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Arthur Margetson
Arthur Margetson (27 April 1887 – 13 August 1951) was a British stage and film actor. Margetson worked as a stockbroker before he became an actor. In 1936, Margetson married actress Shirley Grey. Filmography * ''Wolves'' (1930) as Mark (film debut) * '' Other People's Sins'' (1931) as Bernard Barrington * ''Many Waters'' (1931) as Jim Barcaldine * '' His Grace Gives Notice'' (1933) as George Barwick * ''The Great Defender'' (1934) as Leslie Locke * '' Little Friend'' (1934) as Hilliard * ''Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) as Dining Officer * '' The Mystery of the Mary Celeste'' (1935) as Capt. Benjamin Briggs * ''The Divine Spark'' (1935) as Ernesto Tosi * ''I Give My Heart'' (1935) as Count Du Barry * ''Music Hath Charms'' (1935) as Alan Sterling * '' Broken Blossoms'' (1936) as Battling Burrows * '' Juggernaut'' (1936) as Roger Clifford * '' Head Office'' (1936) as Dixon * '' Pagliacci'' (1936) as Tonio * ''Smash and Grab'' (1937) as Malvern * ''Action for Slander'' (1938) as Capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg () is the protagonist in the 1872 Jules Verne novel ''Around the World in Eighty Days''. Inspirations for the character were the American entrepreneur George Francis Train and American writer and adventurer William Perry Fogg. Fictional biography Fogg is a man of independent means and is a gentleman who is "exact", as in has a perfect and a routine life right down to the number of steps he walks to the temperature of his shaving water. Having fired a servant for the latter, he hires Jean Passepartout as a new servant. Fogg makes a wager of £20,000 (£2.4 million in 2022) with members of London's Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days or less. He sets out with his French servant Jean Passepartout to win the wager, unaware that he is being followed by a detective named Fix, who suspects Fogg of having robbed the Bank of England. Fix spends the first half of the book trying to delay Fogg's journey to keep him in British territory, However, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Blossoms (1936 Film)
''Broken Blossoms'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Emlyn Williams, Arthur Margetson, Basil Radford and Edith Sharpe. Director Bernard Vorhaus was technical supervisor. The film is based on the short story "The Chink and the Child" by Thomas Burke from his collection '' Limehouse Nights'' (1916), and was produced at Twickenham Studios in London. The story had previously been adapted by D. W. Griffith for his film '' Broken Blossoms'' (1919) starring Lillian Gish. Plot A Chinese missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father. Cast * Dolly Haas as Lucy Burrows * Emlyn Williams as Chen * Arthur Margetson as Battling Burrows * C. V. France as High Priest * Basil Radford as Mr. Reed * Edith Sharpe as Mrs. Reed * Ernest Jay as Alf * Bertha Belmore as Daisy * Gibb McLaughlin as Evil Eye * Ernest Sefton as Manager * Donald Calthrop as Old Chinaman * Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
''Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'' is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes 1893 story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual." Its three immediate predecessors in the film series were World War II spy adventures with Holmes and Dr. Watson assisting working to thwart enemy agents, but this one marked a return to the pure mystery film form. Though several characters are military men and there are frequent mentions of the ongoing war, it is not the focus of the story. This was the second of three Holmes films in which Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce and Hillary Brooke appeared together. The first was ''Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror'' in 1942 and the third was ''The Woman in Green'' in 1945. Plot Dr. Watson is serving as resident physician at Musgrave Manor in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of servicemen suffering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thumbs Up (film)
''Thumbs Up'' is a 1943 American musical drama film producted by Albert J. Cohen for Republic Pictures and directed by Joseph Santley. The film stars Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser and Elsa Lanchester. The screenplay was written by Frank Gill Jr. based on a story idea by Ray Golden and Henry K. Moritz. Musical direction was by Walter Scharf, words and music by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne respectively. The film was released on July 5, 1943. For a publicity stunt to boost her career, an American nightclub singer volunteers for a stint in a British munitions factory. She is so impressed by the spirit of her fellow workers that she decides to stay on. Plot Louise Latimer (Brenda Joyce) is working at the American Club in London as a singer, hoping for her next big break with the help of Bert Lawrence (Arthur Margetson), but Bert has been unable to help her along as Bert's associate E.E. Cartwright (André Charlot) has other ideas, he wants to use various talents from ammunitions and airc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commandos Strike At Dawn
''Commandos Strike at Dawn'' is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a short story entitled "The Commandos" by C. S. Forester that appeared in ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine in June 1942. Filmed in Canada, it starred Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish in her return to the screen, Cedric Hardwicke and Robert Coote. Plot Erik Toresen, a widower and peaceful man, is stirred to violence after the Nazis occupy his quiet Norwegian fishing village. German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group. He kills the head of the Nazis occupying his village, and then escapes to Britain, and guides some British Commandos to a raid on a secret airstrip the Germans are building on the Norwegian coast. Cast Production Inspired by 1941 commando raids in Norway, Columbia Pictures registered the name "Commandos Story" in 1941 feeling the title could spawn a film. The film was shot in the Greater Victoria, Canada, area. Saanich Inlet stands in for Norwegian fjords. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random Harvest (film)
