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George King (film Director)
George King (1899 – 26 June 1966) was an English actors' agent, film director, producer and screenplay writer. He is associated with the production of quota quickies. He helmed several of Tod Slaughter's melodramas, including 1936's '' The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''. Career King entered into the film industry after completion of medical studies. His first film ''Too Many Crooks'' featured a young stage actor named Laurence Olivier, also making his film debut. Once launched from routine thrillers, King made the usual array of lightweight comedies, romances and thrillers. With the outbreak of war, King directed some distinctly up-market war movies, most successful of which was ''Candlelight in Algeria'', a vehicle for James Mason. He was also successful with 1947's ''The Shop at Sly Corner'', which introduced Diana Dors, featuring a charismatic performance by Oscar Homolka and a notable performance by Kenneth Griffith. Filmography Director *'' Forbidden'' (1949) *''The Shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candlelight In Algeria
''Candlelight in Algeria'' is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. The story is loosely based on an October 1942 secret conference in Cherchell, Algeria between American general Mark W. Clark and a group of high-ranking Vichy French commanders. At the conference, the Vichy French commanders agreed to not resist the Operation Torch landings in Vichy France-controlled French North Africa that occurred one month later. Plot Ahead of the conference, British agent Alan Thurston has been assigned to travel to Algiers to recover a camera containing photos that reveal where the meeting will take place. Thurston is not aware of the meeting or the content of the photos, but he has orders to prevent the camera from reaching the Germans. He is shadowed by German spy Dr. Müller, who intends to steal the camera as soon as Thurston acquires it. Susan Foster, an American sculptress living in Biskra, agrees to help Thurston. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ticket Of Leave Man (1937 Film)
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merry Comes To Town
''Merry Comes to Town'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Guy Newall and Betty Ann Davies. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.95 Cast * Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield * Guy Newall as Prof. John Stafford * Betty Ann Davies as Marjorie Stafford * Stella Arbenina as Mme. Saroni * Bernard Clifton as Dennis Stafford * Margaret Watson as Grandmother Stafford * Basil Langton as Noel Slater * Muriel George as Cook * Tom Helmore as Peter Bell * Cecil Mannering as Horace Bell * George Sims as Sales Manager * W.T. Ellwanger as Mr. Ramp * Arthur Finn as Mr. Walheimer * Sybil Grove as Zoe * Dorothy Bush * Hermione Gingold as Ida Witherspoon * Mabel Twemlow as Mrs. C. Wriggle * Jack Hellier * Janet Fitzpatrick as Woman * Margaret Yarde Margaret Yarde (2 April 1878 – 11 March 1944) was a British actress. Initially training to be an opera singer, she made her London stage debut in 1907. She often played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted!
''Wanted!'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Claude Dampier and Mark Daly. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.298 Premise The Oatfields, a married couple, are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband accidentally turns on the burglar alarm and the real criminals are apprehended. Cast * Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield * Claude Dampier as Henry Oatfield * Mark Daly as Mr. Smithers * Norma Varden as Mrs. Smithers * Finlay Currie as Uncle Mart * Kathleen Harrison as Belinda * Billy Holland as Harry the Hick * Stella Bonheur as Baby Face * Billy Bray as Sparrow Hawkins * Arthur Goullet as Bonelli * 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'' .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Top
''Silver Top'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring Marie Wright, Betty Ann Davies, David Farrar and Marjorie Taylor. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie. Synopsis A gang of criminals decide to swindle an elderly sweet shop owner living in a country village out of her money by producing her "long-lost son" who is really one of their gang. However, once he takes up his disguise he begins to become entranced with the quiet country village and falls in love with the Vicar's daughter. He ends up refusing to help his former criminal associates and reveals his true identity to the villagers.Shafer p.62 Cast * Marie Wright as Mrs Deeping * Betty Ann Davies as Dushka Vernon * Marjorie Taylor as Hazel Summers * David Farrar as Babe * Brian Buchel as Flash Gerald * Bryan Herbert as Jem Withers * Polly Emery as Martha Bains * Isobel Scaife Isobel Scaife (1911–1985) was a British stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexton Blake And The Hooded Terror
''Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring George Curzon, Tod Slaughter and Greta Gynt. It was George Curzon's third and final outing as the fictional detective Sexton Blake. Plot summary The film - described as the best in the Blake series of 1930s movies - features the character of Sexton Blake and his efforts to defeat a major crime organisation headed by Michael Larron, a 'sort of Moriarty figure'. Cast * George Curzon as Sexton Blake *Tod Slaughter as Michael Larron *Greta Gynt as Madamoiselle Julie *Tony Sympson as Tinker * Charles Oliver as Max Fleming * Marie Wright as Mrs. Bardell * David Farrar as Granite Grant *Norman Pierce as Inspector Bramley *H.B. Hallam as Monsieur Bertrand *Bradley Watts as Paul Duvall Critical reception Of the film's villain, Leonard Maltin concluded, "Slaughter plays it basically straight in this passable low-budget outing"; while Dennis Schwartz wrote, "Tod Slaughter is a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Halifax (film)
