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The Wonderful Year (film)
''The Wonderful Year'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Randle Ayrton, Mary Odette and Margot Drake.Low p.484 Cast * Randle Ayrton as The Happiness Dispenser * Hubert Carter as Bigourdin * Margot Drake as Corinna Hastings * Lionelle Howard as Martin Openshaw * Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born silent-screen actress. Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the ... as Felise * Frank Stanmore as Polydor * Gwen Williams as Lucilla References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1921 films 1921 romantic drama films British silent feature films British romantic drama films Films directed by Kenelm Foss British black-and-white films Films based on British novels 1920s English-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenelm Foss
Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Paris. He was, however, more interested in theatre and in 1903 made his first appearance on the London stage at the Royal Court Theatre. He then spent four years at the Glasgow Repertory Theatre producing plays and acting before returning to London to manage the Lyric Theatre, London, Lyric Theatre in the Strand. Career and publications He produced the play ''Magic'' by G.K.Chesterton and which title was the caption to the Vanity Fair (British magazine), Vanity Fair caricature of him on 17 December 1913. He then produced the first performance of Anton Chekhov, Chekhov’s ''The Cherry Orchard'' in England and in Europe, after which he obliged to leave the theatre for a while when he contracted tuberculosis. In 1915 he began a new career as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Williams (actor)
Gwen Elizabeth Cooper is a fictional character portrayed by Welsh actress Eve Myles in the BBC science-fiction television programme ''Torchwood'', a spin-off of the long-running series ''Doctor Who''. The lead female character, Gwen featured in every episode of the show's 2006–2011 run, as well as two 2008 crossover episodes of ''Doctor Who''. Gwen appears in Expanded Universe material such as the List of Torchwood novels and audio books, ''Torchwood'' novels and audiobooks, List of Torchwood comics, comic books and List of Torchwood episodes#Radio plays (2008–2009), radio plays. Within the series narrative, Gwen is a South Wales Police officer who discovers the mysterious Torchwood Institute, into which she is recruited by Jack Harkness (John Barrowman). Gwen initially operates as a field agent, bringing a humane and rounded approach to the team's investigations of the Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial. Gwen's work begins to take a toll on her personal life in the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