''Random Harvest'' is a 1942 American romantic drama film based on the 1941 James Hilton novel of the same title, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Claudine West, George Froeschel, and Arthur Wimperis adapted the novel for the screen, and received an Academy Award nomination. The novel keeps the true identity of Paula/Margaret a secret until the very end, something that would have been impossible in a film, where characters’ faces must be seen. This meant that the movie had to take a very different approach to the story. The film stars Ronald Colman as a shellshocked, amnesiac World War I veteran, and Greer Garson as his love interest. The film was an instant commercial success and was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Colman, Best Supporting Actress for Susan Peters, Best Director for Mervyn LeRoy and Best Picture. Garson, whose performance was well-received, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (and won) that year for her role in ''Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Yesterday
''Return to Yesterday'' is a 1940 British comedy-drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Clive Brook and Anna Lee. It was based on Robert Morley's play ''Goodness, How Sad''. The film was made at Ealing Studios. Synopsis A British Hollywood star goes AWOL on his way back to Hollywood after a visit in London. The reason is an impromptu decision to leave the train on his way to the ocean liner in Southampton when it passes the seaside resort where he once worked as a struggling actor at a local theatre. Without anyone but his old landlady realising who he is, he then agrees to appear in latest production of a travelling repertory theatre company when it loses its leading man a few days before the premiere, and falls in love with the leading lady. Cast Critical reception ''Allmovie AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
''The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ronald Shiner as Detective Smith (uncredited), Ian Fleming, Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke and Edward Chapman. Based on a 1938 Philip Macdonald novel, it was produced by Warner Brothers - First National Productions. The 1956 American 20th Century-Fox film, ''23 Paces to Baker Street'', was based on the same novel. Plot In this thriller, a playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to investigate them. They soon find the ring is fronted by a bogus employment agency that sends "clients" to check out potential victims. Action ensues as they endeavor to stop them. Cast * Arthur Margetson as Det. Antony Gethryn * Peter Coke as Tom Sheldon * Lesley Brook as Avis Bellingham * Edward Chapman as Jenks * Coral Browne as Mabel Barnes * Joyce Kennedy as Lucia Gethryn * Dorice Fordred as Janet Murch * Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me And My Pal (1939 Film)
''Me and My Pal'' is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood and George Moon. The screenplay concerns two lorry drivers who become mixed up with criminals who trick them into an insurance swindle that ends up with them being sent to prison. It was the second and last feature film made by Willis who had also appeared with Kirkwood in the 1938 comedy film ''Save a Little Sunshine''. It was made at Welwyn Studios. Cast * Dave Willis – Dave Craig * Pat Kirkwood – Peggy * George Moon – Hal Thommson * A. Giovanni – Giovanni * John Warwick – Charlie * Arthur Margetson – Andrews * Aubrey Mallalieu – Prison governor * Eliot Makeham – Cripps * O. B. Clarence – Judge * Ernest Butcher – Webb * Hugh Dempster – Joe * Gerry Fitzgerald – Singing convict * Ian Fleming – Doctor Russell * Agnes Lauchlan Agnes Lauchlan (10 February 1905 – 28 August 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Carol Deane
''The Return of Carol Deane'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Bebe Daniels, Arthur Margetson and Peter Coke. The film is adapted from the story ''The House on 56th Street'' by Joseph Santley and spans the time period from the 1910s to the 1930s. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Proud. Plot In the London of 1912, Carol Deane (Daniels) becomes famous for a portrait of her painted by artist Mark Poynton (Arthur Margetson), who is infatuated with her. Carol however marries Lord Robert Brenning (Michael Drake), much to the chagrin of Poynton. She gives birth to a son then with the outbreak of World War I, Lord Robert goes off to fight on the Western Front while Carol becomes a nurse. Poynton is admitted as a patient to Carol's hospital, and tells her he is still in love with her. Carol tries to make light of his persistence, but after bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action For Slander
''Action for Slander'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Clive Brook, Ann Todd and Googie Withers. The plot is about an army officer who is falsely accused at cheating at cards by a man whose wife he had an affair with and struggles to clear his name. It was an adaptation of the 1937 novel ''Action for Slander'' by Mary Borden. Plot Major George Daviot is left by his wife Ann due to their growing estrangement and her knowledge that he has fallen in love with another woman, Josie Bradford, the wife of one of his fellow officers. Daviot goes off with friends for a weekend party at a country house attended by a number of prominent figures including businessmen and politicians as well as Captain Bradford and his wife. The tension between Bradford and Daviot is obvious during grouse shooting as Bradford is clearly aware of Daviot's affair with his wife. That evening, during a game of cards played for high stakes, Daviot is accused of cheating by Grant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smash And Grab (1937 Film)
''Smash and Grab'' is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph, with Arthur Margetson and Anthony Holles. The film was released in the United States as ''Larceny Street''. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Douglas Daniels. It was followed by a sequel in 1939 '' The Gang's All Here'' with Buchanan reprising his role and Googie Withers starring as his wife. Plot Private detective John Forrest is hired by an insurance company to hunt down a criminal gang on a spree of smash and grab raids on London jewellers. Together with his wife Alice, he tracks the robbers to a Dublin barbershop that's used for fencing the stolen gems. Cast * Jack Buchanan as John Forrest * Elsie Randolph as Alice Thornby * Arthur Margetson as Malvern * Anthony Holles as Polino * Edmund Willard as Cappellano * Lawrence Grossmith as Rankin * Zoe Wynn as Carole * Edward Lexy as Inspector McInerney * Nigel Fitzg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
