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Donald Calthrop
Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatre, London. His first film was '' The Gay Lord Quex'' released in 1917. He starred as the title character in the successful musical '' The Boy'' in the same year. He then appeared in more than 60 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He died in Eton, Berkshire from a heart attack while he was filming ''Major Barbara'' (1941). According to Ronald Neame in his autobiography, some shots in the final film had a stand-in playing Calthrop's role (from the back) and a piece of dialogue was recorded using an unnamed person who impersonated Calthrop's voice. He was the nephew of dramatist Dion Boucicault. Selected filmography * ''Altar Chains'' (1916) * '' Masks and Faces'' (1917) - Lovell * '' The Gay L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an affluent area in west London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area. Chelsea historically formed a manor and parish in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex, which became the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in 1900. It merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington, forming the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea upon the creation of Greater London in 1965. The exclusivity of Chelsea as a result of its high property prices historically resulted in the coining of the term "Sloane Ranger" in the 1970s to describe some of its residents, and some of those of nearby areas. Chelsea is home to one of the largest communities of Americans living outside the United States, with 6.53% of Chelsea residents having been born in the U.S. History Early history The word ''Chelsea'' (also formerly ''Chelceth'', ''Chelchith' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clue Of The New Pin (1929 Film)
''The Clue of the New Pin'' is a 1929 British crime film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Benita Hume, Kim Peacock, and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. The film was one of only 10 filmed in British Phototone, a sound-on-disc system which used 12-inch discs. All of the other nine films made in this process were short films. In March 1929, this film and '' The Crimson Circle'', filmed in the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film system, were 'trade-shown' to cinema exhibitors. This film is an adaptation of the 1923 novel '' The Clue of the New Pin'' by Edgar Wallace. It was later remade in 1961. Plot A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room. Cast * Benita Hume as Ursula Ardfern * Kim Peacock as Tab Holland * Donald Calthrop as Yeh Ling * John Gielgud as Rex Trasmere * Harold Saxon-Snell as Walters * Johnny Butt as Wellington Briggs * Colin Kenny James Colin Ramsey Kenny (born December 10, 1943) is a former Canadian Senator ... [...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 Dorothy Margaret Watts (1910–1990), known professionally as Dodo Watts, was a British stage and film actress. She played Fay Eaton in the 1929 Broadway version of Ian Hay's play ''The Middle Watch'', and reprised her role in the 1930 British ... as Sylvia Fullerton * Adele Dixon as Consuelo Pratt * Hubert Harben as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Forlorn
''Cape Forlorn'' is a 1931 British drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Fay Compton, Frank Harvey and Ian Hunter. It was the English-language version of a British International Pictures multiple-language production with France and Germany which also made ''Le cap perdu'' and '' Menschen im Käfig''. The film is also known as ''The Love Storm''. It was based on a stage play by Harvey. Plot A lighthouse on a lonely coast of New Zealand is looked after by lighthouse keeper William Kell. Kell marries Eileen, a dancer in a cabaret, who winds up having an affair with Kell's assistant, Cass. Eileen then begins flirting with a stranger, Kingsley, an absconder who is rescued from the wreck of a motor launch. Kingsley and Cass quarrel; the woman rushes upon the scene with a revolver, fires blindly, and Cass Is shot dead. Cast * Fay Compton as Eileen Kell * Frank Harvey as William Kell * Ian Hunter as Gordon Kingsley * Edmund Willard Edmund Willard (19 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elstree Calling
''Elstree Calling'' is a 1930 British comedy musical film directed by Adrian Brunel and Alfred Hitchcock at Elstree Studios. Synopsis The film, referred to as "A Cine-Radio Revue" in its original publicity, is a lavish musical film revue and was Britain's answer to the Hollywood revues which had been produced by the major studios in the United States, such as '' Paramount on Parade'' (1930) and '' The Hollywood Revue of 1929''. The revue has a slim plot about its being a television broadcast. The film consists of 19 comedy and music vignettes linked by running jokes of an aspiring Shakespearean actor and technical problems with a viewer's TV set. Production background Among Hitchcock's contributions was the comic linking segments about a man trying to "tune in" the revue on his television set, but always failing to get the picture for long because of his needless tinkering. In the UK, John Logie Baird's work in mechanical television in the 1920s made television a topical su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost A Honeymoon (1930 Film)
''Almost a Honeymoon'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Clifford Mollison, Dodo Watts and Donald Calthrop. It was based on the play '' Almost a Honeymoon'' by Walter Ellis. A second adaptation was made in 1938. It was made by British International Pictures at their Elstree Studios. Premise An ambitious young man secures a job in the colonial service, the only stipulation being that he needs to be married which he isn't. He has just twenty four hours to find a woman to persuade to marry him. Cast * Clifford Mollison as Basil Dibley * Dodo Watts as Rosalie Quilter * Lamont Dickson as Cuthbert de Gray * Donald Calthrop as Charles, the butler * C. M. Hallard as Sir James Jephson * Winifred Hall as Lavinia Pepper * Pamela Carme as Margaret Brett * Edward Thane as Clutterbuck Critical reception Allmovie noted that "Donald Calthrop, as the butler, has all the best lines." See also *''The Man at Midnight ''The Man at Midnight'' (French: ''Le mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder!
