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Edward Ashley-Cooper
Edward Montague Hussey Cooper (August 12, 1906 – May 5, 2000) was an Australian born actor, later active in Britain and the United States. Known by his professional name of Edward Ashley (to avoid confusion with a fellow actor Edward Cooper), Cooper performed in 60 films for Metro Goldwyn Mayer including '' Pride and Prejudice'' (1940) where he played George Wickham. Origins Edward Montague Hussey Cooper was born on 12 August 1906 California, County of San Diego, Death Certificate #3 200037 007441; known as Edward A. Cooper aSocial Security Death Index site/ref> in Sydney, Australia, the Passenger Manifest, SS Mostun, Rotterdam – San Pedro, California, 29 August 1939 son of Edward Montague Hussey Cooper and Violet Coghill Maddrell. His father, Edward (known as Montague) was a Master Mariner and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, who worked as a second officer for the P&O Steam Navigation Company in Australia.''The Melbourne Argus'', 2 February 1927, page 18, Article: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
''Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome'' (also known as ''Dick Tracy Meets Karloff'' and ''Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure'' (UK) ) is a 1947 thriller film starring Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, and Anne Gwynne. The film is the fourth and final installment of the ''Dick Tracy'' film series released by RKO Radio Pictures.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 322-323 Plot Just out of jail, Gruesome (Boris Karloff) goes to the Hangman's Knot saloon, where his old crime crony, Melody (Tony Barrett), is now playing piano. Gruesome takes him to a plastics manufacturer, where X-Ray (Skelton Knaggs) and a mysterious mastermind are in possession of a secret formula and hatching a sinister plot. Ignoring a warning not to touch anything, Gruesome sniffs the gas from a mysterious test tube; he escapes the toxic fumes but collapses upon returning to the Hangman's Knot and is taken to the city morgue, where his body stiffens dramatically. Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Proof
''Under Proof'' is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Roland Gillett and starring Betty Stockfeld, Tyrell Davis and Judy Kelly. The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened into joining a gang of smugglers. Cast * Betty Stockfeld ... Vivian * Tyrell Davis ... Dudley * Judy Kelly ... Corone * Guy Middleton Guy Middleton Powell (14 December 1906 – 30 July 1973), better known as Guy Middleton, was an English film character actor. Biography Guy Middleton was born in Hove, Sussex, and originally worked in the London Stock Exchange, before ... ... Bruce * Charles Farrell ... Spike * Viola Compton ... Mrs. Richards * David Horne ... Dr. Walton * Edward Ashley ... Ward Delaney * Henry B. Longhurst ... Inspector Holt References External links * 1936 films 1930s crime comedy films British crime comedy films British black-and-white films 1936 comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{comedy-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pied Piper (1942 Film)
''The Pied Piper'' is a 1942 American film in which an Englishman on vacation in France is caught up in the German invasion of that country, and finds himself taking an ever-growing group of children to safety. It stars Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall and Anne Baxter. The film was adapted by Nunnally Johnson from the 1942 novel of the same name by Nevil Shute. It was directed by Irving Pichel. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, Monty Woolley for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Edward Cronjager for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. Plot In June 1940, Howard goes to France, near the border with Switzerland, to sulk after his offer to serve in the Second World War is turned down by every government department in London because he is too old. (It is later revealed that his son, an RAF pilot, was shot down and killed two months earlier.) When Germany invades France, he is determined to go home. Mrs. Cavanaugh decides to accompany her husband, a League of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Telling Me (film)
''You're Telling Me'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Frances Hyland and Brenda Weisberg. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige, Edward Ashley-Cooper, Ernest Truex and Esther Dale. It was released on May 3, 1942 by Universal Pictures. Plot Cast *Hugh Herbert as Hubert Abercrombie Gumm *Anne Gwynne as Kit Bellamy *Robert Paige as Dr. Burnside 'Burnsy' Walker * Edward Ashley-Cooper as Fred Curtis *Ernest Truex as Charles Handley *Esther Dale as Aunt Fannie Handley *Eily Malyon Eily Malyon (born Eily Sophie Lees-Craston; 30 October 1879 – 26 September 1961) was an English character actress from about 1900 to the 1940s. She had a stage career in Britain, Australia and America before moving to Hollywood to perfo ... as Mrs. Appleby * Charles Smith as Bill *Helen Lynd as Miss Ames *Romaine Callender as J.T. Dorsett *Boyd Davis as Driscoll *Vickie Lester as Mrs. Adalaide Parks * Linda Brent as Leili Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Live With Me (film)
''Come Live with Me'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr. Based on a story by Virginia Van Upp, the film is about a beautiful Viennese refugee seeking United States citizenship who arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer. The film's title derives from the opening line of Christopher Marlowe's poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" ("Come live with me and be my love"). Plot Johnny Jones (Lamarr), a native of Vienna, Austria who escaped after its annexation by Nazi Germany, is having an affair with the married Barton Kendrick (Ian Hunter), a publisher. One night an officer from the Department of Immigration finds her and tells her that she will be deported because her temporary passport expired three months ago. The investigator tells her that if she can be married within a week, she can stay. Bill Smith (Stewart), a down-on-his-luck writer, runs into Jones in a diner d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maisie Was A Lady
