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Constance Shotter
Constance Ada Shotter, Lady Taylor (5 October 1911 – 1989) was a British actress who appeared in several films in the 1930s. Shotter was born in London. By 1926 she was a chorus dancer, appearing in ''The Midnight Follies a Dinner, Dancing and Review'' by A. P. Herbert, choreographed by Penelope Spencer Penelope Spencer (30 December 1901–3 October 1993) was an English dancer who is remembered for her modern approach to free-style dancing and choreography. Early life Born in the London district of Battersea, she was the daughter of geologist L .... Like her sister she moved from the chorus line and appeared in a series of British films in the 1930s. Shotter married firstly Adney Gibbons, son of Walter Gibbons, in 1928. They had a son. She married secondly Charles Stuart Taylor, Member of Parliament for Eastbourne on 20 May 1936. They had four children. Selected filmography *'' For the Love of Mike'' (1932) *'' Meet My Sister'' (1933) *'' To Brighton with Gladys'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Brighton With Gladys
''To Brighton with Gladys'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Harry Milton, Constance Shotter and Kate Cutler. It was made at Ealing Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.76 Cast * Harry Milton as Bertie Penge * Constance Shotter as Florrie * Kate Cutler as Aunt Dorothy * Sunday Wilshin as Daphne Fitzgerald * Melville Cooper George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973) was an English actor. His many notable screen roles include the High Sheriff of Nottingham in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood (film), The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938), Mr. Collins i ... as Slingby References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1933 films British comedy films 1933 comedy films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Deaths
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake rect 200 0 400 200 World Wide Web rect 400 0 600 200 Exxon Valdez oil spill rect 0 200 300 400 1989 Tiananm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian people, Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off The Dole
''Off the Dole'' is a 1935 British film starring George Formby. Formby appeared as John Willie, a stage character originally developed by his father, George Formby, Sr.; Beryl Formby, Formby Jnr's wife, also appeared in the film. Plot John Willie has his dole money denied him for moonlighting and not trying to find work. His uncle asks him to take over his detective agency. Cast *George Formby as John Willie *Beryl Formby as Grace, Charm and Ability *Constance Shotter as Irene *Dan Crisp as The Inimitable Dude *James Plant as Crisp and Debonaire *Stan Pell as The Most Inoffensive Parson *Stan Little as Little Jack *Tully Comber as Measured for his Part *Clifford McLaglen as A Villain and Proud of It *Wally Patch as Revels in his Part Background/production ''Off the Dole'' cost £3,000 to make, and earned £80,000 at the box office. As with Formy's previous film, ''Boots! Boots!'' (1934), the film was in a revue format, and also showed Formby in the role of John Willie; Beryl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Cavalcade
''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and Marcel Varnel. The film features Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Owen Nares, Robert Hale, Austin Trevor, James Carew, Edward Chapman and Ronald Shiner as the Soldier in Trenches. The film was presented by Associated British Pictures Corporation. Synopsis The film portrays a dramatised pastiche of great events that occurred during the reign of George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Q .... It was made to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of his succession to the throne. Cast References External links * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borrowed Clothes
''Borrowed Clothes'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Anne Grey, Lester Matthews and Sunday Wilshin. It was made as a quota quickie for release by Columbia Pictures. Chibnall p.271 Cast * Anne Grey as Lady Mary Torrent * Lester Matthews as Sir Harry Torrent * Sunday Wilshin Sunday Wilshin (26 February 190519 March 1991) was a British actress and radio producer; the successor to George Orwell on his resignation in 1943. She was born in London as Mary Aline Wilshin (corroborated by publicly available birth records; o ... as Lottie Forrest * Joe Hayman as Herman Jacob * Renée Macready as Diana Arbuthnot * P.G. Clark as Donald MacDonald * Philip Strange as Clarence Ponsonby * Anthony Holles as Gilbert Pinkley * Elizabeth Inglis as Barbara * Constance Shotter as Babette References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brides To Be
''Brides to Be'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Betty Stockfeld, Constance Shotter and Ronald Ward. The film was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by the British branch of Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes .... Chibnall p.277 Cast * Betty Stockfeld as Audrey Bland * Constance Shotter as Maisie Beringer * Ronald Ward as George Hutton * Olive Sloane as Phyllis Hopper * Henry Oscar as Laurie Randall * Ivor Barnard as John Boyle * Gorgon McLeod as Snell References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet My Sister
''Meet My Sister'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jean Daumery and starring Clifford Mollison, Constance Shotter and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Welwyn Studios as a quota quickie by British International Pictures.Chibnall p.274 Synopsis The screenplay concerns a man who comes to mistakenly believe that his fiancée is his sister. Cast * Clifford Mollison as Lord Victor Wilby * Constance Shotter as Joan Lynton * Enid Stamp-Taylor as Lulu Marsoc * Fred Duprez as Hiram Sowerby * Frances Drake as Helen Sowerby * Jimmy Godden as Pogson * Patrick Barr as Bob Seymour * Helen Ferrers as Honorable Christine Wilby * 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 Butler References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Love Of Mike (1932 Film)
''For the Love of Mike'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Bobby Howes, Constance Shotter and Arthur Riscoe. It was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures.Wood p.74 The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley. Plot A private secretary begins to suspect that his nouveau riche employer is cheating his young female ward out of her inheritance, but inadvertently becomes involved in a plan to rob his master's safe. Cast * Bobby Howes as Booby Seymour * Constance Shotter as Mike * Arthur Riscoe as Conway Paton * Renée Macready as Stella Rees * Jimmy Godden as Henry Miller * Viola Tree as Emma Miller * Wylie Watson as Rev. James * Hal Gordon as PC * Syd Crossley as Sullivan * Monty Banks Montague (Monty) Banks (18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950), born Mario Bianchi, was a 20th century Italian-born American comedian, film actor, director and producer who achieved success in the UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastbourne (UK Parliament Constituency)
Eastbourne is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. It was created as one of nine in Sussex in Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, 1885, since when it has reduced in geographic size reflecting the growth of its main settlement, Eastbourne. The seat was re-won in 2019 by Caroline Ansell, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative who ousted Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd; she earlier did so in 2015. Since the seat's creation it has been won by candidates from either of these two political parties (and their early forebears, the Liberal Party and the Unionist Party). The seat has had four by-elections, lastly in 1990. For 94 years of the 20th Century, the seat was represented by Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MPs. The seat in the 1930s saw three unopposed candidates: in 1932, March 1935 and 1935 United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
