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Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to audiences for her '' Squibs'' series of films. Life and career Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the ''Daily Mirror'' as the country's favourite world star. Her talent was most evident in the ''Squibs'' comedy series produced by George Pearson, while in his '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1923), rediscovered in 2014, and ''Reveille'' (1924), she demonstrated a serious side to her character. Her role as a wealthy heiress in '' Somebody's Darling'' (1925) was an attempt to break out of her previous role as Squibs, to avoid typecasting. She made her stage debut in 1913, and was appearing in ''Medora'' at the Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square when T. A. Welsh and Pearson saw and signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood system. That said, Hollywood has also been considered a transnational cinema, and has produced multiple lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champagne (1928 Film)
''Champagne'' is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Jean Bradin. The screenplay was based on an original story by writer and critic Walter C. Mycroft. The film is about a young woman forced to get a job after her father tells her he has lost all his money. Cast * Betty Balfour – Betty * Jean Bradin – The Boy * Gordon Harker – Mark, Betty's Father * Ferdinand von Alten – The Man (as Theo von Alten) Supporting cast, all uncredited: * Jack Trevor – The Officer * Claude Hulbert – Club Guest * Marcel Vibert – Maitre d'Hotel * Hannah Jones – Club Servant * Clifford Heatherley – The Manager * Vivian Gibson * Sunday Wilshin * Phyllis Konstam * Alexander D'Arcy * Fanny Wright * Gwen Mannering * Balliol and Merton Plot Betty (Betty Balfour), an heiress, draws the ire of her father after using his aeroplane to fly to her boyfriend (Jean Bradin) who is on an ocean liner headed to France. ... [...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] |
Bright Eyes (1929 Film)
''Bright Eyes'' is a 1929 British-Austrian silent romance film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Betty Balfour, Jack Trevor, and Fritz Greiner. It is also known under the alternative title of ''Champagner''. The film was a co-production between British International Pictures and Sascha-Film Sascha-Film, in full Sascha-Filmindustrie AG and from 1933 Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG, was the largest Austrian film production company of the silent film and early sound film period. History The business was established in 1910 by Alexande .... Bolváry directed the film after travelling to Britain to make '' The Wrecker'' and stayed on to make another film, '' The Vagabond Queen'', before returning to Germany. Plot summary Cast References Bibliography * External links * * 1929 films 1929 romance films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry 1920s German-language films British black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz Austrian black-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, german: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarians, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria. Biography Géza von Bolváry was born in Budapest. He attended the Imperial Military Academy in Budapest and subsequently served in the Hungarian army (Honved Hussars). After World War I he left military service with the rank of Royal Hungarian ''Rittmeister''. He then earned his living in the new Hungarian film industry. He began his career in about 1920 as an actor in various silent films, but soon changed to the Star-Film company, where he was first active as a director and made his debut as director and screenwriter with ''A Kétarcú asszony''. In 1922 the film concern Emelka in Munich hired him as a director for four years. Between 1926 and 1928 he worked for the firm Felsom Film in Berlin, after which he went to London for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Maid At The Palace
''The Maid at the Palace'' (French: ''La petite bonne du palace'') is a 1927 French silent film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Betty Balfour, Lucy Sibley and Irene Tripod.Holmstrom p.97 Cast * Betty Balfour as Betty Cinders * Lucy Sibley as Mme Catchpole * Irene Tripod as Pensionnaire / Guest * Henriette Clairval-Terof as Gouvernante / Governess * André Roanne as Richard Dalroy * Fred Wright as Professeur Potrefax * Louis Baron fils as Signor Ferraro * Albert Decoeur as Le maître d'hôtel * Louis Mercanton as Chef * Jean Mercanton as Groom / Bellboy * Georges Bernier as Le plongeur / Dishwasher * Ernest Chambery as Valet * A.G. Poulton * Julio de Romero Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ... References Bibliography * Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croquette (film)
''Croquette'' is a 1927 French silent film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Betty Balfour, Walter Byron and Nicolas Koline.Goble p.311 Cast * Betty Balfour as Croquette * Walter Byron as Bob * Nicolas Koline as Morton * Rachel Devirys as Lola Morelli * Louis Baron fils as L'Indendant Blomart * Ernest Chambery as Monsieur Pluche, le pharmacien * Futelais as Clown * Madeleine Guitty Madeleine Guitty (5 June 1870 – 12 April 1936) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.93 Selected filmography * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1925) * ''Montmartre'' (1925) * '' 600,000 Francs a Month'' (1926 ... as Madame Tromboli * Bonaventura Ibáñez as Le Duc de Valdomme * Jean Mercanton as Dickie * Bob O'Connor as Clown * Albert Rancy as Jose References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1927 films Films directed by Louis Mercanton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor. Mercanton was born in Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Partial filmography Director * ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) co-director * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1913) co-director * ''Infatuation'' aka ''Bouclette'' (1918) * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Call of the Blood'' (1920) * ''Possession'' (1922) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923) * ''Les Deux Gosses'' (1924) adaptation of the novel by Pierre Decourcelle * ''Monte Carlo'' (1925) * ''The Maid at the Palace'' (1927) * ''Croquette'' (1927) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''The Nipper'' (1930) * ''Octave'' (1930) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * ''A Man of Mayfair'' (1931) * ''These Charming People'' (1931) * ''Cognasse'' (1932) * '' Students in Paris'' (1932) * '' The Fish Woman'' (1932) * ''He Is Charming ''He Is Charming'' (French: ''Il est charma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Devil May Care
''Little Devil-May-Care'' (or '' The Devil in the Heart'') (French: ''Le Diable au cœur'') is a 1928 French-British silent drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Betty Balfour, Jaque Catelain and Roger Karl. Plot In a small coastal town Ludivine, a fisherman's daughter, falls in love with Delphin, an orphaned boy who comes to live with them. But her father wants her to marry Lauderin, the lecherous manager of a local cabaret-bar. Cast * Betty Balfour as Ludivine Bucaille * Jaque Catelain as Delphin Leherg * Roger Karl as Bucaille, Ludivine's father * André Nox as Pierre Lauderin * Kissa Kouprine as Thania * Catherine Fonteney as Madame Bucaille, Ludivine's mother * Magda Aranyi as Lauderin's stepmother * Leo Da Costa as Gaston Lauderin * André Heuzé as André Bucaille * Auguste Picaude as Maurice Bucaille * Falcau as Lauderin's brother * Jane Pierson as a woman * Marie Glory as a young thief Production L'Herbier had originally made an agreement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Early life Marcel L'Herbier was born in Paris on 23 April 1888 into a professional and intellectual family, and as he grew up he demonstrated a multi-talented disposition for sports, dancing, debating and the arts. He attended a Society of Mary (Marists), Marist school and then the Lycée Voltaire (Paris), Lycée Voltaire, followed by the École des Hautes Études Sociales in Paris. He worked hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughter Of The Regiment (1929 Film)
''Daughter of the Regiment'' (german: Die Regimentstochter) is a 1929 British-German silent film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Betty Balfour, Alexander D'Arcy, and Kurt Gerron. The plot is loosely based on the 1840 opera composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Subsequent adaptations of the story were made in 1933 and 1953. The film's sets were designed by Heinrich Richter. Cast * Betty Balfour as Marie, Regiments Daughter * Alexander D'Arcy * Kurt Gerron as Quippo, Guard * Julius Falkenstein * Olga Limburg Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ... as Countess Brascani References Bibliography * External links * 1929 films German historical films British historical films 1920s historical films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
