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Hubert Bath
Hubert Charles Bath (6 November 188324 April 1945) was a British film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include the music to the Oscar-winning documentary ''Wings Over Everest'' (1934), as well as to the films ''Tudor Rose'' (1936), ''A Yank at Oxford'' (1938) and '' Love Story'' (1944). Biography Bath was born in Barnstaple, Devon in 1883. He sang in the local church choir and in 1899 attended the Royal Academy of Music, studying piano with Oscar Beringer and composition with Frederick Corder. In 1913-14 he conducted Thomas Quinlan's opera troupe on its world tour, also acting as chorus master. He conducted "Madame Butterfly" at the London Opera House in July 1915, in a performance that starred Tamaki Miura. After that he established himself as a composer of light operas, including ''Young England'' (Birmingham, 1915) and '' Bubbole'' (Milan, 1920), extending the genre towards grand opera with ''Trilby''. He went on to compose many film scores (including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Aylwin
Jean Aylwin (10 October 18851964), also known as Jean Isabella Griffin Aitkin, was a Scottish actress and singer, often billed as "The Lady Harry Lauder". Aylwin was best known for creating character roles in successful Edwardian musical comedies early in the 20th century. She turned to roles in non-musical plays by World War I, continued to act into the 1920s and was later a radio broadcaster. Her divorce in 1924 from a colonel in the Intelligence Corps involved allegations of infidelity. Early life and career Aylwin was born in Hawick and was educated at George Watsons College, Edinburgh. She began her professional stage career in 1904 with a touring company playing character roles in smaller towns in the British provinces in such melodramas as ''The Red Coat'' and ''No Cross, No Crown''. She later toured with a company managed by George Dance as a shop assistant in the Edwardian musical comedy ''The Girl from Kays'', and next was engaged at the Gaiety Theatre, in the chor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Octopus (film)
''Dear Octopus'' is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding and Celia Johnson. It is based on a 1938 play ''Dear Octopus'' written by Dodie Smith. It was also released as ''The Randolph Family''. Plot Well-to-do couple Dora and Charles Randolph are celebrating their golden wedding, and three generations meet at the Randolph country home. As the relatives gather, each reveals his or her personal quirks and shortcomings. Caught in the middle is family secretary Penny Fenton (Margaret Lockwood), who has the unenviable task of sorting and smoothing out the family's deep-set hostilities and jealousies so that a good time can be had by all. Cast * Margaret Lockwood – Penny Randolph * Michael Wilding – Nicholas Randolph * Celia Johnson – Cynthia * Roland Culver – Felix Martin * Helen Haye – Dora Randolph * Athene Seyler – Aunt Belle * Jean Cadell – Vicar's wife * Basil Radford – Kenneth * Frederick Leister †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Barrier (film)
''The Great Barrier'' is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer and Antoinette Cellier. The film depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was based on the 1935 novel '' The Great Divide'' by Alan Sullivan. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. Cast * Richard Arlen as Hickey * Lilli Palmer as Lou * Antoinette Cellier as Mary Moody * Barry MacKay as Steve * Roy Emerton as Moody * J. Farrell MacDonald as Major Rogers * Ben Welden as Joe * Jock MacKay as Bates * Ernest Sefton as Magistrate * Henry Victor as Bulldog Kelly * Reginald Barlow as James Hill * Arthur Loft as William Van Horne * Frank McGlynn Sr. as Sir John MacDonald Production It was one of a series of British Empire-related movies made by Gaumont around this time, others including ''Rhodes of Africa'', ''The Flying Doctor'' and ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-Stop New York
''Non-Stop New York'' (also known as ''Lisbon Clipper Mystery'') is a 1937 British science fiction crime film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring John Loder, Anna Lee and Francis L. Sullivan. It is based on the 1936 novel ''Sky Steward'' by Ken Attiwill. A woman who can clear an innocent man of the charge of murder is pursued by gangsters onto a luxurious transatlantic flying boat. Plot On New Year's Eve 1938 in New York, lawyer Billy Cooper notices stranded English showgirl Jennie Carr (Anna Lee) gazing hungrily at other diners' plates in a restaurant and offers to buy her a meal. However, the restaurant has run out, so he invites her to his apartment. Before they arrive, Abel, another hungry, unemployed person, sneaks in for a chicken leg. Hearing them coming, he hides in a bedroom. When Jennie enters to remove her coat, he begs her not to cause trouble. She sympathizes with his plight and says nothing to Cooper. Just then, Hugo Brant (Francis L. Sullivan), Cooper†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Luck Of The Irish (1936 Film)
''The Luck of the Irish'' is a British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty, and starring Richard Hayward and Kay Walsh. It was based on a novel by Victor Haddick, and written by Victor Haddick and Donovan Pedelty. It was made as a quota film at Elstree Studios.Wood, p. 86 The production company Crusade Films had a contract to supply films for release by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. Plot An Irishman tries to save his ancestral home through the fortunes of a racehorse. Cast * Richard Hayward as Sam Mulhern * Nan Cullen as Widow Whistler * Charles Fagan as Sergeant Doyle * Meta Grainger as Lady O'Donnel * Harold Griffin as Simon Reid * John M. Henderson as Sir Richard O'Donnel * R. H. MacCandless as Gavin Grogan * Niall MacGinnis as Derek O'Neill * Jimmy Mageean as Sir Brian O'Neill * Charlotte Tedlie as Hortense O'Neill * Kay Walsh Kathleen "Kay" Walsh (15 November 1911 – 16 April 2005) wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Lordship (1936 Film)
