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Detective Lloyd
''Detective Lloyd'' (1931) is a 12-chapter Universal Pictures, Universal Serial (film), movie serial. A co-production between the United States, American company Universal Studios, Universal and the United Kingdom, British company General Films, it was filmed entirely in United Kingdom, Britain with United Kingdom, British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth actors. It was the only sound serial ever produced in the UK. Although a print was shown on British and Swedish TV as recently as the 1970s, the film is now considered lost. It was also known by the titles ''Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' and ''In the Hands of the Hinfu''. Detective Lloyd battled a villain known as the Panther in this serial. Material from the serial was edited into a feature film version called ''The Green Spot Mystery'' (1932), which is also a lost film. ''Detective Lloyd'' is on the British Film Institute's BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films. Cast * Jack Lloyd - as Inspector Lloyd * Muriel Angelus - as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry MacRae
Henry Alexander MacRae (August 29, 1876 – October 2, 1944) was a Canadians, Canadian film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film, silent era, working on many film Serial (film), serials for Universal Studios. One of a number of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, MacRae was credited with many innovations in film production, including artificial light for interiors, the wind machine, double exposures and shooting at night. Biography Henry MacRae was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 29, 1876, and died in Beverly Hills, California, United States on October 2, 1944, aged 68. He was active as a director from 1912 to 1933, making more than 130 films, most of them silent. In addition to the many Western (genre), westerns and adventure films to his credit, he directed the first Cinema of Thailand, Thai-Cinema of the United States, Hollywood co-production, ''Miss Suwanna of Siam'', in 1923. His first "talkie" was the first ''Tarzan'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Geoffrey
Wallace Geoffrey was a British writer and actor. Partial filmography Actor * ''Brown Sugar'' (1931) * '' The House Opposite'' (1931) * '' The Flying Fool'' (1931) * '' Detective Lloyd'', a serial * '' Life Goes On'' (1932) * ''Aren't We All?'' (1932) * ''On Secret Service'' (1933) * ''Boomerang'' (1934) * ''The Outcast'' (1934) * ''The Return of Bulldog Drummond'' (1934) * '' Chick'' (1936) * ''The Scarab Murder Case ''The Scarab Murder Case'' (1929) is a classic whodunit written by S. S. Van Dine. In this book, detective Philo Vance's murder investigation takes place in a private home that doubles as a museum of Egyptology, and the solution depends in part ...'' (1936) (lost) * '' Premiere'' (1938) References External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown British male film actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Dane
Frank Dane was a British actor of the silent era. Dane was born Frank Hughbert Thomas Crust on 7 June 1885 in Deal, Kent. He died in 1957 at age 71 in Chichester, Sussex. Selected filmography * '' A Daughter of England'' (1915) * ''Justice'' (1917) * ''Democracy'' (1918) * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1918) * ''The Romance of Lady Hamilton'' (1919) * ''Lorna Doone'' (1920) * '' Uncle Dick's Darling'' (1920) * ''The Black Tulip'' (1921) * ''Blood Money'' (1921) * ''Innocent'' (1921) * ''Silent Evidence'' (1922) * ''Creation Creation may refer to: Religion *''Creatio ex nihilo'', the concept that matter was created by God out of nothing * Creation myth, a religious story of the origin of the world and how people first came to inhabit it * Creationism, the belief tha ...'' (1922) * '' I Pagliacci'' (1923) * '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' (1924) References External links * 1885 births 1957 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male silent film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gunn
Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. People and fictional characters *Harry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name *Harry (surname), a list of people with the surname *Dirty Harry (musician) (born 1982), British rock singer who has also used the stage name Harry *Harry Potter (character), the main protagonist in a Harry Potter fictional series by J. K. Rowling Other uses *Harry (derogatory term), derogatory term used in Norway * ''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson *The tunnel used in the Stalag Luft III escape ("The Great Escape") of World War II * ''Harry'' (newspaper), an underground newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland See also *Harrying (laying waste), may refer to the following historical events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vi Kaley
Vi Kaley, (19 November 1878, Lambeth - 1967, Marylebone), was a British actress. She was married to Alfred Artois. Partial filmography * '' Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' (1932) * '' A Royal Demand'' (1933) * ''Gay Old Dog'' (1935) * ''The Man Without a Face'' (1935) * ''I Live Again'' (1936) * ''Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * ''The Song of the Road'' (1937) * ''Auld Lang Syne'' (1937) * ''On Velvet'' (1938) * ''The Second Mr. Bush'' (1940) * ''Love on the Dole'' (1941) * ''Front Line Kids'' (1942) * ''Gert and Daisy's Weekend'' (1942) * ''Variety Jubilee'' (1943) * '' Fanny by Gaslight'' (1944) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) * ''The Trojan Brothers'' (1946) * ''Code of Scotland Yard'' (1947) * ''The Fool and the Princess'' (1948) * '' Woman Hater'' (1948) * ''My Brother Jonathan'' (1948) * ''The Mudlark'' (1950) * ''Something in the City'' (1950) * '' Scrooge (1951) * ''My Wife's Lodger'' (1952) * ''Cosh Boy ''Cosh Boy'' (released in the United States as ''The Slasher'') is a 1953 British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shayle Gardner
