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Helen Haye
Helen Haye (born Helen Hay, 28 August 1874 – 1 September 1957) was a British stage and film actress. New York Times. 3 September 1957 Stage Hay began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in ''''. In 1927, she starred in 's '''' at the . In 1950, she was in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for oil drilling in Asia. Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The Assamese economy is aided by wildlife tourism to Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, which are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleak House (1920 Film)
''Bleak House'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Constance Collier, Berta Gellardi, and Helen Haye. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1853 novel ''Bleak House''. It was one of many silent film versions of Dickens' stories. Cast *Constance Collier - Lady Dedlock *Berta Gellardi - Esther Summerson *Helen Haye - Miss Barbay *E. Vivian Reynolds - Tulkinghorne *Norman Page - Guppy *Clifford Heatherley - Bucket *Ion Swinley - Captain Hawdon *A. Harding Steerman - Sir Leicester Dedlock *Anthony St. John - Jo *Teddy Arundell Teddy Arundell (1873 in Devon – 5 November 1922, in London) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Lyons Mail'' (1916) * ''Justice'' (1917) * ''Nelson'' (1918) * '' The Swindler'' (1918) * ''The Splendid Cowar ... - George *Beatrix Templeton - Rachel References External links * * 1920 films British historical drama films British silent feature films 1920s English-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Boy (film)
''It's a Boy'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Henson, Albert Burdon and Edward Everett Horton. It is a farce about a blackmailer who attempts to demand money from a young woman on the brink of marriage. It was based on the 1931 play ''It's a Boy'' by Austin Melford, an English adaption of the 1926 play ''Hurra, ein Junge'' by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach.Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. p. 78. with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Plot On the eve of his society wedding, Dudley Leake and his best man James Skippett get drunk at his bachelor party. While in his cups Dudley confides to his friend about a brief fling he had with a woman just before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. The following morning they oversleep and are late for their wedding. While they are dressing themselves Joe Piper, a young man with a strong Northern accent, appears at the flat and cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her First Affaire
''Her First Affaire'' is a 1932 British drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Ida Lupino, George Curzon and Diana Napier. It was based on a 1930 play of the same title by Merrill Rogers and Frederick J. Jackson.Goble p.795 It was shot at Teddington Studios, with sets designed by the art director J. Elder Wills. Plot A headstrong young girl falls completely for a writer of trashy novels, and insinuates herself into his household, all to the chagrin of her erstwhile fiancé. He conspires with the author's wife to show the girl how foolish she's been. Cast * Ida Lupino as Anne * George Curzon as Carey Merton * Diana Napier as Mrs Merton * Harry Tate as Major Gore * Muriel Aked as Agatha Brent * Arnold Riches as Brian * Kenneth Kove as Professor Hotspur * Helen Haye as Lady Bragden * Roland Culver as Drunk * Melville Gideon Melville J. Gideon (May 21, 1884, New York City – November 11, 1933, London) was an American composer, lyricist and performer of ragtime music, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congress Dances
''Congress Dances'' is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Erik Charell and starring Lilian Harvey, Conrad Veidt and Henri Garat. It was an English-language version of the German film ''Der Kongreß tanzt''. A separate French-language version '' Le congrès s'amuse'' was also made. It is centered on the Congress of Vienna, where an Austrian commoner is mistaken for the Tsar of Russia. It was made at the Babelsberg Studio near Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. Cast * Lilian Harvey as Christel * Conrad Veidt as Prince Metternich * Henri Garat as Zar Alexander I / Uralsky * Lil Dagover as Countess * Gibb McLaughlin as Bibikoff * Reginald Purdell as Pepi * Philipp Manning as King of Saxony * Humberston Wright as Duke of Wellington * Helen Haye as Princess * Spencer Trevor Spencer Trevor (29 May 1875 – 22 May 1945) was a British stage and film actor. He was born as Spencer Trevor Andrews. In 1897 he married the actress Mary Davis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Carlo Madness (1932 Film)
