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Helen Ferrers
Helen Ferrers (1869–1943), born Helen Finney, was a British stage and film actress. Personal life Helen Finney was born in Cookham in Berkshire, the daughter of a London coal merchant and the younger sister of the actress May Fortescue ( Emily May Finney).Colles, Ramsay"In Castle and Court House; being reminiscences of 30 years in Ireland" London: T. Werner Laurie (1911), p. 63 She was married to the actor Eugène François Mayeur, who died in 1918. The couple had one daughter, Mary Helen Mayeur. Filmography Selected stage credits * ''The Cardinal ''The Cardinal'' is a 1963 American drama film produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel of the same name (1950) by Henry Morton Robi ...'' (1903, Louis N. Parker) * '' The River'' (1925, Patrick Hastings) References External links * 1869 births 1943 deaths English film actresses People from Cookham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guest Of Honour (1934 Film)
''Guest of Honour'' is a 1934 UK, British comedy film directed by George King (film director), George King and starring Henry Kendall (actor), Henry Kendall, Miki Hood, Edward Chapman (actor), Edward Chapman and Joan Playfair. In the film, an aristocracy (class), aristocrat unmasks a blackmailer. It is based on Thomas Anstey Guthrie, F. Anstey's 1903 play ''The Man from Blankley's'' which had been made as a 1920 Paramount Pictures, Paramount silent ''The Fourteenth Man'' and the 1930 John Barrymore talkie ''The Man from Blankley's''. References 1934 comedy films 1934 films British black-and-white films British comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Film Actresses
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1943 Deaths
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1869 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. * January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. * January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate. * February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger". * February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. * February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is formed in Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River (play)
''The River'' is a 1925 play by the British writer Patrick Hastings. It is set in West Africa, where two diamond hunters are in love with the same woman. It ran for 53 performances in the West End, initially at St James's Theatre before transferring to the Lyric Theatre. The cast included Owen Nares, Clifford Mollison, Jessie Winter, Helen Ferrers and Leslie Faber. Film adaptation In 1927 it was adapted into an American silent film ''The Notorious Lady'' by Hollywood studio First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count ..., starring Barbara Bedford and Lewis Stone.Goble p.210 References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Wearing, J. P. ''The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cardinal (1901 Play)
''The Cardinal'' is a 1901 historical play by the British writer Louis N. Parker. It is set in Renaissance Italy at the height of the power of the Medici Dynasty. It originally premiered at the Theatre Royal, Montreal before transferring to the Garden Theatre on Broadway. It then enjoyed a run of 106 performances at St James' Theatre in London's West End between 31 August and 5 December 1903. The original London cast included E.S. Willard, Frederick Volpe, Harry Lonsdale, Alice Lonnon, Joseph Farjeon and Helen Ferrers. Film adaptations In 1936 the play was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Matheson Lang, Eric Portman and June Duprez. It also inspired the 1945 Italian film ''L'abito nero da sposa'' directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Fosco Giachetti Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor. Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of '' Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look Up And Laugh
''Look Up and Laugh'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Alfred Drayton and Douglas Wakefield. The film is notable for featuring an appearance by Vivien Leigh in an early supporting role. Plot Gracie Pearson (Fields) is a singer/comedian who returns home to enjoy a little holiday, but there is trouble brewing. First, she has to use all of her hard-earned money to pay for part of what her brother owes to a money lender. Then when they go to see their father, they find he has collapsed due to the Plumborough Market (where he has a stall) is threatened with demolition to make way for a department store. She receives a telegram offering a West End singing job, but decides to try to save the market instead. As time runs out, Gracie rallies the stall keepers together through a series of ever more hilarious schemes in their attempts to save their livelihoods. Cast * Gracie Fields as Gracie Pearson * Vivien Leigh as Marjorie Belfer * Dougla ... [...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] |
Get Your Man (1934 Film)
''Get Your Man'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Dorothy Boyd, Sebastian Shaw and Clifford Heatherley. It is based on the play ''Tu m'epouseras'' by Louis Verneuil. It features the second screen appearance of future star Rex Harrison. Plot A determined young woman sets up an elaborate plan to secure the man she has fallen in love with. Cast * Dorothy Boyd - Nancy McAlpine * Sebastian Shaw - Robert Halbean * Clifford Heatherley - Parker Halbean * Hugh E. Wright - Reverend John Vivien * Kay Walsh - Mary Vivien * Helen Ferrers Helen Ferrers (1869–1943), born Helen Finney, was a British stage and film actress. Personal life Helen Finney was born in Cookham in Berkshire, the daughter of a London coal merchant and the younger sister of the actress May Fortescue ... - Agatha McAlpine * Rex Harrison - Tom Jakes References External links * 1934 films 1934 comedy films British comedy films Films based on works by Louis Verneu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Primrose Path (1934 Film)
''The Primrose Path'' is a 1934 British romance film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Isobel Elsom, Whitmore Humphries and Max Adrian. The screenplay concerns a doctor's wife who has to choose between her settled life with her husband in a small town or a more turbulent relationship with a successful artist. It was based on a play by Joan Temple. Plot summary Cast * Isobel Elsom - Brenda Dorland * Whitmore Humphries - David Marlow * Max Adrian - Julian Leigh * Virginia Field - Ianthe Dorland * Gordon McLeod - Doctor Dorland * Helen Ferrers Helen Ferrers (1869–1943), born Helen Finney, was a British stage and film actress. Personal life Helen Finney was born in Cookham in Berkshire, the daughter of a London coal merchant and the younger sister of the actress May Fortescue ... - Mrs Hassee * Ethel Stuart - Fortune References External links * * 1934 films 1930s romance films Films directed by Reginald Denham British black-and-white film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Turpin (1933 Film)
''Dick Turpin'' is a 1933 British historical drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Stafford it starred Victor McLaglen, Jane Carr, Frank Vosper, James Finlayson and Cecil Humphreys. The film depicts the adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York. It is based on a historical novel by Harrison Ainsworth. It was made at Cricklewood StudiosWood p.77 with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was the last film made by Stoll Pictures which had once been the dominant producer in Britain during the silent era. Cast * Victor McLaglen as Dick Turpin * Jane Carr as Eleanor Mowbray * Frank Vosper as Tom King * James Finlayson as Jeremy * Cecil Humphreys as Sir Luke Rookwood * Gillian Lind as Nan * Gibb McLaughlin as Governor of Newgate * Alexander Field as Weazel Jones * Roy Findlay as Dan Smollet * Helen Ferrers as Lady Rookwood * Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
