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Colonel Blood (film)
''Colonel Blood'' a is a 1934 British historical adventure film written and directed by W. P. Lipscomb and starring Frank Cellier, Anne Grey and Mary Lawson. Plot The plot is based on a dramatised account of the exploits of the historical renegade, Thomas Blood, in the Seventeenth Century and his attempted theft of the English Crown Jewels. Production The film was shot on location at Shepperton Studios near London.Wood p.77 The film's sets were designed by the art directors John Bryan and Laurence Irving, while costumes were designed by Elizabeth Haffenden. It was shot on 35mm black and white film in an aspect ratio of 1.37:1. It was produced by Norman Loudon for Sound City Film, Shepperton Studio's in-house sound production company. Cast * Frank Cellier as Col. Blood * Anne Grey as Lady Castlemaine * Mary Lawson as Susie * Allan Jeayes as Charles II * Hay Petrie as Mr. Edwards * Hilda Trevelyan as Mrs. Edwards * Arthur Chesney as Samuel Pepys * Stella Arben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Loudon
Norman Loudon was a British businessman and film producer. Loudon was the driving force behind the creation of Shepperton Studios, which he established in 1931. Loudon ran Sound City Films, which despite ambitious plans, often found itself producing quota quickies during the 1930s. He sold controlling interest in the studios in 1945 to Sir Alexander Korda. Selected filmography * ''Reunion (1932 film), Reunion'' (1932) * ''Colonel Blood'' (1934) * ''Lest We Forget (1934 film), Lest We Forget'' (1934) * ''Youthful Folly'' (1934) * ''The Diplomatic Lover'' (1934) * ''Designing Women (film), Designing Women'' (1934) * ''Radio Pirates'' (1935) * ''Rolling Home (1935 film), Rolling Home'' (1935) References Bibliography * Warren, Patricia. ''British Film Studios: An Illustrated History''. Batsford, 1995. External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British film producers Scottish film producers {{UK-film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bryan (art Director)
Eric John Bryan Pratt (12 August 1911 – 10 June 1969), known professionally as John Bryan, was a British art director and film producer. John Bryan was born in Kensington, London, England. He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film ''Great Expectations'' in 1948. He was nominated twice more, for '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' in 1947 and for ''Becket'' in 1965. Bryan also won a BAFTA for ''Becket''. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He died from cancer at a hospital in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 10 June 1969. Filmography Art director * '' Colonel Blood'' (1934) * ''Murder by Rope'' (1936) * '' Hearts of Humanity'' (1936) * ''The Captain's Table'' (1936) * ''Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * '' Things to Come'' (1936, assistant) * ''The Song of the Road'' (1937) * ''The Last Curtain'' (1937) * ''Talking Feet'' (1937) * ''Stepping Toes'' (1938) * ''Pygmalion'' (1938) * ''Inspector Hornleigh'' (1939) * ''On the Night of the Fire'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Standing
Percy Standing (26 October 1882 – 17 September 1950) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was born in Lambeth, London and died in Placer County, California. Selected filmography * '' His Wife's Child'' (1913) * ''Unto the Third Generation'' (1913) * ''The Final Judgment'' (1915) * '' Life Without Soul'' (1915) * ''The Fall of a Nation'' (1916) * ''Her Fighting Chance'' (1917) * ''My Four Years in Germany'' (1918) * ''To the Highest Bidder'' (1918) * ''Every Mother's Son'' (1918) * '' The Song of the Soul'' (1918) * '' Everybody's Girl'' (1918) * '' The Captain's Captain'' (1919) * ''Bonds of Love'' (1919) * ''A Modern Salome'' (1920) * '' Sheer Bluff'' (1921) * '' The Great Day'' (1921) * '' Appearances'' (1921) * '' The Mystery Road'' (1921) * '' Half a Truth'' (1922) * ''A Gipsy Cavalier'' (1922) * '' Fires of Fate'' (1923) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1923) * ''The Desert Sheik'' (1924) * ''Harmony Heaven '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Goullet
Arthur Goullet (1894–1978) was a British stage, film and television actor. He played the role of Sebastian Moran in the 1937 Sherlock Holmes film '' Silver Blaze''.Nollen p.298 Selected filmography * '' Down River'' (1931) * '' A Gentleman of Paris'' (1931) * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) * ''It's a King'' (1933) * ''The Crimson Candle'' (1934) * '' Colonel Blood'' (1934) * ''King Solomon's Mines'' (1937) as Sylvestra Getto * '' Silver Blaze'' (1937) * ''Wanted!'' (1937) * '' Hey! Hey! USA'' (1938) * ''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 o ...'' (1938) * '' For Freedom'' (1940) * '' Caravan'' (1946) References Bibliography * Scott Allen Nollen. ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Cinema''. McFarland, 1996. External links * 1894 births 1978 deaths Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Nainby
Robert Nainby (1869–1948) was an Irish male actor. Filmography References External links * 1869 births 1948 deaths Male actors from Dublin (city) Irish male film actors 20th-century Irish male actors {{Ireland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Jeans
