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Gordon Begg
Gordon Begg (14 January 1868 – February 1954) was a Scottish stage and film actor. During the silent film era he made several films in Hollywood, before returning to Britain. He appeared as William Shakespeare in the 1930 British revue film ''Elstree Calling''. Selected filmography * '' The Cost of a Kiss'' (1917) * '' A Sinless Sinner'' (1919) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1923) * '' The Bandolero'' (1924) * ''His Buddy's Wife'' (1925) * '' The Celestial City'' (1929) * ''Elstree Calling'' (1930) * ''The Officers' Mess'' (1931) * '' Out of the Blue'' (1931) * ''The Sleeping Cardinal'' (1931) * '' Strictly Business'' (1931) * ''The Shadow'' (1933) * '' Princess Charming'' (1934) * '' Dangerous Ground'' (1934) * ''The Night of the Party'' (1935) * ''The Marriage of Corbal'' (1936) * '' Where There's a Will'' (1936) * ''English Without Tears'' (1944) * '' Welcome, Mr. Washington'' (1944) * '' They Knew Mr. Knight'' (1946) * ''Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and has a population estimate of for the city of Aberdeen, and for the local council area making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area. The city is northeast of Edinburgh and north of London, and is the northernmost major city in the United Kingdom. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which may sparkle like silver because of its high mica content. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in 1969, Aberdeen has been known as the offshore oil capital of Europe. Based upon the discovery of prehistoric villages around the mouths of the rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Officers' Mess
''The Officers' Mess'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Manning Haynes and starring Richard Cooper, Harold French and Elsa Lanchester. It was made at Walton Studios.Wood p.72 It was released as a quota quickie by Paramount Pictures. A Lieutenant becomes mixed-up with some stolen jewels. Cast * Richard Cooper as Tony Turnbull * Harold French as Budge Harbottle * Elsa Lanchester as Cora Melville * Lilian Oldland as Kitty * Max Avieson as Bolton * Margery Binner as Phoebe * George Bellamy as Insp. Bedouin * Annie Esmond as Mrs. Makepiece * Fewlass Llewellyn as Adm. Harbottle * Helen Haye as Mrs. Harbottle * Faith Bennett as Ann Telford * Gordon Begg Gordon Begg (14 January 1868 – February 1954) was a Scottish stage and film actor. During the silent film era he made several films in Hollywood, before returning to Britain. He appeared as William Shakespeare in the 1930 British revue film '' ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Expectations (1946 Film)
''Great Expectations'' is a 1946 British drama film directed by David Lean, based on the 1861 novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills and Valerie Hobson. The supporting cast included Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt and Alec Guinness. The script is based on a slimmed-down version of Dickens' novel. It was written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Cecil McGivern, Ronald Neame and Kay Walsh, after Lean had seen an abridged 1939 stage version of the novel, written by Alec Guinness. In the stage version, Guinness had played Herbert Pocket while Martita Hunt played Miss Havisham, roles that they reprised for the film. However, the film was not a strict adaptation of the play. The film was produced by Ronald Neame and photographed by Guy Green. It was the first of two films Lean directed based on Dickens' novels, the other being his 1948 adaptation of '' Oliver Twist''. John Bryan and Wilfred Shinglet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Knew Mr
In Modern English, ''they'' is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject. Morphology In Standard Modern English, ''they'' has five distinct word forms: * ''they'': the nominative (subjective) form * ''them'': the accusative (objective, called the 'oblique'.) and a non-standard determinative form. * ''their:'' the dependent genitive (possessive) form * ''theirs'': independent genitive form * ''themselves'': prototypical reflexive form *''themself'': derivative reflexive form (nonstandard; now chiefly used instead of "himself or herself" as a reflexive epicenity for ''they'' in pronominal reference to a singular referent) History Old English had a single third-person pronoun '' hē'', which had both singular and plural forms, and ''they'' wasn't among them. In or about the start of the 13th century, ''they'' was imported from a Scandinavian source (Old Norse ''þeir'', Old Danish, Old Swedish ''þer'', ''þair''), where it was a masculine plural demonstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Without Tears
''English Without Tears'' is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer. It was released in the U.S. under the title ''Her Man Gilbey'', as a reference to the classic Screwball comedy, '' My Man Godfrey'' (1936). The film depicts the romance between a young English aristocrat and her family's butler. During World War II, the butler becomes an officer of the Royal Army Service Corps and the girl joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Their change in status and her maturity affect their relationship. The world around them is also transformed. Plot In July 1939, the top-hatted deliveryman from a Fortune and Weedon carriage takes a basket of quail to the tradesman's entrance of Beauclerk House. An elaborate process brings the birds to the dinner plates of Lady Christabel Beauclerk (Margaret Rutherford) and her nephew, Sir Cosmo Brandon (Roland Culver). a British delegate to the League of Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where There's A Will (1936 Film)
