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A. Bromley Davenport
Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK. Bromley-Davenport made appearances in at least 77 films for television and cinema between 1920 and 1944. He was known publicly as Bromley Davenport and in the film credits, his Christian name was always abbreviated. Perhaps the most commercial films he appeared in were ''Jamaica Inn'' and ''The Way Ahead,'' in which his character was named after his real life name. He did not often have a lead role, but in the television drama ''Magic'', he took the lead role as ''Duke''. Personal life Bromley Davenport was a member of the Bromley-Davenport family of Macclesfield, Cheshire. He was the youngest son of the politician William Bromley-Davenport and the brother of William Bromley-Davenport, a British Army officer, England footballer, and Conservative politician. He was educated at Eton College, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somebody's Darling
''Somebody's Darling'' is a 1925 British silent comedy film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Betty Balfour, Rex O'Malley and Fred Raynham. The screenplay concerns a young woman who believes herself to be an orphan and rediscovers her family when she is left a large inheritance, only for a sinister uncle to try to cheat her out of money. The film marked an attempt by Balfour to avoid being typecast in her popular role as the Cockney Squibs by playing an upper-class heiress. She defended her move by declaring "I don't have to wear any shabby or sombre dresses for this part. I go out and spend lots of money on beautiful Paquin gowns and frocks and wraps".Macnab p.56 Cast * Betty Balfour - Joan Meredith * Rex O'Malley - Jack Esmonds * Fred Raynham - J.W. Jordan * J. Fisher White - Grandfather * Minna Grey - Miss Jordan * Clarence Blakiston - Sir John Esmonds * A. Bromley Davenport Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What The Butler Saw (1924 Film)
''What the Butler Saw'' is a 1924 British silent comedy film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Irene Rich, Pauline Garon and Guy Newall.Goble p.360 Cast * Irene Rich as Mrs. Barrington * Pauline Garon as Joan Wyckham * Guy Newall as Barrington * Cecil Morton York as Professor Shall * A.B. Imeson as Sir Charles Foden * Drusilla Wills as Sophie Foden * John MacAndrews as Pink * A. Bromley Davenport as General Dunlop * Peggy Patterson as Miss Dunlop * Cecil Mannering as Dr. Boggins * Hilda Anthony Hilda Anthony (born Hilda Madeline Elizabeth Antonietti; 13 July 1886 – 17 April 1962), also seen as Hilda Antony, was a British actress born in Chile. She appeared in four silent films and many stage productions in London. Early life Hilda Ma ... as Mrs. Flemyng-Smith References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1924 films 1924 comedy films Silent Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Aram (1924 Film)
''Eugene Aram'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Arthur Wontner, Barbara Hoffe and Mary Odette. It was based on the 1832 novel ''Eugene Aram'' by Edward Bulwer-Lytton which depicts the life of the eighteenth century criminal Eugene Aram. Cast * Arthur Wontner as Eugene Aram * Barbara Hoffe as Madeleine Lester * Mary Odette as Elinor Lester * James Carew as Richard Houseman * C. V. France as Squire Lester * Walter Tennyson as Walter Lester * Lionel d'Aragon as Daniel Clarke * A. Bromley Davenport Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK. Bromley-Davenport made appearances in at least 77 films for te ... as Cpl. Bunting * William Matthews as John Courtland References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Bishop (1924 Film)
''Sally Bishop'' is a 1924 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Marie Doro, Henry Ainley and Florence Turner. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Sally Bishop, a Romance'' by E. Temple Thurston. Cast * Marie Doro - Sally Bishop * Henry Ainley - John Traill * Florence Turner - Janet * Sydney Fairbrother - Landlady * Valia - Miss Standish Rowe * A. Bromley Davenport - Landlord * Mary Dibley - Miss Priestly * May Hanbury - Mrs Durlacher * Stella St. Audrie - Mrs Bishop * Humberston Wright - Judge * Dallas Cairns Dallas Cairns (1883-1941) was an Australian actor and director of the silent film era. His stage roles included in the original Broadway theatre, Broadway production of Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' with Mrs Patrick Campbell, in ... - Mr Durlacher * George Turner - Arthur References External links * 1924 films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923 Film)
