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Edmund Breon
Edmund Breon (born Iver Edmund de Breon MacLaverty; 12 December 1882 – 24 June 1953) was a Scottish film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1907 and 1952. Life and career Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Breon began in John Hare's touring company and later played on the West End stage and in Glasgow, gaining prominence. According to his grandson, film editor, Breon "started out at the turn of the century doing silent pictures in France. Vampire movies", so it is reasonably certain that MacLaverty is indeed the actor who appeared under the name Edmond Bréon in many Gaumont films 1907–1922 including, most famously, playing the part of Inspector Juve for ''Louis Feuillade'' in the ground-breaking ''Fantômas'' series. He did also appear in a small part in the 1915–1916 Feuillade series ''Les vampires'' although this is not, as his grandson supposes, a horror film. He returned to Britain where he made the film '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantômas (1913 Serial)
''Fantômas'' () is a French Silent film, silent Crime film, crime film serial directed by Louis Feuillade, based on the Fantômas, novel of the same name. The five episodes, initially released throughout 1913–14, were restored under the direction of Jacques Champreaux and re-released in 2006. Series The series consists of five episodes, each an hour to an hour and a half in length, which end in cliffhangers. Episodes one and three end with Fantômas making a last-minute escape, and the end of the second entry has Fantômas blowing up Lady Beltham's manor house with Juve and Fandor, the two heroes, still inside. The subsequent episodes begin with a recap of the story that has gone before. Each film is further divided into three or more chapters that do not end in cliffhangers. # ''Fantômas I: À l'ombre de la guillotine'' ("Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine") (1913) ## "Le Vol du Royal Palace Hotel" ("The Theft at the Royal Palace Hotel") ## "La Disparition de Lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thing From Another World
''The Thing from Another World'', sometimes referred to as just ''The Thing'', is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporation, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, and Douglas Spencer. James Arness plays The Thing. ''The Thing from Another World'' is based on the 1938 novella " Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell (writing under the pseudonym of Don A. Stuart).Warren 1982, pp. 151–163. The film's storyline concerns a United States Air Force crew and scientists who find a crashed flying saucer frozen in the Arctic ice and a humanoid body nearby. Returning to their remote arctic research outpost with the body still in a block of ice, they are forced to defend themselves against the still alive and malevolent plant-based alien when it is accidentally thawed out. Plot In Anchorage, journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Rehearsal
''Wedding Rehearsal'' is a 1932 British romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Roland Young as a bachelor forced to seek a wife. Plot "Reggie", the carefree Marquis of Buckminster, is happy to serve as best man at his friends' weddings, but loathes the idea of getting married himself. However, his grandmother, the Dowager Marchioness of Buckminster, is impatient for him to have children and gives him an ultimatum: find a wife or she will cut off his allowance. She gives him a list of half a dozen or so candidates she has handpicked. At the head of the list are the twin daughters of the Earl of Stokeshire, Lady Mary Rose and Lady Rose Mary. Observing his discomfort with interest is the Marchioness's secretary and companion, Miss Hutchinson ( Merle Oberon in her first credited role). Reggie had been seeing a beautiful married woman, Mrs. Dryden, but faced with poverty, he gives in. He flips a coin to decide between the twins, but finds (to his relief) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Who Play
''Women Who Play'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Mary Newcomb, Benita Hume and George Barraud. It was produced by Walter Morosco and Alexander Korda and has a screenplay by Basil Mason and Gilbert Wakefield. It is based on the 1925 play '' Spring Cleaning'' by Frederick Lonsdale.Kulik, Karol.''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990. Premise In order to deter his wife from having an affair a man hires an actress as part of an elaborate scheme. Cast * Mary Newcomb as Mona * Benita Hume Benita Hume (14 October 1907 – 1 November 1967) was an English theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films from 1925 to 1955. Life and career She was married to film actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; t ... as Margaret Sones * George Barraud as Richard Sones * Joan Barry as Fay * Barry Jones as Ernest Steele * Edmund Breon as Rachie Wells * Gerald Lyle as Bobby * Sylvia L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Like Your Nerve
''I Like Your Nerve'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William C. McGann, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Boris Karloff has a small role. Plot In Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ..., Larry O'Brien sees Diane Forsythe and quickly falls in love. She, however, is engaged to marry the much older Clive Lattimer. Larry discovers that her motive is to save her stepfather, Areal Pacheco, from being shot. Pacheco, the Minister of Finance, has embezzled $200,000 from the national treasury, and an audit is scheduled soon. Lattimer is extremely wealthy and willing to make up the shortfall in exchange for Diane. To keep Larry from disrupting the arrangement, Pacheco has his butler Luigi arrange Diane's kidnapping (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chances (film)
