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Aileen Despard
Aileen Despard was an actress, born on July 19, 1908 in Mullynure, County Armagh, Ireland. She died August 25, 1981 in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. In 1930, the magazine ''Film Weekly'' sponsored a pair of film acting scholarships. The two winners ( Cyril Butcher and Aileen Despard) went on to appear in the now lost Alfred Hitchcock short ''An Elastic Affair'' and placed under contract by British International Pictures. Selected filmography *'' Double Dealing'' (1932) - Rosie *'' Threads'' (1932) - Chloe *'' Children of Chance'' (1930) - Beryl (as Eileen Despard) *'' Such Is the Law ''(1930) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''Murder!'' (1930) - Edna Druce (uncredited) *''An Elastic Affair'' (Short) (1930) - The Girl References External links Aileen Despardat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Weekly
''Film Weekly'' was one of the leading popular film magazines published in the United Kingdom during the late 1920s and 1930s. Background Launched in 1928, the magazine became known for its gossipy interest in contemporary film stars. Columnist Nerina Shute became known for her "sweetly poisonous copy". ''Film Weekly'' attracted a number of lawsuits from film professionals displeased at their portrayal by the magazine. The director Dinah Shurey sued for libel after her film ''The Last Post (film), The Last Post'' (1929) was not only panned in review but followed by an article by Shute questioning whether women were capable of directing films at all. Shurey won the action. The actress Alma Taylor also sued and won when ''Film Weekly'' claimed in 1932 that her career as an actress was over. In 1930 the magazine sponsored a pair of film acting scholarships. The two winners (Cyril Butcher and Aileen Despard) went on to appear in the now lost Alfred Hitchcock short ''An Elastic Affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Butcher
Cyril George Butcher (31 July 1909 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor and director and longtime companion of Beverley Nichols. Biography Butcher was born on 31 July 1909, in Suffolk, England. In 1930, the magazine ''Film Weekly'' sponsored a pair of film acting scholarships. The two winners (Cyril Butcher and Aileen Despard) went on to appear in the now lost Alfred Hitchcock short ''An Elastic Affair'' and placed under contract by British International Pictures. In the early 1930s, he met novelist and playwright Beverley Nichols and they remained lifelong partners from then. Their friends were Hugh Walpole and Lord Berners, among others. In 1939 Butcher was living with Nichols and a valet at 1 Ellerdale Close, Hampstead, London. In 1934, he published ''In Extremis, Worst Moments in the Lives of the Famous'' with a foreword by Beverley Nichols. In 1939, together with Albert Arlen, he directed the play ''Counterfeit!'' at the Duke of York's, London. In 1953, Butcher ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director despite five nominations. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copy writer before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. His directorial debut was the British-German silent film '' The Pleasure Garden'' (1925). His first successful film, '' The Lodger: A Story of the London F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Elastic Affair
''An Elastic Affair'' (1930) is a 10-minute short comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which features the two winners— Cyril Butcher (1909–1988) as "the Boy" and Aileen Despard (1908–1981) as "the Girl"—of a film acting scholarship sponsored by British film magazine ''Film Weekly''. The film was shown on 19 January 1930 at a ceremony at the London Palladium at which the two winners were presented with their award, in the form of movie contracts with the film producer John Maxwell of British International Pictures. The film is now considered a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... See also * List of lost films References External links *Lost Films: An Elastic Affair [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British International Pictures
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned approximately 500 cinemas in Britain by 1943, and in the 1950s and 60s owned a station on the ITV television network. The studio was partly owned by Warner Bros. from about 1940 until 1969; the American company also owned a stake in ABPC's distribution arm, Warner-Pathé, from 1958. It formed one half of a vertically integrated film industry duopoly in Britain with the Rank Organisation. History From 1927 to 1945 The company was founded during 1927 by Scottish solicitor John Maxwell after he had purchased British National Pictures Studios and its Elstree Studios complex and merged it with his ABC Cinemas circuit, renaming the company British International Pictures. The Wardour Film Company, with Maxwell as chairman, was the distributor of BI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Dealing (1932 Film)