''His Lordship'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring George Arliss, Romilly Lunge and Rene Ray. It was released with the alternative title ''Man of Affairs'' in the United States. Plot Its plot involves Arliss as a British Foreign secretary swapping identities with his black sheep twin brother (also Arliss), and the rescuing of Britain from war with an Arab nation. Production The film was based on the 1931 play ''The Nelson Touch'' by Neil Grant. It was made the Lime Grove Studios in London, with sets designed by art director Alfred Junge. Cast * George Arliss as Richard Fraser / Lord Duncaster * Romilly Lunge as Bill Howard * Rene Ray as Vera * Allan Jeayes as Barak * Jessie Winter as Lady Duncaster * John Ford as Ibrahim * Lawrence Anderson as Nahil * Bernard Merefield as Phillpotts * John Turnbull as Stevenson * Basil Gill as Abdullah Critical reception ''TV Guide'' wrote "The best thing about the film is some nice split-screen work, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evensong (film)
''Evensong'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Victor Saville and starring Evelyn Laye, Fritz Kortner and Emlyn Williams. It is loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba. It was also the first film of Alec Guinness, who appears as an uncredited extra. It was shot the Lime Grove Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge. Cast * Evelyn Laye as Madame Irela * Fritz Kortner as Arthur Kober * Emlyn Williams as George Leary * Carl Esmond as Count Ehrenburg/Archduke Theodore * Alice Delysia as Madame Valmond * Conchita Supervia as Baba L'Etoile * Muriel Aked as Tremlowe * Dennis Val Norton as Sovino * Arthur Sinclair as Pa O'Neil * Patrick O'Moore as Bob O'Neil * Browning Mummery as solo tenor/Alfredo the Gondolier * Frederick Leister as Emperor Franz Josef * George Treger as Solo Gypsy Violinist * Alec Guinness as Soldier (uncredited) Critical reception The New York Times found the film "politely dull in its reverent exami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell England (film)
''Tell England'' is a 1931 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Fay Compton, Tony Bruce and Carl Harbord. It is based on the 1922 novel '' Tell England'' by Ernest Raymond which featured two young men joining the army, and taking part in the fighting at Gallipoli. Both directors had close memories of Gallipoli, as did Fay Compton's brother, Compton Mackenzie. Asquith's father H. H. Asquith had been Prime Minister at the time of the Gallipoli Landings, a fact which drew press attention to the film, while Barkas had personally fought at Suvla Bay in the Gallipoli campaign. In the United States it was released under the alternative title ''The Battle of Gallipoli''. Production The film had originally been intended to be made as a silent film, but was delayed. It was made at Welwyn Studios using the German Klangfilm process. Much of the film was shot on location in Malta, standing in for Gallipoli. Cast * Fay Compton as Mrs. Doe * Tony B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plaything
''The Plaything'' is a 1929 British romance film directed by Castleton Knight and starring Estelle Brody, Heather Thatcher and Nigel Barrie. The film was a mixture of silent and sound film as it was released during the transition period following ''Blackmail''. It was based on the play ''Life Is Pretty Much the Same'' by Arthur Jarvis Black. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. Cast * Estelle Brody as Joyce Bennett * Heather Thatcher as Martyn Bennett * Nigel Barrie as Wallace McKinnel * Marguerite Allan as Madeleine McKinnel * John St. John as Claude * Ray Milland as Ian See also * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachel. ''The History of Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Informer (1929 Film)
''The Informer'' is a 1929 British part-talkie drama film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward and Carl Harbord. The picture was based on the 1925 novel '' The Informer'' by Liam O'Flaherty. In the film, a man betrays his best friend, a member of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation. The later better-known adaptation '' The Informer'' (1935) was directed by John Ford. Cast * Lya De Putti as Katie Fox * Lars Hanson as Gypo Nolan * Warwick Ward as Dan Gallagher * Carl Harbord as Francis McPhilip * Dennis Wyndham as Murphy * Janice Adair as Bessie * Daisy Campbell as Mrs McPhillip * Craighall Sherry as Mulholland * Ray Milland as Sharpshooter * Ellen Pollock as Prostitute * Johnny Butt as Publican Production The film was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures as the sound revolution was taking place. The film was made with a soundtrack, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Greenwood Tree (1929 Film)
''Under the Greenwood Tree '' is a 1929 British historical drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Marguerite Allan, Nigel Barrie and Wilfred Shine. It is an adaptation of the 1872 novel ''Under the Greenwood Tree'' by Thomas Hardy. Production and release The film's sets were designed by Wilfred Arnold. It was made at Elstree Studios by the leading British company of the era British International Pictures. It was originally intended to be a silent film, but following the arrival of sound, songs and dialogue were added using the RCA system. It was released in September 1929, around the same time as ''The American Prisoner'', both films following on from the company's first sound release, Alfred Hitchcock's ''Blackmail'', in June. A review in ''Close Up'' suggested it "has perhaps the best direction yet produced from a British studio".Low p.193 Cast * Marguerite Allan as Fancy Day * Nigel Barrie as Shinar * John Batten as Dick Dewey * Maud Gill as Old Maid * Wilfred Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
