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Norma Whalley
Norma Whalley (1882 or 1883 – 9 October 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain. Biography Whalley was born in Sydney in 1882 or 1883, the daughter of doctor Henry Octavius Whalley. During the late 1890s she toured South Africa, meeting Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic soon after the Jameson Raid. In 1901 she was married to J. Sherrie Matthews, an American vaudeville performer, who since mid-1900 had been prevented from working due to ill health, and by 1902 was permanently disabled after a stroke of paralysis. In 1904 she divorced Matthews to marry barrister Percival Clarke (1872–1936), later Sir Percival, son of Sir Edward Clarke. She died at Grosvenor Square on 9 October 1954. Acting career Theatre Whalley was brought to the United States for a production by George Edwardes. She worked in the Chicago and New York for several years from the late 1890s. Whalley appeared in the Broadway production of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Country (film)
''Open Country'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an O ... and starring Dorinea Shirley, David Hawthorne and Bertram Burleigh.Low p.423 The film's sets were designed by the head of Stoll Pictures's art department Walter Murton. Synopsis A wealthy man decides to become a wandering artist. Cast * Dorinea Shirley as Sanchia Percival * David Hawthorne as Neville Ingram * Bertram Burleigh as Jack Senhouse * George Bellamy as Mr. Percival * Norma Whalley as Mrs. Percival * Miles Mander as Honorable William Chevenix * Bryan Powley as Roger Charnock * Rosina Wright References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is The Life (1933 Film)
''This Is the Life'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale and Betty Astell. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios by British Lion.Wood p.79 Plot Cast * Gordon Harker as Albert Tuttle * Binnie Hale as Sarah Tuttle * Betty Astell as Edna Wynne * Ray Milland as Bob Travers * Jack Barty as Bert Scroggins * Charles Heslop as Mr. Diggs * Percy Parsons as Lefty Finn * Ben Welden as Two Gun Mullins * Norma Whalley as Miss Vavasour * Julian Royce as Bronson * Percival Mackey Thomas Percival Montague Mackey (1 June 1894 – 23 November 1950) was a British pianist, composer and bandleader. He is particularly known for his work as a composer and musical director for films during the 1930s and 1940s. Life and career Mac ... and His Orchestra as Themselves References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Sweet (1933 Film)
''Bitter Sweet'' is a British musical romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and released by United Artists in 1933. It was the first film adaptation of Noël Coward's 1929 operetta '' Bitter Sweet''. It starred Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravey, with Ivy St. Helier reviving her stage role as Manon. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios and was part of a boom in operetta films during the 1930s. It tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance. Sarah, now a gray-haired old woman, tells her story to a girl who is on the eve of marrying an obnoxious man when she is really in love with a musician. The operetta was remade in 1940 as a film of the same name with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy; however, it was less faithful to the original story than the less censored 1933 version. Plot summary The movie recounts the romantic and tragic story of Sarah Millick, a young woman from a wealthy and traditional English family. Sarah shocks her family and social circle by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Luck Of The Navy (film)
''The Luck of the Navy '' is a 1927 British silent comedy thriller film directed by Fred Paul and starring Evelyn Laye, Henry Victor and Hayford Hobbs. It was an adaptation of the 1919 play '' The Luck of the Navy'' by Mrs Clifford Mills. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios.Wood p.63 Cast * Evelyn Laye as Cynthia Eden * Henry Victor as Lieutenant Clive Stanton * Hayford Hobbs as Louis Peel * Robert Cunningham as Admiral Maybridge * Norma Whalley as Mrs Peel * H. Agar Lyons as Colonel Dupont * William Freshman as Wing Eden * Basil Griffen as Anna * Zoe Palmer as Dora Green * H. Saxon-Snell as Francois * Douglas Herald as Joe Briggs * Wally Patch Walter Sydney Vinnicombe (26 September 1888 – 27 October 1970), known as Wally Patch, was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre. Biography Vinnicombe was born in Willesden, Middlesex and began working on th ... as Stoker Clark * Burton Craig as Lord Nelson * Joan Langford Reed as Dora - C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virgin Queen (1923 Film)
