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George Merritt (actor)
Frederick George Merritt (10 December 1890 – 27 September 1977) was an English theatre, film and television actor, often in authoritarian roles. He studied German theatre in Magdeburg, Germany, and taught at the Berlitz School at the outbreak of the First World War, when he was held as a British Civil Prisoner of War, and interned at Ruhleben, 1914–1918. He was involved in over 50 plays at Ruhleben. He lived for many years in Lissenden Gardens, Parliament Hill, north west London. Selected filmography * '' The W Plan'' (1930) – Ulrich Muller * ''Bracelets'' (1931) – Director * '' Dreyfus'' (1931) – Émile Zola * '' A Gentleman of Paris'' (1931) – M. Duval * '' White Face'' (1932) – (uncredited) * '' The Lodger'' (1932) – Commissioner * '' Blind Spot'' (1932) – Inspector Cadbury * '' Money for Speed'' (1933) * '' Going Straight'' (1933) * '' F.P.1'' (1933) – Lubin * ''I Was a Spy'' (1933) – Captain Reichman * ''Crime on the Hill'' (1933) – Police Inspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiet Weekend
''Quiet Weekend'' is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Derek Farr, Frank Cellier, Marjorie Fielding, George Thorpe and Barbara White. A family try to relax during a weekend holiday in the country.QUIET WEEK END (1946) It was a sequel to the 1941 film '' Quiet Wedding'', with several of the actors reprising their roles. It was based on the long running 1941 West End play '' Quiet Weekend'' and shot at Welwyn Studios< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money For Speed
''Money for Speed'' is a 1933 British sports film, sports drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Loder (actor), John Loder, Ida Lupino, Cyril McLaglen and Moore Marriott. It is centered on the sport of Motorcycle speedway, speedway racing, which was at its peak of popularity at the time. It featured speedway riders Ginger Lees, Lionel van Praag and Frank Varey, and speedway promoter Johnnie Hoskins. The film's editor David Lean had a brief appearance as a newspaper reporter. Production and reception The film was made by the independent film, independent company Hall Mark Productions at Wembley Studios and was film distributor, distributed by United Artists. It was also released under the alternative title ''Daredevils of Earth''. It was for many years considered a lost film, before two prints resurfaced. Along with Vorhaus' other Thirties work, the film was subject to a revival of critical interest from the 1980s onwards and is regarded as one of the most signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Minute Alibi
''Ten Minute Alibi'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Phillips Holmes, Aileen Marson and Theo Shall. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.84 The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. Cast * Phillips Holmes as Colin Derwent * Aileen Marson as Betty Findon * Theo Shall as Philip Sevilla * Morton Selten as Sir Miles Standish * George Merritt as Inspector Pember * Charles Hickman as Sgt. Brace * Philip Hatfield as Hunter * Dora Gregory as Charwoman * Grace Poggi as Dancer * Francis De Wolff Francis Marie de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television. Life and career Born in Essex, he made his film debut in ''Flame ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jew Süss (1934 Film)
''Jew Süss'' is a 1934 British historical romantic drama film based on Lion Feuchtwanger's 1925 novel ''Jud Süß'', about Joseph Süß Oppenheimer. Directed by Lothar Mendes, the film stars German actor Conrad Veidt in the role of Oppenheimer. The screenplay was written by Dorothy Farnum and Arthur Rawlinson. Unlike the Nazis' antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940), the British film was intended to be sympathetic to Jews, and is generally considered to be a faithful adaptation of Feuchtwanger's novel. It was hoped the historical analogy, condemning antisemitism in 1730, would be a successful means of evading the ban by the British censors on political topics in films. The later film with the same title, produced in Nazi Germany, is considered by some to be an antisemitic response to Mendes' philo-semitic film. Cast * Conrad Veidt as Josef Süss Oppenheimer * Benita Hume as Marie Auguste * Frank Vosper as Karl Alexander * Cedric Hardwicke as Rabbi Gabriel * Gerald du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Song For You (film)
''My Song for You'' is a 1934 film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Jan Kiepura. Kiepura sang the title song "My Song for You" written by Mischa Spoliansky and Frank Eyton. The song was released on an EP "Tell Me Tonight" (also a song by Spoliansky and Eyton) in 1957. Plot Arriving in Venice for a production of "Aida", young tenor Ricardo Gatti meets the attractive Mary, who has sneaked into the opera house in an attempt to get her fiancé hired as a pianist. Ricardo invites Mary to tea and she tells her story, describing her fiancé as her "brother". Captivated by her, the tenor uses his influence to obtain the job with the orchestra. However, filled with guilt at her deception, Mary breaks off her engagement and consents instead to marry her parents' choice, a wealthy society man. But just before the wedding, she changes her mind and marries Ricardo instead. Cast * Jan Kiepura as Ricardo Gatti * Sonnie Hale as Charlie * Emlyn Williams as Theodore Bruckner *Aileen Marso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Escape (1934 Film)
