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Bryan Powley
Bryan Gilbert Powley (16 September 1871 – 18 December 1962) was a British stage and film actor. He began his career in the era of silent film. Life Powley was born on 16 September 1871 in Reading, the son of the Rev. Matthew Powley and Louisa Jane Tinker. His father was at that time Vicar of Whitley, Reading, but had formerly been Chaplain to the British Community in Málaga and a Canon in Gibraltar. On 7 September 1904, Powley married Evelyn Mary Foster at All Saints Church, Hampstead.Marriage Register of All Saints Church, Hampstead, 1904, p.212 Evelyn Mary Foster was the daughter of Joseph Foster, the eminent genealogist. On 19 May 1905, Bryan Powley and Evelyn Foster had a daughter, Esmay Margaret Powley. Powley was the uncle of Bruce Belfrage and Cedric Belfrage. He died in Worthing, Sussex, on 18 December 1962.Obituary in ''The Stage Year Book''. Published by Carson & Comerford Limited, 1963 Selected filmography * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''Fancy D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight (company)
Spotlight is the largest Casting (performing arts), casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has over 70,000 actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and stunt performers in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadcasters, advertisement agencies, and casting directors. Clients range from large organisations such as the BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV, and Channel 4 to smaller production companies. It publishes its "Contacts" handbook both in hard copy and as an e-book. It includes listings for over 5,000 companies, services, and individuals across all branches of film, television, stage, video games, and voice acting. Spotlight is one of the most successful companies in casting, generating over £10 million per year. Although established since 1927, it only registered as a limited company in 2010. It does not disclose its profits publicly. References External links Spotlight website Directories 1927 establishments in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nonentity
''The Nonentity'' is a 1922 British silent adventure film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Annette Benson, Hugh Buckler and Daisy Campbell.Murphy p.294 Plot The story concerns an aristocrat who goes undercover in British India to rescue a woman. Cast * Annette Benson as Beryl Danvers * Hugh Buckler as Lord Ronald Prior * Daisy Campbell as Mrs. Ellis * Bryan Powley Bryan Gilbert Powley (16 September 1871 – 18 December 1962) was a British stage and film actor. He began his career in the era of silent film. Life Powley was born on 16 September 1871 in Reading, the son of the Rev. Matthew Powley and Louis ... as Robert Ellis References Bibliography * Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. BFI, 2006. External links * 1922 films 1922 adventure films 1922 war films British silent feature films British adventure films British war films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films based on British novels Stoll Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Stage Actors
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Deaths
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states, aside from Austria, unite into a single nation state, known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Constitution of the German Confederation comes into effect. It abolishes all restrictions on Jewish marriage, choice of occupation, place of residence, and property ownership, but exclusion from government employment and discrimination in social relations remain in effect. * January 21 – Giuseppe Garibaldi's group of French and Italian volunteer troops, in support of the French Third Republic, win a battle against the Prussians in the Battle of Dijon. * February 8 – 1871 French legislative election elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Mother Riley Joins Up
''Old Mother Riley Joins Up'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Martita Hunt, Bruce Seton and Garry Marsh. It was part of the long-running Old Mother Riley series. Plot summary Old Mother Riley works as a nurse before volunteering for the Auxiliary Territorial Service. With the help of her daughter Kitty and Kitty's boyfriend Lieutenant Travers, she thwarts a plan by enemy agents to steal important secret documents. Cast * Arthur Lucan ... Mrs. Riley * Kitty McShane ... Kitty Riley * Glen Alyn ... Pauline * Dorothy Dewhurst ... Mrs. Rayful * Martita Hunt ... Commandant * H. F. Maltby ... Gen. Hogsley * Garry Marsh ... Dr. Leach * Bryan Powley ... Mr. Rayful * Bruce Seton ... Lt. Travers * Jeanne Stuart ... Nurse Wilson Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Boarders
