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Alfred Drayton
Alfred Drayton (1 November 1881 – 26 April 1949) was a British stage and film actor. Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was ''The Beloved Vagabond'' at Cardiff in 1908 and his London debut was at the Haymarket Theatre the following year. He featured in several West End plays before going into films, including ''Bulldog Drummond'' (1921) and ''Dear Brutus'' in 1922. On both screen and stage he had a successful partnership with the actor Robertson Hare a veteran of the Aldwych Farces. He was appearing with Hare in the play ''One Wild Oat'' at the Garrick Theatre at the time of his death in 1949. Filmography * '' Iron Justice'' (1915) * '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1919) * ''A Temporary Gentleman'' (1920) * ''The Honeypot'' (1920) * ''Love Maggy'' (1921) * '' A Scandal in Bohemia'' (1921) * '' The Squeaker'' (1930) * ''The W Plan'' (1930) * ''Brown Sugar'' (1931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the ''Domesday Book'' (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses. In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent, later King George IV, who spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honeypot
''The Honeypot'' is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Peggy Hyland, Campbell Gullan and James Lindsay.Low p.383 It was made at Isleworth Studios. A sequel ''Love Maggy'' was released the following year. Cast * Peggy Hyland as Maggie Delamere * Campbell Gullan as Lord Chalfont * James Lindsay as Fred Woolff * Lillian Hall-Davis as Alexandra Hersey * Alfred Drayton Alfred Drayton (1 November 1881 – 26 April 1949) was a British stage and film actor. Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was ''T ... as De Preyne * Maidie Hope as Lady Susan * Grace Lane as Mrs. Lambert * Lillian La Verne as Mrs. Bell References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1920 films 1920s romance films British romance films Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Ensign (film)
''Red Ensign'' is a 1934 film directed by British filmmaker Michael Powell. It is an early low-budget "quota quickie". Plot In 1933, David Barr is the manager and chief designer of Glasgow shipbuilding firm Burns, McKinnon & Co. He comes up with a radical new ship design that can carry 25% more cargo for the tonnage and use less fuel at a time when the industry as a whole is in recession. Barr decides to build not just one ship, as Lord Dean advises, but twenty (to bring the costs down to a manageable level). Manning, a rival shipbuilder Barr loathes, hears rumors and sends two men undercover to find out what they can. They manage to get themselves hired. Manning then offers to purchase either the design or all the ships they can build. Both offers are rejected. With the support of June McKinnon, the chief shareholder, Barr proceeds, despite the opposition of Lord Dean and other members of the board. He receives a severe setback when the Government declines to give him a contrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday The Thirteenth (1933 Film)
''Friday the Thirteenth'' is a 1933 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Muriel Aked. Plot The film depicts the lives of several passengers in the hours before they are involved in a bus crash. Cast * Jessie Matthews as Millie * Sonnie Hale as Alf the Conductor * Muriel Aked as Miss Twigg * Cyril Smith - Fred the Driver * Richard Hulton as Johnny * Max Miller as Joe * Alfred Drayton as The Detective * Hartley Power as American tourist * Percy Parsons as American tourist * Ursula Jeans as Eileen Jackson * Eliot Makeham as Henry Jackson * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Max * Gibb McLaughlin as Florist * Edmund Gwenn as Mr Wakefield * Mary Jerrold as Flora Wakefield * Gordon Harker as Hamilton Briggs * Emlyn Williams as William Blake * Frank Lawton as Frank Parsons * Belle Chrystall as Marry Summers * O. B. Clarence as Clerk * Robertson Hare as Ralph Lightfoot * Martita Hunt as Agnes Lightfoot * Leonora Corbett as Dolly * Ralph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Damozel (1933 Film)
''The Little Damozel'' is a 1933 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, James Rennie and Benita Hume. It is based on the 1908 play by Monckton Hoffe, previously filmed in 1916. The screenplay concerns a captain who pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub. Dresses for the film were designed by Doris Zinkeisen. Plot Gambler Recky Poole (James Rennie) accepts a bet to marry Julie Alardy (Anna Neagle), a night club danseuse. After the wedding, Recky unexpectedly fall in love with her, but Julia decides to divorce him and go back to dancing. A despairing Recky contemplates suicide, contriving to make it look like an accident so that Julia will be able to collect the insurance. Luckily, she returns to him before it is too late, and they live a life of wedded bliss. Cast * Anna Neagle as Julie Alardy * James Rennie as Recky Poole * Benita Hume as Sybil Craven * Athole Stewart as Captain Partington * Alfred Drayton a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling For You (film)
''Falling for You'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert, and starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge. Plot Rival journalists Jack and Minnie (Hulbert and Courtneidge) compete for a scoop about a missing heiress (Tamara Desni). When they track her down to Switzerland, Jack falls for her and Minnie gets to write up the story. Cast *Jack Hulbert as Jack Hazeldon *Cicely Courtneidge as Minnie Tucker *Tamara Desni as Sondra von Moyden *Garry Marsh as Archduke Karl *Alfred Drayton as News editor *Toni Edgar-Bruce as Aunt Alice (as Tonie Bruce) * O. B. Clarence as Trubshawe * Morton Selten as Caldicott *Ivor McLaren as The Sweep (as Ivor McClaren) *Leo Sheffield as The Butler Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Boy (film)
