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Claude Friese-Greene
Claude Friese-Greene (3 May 1898 – 6 January 1943) was a British-born cinema technician, filmmaker and cinematographer, most famous for his 1926 collection of films entitled ''The Open Road''. Biography Claude, born Claude Harrison Greene in Fulham, London, was the son of William Friese-Greene, a pioneer in early cinematography. He was the grandfather of musician and music producer Tim Friese-Greene. He died in Islington, London. He is buried in Highgate Cemetery with his parents. Colour cinematography Claude's father William began the development of an additive colour film process called Biocolour. This process produced the illusion of true colour by exposing each alternate frame of ordinary black-and-white film stock through two different coloured filters. Each alternate frame of the monochrome print was then stained red or green. Although the projection of Biocolour prints did provide a tolerable illusion of true colour, like the more famous Kinemacolor process o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Open Road (1926 Film Series)
''The Open Road'' is a 1926 British travel documentary film series narrating a journey by motorcar from Land's End to John O'Groats to explore life on 'the open road' across the United Kingdom. ''The Guardian'' has called it the "first comprehensive colour tourism film" of Britain. The film in part was designed to market the additive two-colour film process originally developed by Claude Friese-Greene's father William Friese-Greene, William, and then improved by Claude as the "new all British Friese-Green natural colour process". The process renders colour by passing the light through a pair of red or blue-green filters, and then onto standard black-and-white film, alternating the filters every frame. When played back, the same alternating coloured filters are used to project in colour. It features various famous British locations: Land's End, Cornwall, St Michael's Mount, St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives, Torquay, Glasgow, Stirling, Oban, Edinburgh and London. It was filmed between 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Morris (dancer)
Margaret Morris (10 March 1891 – 29 February 1980) was a British dancer, choreographer, artist and teacher. She founded the Margaret Morris Movement, Celtic Ballet, and two Scottish National Ballets in Glasgow (1947) and in Pitlochry (1960). Morris devised a system of movement notation, which was first published in 1928. Early life Although Morris was born in London, she lived with her parents until the age of five in France. She had no formal academic education, but attended dancing classes. In 1894 she began reciting professionally in French and later in English, at parties, smoking concerts and court drawing rooms. In 1899 she had her first stage engagement in pantomime - ''Little Red Riding Hood'' at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, playing First Fairy 'Twinkle Star' with solo dances and recitations before a front drop. In 1900 she joined the Ben Greet Shakespearian Company and played ' Puck' in '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in the Royal Botanic Society Gardens in Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Love Of Mike (1932 Film)
''For the Love of Mike'' is a 1932 British musical film, musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Bobby Howes, Constance Shotter and Arthur Riscoe. It was made at Elstree Studios (Shenley Road), Elstree Studios by British International Pictures.Wood p.74 The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley. Plot A private secretary begins to suspect that his nouveau riche employer is cheating his young female ward (legal), ward out of her inheritance, but inadvertently becomes involved in a plan to rob his master's safe. Cast * Bobby Howes as Booby Seymour * Constance Shotter as Mike * Arthur Riscoe as Conway Paton * Renée Macready as Stella Rees * Jimmy Godden as Henry Miller * Viola Tree as Emma Miller * Wylie Watson as Rev. James * Hal Gordon as PC * Syd Crossley as Sullivan * Monty Banks as Chef * Merle Oberon as Bit Part References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fires Of Fate (1932 Film)
''Fires of Fate'' is a 1932 British adventure film directed by Norman Walker and starring Lester Matthews, Kathleen O'Regan and Dorothy Bartlam. It was adapted from the 1909 play ''Fires of Fate'' by Arthur Conan Doyle which was in turn based on his 1898 novel ''The Tragedy of the Korosko''. Cast * Lester Matthews as Lt. Col Egerton * Kathleen O'Regan as Nora Belmont * Dorothy Bartlam as Kay Byrne * Jean Cadell as Miss Byrne * Donald Calthrop as Sir William Royden * Hubert Harben as Rev. Mark Royden * Clifford Heatherley sa Abdullah * Arthur Chesney as Mr. Braddell * Jack Raine as Filbert Frayne * Garry Marsh Garry Marsh (21 June 1902 – 6 March 1981) was an English stage and film actor. Born Leslie Marsh Gerahty in St Margarets, Surrey, his parents were George and Laura. His elder brothers were the author Digby George Gerahty and the journalist ... as Captain Archer References External links * 1932 films 1932 adventure films British adventure films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow Between (1931 Film)
''The Shadow Between'' is a 1931 British romantic drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Godfrey Tearle, Kathleen O'Regan, Olga Lindo and Ann Casson. It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios outside London.Wood p.73 Cast * Godfrey Tearle as Paul Haddon * Kathleen O'Regan as Margaret Haddon * Olga Lindo as Nell Baker * Ann Casson as Betty Fielder * Haddon Mason as Philip * Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Maddox * Hubert Harben as Reverend Simon Maddox * Henry Wenman as Sergeant Blake * Henry Caine as Wincher * Morton Selten as Sir George Fielder * Arthur Chesney as Pug Wilson * Jerrold Robertshaw Jerrold Robertshaw (28 March 1866, in Allerton, West Riding of Yorkshire – 14 February 1941, in London) was a British stage and film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Dombey and Son'' (1917) * ''Build Thy House'' (1920) * ... as Mr. Haddon References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Fool (1931 Film)
