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Graham Cutts
John Henry Graham Cutts (1884 – 7 February 1958), known as Graham Cutts, was a British film director, one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts (1926–1974). Cutts worked with many leading figures in the UK film and stage world, including Basil Dean, Alfred Hitchcock, Gracie Fields, Ivor Novello, and Noël Coward. Selected filmography * '' The Wonderful Story'' (1922) * ''Cocaine'' (1922) * '' Flames of Passion'' (1922) * '' Woman to Woman'' (1923) with Alfred Hitchcock as assistant * '' The White Shadow'' (1923) with Hitchcock as assistant * '' Paddy the Next Best Thing'' (1923) * ''The Prude's Fall'' (1924) aka ''Dangerous Virtue'' with Hitchcock as assistant * ''The Passionate Adventure'' (1924) with Hitchcock as assistant * '' The Rat'' (1925) based on Ivor Novello play * '' Die Prinzessin und der Geiger'' (UK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the ''Domesday Book'' (1086). The town's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France. The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses. In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent, later King George IV, who spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy The Next Best Thing (1923 Film)
''Paddy the Next Best Thing'' is a 1923 British silent romance film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Mae Marsh, Darby Foster and Lilian Douglas. It was based on the 1908 novel of the same title by Gertrude Page and a 1920 stage adaptation, which was later adapted into a 1933 American film. It was made at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington. American star Mae Marsh had been brought over from Hollywood to star in the company's previous film '' Flames of Passion'' and stayed on to make this film. It is believed to be a lost film. Cast See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Rea ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links *''Paddy the Next Best Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Sherlock may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle ** ''Sherlock'' (TV series), a BBC TV series that started in 2010 ** Sherlock Hemlock, a Muppet from the TV show ''Sesame Street'' ** ''Sherlock'' (video game), a 1984 text adventure by Melbourne House **'' Sherlock: Untold Stories'', a Japanese TV series aired in 2019 * ''Sherlock'' (EP), by Shinee People * Allie Sherlock (born 2005), Irish singer * Cornelius Sherlock (d.1888), English architect * Frank Sherlock (born 1969), poet * Glenn Sherlock (born 1960), American baseball player and coach * Jack Sherlock (1908–1958), English footballer * John Michael Sherlock (1926-2019), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop * James Sherlock (born 1983), pianist * John Sherlock (c. 1705–1794), Irish-born general in Spain * Kurt Sherlock (born 1963), rugby player * Paul Sherlock (born 1973), English footballer * Richard Sherlock (born 1983), cricketer * Thomas Sherlock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Rat
''The Return of the Rat'' is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans and Mabel Poulton. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington Studios. It was also released with a music-and-effects soundtrack for cinemas wired for sound. Background ''The Return of the Rat'' is the last of a trilogy of films starring Novello as Pierre Boucheron (The Rat) and Jeans as his sometime lover, sometime nemesis Zélie. Marie Ault also appears in all three films. Like its predecessor '' The Triumph of the Rat'', ''The Return of the Rat'' does not take the story up from where the previous film had ended, instead opening with a scenario which does not seem to flow logically from the previous film's conclusion. ''The Triumph of the Rat'' closes with Pierre destitute and on the street, a situation brought about mainly by Zélie's spite and vindictiveness, yet by the start of ''The Return of the Rat'' the couple are married. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Clay (1928 Film)
''God's Clay'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Anny Ondra, Trilby Clark, Haddon Mason and Franklyn Bellamy. It is an adaptation of the novel ''God's Clay'' by Claude Askew and Alice Askew. It had previously been made into a 1919 film of the same name. The film was made at Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of the First National Pictures. Plot A respectable woman's position in society is threatened by a blackmailer. Cast * Anny Ondra as Angela Clifford * Trilby Clark as Poppy Stone * Franklyn Bellamy as Jaspar Murgatroyd * Haddon Mason as Geoffrey Vance * Marie Ault as Hannah * Julian Royce as Duke * Bernard Vaughan as Butler * Antoinette Brough as Mary Robbins * Annie Esmond Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress. Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Was In The Parlour (film)
''The Queen Was in the Parlour'' is a 1927 Anglo-German silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Lili Damita, Louis Ralph and Paul Richter. It was based on the Noël Coward play ''The Queen Was in the Parlour''. Its German title was ''Die letzte Nacht''. Production The film was made as part of an Anglo-German co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and the leading German company UFA. It was shot at UFA's Babelsberg Studio in Berlin. It was the first of several co-productions between Gainsborough and German companies.Cook p.64-65 Cast * Lili Damita as Nadya * Louis Ralph as Prince Alex * Paul Richter as Sabien Pascal * Harry Liedtke as Prince Keri * Trude Hesterberg as Herzogin Xenia * Rudolf Klein-Rogge as General Kish * Ernő Verebes as King's Adjutant * Frida Richard Frida Richard (born Friederike Raithel, 1 November 1873 – 12 September 1946) was an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * ''The Sin of Helga Arndt'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rolling Road
