Anson Dyer, born Ernest J. Anson Dyer (Brighton, 18 July 1876 – Cheltenham, 22 February 1962), was an English director, screenwriter, animator, and actor. His company Stratford Abbey Films, based in

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, was the only

Technicolor Technicolor is a family of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes. The first version, Process 1, was introduced in 1916, and improved versions followed over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black-and ...

production unit and three-colour camera in the whole of

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in the 1940s.

Filmography

The following filmography, based on the

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, is incomplete.

Director

*'' Peter's Picture Poems'' (1917) *'' Old King Koal'' (1917) *''

Three Little Pigs "The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build their houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses which are made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's ho ...

'' (1918) *'' Oh'phelia'' or ''Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque'' (1919) *''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' (1919) *''

The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a ...

'' (1919) *'' 'Amlet'' (1919) *''

Othello ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...

'' (1920) *''

Dollars in Surrey ''Dollars in Surrey'' is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by George Dewhurst and Anson Dyer and starring Alma Taylor, James Carew and Hugh Clifton.Connelly p.341 Cast * Alma Taylor * James Carew * Hugh Clifton * Gwynne Herbert ...

'', co-directed by George Dewhurst (1921) *''

Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" () is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European Fable, folk tales. It was later retold in the 19th-century by the Broth ...

'' (1922) *'' A Day in Liverpool'' (1929) *'' The Story of the Port of London'' (1932) *'' Drummed Out'' *'' Sam and His Musket'' *'' Beat the Retreat'' *''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' (1936) *'' Sam's Medal'' *'' Halt, Who Goes There?'' *''

The Lion and Albert Marriott Edgar (5 October 1880 – 5 May 1951), born George Marriott Edgar in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was a British poet, scriptwriter and comedian, best known for writing many of the monologues performed by Stanley Holloway, particularly the ...

'' *'' Three Ha'pence a Foot'' *'' Gunner Sam'' *'' As Old as the Hills'' *'' Fowl Play'' (1950)

Writer

*'' Peter's Picture Poems'', directed by Anson Dyer (1917) *'' Old King Koal'', directed by Anson Dyer (1917) *'' Oh'phelia'' or ''Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *''

'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *''

'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *'' 'Amlet'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *''

'', directed by Anson Dyer (1920) *'' The Story of the Port of London'', directed by Anson Dyer (1932) *''

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'', directed by John Baxter (1934) *''

'', directed by Anson Dyer (1936) *''

The Vicar of Bray Vicar of Bray may refer to: * "The Vicar of Bray" (song), an 18th-century satirical song about a quasi-fictional clergyman, to which all other uses refer *Vicar of Bray (term), a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his pr ...

'', directed by Henry Edwards (1937) *''

The Second Mate ''The Second Mate'' is a 1950 British crime film directed by John Baxter and starring Gordon Harker, Graham Moffatt and David Hannaford. It was written by Anson Dyer, Barbara K. Emary, Jack Francis and Geoffrey Orme It was made at Southall ...

'', directed by John Baxter (1950)

Animator

*'' The Story of the Port of London'', directed by Anson Dyer (1932) *'' Peter's Picture Poems'', directed by Anson Dyer (1917) *'' Old King Koal'', directed by Anson Dyer (1917) *'' Oh'phelia'' or ''Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *''

'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *''

'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *'' 'Amlet'', directed by Anson Dyer (1919) *''

'', directed by Anson Dyer (1920)

Animation Shorts (Gaumont-British News)

*'' The British Lion Awakes'', directed by Anson Dyer (1939) *'' Hitler On His Front Line'', directed by Anson Dyer (1939) *'' Hitler's Peace Pudding'', directed by Anson Dyer (1939) *'' Hitler Dances To Stalin's Tune'', directed by Anson Dyer (1939) *'' Run, Adolf, Run'', directed by Anson Dyer (1940)

Director of photography

*'' Peter's Picture Poems'', directed by Anson Dyer (1917)

Actor

*'' Old King Koal'', directed by Anson Dyer (1917)

References

External links

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