''The Flying Fool'' is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Summers and starring Henry Kendall, Benita Hume and Wallace Geoffrey. It was based on a 1929 play of the same name. Plot Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentlemen's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he suspects of smuggling drugs into Britain from France on a regular basis. Floyd has so far struggled to gain evidence on Marlowe, but through a series of incidents finds himself bound for Paris on the same plane as Marlowe. Marlowe succeeds in doping Floyd and taking him to his underground hideout beneath a Parisian back-alley nightclub. With the help of Marion, a young woman who has been working for Marlowe, Floyd manages to escape the flooding dungeon linked to the River Seine which he has been trapped in. He flies back to England, pursued by Marlowe's gang and manages to avoid the attempts of his enemies to crash his plane. In a final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uneasy Virtue
''Uneasy Virtue'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Fay Compton, Edmund Breon, Francis Lister, Donald Calthrop, and Garry Marsh. It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios The film was based on the 1927 West End play ''The Happy Husband'' by Harrison Owen. Synopsis A loyal wife cultivates the impression that she has affairs with a variety of other men. Cast * Fay Compton as Dorothy Rendell * Edmund Breon as Harvey Townsend * Francis Lister as Bill Rendell * Margot Grahame as Stella Tolhurst * Donald Calthrop as Burglar * Garry Marsh as Arthur Tolhurst * Dodo Watts as Sylvia Fullerton * Adele Dixon as Consuelo Pratt * Hubert Harben as Frank K. Pratt * Gerard Lyley as Sosso Stephens * Margaret Yarde as Mrs Robinson * Molly Lamont Molly Lamont (22 May 1910 – 7 July 2001) was a South African-British film actress. Life and career Lamont was born in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Middle Watch (1930 Film)
''The Middle Watch'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Owen Nares, Jacqueline Logan, Jack Raine and Dodo Watts. It was based on a play of the same title by Ian Hay. (The play is mentioned by David Niven in his memoir , along withe Ann Todd who had a minor role in it )The film's sets were designed by John Mead. The film was made by British International Pictures at its Elstree Studios. It was later remade in 1940 by the same company. Cast * Owen Nares as Captain Maitland * Jacqueline Logan as Mary Carlton * Jack Raine as Commander Baddeley * Dodo Watts as Fay Eaton * Frederick Volpe as Admiral Sir Herbert Hewitt * Henry Wenman as Marine Ogg * Reginald Purdell as Corporal Duckett * Margaret Halstan as Lady Agatha Hewitt * Phyllis Loring as Nancy Hewitt * Hamilton Keene as Captain Randall * Muriel Aked as Charlotte Hopkinson * George Carr as Ah Fong * Syd Crossley Syd Crossley (18 November 1885 – 1 November 1960) was an English stage a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loose Ends (film)
''Loose Ends'' is a 1930 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Edna Best, Owen Nares and Miles Mander. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.69 Cast * Edna Best as Nina Grant * Owen Nares as Malcolm Ferres * Miles Mander as Raymond Carteret * Adrianne Allen as Brenda Fallon * Donald Calthrop as Winton Penner * Edna Davies as Deborah Price * Sybil Arundale as Sally Britt * J. Fisher White Joseph John Fisher White (1 May 1865 – 14 January 1945) was a British stage and film actor. The eldest of four sons of Rev. John White, of Ampfield, of that family formerly of Hursley, by his wife Martha, daughter of Rev. John Fisher, he took ... as Stranger * Gerard Lyley as Cyril Gayling References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1930 films British drama films 1930 drama films 1930s English-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Romance Of Seville
''A Romance of Seville'' is a 1929 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Alexander D'Arcy, Marguerite Allan and Cecil Barry. This was the first British sound film released in colour, using the Pathéchrome stencil-colouring process.Mundy p.111 The film is also known by the alternative title ''The Romance of Seville''. Cast * Alexander D'Arcy as Ramon * Marguerite Allan as Pepita * Randle Ayrton as Estavian * Cecil Barry as Estaban * Hugh Eden as Juan * Eugenie Amami as Dolores See also *List of early color feature films This is a list of early feature-length color films (including primarily black-and-white films that have one or more color sequences) made up to about 1936, when the Technicolor three-strip process firmly established itself as the major-studio f ... * List of lost films References Bibliography * Mundy, John. ''The British musical film''. Manchester University Press, 2007. External links * 1929 films 1920s color films Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Greenwood Tree (1929 Film)
''Under the Greenwood Tree '' is a 1929 British historical drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Marguerite Allan, Nigel Barrie and Wilfred Shine. It is an adaptation of the 1872 novel ''Under the Greenwood Tree'' by Thomas Hardy. Production and release The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold. It was made at Elstree Studios by the leading British company of the era British International Pictures. It was originally intended to be a silent film, but following the arrival of sound, songs and dialogue were added using the RCA system. It was released in September 1929, around the same time as ''The American Prisoner'', both films following on from the company's first sound release, Alfred Hitchcock's ''Blackmail'', in June. A review in ''Close Up'' suggested it "has perhaps the best direction yet produced from a British studio".Low p.193 Cast * Marguerite Allan as Fancy Day * Nigel Barrie as Shinar * John Batten as Dick Dewey * Maud Gill as Old Maid * Wilfred Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widecombe Fair (film)
''Widecombe Fair'' is a 1928 British silent comedy drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring William Freshman, Marguerite Allan, Moore Marriott and Judd Green. The screenplay concerns a farmer who is able to save his farm when he digs up buried treasure. The film's plot was adapted from a 1913 novel by Eden Phillpotts, loosely based on the popular folk song "Widecombe Fair". Cast * William Freshman as The Lover * Marguerite Allan as The Daughter * Wyndham Standing as The Squire * Violet Hopson as The Widow * Moore Marriott as Uncle Tom Cobleigh * George Cooper as The Farmer * Aubrey Fitzgerald as The Bailiff * Eva Llewellyn as The Wife * Judd Green Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914. Selected filmography * '' The Third String'' (1914) ... as The Landlord Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
