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British Films Of 1920
A list of British films released in 1920. 1920 See also * 1920 in film * 1920 in the United Kingdom References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:British Films Of 1920 1920 Films British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... 1920s in British cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf's Button (1920 Film)
''Alf's Button'' is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor and Gerald Ames. It was based on the 1920 novel '' Alf's Button'' by William Darlington. The film is about a British soldier who discovers a magic coat button which summons a genie to grant his various wishes. It was remade as a sound film in 1930. It was shot at Walton Studios. Plot As described in a film magazine, during World War I, Alf (Henson) discovers that he has a brass button which, when he rubs it, summons Eustace (Carew), a genie. While in the trenches, the genie brings Alf and his friend Bill (MacAndrews) goblets of beer, pretty young women, a bath, and anything their hearts desire. Finally, Alf is discharged from the Army and marries Liz (Taylor), who returns the button to the genie. Cast * Leslie Henson as Alf Higgins * Alma Taylor as Liz * Gerald Ames as Lt. Denis Allen * James Carew as Eustace, the genie * Eileen Dennes as Lady Isobel Fit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Carew
James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm. He began acting on stage in Chicago in 1897 in ''Damon and Pythias''. In 1905, Carew moved to England, where he continued his stage career starting with the Lyric Theatre, London, later working in two plays with Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry, one of the best-known and noted British actresses of the day. In 1907, he married Terry, who was thirty years his senior. The couple separated in 1910 but there is no record of divorce. In fact he is listed as living with Ellen at Smallhythe in the 1911 Census Carew made his screen debut by 1917, when he appeared in the film '' Profit and the Loss''. He continued to take leading roles in films until his death in 1938. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude McCoy
Gertrude McCoy (born Gertrude Lyon; June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 160 films between 1911 and 1926. McCoy was born in Rome, Georgia, on June 30, 1896, and she attended schools in Nassau, Tennessee. McCoy was a Gibson Girl, modeling for artist Charles Dana Gibson, before she acted. She began working for Gaumont studios in 1916 and also acted for Zitaphone, Biograph, and Pathe. In 1915, the Gertrude McCoy Theater opened in West Baltimore's Easterwood section. It was built by the Lord Calvert Amusement Company. When McCoy retired in 1927, the 500-seat theater's name was changed to the Fulton Theater. McCoy married British actor Duncan McRae in 1919. Together, they made films in England, Germany, and South America. In the 1930s, McCoy moved to Atlanta to care for her mother, who was an invalid. She worked at the Georgian and Piedmont hotels in Atlanta. McCoy died on July 17, 1967, in a hospital in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan McRae (actor)
Duncan McRae (1873–1931) was a British actor and film director. Much of his acting work was done in the United States. Selected filmography Actor * ''The House of the Lost Court'' (1915) * '' Cohen's Luck'' (1915) * '' The Woman's Law'' (1916) * ''That Sort'' (1916) * '' The Flower of No Man's Land'' (1916) * ''Red, White and Blue Blood'' (1917) * ''My Own United States'' (1918) Director * ''June Friday'' (1915) * ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) * '' The Auction Mart'' (1920) * ''Money Money is any item or verifiable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a particular country or socio-economic context. The primary functions which distinguish money are as ...'' (1921) References External links * 1873 births 1931 deaths British male film actors Male actors from London British film directors 20th-century British male actors British expatriate male actors in the United States {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Auction Mart
''The Auction Mart'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Duncan McRae and starring Gertrude McCoy, Charles Quatermaine and Gerald Moore.Low p.332 Cast * Gertrude McCoy as Jacqueline * Charles Quatermaine as Jacqueline's Father * Gerald Moore as Basil Stair * Basil Foster as Carver * Simeon Stuart as a Peer * Moya Nugent * Henry Doughty * Minnie Rayner Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress. In 1889, while in South Africa, she acted in the comic opera '' Falka'' as Edwige, the fiery Gipsey girl and sister of the brigand chief. The play was staged ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films English-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manora Thew
Manora Alice Thew (12 April 1891 – 12 April 1987) was an English actress. She was born in Negapatam, Madras Presidency, British India, the daughter of Alice Maude ''née'' Turner (1865–1925) and Cuthbert Harrison Thew (1859–1928). In 1911 she was a student at a boarding school in Frimley in Surrey. In 1915 she married John Davidson (1890–1954), a medical doctor, and with him had a daughter, Manora Joy Davidson (1920–1999). After the birth of her daughter she largely retired from acting. In 1939 she and her family were living at 140 Manchester Road in Sheffield. Manora Thew died in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England in 1987. In her will she left £116,050. Partial filmography * '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * '' The Shulamite'' (1915) * '' Honour in Pawn'' (1916) * ''Arsène Lupin'' (1916) * '' The New Clown'' (1916) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1916) * '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916) * '' The Grit of a Jew'' (1917) * '' Not Negotiable'' (1918) * ''The Man and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Villa Rose (1920 Film)
