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 perform in motion pictures. History The daughter of Harry Craston, a master boot and lawn tennis shoe manufacturer, and his wife, Malyon was born in the London district of Islington in 1879. Her parents divorced in 1882, and she accompanied her mother, the actress Agnes Thomas, touring the world. Consequently she received much of her education in convent schools in Belgium, England and America. She so enjoyed her stay at the Ursuline convents near Liège and Visé that she resolved to become a nun, but changed her mind after experience as understudy to her mother at Drury Lane. She gained further experience in repertory with the Stage Society in London. She spent some time in Australia, initially as a member of Ethel Irving's company, broug ...
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The Little Princess (1939 Film)
''The Little Princess'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris is loosely based on the 1905 novel ''A Little Princess'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star. Although it maintained the novel's Victorian London setting, the film introduced several new characters and storylines and used the Second Boer War and the siege of Mafeking as a backdrop to the action. Temple and Arthur Treacher had a musical number together, performing the song "Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road". Temple also appeared in an extended ballet sequence. The film's ending was drastically different from the book. In 1968, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. Plot Captain Crewe, called to fight in the Second Bo ...
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Milestones (play)
''Milestones'' is a 1912 play by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock (then known as ''Knoblauch''). It is a story of an upper-middle-class family's progress between 1860 and 1912. First productions The play opened at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 5 March 1912 and ran for 612 performances. In September 1912 it opened at the Liberty Theatre, New York, where it ran for 215 performances."Milestones"
Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 1 June 2020

Original cast

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Today We Live
''Today We Live'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romance drama film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young and Franchot Tone."Today We Live (1933)."
''The New York Times''; retrieved September 18, 2012. Based on the story "Turnabout" by , which appeared in the '' Saturday Evening Post'' on March 5, 1932, the film is about two officers during World War I, who compete for the same beautiful young woman. Faulkner provided dialogue for the film, making it the only film versio ...
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