''Strange Boarders'' is a 1938 British comedy thriller film, directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Edward Black for Gainsborough Pictures, and starring Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr, Googie Withers and Ronald Adam. The film is an adaptation of the 1934 espionage novel '' The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent'' by E. Phillips Oppenheim, and was well received by critics. Plot A seemingly innocuous and respectable elderly lady is knocked down and critically injured by a bus on a London street. When the police search her handbag to find out her identity, they are astonished to discover a series of top secret military blueprints. The secret service are alerted and arrive at the hospital to question her, but she laughs in their faces before quietly dying. The man for the job is top secret service agent Tommy Blythe (Walls), who happens to be on honeymoon with new wife Louise (Saint-Cyr). He is summoned back to London under conditions of absolute secrecy, not allowed to divul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love From A Stranger (1937 Film)
''Love from a Stranger'' is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Ann Harding, Basil Rathbone and Binnie Hale. It is based on the 1936 play of the same name by Frank Vosper. In turn, the play was based on the 1924 short story '' Philomel Cottage'', written by Agatha Christie. The film was remade in 1947 under the same title. The film was produced by the independent Trafalgar Films at Denham Studios near London. It is also known by the alternative title ''A Night of Terror'' in the United States. Cast *Ann Harding as Carol Howard * Basil Rathbone as Gerald Lovell * Binnie Hale as Kate Meadows *Bruce Seton as Ronald Bruce *Jean Cadell as Aunt Lou *Bryan Powley as Doctor Gribble *Joan Hickson as Emmy *Donald Calthrop as Hobson * Eugene Leahy as Mr. Tuttle Style ''Love from a Stranger'' transitions between comedy and romance in the first half of the film to what Mark Mark Aldridge commented on the film in his book on Agatha Christie film adapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlight Sonata (film)
''Moonlight Sonata'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and written by E. M. Delafield and Edward Knoblock. The film stars Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Charles Farrell, Marie Tempest, Barbara Greene and Eric Portman. The film was released on 11 February 1937, by United Artists and re-released in 1943 as ''The Charmer'' (shortened). Plot In Sweden, Eric Molander (Charles Farrell) professes his love for Ingrid (Barbara Greene), the beautiful young granddaughter of baroness Lindenborg (Marie Tempest). Meanwhile, in the nearby countryside, a plane with Paderewski and two other passengers on board is forced to land due to mechanical problems. The travellers take refuge at the baroness's country estate; one of them, worldly Mario de la Costa (Eric Portman), steals the naive young Ingrid away from her lover. With Paderewski's help – he plays a hauntingly beautiful rendition of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" which soothingly calms the flighty-minded Ingrid and allows he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Currents (1935 Film)
''Cross Currents'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ian Colin, Marjorie Hume and Evelyn Foster. The film was made as a quota quickie supporting feature, for distribution by Paramount to allow them to meet the annual quota established by the British government. Much of the film was shot on location in Cornwall.Chibnall p.45 A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love. It was based on the novel ''Nine Days Blunder'' by Gerald Elliott. Cast * Ian Colin as Tony Brocklehurst * Marjorie Hume as Mrs. Stepping-Drayton * Evelyn Foster as Margery Weston * Frank Birch as Rev. Eustace Hickling * Aubrey Mallalieu as Gen. Trumpington * Kate Saxon as Miss Cruickshank * Aubrey Dexter as Colonel Bagge-Grant * Bryan Powley as Cmdr. Mannering * Sally Gray Constance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne (''née'' Stevens; 14 February 1915 – 24 September 2006), commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English film actress o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poisoned Diamond
''The Poisoned Diamond'' is a 1933 British drama film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Lester Matthews, Anne Grey and Patric Knowles. It was made as a quota quickie for release by Columbia Pictures.Chibnall p.280 Cast * Lester Matthews as John Reader * Anne Grey as Mary Davidson * Patric Knowles as Jack Dane * Raymond Raikes * Bryan Powley * Lucius Blake * D.J. Williams * Hilda Campbell-Russell Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. The ... as Reader's Secretary References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart
''Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart'' is a 1922 British silent romance film directed by George Pearson and starring Betty Balfour, Donald Macardle and Nora Swinburne. The plot is based on two of the " Wee Macgreegor" books by John Joy Bell; ''Oh Christina'' and ''Courting Christina''. Plot In Scotland, young Christina weds young MacGregor, despite objections from Christina's snobbish aunt. Cast * Betty Balfour as Christine * Donald Macardle as Wee MacGregor * Nora Swinburne as Jessie Mary * Cyril Percival as Uncle Baldwin * Minna Grey as Mary Purvis * M.A. Wetherell as John Robertson * Bryan Powley as Uncle Purdie * Mabel Archdale as Aunt Purdie * Lillian Christine as Lizzie * Marie Ault Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film. Biography Born as Mary Cragg, in Wigan, Lancashire, (now Greater Manchester. England. Ault was a star in many British films of the silent era but is ... as Miss Todd * Bunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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