''Murder!'' is a 1930 British thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on the 1928 novel ''Enter Sir John'' by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film, after ''Blackmail'' (1929) and ''Juno and the Paycock'' (1930). Plot In 1930, Diana Baring (Norah Baring), a young actress in a travelling theatre troupe, is found in a daze with blood on her clothes, sitting by the murdered body of another young actress, Edna Druce. The poker used to commit the murder was at Diana's feet, but she has no memory of what happened during the minutes the crime was committed. The two young women were thought to have been rivals, and the police arrest her. Diana withholds some important information deliberately, to protect something about the identity of a man that she will not name. At her trial most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Worlds (1930 British Film)
''Two Worlds'' is a 1930 British war drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Norah Baring, John Longden and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures.Wood p.70 It was made as an MLV, with a separate German-language version '' Zwei Welten'' and the French ''Les deux mondes''. The film's art direction was by Alfred Junge. The film is set during the First World War. The action takes place on the Eastern Front between Austria and the Russian Empire. Cast * Norah Baring as Esther Goldscheider * John Longden as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky * Donald Calthrop as Mendel * Randle Ayrton as Simon Goldscheider * Constance Carpenter as Mizzi * C. M. Hallard as Col. von Zaminsky * Jack Trevor as Captain Stanislaus * Andrews Engelmann Andrews Engelmann (23 March 1901 – 25 February 1992) was a Russian-born German actor. He worked primarily in Germany, where he specialised in playing Russian roles, but also appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno And The Paycock (film)
''Juno and the Paycock'' is a 1930 British tragicomedy film written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill, Edward Chapman and Sara Allgood. The film was based on the successful 1924 play of the same name by Seán O'Casey. Plot Barry Fitzgerald, who played Captain Jack Boyle in the original stage production, appears as an orator in the first scene, but has no other role. In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, Captain Boyle (Edward Chapman) lives in a two-room tenement flat with his wife Juno (Sara Allgood) and their two adult children Mary ( Kathleen O'Regan) and Johnny (John Laurie). Juno has dubbed her husband "the Paycock" because she thinks him as useless and vain as a peacock. Juno works while the Captain loafs around the flat when not drinking up the family's meagre finances at the neighbourhood pub. Daughter Mary has a job but is on strike against the victimisation of a co-worker. Son Johnny has become a semi-inval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loose Ends (film)
''Loose Ends'' is a 1930 British drama film directed by Norman Walker (director), Norman Walker and starring Edna Best, Owen Nares and Miles Mander. It was made at Elstree Studios (Shenley Road), 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 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-language films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios Films directed by Norman Walker Films set in England British black-and-white films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Soho
''Song of Soho'' is a 1930 British musical film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Carl Brisson, Edna Davies and Donald Calthrop. The screenplay concerns an ex-French Foreign Legion soldier who comes to Soho and ends up as a singer in a cafe. Cast * Carl Brisson - Carl * Edna Davies - Camille * Donald Calthrop - Nobby * Henry Victor - Henry * Lucienne Herval - Lucienne * Antonia Brough - Antonia * Charles Farrell Charles David Farrell (August 9, 1900 – May 6, 1990) was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor ... - Legionnaire * Andrea Nijinsky - Dancer References External links * 1930 films 1930 musical films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios Films directed by Harry Lachman British black-and-white films British musical films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Porter (1930 Film)
''The Night Porter'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Sewell Collins and starring Donald Calthrop, Trilby Clark and Gerald Rawlinson. The film was made by Gaumont British Picture Corporation, an affiliate of Gainsborough Pictures, at the Lime Grove Studios with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei. It was produced as a quota quickie for release as a second feature.Chibnall p.261 It was based on a popular music hall sketch by Fred Rome and Harry Wall depicting a honeymooning couple and the hotel night porter they encounter. Cast * Donald Calthrop as The Porter * Trilby Clark as The Wife * Gerald Rawlinson as The Husband * Barbara Gott * Tom Shale * Anna Ludmilla Anna Ludmilla (January 12, 1903, Chicago – April 18, 1990, Houston), born Jean Marie Kaley, was a ballet dancer based in Chicago, New York City, and then France. She toured widely before injuring her leg in 1930 and after that focused on ballroom ... References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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