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Ernest Butcher
Edward Ernest Butcher (7 April 1885 – 8 June 1965) was a British actor, on stage from 1935, and with many film and TV appearances. He was the second husband of the actress Muriel George, and stepfather to her son, the critic John Davenport. He appeared in the original production of J.B. Priestley's play '' When We Are Married'' at St. Martin's Theatre London, in 1938; and reprised his performance in the film version, in 1943. Selected filmography * ''Key to Harmony'' (1935) * '' The Small Man'' (1936) * ''Talking Feet'' (1937) * '' The Song of the Road'' (1937) * ''Stepping Toes'' (1938) * '' Me and My Pal'' (1939) * '' Black Eyes'' (1939) * '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1940) * '' Freedom Radio'' (1941) * '' Old Mother Riley in Business'' (1941) * '' 'Pimpernel' Smith'' (1941) * '' When We Are Married'' (1943) * '' Candles at Nine'' (1944) * '' It's in the Bag'' (1944) * ''Tawny Pipit'' (1944) * '' It Happened One Sunday'' (1944) * '' The Years Between'' (1946) * '' Easy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight (company)
Spotlight is the largest Casting (performing arts), casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has over 70,000 actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and stunt performers in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadcasters, advertisement agencies, and casting directors. Clients range from large organisations such as the BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV, and Channel 4 to smaller production companies. It publishes its "Contacts" handbook both in hard copy and as an e-book. It includes listings for over 5,000 companies, services, and individuals across all branches of film, television, stage, video games, and voice acting. Spotlight is one of the most successful companies in casting, generating over £10 million per year. Although established since 1927, it only registered as a limited company in 2010. It does not disclose its profits publicly. References External links Spotlight website Directories 1927 establishments in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Eyes (1939 Film)
''Black Eyes'' is a 1939 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Otto Kruger, Mary Maguire and Walter Rilla. It is a remake of the 1935 French film '' Dark Eyes''. Cast * Otto Kruger as Ivan Ivanovich Petroff * Mary Maguire as Tanya Petroff * Walter Rilla as Roudine * John Wood as Karlo Karpoff * Marie Wright as Miss Brown * Jenny Laird as Lucy * O. B. Clarence as Waiter * Ralph Truman as Diner * Ballard Berkeley as Diner * Ernest Butcher Edward Ernest Butcher (7 April 1885 – 8 June 1965) was a British actor, on stage from 1935, and with many film and TV appearances. He was the second husband of the actress Muriel George, and stepfather to her son, the critic John Davenpor ... as Diner * Michael Wilding as Officer See also * '' Dark Eyes'' (1935) References External links * 1939 films 1939 drama films Films shot at Associated British Studios 1930s English-language films Films directed by Herbert Brenon British drama films British rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Them That Trespass
''For Them That Trespass'' is a 1949 British crime film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray. It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Ernest Raymond. The film's main theme is miscarriage of justice. In the film, a professional writer witnesses a murder. He decides not to testify on behalf of an innocent man accused of the crime, wishing to protect his own reputation. The innocent man spends 15 years in prison for the murder. Once released, he tries to clear his name. Plot Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing. The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town in search of inspiration. Much to his dismay, he witnesses a murder, but he then refuses to help an innocent man, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brother's Keeper (film)
''My Brother's Keeper'' is a 1948 British crime film in the form of a convicts-on-the-run chase thriller, directed by Alfred Roome for Gainsborough Pictures. It was the first of only two films directed by Roome (the other being the following year's comedy '' It's Not Cricket'') during a long career as a film editor. The film stars Jack Warner and George Cole and was produced by Sydney Box. The title is taken from the story of Cain and Abel in the King James Bible: " Am I my brother's keeper?" Plot Handcuffed together, George Martin ( Jack Warner) and Willie Stannard ( George Cole) are two prisoners being transported to prison. Martin is a hardened, cynical career criminal, while Stannard is a naïve, rather dull-witted youth who has never previously been in trouble with the law, maintains his innocence of the rape for which he has been accused and is terrified by the prospect of prison. During the journey the pair manage to escape. Martin steals an army corporal's unif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brother Jonathan
''My Brother Jonathan'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard and Beatrice Campbell. It is adapted from the 1930 novel '' My Brother Jonathan'' by Francis Brett Young, later turned into a television series of the same title. The film was part of an attempt to relaunch major production by ABPC following the Second World War. It was made at Elstree Studios and Welwyn Studios, with location shooting taking place at Aston Rowant railway station in Oxfordshire. The sets were designed by the art director Douglas Daniels. Plot The story revolves around the life of Jonathan Dakers (Denison), a small-town doctor. He is training to be a surgeon when his father dies. Due to the resulting financial problems, he cannot continue his training. The story goes briefly into flashback: to 1900. Johnathan and his brother go to a new private school. As soon as they arrive they join a game of cricket, where a young gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Money (1948 Film)
''Easy Money'' is a 1948 British satirical film about a modern British tradition, the football pools. It is composed of four tales about the effect a major win has in four different situations in the post-war period. Written by Muriel and Sydney Box, based on the play "Easy Money" written by Arnold Ridley, and directed by Bernard Knowles, it was released by Gainsborough Pictures. Plot In the first story, a comedy, a content suburban family, headed by Jack Warner, is turned into an unhappy lot by their various reactions to a win on the football pools. When matters reach a point where they begin wishing that they had never won the money, the youngest daughter (Petula Clark) announces that in fact she forgot to post their entry, and they all regain their previously happy lives. But then it is discovered that it was a previous entry she had forgotten to post and the winning coupon was mailed, and they decide that they have learned a lesson and resolve not to let the money ruin thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Years Between (film)
''The Years Between'' (1946) is a British film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson and Flora Robson in an adaptation of the 1945 play '' The Years Between'' by Daphne du Maurier. It was shot at the Riverside Studios. Plot Diana Wentworth is told her husband, Michael, a British MI6 officer, who had been working with the French Resistance is dead, killed by the nazis in France during the Second World War. She struggles to accept this but is helped by the family nanny ( Flora Robson). The nanny encourages her to stand for parliament in her late husband's seat and is supported by Sir Ernest Foster. She lives in rural middle England on a large country estate, where her husband had supported local interests. She decides she can fill several of his roles. Not everyone supports a female in this capacity. She is pursued by a neighbouring landowner, Richard Llewelyn, who, during a V-1 attack, kisses her and proposes. At the end of the war, as PoW c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened One Sunday
''It Happened One Sunday'' is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Robert Beatty, Barbara White and Marjorie Rhodes. Produced and distributed by Associated British it was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by the art director William C. Andrews. The film was based on the play ''She Met Him One Sunday'' by Victor Skutezky. Synopsis In the film, an Irish servant girl working in Liverpool mistakenly believes that she has a secret admirer working at a hospital, and while seeking him out accidentally meets and falls in love with a serviceman there. She spends the rest of the day around Liverpool with him and they eventually decide to marry. Cast * Robert Beatty as Tom Stevens * Barbara White as Moya Malone * Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Buckland * Ernest Butcher as Mr. Buckland * Kathryn Beaumont as Jill Buckland * Judy Kelly as Violet * Irene Vanbrugh as Mrs. Bellamy * Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Purkiss * Moore Marriott as Porter * C. V. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawny Pipit (film)
''Tawny Pipit'' is a British comedy film produced by Prestige Productions in 1944. It tells of how the residents of a small English village collaborate when the nest of a pair of rare tawny pipits is discovered there. It is one of the first films to have a nature conservation theme: with one scene featuring a girl standing in front of a line of tanks to prevent military training from disturbing the birds. Balanced against the conservation themes it also includes now-illegal practices, such as collecting rare bird eggs. A secondary theme is criticism of government interference with farming practices, such as enforced ploughing, in areas where the farmers themselves generally know best. Plot During the Second World War, Jimmy Bancroft (Niall MacGinnis), a fighter pilot just released from hospital, and his nurse (now his girlfriend) Hazel Broome (Rosamund John) are on a walking tour through the countryside. They arrive at the (fictional) village of Lipsbury Lea and, being keen bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's In The Bag (1944 Film)
'' It's in the Bag'' is a 1944 British comedy film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Elsie Waters, Doris Waters and Ernest Butcher. Gert and Daisy try to recover a valuable lost dress. It was made by Butcher's Films. It is listed on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films, but it was given a DVD commercial release by Renown Pictures Ltd in May 2014, although the Renown version is only 63 minutes long. Plot summary Cast * Elsie Waters as Gert * Doris Waters as Daisy * Ernest Butcher as Sam Braithwaite * Lesley Osmond as April Vaughan * Gordon Edwards as Alan West * Reginald Purdell as Joe * Irene Handl as Mrs Beam * Vera Bogetti as Rose Trelawney * Megs Jenkins as Peach St. Clair * Tony Quinn as Prendergast * Anthony Holles as Costumier Reception Although IMDb gives a release date of 7 February 1944, the British Film Institute states there were early December 1943 reviews in the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' and ''Kinematograph Weekly''. References External links BFI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candles At Nine
''Candles at Nine'' is a 1944 British mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Jessie Matthews, John Stuart and Beatrix Lehmann. A wealthy man taunts his relations and staff about which of them shall inherit his estate after he changes his Will; the same night, he falls down the stairs. His money is left to a distant female relative; a target for intrigue, from some, and murder, from another. It is based on the 1943 novel ''The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball'' by Anthony Gilbert. Plot After the mysterious death of wealthy old Everard Hope (Eliot Makeham), his avaricious relatives are little pleased to discover that his estate has been left to distant relation Dorothea Capper (Jessie Matthews), a young showgirl. The one condition of the will is that she must stay in Hope's spooky mansion for a month. After several attempts on Dorothea's life, detective William Gardener (John Stuart) decides to investigate. Cast * Eliot Makeham as Everard Hope * Beatrix Lehmann as Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
