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Betty Lynne
Betty Lynne (1911–2011) was a British film actress. During the late 1930s she played the female lead in a number of quota quickies, several of them for Warner Bros. at Teddington Studios. In 1939 she co-starred with Robert Newton in the thriller ''Dead Men are Dangerous''. Lynne was educated at Godwin Girls College in England, a convent in France, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She appeared on Broadway in ''The Animal Kingdom'' (1932) and ''Escape Me Never'' (1935). Selected filmography * '' Take It from Me'' (1937) * ''Saturday Night Revue'' (1937) * '' French Leave'' (1937) * ''Patricia Gets Her Man'' (1937) * '' It's Not Cricket'' (1937) * '' Mr. Satan'' (1938) * '' The Viper'' (1938) * '' Wanted by Scotland Yard'' (1938) * ''Glamour Girl'' (1938) * ''Dead Men are Dangerous'' (1939) * ''That's the Ticket'' (1940) * ''Portrait from Life'' (1948) * '' Once Upon a Dream'' (1949) * ''The Bad Lord Byron ''The Bad Lord Byron'' is a 1949 British historical dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Gets Her Man
''Patricia Gets Her Man'' is a 1937 British romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Purdell and starring Hans Söhnker, Lesley Brook and Edwin Styles. The screenplay concerns a woman who attempts to attract a film star. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by Warner Brothers.Chibnall p.290 Plot summary In an effort to attract a film star a woman pays another man to pretend to be a suitor in order to provoke jealously in the star. However, she soon begins to fall in love with her hired partner. Cast * Hans Söhnker as Count Stephan d'Orlet * Lesley Brook as Patricia Fitzroy * Edwin Styles as Brian Maxwell * Aubrey Mallalieu as Colonel Fitzroy * Cissy Fitzgerald as Duchess Banning * Betty Lynne Betty Lynne (1911–2011) was a British film actress. During the late 1930s she played the female lead in a number of quota quickies, several of them for Warner Bros. at Teddington Studios. In 1939 she co-starred with Robert Newton in the thrille ... as Marie * Yoshihid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS ''Pennsylvania'' stationed in San Francisco harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bad Lord Byron
''The Bad Lord Byron'' is a 1949 British historical drama film about the life of Lord Byron. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred Dennis Price as Byron with Mai Zetterling, Linden Travers and Joan Greenwood. Plot The film sees life from the perspective of Lord Byron, seriously wounded in Greece where he is fighting for Greek independence. From his deathbed, Byron remembers his life and many loves, imagining that he's pleading his case before a celestial court. The first witness called is Lady Caroline Lamb who recalls their relationship. She met Byron after a ball and they began an affair. He writes the poem ''She Walks in Beauty'' about another woman, causing Lady Caroline to stab herself with a broken glass. He breaks things off and Lady Caroline is sent to Ireland. The next witness is Annabella Milbanke who talks about her romance and marriage to Byron, including the birth of their child. The third witness is Augusta Leigh, with whom Annabelle thought Byron was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Dream (1949 Film)
''Once Upon a Dream'' is a 1949 British comedy romance film directed by Ralph Thomas in his debut and starring Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, and Guy Middleton. It was a J. Arthur Rank presentation and a Sydney Box production, and was released through General Film Distributors Ltd. The film was made at the Lime Grove Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. Plot Just after World War II, former army officer Major Gilbert returns home, shortly after his service batman, Jackson, whom he has taken on as his butler. The major's wife, Carol, is offended that her husband pays her little attention before going off to bed, saying he is exhausted after his journey. That night, she has a romantic dream about Jackson and as a result of a coincidence of events as she wakes up, she believes it actually happened and becomes indignant when Jackson does not act accordingly. Meanwhile, Carol's shop is in financial difficulties, and she needs help from the major's rich aunt w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait From Life
''Portrait from Life'' (also known as ''Lost Daughter'', and in the U.S. as ''The Girl in the Painting'') is a 1948 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty and Guy Rolfe. Plot A British Army officer, Major Lawrence (Guy Rolfe), is on leave from being stationed in occupied Germany just after WW2 when he sees a painting of a beautiful young girl called Hildegard in a London art gallery. While viewing the painting he is approached by an old man, Professor Franz Menzel (Arnold Marlé), who escaped from Nazi Germany in the 1930s leaving his family behind and claims to be the young girl's father. Major Lawrence agrees to search for the young girl when he returns to Germany. On returning to Germany and after a long search Major Lawrence eventually tracks down the young girl but she is suffering from amnesia and living with a German couple who claim to be her parents. As Lawrence investigates, the circumstances of the young girl's past bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's The Ticket
