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Aubrey Mather
Aubrey Mather (17 December 1885 – 16 January 1958) was an English character actor. Career Mather was born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in ''Brewster's Millions'' in 1909 and on Broadway ten years later in ''Luck of the Navy''. He eventually branched out to films, starting with '' Young Woodley'' in 1930. He often played butlers. In the 1932 film ''The Impassive Footman'' he played the eponymous footman. He died in Harrow, London, aged 72. Complete filmography *'' Young Woodley'' (1931) – Mr. Woodley *''Aren't We All?'' (1932) – Vicar *''Love on the Spot'' (1932) – Mr. Prior *''The Impassive Footman'' (1932) – Dr. Bartlett *''Tell Me Tonight'' (1932) – Balthasar *'' Red Wagon'' (1933) – Blewett *'' The Man Changed His Name'' (1934) – Sir Ralph Whitcombe *'' The Lash'' (1934) – Colonel Bush *''The Admiral's Secret'' (1934) – Captain Brooke *''Anything Might Happen'' (1934) – Seym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minchinhampton
Minchinhampton is an ancient Cotswolds market town in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, South West England. The town is located on a hilltop, south-east of Stroud. The common offers wide views over the Severn Estuary into Wales and further into the Cotswolds. Toponymy The place-name 'Minchinhampton' is first attested as ''Hantone'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. It appears as ''Minchenhamtone'' in the Assize Rolls of 1221. The name was originally the Old English ''Heatun'', meaning "high town or settlement". The additional element is the Old English ''mynecen'', meaning a nun, which is related to the modern word "monk". Minchinhampton at one time belonged to the nunnery in Caen in Normandy, France. Thus the name means "the nuns' high town or settlement". . On a map of 1825 (published 1828) the town is labelled "Minching-Hampton" (see external links). Amenities and features The main square has a war memorial, and a 17th-century Market House, given to the town in 1919 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Admiral's Secret
''The Admiral's Secret'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Guy Newall and starring Edmund Gwenn, James Raglan and Dorothy Black. It was based on a play by Cyril Campion and filmed at Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by James Carter. A quota quickie, it was released by the American company RKO Pictures. Premise In Devon a gang of Spanish criminals search for a trove of stolen gems hidden by a retired British Admiral. Cast * as Admiral Fitzporter * |
Just William (film)
''Just William'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Richard Lupino, Fred Emney and Basil Radford. It is based on the Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton. Plot A rascally child recruits his friends as assistants to help his father get elected to the city council. Sadly, the children accidentally help two jewel thieves to escape. They feel sorry about this, and to redeem themselves, the kids begin investigating a rival candidate's conspiracy. Their involvement causes the boy's father to win the election. Cast * Richard Lupino as William Brown * Fred Emney as Mr Brown * Basil Radford as Mr Sidway * Amy Veness as Mrs Bott * Iris Hoey as Mrs Brown * Roddy McDowall as Ginger * Norman Robinson as Douglas * Peter Miles as Henry * David Tree as Marmaduke Bott * Jenny Laird as Ethel Brown * Simon Lack Simon Lack (19 December 19138 August 1980) was a Scottish actor. He was born Alexander MacAlpine, in Cleland, North Lanarkshire, Scotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Inn (film)
''Jamaica Inn'' is a 1939 British adventure thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name. It is the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel ''Rebecca'' and short story " The Birds"). It stars Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1820, in the real Jamaica Inn (which still exists) on the edge of Bodmin Moor. Plot The film is set in 1820 (at the start of the reign of King George IV, as mentioned by Pengallan in his first scene). Over and above its function as a hostelry, Jamaica Inn houses the clandestine rural headquarters of a gang of cut-throats and thieves, led by innkeeper Joss Merlyn. They have become wreckers. They are responsible for a series of engineered shipwrecks in which they extinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Begins With Love
''Life Begins with Love'' is a 1937 American romantic drama film, directed by Ray McCarey. It stars Jean Parker, Douglass Montgomery, and Edith Fellows. References External links''Life Begins with Love''at the Internet Movie Database 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, ... 1937 films American romantic drama films 1937 romantic drama films Films directed by Ray McCarey American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures films Films scored by Morris Stoloff 1930s American films {{1930s-romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underneath The Arches (film)
''Underneath the Arches'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Stella Moya, Lyn Harding and Edmund Willard. Flanagan and Allen formed part of the comedy ensemble known as the Crazy Gang. It was made by Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios as part of its ambitious production schedule following its abandonment of quota quickies. Synopsis Two down-on-their-luck Englishmen travel by ship to a South American country where they foil one revolution, and then accidentally start another. Cast * Bud Flanagan as Bud * Chesney Allen as Ches * Stella Moya as Anna * Lyn Harding as Pedro * Edmund Willard as Chief Steward * Enid Stamp-Taylor as Dolores * Edward Ashley as Carlos * Aubrey Mather Aubrey Mather (17 December 1885 – 16 January 1958) was an English character actor. Career Mather was born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in ''Brewster's Milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabotage (1936 Film)
