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Reginald Denham
Reginald Denham (10 January 1894 – 4 February 1983) was an English writer, theatre and film director, actor and film producer. Biography Reginald H. F. Denham was born in London, England, in 1894. He spent a good part of his career directing Broadway theatre, with a career spanning from the melodrama '' Rope's End'' (1929) by Patrick Hamilton, to the courtroom drama ''Hostile Witness'' (1966). In 1930 he produced the First World War drama ''Suspense'' in the West End. He was married to Irish actress Moyna Macgill (1919–1924), English actress Lilian Oldland, and American actress and writer Mary Orr (from 1947 until his death). While they were married, Denham and Orr were writing partners. His daughter with Macgill, Isolde Denham, married actor Peter Ustinov when they were both 19. He died following a stroke in Englewood, New Jersey. Credits Writer *''Paradies der alten Damen'' (1971) (TV) (criminal play) *'' The Mad Room'' (1969) (earlier screenplay) (play '' La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Englewood Township.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'', Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 77. Accessed February 14, 2012. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 29,308, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,161 (+8.0%) from the 2010 census count of 27,147, which in turn reflected an increase of 944 (+3.6%) from the 26,203 counted in the 2000 census. History Etymology Englewood Township, the city's predecessor, is believed to have been named in 1859 for the Engle family. The community had been called the " English Neighborhood", as the first primarily English-speaking settlement on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River after New Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour''. Hitchcock himself directed only 17 episodes during its run. By the time the show premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. In the 21st century, ''Time'' magazine named ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All Time". The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series, tying it with '' Monty Python's Flying Circus'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. In 2021, '' Rolling Stone'' ranked it 18th on its list of 30 Best Horror TV Shows of All Time. History ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is well known for its title sequence. The camera fades i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Passenger
''The Silent Passenger'' is a British black-and-white mystery film produced in 1935 at Ealing Studios, London. It is based on an original story written by Dorothy L. Sayers specifically for the screen. Her amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, was portrayed as a somewhat eccentric comical aristocrat who solved murders. As of 2014, the film is available on DVD. Plot Maurice Windermere, a blackmailer, is absconding to France with Mollie Ryder, one of his victims. While waiting for the train to take them to the cross Channel ferry, he is murdered by the husband of another one of his victims, railway detective Henry Camberley (Donald Wolfit). Bridge engineer John Ryder (John Loder), Mollie's husband, jealously searching for her, breaks into Windermere's room just after Camberley has killed Windermere and hidden him in a trunk. Ryder assaults Camberley, who he assumes is Windermere, and demands the tickets Windermere purchased for himself and Mollie, intending to surprise his wife by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Days (film)
''Lucky Days'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Chili Bouchier, Whitmore Humphries and Leslie Perrins.It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.86 Plot Cast * Chili Bouchier as Patsy Cartwright * Whitmore Humphries as Paul Cartwright * Leslie Perrins as Jack Hurst * Ann Codrington as Eve Tandring * Derek Gorst as Prosser * Ronald Simpson as Smedley * Eric Cowley as Eric * Alexander Archdale as Alec * Sally Gray as Alice * Patricia Russell Patricia Russell, Countess Russell (1910–2004), was the third wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell and a significant contributor to his book, ''A History of Western Philosophy''. Lady Russell was born Marjorie Helen Spence in 1910. As her pare ... as Nora * Eric Hales * Deering Wells References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crimson Circle (1936 Film)
''The Crimson Circle'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Hugh Wakefield, Alfred Drayton, Noah Beery and June Duprez. It is based on the 1922 novel '' The Crimson Circle'' by Edgar Wallace. It was made by the independent producer Richard Wainwright at Shepperton and Welwyn Studios. Plot Detectives at Scotland Yard try to track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers. Cast * Hugh Wakefield as Derrick Yale * Alfred Drayton as Inspector Parr * Noah Beery as Felix Marl * June Duprez as Sylvia Hammond * Niall MacGinnis as Jack Beardmore * Renee Gadd as Millie MacRoy * Basil Gill as James Beardmore * Paul Blake as Sergeant Webster * Gordon McLeod as Brabazon * Ralph Truman as Lawrence Fuller * Robert Rendel as Commissioner * William Hartnell as drunk at theatre bar (uncredited) Earlier versions There had previously been a British silent version in 1922, followed seven years later by an Anglo-German co-production. The latter, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of The Spaniard
''The House of the Spaniard'' is a 1936 British comedy thriller film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Peter Haddon, Brigitte Horney and Allan Jeayes. It is set in Lancashire and Spain, during the ongoing Spanish Civil War. It was shot at Ealing Studios in west London, England, and on location in Lancashire and Spain. Art direction was by Holmes Paul. It was based on a novel of the same title by Arthur Behrend, which was published in 1935. Synopsis An unemployed and seemingly dull-witted young man named David Grey stays with his friend Johnny Gilchrist in Liverpool while he looks for work. Due to a mistake, he is hired by a Spanish-owned shipping company whose owner "Don" Pedro de Guzman lives in a lonely, mysterious house in the marshes outside Liverpool. Grey's curiosity is aroused by the unexplained death of a man whom he had spoken to on the marshes, close to the house. His investigations lead to his abduction and detention on one of Guzman's steamers, which takes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams Come True (1936 Film)