''That's the Ticket'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Sid Field, Hal Walters and Betty Lynne.Murphy p.166 It was shot at Teddington Studios. The sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold. Synopsis Two nightclub cloakroom attendants become entangled with an enemy spy ring in an adventure that takes them to Paris. Cast * Sid Field as Ben Baker * Hal Walters as Nosey * Betty Lynne as Fifi * Gus McNaughton as Milkbar Monty * Gordon McLeod as Ferdinand * Charles Castella as The Bull * Gibb McLaughlin as The Count * Ian McLean as Hercule * Ernest Sefton Ernest Sefton (born as Ernest Henry Tipton; 13 January 1883 in Hackney, London – 5 December 1954) was a British film actor. He was the brother of Violet Loraine. Selected filmography * ''The Sign of Four'' (1932) * ''The Innocents of Chi ... as Marchand References Bibliography * Murphy, Robert. ''Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48''. Routle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamour Girl (1938 Film)
''Glamour Girl'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Gene Gerrard, Lesley Brook, Ross Landon, Betty Lynne and Leslie Weston. It was made Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Warner Bros. The plot involved a commercial photographer leaving his job to become a painter, and using his secretary as a model. It marked the last film appearance of American actor James Carew. Cast *Dean Webster - Gene Gerrard *Connie Stevens - Lesley Brook *Taylor Brooks - Ross Landon *Vicki - Betty Lynne *Murphy - Leslie Weston *Sir Raymond Bell - Dennis Arundell *J.J.Andex - Robert Rendel *Collins - James Carew *Arnold - Jimmy Godden Jimmy Godden (11 August 1879 – 5 March 1955) was a British film actor. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and was in the Civil Service before becoming a concert pianist. Godden later turned to the stage and made his debut in pantomime at the ... References External links * 1938 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted By Scotland Yard
''Wanted by Scotland Yard'' is a 1937 or 1938 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring James Stephenson, Betty Lynne and Leslie Perrins. It was made at Welwyn Studios, and is sometimes known by the alternative title of ''Dangerous Fingers''. Its year of release is often described as 1939, the year of its American distribution, but it had premiered in Britain earlier. When jewel thief Fingers (James Stephenson) recognises intended victim Standish (Leslie Perrins) as the man who caused the death of his girlfriend, his motivations switch from robbery to revenge. Cast * James Stephenson as Fingers * Betty Lynne as Doris * Leslie Perrins as Standish * Nadine March as Mabel * Sally Stewart as Molly * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Inspector Williams * George Merritt as Charlie * Bryan Herbert as Sherlock * Florence Groves as Maud * Philip Ray Philip Ray (born Roy Edgar Cochrane, 1 November 1898 – 11 May 1978) was a British stage, film and television act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Viper (1938 Film)
''The Viper'' is a 1938 British slapstick comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Claude Hulbert, Betty Lynne and Hal Walters. The film was a sequel to the previous year's very successful '' The Vulture'', with Hulbert and Walters reprising their roles as hapless private detective Cedric Gull and his sidekick Stiffy respectively. Lesley Brook also features in both films, but in unrelated roles. Directorial duties passed to Neill as Ralph Ince, the director of ''The Vulture'', had been killed in a road accident shortly after the film's release. Cast * Claude Hulbert as Cedric Gull * Betty Lynne as Gaby Toulong * Hal Walters as Stiffy Mason * Lesley Brook as Jenny * Fred Groves as Inspector Bradlaw * Dino Galvani as The Viper * Boris Ranevski as Carlos * Harvey Braban as Jagger * Reginald Purdell as Announcer Reception ''The Viper'' fared significantly less well than ''The Vulture'' both critically and commercially. The film was not the box-office success its pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Not Cricket (1937 Film)
''It's Not Cricket'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Claude Hulbert, Henry Kendall, Betty Lynne and Clifford Heatherley. The film depicts a Frenchwoman married to a cricket-mad Englishman. It was shot as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios. Cast * Claude Hulbert as Willie * Henry Kendall as Henry * Betty Lynne as Yvonne * Sylvia Marriott as Jane * Clifford Heatherley as Sir George Harlow * Violet Farebrother as Lady Harlow * Frederick Burtwell Augustus Frederick Burtwell (23 December 1894 – 16 November 1948) was an English actor, on stage from 1914, who featured in supporting roles in over 40 British films of the 1930s and 1940s. Partial filmography * ''Other People's Sins'' ( ... as Morton References External links * 1937 films 1937 comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Ralph Ince British black-and-white films British comedy films Lost British films Films shot at Teddington Studios Quota quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
