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Charles Calvert (director)
Charles Calvert was a British, silent-era film director. He was sometimes credited as C.C. Calvert or Captain Charles Calvert. Calvert had a reputation as a journeyman director who produced old-fashioned films.Bamford p.58 Selected filmography * ''Disraeli'' (1916) * '' The Edge of Youth'' (1920) * ''Walls of Prejudice'' (1920) * ''A Prince of Lovers'' (1922) * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie Bonnie, is a Scottish given name and is sometimes used as a descriptive reference, as in the Scottish folk song, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean. It comes from the Scots language word "bonnie" (pretty, attractive), or the French bonne (good). That ...'' (1923) * '' Lights of London'' (1923) References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film directors {{UK-film-director-stub ...
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Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their ...
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Journeyman
A journeyman, journeywoman, or journeyperson is a worker, skilled in a given building trade or craft, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification. Journeymen are considered competent and authorized to work in that field as a fully qualified employee. They earn their license by education, supervised experience and examination. Although journeymen have completed a trade certificate and are allowed to work as employees, they may not yet work as self-employed master craftsmen. The term "journeyman" was originally used in the medieval trade guilds. Journeymen were paid daily and the word "journey" is derived from ''journée'', meaning "whole day" in French. Each individual guild generally recognised three ranks of workers: apprentices, journeymen, and masters. A journeyman, as a qualified tradesman could become a master and run their own business, but most continued working as employees. Guidelines were put in place to promote responsible tradesmen, who we ...
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Disraeli (1916 Film)
''Disraeli'' is a 1916 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and Percy Nash and starring Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold and Cyril Raymond. The film was based on the 1911 play ''Disraeli'' by Louis N. Parker, which was adapted twice more, as a 1921 silent version and most famously in 1929, as an early sound film. It was made at Ealing Studios. When actor George Arliss who had made his name appearing in the play, wanted to make the 1921 version in America he acquired the rights from producer Arrigo Bocchi and oversaw the destruction of all copies of the original film.Fells p.33-34 Synopsis The mid-Victorian statesman Benjamin Disraeli manages to thwart the plans of Britain's rival Great Powers and gain control of the strategically important Suez Canal. Cast * Dennis Eadie as Benjamin Disraeli * Mary Jerrold Mary Jerrold (4 December 1877 – 3 March 1955) was an English actress. She was married to actor Hubert Harben, and mother of actress Joan Har ...
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The Edge Of Youth
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ...
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Walls Of Prejudice
''Walls of Prejudice'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Josephine Earle, Dallas Anderson and Humberston Wright. It was based on a play by Alexander Grossman. Cast * Josephine Earle as Margaret Benson * Dallas Anderson as Patrick Benson * Humberston Wright as Bigton * Zoe Palmer as Madge Benson * Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was revealed to have been a prolific serial sex offender against children. A member of the Liberal Party, he was Member of ... as Karpat References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. External links * 1920 films British drama films Films directed by Charles Calvert British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent dr ...
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A Prince Of Lovers
''A Prince of Lovers'' is a 1922 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Howard Gaye, Marjorie Hume and Mary Clare. The film portrays the life of the British writer Lord Byron, and was based on Alicia Ramsey's play ''Byron'' (1908).Christine Kenyon-Jones, ed., ''Byron: The Image of the Poet'' (Associated University Press, 2008)p. 98/ref> Cast * Howard Gaye as Lord Byron * Marjorie Hume as Isabella Milbanke * Mary Clare as Lady Caroline Lamb * David Hawthorne as Cam Hobhouse * Marjorie Day as Augusta Leigh * George Foley as Sir Ralph Milbanke * H.R. Hignett as Fletcher * Wyndham Guise as Joe * Gladys Hamilton as Lady Milbanke * W.D.C. Knox as Sir Walter Scott * Viva Birkett as Lady Jersey * Eugene Leahy as Tom Moore * Bellenden Powell as Prince Regent * Saba Raleigh as Madame de Stael * Geoffrey Dunstan as Scrope Davis * Emmeline Ormsby as Mrs. Byron * Hector Abbas as Murray * Eileen Onions as Ada August ...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923 Film)
''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Ivor Novello, Gladys Cooper, and Hugh Miller. It is now considered a lost film. Premise The film depicts the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and its aftermath when the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart evaded capture by the forces loyal to the Hanoverians, and escaped to the Continental Europe with the help of Flora MacDonald. Cast * Ivor Novello as Prince Charles Stuart * Gladys Cooper as Flora MacDonald * A.B. Imeson as the Duke of Cumberland *Hugh Miller as Robert Fraser * Sydney Seaward as Neal McEachinn *Benson Kleve as Donald MacPherson *Adeline Hayden Coffin as Lady Clanronald *Arthur Wontner as Lord Kingsburgh *Nancy Price as Lady Kingsburgh *Lewis Gilbert as George II * A. Bromley Davenport as Sir John Cope *Mollita Davies as Betty Burke *Robert Laing as MacDonald *Arthur McLaglen as MacKintosh Production While filming on location in the Scottish Highlan ...
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Lights Of London (1923 Film)
''Lights of London'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Warburton Gamble. The film is based on the 1881 stage melodrama ''The Lights o' London'' by George Sims and was made at the Lime Grove Studios. Cast * Wanda Hawley as Bess Marks * Nigel Barrie as Harold Armytage * Warburton Gamble as Clifford Armytage * James Lindsay as Seth Preene * Mary Clare as Hetty Preene * Cecil Morton York as Sir Oliver Armytage * Dorothy Fane as Belle * A. Harding Steerman as Bertram Marks * H.R. Hignett as Simon Jarvis * Mary Brough Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ... as Mrs. Jarvis References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. ...
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Year Of Birth Unknown
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Year Of Death Unknown
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