''Double Dealing'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Cooper, Frank Pettingell and Sydney Fairbrother. It was made as a quota quickie at Twickenham Studios.Wood p.74 Cast * Frank Pettingell as Rufus Moon * Richard Cooper as Toby Traill * Sydney Fairbrother as Sarah Moon * Zoe Palmer as Dolly Simms * Jill Hands as Betty * Betty Astell as Flossie * Aileen Despard as Rosie * Gladys Hamer Gladys Hamer (27 May 1884 – 13 March 1967) was a British stage and film actress. She appeared in a number of silent and early sound films. Selected filmography * '' Mary-Find-the-Gold'' (1921) * '' Monty Works the Wires'' (1921) * '' The Res ... as Clara References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1932 films 1932 comedy films British comedy films 1930s English-language films Films di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threads (1932 Film)
''Threads'' is a 1932 British drama film directed by G.B. Samuelson and starring Lawrence Anderson, Dorothy Fane and Wendy Barrie. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios near London and was released by United Artists.Wood p.76 Cast * Lawrence Anderson as John Osborne Wynn * Dorothy Fane as Amelia Wynn * Gerald Rawlinson as Arthur * Leslie Cole as James * Wendy Barrie as Olive Wynn * Ben Webster as Lord Grathers * Irene Rooke as Lady Grathers * Aileen Despard as Chloe * Pat Reid Patrick Robert Reid, (13 November 1910 – 22 May 1990) was a British Army officer and author of history. As a British prisoner of war during the Second World War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV-C. Reid wa ... as Parsons * Clifford Cobbe as Jefferson Jordan * Walter Piers as Colonel Packinder References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Chance (1930 Film)
''Children of Chance'' is a 1930 British comedy crime film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Elissa Landi, Mabel Poulton, John Stuart and John Longden. Production It was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures, the country's biggest production company of the era.Wood p.69 A separate German version ''Children of Fortune'' was also made. Such multiple-language versions were common during the early years of sound before dubbing became more established. Synopsis Binnie, a struggling young actress, is mistaken for her doppelganger the model Lia Monta. Unfortunately Monta, a woman with a shady past has that very same day stolen some precious pearls and fled to the Continent. Binnie, delighted to have won a film contract with a leading producer who be believes her to be Monta, is forced to face the consequences of the other woman's theft. Cast * Elissa Landi as Binnie/Lia Monta * Mabel Poulton as Molly * John Stuart as Gordon * John Longden as Jeffrey * Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Such Is The Law
''Such Is the Law'' is a 1930 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Frances Day, C. Aubrey Smith and Kate Cutler. It was made at Cricklewood Studios.Wood p.70 Premise A mother attempts to save her daughter's marriage. Cast *Kate Cutler as Mother *Frances Day as Wife *Maud Gill as Aunt's Maid *Carl Harbord as Vivian Fairfax *Gibb McLaughlin as Valet *Nancy Price as Aunt *Miriam Seegar as Other Woman *C. Aubrey Smith as Sir James Whittaker *Wyndham Standing as Doctor *Lady Tree as Granny *Janice Adair as Marjorie Majoribanks *Pamela Carme as Mrs. Majoribanks *Bert Coote as Sir George *James Fenton as Solicitor *Rex Maurice as Philip Carberry Production The film was adopted from the silent film ''The Price of Divorce The Power of One (film) ''The Price of Divorce'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Miriam Seegar, Wyndham Standing and Frances Day. The screenplay concerns a doctor's wife who wishes to marry her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder!
''Murder!'' is a 1930 British thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on the 1928 novel ''Enter Sir John'' by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film, after ''Blackmail'' (1929) and '' Juno and the Paycock'' (1930). Plot In 1930, Diana Baring (Norah Baring), a young actress in a travelling theatre troupe, is found in a daze with blood on her clothes, sitting by the murdered body of another young actress, Edna Druce. The poker used to commit the murder was at Diana's feet, but she has no memory of what happened during the minutes the crime was committed. The two young women were thought to have been rivals, and the police arrest her. Diana withholds some important information deliberately, to protect something about the identity of a man that she will not name. At her trial most of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Births
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