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Charles Farrell (Irish Actor)
Charles Farrell (6 August 1900 – 27 August 1988) was an Irish stage, film and television actor. Born 6 August 1900 in Dublin, Ireland, Farrell moved to America and appeared in a stock company in Detroit when a child. In 1921 he moved to England and made his first stage appearance at the Coliseum. His first film appearance was in John Bunny and Flora Finch comedies. Unlike his heroic American namesake, he was (later) cast in villainous film roles. This contrasted with his frequent broadcasts of fairy tales on BBC radio's ''Children's Hour''. Selected filmography * '' The Ring'' (1927) - Second (uncredited) * ''Song of Soho'' (1930) - Legionnaire * '' The Man at Six'' (1931) - George Wollmer * '' The Flying Fool'' (1931) - Ponder * '' Creeping Shadows'' (1931) - Chicago Joe * ''Tonight's the Night: Pass It On'' (1931) - Williams * '' Money for Nothing'' (1932) - Digger * '' The Innocents of Chicago'' (1932) - Smiler * ''The House Opposite'' (1932) - Wharton * '' The Sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europe after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man At Six
''The Man at Six'' is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Anne Grey, Lester Matthews and Gerald Rawlinson. It was released in America the following year under the alternative title ''The Gables Mystery''. It was produced by British International Pictures at the company's Elstree Studios near London. It was based on the West End play ''The Man at Six'' by Jack Celestin and Jack DeLeon, later remade as the 1938 film ''The Gables Mystery''. Plot summary A butler is found murdered in an unfurnished mansion house. Cast * Anne Grey as Sybil Vane * Lester Matthews as Campbell Edwards * Gerald Rawlinson as Frank Pine * John Turnbull as Inspector Dawford * Kenneth Kove as Joshua Atkinson * Charles Farrell as George Wollmer * Arthur Stratton as Sergeant Hogan * Herbert Ross as Sir Joseph Pine * Minnie Rayner Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress. In 1889, while in South Africa, she acte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Hearts In Harmony
''Two Hearts in Harmony'' is a 1935 British comedy drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Bernice Claire, George Curzon and Enid Stamp-Taylor. Plot A singer becomes the governess to the son of a widowed aristocrat. Cast * Bernice Claire - Micky * George Curzon - Lord Sheldon * Enid Stamp-Taylor - Sheila * Nora Williams - Lil * Gordon Little - Joe * Guy Middleton - Mario * Paul Hartley - Bobby * Eliot Makeham - Wagstaff * Julian Royce Julian Royce (26 March 1866 – 10 May 1946), born William Leonard Gardener, was a British stage and, later, film actor. Gänzl, Kurt"Ivy: the girl who married Sherlock Holmes" Kurt of Gerolstein, 19 June 2018 Life and career Royce was christened ... - Carstairs * Jack Harris and his Band - Themselves * Sheila Barrett - Dodo * Rex Curtis - Butler * Victor Rietti - Calvazzi * Betty Thumbling - Pam References External links * 1935 films 1935 comedy-drama films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys Will Be Boys (1935 Film)
''Boys Will Be Boys'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine which stars Will Hay, Gordon Harker and Jimmy Hanley. The film is set at Narkover School, where headmaster Doctor Alec Smart (Will Hay) becomes involved in the disappearance of a valuable necklace. The setting is loosely based on the works of Beachcomber, where Narkover is a school specializing in gambling and extortion, and the headmaster is a "Dr. Smart-Allick". Plot Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Boy (film)
''Wild Boy'' is a 1934 British comedy sports film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Sonnie Hale, Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen. It was by Gainsborough Pictures at Lime Grove Studios Lime Grove Studios was a film, and later television, studio complex in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The complex was built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915. It was situated in Lime Grove, a residential street in Shepherd's Bush, a .... The sets were designed by Alfred Junge. Often forgotten, but the role of "Wild Boy" was played by the greyhound Mick the Miller. Premise This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby. Allmovie shows a different synopsis. Cast * Sonnie Hale as Billy Grosvenor * Gwyneth Lloyd as Marjorie Warren * Bud Flanagan as Dick Smith * Chesney Allen as Auctioneer and Bookmaker * Lyn Harding as Frank Redfern * Leonora Corbet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stolen Necklace
''The Stolen Necklace'' is a 1933 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Lester Matthews, Joan Marion and Mickey Brantford. It was made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios.Wood p.76 Cast * Lester Matthews as Clive Wingate * Joan Marion as Diana Hunter * Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ... as Tom Hunter * Wallace Lupino as Sailor * Dennis Wyndham as Sailor * Charles Farrell as Sailor * Victor Fairley as Colonel Hunter * A. Bromley Davenport as Priest References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1933 films 1930s English-language films 1933 crime drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Wagon (film)