''No Escape'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ian Hunter, Binnie Barnes and Molly Lamont. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.83 Cast * Ian Hunter as Jim Brandon * Binnie Barnes as Myra Fengler * Ralph Ince as Lucky * Molly Lamont as Helen Arnold * Charles Carson as Mr. Arnold * Philip Strange as Kirk Fengler * Madeline Seymour ''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian-American author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series a ... as Mrs. Arnold * George Merritt as Inspector Matheson References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1934 films British drama films 1934 drama films 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Forty-Five
''Nine Forty-Five'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George King and starring Binnie Barnes, Donald Calthrop and Violet Farebrother. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.79 A quota quickie, it is based on a play by Sewell Collins. Cast * Binnie Barnes as Ruth Jordan * Donald Calthrop as Dr. Venables * Violet Farebrother as Mrs. Randall * Malcolm Tod as James Everett * James Finlayson as P.C. Doyle * George Merritt as Inspector Dickson * Ellis Irving as Turner * Cecil Parker as Robert Clayton * Janice Adair as Molly Clayton * 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 domestics, landladies and mothers. Filmography * '' A Cigarette-Maker's ... as Margaret Clancy * René Ray as Mary Doane References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire Raisers (film)
''The Fire Raisers'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Michael Powell. It was described by Powell as "a sort of Warner Brothers newspaper headline story;" and marked the first of his four films with actor Leslie Banks. Plot Jim Bronson is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him ... Cast * Leslie Banks as Jim Bronson * Anne Grey as Arden Brent * Carol Goodner as Helen Vaughan * Frank Cellier as Brent * Francis L. Sullivan as Stedding * Lawrence Anderson as Twist * Harry Caine as Bates * Joyce Kirby Joyce Kirby (March 15, 1915 – 1985) was a British actress. On stage from childhood and a dancer in Cochrane shows, she appeared in several British films of the 1930s. Selected filmography * '' The Midshipmaid'' (1932) * ''A Safe Proposit ... as Polly DVD The film has been released on Region 2 DVD by Opening in the "Les films de ma vie" series. The DVD has fixed French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Fella
''Little Fella'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by William C. McGann and starring John Stuart, Joan Marion and Hal Walters. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.268 Cast * Marie Ault as Mrs. Turner * Glyn James as Bubblekins * Joan Marion as Cynthia Knowles * George Merritt as Detective * John Stuart as Major Tony Griffiths * Hal Walters Henry Paul "Hal" Walters (29 January 1892 – 7 September 1940) was a British actor. He was best known for his role in ''The Four Feathers'' (1939). He was killed by a bomb in an air raid during the London Blitz. Selected filmography * ''Just ... as Dawes * Dodo Watts as Pan 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 Institute, 1986. External links * 1933 films British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Camera
''The Ghost Camera'' is a 1933 British mystery film directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Henry Kendall, Ida Lupino and John Mills, and based on "A Mystery Narrative", a short story by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon. Despite being made quickly on a low budget, the film has come to be considered one of the most successful Quota quickies made during the 1930s. Plot summary While driving back from a seaside holiday, a young man discovers that a camera has dropped mysteriously into his car. When he develops the negatives, one of the pictures appears to show a murder taking place while the others offer clues to where the event has taken place. After identifying one of the women in the pictures, she and he go on a search through the countryside to try to locate her missing brother whose camera they believe it to be. Unfortunately, the police also appear to be on his trail, believing that he has just committed a robbery at a jewellery shop. Cast * Henry Kendall as John Gray * Ida Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silver Spoon
''The Silver Spoon'' is a 1933 British comedy crime film directed by George King and starring Ian Hunter, Garry Marsh and Cecil Parker. It was produced and distributed as a quota quickie by Warner Brothers and was shot at the company's Teddington Studios in London. ''The Silver Spoon'' is classed by the British Film Institute as a lost film. British Pictures. ''Retrieved 21-10-2010'' Synopsis The screenplay concerns a homeless who man admits to a murder he did not commit in order to protect a woman.Cast * Ian Hunter as Captain Watts-Winyard *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey Time (1933 Film)
''Turkey Time'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare and Dorothy Hyson. The screenplay concerns a group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings. It was adapted from the 1931 play '' Turkey Time'' by Ben Travers, one of the Aldwych Farces. Production The film was part of a successful series of screen adaptations of the Aldwych Farces throughout the 1930s that had begun with ''Rookery Nook'' in 1930. It was made by British Gaumont, the second film the actors had made with that studio after switching from Herbert Wilcox's British & Dominions Film Corporation. The screenplay was written by Ben Travers, adapted from his own play. The German Alfred Junge worked as art director. Cast * Tom Walls as Max Wheeler * Ralph Lynn as Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |