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George A. Cooper (director)
George A. Cooper (1894–1947) was a British screenwriter and film director. Partial filmography * ''The Shadow of Evil'' (1921) * '' His Wife's Husband'' (1922) * '' Geraldine's First Year'' (1922) * ''Darkness'' (1923) * ''Three to One Against'' (1932) * '' The Eleventh Commandment'' (1924) * ''Claude Duval'' (1924) * ''Settled Out of Court'' (1925) * '' Somebody's Darling'' (1925) * ''If Youth But Knew'' (1926) * ''The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant'' (1927) * ''His Rest Day'' (1927) short film made in Phonofilm sound-on-film process * ''The Coffee Stall'' (1927) short film made in Phonofilm, starring Mark Lupino (1894-1930) * ''Nan Wild'' (1927) short film made in Phonofilm, featuring Nan Wild * ''Olly Oakley'' (1927) short film made in Phonofilm, featuring Olly Oakley * ''The World, the Flesh, the Devil'' (1932) * '' The Roof'' (1933) * ''I Lived with You'' (1933) * ''The Man Outside'' (1933) * ''The Shadow'' (1933) * '' Puppets of Fate'' (1933) * '' Home, Swee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Lived With You
''I Lived With You'' is a 1933 British romantic comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Ivor Novello, Ursula Jeans and Ida Lupino. It is based on the West End hit play ''I Lived With You'' by Novello. Plot Young Cockney shop girl Gladys Wallis meets penniless Russian Prince Felix Lenieff in the Hampton Court Maze and, learning he has no place to stay, takes him home to live with her family. His presence creates chaos in her family's humble Fulham home. At first the others do not believe he is a prince, but he has a locket that Nicholas II, the last tsar, gave to his now-deceased mother. Gladys's father works in the diamond trade and confirms that the jewels on it are valuable diamonds. Felix does not want to sell them for his own sake, but is persuaded by Mr. Wallis to let him do so, as it will benefit the family. Cast * Ivor Novello as Prince Felix Lenieff * Ursula Jeans as Gladys Wallis * Ida Lupino as Ada Wallis * Minnie Rayner as Mrs. Wallis * Eliot Makeham a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Deaths
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts Lexington is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Downtown Boston. The population was 34,454 as of the 2020 census. The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans, and was firs .... * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry (anarchist), Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyal Heart
''Loyal Heart'' is a 1946 British drama film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Percy Marmont, Harry Welchman and Patricia Marmont. The film portrays rivalry in the sheep farming community. It was made by the independent film, independent company British National Films as a supporting feature. Location filming took place in Cumberland during summer 1944 but it was a further year before the studio-shot scenes were completed. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was released on a double bill with the Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood costume film ''The Strange Woman''.Chibnall & McFarlane p.290 Main cast * Percy Marmont as John Armstrong * Harry Welchman Harry Welchman (24 February 1886 – 3 January 1966) was an English star of musical theatre. He made several appearances in non-musical plays, but was remembered as, in the words of ''The Times'', "perhaps the most popular musical comedy hero on th ... as Sir Ian * Patricia Marmont as J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Our Alley
''Down Our Alley'' is a 1939 British musical film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Hughie Green, Wally Patch and Vivienne Chatterton. It was made at Highbury Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.100 Main cast * Hughie Green as Hughie Dunstable * Wally Patch as Mr. Dunstable * Vivienne Chatterton as Mrs. Dunstable * Sylvia Saetre as Sally * Anthony Holles as Tony * Daphne Raglan as Mary * Philip Morant as Eustace * Johnnie Schofield Johnnie William Schofield (10 March 1889 – 9 September 1955) was a British actor, known for '' The Middle Watch'' (1948), ''Tawny Pipit'' (1944) and '' Melody of My Heart'' (1936). Early life John William Schofield was born on 10 March 1889 i ... as Waiter References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Without Honour
''Men Without Honour'' is a 1939 British crime film directed by Widgey R. Newman and starring Ian Fleming, Howard Douglas and Grace Arnold. The film was made at Bushey Studios, as a low-budget B film designed to go on the bottom-half of a double bill.Chibnall p.300 Synopsis A disgraced lawyer ends up working for a gang of share-pushers. He becomes outraged when he discovers that they are scamming his son's prospective father-in-law and eventually unmasks the villains with the help of the police. Cast * Ian Fleming as Frank Hardy * Howard Douglas as Fane * W.T. Hodge as Vigor * Charles Paton as Rev. Fanshawe * Grace Arnold as Mrs. Hardy * Alastair Hunter as John Hardy * Edith Clinton as Enid Fanshawe * Charles Courtney as Field * Tony Melrose as Commissioner * George Dewhurst as Inspector Smith * Rex Alderman as Barclay References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Eagle
''Royal Eagle'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring John Garrick, Nancy Burne, Felix Aylmer and Edmund Willard. The screenplay was written by Arnold Ridley. Cast * John Garrick - Jim Hornby * Nancy Burne - Sally Marshall * Felix Aylmer - Windridge * Edmund Willard - Burnock * Lawrence Anderson - Vale * Hugh E. Wright - Albert Marshall * Muriel Aked Muriel Aked (9 November 1883 – 21 March 1955) was an English film actress. Early life, family and education Aked was born in Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England to George Henry Aked and his wife Emma (née Bairstow). She was a studen ... - Miss Mimm * Fred Groves - Sam Waldock * Betty Shale - Mrs Marshall References External links * 1936 films 1936 crime films Films directed by George A. Cooper British black-and-white films British crime films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexton Blake And The Bearded Doctor
''Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor'' is a 1935 British mystery film directed by George A. Cooper and starring George Curzon, Henry Oscar and Tony Sympson. It is based on the novel ''The Blazing Launch Murder'' by Rex Hardinge, and was one of George Curzon's three big screen outings as the fictional detective. Premise Sexton Blake investigates the death of a top classical musician. Cast * George Curzon - Sexton Blake * Henry Oscar - Doctor Gibbs * Tony Sympson - Tinker * Gillian Maude - Janet * Philip Ray - Jim Cameron * John Turnbull - Inspector Donnell * Edward Dignon - Hawkins * James Knight - Red * Donald Wolfit Sir Donald Wolfit, KBE (born Donald Woolfitt; Harwood, Ronald"Wolfit, Sir Donald (1902–1968)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008; accessed 14 July 2009 20 April 1902 ... - Percy References External links * 1935 films British mystery films 1935 mystery films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case For The Crown
''The Case for the Crown'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper (director), George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures. Plot A business partner is found dead and the company accounts have been tampered with; but is it murder or suicide? Cast * Miles Mander as James L. Barton * Meriel Forbes as Shirley Rainsford * Whitmore Humphries as Roy Matherson * Lawrence Anderson (actor), Lawrence Anderson as Roxy * David Horne (actor), David Horne as James Rainsford * Gordon McLeod (actor), Gordon McLeod as Prosecution * John Turnbull (actor), John Turnbull as Prof. Lawrence Critical reception ''TV Guide'' called it "another dull British courtroom drama." References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Abbot (1934 Film)
''The Black Abbot'' is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring John Stuart, Judy Kelly and Edgar Norfolk. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.Wood p.77 The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. Cast * John Stuart as Frank Brooks * Judy Kelly as Sylvia Hillcrest * Edgar Norfolk as Brian Heslewood * Richard Cooper as Lord Jerry Pilkdown * Drusilla Wills as Mary Hillcrist * Farren Soutar as John Hillcrist * Cyril Smith as Alf Higgins * Davina Craig as Jane, the maid * Earl Grey as Phillips, the butler * Ben Welden Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows. Early years Welden was born in Toledo, Oh ... as Charlie Marsh * John Turnbull as Inspector Lockwood References Bibliography * Low, Rach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home, Sweet Home (1933 Film)
''Home, Sweet Home'' is a 1933 British drama film directed by George A. Cooper and starring John Stuart, Marie Ney and Richard Cooper. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by RKO Pictures.Wood p.78 Cast * John Stuart as Richard Pelham * Marie Ney as Constance Pelham * Richard Cooper as Tuprnan * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Bagshow * Cyril Raymond as John Falkirk * Eve Becke as Betty Marlin * Eliot Makeham as James Merrick * Felix Aylmer as Robert Wilding KC * Ben Welden as Santos * Joan Carter * 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 ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939''. British Film Institute, 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
