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Butcher's Film Service
Butcher's Film Service was a British film production and distribution company that specialised in low-budget productions. The company was founded by William Butcher, a chemist from Blackheath. The company survived through several production slumps in the British film industry and two World Wars. In later years the company mainly released films made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-upon-Thames in Surrey. Amongst the films produced after the Second World War was a series of four Paul Temple films and '' The Story of Shirley Yorke'' which proved to be a surprise hit. The company attempted to give its films a patriotic and populist appeal, and were particularly aimed at working-class audiences in industrial areas. In 1954 it was renamed Butcher's Film Distributors.Chibnall & McFaralne p.66 Selected filmography *''East Is East (1916 film)'' *'' Grim Justice'' (1916) *'' The Princess on Broadway'' (1927) starring Pauline Garon, Johnny Walker, Ethel Clayton, and Dorothy Dw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grim Justice
''Grim Justice'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Laurence Trimble and starring Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Malcolm Cherry.Low p.288 Cast * Florence Turner as Chrystal Transom * Henry Edwards as Gideon Midhurst * Malcolm Cherry Malcolm Cherry (17 May 1878 in Liverpool – 13 April 1925 in London), was an English actor. Selected filmography * ''Far from the Madding Crowd (1915 film), Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915) * ''A Welsh Singer'' (1916) * ''A Place in the S ... as James Midhurst * Winnington Barnes as Jude Transom * Una Venning as Drucilla Midhurst * Dorothy Rowan as Hester Midhurst * Moore Marriott as Grandfather Transom * Maud Williams as Stepmother References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1914-1918''. Routledge, 2005. External links * 1916 films 1916 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films set in England Films directed by Laurence Trimble Films based on British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Studios
This is a list of notable British film studios. * 3 Mills Studios – Bow, London * Aardman Animations – Bristol * Beaconsfield Film Studios – Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire * Bray Studios – Windsor, Berkshire * Bushey Studios – Bushey, Hertfordshire * British and Dominions Imperial Studios – Borehamwood, Hertfordshire * British National Studios (formerly known as Rock Studios) – Borehamwood, Hertfordshire * Catford Studios – Catford, London * Cricklewood Studios – Cricklewood, London * Denham Film Studios – Denham, Buckinghamshire * Dickenson Road Studios, Rusholme, Manchester * Disney UK – Hammersmith, London * Dragon International Film Studios – Llanilid, Wales * Ealing Studios – Ealing, London * Elstree Film Studios ( Associated British Picture Corporation) – Borehamwood, Hertfordshire * Elstree Studios for other facilities in the Elstree and Borehamwood area * Gainsborough St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hi-Jackers
''The Hi-Jackers'' is a 1963 British crime thriller film written and directed by Jim O'Connolly. It stars Anthony Booth and Jacqueline Ellis. It was shot in black and white. Plot Long-distance independent lorry driver Terry (Anthony Booth) meets homeless and unemployed Shirley (Jacqueline Ellis) at a truckers’ cafe and gives her a lift. His vehicle, carrying a valuable shipment of whisky, is then hijacked under cover of a fake road accident. Who tipped off the hijackers about the route Terry would take? Police Inspector Grayson (Patrick Cargill) and his team investigate. Cast * Anthony Booth as Terry McKinley * Jacqueline Ellis as Shirley * Derek Francis as Jack Carter * Patrick Cargill as Inspector Grayson * Glynn Edwards as Bluey * David Gregory as Pete * Harold Goodwin as Scouse * Tony Wager as Smithy * Arthur English as Bert * Michael Beint as Forbes * Tommy Eytle as Sam Reynolds * Romo Gorrara as Joe * Ronald Hines as Jim Brady * Douglas Livingstone as Tim * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Send For Paul Temple
''Send for Paul Temple'' is a 1946 British crime film directed by John Argyle and starring Anthony Hulme, Joy Shelton and Tamara Desni. Paul Temple is called in by Scotland Yard after a major diamond theft. It was the first of four film adaptations of the BBC's Paul Temple radio serials, with John Bentley taking over the lead role in future installments. The film is an abridged version of the first ever ''Paul Temple'' radio serial, originally broadcast in April and May 1938 over eight episodes, also entitled ''Send for Paul Temple''. The radio script was by Francis Durbridge, who immediately collaborated with a co-author, John Thewes, on a novelisation, published in June 1938. ('John Thewes' is thought to be a pseudonym of Charles Hatton, who collaborated with Durbridge on four subsequent novelisations of radio scripts up until 1948). The original radio script was used again in 1940 for a remade radio production using a Canadian cast, starring Bernard Braden Bernard Chaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Dwan
Dorothy Dwan (April 26, 1906 – March 17, 1981) was an American film actress. Biography Born Dorothy Ilgenfritz in Sedalia, Missouri, Dwan was a WAMPAS Baby Star. She appeared in 40 films between 1922 and 1930, several of which were directed by her second husband, Larry Semon. In 1928, Dwan moved from making films to acting on stage, signing with Henry Duffy to act in his Pacific Coast theaters. Dwan married three times. She had one child, a son, Paul, from her third marriage to Paul Northcutt Boggs Jr. Dwan died in Ventura, California from lung cancer, aged 74. Partial filmography * ''The Silent Vow'' (1922) * '' The Enemy Sex'' (1924) * '' Her Boy Friend'' (1924) * '' Breed of the Border'' (1924) * '' Kid Speed'' (1924) * ''The Parasite'' (1925) * '' Wizard of Oz'' (1925) * ''The Perfect Clown'' (1925) * ''Bashful Buccaneer'' (1925) * '' Stop, Look and Listen'' (1926) * ''The Great K & A Train Robbery'' (1926) * '' The Call of the Klondike'' (1926) * '' A Captain's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Clayton
Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early years Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago. Career Clayton debuted on stage as a professional as a member of the chorus in a production at the Chicago Opera House. After that, she worked with stock theater companies in Milwaukee and Minneapolis. On stage, Clayton appeared mainly in musicals or musical revues such as ''The Ziegfeld Follies of 1911''. In addition to that production, her Broadway credits include ''Fancy Free'' (1918), ''You're in Love'' (1917), ''Nobody Home'' (1915), ''The Red Canary'' (1914), ''The Brute'' (1912), and ''His Name on the Door'' (1909). Clayton's first film was ''When the Earth Trembled''. Following appearances on screen in short dramas from 1909 to 1912, she made her feature-length film debut in ''For the Love of a Girl'' in 1912. Barry O'Neil directed the film, and Clayton later was directed by W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnnie Walker (actor)
Johnnie Walker (January 7, 1894 – December 5, 1949), sometimes credited as Johnny Walker, was an American actor and producer popular from the silent era to the late 1930s. He appeared in a variety of short and feature films, including the highly successful features ''Captain Fly-by-Night'', ''Over the Hill to the Poorhouse'', ''Broken Hearts of Broadway'' and ''Old Ironsides (film), Old Ironsides''.''Silent Film Necrology'' 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana He began his film career in 1915. Background The eldest son of William (1865–1940) and Johanna Walker (1871–1942), he was born John William Walker in New York City on January 7, 1894. His father was a New York City plumber. Young Walker served as a pay clerk in the United States Naval Reserve Force (December 1918-May 1919). Partial filmography *''Destruction (film), Destruction'' (1915) *''Cohen's Luck'' (1915) *''On Dangerous Paths'' (1915) *''Greater Than Fame'' (1920) *''Over the Hill to the Poorhouse'' (1920) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Garon
Marie Pauline Garon (September 9, 1900 – August 30, 1965) was a Canadian American silent film, feature film, and stage actress. Early life Marie Pauline Garon was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 9, 1898, the daughter of Pierre-Auguste Garon & Victoria Connick. She was of French and Irish descent and Canadian nationality. Her father first worked for the Canadian postal department, then worked at an insurance agency, where he managed to gain enough money to send his youngest child (out of eleven children) to the ''Couvent Sacré-Coeur'' (Sacred Heart Convent) in Montreal, one of the most prestigious schools in the city. Garon attended this school for seven years. She was the first graduate of the institution to perform in the theatre. Pauline Garon did not learn English until she was ten years old. At around 20 years old, Pauline Garon ran away to New York City where she began work on Broadway theatre New York, USA. Film career Garon made her film debut in '' Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess On Broadway
''The Princess on Broadway'' is a 1927 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Pauline Garon, Dorothy Dwan and Johnnie Walker.Munden p.619 Cast * Pauline Garon as Mary Ryan * Dorothy Dwan as Rose Ryan * Johnnie Walker as Leon O'Day * Harold Miller as Seymour * Ethel Clayton Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early years Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago. Career Clayton debuted on stage as a professional ... as Mrs. Seymour * Neely Edwards as Bill Blevins References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy-drama films Films directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald American silent feature films Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Is East (1916 Film)
''East Is East'' is a 1916 British silent film drama directed by Henry Edwards, who also starred in the film with Florence Turner. The film is an early example of the plot premise which would prove very popular in the British silent film canon: that of a character (almost always a pretty young girl) from the working-class East End of London being suddenly thrust by circumstance into the daunting milieu of West End high society. The full print of ''East Is East'' survives, and is well regarded by historians of British silent film. Writing for the British Film Institute, Bryony Dixon notes: "Edwards seems to have had an innate or instinctive understanding of cinema space both as an actor and director, and despite being hampered as everyone else at that early date by rather fixed sets and camera positions, he uses himself and the other actors to convey the space beyond the fourth wall, creating the illusion of a satisfyingly convincing world." She also notes: "The locations are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world. It uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Although filmmaking originally involved the use of film, most film productions are now digital. Today, filmmaking refers to the process of crafting an audio-visual story commercially for distribution or broadcast. Production stages Film production consists of five major stages: * Development: Ideas for the film are created, rights to existing intellectual properties are purchased, etc., and the screenplay is written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