''John Halifax'' aka ''John Halifax, Gentleman'' is a 1938 British historical drama film directed by George King and starring John Warwick, Nancy Burne and Roddy McDowall. It is based on the 1856 novel ''John Halifax, Gentleman'' by Dinah Craik. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.295 The film's sets were designed by Philip Bawcombe. Cast * John Warwick as John Halifax * Nancy Burne as Ursula March * Ralph Michael as Phineas Fletcher * D.J. Williams as Abel Fletcher * Brian Buchel as Lord Luxmore * Billy Bray as Tully * Elsie Wagstaff as Jael * W.E. Holloway as Mr. Jessop * Hugh Bickett as Doctor Grainger * Roddy McDowall Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 4 October 1998) was a British actor, photographer and film director. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1 ... as Boy References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face At The Window (1939 Film)
''The Face at the Window'' is a 1939 British horror film directed by George King. It was the second sound film adaptation of the 1897 stage melodrama by F. Brooke Warren after the 1932 version. Plot In Paris in 1880, a series of murders involving a grotesque face appearing at victims' windows, is attributed to a mysterious Wolf Man. After being accused of being the perpetrator, bank clerk Lucien Cortier (John Warwick) seeks to uncover the true identity of the murderer. Chevalier Lucio del Gardo seems determined to successfully prosecute Cortier for the murders. Cast *Tod Slaughter – Chevalier Lucio del Gardo *Marjorie Taylor – Cecile de Brisson *John Warwick – Lucien Cortier *Leonard Henry – Gaston, the Cook *Aubrey Mallalieu – M. de Brisson * Robert Adair – Police Inspector Gouffert *Wallace Evennett – Professor LeBlanc *Kay Lewis – Babette, the Maid *Bill Shine – Pierre, Babette's Beau *Margaret Yarde – La Pinan *Harry Terry – The Face at the Window ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimes At The Dark House
''Crimes at the Dark House'' (originally titled ''The Woman in White'') is a (1940) British film directed by George King starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the 1860 novel '' The Woman in White'' by Wilkie Collins. Plot summary In this lurid melodrama Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit his estate in England. On arriving in England he schemes to marry an heiress for her money and, with the connivance of the enigmatic Count Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and get in the way of his plans to be the Lord of the Manor. Cast *Tod Slaughter as The False Percival Glyde *Sylvia Marriott as Laurie Fairlie / Anne Catherick *Hilary Eaves as Marion Fairlie *Geoffrey Wardwell as Paul Hartwright *Hay Petrie as Dr. Isidor Fosco *Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Bullen *Rita Grant as Jessica, the Maid * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese Bungalow (1940 Film)
''The Chinese Bungalow'', also known as ''Chinese Den'', is a 1940 British drama film directed by George King and starring Kay Walsh, Jane Baxter and Paul Lukas. It was adapted from the 1925 play '' The Chinese Bungalow'' by Marion Osmond and James Corbett. King was a former producer of quota quickies who was increasingly working on films with better budgets during the early war years.Chibnall & McFarlane p.2 It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. Cast * Paul Lukas as Yuan Sing * Kay Walsh as Sadie Merivale * Jane Baxter as Charlotte Merivale * Robert Douglas as Richard Marquess * Wallace Douglas as Harold Marquess * Jerry Verno as Stubbins * Mayura as Ayah * John Salew John Rylett Salew (1902 (some sources state 1 January 1897)14 September 1961) was an English stage film and TV actor. Salew made the transition from stage to films in 1939, and according to Allmovie, "the manpower shortage during WWII enabled ... as Mr. Lum * James Woodburn as Dr. Cameron References Bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of The Frightened Lady (film)
''The Case of the Frightened Lady'' is a 1940 British, black-and-white, crime, drama, mystery thriller, directed by George King and starring Marius Goring as Lord Lebanon, Helen Haye as Lady Lebanon, Penelope Dudley Ward as Isla Crane, George Merritt (actor) as Detective Inspector Tanner, Ronald Shiner as Detective Sergeant Totty and Felix Aylmer as Dr Amersham. It was produced by Pennant Picture Productions and presented by British Lion Film Corporation. The film is based on the 1931 play by Edgar Wallace. This production was the second time that Wallace’s play had been adapted for the cinema. The first production in 1932 was directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starred Emlyn Williams. The BBC also produced two television versions; the first in 1938 and the second in 1983 which starred Warren Clarke and Virginia McKenna. In 2008, the film was released on DVD by Odeon Entertainment as part of their 'Best of British' collection. Prior to this release, the film had not been seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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