''It's a Boy'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Henson, Albert Burdon and Edward Everett Horton. It is a farce about a blackmailer who attempts to demand money from a young woman on the brink of marriage. It was based on the 1931 play ''It's a Boy'' by Austin Melford, an English adaption of the 1926 play ''Hurra, ein Junge'' by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach.Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 78. with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Plot On the eve of his society wedding, Dudley Leake and his best man James Skippett get drunk at his bachelor party. While in his cups Dudley confides to his friend about a brief fling he had with a woman just before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. The following morning they oversleep and are late for their wedding. While they are dressing themselves Joe Piper, a young man with a strong Northern accent, appears at the flat and cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Babs
''Lord Babs'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bobby Howes, Jean Colin and Pat Paterson. It was based on the 1925 play of the same title by Keble Howard. It was once believed to be a lost film, but was rediscovered. Cast * Bobby Howes as Lord Basil 'Babs' Drayford * Jean Colin as Nurse Foster * Pat Paterson as Helen Parker * Alfred Drayton as Ambrose Parker * Arthur Chesney as Mr Turpin * Clare Greet as Mrs Parker * Hugh Dempster as Dr. Neville * Joe Cunningham as Chief Steward References External links''Lord Babs (1932)''on BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ... website * 1932 films Films directed by Walter Forde 1932 comedy films British comedy films Gainsborough Pictures films British films based on plays Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Calendar (1931 Film)
''The Calendar'' is a 1931 British drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey. Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations. He decides to get his own back with the help of Hillcott, an ex-burglar. Jill is the love interest. It was released as ''Bachelor's Folly'' in the United States. The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.71 It was based on '' The Calendar'', a 1929 play and subsequent novel by Edgar Wallace. A remake was released in 1948. Cast * Herbert Marshall as Gerry Anson * Edna Best as Jill Panniford * Anne Grey as Wenda Panniford * Gordon Harker as Sam Hillcott * Nigel Bruce as Lord Willie Panniford * Alfred Drayton as John Dory * Leslie Perrins as Henry Lascarne * Allan Aynesworth as Edmund Garth * Melville Cooper George Melville Cooper (15 October 1896 – 13 March 1973) was an English actor. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Ending (1931 Film)
''The Happy Ending'' is a 1931 British drama film directed by Millard Webb and starring George Barraud, Daphne Courtney and Alfred Drayton. Its plot concerns a father who deserted his family some years before returning home only to find his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero when he abandoned them. A silent version, of ''The Happy Ending'' had been made in 1925 based on the same play by Ian Hay. It was made at Lime Grove Studios.Wood p.71 The film's sets were designed by Andrew Mazzei. Cast * George Barraud as Dennis Craddock * Daphne Courtney as Mollie Craddock * Alfred Drayton as Life of the party * Anne Grey as Mildred Craddock * Benita Hume as Yvonne * Cyril Raymond Cyril William North Raymond MBE (13 February 1899 – 20 March 1973) was a British character actor. He maintained a stage and screen career from his teens until his retirement, caused by ill health, in the 1960s. His many stage, film and tele ... as Anthony Fenwick * Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Sugar (1931 Film)
''Brown Sugar'' is a 1931 British romance film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Constance Carpenter, Francis Lister, Allan Aynesworth and Helen Haye. It was largely filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London. It was produced by Julius Hagen as a quota quickie for distribution by the American company Warner Brothers. Local gentry disapprove when Lord Sloane chooses an actress for a wife. Cast * Constance Carpenter as Lady Stella Sloane * Francis Lister as Lord Sloane * Allan Aynesworth as Lord Knightsbridge * Helen Haye as Lady Knightsbridge * Cecily Byrne as Lady Honoria Nesbitt * Eva Moore as Mrs. Cunningham * Chili Bouchier as Ninon de Veaux * Gerald Rawlinson as Archie Wentworth * Alfred Drayton as Edmondson * Wallace Geoffrey as Crawbie Carruthers References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The W Plan
''The W Plan'' is a 1930 British spy film produced and directed by Victor Saville and starring Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Gibb McLaughlin, and Gordon Harker. The screenplay was written by Saville with Miles Malleson and Frank Launder, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Seton. When the film was released in the United States, Aherne was appearing in ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street'' on Broadway, and receiving praise for his performance as Robert Browning. The film was a critical success, but did not do well at the box office. Plot Colonel Duncan Grant (Brian Aherne) is a British officer during World War I. When the British high command get wind of a German plan, titled The W Plan, from the lips of a dying German officer, Major Ulrich Muller (George Merritt), they send Grant behind enemy lines to learn the details. After successfully being dropped by airplane near the German town of Essen, where he makes his way to home of the dead German who was responsible f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