''Where There's a Will'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt and Norma Varden. It features an incompetent solicitor who unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery. The film marked the first appearance of Graham Moffatt in a Will Hay film. Moffatt acted as a straight man to Hay, along with Moore Marriott, beginning in the film Windbag the Sailor. Plot Will Hay plays the penniless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, that Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality, however, they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Of Corbal
''The Prisoner of Corbal'' is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Nils Asther, Hugh Sinclair and Hazel Terry. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Marriage of Corbal''. It is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The film was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as an independent production which was released by General Film Distributors. The film is based on the 1927 novel '' The Nuptials of Corbal'' by Rafael Sabatini. Plot The aristocrat Cleonie is the object of affection for both the Marquis of Corbal and Citizen-Deputy of the revolution, Varennes. The latter saves Cleonie from the guillotine by disguising her as his nephew and smuggling her out of France. Cast Critical reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene described the film as "incredibly silly and incredibly badly written but itha kind of wide-eyed innocence ..which is almost endearing". Greene characterized the dialogue as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of The Party
''The Night of the Party'' is a 1934 British mystery thriller film directed by Michael Powell and starring Leslie Banks, Ian Hunter, Jane Baxter, Ernest Thesiger and Malcolm Keen. In the United States it was released as ''The Murder Party''. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The art direction was by Alfred Junge, later a regular contributor to the films of Powell and Pressburger. Synopsis After inviting guests to a dinner party the ruthless press baron Lord Studholme is found murdered during a party game. The investigating detectives have to work out which of the guests had the motive to murder him. Cast Critical reception ''Kinematograph Weekly'' wrote in 1934, "Direction and production lack that slickness and kick which is so essential to the complete success of this type of manufactured thriller. Few of the stage favourites comprising the cast succeed in adapting their technique to the requirements of the screen." the reviewer however singled out Vio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Ground (1934 Film)
''Dangerous Ground'' is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Norman Walker and starring Malcolm Keen, Jack Raine and Joyce Kennedy. The film was a quota quickie, produced by Paramount's British subsidiary at British and Dominions Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. The film's editor was David Lean who was working in low-budget films during this stage of his career. Synopsis Two insurance detectives work with the police to identify and bring down a crime kingpin. After one is murdered, his partner and his daughter decide to solve the case themselves. Cast * Malcolm Keen as Mark Lyndon * Jack Raine as Philip Tarry * Joyce Kennedy as Claire Breedon * Martin Lewis as John Breedon * Kathleen Kelly as Joan Breedon * Gordon Begg as Holford * Henry B. Longhurst Henry B. Longhurst (February 1891 in Brighton, Sussex – 11 April 1970 in Reading, Berkshire, Reading, Berkshire) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''Chin Chin Chinaman'' (1931) - Purser * ''The Crooked Lad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Charming (film)
''Princess Charming'', also known as ''Alexandra'', is a 1934 British musical comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Evelyn Laye, Henry Wilcoxon, and Yvonne Arnaud. It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures. The film's sets were designed by Ernő Metzner. It is part of the operetta film genre that was popular during the era. Plot A Ruritanian Ruritania is a fictional country, originally located in central Europe as a setting for novels by Anthony Hope, such as ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1894). Nowadays the term connotes a quaint minor European country, or is used as a placeholder name f ... princess is betrothed to the king of a neighbouring country, but falls in love with the army officer sent to escort her there. Meanwhile, a revolution breaks out. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1934 films 1934 musical comedy films British black-and-white films British musical comedy films Films directed by Maurice Elvey Films produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadow (1933 Film)
''The Shadow'' is a 1933 British mystery film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan and Felix Aylmer. Cast * Henry Kendall as Reggie Ogden * Elizabeth Allan as Sonia Bryant * Felix Aylmer as Sir Richard Bryant * Jeanne Stuart as Moya Silverton * Cyril Raymond as Silverton * Viola Compton as Mrs. Bascomb * John Turnbull as Detective Inspector Carr * Ralph Truman as Elliot * Dennis Cowles as Chief Inspector Fleming * Vincent Holman as Wallis * James Raglan as Beverley Kent * Gordon Begg Gordon Begg (14 January 1868 – February 1954) was a Scottish stage and film actor. During the silent film era he made several films in Hollywood, before returning to Britain. He appeared as William Shakespeare in the 1930 British revue film ' ... as Willit * Charles Carson as Sir Edward Hulme KC Plot The Shadow (not the pulp character) buys secret letters and such and uses them for blackmail. He also kills. The police have been after him for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
