie Pitt. He was one of the writers for ''Play Up the Band''. He was involved in various aspects of ''Knights for a Day''. Ginever directed the first film made by the Religious Film Society working with J. Arthur Rank Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (22 December 1888 – 29 March 1972) was a British industrialist who was head and founder of the Rank Organisation. Family business Rank was born on 22 or 23 December 1888 at Kingston upon Hull in England into ..., ''Mastership of Christ''. He also directed the religious themed film ''Cross Beams''. Ginever was involved in the production of World War II era military films for Gee Films. Ginever is credited as one of the authors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Pitt
Archie Pitt (1882 – 12 November 1940) was a British music hall performer, showman and talent agent. He is best known for his marriage to Gracie Fields whose career he managed.Babington p.57 Selected filmography Actor * ''Danny Boy'' (1934) * '' Barnacle Bill'' (1935) * ''Excuse My Glove'' (1936) Screenwriter * '' Sally in Our Alley'' (1931) * ''Looking on the Bright Side'' (1932) * ''Boys Will Be Boys'' (1932 film) A boy is a young male human. The term is commonly used for a child or an adolescent. When a male human reaches adulthood, he is described as a man. Definition, etymology, and use According to the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'', a boy is "a ... References Bibliography * Babington, Bruce. '' British Stars and Stardom: From Alma Taylor to Sean Connery''. Manchester University Press, 2001. External links * 1882 births 1940 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors British Jews {{British-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Gardner (British Actress)
Joan Gardner (born Joan Gardener, 26 October 1914 – 17 September 1999) was a British actress. Gardner was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. She made her stage debut immediately on leaving school and by age 18 had achieved success there. She was seen by Alexander Korda (her future brother-in-law) who signed her to a five-year film contract at London Film Productions, with '' Wedding Rehearsal'' being her film debut as one of the Roxbury twins. Gardner was married to Zoltán Korda and together they had two sons, David and Nicholas. Filmography * '' Wedding Rehearsal'' (1932) * '' Men of Tomorrow'' (1932) * '' The Man Outside'' (1933) * '' Love at Second Sight'' (1934) * '' The Rise of Catherine the Great'' (1934) * ''The Private Life of Don Juan'' (1934) * ''The Scarlet Pimpernel ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus McNaughton
Gus McNaughton (29 July 1881 – 18 November 1969), also known as Augustus Le Clerq and Augustus Howard, was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire. He is sometimes credited as Gus MacNaughton. He appeared on stage from 1899, as a juvenile comedian with the Fred Karno company, the influential British music hall troupe. In films, McNaughton was often cast as the "fast-talking sidekick", and he appeared in several popular George Formby comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. He also appeared twice for director Alfred Hitchcock in both ''Murder!'' (1930) and '' The 39 Steps'' (1935). Filmography * ''Comets'' (1930) - Himself * ''Murder!'' (1930) - Tom Trewitt (uncredited) * '' Children of Chance'' (1930) - H.K. Zinkwell * '' Lucky Girl'' (1932) - Hudson E. Greener * '' The Last Coupon'' (1932) - Lord Bedlington * '' The Maid of the Mountains'' (1932) - General Malona * '' His Wife's Mother'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent (mimesis) characters. In this broader s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybil Jason
Sybil Jason (born Sybil Jacobson; 23 November 1927 – 23 August 2011) was a South African-born, American child film actress who, in the late 1930s, was presented as a rival to Shirley Temple. Career Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 23 November 1927, Sybil Jason began playing the piano at age two and, a year later, began making public appearances doing impersonations of Maurice Chevalier. She was introduced to the theatre-going public of London by way of her uncle, Harry Jacobson, a then-popular London orchestra leader and also pianist for Gracie Fields. The apex of her career came with a concert performance with Frances Day at London's Palace Theatre. Her theatre work led to appearances on radio and phonograph records as well as a supporting role in the film '' Barnacle Bill'' (1935). Irving Asher, the head of Warner Bros.' London studio, saw Jason's performance in ''Barnacle Bill'' and arranged for her to make a screen test for the studio. The test was a success, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrietta Watson
Henrietta Watson (11 March 187329 September 1964) was a Scottish actress. She was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 11 March 1873, into a theatrical family. Her maternal grandfather was actor J.B. Johnston, whom Edmund Yates considered to be “the most sterling actor on the English stage.” After the death of her father she went onto the stage, as did most of her four brothers and two sisters. Career She first appeared on stage was at the age of seven as the "son" of Lady Isabel Carlyle in ''East Lynne'', a play adapted from the 1861 novel by Ellen Wood of the same name. By the time she turned 16 she was experienced enough to take "second lead" in comedies and modern dramas. As she grew older she given larger parts and was sometimes the understudy of the leading lady. She toured Britain for a year as the ingénue in the comedy farce ''Our Flat''. One of her more emotionally demanding roles was playing Nellie Denver in '' The Silver King''. She was playing the part of Stephanie in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie Rayner
Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress. In 1889, while in South Africa, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was staged at the Globe Theatre in Johannesburg and produced by Mr. Perkins of The Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company. A character actress, she played working class figures, often mothers, in films of the 1930s. Her roles include the matriarch of the working-class Fulham family who takes in an exiled Russian prince (Ivor Novello) as a lodger in the comedy '' I Lived with You'' (1933). The same year she played Gracie Fields's mother in '' This Week of Grace''. A recurring role was that of the landlady Mrs. Hudson in a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations starring Arthur Wontner. Her stage work included the part of Clara in the original production of Noël Coward's ''Hay Fever'' at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 1925. She also appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Films
The following is an overview of 1935 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 22 – '' The Little Colonel'' premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple * February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial '' The Phantom Empire''. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942. * February 27 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Harry Hughes
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Drama Films
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