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A Star Fell From Heaven (1936 Film)
''A Star Fell from Heaven'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Paul Merzbach and starring Joseph Schmidt, Florine McKinney and Billy Milton. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.92 It was a remake of the 1934 Austrian film of the same name which had also starred Schmidt. The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley. Cast * Joseph Schmidt as Josef Reiner * Florine McKinney as Anne Heinmeyer * Billy Milton as Douglas Lincoln * W. H. Berry as Tomson * George Graves as Fischer * Steven Geray as Willi Wass * Judy Kelly as Flora * C. Denier Warren as Starfel * Iris Hoey as Frau Heinmeyer * Bruce Lester as Winkler * Eliot Makeham as Music Professor * Hindle Edgar as Schneider * Jimmy Godden * Aubrey Mallalieu Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Merzbach
Paul Merzbach (27 November 1888 – September 1943) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. Merzbach worked in the Austrian and Germany film industries during the early stages of his career. He worked initially on scripts, but in 1924 he directed his first film. During the late 1920s, Merzbach worked in Sweden before returning to Germany. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Merzbach went into exile in Britain.Brinson, Dove & Taylor p.139 He worked in the British film industry for the remainder of his career. His final contribution was the screenplay for '' Hatter's Castle'' (1942), directed by Lance Comfort. Selected filmography Director * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ''Old Mamsell's Secret'' (1925) * ''The Bank Crash of Unter den Linden'' (1926) * '' For Her Sake'' (1930) * '' Dante's Mysteries'' (1931) * ''The False Millionaire'' (1931) * '' Mother-in-Law's Coming'' (1932) * ''Love at Second Sight'' (1934) * '' Invitation to the Waltz'' (1935) * '' A Star Fell from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)
Elstree Studios on Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire is a British film and television production centre operated by Elstree Film Studios Limited. One of several facilities historically referred to as Elstree Studios, the Shenley Road studios originally opened in 1925. The studio complex has passed through many owners during its lifetime, and is now owned by Hertsmere Borough Council. Known as the studios used for filming Alfred Hitchcock's '' Blackmail'' (1929)—the first British talkie, ''Star Wars'' (1977), ''The'' ''Shining'' (1980) and ''Indiana Jones'' (its largest stage is known as the George Lucas Soundstage), the studios are used both for film and television productions. With the BBC Elstree Centre nearby, a number of the stages are leased to BBC Studioworks, and are used for recording television productions such as '' Strictly Come Dancing''. History British International and Associated British British National Pictures Ltd purchased of land on the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comedy Films
British comedy films are comedy films produced in the United Kingdom. In the early 1930s, film adaptations of stage farces were popular. British comedy films are numerous, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s work of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the ''Doctor'' series, and the long-running Carry On films. Some of the best known British film comedy stars include Will Hay, George Formby, Norman Wisdom, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and the Monty Python team. Other actors associated with British comedy films include Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Rutherford, Irene Handl and Leslie Phillips. Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series. Recent successful films include the working-class comedies ''Brassed Off'' (1996) and ''The Full Monty'' (1997), the more middle class Richard Curtis-scripted films ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994) and ''Nottin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Films
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1936 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *January 9 – Silent screen actor John Gilbert, perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as ''The Merry Widow'' and ''The Big Parade'', dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38. *February 15 – first Republic serial, ''Darkest Africa'', is released. *May 29 – Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film, '' Fury'', starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released. *September 14 – Film producer Irving Thalberg, often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in Santa Monica, aged 37. Academy Awards * Best Picture: ''The Great Ziegfeld'' – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * Best Director: Frank Capra – ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' * Best Actor: Paul Muni – ''The St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a well-known stage comedian, and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith. He had a sister called Polly who corresponded with Lewis Carroll in the 1890s. He adopted the stage name of Aubrey early in his acting career. Information is scant on Mallalieu's pre-film career, but he is believed to have had a lengthy stage career before making the move into films. Archive sources available in New Zealand indicate that he spent a considerable number of years touring with stage companies in that country and Australia in the 1900s and 1910s. In December 1912 Mallalieu was touring Australia with Leal Douglas in a piece called “Feed the Brute”.Public Notices in ''Townsville Daily Bulletin'', 11 December 1912, p. 1; “Direct from Harry Rickards's Theatres. AU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Godden
