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G. B. Samuelson
George Berthold Samuelson (6 July 1889 – 17 April 1947) was a director and film producer. Born in Southport, Lancashire, Samuelson was the youngest son of Henschel and Bertha Samuelson, tobacconists originally from Prussia. By 1891, his mother was widowed and was carrying on the business.1891 United Kingdom census41, Nevill Street, Southport at ancestry.co.uk, accessed 5 May 2020 Samuelson had an extensive film career and was the creator of Southall Studios, one of the earliest film production companies in the United Kingdom. He also ran G. B. Samuelson Productions from 1914 to 1933. He was the brother of Julian Wylie, Julian and Lauri Wylie and the father of Sir Sydney Samuelson. Selected filmography Producer * ''Sixty Years a Queen'' (1913) * ''A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film), A Study in Scarlet'' (1914) * ''John Halifax, Gentleman (1915 film), John Halifax, Gentleman'' (1915) * ''The Valley of Fear (film), The Valley of Fear'' (1916) * ''Little Women (1917 film), L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish Sea coast and is fringed to the north by the Ribble estuary. The town is north of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the town was founded in 1792 when William Sutton, an innkeeper from Churchtown, built a bathing house at what is now the south end of Lord Street.''North Meols and Southport – a History'', Chapter 9, Peter Aughton (1988) At that time, the area, known as South Hawes, was sparsely populated and dominated by sand dunes. At the turn of the 19th century, the area became popular with tourists due to the easy access from the nearby Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The rapid growth of Southport largely coincided with the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elder Miss Blossom
''The Elder Miss Blossom'' (also released under the titles ''Wanted a Wife'' and ''Choosing a Wife'') is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Isobel Elsom, Minna Grey and Owen Nares. It was shot at Isleworth Studios.Harris p.65 Cast * Isobel Elsom as Sophie Blossom * Minna Grey as The elder Miss Blossom * Owen Nares as Curate * C. M. Hallard Charles Maitland Hallard (26 October 1865 – 21 April 1942) was a Scottish actor. In 1895 he appeared in the popular drama ''Trilby (play), Trilby'' with Herbert Beerbohm Tree at the Haymarket Theatre. Selected filmography * ''Convict 99 (191 ... as Andrew Quick * Tom Reynolds References Bibliography * Harris, Ed. ''Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios''. Amberley Publishing, 2012. External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Percy Nash Films set in England Films shot at Isleworth Studios Films based on Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In The Wilderness
''Love in the Wilderness'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, C. M. Hallard and Campbell Gullan. It was adapted from Gertrude Page's 1907 novel '' Love in the Wilderness''. The film is a romantic melodrama, set partly on a farm in Southern Rhodesia. The film was shot in California.Bamford p.14 Cast * Madge Titheradge as Enid Davenport * C. M. Hallard as Keith Meredith * Campbell Gullan as Hon. Dicky Byrd * Maudie Dunham as Nancy Johnson * Hubert Davies as George Whiting * Frances Griffiths as Marion Davenport * Lenore Lynard Lenore may refer to: __NOTOC__ Arts and entertainment * "Lenore" (poem), by Edgar Allan Poe *Lenore, an unrelated character in the poem "The Raven", also by Edgar Allan Poe * "Lenore" (ballad), a 1773 poem by Gottfried August Bürger * "Lenore" (mel ... as Mrs. Meredith References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David And Jonathan (film)
''David and Jonathan'' is a 1920 British silent adventure film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, Geoffrey Webb, and Dick Ryan. It was based on a novel by E. Temple Thurston. It was made at Universal City in California.Low p. 139 Two men, David and Jonathan, are shipwrecked on a desert island A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereot ... together with a girl with whom they are both in love. Cast * Madge Titheradge as Joan Meredith * Geoffrey Webb as David Mortlake * Richard Ryan as Jonathan Hawksley * Sydney Wood as David, as a child * Jack Perks as David as a child References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * * 1920 films 1920 adventure films Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Riders (1920 Film)
''The Night Riders'' is a 1920 British silent Western film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Maudie Dunham, Albert Ray and Alexander Butler. It was one of several films made by the British producer G. B. Samuelson at Universal City in California.Low, p. 139. Plot A Cornish emigrant to Canada battles against cattle rustlers in Alberta. Cast * Maudie Dunham as Diana Marbolt * Albert Ray as John Tresler * "Andre Beaulieu" (Alexander Butler) as Jack Marbolt * Russell Gordon as Jake Harnach * C. McCarthy as Doctor Ostler * Joe De La Cruz as Undetermined Role * Goober Glenn * William Ryno William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Husband Hunter (1920 British Film)
''The Husband Hunter'' is a 1920 British silent drama comedy film directed by Fred W. Durrant and starring C.M. Hallard, Madge Titheradge and Tom Reynolds.Bamford p.26 It was shot at Isleworth Studios. Cast * C. M. Hallard as Sir Robert Chester * Madge Titheradge as Lalage Penrose * Tom Reynolds as James Ogilvy * Minna Grey Minna Grey (1877 in London, England – 1935) was an English actress of the silent era. Death Grey died in 1935, 2 days before her 59th birthday. Selected filmography * '' The Shulamite'' (1915) * ''Just a Girl'' (1916) * ''The Second Mrs. Tan ... as Joanna Marsh * Reginald Dane as Lord Bayard References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. * Harris, Ed. ''Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios''. Amberley Publishing, 2012. * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Temporary Gentleman