''The Rolling Road'' is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Flora le Breton, Clifford Heatherley and A.V. Bramble. The screenplay concerns a young woman in a Cornish fishing village who has to choose between various suitors. It was made at Islington Studios and on location at Porthleven in Cornwall and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. It premiered in May 1927 and went on general release in September of the same year. Its critical reception was unenthusiastic, with reviewers feeling it was below the standard of Cutts' other work during the era.Chapman p.170 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as Tom Forty * Flora le Breton as Nell * Clifford Heatherley as John Ogilvie * A.V. Bramble as John Christobel * Cameron Carr as Mate * Marie Ault as Grannie * Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chance The Idol
''Chance the Idol'' (German: ''Die Spielerin'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jack Trevor, Agnes Esterhazy and Harry Liedtke. It was based on a play by Henry Arthur Jones. Cutts was working in Germany at the time for Gainsborough Pictures. Cast * Jack Trevor as Golding * Agnes Esterhazy as Ellen * Harry Liedtke as Ryves * Gertrud de Lalsky as Lady Nowell * Philipp Manning as Mr. Farndon * Dene Morel as Alan * Frida Richard as Mrs. Farndon * Elza Temary Elza Temary lsa Temary(12 February 1905 – 16 February 1968) was a Hungarian film actress. Personal life Elza Temary was born Elza Klecker in what is today Timișoara, Romania.(March 4, 1933). Marriage record: Philip Matthiessen Chancellor (25) ... as Sylvia Bibliography * Cook, Pam. ''Gainsborough Pictures''. Cassell, 1997. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1927 films German drama films German silent feature films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea Urchin (1926 Film)
''The Sea Urchin'' is a 1926 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Betty Balfour, George Hackathorne and W. Cronin Wilson. It was made at Gainsborough Studios with Michael Balcon as producer. Cast * Betty Balfour - Fay Wynchbeck * George Hackathorne - Jack Trebarrow * W. Cronin Wilson - Rivoli * Haidee Wright - Minnie Wynchbeck * Marie Wright - Mary Wynchbeck * Cecil Morton York - Sir Trevor Trebarrow * Clifford Heatherley Clifford Heatherley Lamb (8 October 1888 in Preston, Lancashire – 15 September 1937 in London) was an English stage and film actor. Filmography * ''Henry VIII'' (1911) * ''Bleak House'' (1920) * '' The Tavern Knight'' (1920) * '' The Mys ... - Sullivan * A.G. Poulton - Janitor References External links * 1926 films 1926 drama films Films directed by Graham Cutts British black-and-white films British silent feature films Gainsborough Pictures films British drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Triumph Of The Rat
''The Triumph of the Rat'' is a 1926 British silent film drama, directed by Graham Cutts for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans and Nina Vanna. Background The film is the second in a trilogy featuring Novello as Pierre Boucheron (The Rat), following the popular success of the previous year's '' The Rat.'' Both films were based on plays cowrittened by Ivor Novello, Graham Cutts, Constance Collier and Reginald Fogwell. Jeans also returned to reprise her role from the first film, as did Marie Ault and Julie Suedo. A notable absence is the character of Odile, a central figure in ''The Rat'' as played by Mae Marsh. At the end of the previous film Pierre had seemingly rejected the lure of life in high society as represented by the Jeans character of Zélie, and he and Odile had finally realised the depth of their love for each other. However ''The Triumph of the Rat'' finds him back with Zélie, and not only does Odile not appear in the film, but not even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blackguard
''The Blackguard'' (german: Die Prinzessin und der Geiger) (1925) is a British-German drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Walter Rilla, and Frank Stanmore. Plot Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, a violinist (Rilla) saves a princess (Novak) from execution. Cast Production The film was a co-production between Gainsborough Studios and UFA initiating a decade-long series of co-productions which ended with the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. The film was based on the 1923 novel '' The Blackguard'' by Raymond Paton, and shot at Studio Babelsberg, in Potsdam near Berlin, the first time a Gainsborough film was shot abroad. The film was one of a number of films made in this genre during the 1920s, the most successful of which was the American film ''The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg'' (1927).Cook p. 36 While working on the film, Alfred Hitchcock was able to study several films being made nearby, including '' The Last Laugh'' (1924) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Prinzessin Und Der Geiger
''The Blackguard'' (german: Die Prinzessin und der Geiger) (1925) is a British-German drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Walter Rilla, and Frank Stanmore. Plot Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, a violinist (Rilla) saves a princess (Novak) from execution. Cast Production The film was a co-production between Gainsborough Studios and UFA initiating a decade-long series of co-productions which ended with the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. The film was based on the 1923 novel ''The Blackguard'' by Raymond Paton, and shot at Studio Babelsberg, in Potsdam near Berlin, the first time a Gainsborough film was shot abroad. The film was one of a number of films made in this genre during the 1920s, the most successful of which was the American film ''The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg'' (1927).Cook p. 36 While working on the film, Alfred Hitchcock was able to study several films being made nearby, including '' The Last Laugh'' (1924) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
