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Horace Hodges
Horace Hodges (19 December 1863 – 6 July 1951) was a British stage and film actor and writer. Hodges was the author (with Thomas Wigney Percyval) of the play ''Grumpy'' which saw a Broadway production in 1913, a silent film version in 1923, and a sound version in 1930, with a Spanish film version ''Cascarrabias'' in the same year. Selected filmography * ''Escape'' (1930) - Gentleman * ''Other People's Sins'' (1931) - Carfax * ''A Night in Montmartre'' (1931) - Lucien Borell * '' After Dark'' (1933) - Thaddeus Cattermole Brompton * ''Summer Lightning'' (1933) - Lord Emsworth * ''Rolling in Money'' (1934) - Earl of Addleton * ''Summer Lightning'' (1933) - Johnnie Lee * ''Old Faithful'' (1935) - Bill Brunning * '' Birds of a Feather'' (1936) - Lord Cheverton * ''Three Maxims'' (1936) - Mike * ''London Melody'' (1937) - Father Donnelly * '' The Show Goes On'' (1937) - Sam Bishop * '' Follow Your Star'' (1938) - Mr. Wilmot * ''Jamaica Inn The Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Falmouth was founded in 1613 by the Killigrew family on a site near the existing Pendennis Castle. It developed as a port on the Carrick Roads harbour, overshadowing the earlier town of Penryn, Cornwall, Penryn. In the 19th century after the arrival of the railways, tourism became important to its economy. In modern times, both industries maintain a presence in Falmouth and the town is also home to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, a campus of Falmouth University and Falmouth Art Gallery. Etymology The name Falmouth is of English language, English origin, a reference to the town's situation on the mouth (river), mouth of the River Fal. The Cornish language name, or , is of identical meaning. History Early history In 1540, Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII built Pendennis Castle in Falmouth to defend Carrick Roads. The main town of the distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Maxims
''Three Maxims'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Leslie Banks. It was released in the United States under the alternative title '' The Show Goes On''. Separate French and German language versions were filmed 1935 in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Wilcox's regular art director Lawrence P. Williams. Premise A love triangle causes major disruption to the harmony of a trapeze act. Cast * Anna Neagle as Pat * Tullio Carminati as Toni * Leslie Banks as Mac * Arthur Finn as Hiram K. Winston * Olive Blakeney as Mrs Winston * Miki Hood as Valentine * Anthony Ireland as Val * Nicolas Koline as Niki * Gaston Palmer as Juggler * Leonard Snelling as Prodigy * Winifred Oughton as Prodigy's Mother * Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Madame Thomas * Laurence Hanray as Thomas * Tarva Penna as Doctor * Vincent Holman as Cafe Proprietor * Henry Caine as Stage Manager * Horace Hodges as Mike Other film versions * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Film Actors
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity * English studies, the study of English language and literature Media * ''English'' (2013 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''English'' (novel), a Chinese book by Wang Gang ** ''English'' (2018 film), a Chinese adaptation * ''The English'' (TV series), a 2022 Western-genre miniseries * ''English'' (play), a 2022 play by Sanaz Toossi People and fictional characters * English (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach * English Gardner (born 1992), American track and field sprinter * English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer * Aiden English, a ring name of Matthew Rehwoldt (born 1987), American former professional wrestler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 Births
Events January * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's four million slaves and immediately frees 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as the Union Army advances. This event marks the start of America's Reconstruction era, Reconstruction Era. * January 2 – Master Lucius Tar Paint Company (''Teerfarbenfabrik Meister Lucius''), predecessor of Hoechst AG, Hoechst, as a worldwide Chemical, chemical manufacturing brand, founded in a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. * January 4 – Founding date of the New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, in a schism with the Catholic Apostolic Church in Hamburg, Germany. * January 7 – In the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Ticino, the village of Bedretto is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Inn (film)
''Jamaica Inn'' is a 1939 British adventure thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name. It is the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel ''Rebecca'' and short story " The Birds"). It stars Charles Laughton (who also produced the film through his Mayflower Pictures) and Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1820, in the real Jamaica Inn (which still exists) on the edge of Bodmin Moor. Plot The film is set in 1820 (at the start of the reign of King George IV). Jamaica Inn houses the clandestine rural headquarters of a gang of cut-throats and thieves, led by innkeeper Joss Merlyn. They have become wreckers who are responsible for shipwrecks in which they extinguish coastal warning beacons, causing ships to run agro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow Your Star
''Follow Your Star'' is a 1938 British musical film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Arthur Tracy, Belle Chrystall and Mark Daly. It was made at Pinewood Studios.Wood p.94 Cast * Arthur Tracy as Arthur Tee * Belle Chrystall as Mary * Mark Daly as Shorty * Horace Hodges as Mr. Wilmot * Nina Boucicault as Mrs. Tee * James Harcourt as Mr. Tee * Dick Tubb as Freddy * Finlay Currie William Finlay Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television.McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. pp. 175-176; He rec ... as Maxie References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1938 films British musical films British black-and-white films 1938 musical films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Show Goes On (film)
''The Show Goes On'' is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart. Premise ''The Show Goes On'' is a semi-biographical film about Sally Scowcroft (Gracie Fields) who is a mill worker who is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune by an ailing composer (Owen Nares) who needs a singer to perform his work. Cast * Gracie Fields as Sally Scowcroft * Owen Nares as Martin Fraser * John Stuart as Mack McDonald * Horace Hodges as Sam Bishop * Edward Rigby as Mr. Scowcroft, Sally's Father * Amy Veness as Mrs. Scowcroft, Sally's Mother * Arthur Sinclair as Mike O'Hara * Cyril Ritchard as Jimmy * Jack Hobbs as Nicholson * Dennis Arundell as Felix Flack * Billy Merson as Manager * Frederick Leister as O.B. Dalton * Patrick Barr as Designer * Nina Vanna as Maniana * Tom Payne as Professor Augustino * Queenie Leonard as Lilith Henderson * Frank Atkinson as Actor at O'Hara's Agency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Melody
''London Melody'' is a 1937 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Robert Douglas. It was made at British and Dominions Imperial Studios, Elstree and Pinewood Studios by Wilcox's independent production company and distributed by J. Arthur Rank's General Film Distributors. It was also released with the alternative title ''Look Out for Love''. It was the first movie shot at Pinewood. Synopsis and production A musical with a trial. One of several Anna Neagle - Tullio Carminati vehicles of the era, ''London Melody'' was one of five films directed within a year or so by Neagle's future husband, Herbert Wilcox. This time around, Carminatti is cast as Marius Andreani, a cultured Italian diplomat. While in London on business, Marius makes the chance acquaintance of boisterous cockney street entertainer Jacqueline (Neagle). It is love at first sight, but hero and heroine must undergo a dizzying series of roadblocks and mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