''Maisie Was a Lady'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and is the fourth in a series of ten films starring Ann Sothern as good-hearted showgirl Maisie Ravier. Plot When wealthy drunkard Bob Rawlston causes Maisie to lose her carnival sideshow job as the Headless Woman, he offers her the use of his car to get to town. She is stopped and arrested by a motorcycle policeman who recognizes the automobile. When Maisie tells her story to the judge, Bob remembers enough despite a hangover to admit that he probably did lend her the car. The judge orders Bob to hire her for two months at $25 a week, the terms of her previous employment. She refuses to accept money for nothing, but offers to work as a maid at the Rawlston family mansion. Bob hands her over to Walpole, the head butler, who has worked for the family for 30 years. One of the guests, Link Phillips, makes a pass at her the next morning, but she disdainfully rejects him. The other guests ridicule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallant Sons
''Gallant Sons'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by George B. Seitz and written by William R. Lipman and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gail Patrick, Gene Reynolds, June Preisser, Ian Hunter, Leo Gorcey, William Tracy and El Brendel. The film was released on November 15, 1940, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Two boys, Johnny Davis and Byron "By" Newbold, are best friends. Their fathers, however, are not. By’s father is in charge of the local paper and usually confronts Johnny’s father about suspicious activity putting the boys at odds with one another. Cast * Jackie Cooper as Byron 'By' Newbold * Bonita Granville as Kate Pendleton * Gail Patrick as Clare Pendleton * Gene Reynolds as Johnny Davis * June Preisser as Dolly Matson * Ian Hunter as 'Natural' Davis * Leo Gorcey as 'Doc' Reardon * William Tracy as 'Beefy' Monrose * El Brendel as Olaf Larsen * Tommy Kelly as Harwood 'Woody' Hollister * Edward Ashley-Cooper as Al Posna * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Sweet (1940 Film)
''Bitter Sweet'' is a 1940 American Technicolor musical film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the operetta '' Bitter Sweet'' by Noël Coward. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Cinematography and the other for Best Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons and John S. Detlie. The film is based on Coward's stage operetta, which was a hit in 1929 in London. It was filmed twice, first in 1933 in black-and-white (in Britain, with Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravet in the leading roles). The 1940 film is much cut and rewritten, removing much of the operetta's irony. The opening and closing scenes are cut, focusing the film squarely upon the relationship between MacDonald's character, Sarah, and her music teacher, Carl Linden. The opening scene was a flash forward, in which Sarah appears as an elderly woman recalling how she fell in love. One reason for dropping this scene is that it had been appropriated for MGM's 1937 film '' Maytime''. Coward disliked the 1940 film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Murder
''Sky Murder'' is a 1940 detective film starring Walter Pidgeon as detective Nick Carter in his third and final outing for MGM as Nick Carter. The film was part of a trilogy based on original screen stories starring the popular literary series character. In the heightened tensions prior to World War II, Hollywood produced many films in the spy film genre such as ''Sky Murder''. ''Sky Murder'' followed ''Phantom Raiders'' (1940) and the first film in the series, ''Nick Carter, Master Detective'' (1939) and led to ''Sky Murder'', the last of the Nick Carter series. Plot Old friend Cortland Grand summons private detective Nick Carter and his friend "Beeswax" Bartholomew to Washington for as meeting with Senator Monrose, who heads a committee investigating subversive groups in the U.S. Nick turns down the Senator's request to assist his committee, and flies back to New York on Cortland's personal aircraft. Joining Nick on the flight are six beautiful models accompanied by their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spies Of The Air
''Spies of the Air'' (also known as ''Spies in the Air'' and ''The Fifth Column'') is a 1939 British adventure film directed by David MacDonald and based on the play ''Official Secret'' by Jeffrey Dell. The film stars Barry K. Barnes, Roger Livesey, Basil Radford, Edward Ashley and Felix Aylmer. ''Spies of the Air'' involves espionage in the period just before the outbreak of war in Europe that spawned a number of similar propaganda films linking aeronautics and spies. Films in both Great Britain and the United States centred on "... spies and fifth columnists (as) the staple diet of films made during the first year of the war." Plot Before the outbreak of the Second World War, British test pilot Peter Thurloe ( Barry K. Barnes) is involved in an illicit love affair with his employer's wife, Dorothy Houghton ( Joan Marion). He is caught up in an elaborate scheme to steal secrets from Charles Houghton's (Roger Livesey) aviation company. Peter is suspected of betraying his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Villiers Diamond
''The Villiers Diamond'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers and Frank Birch. The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond. Cast * Edward Ashley as Captain Dawson * Evelyn Ankers as Joan Raymond * Frank Birch as Silas Wade * Liam Gaffney as Alan O'Connel * Leslie Harcourt as Henry Barker * Julie Suedo as Mrs Forbes * Sybil Brooke as Miss Waring * Bill Shine as Joe * Margaret Davidge as Mrs. Benson * Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mlle. Dulac Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or t ...'' dismissed it as "A vapid crime story." References External links * 1938 films 1938 crime films Films directed by Bernard Mainw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Revue
''Saturday Night Revue'' is a 1937 British musical film directed by Norman Lee and starring Billy Milton Billy Milton (8 December 190522 November 1989) was a British stage, film and television actor. Born in Paddington, Middlesex, (now in London), as William Thomas Milton, he was the son of Harry Harman Milton (1880-1942), a commission agent, and ..., Sally Gray and John Watt. Cast References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1937 films British musical films 1937 musical films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Norman Lee Films set in London Films shot at Welwyn Studios British black-and-white films 1930s British films {{UK-musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
