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Frank Cochrane
Frank Cochrane (28 October 1882 – 21 May 1962) was a British stage and film actor. Born in Durham, England. Amongst his stage work, he starred in the original production of ''Chu Chin Chow'' at His Majesty's Theatre in London in 1916; as well as in the 1934 film version. Selected filmography * ''Brigadier Gerard'' (1915) * ''The Yellow Mask'' (1930) * ''Chu Chin Chow'' (1934) * ''McGlusky the Sea Rover'' (1935) * '' Bulldog Drummond at Bay'' (1937) * '' What a Man!'' (1938) * ''Warning to Wantons ''Warning to Wantons'' is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Donald Wilson and starring Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon and David Tomlinson. The screenplay, written by art historian James Laver and the director, was based upon Mary ...'' (1949) References External links * 1882 births 1962 deaths Actors from County Durham English male film actors English male stage actors 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor Frank Cochrane
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chu Chin Chow
''Chu Chin Chow'' is a musical comedy written, produced and directed by Oscar Asche, with music by Frederic Norton, based (with minor embellishments) on the story of ''Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves''. Gänzl, Kurt"''Chu Chin Chow'' Musical Tale of the East In 3 Acts, Music by Frederic Norton" Operetta Research Center, 9 July 2016 The piece premièred at His Majesty's Theatre in London on 3 August 1916 and ran for five years and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous musical), a record that stood for nearly forty years until ''Salad Days''. The show's first American production in New York, with additional lyrics by Arthur Anderson, played for 208 performances in 1917–1918, starring Tyrone Power."Chu Chin Chow (1934): A Robust Operetta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Majesty's Theatre
Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Haymarket, London, Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London. The present building was designed by Charles J. Phipps and was constructed in 1897 for actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who established the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the theatre. In the early decades of the 20th century, Tree produced spectacular productions of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare and other classical works, and the theatre hosted premieres by major playwrights such as George Bernard Shaw, J. M. Synge, Noël Coward and J. B. Priestley. Since the First World War, the wide stage has made the theatre suitable for large-scale musical productions, and the theatre has accordingly specialised in hosting musical theatre, musicals. The theatre has been home to record-setting musical theatre runs, notably the First World War sensation ''Chu Chin Chow''Larkin, Colin (ed). ''Guinness Who's Who of Stage Musicals'' (Guinness Publishing, 1994) and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chu Chin Chow (1934 Film)
''Chu Chin Chow'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Fritz Kortner and Anna May Wong. It was an adaptation of the hit musical ''Chu Chin Chow'' by Oscar Asche and Frederick Norton. It was shot at the Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner. The movie's title inspired the name of the Marvel Comics monster Fin Fang Foom. Cast * George Robey as Ali Baba * Fritz Kortner as Abu Hasan * Anna May Wong as Zahrat * John Garrick as Nur-al-din Baba * Pearl Argyle as Marjanah * Malcolm McEachern as Abdullah * Dennis Hoey as Rakham, * Sydney Fairbrother as Mahbubah Baba * Laurence Hanray as Kasim Baba * Frank Cochrane as Mustafa * Thelma Tuson as Alcolom Baba, * Francis L. Sullivan as The Caliph * Gibb McLaughlin as The Caliph's Vizier * Kiyoshi Takase as Entertainer at Feast Critical reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigadier Gerard (film)
''Brigadier Gerard'' is a 1915 British silent action film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Lewis Waller, Madge Titheradge and A.E. George. It is based on the 1896 short story collection''The Adventures of Gerard'' by Arthur Conan Doyle which follows a fictional French cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Cast * Lewis Waller - Brigadier Gerard * Madge Titheradge - Countess de Rochequelaune * A.E. George - Napoleon * Blanche Forsythe - Agnes * Austin Leigh - General Coulaincourt * Frank Cochrane - Pierre * Fernand Mailly - Talleyrand * R.F. Symons - Major Olivier * Philip Renouf - Jacques See also * ''The Fighting Eagle'' (1927) * ''The Adventures of Gerard ''The Adventures of Gerard'' is a 1970 British-Italian-Swiss adventure comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Peter McEnery, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach and Jack Hawkins. It was based on the 1896 collection '' The Exploits of ...'' (1970) References External links * 1915 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Mask
