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George Clark (producer)
George Clark (1888-1946) was a British film actor and film producer during the silent era. For many years Clark worked with the British star Guy Newall, whom he had met during the First World War. Together they founded Lucky Cat Films and later George Clark Productions, securing a distribution arrangement with the larger Stoll Pictures. After initially working out of a studio on Ebury Street in Central London, they raised finance to construct Beaconsfield Studios and work began in 1921. They opened the new studio the following year, but after being hit by the Slump of 1924 remained largely inactive for the rest of the decade. Clark later sold the studios to the British Lion Film Corporation in 1929.Low p.220 Selected filmography Producer * ''Duke's Son'' (1920) * ''Testimony'' (1920) * '' The Bigamist'' (1921) * '' The Persistent Lovers'' (1921) * ''Boy Woodburn'' (1922) * '' A Maid of the Silver Sea'' (1922) * '' Fox Farm'' (1922) * ''The Starlit Garden ''The Starlit Gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, chartered in 1158. Its location on a coaching route and the opening of a railway station in 1858 were key to its development and the shift from an agrarian village to an urban town. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Bromley significantly increased in population and was Municipal Borough of Bromley, incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903 and became part of the London Borough of Bromley in 1965. Bromley today forms a major retail and commercial centre. It is identified in the London Plan as one of the 13 metropolitan centres of Greater London. History Bromley is first recorded in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 862 as ''Bromleag'' and means 'woodland clearing where Cytisus scoparius, broom grows'. It shares this Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaconsfield Studios
Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British television and film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, TV shows - until the 1960s. Britain's first talking movie was recorded there, as were films starring British actors Gracie Fields, Peter Sellers and John Mills. Since 1971 it has been the home of the National Film and Television School, an internationally recognized postgraduate school for film and TV production, famous as the birthplace of animated characters Wallace and Gromit. History Life as a studio (1922–1970) Construction and early years Construction began on the studio in 1921. Producer George Clark and actor/director Guy Newall had been making films at a small studio on Ebury Street in Central London. They outgrew this and raised financing for a new, larger and more modern studio to be built in Beaconsfield. The studio opened in 1922, and Clark and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Silent Film Actors
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1946 Deaths
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1888 Births
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The Starlit Garden
''The Starlit Garden'' is a 1923 British silent romantic film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, Lawford Davidson and Mary Rorke. The film is set in Italy and concerns a doomed romance between a ward and her guardian. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Warren p.11 Cast * Guy Newall as Richard Pinckney * Ivy Duke as Phyllis Berknowles * Valia Venitshaya as Frances Blett * A. Bromley Davenport as Colonel Grangerson * Lawford Davidson as Silas Grangerson * Mary Rorke as Aunt Maria * Cecil Morton York as Hennessey * John Alexander as Rafferty * Marie Ault Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film. Biography Born as Mary Cragg, in Wigan, Lancashire, (now Greater Manchester. England. Ault was a star in many British films of the silent era but is ... as Old Prue References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. * Warren, Patricia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Farm (film)
''Fox Farm'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Barbara Everest. It is based on the 1911 novel '' Fox Farm'' by Warwick Deeping. A farmer's wife becomes obsessed with the high life, and abandons him after he loses his sight. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Warren p.11 Unlike many of the era, the film is still extant. Cast * Guy Newall - James Falconer * Ivy Duke - Ann Wetherall * Barbara Everest Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film ''The Man Without a Soul''. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 his ... - Kate Falconer * Cameron Carr - Jack Rickerby * A. Bromley Davenport - Sam Wetherall * Charles Evemy - Slim Wetherall * John Alexander - Jacob Boase References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s''. I.B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Maid Of The Silver Sea (film)
''A Maid of the Silver Sea'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Cameron Carr. It is an adaptation of the 1910 novel of the same name by John Oxenham. Plot ''The Bioscope'' provided the following synopsis of the film: :To a small island off the French coast comes Stephen Gard, a young Englishman, in charge of a gang of Cornish miners, whose presence arouses the hostility of the natives. Especially resentful is Tom Hamon, the bullying brother of Nance, in whom Stephen finds a friend. immediately after a fight one night with Stephen, Tom is found dead at the foot of a steep cliff. Although his assertion of innocence is accepted by the local magistrate, the fisher-folk, goaded on by the dead man's wife, believe that Stephen murdered Tom and threaten to lynch him. Hearing of their intentions, Nance rows Stephen to a lonely rock whither she brings him food. The angry fisher-folk discover Stephen's hiding-place, however, and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Boy Woodburn'' is a 1922 British silent sports film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Mary Rorke. It is set in the world of English horse racing.Bamford p.66 It was known in the United States by the alternative title ''Wings of the Turf''. It was based on the 1917 novel ''Boy Woodburn'' by Alfred Ollivant. Cast * Guy Newall as Jim Silver * Ivy Duke as Boy Woodburn * Mary Rorke Mary Rorke (14 February 1858, in London – 12 October 1938, in London) was a British stage and film actress. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Persistent Lovers
''The Persistent Lovers '' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and A. Bromley Davenport. It was an adaptation of a 1915 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs. Plot summary Cast * Guy Newall - Richard Ardley-Manners * Ivy Duke - Lady Audrey Beaumont * A. Bromley Davenport - Duke of Harborough * Julian Royce - Anthony Waring * Lawford Davidson - Honorable Ivor Jocelyn * Barbara Everest - Joyce * Douglas Munro - John * Ernest A. Douglas Ernest A. Douglas was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Rock of Ages'' (1918) * '' Linked by Fate'' (1919) * ''Darby and Joan'' (1920) * ''The Call of the Road'' (1920) * '' Ernest Maltravers'' (1920) * '' Dangerous Li ... - Reverend Ardley-Manners * Emilie Nichol - Duchess References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * * 1922 films Films based on British novels Films directed by G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bigamist (1921 Film)
''The Bigamist'' is a 1921 British silent romance film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, and Julian Royce. Plot As described in a film magazine, Pamela (Duke) and Herbert Arnott (Royce) have been happily married for five years and have had two children. On the day of their wedding anniversary, Pamela receives a letter from another woman signed Lucy Arnott which states that she is the legal wife of Herbert. Herbert confirms that this is the truth and explains that Lucy refused to give him a divorce. For the sake of their children, Pamela continues to live with Herbert, but their governess Blanche (Everest) later overhears a conversation between them and learns the truth regarding the status of the marriage. Pamela discharges Blanche, and on the day the governess leaves Herbert also departs. Pamela calls on family friend George Dane for advice. George agrees to search for Herbert, and by tracing the governess locates Herbert in a hospital. He is ill but has a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Testimony (1920 Film)
''Testimony'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Ivy Duke, David Hawthorne and Mary Rorke. It was based on the novel of the same title by Alice and Claude Askew. Plot As summarized in a film publication, a farmer, Gilian Lyons (Hawthorne), lives with his mother Rachel Lyons (Rorke), who is tyrannical in her devotion to her son. Gilian braves his mother s anger and marries Althea May (Duke), who moves in with them. Rachel, who had been training Lucinda (Everest) for eventual marriage to her son, vents her spleen against Althea. Gilian and Althea have a daughter who dies, and Rachel says this was because Althea did not take care of her. Althea leaves, lives with an uncle, and enters society, but she later decides to return home, as she still loves Gilian. However, Gilian has left the farm in search of her. After she becomes ill, Rachel takes care of Althea, and their relationship improves. Eventually Gilian returns home to find his wife waiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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