Shayle Gardner (22 August 1890 – 17 May 1945) was an actor from New Zealand actor. Partial filmography * ''The Indian Love Lyrics'' (1923) * '' St. Elmo'' (1923) * '' The Chinese Bungalow'' (1926) * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928) * '' Sailors Don't Care'' (1928) * ''The Three Passions'' (1929) * ''Three Live Ghosts'' (1929) * ''Disraeli'' (1929) * '' The Alley Cat'' (1929) * '' The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu'' (1930) * ''Detective Lloyd'' (1931), a serial * '' Diamond Cut Diamond'' (1932) * '' The Lodger'' (1932) * '' Menace'' (1934) * ''The Love Test'' (1935) * '' Wolf's Clothing'' (1936) * ''The Brown Wallet ''The Brown Wallet'' is a 1936 British crime film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Patric Knowles. ''The Brown Wallet'', adapted from a short story by Stacy Aumonier, was one of over 20 quota quickies directed by Powell between 1931 a ...'' (1936) References External links * 1890 births 1945 deaths New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male silent film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Musk
Cecil may refer to: People with the name * Cecil (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Cecil (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Canada *Cecil, Alberta, Canada United States *Cecil, Alabama *Cecil, Georgia *Cecil, Ohio *Cecil, Oregon *Cecil, Pennsylvania *Cecil, West Virginia *Cecil, Wisconsin *Cecil Airport, in Jacksonville, Florida *Cecil County, Maryland Computing and technology *Cecil (programming language), prototype-based programming language *Computer Supported Learning, a learning management system by the University of Auckland, New Zealand Music *Cecil (British band), a band from Liverpool, active 1993-2000 *Cecil (Japanese band), a band from Kajigaya, Japan, active 2000-2006 Other uses *Cecil (lion), a famed lion killed in Zimbabwe in 2015 * Cecil (''Passions''), a minor character from the NBC soap opera ''Passions'' *Cecil (soil), the dominant red clay soil in the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earle Stanley
Earle may refer to: * Earle (given name) * Earle (surname) Places * Earle, Arkansas, a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, US * Earle, Indiana, an unincorporated town in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, US * Earle, Northumberland, a settlement in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England * Naval Weapons Station Earle, a US Navy base on Sandy Hook Bay in New Jersey See also * * Earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ... * Earles (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibb McLaughlin
George McLoughlin (19 July 1879 – 30 June 1961), known professionally as Gibb McLaughlin, was an English film and stage actor. Early days McLaughlin was born in Sunderland, County Durham, England in 1879. For about 10 years he was a salesman in Kingston-upon-Hull where he sang in the Holy Trinity Church choir. He joined the Hull Amateur Operatic Society and played the part of Koko in The Mikado. After that he appeared with Anne Croft in concerts and they had a turn to themselves on the stage of the Palace Theatre. He performed as a comedian and monologist in music halls. In 1915, McLaughlin married Eleanor Morton, youngest daughter of William Morton, formerly manager of the Egyptian Hall, London and the Greenwich Theatre. Film work He appeared in 118 films between 1921 and 1959. He was known for The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Oliver Twist (1948) and Hobson's Choice (1954). He had a rare leading role as the sleuth J.G. Reeder in Edgar Wallace's '' Mr Reeder in Room 13'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberston Wright
Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor. Filmography * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * ''Thelma'' (1918) * '' The Secret Woman'' (1918) * ''The Romance of Lady Hamilton'' (1919) * '' The Rocks of Valpre'' (1919) * '' The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton'' (1919) * '' God's Clay'' (1919) * '' The Garden of Resurrection'' (1919) * ''The Little Welsh Girl'' (1920) * ''Walls of Prejudice'' (1920) * ''The Way of the World'' (1920) * '' Uncle Dick's Darling'' (1920) * ''The English Rose'' (1920) * ''The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's'' (1921) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * '' The Peacemaker'' (1922) * ''A Sporting Double'' (1922) * ''Creation'' (1922) * ''Fu Manchu'' (1923) * ''The Sign of Four'' (1923) * '' Sally Bishop'' (1924) * '' In the Blood'' (1923) * ''Henry, King of Navarre'' (1924) * ''Slaves of Destiny'' (1924) * ''The Gay Corinthian'' (1924) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Fitzroy
Emily Fitzroy (24 May 1860 – 3 March 1954) was an English theatre and film actress who eventually became an American citizen. She was at one time a leading lady in London for Sir Charles Wyndham. She made her film debut in 1915. Her debut in sound films came in ''Show Boat'' (1929). She retired in 1944. Her last film was '' The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944). Her Broadway credits include ''What the Public Wants'' (1922), ''I.O.U.'' (1918), ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1916), ''Lady Patricia'' (1912), and ''Just to Get Married'' (1912). Selected filmography * ''Sins of Men'' (1916) - Minor Role * ''East Lynne'' (1916) - Cornelia * ''The Return of Eve'' (1916) - Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy * ''A Broadway Saint'' (1919) - Martha Galt * '' The Climbers'' (1919) - Mrs. Hunter * ''Deadline at Eleven'' (1920) - Mrs. Martha Stevens * '' The Man Who Lost Himself'' (1920) - Richester's Aunt * ''Way Down East'' (1920) - Maria Poole - Landlady * ''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' (1920) - Mrs. Chardley * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |