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The Lad
''The Lad'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gordon Harker, Betty Stockfeld and Jane Carr. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. Plot Bill Shane is The Lad, an opportunistic petty criminal mistaken for a private detective. When Shane arrives at a remote country estate, he's offered much money not to delve into the private affairs of the Fandon family. Shane is all for taking the money and duping the family, but on being reunited with ex-girlfriend Pauline, now the Fandon's maid, he decides to turn over a new leaf. Cast * Gordon Harker as Bill Shane aka The Lad * Betty Stockfeld as Lady Fandon * Jane Carr as Pauline Grant * Michael Shepley as Arthur Maddeley * Gerald Barry as Lord Fandon * Geraldine Fitzgerald as Joan Fandon * Sebastian Shaw as Jimmy * John Turnbull as Inspector Martin * Ralph Truman as O'Shea * David Hawthorne as Major Grannitt * Wilfrid Caithness as Tanner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Edwards (actor)
Henry Edwards (18 September 1882 – 2 November 1952) was an English actor and film director. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937. Edwards married actress Chrissie White in 1924. She appeared in many of his films as did the couple's daughter, Henryetta Edwards. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and died in Chobham, Surrey. Partial filmography Director * ''A Welsh Singer'' (1915) * '' Doorsteps'' (1916) * ''Grim Justice'' (1916) * '' East Is East'' (1916) * '' Merely Mrs. Stubbs'' (1917) * ''If Thou Wert Blind'' (1917) * ''Broken Threads'' (1917) * '' The Failure'' (1917) * '' What's the Use of Grumbling'' (1918) * '' Towards the Light'' (1918) * ''The Poet's Windfall'' (1918) * '' The Hanging Judge'' (1918) * '' The City of Beautiful Nonsense'' (1919) * ''Possession'' (1919) * ''His Dearest Possession'' (1919) * ''The Kinsman'' (1919) * '' The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss'' (1920) * ''John F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Turnbull (actor)
John Turnbull (5 November 1880 – 23 February 1956) was a British stage and film actor. He was married to Eve Marchew and Beatrice Alice Scott (actress). Selected filmography * ''The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss'' (1920) - Willie Mott * '' Tons of Money'' (1930) - Sprules * '' Rodney Steps In'' (1931, Short) - Inspector * '' 77 Park Lane'' (1931) - Superintendent * '' The Man at Six'' (1931) - Inspector Dawford * '' Keepers of Youth'' (1931) - Gordon Duff * '' Detective Lloyd'' (1932, Serial) - Barclay - Scotland Yard Superindendant * '' Murder on the Second Floor'' (1932) - Inspector * '' The Wickham Mystery'' (1932) - Howard Clayton * '' A Voice Said Goodnight'' (1932, Short) - Inspector Lavory * '' The Midshipmaid'' (1932) - Officer * '' The Iron Stair'' (1933) - Major Gordon * ''The Shadow'' (1933) - Det. Inspector Carr * ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933) - Hans Holbein (uncredited) * '' Too Many Wives'' (1933) - (uncredited) * '' The Umbrella'' (1933) - Govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Comedy Films
Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Saar (League of Nations), Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly (game), Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Black-and-white Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Henry Edwards
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Comedy Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Crime Comedy Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Films
The following is an overview of 1935 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 22 – '' The Little Colonel'' premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple * February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial '' The Phantom Empire''. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942. * February 27 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Times
''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company (from 1 January 1927, the British Broadcasting Corporation), it was the world's first broadcast listings magazine. It was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 8 January 1937 until 16 August 2011, when the division was merged into Immediate Media Company. On 12 January 2017, Immediate Media was bought by the German media group Hubert Burda. The magazine is published on Tuesdays and carries listings for the week from Saturday to Friday. Originally, listings ran from Sunday to Saturday: the changeover meant 8 October 1960 was listed twice, in successive issues. Since Christmas 1969, a 14-day double-sized issue has been published each December containing sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Everest
Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film ''The Man Without a Soul''. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 historical play ''Viceroy Sarah'' by Norman Ginsbury. Her most famous rôle was as Elizabeth the rather deaf servant in Gaslight (1944). Selected filmography * '' The Hypocrites'' (1916) – Helen Plugenet * ''The Man without a Soul'' (1916) – Elaine Ferrier * '' Whosoever Shall Offend'' (1919) – Maddalena * '' Not Guilty'' (1919) – Hetty Challis * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) – Alice * ''Calvary'' (1920) – Rachel Penryn * ''The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol'' (1920) – Anne * '' Testimony'' (1920) – Lucinda * '' The Bigamist'' (1921) – Blanche Maitland * ''A Romance of Old Baghdad'' (1922) – Mrs. Jocelyn * ''The Persistent Lovers'' (1922) – Joyce * '' Fox Farm'' (1922) – Kate Falconer * ''Lily Christine'' (1932) � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Caithness
Wilfrid Caithness or Wilfred Caithness (1883–1954) was a British stage and film actor. He played the role of Sebastian Moran in the 1935 film '' The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes''.Reid p.163 Selected filmography * '' A Voice Said Goodnight '' (1932) * ''The Lad'' (1935) * '' The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935) * ''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (1935) * ''Checkmate'' (1935) * ''Spy of Napoleon'' (1936) * '' The Man Behind the Mask'' (1936) * '' The Improper Duchess'' (1936) * '' The Perfect Crime'' (1937) * '' Two for Danger'' (1940) * '' My Sister and I'' (1948) * '' Nothing Venture'' (1948) * ''Brandy for the Parson ''Brandy for the Parson'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Eldridge and starring Kenneth More, Charles Hawtrey, James Donald and Jean Lodge. It was based on a short story by Geoffrey Household from ''Tales of Adventurers'' (1 ...'' (1952) References Bibliography * Reid, John. ''HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills''. Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
