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Wanted!
''Wanted!'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Claude Dampier and Mark Daly. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.298 Premise The Oatfields, a married couple, are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband accidentally turns on the burglar alarm and the real criminals are apprehended. Cast * Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield * Claude Dampier as Henry Oatfield * Mark Daly as Mr. Smithers * Norma Varden as Mrs. Smithers * Finlay Currie as Uncle Mart * Kathleen Harrison as Belinda * Billy Holland as Harry the Hick * Stella Bonheur as Baby Face * Billy Bray as Sparrow Hawkins * Arthur Goullet as Bonelli * Alfred Wellesley Alfred Wellesley (25 July 1872 – 7 December 1943) was an English stage and film actor.British Film Institute websiteAlfred Wellesley /ref> Partial filmography * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * '' A Warm Corner'' (1930) * ''The New H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George King (film Director)
George King (1899 – 26 June 1966) was an English actors' agent, film director, producer and screenplay writer. He is associated with the production of quota quickies. He helmed several of Tod Slaughter's melodramas, including 1936's ''The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''. Career King entered into the film industry after completion of medical studies. His first film ''Too Many Crooks'' featured a young stage actor named Laurence Olivier, also making his film debut. Once launched from routine thrillers, King made the usual array of lightweight comedies, romances and thrillers. With the outbreak of war, King directed some distinctly up-market war movies, most successful of which was ''Candlelight in Algeria'', a vehicle for James Mason. He was also successful with 1947's ''The Shop at Sly Corner'', which introduced Diana Dors, featuring a charismatic performance by Oscar Homolka and a notable performance by Kenneth Griffith. Filmography Director *'' Forbidden'' (1949) *'' The Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finlay Currie
William Finlay Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television.McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. pp. 175-176; He received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film ''Great Expectations'' (1946) and as Balthazar in the American film ''Ben-Hur'' (1959). In his career spanning 70 years, Currie appeared in seven films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, of which ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) and ''Ben-Hur'' (1959) were winners. Career Currie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended George Watson's College and worked as organist and choir director. In 1898 he got his first job in Benjamin Fuller's theatre group, and appeared with them for almost 10 years. After emigrating to the United States in the late 1890s, Currie and his wife, Maude Courtney, did a song-and-dance act on the stage. He made his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Wellesley
Alfred Wellesley (25 July 1872 – 7 December 1943) was an English stage and film actor.British Film Institute websiteAlfred Wellesley /ref> Partial filmography * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * '' A Warm Corner'' (1930) * ''The New Hotel'' (1932) * '' The Lucky Number'' (1932) * '' Here's George'' (1932) * '' Great Stuff'' (1933) * '' Cleaning Up'' (1933) * '' Song at Eventide'' (1934) * '' Death on the Set'' (1935) * '' Annie, Leave the Room!'' (1935) * ''The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss'' (1936) * '' Museum Mystery'' (1937) * '' Wanted!'' (1937) *'' The Last Chance'' (1937) * '' What a Man!'' (1938) * ''Star of the Circus'' (1938) * ''The Mysterious Mr. Davis ''The Mysterious Mr. Davis'' is a 1939 British comedy film, comedy drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Henry Kendall (actor), Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly (actress), Kathleen Kelly and Alastair Sim. It was made as a quota quic ...'' (1939) References External links * *Play by Alfred Wellesle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Goullet
Arthur Goullet (1894–1978) was a British stage, film and television actor. He played the role of Sebastian Moran in the 1937 Sherlock Holmes film '' Silver Blaze''.Nollen p.298 Selected filmography * '' Down River'' (1931) * '' A Gentleman of Paris'' (1931) * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) * '' It's a King'' (1933) * ''The Crimson Candle'' (1934) * '' Colonel Blood'' (1934) * ''King Solomon's Mines'' (1937) as Sylvestra Getto * '' Silver Blaze'' (1937) * ''Wanted!'' (1937) * ''Hey! Hey! USA'' (1938) * ''Strange Boarders'' (1938) * ''For Freedom'' (1940) * ''Caravan Caravan or caravans may refer to: Transport and travel *Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together **Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop *Camel train, a convoy using camels as pack animals *Convoy, a group of veh ...'' (1946) References Bibliography * Scott Allen Nollen. ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Cinema''. McFarland, 1996. External links * 1894 births 1978 deaths British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Bonheur
Stella Bonheur (5 December 1904 – 10 October 1997) was a British actress. She also appeared on stage, e.g. in '' Rookery Nook'', one of the Aldwych farces by Ben Travers. Selected filmography * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) * '' The Elder Brother'' (1937) * ''Behind Your Back'' (1937) * ''Wanted!'' (1937) * '' The End of the Line'' (1957) * ''The Treasure of San Teresa'' (1959) * '' Identity Unknown'' (1960) * ''Compelled'' (1960) * ''The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone ''The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone'' is a 1961 British romantic drama film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by José Quintero and produced by Louis de Rochemont with Lothar Wolff as associate producer. The screenplay was written by Gavin Lamb ...'' (1961) References External links * 1904 births 1997 deaths Actresses from London British film actresses English stage actresses 20th-century British actresses 20th-century English women 20th-century English people {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...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, Eastbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Varden
Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career. Life and career Early life Born in London, the daughter of a retired sea captain, Varden was a child prodigy. She trained as a concert pianist in Paris and performed in England before deciding to take up acting. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made her first appearance as Mrs Darling in '' Peter Pan''. Theatre career In England, Varden was a protege of actress Kate Rorke. She acted in repertory theatre and made her West End debut in ''The Wandering Jew'' in 1920. From Shakespeare to farce, she established herself as a regular member of the Aldwych Theatre company where she appeared in plays from 1929 to 1933. She began to appear in British films, usually in haughty upper-class roles. Move to America and film career Varden's English film roles led to offers from Hollywood, and she moved th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Dampier
Claude Dampier (born Claud Conolly Cowan; 23 November 1878 – 1 January 1955) was an English film actor and popular character comedian in the early 20th century. Life He was born in Clapham, South London as Claud Conolly Cowan.Richard Anthony Baker, ''Old Time Variety: an illustrated history'', Pen & Sword, 2011, , pp.66-67 After gaining some theatrical experience in Britain, from the mid-1890s, he toured Australia with Edward Branscombe's Dandies troupes between 1910 and 1917. He revisited the country in 1921, touring in revue shows with Hilda Attenboro, and starred in two Australian films. Claude Dampier, Australian Variety Theatre Archive, 2018 Retrieved 17 April 2022 He also worked in South Africa. Following an ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film ''Greed'', and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the advent of sound films. She also appeared on numerous radio shows. Her career as an entertainer spanned nearly 50 years, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Her parents named her "ZaSu" as an amalgamation of the two maiden aunts she had been named for. Early life ZaSu Pitts was born in Parsons, Kansas, to Rulandus and Nelly (''née'' Shay) Pitts; she was the third of four children. Her father, who had lost a leg while serving in the 76th New York Infantry in the Civil War, had settled the family in Kansas by the time ZaSu was born. The names of her father's sisters, Eliza and Susan, were purportedly the basis for the name "ZaSu", i.e., to satisfy competing family interests. It has been (incorrectly) spel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Parker (cinematographer)
Jack Parker (born 1885) was a British cinematographer and cameraman. He worked on a mixture of features and documentary films during his career. In the 1930s he worked on a number of BIP and Butcher's Film Service productions, while in the 1940s he was employed as a cameraman on Ealing Studios films. Selected filmography Cinematographer * '' All Roads Lead to Calvary'' (1921) * '' The House of Peril'' (1922) * ''Nelson'' (1926) * '' Boadicea'' (1927) * ''The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands'' (1927) * '' The Celestial City'' (1929) * ''Windjammer'' (1930) * ''Dance Pretty Lady'' (1931) * '' Tell England'' (1931) * ''Carnival'' (1931) * '' Strictly Business'' (1931) * '' Men Like These'' (1932) * ''The Bad Companions'' (1932) * ''On Secret Service'' (1933) * ''Meet My Sister'' (1933) * '' The Warren Case'' (1934) * ''Lost in the Legion'' (1934) * ''The Outcast'' (1934) * ''The Return of Bulldog Drummond'' (1934) * ''Dandy Dick'' (1935) * ''Sweeney Todd'' (1936) * ''The End ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Wark
Colin Wark (1896 – 1939) was a British composer of film scores, theatre music and light music. Many of the films he scored were "quota quickies", mostly low-cost, low-quality, quickly-accomplished films commissioned by American distributors active in the UK or by British cinema owners purely to satisfy the quota requirements. Wark was also the composer of the score for ''Tulip Time'', a comedy with music based on the play ''The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown'' by Robert Buchanan (1841-1901) and Charles Marlowe. ''Tulip Time'' opened at the Alhambra Theatre The Alhambra was a popular theatre and music hall located on the east side of Leicester Square, in the West End of London. It was built originally as the Royal Panopticon of Science and Arts opening on 18 March 1854. It was closed after two yea ... in London on August 14, 1935 and ran for 425 performances. In 1932 he was responsible for launching and managing ''Pasquale Troise and his Mandoliers'', an orchestra of abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Daly (actor)
Mark Daly (23 August 1887 – 27 September 1957) was a British film actor. Daly was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 23 August 1887, making his first stage appearance in Swansea, Wales, in 1906. Six years later, in 1912, he made his first London stage appearance at the Shaftesbury Theatre. For three years, he was the principal comedian at The Fred Karno Company, a collection of comedians who worked in both British variety and American vaudeville. Other "Karno Comedians" included Charlie Chaplin and Billie Ritchie. During his time as an actor, Daly took part in excess of 25 motion pictures before his death on 27 September 1957 in England. Filmography * '' East Lynne on the Western Front'' (1931) – Maurice / Levison * '' The Beggar Student'' (1931) – Sergeant * '' The Third String'' (1932) – Pete Russett * '' Doss House'' (1933) – Shoeblack * ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933) – Bit Part (uncredited) * '' A Cuckoo in the Nest'' (1933) – Pinhorn * '' Up for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
