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George Dewhurst (director)
George Dewhurst (1889 in Preston, Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, England - 8 November 1968 in Tooting, London, England) was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play ''A Sister to Assist 'Er (play), A Sister to Assist 'Er''. Partial filmography Screenwriter * ''The Lunatic at Large (1921 film), The Lunatic at Large'' (1921) * ''The Narrow Valley'' (1921) * ''Dollars in Surrey'' (1921) * ''No Lady'' (1931) * ''The Price of Wisdom'' (1935) * ''Adventure Ltd.'' (1935) * ''King of the Castle (1936 film), King of the Castle'' (1936) Director * ''The Live Wire (1917 film), The Live Wire'' (1917) * ''A Great Coup'' (1919) *''The Homemaker'' (1919) * ''The Uninvited Guest (1923 film), The Uninvited Guest'' (1923) * ''The Little Door Into the World'' (1923) * ''What the Butler Saw (1924 film), What the Butler Saw'' (1924) * ''Sweeney Todd (1926 film), Sweeney Todd'' (1926) * ''Irish Destiny'' (1926) * ''The Rising Generation'' (1928) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston, Lancashire
Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston, Lancashire, City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding district obtained City status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Preston had a population of 147,800 at the 2021 census, the City of Preston district 156,411 in 2023 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322. The Preston Travel To Work Area, in 2011, had a population of 420,661, compared with 354,000 in the previous census. The south bank of the Ribble is part of the Preston urban area, although it forms the South Ribble borough that is administratively separate. Preston and its surrounding area have provided evidence of ancient Roman Britain, Roman activity, largely in the form of a Roman road that led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Homemaker
''The Homemaker'' is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Manora Thew, Basil Gill and Gwynne Herbert.Connelly p.363 Cast * Manora Thew as Lysbeth * Basil Gill as Wilbur Benson * Gwynne Herbert as Lady Sturdy * Peggy Patterson as Esther * Jeff Barlow Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871. Selected filmography * ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915) * '' The Man Who Bought London'' (1916) * '' Trouble for Nothing'' (1916) * ''Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917) * '' The Happy Wa ... * Lottie Blackford * Nessie Blackford References Bibliography * Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36''. December Press, 1998. External links * 1919 films 1910s romance films British romance films British silent feature films Films directed by George Dewhurst Films set in England British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films English-language romance films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January * 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 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 – Mayerling incident: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder-suicide) at the Mayerling hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadlock (1943 Film)
''Deadlock'' is a 1943 British crime film directed by Robert Haines and starring John Slater in a dual role as twin brothers. A quota quickie, it was listed on the British Film Institute's BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films; as a result, it was rediscovered. Cast *John Slater as Fred Bamber / Allan Bamber * Cecile Chevreau as Eileen *Molly Hamley-Clifford Molly Hamley-Clifford (born Irene Leila Hamley Clifford; 1 August 1887 – 7 June 1956) was a British stage and film actress. Early life Clifford was born on 1 August 1887 in Exeter the daughter of George W and Eliza Clifford. Selected filmog ... as Martha * Hugh Morton as Arkell * Gordon Edwards as Geoffrey * Mirren Wood as a village girl * Richard Lindsay as the judge * George Dewhurst as Slaks References External linksBFI 75 Most Wanted entry with extensive notes * British crime films British black-and-white films 1943 crime films 1943 films 1940s rediscovered films Rediscovered British films 1940s Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without Honour
''Men Without Honour'' is a 1939 British crime film directed by Widgey R. Newman and starring Ian Fleming, Howard Douglas and Grace Arnold. The film was made at Bushey Studios, as a low-budget B film designed to go on the bottom-half of a double bill.Chibnall p.300 Synopsis A disgraced lawyer ends up working for a gang of share-pushers. He becomes outraged when he discovers that they are scamming his son's prospective father-in-law and eventually unmasks the villains with the help of the police. Cast * Ian Fleming as Frank Hardy * Howard Douglas as Fane * W.T. Hodge as Vigor * Charles Paton as Rev. Fanshawe * Grace Arnold as Mrs. Hardy * Alastair Hunter as John Hardy * Edith Clinton as Enid Fanshawe * Charles Courtney as Field * Tony Melrose as Commissioner * George Dewhurst as Inspector Smith * Rex Alderman as Barclay References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Trouble Trouble
''Never Trouble Trouble'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane and starring Lane, Renee Clama and Jack Hobbs. It was shot at the Cricklewood Studios in London.Wood p.69 Synopsis An artist, despairing of life, arranges to have himself assassinated only to discover that he has inherited a large sum of money. Cast * Lupino Lane as Olvier Crawford * Renee Clama as Pam Tweet * Jack Hobbs as Jimmie Dawson * Wallace Lupino as Mr. Tweet * Iris Ashley as Gloria Baxter * Dennis Hoey as Stranger * Wally Patch as Bill Hainton * Lola Hunt as Mrs. Hainton * Barry Lupino as Tompkins * George Dewhurst as Inspector Stevens * Syd Crossley as Minor role * Merle Oberon Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress. She began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). She ... as Minor role * Tom Shale as Minor role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tinted Venus
