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C. V. France
Charles Vernon France (30 June 1868 – 13 April 1949) was a British actor, usually credited as C. V. France. Stage career France appeared (along with Ralph Richardson) in William Somerset Maugham's 1932 play ''For Services Rendered: A Play in Three Acts'' and Maurice Baring's 1912 drama ''The Grey Stocking: A Play in Four Acts.'' France's stage acting was singled out for praise in Maugham's 1938 literary memoir, ''The Summing Up'': "…But there is one actor whom, since he has never reached the rank of a star, and so has hardly received the recognition that he deserves, I should like to mention. This is C. V. France. He has acted in several of my plays. He has never played a part in which he has not been admirable. He has represented to the smallest particular the character that I had in my mind’s eye. It would be difficult to find on the English stage a more competent, intelligent, and versatile actor". Complete filmography * '' The Blue Bird'' (1910, short) – Time * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 census; the second-largest population centre in the county after Leeds, which is to the east of the city. It shares a continuous built-up area with the towns of Shipley, Silsden, Bingley and Keighley in the district as well as with the metropolitan county's other districts. Its name is also given to Bradford Beck. It became a West Riding of Yorkshire municipal borough in 1847 and received its city charter in 1897. Since local government reform in 1974, the city is the administrative centre of a wider metropolitan district, city hall is the meeting place of Bradford City Council. The district has civil parishes and unparished areas and had a population of , making it the most populous district in England. In the century leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Night Like This (film)
''A Night Like This'' is a 1932 comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter. Ben Travers wrote the screenplay, adapting his own play, the original 1930 Aldwych farce of the same title. The film was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams. Plot Police Constable Mahoney, with the help of the affable Clifford Tope, outwits a criminal gang that operates from a gambling club. Mahoney and Tope restore a stolen necklace to its owner. Cast * Ralph Lynn as Clifford Tope* *Tom Walls as PC Michael Mahoney* *Winifred Shotter as Cora Mellish* *Mary Brough as Mrs Decent* *Robertson Hare as Miles Tuckett* *Claude Hulbert as Aubrey Slott * C. V. France as Micky the Mailer *Joan Brierley as Molly Dean * Boris Ranevsky as Koski *Reginald Purdell as Waiter *Norma Varden as Mrs Tuckett* *Kay Hammond as Mimi, cocktail shaker * Hal Gordon as Taxi driver * Roy Fox's Band as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Days In Paris
''Ten Days in Paris'', also known as ''Missing Ten Days'' and ''Spy in the Pantry'', is a 1940 British spy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Rex Harrison, Kaaren Verne and C. V. France. The screenplay concerns a man in Paris who turns out to be a doppelganger of a spy operating in the French capital. Plot While walking along a Paris street, Englishman Robert Stevens is shot by an unknown assailant, but luckily he is only struck glancingly and rendered unconscious. When he awakens in Beaujon Hospital, he initially thinks he was injured in an aeroplane crash. His father, Sir James Stevens, confirms he left England in an aeroplane, but ten days before. However, his father does not believe he cannot remember anything about those missing ten days. (It turns out that Robert is an irresponsible ne'er-do-well who had disappeared before.) Robert decides to find out what happened. His only clue is a note that was found on him signed by "D." In an office, François is on the teleph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheer Boys Cheer
''Cheer Boys Cheer'' is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn, Jimmy O'Dea, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott and Peter Coke. Plot Edward Ironside (Edmund Gwenn), the head of Ironside Brewery Ltd, informs his board of directors of his intention to expand the company's reach by taking over almost one hundred pubs under the control of another London-based brewery, Greenleaf. Ironside have adopted a modern, industrial approach to brewing and their newest board member, Naseby (Ivor Barnard) takes a disdainful view of Ironside's ambitions, suggesting that the company are sacrificing taste and quality for increase production. Ironside's attitude is sharply contrasted by the Greenleaf brewery, which maintains a casual, friendly relationship with employees and has been run by the family for almost 150 years. Ironside has purchased as many shares in Greenleaf as possible but the owner, Tom Greenleaf ( C.V. France), retains a majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ware Case (1938 Film)
''The Ware Case'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Clive Brook, Jane Baxter and Barry K. Barnes. It is an adaptation of the play ''The Ware Case'' (1915) by George Pleydell Bancroft, which had previously been made into two silent films, in 1917 and 1928. It had been a celebrated stage vehicle for Sir Gerald Du Maurier. The film was made at Ealing Studios with Stately home exteriors shot in the grounds of Pinewood. Oscar Friedrich Werndorff worked as set designer. In ''Forever Ealing'', George Perry wrote, "''The Ware Case'' is a stagey, melodramatic piece. But it was made on schedule within its budget, and was thus able to go into profit." Plot The jury looks back on events that lead to profligate baronet Sir Hubert Ware being tried for murder. His brother-in-law's corpse has been found floating in Sir Hubert's garden pond. The baronet is eventually found not guilty, but upon returning home, finds his lawyer is having an affair with his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Were King
