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Cross My Heart (1937 Film)
''Cross My Heart'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Kathleen Gibson, Kenne Duncan and Tully Comber. It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.Chibnall p.288 Plot A woman turns a boarding house into a nightclub, but faces problems when it is raided by the police. Cast * Kathleen Gibson as Sally Nichols * Kenne Duncan as Steve King * Tully Comber as Chesty Barlow * Aubrey Fitzgerald as The Major * Robert Field as Mabardi * Muriel Johnston as Miss Bly * Eric Hales Eric Hales (1901–1993) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''The Second Mate'' (1928) * '' The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929) * ''Chelsea Life'' (1933) * '' Anne One Hundred'' (1933) * '' The Secret of the Loch'' (1934) * '' Lucky D ... as Mr. Bland * Sylvia Coleridge as Alice * Sam Blake as Snowball * Frank Tickle as Henry References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The British of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Mainwaring
Bernard Mainwaring (1897-1963) was a British film director. Selected filmography * ''The Crimson Candle'' (1934) * ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934) * ''Line Engaged'' (1935) * ''Old Roses'' (1935) * ''The Public Life of Henry the Ninth'' (1935) * '' Show Flat'' (1936) * '' Cross My Heart'' (1937) * ''Jennifer Hale'' (1937) * '' Member of the Jury'' (1937) * ''The Villiers Diamond ''The Villiers Diamond'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers and Frank Birch. The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen ...'' (1938) References External links * 1897 births 1963 deaths British film directors {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Hales
Eric Hales (1901–1993) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''The Second Mate'' (1928) * '' The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929) * ''Chelsea Life'' (1933) * '' Anne One Hundred'' (1933) * '' The Secret of the Loch'' (1934) * '' Lucky Days'' (1935) * '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) * ''The Last Curtain'' (1937) * ''There Was a Young Man'' (1937) * '' Double Alibi'' (1937) * ''Strange Experiment ''Strange Experiment'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Donald Gray, Ann Wemyss and Mary Newcomb. It was an adaptation of the play ''Two Worlds'' by John Golden and Hubert Osborne. It was made at Wembley St ...'' (1937) * '' Cross My Heart'' (1937) * '' Under the Red Robe'' (1937) * '' Contraband'' (1940) References External links * 1901 births 1993 deaths British male film actors 20th-century British male actors Date of birth missing Place of birth missing Date of death missing Place of death missing {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Black-and-white Films
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, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Produced By Anthony Havelock-Allan
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Pictures Films
Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. The following businesses are historically linked to this company, but not all are related by current ownership. **Paramount+, an American streaming video service formerly known as CBS All Access **Paramount Animation, an animation studio and division of Paramount Pictures founded in 2011 **Paramount Communications, a company known as Gulf and Western Industries until 1989, acquired by Viacom in 1994 **Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures for home video distribution founded in 1976 **Paramount Network, a current cable network previously called TNN and Spike TV **Paramount Parks, a former subsidiary chain of theme parks ** Paramount Pictures, an American film studio, that serves as Paramount Global's namesake **Paramount Players, a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot At Pinewood Studios
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Bernard Mainwaring
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s English-language Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Drama Films
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, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Coleridge
Sylvia Coleridge (10 December 1909 – 31 May 1986) was a British stage, film, radio and television actress. She was married to Albert George Fiddes-Watt and their daughter Kate, born 1943, is also an actress as ''Kate Coleridge.'' Birth Coleridge was born in Darjeeling, British India, now India. Career After her stage debut in 1931, her theatre work included appearances at The Old Vic, the Malvern Festival and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her television acting credits include: ''Out of the Unknown'', '' The Avengers'', ''Paul Temple'', '' The Lotus Eaters'', '' Ace of Wands'', ''The Tomorrow People'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Public Eye'', '' Sutherland's Law'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''The Onedin Line'', '' Survivors'', ''Armchair Thriller'' (in the serial ''Quiet as a Nun''), ''Blake's 7'' (in the episode ''Gambit'' as the Croupier), '' Shoestring'', ''The Flipside of Dominick Hide'', ''Angels'', '' Funny Man'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', ''Artemis 81'', ''Bleak House'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
