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Alexander Butler
Alexander Butler was a British film director who made over sixty features and short films during the 1910s and 1920s including many for G. B. Samuelson's production company. Butler directed several British films in Hollywood in 1920, where Samuelson had made an arrangement with Universal Pictures. Amongst his notable films are the Sherlock Holmes adaptation ''The Valley of Fear'' (1916) and the early British horror film '' The Beetle'' (1919).Rigby p.16 Selected filmography * ''Just a Girl'' (1916) * ''The Valley of Fear'' (1916) * '' A Pair of Spectacles'' (1916) * '' A Fair Impostor'' (1916) * '' The Girl Who Loves a Soldier'' (1916) * '' Nursie! Nursie!'' (1916) * ''The Sorrows of Satan'' (1917) * ''The Odds Against Her'' (1919) * '' The Beetle'' (1919) * ''The Disappearance of the Judge'' (1919) * ''Damaged Goods'' (1919) * ''David and Jonathan'' (1920) * ''Love in the Wilderness'' (1920) * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1920) * ''The Night Riders'' (1920) * ''Married Love'' (1923) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Disappearance Of The Judge
''The Disappearance of the Judge'' is a British silent motion picture of 1919 directed by Alexander Butler Alexander Butler was a British film director who made over sixty features and short films during the 1910s and 1920s including many for G. B. Samuelson's production company. Butler directed several British films in Hollywood in 1920, where Samuel .... Plot A judge is kidnapped by a German gang to steal aero-engine plans. The judge's twin takes his place. Cast *James Lindsay * Florence Nelson, as Madame Julia *Mark Melford References External links * 1919 films British silent feature films Films directed by Alexander Butler British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Unknown
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She (1925 Film)
''She'' is a 1925 British-German fantasy adventure film made by Reciprocity Films, co-directed by Leander de Cordova and G. B. Samuelson, and starring Betty Blythe, Carlyle Blackwell, and Mary Odette. It was filmed in Berlin by a British film company as a co-production, and based on H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel of the same name. According to the opening credits, the intertitles were specially written for the film by Haggard himself; he died in 1925, the year the film was made, and never got to see the finished film. The film still exists in its complete form today. The book has been a popular subject for filmmakers in the silent and sound eras, with at least five short silent film adaptations produced in 1908, 1911, 1916, 1917, and 1919 respectively. The 1925 version was the first ''feature-length'' adaptation, although it was trimmed from its original 95-minute running time down to 69 minutes for US release (it was only released in the US by the Lee-Bradford Corporation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Pagliacci (1923 Film)
''I Pagliacci'' is a 1923 British silent historical drama film directed by G. B. Samuelson and S. W. Smith and starring Adelqui Migliar, Lillian Hall-Davis and Campbell Gullan. The film was shot at Isleworth Studios. It is based on the 1892 opera '' Pagliacci'' by Ruggero Leoncavallo.Goble p.900 Cast * Adelqui Migliar as Canio, the Clown * Lillian Hall-Davis as Nedda * Campbell Gullan as Tonio * Frank Dane as Silvio * Alexander Butler * G. Longoborde See also * List of early color feature films This is a list of early feature-length color films (including primarily black-and-white films that have one or more color sequences) made up to about 1936, when the Technicolor three-strip process firmly established itself as the major-studio f ... References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1923 films 1920s historical drama films 1920s color films British historical dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Royal Divorce (1923 Film)
''A Royal Divorce'' is a 1923 British silent historical drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gwylim Evans, Gertrude McCoy and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on a play by C.C. Collingham and depicts the romantic relationship and political divorce between Napoleon and his wife Josephine. It reportedly did well at the box office when released in the United States, possibly reflecting the strategy of casting an American star McCoy in a leading role.Street p.19 It was remade as a sound film, '' A Royal Divorce'', in 1938. Cast * Gwylim Evans as Napoleon * Gertrude McCoy as Josephine * Lillian Hall-Davis as Stephanie * Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ... as Marques de Beaumont * Mary Dibley as Marie-Louise * Jerrold Robertshaw as Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knockout (1923 Film)