''Chances'' is a 1931 American pre-Code war drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It is based on the 1930 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs. According to Fairbanks, the film was a hit, although in his autobiography he says it was "good, but not good enough." Plot In 1914, brother officers Jack and Tom Ingleside are in London, headed home on furlough. In the dense fog, Jack bumps into a young woman and tries to pick her up. She laughs at him, promises they will meet again, and rides off in a cab. When the brothers arrive at the family home, their mother is having tea with Molly Prescott, a childhood neighbor who has grown to be a lovely young woman—the woman in the fog. Tom tells his mother that he has always loved Molly. Jack, who is known as a ladies' man, is smitten. Mrs. Ingleside is holding a benefit ball for the Red Cross, and Archie, Ruth and Sylvia, friends of the boys, spend the weekend. Sylvia is Jack's old flame. Jack and Molly step away f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Love (film)
''Born to Love'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code melodrama film, directed by Paul L. Stein from an original screenplay by Ernest Pascal. It starred Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea and Paul Cavanagh in a lovers' triangle set in London during World War I. It was only the second film produced by RKO Pathé after the merger of the two studios, and according to RKO records, it made a profit of $90,000. Plot Doris Kendall is an American nurse working in London during World War I. During an air raid, she meets a young American Aviator, Captain Barry Craig, who is enjoying a brief leave from his duties. The two hit it off and fall in love. They plan to marry after the war, but for the moment, they simply enjoy each other's company. After a short while, Craig has to return to the front. It is not long before Doris receives notice that her lover has been shot down behind enemy lines and is presumed dead. Disconsolate, she turns to a long-time friend and admirer, Sir Wilf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uneasy Virtue
''Uneasy Virtue'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Fay Compton, Edmund Breon, Francis Lister, Donald Calthrop, and Garry Marsh. It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios. The film was based on the 1927 West End play '' The Happy Husband'' by Harrison Owen. Synopsis A loyal wife cultivates the impression that she has affairs with a variety of other men. Cast * Fay Compton as Dorothy Rendell * Edmund Breon as Harvey Townsend * Francis Lister as Bill Rendell * Margot Grahame as Stella Tolhurst * Donald Calthrop as Burglar * Garry Marsh as Arthur Tolhurst * Dodo Watts as Sylvia Fullerton * Adele Dixon as Consuelo Pratt * Hubert Harben as Frank K. Pratt * Gerard Lyley as Sosso Stephens * Margaret Yarde as Mrs Robinson * Molly Lamont Molly Lamont (22 May 1910 – 7 July 2001) was a South African-British film actress. Life and career Margorie Edith Lamont was born in Boksburg, Transva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Habit
''The Love Habit'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Seymour Hicks, Margot Grahame and Edmund Breon. It was made at Elstree Studios with production beginning in August 1930.Wood p.69 Produced by British International Pictures, the largest British film company of the time, it was released in January the following year. It was based on a French play ''Pour avoir Adrienne'' by Louis Verneuil. Cast * Seymour Hicks as Justin Abelard * Margot Grahame as Julie Bubois * Edmund Breon as Alphonse Dubois * Ursula Jeans as Rose Pom Pom * Clifford Heatherley as Santorelli * Walter Armitage as Max Quattro * Elsa Lanchester Elsa Sullivan Lanchester (28 October 1902 – 26 December 1986) was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.Obituary '' Variety'', 31 December 1986. Lanchester studied dance as a child and after the First World ... as Mathilde References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Approval (1930 Film)
On Approval may refer to: * ''On Approval'' (play), a 1926 play by Frederick Lonsdale * ''On Approval'' (1930 film), a British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls based on the play * ''On Approval'' (1944 film), a British comedy film directed by Clive Brook based on the play * ''On Approval'' (1964 film), an Australian TV play based on the play {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffles (1930 Film)
''Raffles'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It stars Ronald Colman as the title character, a proper English gentleman who moonlights as a notorious jewel thief, and Kay Francis as his love interest. It is based on the play ''Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1906) by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Wiley Presbrey, which was in turn adapted from the 1899 short story collection of the same name by Hornung. Oscar Lagerstrom was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. The story had been filmed previously as '' Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1917) with John Barrymore as Raffles, and again as '' Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman'' (1925) by Universal Studios. A 1939 Goldwyn produced version, again titled just ''Raffles'', starred David Niven in the title role. Plot Famed cricketer A.J. Raffles by day is the notorious gentleman jewel thief the "Amateur Cracksman" at night. After falling in love with lovely aristocratic Gw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
