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Bert Wynne
Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * ''Little Meg's Children'' (1921) * ''Jessica's First Prayer'' (1921) * '' Handy Andy'' (1921) * ''Belphegor the Mountebank'' (1921) * '' The Call of the East'' (1922) Actor * ''The Heroine of Mons'' (1914) * '' The Christian'' (1915) * ''The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * ''The Shulamite'' (1915) * '' The Game of Liberty'' (1916) * '' When Knights Were Bold'' (1916) * ''The Manxman'' (1917) * ''Justice'' (1917) * ''Tom Jones'' (1917) * '' God and the Man'' (1918) * '' The Top Dog'' (1918) * '' The Wages of Sin'' (1918) * '' Peace, Perfect Peace'' (1918) * '' My Sweetheart'' (1918) * '' Fettered'' (1919) * '' Not Guilty'' (1919) * '' The Polar Star'' (1919) * ''When It Was Dark'' (1919) * ''Splendid Folly ''Splendid Folly'' is a 1919 British silent roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battersea
Battersea is a large district in south London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and extends along the south bank of the River Thames. It includes the Battersea Park. History Battersea is mentioned in the few surviving Anglo-Saxon geographical accounts as ''Badrices īeg'' meaning "Badric's Island" and later "Patrisey". As with many former parishes beside tidal flood plains the lowest land was reclaimed for agriculture by draining marshland and building culverts for streams. Alongside this was the Heathwall tide mill in the north-east with a very long mill pond regularly draining and filling to the south. The settlement appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Patricesy'', a vast manor held by St Peter's Abbey, Westminster. Its ''Domesday'' Assets were: 18 hides and 17 ploughlands of cultivated land; 7 mills worth £42 9s 8d per year, of meadow, woodland worth 50 hogs. It rendered (in total): £75 9s 8d. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice (1917 Film)
''Justice'' is a 1917 British silent crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gerald du Maurier, Hilda Moore, and Lilian Braithwaite. It was based on the 1910 play ''Justice'' by John Galsworthy. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film. Cast * Gerald du Maurier as Falder * Hilda Moore as Ruth Honeywell * Lilian Braithwaite as Falder's Sister * James Carew as Wister * E. Vivian Reynolds as James How * Douglas Munro as Cokeson * Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 - 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Genera ... as Walter How * Margaret Bannerman as Miss Cokeson * Teddy Arundell as Honeywell * Bert Wynne as Davis * Hubert Willis as Brother-in-Law * Frank Dane as Frome * Edward O'Neill as Governor Reception Like many American films o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Deaths
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splendid Folly
''Splendid Folly'' is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Manora Thew, Hayford Hobbs and Evelyn Harding.Low p.456 The film is set in Naples and was shot on location in Italy, and at Catford Studios in London. It is based on a novel by Margaret Pedlar. Plot A playwright's wife leaves him when she mistakenly believes he has taken a mistress. She becomes a renowned opera singer. Cast * Manora Thew as Diana Quentin * Hayford Hobbs as Mr. Errington * Evelyn Harding as Adrienne de Gervais * Charles Vane as Baroni * Bert Wynne Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * ''Little Meg's ... * Peggy Patterson * George Butler * Eileen McGrath * James English References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When It Was Dark (film)
''When It Was Dark'' is a lost 1919 British silent film, silent drama film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Manora Thew, Hayford Hobbs and George Butler (actor), George Butler.Low p.477 It is an adaptation of the 1903 When It Was Dark, novel of the same title by Guy Thorne. Cast * Manora Thew as Gertrude Hunt * Hayford Hobbs as Reverend Basil Gortrie * George Butler (actor), George Butler as Constantin Sharke * Charles Vane (actor), Charles Vane as Professor Llewellyn * Evelyn Harding as Princess Lontaine * Bert Wynne as Harold Spence * Peggy Patterson as Helen Byars * Judd Green as Father Riposi * Arthur Walcott as Governor References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films British silent feature films Films based on British novels Films directed by Arrigo Bocchi British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Polar Star