''The Yellow Mask'' is a 1930 British musical crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Lupino Lane, Dorothy Seacombe and Warwick Ward. A criminal plans to rob the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. It was based on the 1927 Edgar Wallace novel '' The Traitor's Gate''., adapted into the play ''The Yellow Mask'', which premiered in London in 1928. Cast *Lupino Lane as Sam Slipper * Dorothy Seacombe as Mary Trayne *Warwick Ward as Li San *Haddon Mason as Ralph Carn *Wilfred Temple as John Carn *Frank Cochrane as Ah-Song *Wallace Lupino as Steward *Bill Shine (actor) as Sunshine *Winnie Collins as Molly Reception ''Daily Telegraph'' wrote, "provides an hour's ideal entertainment"; and the ''Sunday Pictorial'' called it, "packed with every known ingredient of popularity." ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McGlusky The Sea Rover
''McGlusky the Sea Rover'' is a 1935 British comedy action film directed by Walter Summers and starring Jack Doyle, Tamara Desni and Henry Mollison. It was based on a novel by A.G. Hales. It featured the Arklow schooner Mary B Mitchell. The film was released in the U.S. as ''Hell's Cargo''. Plot summary A stowaway becomes mixed up with gunrunners. Cast * Jack Doyle as McGlusky * Tamara Desni as Flame * Henry Mollison as Captain Mazarin * Cecil Ramage as Auda * Frank Cochrane as Abu * Hugh Miller Hugh Miller (10 October 1802 – 23/24 December 1856) was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Life and work Miller was born in Cromarty, the first of three children of Harriet Wright ('' ... as Karim * Jack Short as Govan References Bibliography *Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1935 films 1930s adventure comedy films Films shot at British Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Drummond At Bay (1937 Film)
''Bulldog Drummond at Bay'' is a 1937 British mystery film based on the novel of the same name directed by Norman Lee and starring John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill and Claud Allister. It was made at Elstree Studios. Synopsis Bulldog Drummond goes up against a gang of foreign agents who are members of a British pacifist organisation called "The Key". The agents kidnap an inventor to steal the plans for a top-secret robot aircraft. Cast * John Lodge as Hugh Drummond * Dorothy Mackaill as Doris Thompson * Victor Jory as Gregoroff * Claud Allister as Algy Longworth * Richard Bird as Caldwell * Hugh Miller as Ivan Kalinsky * Leslie Perrins as Maj. Grayson * Brian Buchel as Meredith * Jim Gérald as Veight * Maire O'Neill as Norah, the Housekeeper * Annie Esmond as Mrs. Caldwell * Frank Cochrane as Dr. Belfrus * William Dewhurst as Reginald Portside * Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White (12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was a British character actor of stage, film and television. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Man! (1938 Film)
''What a Man!'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Sydney Howard, Vera Pearce and John Singer. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios in September. The film's art direction was by Norman G. Arnold. Cast * Sydney Howard as Samuel Pennyfeather * Vera Pearce as Emily Pennyfeather * John Singer as Harold Bull * H. F. Maltby as Sergeant Bull * Ivor Barnard as Mayor * Jenny Laird as Daisy Pennyfeather * Robert Adair as Lord Bromwich * Frederick Bradshaw as Walter Walkeling * Frank Cochrane as Simpkins * Francesca Bahrle * Sybil Grove * Alfred Wellesley Alfred Wellesley (25 July 1872 – 7 December 1943) was an English stage and film actor.British Film Institute websiteAlfred Wellesley /ref> Partial filmography * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * ''A Warm Corner'' (1930) * ''The New Hotel'' ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warning To Wantons
''Warning to Wantons'' is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Donald Wilson and starring Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon and David Tomlinson. The screenplay, written by art historian James Laver and the director, was based upon Mary Mitchell's 1934 novel ''A Warning to Wantons'', subtitled 'A fantastic romance - setting forth the not undeserved but awful fate which befell a minx.' The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection. Premise A young woman escapes her strict convent school and enters high society, where she has the time of her life. Cast Credited * Harold Warrender as Count Anton Kardak * Anne Vernon as Renee de Vaillant * David Tomlinson as Count Max Kardak * Sonia Holm as Maria * Hugh Cross as Pauli * Marie Burke as Therese * Judy Kelly as Mimi de Vaillant * Ellen Pollock as Baroness de Jammes * Andre Van Gyseghem as Oblensky * Bruce Belfrage as Archimandrite * Denni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Deaths
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