Desmond Jeans (14 November 1903 – December 1974) was a British actor. Biography He was the brother of actresses Isabel and Ursula Jeans. His wife, Margaret Livesey, was the sister of the actor Roger Livesey, who later married Ursula Jeans. Selected filmography * ''The Blue Danube'' (1932) * '' Diamond Cut Diamond'' (1932) * ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1933) * '' Colonel Blood'' (1934) * ''His Majesty and Company'' (1935) * ''The Six Men ''The Six Men'' is a 1951 British crime film directed by Michael Law and starring Harold Warrender, Olga Edwardes and Peter Bull. It was made by the independent Vandyke Productions at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. It also used location ...'' (1951) References External links * * 1903 births 1974 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors 20th-century British male actors British people in colonial India {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Arbenina
Stella Arbenina, Baroness Meyendorff (Стелла Арбенина) (27 September 1884 – 26 April 1976) was a Russian-born English actress. She was born Stella Zoe Whishaw in St. Petersburg tRobert Cattley Whishaw and Mary (née Gisiko) Her father was British and her mother hailed from an Anglo-Russian family who had made their home in Russia for several generations. Stella's brother was Montague Law Whishaw. Another relative, James Whishaw, was a British businessman in St Petersburg, who published his memoirs, ''A history of the Whishaw family'', in London in 1935.Thomas C. Owen. ''The Corporation under Russian Law, 1800–1917: A Study in Tsarist ...'', pg. 121 (2002); "A vivid example of his use of intimidation appears in the memoirs of a prominent British merchant in Petersburg, James Whishaw, who managed the Russian affairs of numerous London businessmen. Whishaw earned a sizable income leasing land for petroleum drilling operations carried out in Baku by English companie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament and is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade. Pepys had no maritime experience, but he rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London. Early life Pepys was born in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London, on 23 Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Trevelyan
Hilda Trevelyan (4 February 1877 – 10 November 1959) was an English actress. Early in her career she became known for her performance in plays by J. M. Barrie, and is probably best remembered for creating the role of Wendy in ''Peter Pan''. Another early success was as Oliver Twist in a dramatisation of Charles Dickens's novel staged by Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Later in her career she performed in plays by Arnold Bennett, Ian Hay and others, in London and on tour. She retired after her last London play in 1939. Life and career Early years Trevelyan was born Hilda Marie Antoinette Anna Tucker, in Hackney, London,"Hilda Trevelyan" National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 23 February 2013 daughter of John Joseph Tucker, a farmer, and his French wife, Helene Adolphine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hay Petrie
David Hay Petrie (16 July 1895 – 30 July 1948) was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1934), the McLaggen in ''The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) and Uncle Pumblechook in '' Great Expectations'' (1946).McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. p. 595; Hay Petrie was born in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, where he went to Harris Academy. He later attended St Andrew's University, where he first discovered the stage. In 1915, he joined the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) as a second lieutenant. After the war, he studied with Rosina Filippi joining the Old Vic Company appearing as "Starveling" in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in 1920. In 1924 Albert de Courville brought Hay Petrie into vaudeville with ''The Looking Glass'', in which he sang "Oh Shakespeare you're the best of all but you can't fill the fourteen shilling stall". His first film part was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles II Of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649. But England entered the period known as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth, and the country was a de facto republic led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell defeated Charles II at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, and Charles fled to mainland Europe. Cromwell became virtual dictator of England, Scotland and Ireland. Charles spent the next nine years in exile in France, the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Netherlands. The political crisis that followed Cromwell's death in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess Of Cleveland
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (née Barbara Villiers, – 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. Barbara was the subject of many portraits, in particular by court painter Sir Peter Lely. Barbara's first cousin Elizabeth Villiers (later 1st Countess of Orkney 1657–1733) was the presumed mistress of King William III. Early life Born into the Villiers family as Barbara Villiers, in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, she was the only child of William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison, a half-nephew of the 1st Duke of Buckingham, and of his wife Mary Bayning, co-heiress of Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning. On 29 September 1643 her father died in the First English Civil War from a wound sustained on 26 July at the stormin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