''The Knockout'' is a 1923 British silent sports film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Rex Davis and Josephine Earle. Cast * Lillian Hall-Davis as Polly Peach * Rex Davis as Billy Berks * Josephine Earle as Lady Clare * Tom Reynolds as Manager * Julian Royce as Guy Ballinger * Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ... as Scout References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1923 films 1920s sports films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Alexander Butler British boxing films British black-and-white films 1920s British films {{sport-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Married Love (film)
''Married Love'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Rex Davis and Sydney Fairbrother. It was also known by the alternative titles ''Married Life'' and ''Maisie's Marriage''. The film was loosely based on the 1918 non-fiction book '' Married Love'' by Marie Stopes. Cast * Lillian Hall-Davis as Maisie Burrows * Rex Davis as Dick Reading * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Burrows * Sam Livesey as Mr. Burrows * Roger Livesey as Henry Burrows * Mary Brough as Mrs. Reading * Bert Darley Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Son ... as Mr. Sterling * Gladys Harvey as Mrs. Sterling References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links *''Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Riders (1920 Film)
''The Night Riders'' is a 1920 British silent Western film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Maudie Dunham, Albert Ray and Alexander Butler. It was one of several films made by the British producer G. B. Samuelson at Universal City in California.Low, p. 139. Plot A Cornish emigrant to Canada battles against cattle rustlers in Alberta. Cast * Maudie Dunham as Diana Marbolt * Albert Ray as John Tresler * "Andre Beaulieu" (Alexander Butler) as Jack Marbolt * Russell Gordon as Jake Harnach * C. McCarthy as Doctor Ostler * Joe De La Cruz as Undetermined Role * Goober Glenn * William Ryno William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ugly Duckling (1920 Film)
''The Ugly Duckling'' is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Albert Ray, Florence Turner and Maudie Dunham. It was one of several films made by the British producer G.B. Samuelson at Universal City, California.Low p.139 Cast * Albert Ray as Owen Wilshire * Florence Turner as Charmis Graham * Maudie Dunham Maudie Dunham (1902 in Doddinghurst, Essex - 1982) was a British actress. Filmography * '' The Beetle'' (1919) * '' The Winning Goal'' (1920) * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1920) * '' Love in the Wilderness'' (1920) * ''The Night Riders'' (1920) * ' ... as Sally Lee * William Merrick as John Wilshire References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1920 films 1920 comedy films Silent British comedy films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Alexander Butler British black-and-white films 1920s British fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In The Wilderness
''Love in the Wilderness'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, C. M. Hallard and Campbell Gullan. It was adapted from Gertrude Page's 1907 novel '' Love in the Wilderness''. The film is a romantic melodrama, set partly on a farm in Southern Rhodesia. The film was shot in California.Bamford p.14 Cast * Madge Titheradge as Enid Davenport * C. M. Hallard as Keith Meredith * Campbell Gullan as Hon. Dicky Byrd * Maudie Dunham as Nancy Johnson * Hubert Davies as George Whiting * Frances Griffiths as Marion Davenport * Lenore Lynard Lenore may refer to: __NOTOC__ Arts and entertainment * "Lenore" (poem), by Edgar Allan Poe *Lenore, an unrelated character in the poem "The Raven", also by Edgar Allan Poe * "Lenore" (ballad), a 1773 poem by Gottfried August Bürger * "Lenore" (mel ... as Mrs. Meredith References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David And Jonathan (film)
''David and Jonathan'' is a 1920 British silent adventure film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, Geoffrey Webb, and Dick Ryan. It was based on a novel by E. Temple Thurston. It was made at Universal City in California.Low p. 139 Two men, David and Jonathan, are shipwrecked on a desert island A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereot ... together with a girl with whom they are both in love. Cast * Madge Titheradge as Joan Meredith * Geoffrey Webb as David Mortlake * Richard Ryan as Jonathan Hawksley * Sydney Wood as David, as a child * Jack Perks as David as a child References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * * 1920 films 1920 adventure films Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