''Dreams Come True'' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Frances Day, Nelson Keys and Hugh Wakefield. The film is based on the 1924 operetta ''Clo-Clo'' by Franz Lehár and Bela Jenbach in an English adaptation by Bruce Sievier. It was made at Ealing Studios.Wood p.89 It was one of many operetta films made during the decade. An Austrian version of the story ''The World's in Love'' had been released the previous year. Cast * Frances Day as Ilona Ratkay * Nelson Keys as Anton * Hugh Wakefield as Albert von Waldenau * Marie Lohr as Helen von Waldenau * Frederick Bradshaw as Peter * Morris Harvey as Waldemar * Arthur Finn as Manager * Minnie Rayner as Dresser See also * ''The World's in Love'' (1935) References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1936 films British musical films British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Plus Ten (film)
''Kate Plus Ten'' (also known as ''Queen of Crime'') is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Jack Hulbert, Genevieve Tobin and Noel Madison. It was written by Jeffrey Dell and Jack Hulbert adapted from the 1917 Edgar Wallace novel '' Kate Plus Ten''. Plot summary Kate Westhanger, the leader of a gang of criminals, works as secretary to an aristocrat allowing her to pick up vital information. However, the police soon become suspicious of her and Scotland Yard's Inspector Pemberton is sent on her trail. Cast * Jack Hulbert as Inspector Mike Pemberton * Genevieve Tobin as Kate Westhanger * Noel Madison as Gregori * Francis L. Sullivan as Lord Flamborough * Arthur Wontner as Colonel Westhanger * Frank Cellier as Sir Ralph Sapson * Peter Haddon as Boltover * Googie Withers as Lady Moya * Edward Lexy as Sergeant * Felix Aylmer as Bishop * Leo Genn as Doctor Gurdon * James Harcourt as bank manager * Vincent Holman as detective * Oliver Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Fifty-Five
''Flying Fifty-Five'' is a 1939 British sports-drama film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring, John Warwick and Peter Gawthorne. It was made by Admiral Films at Welwyn Studios. The film is based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace which had previously been made into a 1924 silent film '' The Flying Fifty-Five''. Plot After being disinherited by his wealthy father, an amateur jockey, Bill Urquhart goes to work under an assumed name (Bill Hart) at a rural racing stables owned and run by Stella Barrington and her drunken brother, Charles, who is an old friend of Bill's. Confusion arises when Bill is mistakenly reported to have been murdered. Partial cast * Derrick De Marney as Bill Urquhart * Nancy Burne as Stella Barrington * Marius Goring as Charles Barrington * John Warwick as Jebson * Peter Gawthorne as Jonas Urquhart * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Jacques Gregory * Amy Veness as Aunt Eliza * Ronald Shiner as Scrubby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Folly
''Blind Folly'' is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer, and Leslie Perrins. The screenplay concerns a man who inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang. It was made at Walton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.301 Cast * Clifford Mollison as George Bunyard * Lilli Palmer as Valerie * Leslie Perrins as Deverell * William Kendall as Raine * Gus McNaughton as Professor Zozo * Elliott Mason as Aunt Mona * David Horne as Mr Steel * Gertrude Musgrove as Agnes * Roland Culver as Ford * Anthony Holles as Louis * Michael Ripper Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor who appeared in many British horror and science fiction films. Career Ripper began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 195 ... References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Qui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamboul (film)
''Stamboul'' is a 1932 British drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Warwick Ward, Rosita Moreno, Margot Grahame, and Garry Marsh. It was shot at the Elstree Studios outside London. It was released by the British division of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter, Hermann Warm and R. Holmes Paul. The film is based on the novel ''L'homme qui assasina'' (1906) by Claude Farrère and on a play by Pierre Frondaie. Buchowetski also co-directed ''El hombre que asesino'' with Fernando Gomis, the Spanish-language version of the film, also released by Paramount. Premise In the lead-up to the First World War, a French military attaché falls in love with the wife of a prominent German in Stamboul (the central part of Constantinople, now known in entirety as Istanbul) in the Ottoman Empire. Cast * Warwick Ward as Col André de Sevigne * Rosita Moreno as Baroness von Strick * Margot Grahame as Countess Elsa Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calling The Tune
''Calling the Tune'' is a 1936 British musical drama film directed by Reginald Denham and Thorold Dickinson and starring Adele Dixon, Sally Gray and Sam Livesey. The screenplay was by Basil Mason based on the 1913 play of the same title by Irish MP and novelist Justin Huntly McCarthy. Plot Cast * Adele Dixon as Julia Harbord * Sally Gray as Margaret Gordon * Sam Livesey as Bob Gordon * Eliot Makeham as Stephen Harbord * Donald Wolfit as Dick Finlay * Clifford Evans as Peter Mallory * Lewis Casson as John Mallory * Ronald Simpson as Bramwell * H. F. Maltby as Stubbins * Robb Wilton as Jenkins * Reginald Forsyth as himself * Charles Penrose as himself * George Robey as himself * Students of the R.A.D.A. as themselves * Sir Henry Wood as himself * Pat Fitzpatrick as boy * Cedric Hardwicke as himself Production The film was made at Ealing Studios with sets designed by the art director R. Holmes Paul. Reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin The '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