''Monte Carlo Madness'' is a 1932 German Musical film, musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Sari Maritza, Hans Albers and Charles Redgie. It was an English-language version of the 1931 German film ''Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film), Bombs on Monte Carlo'', which was based on the 1930 novel ''Bomben auf Monte Carlo (novel), Bombs on Monte Carlo'' by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. The screenplay concerns a captain who falls in love with a Queen in Monte Carlo. It cost to produce. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Plot In Monte Carlo, a captain tries to raise the money to pay his crew at the gaming table, and meets and falls in love with a Queen. Cast *Sari Maritza as Queen Yola *Hans Albers as Capt. Erickson *Charles Redgie as Peter *Helen Haye as Isabel *John Deverell as Consul *C. Hooper Trask as Prime Minister *Comedian Harmonists as Themselves *Kapelle Carlo Minari as Themselves - Orchestra Reception The film was not a success ... [...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] |
Brown Sugar (1931 Film)
''Brown Sugar'' is a 1931 British romance film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Constance Carpenter, Francis Lister, Allan Aynesworth and Helen Haye. It was largely filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London. It was produced by Julius Hagen as a quota quickie for distribution by the American company Warner Brothers. Local gentry disapprove when Lord Sloane chooses an actress for a wife. Cast * Constance Carpenter as Lady Stella Sloane * Francis Lister as Lord Sloane * Allan Aynesworth as Lord Knightsbridge * Helen Haye as Lady Knightsbridge * Cecily Byrne as Lady Honoria Nesbitt * Eva Moore as Mrs. Cunningham * Chili Bouchier as Ninon de Veaux * Gerald Rawlinson as Archie Wentworth * Alfred Drayton as Edmondson * Wallace Geoffrey as Crawbie Carruthers References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Skin Game (1931 Film)
''The Skin Game'' is a 1931 British drama film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1920 play by John Galsworthy and produced by British International Pictures. The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrists and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them. Edmund Gwenn and Helen Haye reprised their respective roles as Mr. Hornblower and Mrs. Hillcrist from the 1921 silent version. Plot The plot concerns a feud between the long-established (upper class) Hillcrists, played by C.V. France, Helen Haye, and Jill Esmond, and the ''nouveau riche'' (formerly working class) Hornblowers, played by Edmund Gwenn, John Longden, Phyllis Konstam, and Frank Lawton. Underlying themes in the story include class warfare and the results of avarice. For his love of riches, Mr. Hornblower coldly enjoys a "skin game" of buying up land under false pretenses of letting the tenant farmers remain and then booting them out, in order to build factories. The Hillcrists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Cities
''Beyond the Cities'' is a 1930 British drama film directed by Carlyle Blackwell and starring Blackwell, Edna Best and Alexander Field. The film was made as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures, and is believed to have been made at Twickenham Studios.Chibnall p.260 The film is mainly set in Canada. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Reparations''. Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as Jim Campbell * Edna Best as Mary Hayes * Alexander Field as Sam * Laurence Hanray as Gregory Hayes * Helen Haye as Amy Hayes * Eric Maturin as Hector Braydon * Percy Parsons as Boss References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ..., 2007. *Low, Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nipper - Lady Sevenoaks
* Louis Goodrich - Woolf
''The Nipper'' is a 1930 British musical film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Betty Balfour, John Stuart, and Anne Grey. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Brat''. Cast * Betty Balfour - The Nipper * John Stuart - Max Nicholson * Anne Grey - Clarissa Wentworth * Alf Goddard - Alf Green * Gibb McLaughlin - Bill Henshaw * Percy Parsons - Joubert * Helen Haye Helen Haye (born Helen Hay, 28 August 1874 – 1 September 1957) was a British stage and film actress. New York Times. 3 Septem ... References External links * 1930 films British mu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knowing Men
''Knowing Men'' is a 1930 British romantic comedy film directed by Elinor Glyn and starring Carl Brisson, Elissa Landi and Helen Haye. It was made at Elstree StudiosWood p.67 and based on one of Glyn's own novels. Originally shot using an experimental colour system, it was eventually released in plain black-and-white. Cast * Carl Brisson as George Vere * Elissa Landi as Korah Harley * Helen Haye as Marquise de Jarmais * C. M. Hallard as Marquis de Jarnais * Henry Mollison as Frank Bramber * Thomas Weguelin as Michelet * Marjorie Loring as Blanche * Jeanne De Casalis Jeanne de Casalis (22 May 1897 – 19 August 1966) was a Basutoland-born British actress of stage, radio, TV and film. Born in Basutoland as Jeanne Casalis de Pury, she was educated in France, where her businessman father was the proprietor of ... as Delphine * David Herbert References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