''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Ivor Novello, Gladys Cooper, and Hugh Miller. It is now considered a lost film. Premise The film depicts the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and its aftermath when the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart evaded capture by the forces loyal to the Hanoverians, and escaped to the Continental Europe with the help of Flora MacDonald. Cast * Ivor Novello as Prince Charles Stuart * Gladys Cooper as Flora MacDonald * A.B. Imeson as the Duke of Cumberland *Hugh Miller as Robert Fraser * Sydney Seaward as Neal McEachinn *Benson Kleve as Donald MacPherson *Adeline Hayden Coffin as Lady Clanronald *Arthur Wontner as Lord Kingsburgh *Nancy Price as Lady Kingsburgh *Lewis Gilbert as George II * A. Bromley Davenport as Sir John Cope *Mollita Davies as Betty Burke *Robert Laing as MacDonald *Arthur McLaglen as MacKintosh Production While filming on location in the Scottish Highlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Starlit Garden
''The Starlit Garden'' is a 1923 British silent romantic film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, Lawford Davidson and Mary Rorke. The film is set in Italy and concerns a doomed romance between a ward and her guardian. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Warren p.11 Cast * Guy Newall as Richard Pinckney * Ivy Duke as Phyllis Berknowles * Valia Venitshaya as Frances Blett * A. Bromley Davenport as Colonel Grangerson * Lawford Davidson as Silas Grangerson * Mary Rorke as Aunt Maria * Cecil Morton York as Hennessey * John Alexander as Rafferty * Marie Ault Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film. Biography Born as Mary Cragg, in Wigan, Lancashire, (now Greater Manchester. England. Ault was a star in many British films of the silent era but is ... as Old Prue References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. * Warren, Patricia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Maid Of The Silver Sea (film)
''A Maid of the Silver Sea'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Cameron Carr. It is an adaptation of the 1910 novel of the same name by John Oxenham. Plot ''The Bioscope'' provided the following synopsis of the film: :To a small island off the French coast comes Stephen Gard, a young Englishman, in charge of a gang of Cornish miners, whose presence arouses the hostility of the natives. Especially resentful is Tom Hamon, the bullying brother of Nance, in whom Stephen finds a friend. immediately after a fight one night with Stephen, Tom is found dead at the foot of a steep cliff. Although his assertion of innocence is accepted by the local magistrate, the fisher-folk, goaded on by the dead man's wife, believe that Stephen murdered Tom and threaten to lynch him. Hearing of their intentions, Nance rows Stephen to a lonely rock whither she brings him food. The angry fisher-folk discover Stephen's hiding-place, however, and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running Water (film)
''Running Water'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Madge Stuart, Lawford Davidson and Julian Royce. The film is an adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's 1906 novel ''Running Water''.Low p.441 Cast * Madge Stuart as Sylvia Skinner * Lawford Davidson as Capt. Hilary Cheyne * Julian Royce as Garrett Skinner * A. Bromley Davenport Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK. Bromley-Davenport made appearances in at least 77 films for te ... as Capt. Barstow * Irene Rooke as Mrs. Thesiger * George Turner as Wallie Hine * E. Lewis Waller as Archie Parminter * George Harrington as Michel References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films British silent feature films British drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Farm (film)
''Fox Farm'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Barbara Everest. It is based on the 1911 novel '' Fox Farm'' by Warwick Deeping. A farmer's wife becomes obsessed with the high life, and abandons him after he loses his sight. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Warren p.11 Unlike many of the era, the film is still extant. Cast * Guy Newall - James Falconer * Ivy Duke - Ann Wetherall * Barbara Everest Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film ''The Man Without a Soul''. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 his ... - Kate Falconer * Cameron Carr - Jack Rickerby * A. Bromley Davenport - Sam Wetherall * Charles Evemy - Slim Wetherall * John Alexander - Jacob Boase References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Woodburn as Ma Woodburn
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''Boy Woodburn'' is a 1922 British silent sports film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Mary Rorke. It is set in the world of English horse racing.Bamford p.66 It was known in the United States by the alternative title ''Wings of the Turf''. It was based on the 1917 novel ''Boy Woodburn'' by Alfred Ollivant. Cast * Guy Newall as Jim Silver * Ivy Duke as Boy Woodburn * Mary Rorke Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