'' The Virgin Queen'' is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Diana Manners, Carlyle Blackwell and Walter Tennyson. Production background The film is a biopic of the life of the English Queen Elizabeth I and had sequences filmed in Prizmacolor. Cast * Diana Manners - Queen Elizabeth * Carlyle Blackwell - Lord Robert Dudley * Walter Tennyson - Viscount Hereford * Hubert Carrer - Sir William Cecil * A.B. Imeson - Borghese * William Luff - Bishop de Quadra * Lionel d'Aragon - Earl of Northumberland * Norma Whalley - Countess Lennox * Maisie Fisher - Queen Mary * Marian Constance Blackton - Mary Arundel * Violet Virginia Blackton - Lettice Knollys * Ursula Jeans - Bit Part (uncredited) See also *List of early color feature films A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliver Blaze
Sliver may refer to: Entertainment * ''Sliver'' (novel), a 1991 novel by Ira Levin ** ''Sliver'' (film), a 1993 film adaptation of the novel ** ''Sliver'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1993 film * "Sliver" (song), a 1990 song by Nirvana *'' Sliver: The Best of the Box'', a 2005 album containing tracks from the Nirvana rarities collection ''With The Lights Out'' * ''Sliver'' (EP), a 2000 EP by Entwine *Sliver, a slur used by the Mirror Police in ''Infinity Train'' to refer to renegade reflections such as MT (Mirror Tulip) / Lake *Sliver, a fictional species in '' Magic: The Gathering'' Other uses *Sliver building, a tall slender building *Sliver (textiles), a form of fiber prepared for spinning *Splinter, a sliver of wood that penetrates the skin *Sliver polygon, a small unwanted polygon resulting from layer intersection in GIS See also *Motorola SLVR L7, a mobile phone made by Motorola *Silver (other) Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag and atomic number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Experiment (1922 Film)
''The Experiment'' is a 1922 silent British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is considered to be lost. Cast * Evelyn Brent as Doris Fielding * Clive Brook as Vivian Caryll * Templar Powell as Maj. Maurice Brandon * Norma Whalley Norma Whalley (1882 or 1883 – 9 October 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain. Biography Whalley was born in Sydney in 1882 or 1883, the daughter of doctor Henry Octavius Whalley. During the ... as Mrs. Lockyard * Charles Croker-King as Philip Abingdon (as C. H. Croker-King) * Cecil Kerr as Fricker * Laura Walker as The Nurse * Hilda Sims as Vera Abingdon References External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films 1922 lost films British silent feature films British black-and-white films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell Films based on short fiction Lost British drama films 1920s British films Silent Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knight Errant
''The Knight Errant'' is a 1922 British silent romance film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Madge Stuart, Rex McDougall and Olaf Hytten.Goble p.122 Cast * Madge Stuart as Ernestine * Rex McDougall as Cecil Mordaunt Livingston * Olaf Hytten as Hernando Perez * Norma Whalley as Lady Cardwell * Judd Green Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914. Selected filmography * '' The Third String'' (1914) * ... as Mr. Perkiss * Eva Westlake as Mrs. Perkiss References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1922 films 1920s romance films Silent British romance films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by George Ridgwell Films based on works by Ethel M. Dell Films based on short fiction ... [...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] |
The Crimson Circle (1922 Film)
''The Crimson Circle'' is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Clifton Boyne, Fred Groves and Robert English. The film was an adaptation of the 1922 novel '' The Crimson Circle'' by Edgar Wallace. A German-British version of novel, '' The Crimson Circle'' (1929), was filmed in both a silent and Phonofilm sound-on-film Sound-on-film is a class of sound film processes where the sound accompanying a picture is recorded on photographic film, usually, but not always, the same strip of film carrying the picture. Sound-on-film processes can either record an Analog s ... version. Plot Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle. Selected cast * Clifton Boyne as Derrick Yale * Fred Groves as Inspector Parr * Robert English as Felix Marl * Lawford Davidson as Raphael Willings * Rex Davis as Jack Beardmore * Sidney Paxton as Harvey Froyant * Harry J. Worth as Superintendent * Eva Moore as Aunt Prudence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