''At the Villa Rose'' is a 1920 British silent detective film based on the 1910 novel '' At the Villa Rose'' by British politician and author A.E.W. Mason (considered his most famous mysteryWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 212..). The feature was directed by Maurice Elvey and stars Manora Thew and Langhorn Burton. A print of the film survives at the British Film Institute archives. The novel, which introduced the fictional character of French Police Inspector Hanaud, was so popular, it was filmed four times, the 1920 silent film being the first. The other three film versions were sound versions, two appearing in 1930, and the last in 1940. Although the film is mainly a murder mystery, there are some horror-oriented moments such as a creepy seance scene and a somewhat violent strangulation scene in it as well. Plot Inspector Hanaud is asked to investigate a murder in which a young female spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Gullan
Campbell Gullan (1881, in Glasgow – 1 December 1939, in New York City) was a Scottish actor. Partial filmography * ''Caste'' (1915) - Sam Gerridge * ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915) * ''The Great Adventure'' (1916) - Reporter * '' A Place in the Sun'' (1916) - Arthur Blagden * ''Comin' Thro' the Rye'' (1916) - George Tempest * '' Milestones'' (1916) - Sir John Rhead * ''Charity'' (1919) - Samuel Pester * '' A Member of Tattersall's'' (1919) - Foxey * '' The Right Element'' (1919) - Frank Kemble * '' Damaged Goods'' (1919) - George Dupont * ''Love in the Wilderness'' (1920) - Hon. Dicky Byrd * '' At the Mercy of Tiberius'' (1920) - Col. Luke Darrington * '' Her Story'' (1920) - Oscar Kaplan * ''The Honeypot'' (1920) - Lord Chalfont * ''Love Maggy'' (1921) - Lord Chalfont * ''Mr. Pim Passes By'' (1921) - Carraway Pim * '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1921) - Percy Welwyn * ''Single Life'' (1921) - Gerald Hunter * ''The Game of Life'' (1922) - Edward Travers * ''If Four Walls Told' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Hyland
Peggy Hyland (born Gladys Lucy Hutchinson; 11 June 1884 – 19 September 1973) was an English silent film actress who after a brief period on the stage had a successful career as a silent film actress, appearing in at least 40 films in Great Britain and the United States between 1914 and 1925. In 1925 she returned to Britain after making her last film following which she lived a life of obscurity. Education Peggy Hyland was born Gladys Lucy Hutchinson in 1884, the daughter of Dr. Cyril George Hutchinson and Ada Slack (née Marples). She had two sisters, Edith and Hilda, and a half sister, Ethel. She was educated in Britain and at convents in Europe. The first convent she attended was Seroule in Verviers, on the frontier of Belgium. It was the first town entered by the German Army in World War I. Film career Hyland began acting after consulting a seer who foretold great success for the diminutive English girl. Once she played in support of Cyril Maude who is known for his ''Gru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred LeRoy Granville
Fred LeRoy Granville was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, in 1896,1917 Motion Picture News Studio Directory and educated in New Zealand. The 1 February 1922, issue of ''American Cinematographer'' stated that he was "a bloody Britisher by birth" and "first saw the light at Worton Hall, Isleworth, Middlesex, England." Granville became interested in photography as a boy. His first experience with cinematography came in 1913 under the guidance of James Crosby at the Selig Polyscope studio in Edendale, near downtown Los Angeles. Granville photographed the documentary Rescue of the Stefansson Expedition (1914) and a number of features and serials for Universal, including '' Liberty, A Daughter of the USA'' (1916) and ''The Heart of Humanity'' (1918). He also shot several of cowboy actor Tom Mix's early Fox features. The last two films he directed were produced in France. While married to Mary J., he had two sons, George E., born about 1908 and Roy F., born about 1911. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Mercy Of Tiberius (film)
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson (May 8, 1835 – May 9, 1909), was an American author of Southern literature and a patriot of the South. She was the first woman to earn through her writing. Wilson was a native of Columbus, Georgia, and her first book, ''Inez, a Tale of the Alamo'', was written when she was still young. It was published by Harpers, but met with indifferent success. Her second book, ''Beulah'', was issued in 1859 and became at once popular, still selling well when the American Civil War broke out. Cut off from the world of publishers, and intensely concerned for the cause of secession, she wrote nothing more until several years later when she published her third story, Macaria', dedicated to the soldiers of the Southern Army. This book was burned by some protesters. After the war closed, Wilson travelled to New York with the copy of '' St. Elmo'', which was speedily published and met with great success. Her later works, ''Vashti''; ''Infelice''; and ''At the Mercy of Tib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Victor
Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in Britain, before emigrating to the US in 1939 where he continued his career. Biography Victor was born in London, England, but was raised in Germany, he made his film debut as Prince Andreas in '' The King's Romance'' (1914). He appeared in literary interpreted pieces such as ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1916) and the Graham Cutts-directed '' The White Shadow'' (1923). Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the circus strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's film '' Freaks'' (1932). The role was originally considered for Victor McLaglen, with whom Browning had worked previously. Victor emigrated to America in 1939. Never a leading man in sound films mainly due to his difficult to interpret accent, he established later in his career, and with the advent of talkies, many character roles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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