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They Came By Night
''They Came by Night'' is a 1940 British crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert and Anthony Hulme. It was made at the Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures and released by 20th Century Fox. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was based on the West End play of the same title by Barré Lyndon. It was one of several starring vehicles for Will Fyffee and a key early role for Phyllis Calvert. Synopsis The screenplay concerns a man who is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist. Cast * Will Fyffe as James Fothergill * Phyllis Calvert as Sally * Anthony Hulme as Sergeant Tolly * George Merritt as Inspector Metcalfe * Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Lightbody * John Glyn-Jones as Llewellyn Jones * Athole Stewart as Lord Netfherly * Cees Laseur as Vollaire * Hal Walters as Hopkins * Kuda Bux as Ali * Leo Britt as George * Sylvie St. Clair as Claire * Wally Patch Walter S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Lachman
Harry B. Lachman (June 29, 1886 – March 19, 1975) was an American artist, set designer, and film director. He was born in La Salle, Illinois on June 29, 1886. Lachman was educated at the University of Michigan before becoming a magazine and book illustrator, contributing 4 colour illustrations to the 1907 work ''John Smith, Gentleman Adventurer'' by Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay. In 1911, he emigrated to Paris where he earned a substantial reputation as a Post-Impressionist painter and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French government. Lachman's interest in motion pictures stemmed from his position as a set designer in Nice, leading to work on ''Mare Nostrum'' in 1925. He worked as a director in France and England before settling in Hollywood in 1933. His credits include '' Down Our Street'', '' Baby Take a Bow'', ''Dante's Inferno'', '' Our Relations'', and '' Dr. Renault's Secret''. In 1928 he married Jue Quon Tai."Director Proves Kiplings Wrong" The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Harry Lachman
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Crime Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 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 * Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar became a Roman Consul. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days. * First year of the ''Xingping'' era during the Han Dynast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the music hall stages in 1912 and at regular theatres in 1938 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His first film appearance was in 1928, and went on to appear in 213 other films. On stage he enjoyed success in the 1950 play ''Reluctant Heroes'', the first of the Whitehall farces. He worked up to his death, with his last television appearance in the comedy ''Doctor in the House'' in 1970. Partial filmography * '' Blighty'' (1927) - Drill Sergeant * '' Boadicea'' (1927) - Officer in Roman Army (uncredited) * '' The King's Highway'' (1927) - Police Chief * '' Carry On'' (1927) - Andrews * '' The Luck of the Navy'' (1927) - Stoker Clark * '' The Guns of Loos'' (1928) - Sergeant * '' Shooting Stars'' (1928) - Property Man * '' Balaclava'' (1928) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Britt
Leo Ernest Britt (27 March 1908 – 1979) was a British-American actor. He made about 40 film and television appearances between 1933 and 1975, both in England and the United States. He is perhaps best-remembered as the storyteller at a party in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Dial M for Murder'' (1955). One of his last film roles was General James Scarlett in the historical drama '' The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1968). He became a U.S. citizen in 1955, but returned to England, where he died aged 71.''California, Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999'' Filmography * ''The Monkey's Paw'' (1933) as Lance Corporal (uncredited) * '' The Roof'' (1933) as Tony Freyne * '' They Came by Night'' (1940) as George * ''Take My Life'' (1947) as John Newcombe * '' The Magnetic Monster'' (1953) as Dr. Benton * '' No Escape'' (1953) as Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Elephant Walk'' (1954) as Planter Chisholm * '' Dial M for Murder'' (1954) as The Storyteller * ''The Black Shield of Falworth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuda Bux