''Sabotage'', released in the United States as ''The Woman Alone'', is a 1936 British espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, and John Loder. It is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel ''The Secret Agent'', about a woman who discovers that her husband, a London shopkeeper, is a terrorist agent. ''Sabotage'' should not be confused with Hitchcock's film ''Secret Agent'', which was also released in 1936, but which instead is loosely based on two stories in the 1927 collection '' Ashenden: Or the British Agent'' by W. Somerset Maugham. It also should not be confused with Hitchcock's film ''Saboteur'' (1942), which includes the iconic fall from the torch of the Statue of Liberty which presaged the Mount Rushmore scene in ''North by Northwest'' (1959). In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for ''Time Out'' magazine ranked the film 44th best British film ever. In 2021, ''The Daily Telegraph' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man In The Mirror (1936 Film)
''The Man in the Mirror'' is a 1936 British comedy film, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Edward Everett Horton, Genevieve Tobin and Ursula Jeans. Plot Jeremy Dilke, a withdrawn, mild-mannered man, works in the city. He is preparing an important report on nitrates, but his partner considers him too weak-willed to proceed with the deal. On the Underground train home Veronica, his partner's flirtatious wife, contrives to alight at his stop and persuade him to walk her home. Her plot is foiled by Dilke's wife, Helen, who takes him home in a taxi. Jeremy argues with Helen and her mother, and both women leave the Dilke home. Alone in the house, he is surprised when his reflection in the mirror steps out and tells him that he is his alter ego, the kind of man he wishes he was. The man-in-the-mirror then begins to live the more confident, aggressive life that the man had always dreamed of. He kisses his wife with new passion and flatters his mother-in-law. He also takes command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick (1936 Film)
''Chick'' is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Sydney Howard, Betty Ann Davies and Fred Conyngham. It is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Edgar Wallace, which had previously been made into a 1928 silent film. The film was made at Elstree Studios.Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 89. The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures. Cast * Sydney Howard as Chick Beane * Betty Ann Davies as Peggy * Fred Conyngham as Sir Anthony Monsard * Cecil Humphreys as Sturgis * Mae Bacon as Gert * Wallace Geoffrey as Latimer *Aubrey Mather as The Dean *Arthur Chesney Arthur William Kellaway (21 November 1881 – 27 August 1949), known as Arthur Chesney, was an English character actor who worked on stage and screen. Biography He was born 21 November 1881 in Hampstead, London, the son of John and Catherine K ... as Lord Frensham *Edmund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As You Like It (1936 Film)
''As You Like It'' is a 1936 British romantic comedy film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Laurence Olivier as Orlando and Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind. It is based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was Olivier's first performance of Shakespeare on screen. It was the final film of stage actors Leon Quartermaine and Henry Ainley, and featured an early screen role for Ainley's son Richard as Sylvius, as well as for John Laurie, who played Orlando's brother Oliver. (Laurie would go on to co-star with Olivier in the three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed.) Bergner had previously played the role of Rosalind in her native Germany and her German accent is apparent in most of her scenes. Synopsis Duke Frederick ( Felix Aylmer) has usurped and deposed his older brother, Duke Senior ( Henry Ainley). Frederick allows the exiled Duke's daughter, Rosalind (Elisabeth Bergner), however, to stay, as she is the closest friend of his daughter, Celia (Sophie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Knights Were Bold (1936 Film)
''When Knights Were Bold'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray and Garry Marsh. Songs include "Let's Put the People To Work" sung by Jack Buchanan, "Onward We Go" sung by Buchanan & soldiers' chorus, and "I'm Still Dreaming" sung by Buchanan. Plot Sir Guy de Vere inherits his father's estate while serving with the British army in India. He returns home to take up his new role, but is greeted with hostility by his family and servants. After a drunken evening, a bump on the head with a suit of armour sends Sir Guy back to the 1400s and the golden age of chivalry. Cast * Jack Buchanan as Sir Guy De Vere * Fay Wray as Lady Rowena * Garry Marsh as Brian Ballymoat * Kate Cutler as Aunt Agatha * Martita Hunt as Aunt Esther * Robert Horton as Cousin Bertie * Aubrey Mather as The Canon * Aubrey Fitzgerald as Barker, butler * Robert Nainby as Whittle, the 'boy' * Moore Marriott as The Tramp * Charles Paton as The Mayor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball At Savoy (1936 Film)
''Ball at Savoy'' (sometimes known as ''Ball at the Savoy'') is a 1936 British operetta film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Conrad Nagel, Marta Labarr and Fred Conyngham. The film is based on the 1932 operetta '' Ball im Savoy'' by Paul Abraham, which had been turned into an Austrian film in 1935. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.85 A British diplomat falls in love with a famous singer when he meets her in Cannes. Cast * Conrad Nagel as John Egan/Baron Dupont * Marta Labarr as Anita Stella * Lu Ann Meredith as Mary * Fred Conyngham as George * Aubrey Mather as Herbert * Fred Duprez as Not Herbert * Bela Mila as Terese * Dino Galvani as Manager * Monti DeLyle as Stranger * Esther Kiss as Suzanne * Tony De Lungo as Maitre d'Hotel * Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco Alberto G. G. Barnabe (3 April 1905 – 20 June 1998) was an English film and stage actor. He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and in Egypt, Australia and New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