''A Temporary Gentleman'' is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Fred W. Durrant and starring Owen Nares, Madge Titheradge and Alfred Drayton. It was shot at Isleworth Studios.Harris p.65 Plot A clerk's service as subaltern spoils him for menial work. Cast * Owen Nares as Walter Hope * Madge Titheradge as Miss Hudson * Tom Reynolds as Mr. Jack * Maudie Dunham as Alice Hope * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Hope * Alfred Drayton Alfred Drayton (1 November 1881 – 26 April 1949) was a British stage and film actor. Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was ''T ... as Sir Herbert Hudson References Bibliography * Harris, Ed. ''Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios''. Amberley Publishing, 2012. External links * 1920 films 1920 comedy films British comedy films British silent feature films Films set in England Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grip Of Iron
''The Grip of Iron'' is a 1920 British silent crime film directed by Bert Haldane and starring George Foley, Malvina Longfellow and James Lindsay.Low p.377 It was based on a play of the same title by Arthur Shirley, which was in turn based on a novel by Adolphe Belot. A Parisian lawyer's clerk robs and strangles a series of victims in order to fund his daughter's extravagant lifestyle. Cast * George Foley as Jagon / Simonnet * Malvina Longfellow as Cora Jager * James Lindsay as Lorenz de Rifas * Laurence Tessier as Paul Blanchard * Ronald Power as Captain Guerin * Ivy King as Marie Guerin * Warwick Buckland as Rolf De Belfort * John Power as Coucou * Moore Marriott George Thomas Moore Marriott (14 September 1885 – 11 December 1949) was an English character actor best remembered for the series of films he made with Will Hay. His first appearance with Hay was in the film '' Dandy Dick'' (1935), but he w ... as Smiler References Bibliography * Low, Rach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Story (film)
''Her Story'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, Campbell Gullan, and C. M. Hallard. A happily married woman's life is thrown into turmoil when a Russian criminal from her past escapes from jail and comes to visit her. It was one of several films made by the British producer G. B. Samuelson at Universal City in California.Low p. 139 Plot As described in a film magazine, an elaborate fancy dress ball at the country estate of Ralph Ashelyn (Hallard) is disrupted when Mrs. Betty Ashelyn (Titheradge) is discovered hiding an escaped convict in her room. She refuses to make any explanation concerning the presence of the convict and, realizing that there will be a sensational story in the newspapers, she starts off in an automobile for her husbands office in the city. The film then uses a flashback to delineate the story she is telling her husband. When young, she spent much time at sea with her father Thorpe, the captain o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Nance'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Albert Ward and starring Isobel Elsom, James Lindsay and Ivan Samson. It was based on the novel '' Nance'' by Charles Garvice. It depicts the relationship between an aristocratic man and a working-class woman.Bamford p.75 Cast * Isobel Elsom as Nance Gray * James Lindsay as Lord Stoyle * Ivan Samson as Bernard Yorke * Mary Forbes Mary Forbes (born Ethel Louise Young; 1 January 1883 – 22 July 1974) was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1919 and 1958. References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B. Tauris, 1999. * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Fi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Rose Of Summer (film)
''The Last Rose of Summer'' is a British silent motion picture of 1920 directed by Albert Ward, produced by G. B. Samuelson, and starring Owen Nares and Daisy Burrell. A drama, it was written by Roland Pertwee, based on a novel by Hugh Conway. Plot In ''The Last Rose of Summer'' Oliver Selwyn is a collector who woos Lotus Devine, but not for herself alone. The movie has been called "a melodramatic tale of a spinster betrayed for the sake of a valuable teaset".Kenton Bamford, ''Distorted images: British national identity and film in the 1920s'' (1999), p. 8 Denis Gifford says "Collector feigns love for spinster to obtain her father’s tea service."Denis Gifford, ''British Film Catalogue'' (Routledge, 2016), p. 4226/ref> Cast * Daisy Burrell as Lotus Devine * Owen Nares as Oliver Selwyn * Minna Grey Minna Grey (1877 in London, England – 1935) was an English actress of the silent era. Death Grey died in 1935, 2 days before her 59th birthday. Selected filmography * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pride Of The Fancy
''The Pride of the Fancy'' is a British silent motion picture of 1920 directed by Richard Garrick and Albert Ward, produced by G. B. Samuelson, and starring Rex Davis, Daisy Burrell and Tom Reynolds. A drama, it was based on a novel by George Edgar. Plot After being demobbed from the army, Phil Moran is out of work and joins a troupe of athletes managed by Professor Bonkish. When Kitty, his employer's daughter, is pursued by an unwelcome rich admirer, Moran protects her, but is beaten up. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous Ireton has designs on Sir Rufus Douglas's daughter Hilda, but she loves Oswald Gordon.''Variety Film Reviews 1921-1925'' (1983), p. 32 Moran goes on to become a boxing champion and to win the hand of Kitty. Cast * Rex Davis – Phil Moran * Daisy Burrell – Kitty Ruston * Tom Reynolds – Professor Ruston * Fred Morgan – Ireton * Dorothy Fane – Hilda Douglas * Wyndham Guise – Sir Rufus Douglas * F. Pope-Stamper – Oswald Gordon * Kid Gordon – Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