Kuda Bux (15 October 1905 – 5 February 1981, born Khudah Bukhsh) was an Indian magician and firewalker. Biography Khudah Bukhsh was born in Akhnur, Kashmir in 1905, to an ethnic Kashmiri family.When he was thirteen, he left home to learn magic from a performer named Professor Moor. After a few months, he joined a theater group as a magician. Three years later, Kuda went to Hardwar to study with a yogi. He pretended to be religious to be accepted as a disciple. The yogi taught Kuda to train his subconscious mind, which is how he claimed to be able to perform all of his feats.Dahl, Roald. "The Amazing Eyes of Kuda Bux", '' Argosy''. Volume 335, Issue 1. July 1, 1952. 94. In the mid-1930s, he arrived in the United States where he worked steadily as a magician. He was also known as DareDevil or The Man Who Can See Without His Eyes. In the 1950s, he had a short-lived TV show called ''Kuda Bux, Hindu Mystic''. He eventually lost his eyesight to glaucoma. Early in her care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Walters
Henry Paul "Hal" Walters (29 January 1892 – 7 September 1940) was a British actor. He was best known for his role in ''The Four Feathers'' (1939). He was killed by a bomb in an air raid during the London Blitz. Selected filmography * ''Just Plain Folks'' (1925) * ''Mistaken Orders'' (1925) - Vince Barton * ''Riding for Life'' (1925) - Bud Williams * ''The Danger Zone'' (1925) - Jimmy Duff) * ''Dangerous Traffic'' (1926) - Harvey Leonard * ''West of the Law (1926 film), West of the Law'' (1926) - Dick Walton * ''Where North Holds Sway'' (1927) - Harvey Raine * ''Tonight's the Night (1932 film), Tonight's the Night'' (1931) - Alf Hawkins * ''Come Into My Parlour'' (1932) - Burglar * ''Verdict of the Sea'' (1932) - Shorty * ''The Last Coupon'' (1932) - Second in Boxing Match (uncredited) * ''Old Spanish Customers'' (1932) - Fuller's partner in comic dance * ''Little Fella'' (1932) - Dawes * ''The River House Ghost'' (1932) - Walter * ''Yes, Madam (1933 film), Yes, Madam'' (1933) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athole Stewart
Athole Chalmers Stewart (25 June 1879 – 18 October 1940) was a British stage and latterly film actor, often in authoritarian or aristocratic roles. On stage, he played in the original production of Noël Coward's ''Hay Fever'' at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 1925. On film, he played Dr. Watson to Raymond Massey's Holmes in '' The Speckled Band'', in 1931. Athole is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire alongside his wife Ellen Frances Stewart OBE, daughter of the late general William Sparkes Hatch. Selected filmography Athole appeared in the following films: * '' To What Red Hell'' (1929) * '' Canaries Sometimes Sing'' (1930) * '' The Speckled Band'' (1931) * '' The Faithful Heart'' (1932) * '' Frail Women'' (1932) * '' The Constant Nymph'' (1933) * '' Loyalties'' (1933) * '' The Four Masked Men'' (1934) * ''The Path of Glory'' (1934) * '' The Clairvoyant'' (1935) * '' While Parents Sleep'' (1935) * '' The Amateur Gentleman'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Glyn-Jones
John Glyn-Jones (28 August 1908 – 21 January 1997) was a British stage, radio, television and film actor. His father, William Glyn-Jones, was a Member of Parliament and he was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Oxford University. He began his acting career in repertory theatre in Oxford and with the BBC Drama Repertory Company, with whom he played Organ Morgan in the original recording of ''Under Milk Wood'' in 1954. As well as acting he was also a producer and director for the BBC, during 1947–1951. On television he appeared in 1960 in an episode of the Patrick McGoohan ''Danger Man'' series entitled "The Gallows Tree" as Hamish. Also he appeared in 1966 in an episode of '' The Avengers'' entitled "A Sense of History" as the archivist Grindley (ending up deceased with an arrow in his back on a classroom floor). Selected filmography * '' Save a Little Sunshine'' (1938) - Impressionist (uncredited) * '' Inspector Hornleigh'' (1939) - Alfred (uncredited) * '' They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison (23 February 1892 – 7 December 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working-class family's misadventures, The Huggetts. She later played the charwoman Mrs. Dilber opposite Alastair Sim in the 1951 film '' Scrooge'' (US: ''A Christmas Carol'', 1951) and a Cockney charwoman who inherits a fortune in the television series '' Mrs Thursday'' (1966–67). Life and career Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Harrison was brought up in London, her father having become borough engineer for Southwark. She was educated at Clapham High School before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1914–15). She spent some years living in Argentina and Madeira before making her professional acting debut in the UK in the 1920s. Harrison made her stage debut as Mrs. Judd in ''The Constant Flirt'' at the Pier Theatre, Eastbourne in 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