Jimmy Godden (11 August 1879 – 5 March 1955) was a British film actor. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and was in the Civil Service before becoming a concert pianist. Godden later turned to the stage and made his debut in pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, then going on to the London West End doing a number of comedies and revues. Filmography * ''Big Business'' (1930) – Oppenheimer * ''The Wife's Family'' (1931) – Doc Knott * ''The Last Coupon'' (1932) – Geordie Bates * '' His Wife's Mother'' (1932) – Mr. Trout * '' Money Talks'' (1932) – Joe Bell * '' For the Love of Mike'' (1932) – Henry Miller * ''Crime on the Hill'' (1933) – Landlord * '' Happy'' (1933) – Brummelberg * ''Their Night Out'' (1933) – Archibald Bunting * ''Meet My Sister'' (1933) – Pogson * ''Hawley's of High Street'' (1933) – Mayor * ''The Outcast'' (1934) – Harry * ''Those Were the Days'' (1934) – Pat Maloney * ''The Luck of a Sailor'' (1934) – Betz * '' Sometimes Goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliot Makeham
Harold Elliott Makeham (22 December 1882 – 8 February 1956) was an English film and television actor. Career Makeham was born in London, England. Between 1931 and 1956, Makeham appeared, primarily in character roles, in 115 films and in 11 television productions. He played a small number of leading roles in the 1930s, but was more regularly seen in cameos as harassed officials or henpecked husbands. Personal life Married three times, Makeham's third wife was British character actress, Betty Shale. Selected filmography * ''Rome Express'' (1932) - Mills * ''I'm an Explosive'' (1933) - Prof. Whimperly * ''Forging Ahead'' (1933) - Abraham Lombard * ''The Lost Chord'' (1933) - Bertie Pollard * '' I Lived with You'' (1933) - Mr. Wallis * ''I Was a Spy'' (1933) - Pharmacist (uncredited) * '' Friday the Thirteenth'' (1933) - Henry Jackson * '' The Roof'' (1933) - John Rutherford * '' The Laughter of Fools'' (1933) - John Gregg * '' Home, Sweet Home'' (1933) - James Merrick * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester (6 June 1912 – 13 June 2008) was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods. Between 1934 and 1938, billed as Bruce Lister, he appeared in upwards of 20 British films, mostly of the cheaply shot and quickly forgotten quota quickie variety. He then moved to the US, where he changed his surname to Lester, and found himself for a time appearing in some of the biggest prestige productions of their day, alongside stars such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn. Lester himself never achieved star-billing, but was said to have remarked that this at least meant that if a film was a flop, no blame ever fell on his shoulders.Bruce Lester obituar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Hoey
Wilhelmina Iris Winifred Hasbach ("Iris Hoey") (17 July 1885 – 13 May 1979) was a British actress in the first half of the twentieth century, both on stage and in movies. Early life Iris Hoey was born in London, daughter of Wilhelm Anton Hasbach, a professor of political economy. Career In the early part of her career, Hoey alternated performances in straight theatre alongside Beerbohm Tree with musical comedy with George Edwardes; she appeared in minor musical roles in ''Les P'tites Michu'' and the 1906 revival of ''The Geisha''. Her first film appearance was in ''East Lynne'' (1922), an adaptation of the 1861 sensation novel by Mrs Henry Wood; during her busiest period of film work (the 1930s), in 1934 she appeared in the West End in the play ''Mary Read''. Personal life Hoey married first, in 1911, Mashiter ("Max") Leeds (1883-1937), of Spring Grove, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, grandson of Sir Joseph Edward Leeds, 2nd baronet; they were divorced in 1922, having had a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Kelly
Julie Aileen Kelly (1 November 1913 – 22 October 1991), known professionally as Judy Kelly, was an Australian-born British actress. She arrived in Britain in 1932 after winning a competition organised by the Australian British Empire Films, which included 3 months tuition at the British International Studios at Elstree. She appeared in a number of films for British International Pictures during the 1930s. She was sometimes cast as a love interest for the comedian Leslie Fuller, and also appeared alongside the musical stars Gene Gerrard and Stanley Lupino. She appeared in the 1941 stage musical '' Lady Behave''. Other wartime stage roles include Vernon Sylvaine's ''Women Aren't Angels'' and ''Warn That Man''. Her final film was a supporting role in the comedy ''Warning to Wantons'' in 1949. Partial filmography * '' Adam's Apple'' (1928) - Vamp * '' Money Talks'' (1932) - His Daughter Rosie * ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933) - Lady Rochford (uncredited) * ''Crime on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Geray
Steven Geray (born István Gyergyai, 10 November 190426 December 1973) was a Hungarian-born American film actor who appeared in over 100 films and dozens of television programs. Geray appeared in numerous famed A-pictures, including Alfred Hitchcock's '' Spellbound'' (1945) and ''To Catch a Thief'' (1955), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's ''All About Eve'' (1950), and Howard Hawks' '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1953). However, it was in film noir that be became a fixture, being cast in over a dozen pictures in the genre. Among them were ''The Mask of Dimitrios'' (1944), ''Gilda'' (1946), '' The Unfaithful'' (1947), ''In a Lonely Place'' (1950), and ''The House on Telegraph Hill'' (1951). Early life Geray was born István Gyergyai in Ungvár, Austria-Hungary (now Uzhhorod, Ukraine) and educated at the University of Budapest. Career Geray made his first stage appearance at the Hungarian National Theater under his real name and after nearly four years he made his London stage debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Graves (actor)
George Windsor Graves (1 January 1876 – 2 April 1949) was an English comic actor. Although he could neither sing nor dance,"The Comedy Old Man and His Troubles" ''The New York Times'', 3 February 1907 he became a leading comedian in Edwardian musical comedy, musical comedies, adapting the French and Viennese ''opéra-bouffe'' style of light comic relief into a broader comedy popular with English audiences of the period. His comic portrayals did much to ensure the West End theatre, West End success of ''Véronique (operetta), Véronique'' (1904) ''The Little Michus'' (1905; for which he invented the Gazeka), and ''The Merry Widow'' (1907). In addition to musical comedy, operettas and revues, Graves specialised in pantomime and music hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
