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Hubert Carter
Hubert Carter (1869–1934) was an English stage and film actor.Goble p.201 Selected filmography * ''Ivanhoe'' (1913) * '' The Wonderful Year'' (1921) * '' The House of Peril'' (1922) * ''A Gipsy Cavalier'' (1922) * ''The Game of Life'' (1922) * '' Blinkeyes'' (1926) * ''London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...'' (1926) * '' The House of Unrest'' (1931) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1869 births 1934 deaths English male film actors English male silent film actors 20th-century English male actors English male stage actors Male actors from Bradford {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Horton
Great Horton is a ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 17,683 at the 2011 Census. Great Horton is west of Bradford and east of the village of Clayton and also includes Scholemore, Paradise Green, Lidget Green and Pickles Hill. Horton Bank Bottom, Horton Bank, and to some extent itself extends into neighbouring wards. Councillors Great Horton electoral ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour Party councillors, Joanne Dodds, Tariq Hussain and Abdul Jabar. indicates seat up for re-election. indicates a by-election. See also * Listed buildings in Bradford (Great Horton Ward) References External links * BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...;Local Elections 2007: BRADFORD Accessed 6 Nov 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blinkeyes
''Blinkeyes'' is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by George Pearson and starring Betty Balfour, Tom Douglas, and Frank Stanmore. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios in London. It was the final collaboration between Pearson and Balfour and was considered a disappointment compared to their earlier work.Low p.163 Plot A young orphan dancer named Blinkeyes resides with her elderly uncle Dick. One evening, after leaving the theater, she is struck by a car driven by Ken Clay, a wealthy young man. Though uninjured, she berates Ken because his appearance reminds her of the man who seduced and abandoned her late mother. Upon returning home, Blinkeyes discovers that Uncle Dick has incurred a debt, and neither her boyfriend, the Basher, nor her friend Flowerpots, can assist in raising the required funds. Feeling desperate, she visits a bar and announces that she is available for marriage to the highest bidder. Surprisingly, Ken Clay wins the bid. Reluctantly, Blinkeyes agrees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Silent Film Actors
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1934 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 Births
Events January * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. * January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. * January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate. February * February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the " Welcome Stranger". * February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. * February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Unrest
''The House of Unrest'' is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon and starring Dorothy Boyd, Malcolm Keen and Tom Helmore. It was made as a quota quickie at Cricklewood Studios.Chibnall p.264 Cast * Dorothy Boyd as Diana * Malcolm Keen as Hearne * Tom Helmore as David * Leslie Perrins as Cleaver * Hubert Carter Hubert Carter (1869–1934) was an English stage and film actor.Goble p.201 Selected filmography * ''Ivanhoe'' (1913) * '' The Wonderful Year'' (1921) * '' The House of Peril'' (1922) * ''A Gipsy Cavalier'' (1922) * ''The Game of Life'' (1922) * ... as Ben * Mary Mayfren as Agnes 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 * 1931 films British mystery films 1931 mystery films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London (1926 Film)
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game Of Life (1922 Film)
''The Game of Life'' is a 1922 British silent historical film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Isobel Elsom, Lillian Hall-Davis and Dorothy Minto.Low p.371 It was made at Isleworth Studios. Cast * Isobel Elsom as Alice Fletcher * Lillian Hall-Davis as Rose Wallingford * Dorothy Minto as Betsy Rudd * Campbell Gullan as Edward Travers * Tom Reynolds as Jim Cobbles * James Lindsay as Reggie Walker * Allan Aynesworth Edward Henry Abbot-Anderson (14 April 1864, Sandhurst, Berkshire – 22 August 1959, Camberley, Surrey), known professionally as Allan Aynesworth, was an English actor and producer. His career spanned more than six decades, from 1887 to 194 ... as John * Hubert Carter as Marcus Benjamin * Wyndham Guise as Abel Fletcher * Frederick Lewis as Richard Wallington * C. Tilson-Chowne as Richard Travers * Mickey Brantford as Nipper * Mrs. Henry Lytton as Queen of Hearts References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the city of York. The south-west of Yorkshire is densely populated, and includes the cities of Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Wakefield. The north and east of the county are more sparsely populated, however the north-east includes the southern part of the Teesside conurbation, and the port city of Kingston upon Hull is located in the south-east. York is located near the centre of the county. Yorkshire has a Yorkshire Coast, coastline to the North Sea to the east. The North York Moors occupy the north-east of the county, and the centre contains the Vale of Mowbray in the north and the Vale of York in the south. The west contains part of the Pennines, which form the Yorkshire Dales in the north-west. The county was historically borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gipsy Cavalier
''A Gipsy Cavalier'' is a 1922 British historical drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Georges Carpentier, Flora le Breton and Rex McDougall. It was one of three films made in Britain during the early 1920s by the British-born American founder of Vitagraph Studios. All involved elaborate sets, costumes and extras and set an example of showmanship to emerging British filmmakers. It was adapted from the novel ''My Lady April'' by John Overton. Cast * Georges Carpentier as Valerius Carew * Flora le Breton as Dorothy Forrest * Rex McDougall as Ralph Carew * Mary Clare as Janet * Hubert Carter as Bartholomew Griggs * William Luff as Beydach * Simeon Stuart as Sir Julian Carew * W.D.C. Knox as Sir George Forrest * Norma Whalley as Lady Forrest * Percy Standing as Stirrett * Tom Coventry as Ballard * Charles Stuart Blackton as Valerius as a Child * Ursula Jeans Ursula Jean McMinn (5 May 1906 – 21 April 1973), better known as Ursula Jeans, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