''Red Wagon'' is a 1933 British drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Charles Bickford, Anthony Bushell and Greta Nissen. The screenplay involves a circus owner who falls in love with a lion tamer. It was made at Elstree Studios by British International PicturesWood p.79 and adapted from the 1930 novel '' Red Wagon'' by Lady Eleanor Smith Eleanor Smith may refer to: * Eleanor Smith (politician) (born 1957), British Labour Party MP *Lady Eleanor Smith (1902–1945), English writer *Eleanor Smith (activist) (1822–1896), Irish educational activist *Eleanor Smith (suffragist) (1828– .... The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead. Cast References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1933 films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios Films directed by Paul L. Stein 1933 drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Ladies
''Lucky Ladies'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by John Rawlins and starring Sydney Fairbrother, Emily Fitzroy and Tracy Holmes. Plot summary Some sisters inherit a large sum of money. Cast * Sydney Fairbrother as Angle Tuckett * Emily Fitzroy as Cleo Honeycutt * Tracy Holmes as Ted *Janice Adair as Pearl * Syd Crossley Syd Crossley (18 November 1885 – 1 November 1960) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London in 1885, Crossley began his career as a music hall comedian. He appeared in more than 110 films, often cast as a butler, between 1925 an ... as Hector Ramsbottom * Charles Farrell as Bookmaker References External links * 1932 films 1932 comedy films Films directed by John Rawlins British comedy films British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking On The Bright Side
''Looking on The Bright Side'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film It was directed by Graham Cutts and Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Richard Dolman and Julian Rose. Plot summary Gracie (Fields) and Laurie (Dolman) are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress. Cast * Gracie Fields as Gracie * Richard Dolman as Laurie * Julian Rose as Oscar Schultz * Wyn Richmond as Josie Joy * Tony De Lungo as Delmonico * Betty Shale as Hetty Hunt * Viola Compton as Police Sergeant * Bettina Montahners as Bettina * Charles Farrell as Released criminal Home media The film was released on DVD as part of the Gracie Fields collector's edition which, in addition to this film, includes the films '' Sally in Our Alley'' (1931), '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1934), '' Sing As We Go'' (1934), ''Look Up and Laugh'' (1935), '' Queen of Hearts'' (1936) and ''The Show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack's The Boy
''Jack's the Boy'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Francis Lister and Peter Gawthorne. It became well known for its song "The Flies Crawled Up the Window", sung by Hulbert, which was released as a record and proved a major hit. The film was released in the U.S. as ''Night and Day''. Plot Policeman Jack (Jack Hulbert) attempts to track down a gang responsible for a smash and grab raid, thereby proving his worth to his disapproving father (Peter Gawthorne), a Scotland Yard detective. Cast * Jack Hulbert as Jack Brown * Cicely Courtneidge as Mrs Bobday * Winifred Shotter as Ivy * Francis Lister as Jules Martin * Peter Gawthorne as Mr Brown * Ben Field as Mr Bobday * Charles Farrell as Martin * O. B. Clarence as Tompkins * Hal Gordon as Man with scarf at accident * Arthur Rigby as Police Constable Reception The film was voted the fourth best British movie of 1932. ''British Pictures'' wrote, "As e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sign Of Four (1932 Film)
''The Sign of Four'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter and Graham Soutten. The film is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes novel ''The Sign of the Four'' (1890). The film is also known as ''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case''. It is the third film in the 1931–1937 film series starring Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. A young woman needs Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's tormented by an escaped killer. However, when the woman is abducted, Holmes and Watson must infiltrate the city's criminal underworld to track down the young woman. Plot Jonathan Small, a prisoner serving a lengthy sentence on the Andaman Islands cuts a deal with two army officers, Major Sholto and Captain Morstan, in command of the prison. He reveals the location of a stash of loot in exchange for their help in helping him to escape from jail. The proceeds are to be split equally between the three of them. Sholto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Innocents Of Chicago
''The Innocents of Chicago'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Henry Kendall, Binnie Barnes and Margot Grahame. Production The film was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios.Wood p.72 It was based on the play ''The Milky Way''. The film's sets were designed by art director Duncan Sutherland. Cast * Henry Kendall as Percy Lloyd * Betty Norton as Betty Woods * Margot Grahame as Lil * Bernard Nedell as Tony Costello * Binnie Barnes as Peg Guinan * 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, ... as Spike Guinan * Wallace Lupino as Gangster * Charles Farrell as Smiler * Cyril Smith as Gangster * Ernest Sefton as Gangster * Val Guest as Gangster References Bibliography *Low, Rachael. ''Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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