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Yorke Sherwood
Yorke Sherwood (14 December 1873 – 27 September 1958) was an English actor. Life Yorke Sherwood was born Herbert Edmund Sherwood in Manchester on 14 December 1873. He moved to California in the 1920s and had multiple roles in Mack Sennett films often supporting Harry Langdon, then at Hal Roach's studio in 1925-1926. Sherwood kept playing supporting roles after the silent era. He was often cast to play English characters in Hollywood films. The actor, who had to shave his head to play Uncle Eroshka in '' The Cossacks'' (in 1928) noted with a touch of humour that he had to do it again for his role in '' The Unholy Night'' in 1929: "Whatever I play, I seem to always lose my hair". He is described as a "large-sized, squared-headed British character actor". He died in Hollywood, at 84. Partial filmography * '' The Luck o' the Foolish'' (1924); dur. 20 min 50 (uncredited) * '' Wandering Waistlines'' (1924 ); 2 reels * '' Love's Sweet Piffle'' (1924); Sen ...
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Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ...
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The Haunted Honeymoon
''The Haunted Honeymoon'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey, with Janet Gaynor in one of her first films. One of the first comedies to parody horror films, it was produced by Hal Roach and released by Pathé Exchange Pathé Exchange, commonly known as Pathé, was an American film production and distribution company, largely of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood's silent film, silent era. Known for its trailblazing newsreel and wide array of short film, s .... Plot Cast References External links * Posterat Getty Images 1925 films 1925 comedy films 1925 short films 1920s parody films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ted Wilde Pathé Exchange films Silent American comedy short films 1920s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub ...
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Cavalcade (1933 Film)
''Cavalcade'' is a 1933 American epic pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Noël Coward. The film stars Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook. The story presents a view of English life during the first third of the 20th century from New Year's Eve 1899 to New Year's Day 1933, from the point of view of well-to-do London residents Jane and Robert Marryot, their children, their close friends, and their servants. Several historical events affect the lives of the characters or serve as background for the film, including the Second Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'', and World War I. Throughout the film, the passage of years is indicated by dates on title cards, with a Medieval cavalcade marching in the background. The film won three Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director). Due to being a film published in 1933, it will en ...
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The Man In Possession
:Not to be confused with the 1937 film ''Personal Property'' (also based on the Harwood play), whose alternate title is ''The Man in Possession''. ''The Man in Possession'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood, Irene Purcell, and C. Aubrey Smith, based on the play of the same name by H. M. Harwood. The black sheep of a family finds himself falling in love with the wealthy woman his brother is seeking to marry. Plot Raymond Dabney returns to a mixed reaction from his upper middle-class family in London after serving a sentence at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs for stealing a motorcar. His mother and the family servant are delighted to see him, but his father and brother Claude are less so. His father is particularly disappointed in him, having sent him to Cambridge. The two men offer him £500 to leave the country and never return; it seems Claude is engaged to a rich widow, and they are anxious to avoid any scandal that migh ...
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The Lion And The Lamb (film)
''The Lion and the Lamb'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy thriller film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Byron, Carmel Myers and Raymond Hatton. It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim.Goble p.839 Plot In London a young man who has recently inherited a title as an Earl encounters a notorious gang known as the Lambs and is blackmailed into joining them due to his fingerprints on a knife used to kill an alleged traitor to the gang. Cast * Walter Byron as Dave * Carmel Myers as Inez * Raymond Hatton as Muggsy * Montagu Love as Professor Tottie * Miriam Seegar as Madge * Charles K. Gerrard as Bert * Will Stanton as Ruebin * Charles Wildish as First Lascar * Harry Semels as Second Lascar * Robert Milasch as Lem * Yorke Sherwood as Wister * Sidney Bracey Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. Born into an acting family, he began a stage caree ...
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The Man From Blankley's
''The Man from Blankley's'' is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym "F. Anstey". The film was Barrymore's second feature length all-talking film. A previous silent film version of Anstey's play by Paramount Pictures appeared in 1920 as '' The Fourteenth Man'' starring Robert Warwick. That version is also lost. Plot The trouble begins when Lord Strathpeffer (John Barrymore), who is on his way to visit an Egyptologist with a case of instruments used by entomologists, loses his way in the fog and wanders into the home (who lives next door to the Egyptologist) of a woman who is hosting a fancy dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Tidmarsh ( Dick Henderson and Emily Fitzroy), a middle-class English couple, are giving a dinner party in honor of their wealthy uncle, Gabriel Gilwattle (Albert Gran), hoping to receive his financial ...