''The Polar Star'' is a 1919 British silent mystery film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Manora Thew, Hayford Hobbs and Peggy Patterson.Low p.429 The screenplay concerns a London soliciter who is killed in mysterious circumstances in Italy. It was made at Catford Studios and on location in Italy. Cast * Manora Thew * Hayford Hobbs * Peggy Patterson * Bert Wynne * Charles Vane Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the l ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1919 films 1919 crime films 1919 mystery films British silent feature films British mystery films British crime films Films set in London Films set in Italy Films directed by Arrigo Bocchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not Guilty (1919 Film)
''Not Guilty'' is a 1919 British silent comedy crime film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Kenelm Foss, Charles Vane and Hayford Hobbs.Low p.419 The screenplay concerns a barrister who takes on his own case when he has to defend himself in court for tricking a millionaire out of money for a good cause. Cast * Kenelm Foss as Sir Graham Carfax * Charles Vane as Andrew McTaggart * Hayford Hobbs as Donald McTaggart * Olive Atkinson as Minnie Day * Barbara Everest as Hetty Challis * Bert Wynne as Tom Dent * Evelyn Harding as Matron * 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 Dillingham References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1919 films 1910s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fettered (film)
''Fettered'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Manora Thew, Hayford Hobbs and Fred Morgan. The film is based on a novel by Joan Sutherland.Low p.364 Cast * Manora Thew as Sheila Clavering * Hayford Hobbs as Lucien de Guise * Fred Morgan as Rocci * Charles Vane as General Clavering * Evelyn Harding as Lady Clavering * Bert Wynne as Harry Logan * Peggy Patterson as Monica Hewlett * George Butler as Captain Galveston * Ethel Royale Ethel (also '' æthel'') is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name. Etymology and historic usage The word means ''æthel'' "noble". It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, ... as Lady Mortimer References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1919 films 1919 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Arrigo Bocchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Sweetheart
''My Sweetheart'' is a 1918 British silent comedy film directed by Meyrick Milton and starring Concordia Merrel, Randle Ayrton and Bert Wynne. It was based on a play by Minnie Palmer. Cast * Concordia Merrel - Mrs. Fleeter * Randle Ayrton - Joe Shotwell * Bert Wynne - Tony * E.H. Kelly EH, Eh, or eh may refer to: Arts and media * "Eh", a song by Death Grips from the album '' Bottomless Pit'' * ''Eh?'' (play), a 1966 play by dramatist Henry Livings from London * '' English Hymnal'', published in 1906 for the Church of England * ... - Dudley Harcourt * Marguerite Blanche - Tina Hatzell References External links * 1918 films British comedy films British silent feature films Films directed by Meyrick Milton 1918 comedy films British films based on plays Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent comedy films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace, Perfect Peace
''Peace, Perfect Peace'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Hayford Hobbs, Mary Odette and Mary Marsh Allen.Low p.298 The Armistice that ends the First World War allows French and British soldiers to return home. Cast * Hayford Hobbs as Poilu * Mary Odette as Marie Odette * Mary Marsh Allen as Mrs. Atkins * Charles Vane as Pensioner * Bert Wynne Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * ''Little Meg's ... as Tommy Atkins * Evelyn Harding as Mother * Chubby Hobbs as Child References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume III: 1914-1918''. Routledge, 1997. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films British silent short films British drama short films British World War I films Films set in Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wages Of Sin (1918 Film)
''The Wages of Sin'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Kenelm Foss, Mary Odette and Hayford Hobbs. It is based on the 1891 novel of the same name by Lucas Malet.Goble p.1008 Cast * Kenelm Foss as Colthurst * Mary Odette as Mary Crookenden * Mary Marsh Allen as Jenny Parris * Hayford Hobbs as Lance Crookenden * Charles Vane as Cyprian Aldham * Edward O'Neill as Bill Parris * Bert Wynne as Steve Kingdom * Arthur Walcott as Isaacstein * Judd Green as Wilmot * Harry Lofting Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ... as Captain Prust References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films British silent feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