''The Tinted Venus'' is a 1921 British silent fantasy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, George Dewhurst and Maud Cressall.Palmer p.92 ''The Tinted Venus'' is based on the 1885 novella by F. Anstey (pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie), in which a statue of Venus becomes human and responds to social mores and repressed sexuality in Victorian England. The novella is also the basis for the 1941 stage musical fantasy, ''One Touch of Venus'', by composer Kurt Weill, with book by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, and lyrics by Nash. A 1948 film, ''One Touch of Venus'', is based on Guthrie's book and the musical. Cast * Alma Taylor as Matilda Collum * George Dewhurst as Leander Tweddle * Maud Cressall as Venus * Eileen Dennes as Bella Parkinson * Hugh Clifton as Jauncey * Gwynne Herbert as Mrs. Collum * Mary Brough Mary Bessie Brough (16 April 1863 – 30 September 1934) was an English actress in theatre, silent films and early talkies, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toilers (1919 Film)
''The Toilers'' is a 1919 British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London. Two of five reels survive. p. 61. Cast * Manora Thew as Rose * George Dewhurst as Jack * Gwynne Herbert as Mother * Ronald Colman as Bob * Eric Barker as Jack (as a child) * John Corrie as Lighthouse Keeper * Mollie Terraine as Merchant's Daughter References External links * ''The Toilers'' (1919)at the British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ... ''The Toilers''at silentera.com 1919 films 1919 lost films 1919 romantic drama films 1910s British films 1910s English-language films British black-and-white films British romantic drama films British silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Wins
''The Woman Wins'' is a 1918 British silent crime film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Violet Hopson, Trevor Bland and Cameron Carr. It was based on a novel by Cecil Bullivant. Cast * Violet Hopson - Brenda Marsh * Trevor Bland - Hugh Fraser * Cameron Carr - Raymond Vascour * George Dewhurst - Hadley Barfield * Arthur Walcott Arthur Walcott (1857–1934) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography *'' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) * '' The White Star'' (1915) * '' A Gamble for Love'' (1917) * ''Drink'' (1917) * '' The Woman Wins'' (1918) * ' ... - John Farley * Henry S. Creagh - Justin Marsh * J. Hastings Batson - Admiral Fraser * Vera Cornish - Mrs. Fane References External links * 1918 films British crime films Films directed by Frank Wilson Films based on British novels British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1918 crime films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rising Generation
''The Rising Generation'' is a lost 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harley Knoles and George Dewhurst and starring Alice Joyce, Jameson Thomas and Robin Irvine. It was based on a play by Laura Leycester. The screenplay concerns a couple who masquerade as servants. Cast * Alice Joyce as Mrs Kent * Jameson Thomas as Major Kent * Robin Irvine as George Breese * William Freshman as Robert Kent * Joan Barry as Peggy Kent * Betty Nuthall as School Friend * Gerald Ames as John Parmoor * Gerald Rawlinson as Augustus * Pamela Deane as Friend * Eric Findon as Friend * Eugenie Prescott as Maid * Clare Greet as Cook * Nervo and Knox Jimmy Nervo (born James Henry Holloway; 2 January 1897 – 5 December 1975) and Teddy Knox (born Albert Edward Cromwell Knox; 12 July 1896 – 1 December 1974) were English comedians who formed a double act and were part of the origin ... as Themselves Preservation status *This film is now lost. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Destiny
''Irish Destiny'' is a 1926 Irish film directed by George Dewhurst and written by Isaac Eppel produced in the Irish Free State period to mark the tenth anniversary of the Easter Rising. A cut version was released in Britain, entitled ''An Irish Mother''. The film was considered lost for many years until in 1991 a single surviving nitrate print was located by the Irish Film Institute in the United States' Library of Congress. The institute's archive had the film transferred to safety stock and restored. The institute then commissioned Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin to write a new score for the film. ''Irish Destiny'' is the first fiction film that deals with the Irish War of Independence, and the first and only film written and produced by Isaac (Jack) Eppel, a Jewish Dublin GP and pharmacist who also enjoyed a career as theater impresario An impresario (from Italian ''impresa'', 'an enterprise or undertaking') is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, Play (theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweeney Todd (1926 Film)
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial ''The String of Pearls'' (1846–1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet Street, Todd murders his customers with a straight razor and gives their corpses to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies. The tale has been retold many times since in various media. Claims that Sweeney Todd was a historical person are disputed strongly by scholars,Full text although possible legendary prototypes exist. Plot synopsis In the original version of the tale, Todd is a barber who kills his victims by pulling a lever as they sit in his barber chair. His victims fall backward through a revolving trap door into the basement of his shop, generally causing them to break their necks or skulls. In case they are alive, Todd goes to the basement and "polishes them off" (slitting their throats with his st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