''If I Were King'' is a 1938 American biographical and historical film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and featuring Basil Rathbone and Frances Dee. It is based on the 1901 play and novel, both of the same name, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, and was directed by Frank Lloyd, with a screenplay adaptation by Preston Sturges. Plot In Paris, which has long been besieged by the Burgundians, François Villon is the despair of Father Villon, the priest who took him in and raised him from the age of six. Father Villon takes François to mass after his latest escapade (robbing a royal storehouse). There François spies a beautiful woman, Katherine DeVaucelles. Entranced, he tries to strike up an acquaintance, reciting one of his poems (from which the film takes its title) and pretending it was written specially for her. On the surface, she is unmoved, but when soldiers come to take him into custody, she provides him with an alibi. The crafty King Louis XI of Fran ... [...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] |
A Yank At Oxford
''A Yank at Oxford'' is a 1938 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn. The screenplay was written by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon. The film was produced by MGM-British at Denham Studios. ''A Yank at Oxford'' was Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor's first film appearance together; they would later appear as the romantic lead couple in the remake of ''Waterloo Bridge'' (1940). Before this film, Taylor was seen as the "romantic love interest" and thus as a 1930s equivalent to Rudolph Valentino, with men therefore starting to doubt Taylor's masculinity. His casting in this film (by Mayer) was a successful attempt to put paid to such doubts, and dramatically boosted his reputation with both men and women. Plot A cocky American athlete named Lee Sheridan ( Robert Taylor) receives a scholarship to attend Cardinal College, University of Oxford in 1937. At first, Lee is reluctant to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria The Great
''Victoria the Great'' is a 1937 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook and Walter Rilla. When Laurence Housman's play ''Victoria Regina'' was banned by the Lord Chamberlain (in 1935 the royal family could not be shown on the British stage), its subsequent Broadway success prompted King Edward VIII to commission producer Herbert Wilcox to turn it into a film, commemorating the centenary of Victoria's reign. The film biography of Queen Victoria concentrates initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861. It was released in the year of King George VI's coronation, which was also the centennial of Victoria's own accession to the throne. The movie was so successful that a sequel appeared the following year, ''Sixty Glorious Years''. Plot In June 1837, 18-year-old Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent ascends the throne as Queen Victoria following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Over London
''Crime Over London'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanagh and David Burns. It was made at Isleworth Studios,Wood p.89 based on the novel ''House of a Thousand Windows'' by Ludwig von Wohl. The film's sets were designed by art director Edward Carrick. Plot With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store. Main cast * Margot Grahame as Pearl - Gang-Moll * Paul Cavanagh as Inspector Gary * David Burns as Sniffy * Joseph Cawthorn as Mr. Sherwood / Reilly * Basil Sydney as 'Joker' Finnigan * Rene Ray as Joan * Bruce Lester as Ronald Martin * Edmon Ryan as Spider * John Darrow as Jim * Danny Green as Klemm * Googie Withers as Miss Dupres * Roland Culver as Soap Salesman * Torin Thatcher Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher (15 January 1905 – 4 March 1981) was a British actor who was noted for his flashy po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Blossoms (1936 Film)
''Broken Blossoms'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Emlyn Williams, Arthur Margetson, Basil Radford and Edith Sharpe. Director Bernard Vorhaus was technical supervisor. The film is based on the short story "The Chink and the Child" by Thomas Burke from his collection '' Limehouse Nights'' (1916), and was produced at Twickenham Studios in London. The story had previously been adapted by D. W. Griffith for his film '' Broken Blossoms'' (1919) starring Lillian Gish. Plot A Chinese missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father. Cast * Dolly Haas as Lucy Burrows * Emlyn Williams as Chen * Arthur Margetson as Battling Burrows * C. V. France as High Priest * Basil Radford as Mr. Reed * Edith Sharpe as Mrs. Reed * Ernest Jay as Alf * Bertha Belmore as Daisy * Gibb McLaughlin as Evil Eye * Ernest Sefton as Manager * Donald Calthrop as Old Chinaman * Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tudor Rose (film)
''Tudor Rose'' (US title ''Nine Days a Queen'') is a 1936 British film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Cedric Hardwicke and Nova Pilbeam. The film is a dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's brief reign as the Queen of England. It opens with King Henry VIII on his deathbed stating the order of succession, and ends with Jane's beheading. It took some liberties with the history of the period, including a fictional Earl of Warwick playing a similar role to John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland in real life (Dudley having held the title Earl of Warwick earlier in his career). The title refers to the Tudor rose. The story of Lady Jane Grey was also the basis for the film '' Lady Jane'' (1986). Cast *Cedric Hardwicke as The Earl of Warwick *Nova Pilbeam as Lady Jane Grey *John Mills as Lord Guilford Dudley *Felix Aylmer as Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset *Leslie Perrins as Thomas Seymour * Frank Cellier as King Henry VIII *Desmond Tester as Edward VI *Gwen Ffrangcon-D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