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Temple Tower
''Temple Tower'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Donald Gallaher and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day. and Peter Gawthorne. The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer, and is based on the 1929 novel '' Temple Tower'' by Herman Cyril McNeile. It is sandwiched between more celebrated portrayals of the character by Ronald Colman in two United Artists films, ''Bulldog Drummond'' and '' Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back''.Backer p.42 Although described as lost, the film still survives, with copies held in the UCLA Archives. Plot Bulldog Drummond goes up against a gang of jewel thieves led by Benjamin Blackton, and also a masked stranger who wants unhallowed revenge upon them. Cast * Kenneth MacKenna as Bulldog Drummond * Marceline Day as Patricia Verney * Henry B. Walthall as Blackton * Cyril Chadwick as Peter Darrell * Peter Gawthorne as Marrhews * Ivan Linow as Gaspard * Frank Lanning as The Nightingale * Yorke Sherwood Y ...
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Thief In The Dark
''A Thief in the Dark'' is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by Albert Ray, written by C. Graham Baker and William Kernell (based on a plot idea from director Ray), and starring George Meeker, Doris Hill, Gwen Lee, Marjorie Beebe, Michael Vavitch and Noah Young. The film was released on May 20, 1928, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot A young drifter named Ernest joins a troupe of phony mystics working in a carnival, led by a Professor Xeno. Ernest learns that his colleagues are systematically burglarizing some of the wealthy homes in the towns through which they travel. Ernest finds out that Xeno has stooped to murdering an old lady for her jewelry, and sets about trying to expose Xeno to the authorities. Cast *George Meeker as Ernest *Doris Hill as Elise *Gwen Lee as Flo *Marjorie Beebe as Jeanne *Michael Vavitch as Professor Xeno *Noah Young as Monk * Charles Belcher as Duke *Ray Turner as Beauregard *Erville Alderson as Armstrong Production The film is thought b ...
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928 Film)
''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Mal St. Clair, co-written by Anita Loos based on her 1925 novel, and released by Paramount Pictures. No copies are known to exist, and it is now considered to be a lost film. The Broadway version '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' starring Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee was mounted in 1949. It was remade into the film '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' with Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953, directed by Howard Hawks. Plot Blonde Lorelei Lee (Ruth Taylor) and her brunette friend Dorothy Shaw (Alice White), are each seeking a wealthy husband They learn that the richest man in the world, the bachelor Henry Spoffard, is boarding a luxury liner to Europe. The women purchase tickets for the same voyage. Spofford turns out not to be a licentious playboy, but a so-called social reformer intent on investigating immoral Americans abroad. Spoffard’s seasickness en route prevents ...
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The Man In The Saddle (1926 Film)
''The Man in the Saddle'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and Clifford Smith, starring Hoot Gibson and featuring Boris Karloff. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Jeff Morgan Jr. * Charles Hill Mailes as Jeff Morgan Sr. (credited as Charles Mailes) * Clark Comstock as Pete * Fay Wray as Pauline Stewart * Sally Long as Laura Mayhew * Emmett King as Yom Dyresty * Lloyd Whitlock as Lawrence * Duke R. Lee as Snell * Yorke Sherwood as Banker * William Dyer as Sheriff * Boris Karloff as Robber * Janet Gaynor (uncredited) Preservation With no prints of ''The Man in the Saddle'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. .... References External links * 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American bla ...
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Tom Buckingham
Tom Buckingham (February 25, 1895 – September 7, 1934) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 48 films between 1920 and 1932. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died from surgical complications. His film '' Cock of the Air'' was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2016. Partial filmography * '' The Atom'' (1918) * ''Laughing Gas'' (1920) (director and screenwriter) * ''Golf'' (1922) (director and screenwriter) * '' The Agent'' (1922) (director and screenwriter) * '' Arizona Express'' (1924) (director) * ''The Cyclone Rider'' (1924) (director) * ''Troubles of a Bride'' (1924) (director) * '' Forbidden Cargo'' (1925) (director) * '' Ladies of Leisure'' (1926) (director) * '' Lure of the Night Club'' (1927) (director) * '' Crashing Through'' (1928) * '' Hell's Island'' (1930) * '' Officer O'Brien'' (1930) * '' Cock of the Air'' (1932) (director) * ''The Secret Bride ''The Secret Bride'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle ...
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He Forgot To Remember
He or HE may refer to: Language * He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads * He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) * Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter called ''He'' in Ukrainian * Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 language code: he) Places * He County, Anhui, China * He River, or Hejiang (贺江), a tributary of the Xi River in Guangxi and Guangdong * Hebei, abbreviated as ''HE'', a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HE) * Hessen, abbreviated as ''HE'', a state of Germany People * He (surname), Chinese surname, sometimes transcribed Hé or Ho; includes a list of notable individuals so named * Zheng He (1371–1433), Chinese admiral * He (和) and He (合), collectively known as 和合二仙 ('' He-He er xian'', "Two immortals He"), two Taoist immortals known as the "Immortals of Harmony and Unity" * Immortal Woman He, or He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism Arts, entertainment, ...
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