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Henry Mollison
Evelyn Henry Mollison (21 February 1905 – 19 July 1985) was a British theatre and film actor. He was the brother of the actor Clifford Mollison. During World War II, he was held as a Prisoner of War for five years by the Nazis, after his ship was captured. During his time in the POW camp, he organized 56 shows for other prisoners. Following the war, he never completely returned to acting. He was married to actresses Jane Welsh from 1932 to 1934 and Lina Basquette from 1937 until their divorce in 1947. Partial filmography * '' Balaclava'' (1928) * ''Knowing Men'' (1930) * '' Third Time Lucky'' (1931) * '' The Face at the Window'' (1932) * ''Letting in the Sunshine'' (1933) * ''Out of the Past'' (1933) * ''Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) * ''Drake of England'' (1935) * ''Sing Me a Love Song'' (1935) * ''McGlusky the Sea Rover'' (1935) * '' Someday'' (1935) * '' The Great Impersonation'' (1935) * '' The Lone Wolf Returns'' (1935) * ''The Music Goes 'Round'' (1936) * ''Caught by Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bride For Henry
''A Bride for Henry'' is a 1937 American film directed by William Nigh based on the Josephine Bentham short story of the same name that was published in Liberty Magazine. Authors such as James Cox and Kylo-Patrick Hart have cited ''A Bride for Henry'' as within a subgenre of screwball comedies termed "sentimental comedy", where plots deal with domestic struggles but avoid true threats of adultery and ultimately defend marriage. The formation of the Production Code Administration (PCA) hastened the production of sentimental comedies; others include ''Maybe It's Love'' (1935), ''Three Married Men'' (1936), and ''Wife, Doctor, and Nurse'' (1937). Plot Sheila Curtis's (Anne Nagel) fiancé Eric Reynolds (Henry Mollison) fails to appear for the wedding, so Sheila drafts her lawyer, Henry Tuttle (Warren Hull), to stand in for the missing groom. When Eric finally shows up after sleeping off the bachelor party, Shelia intends to get a quick divorce and marry him after the media attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Cavalcade
''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and Marcel Varnel. The film features Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Owen Nares, Robert Hale, Austin Trevor, James Carew, Edward Chapman and Ronald Shiner as the Soldier in Trenches. The film was presented by Associated British Pictures Corporation. Synopsis The film portrays a dramatised pastiche of great events that occurred during the reign of George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri .... It was made to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of his succession to the throne. Cast References External links * * * 1935 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Find The Witness
''Find the Witness'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Quigley, Henry Mollison and Rosalind Keith.Langman & Finn p.86 Cast * Charles Quigley as Larry McGill * Henry Mollison as Rudolph Mordini * Rosalind Keith as Linda Mason * Rita La Roy as Rita Calmette * Wade Boteler as Inspector Collins * Ernie Alexander as Jerry * Stanley Andrews as District Attorney * William Arnold as Reporter * Hooper Atchley as Carney * Sven Hugo Borg as Diver * Don Brodie as Reporter * Ralph Byrd as Tex * Nick Copeland as Manning * Frank De Voe as Reporter * Gladys Gale as Mrs. Rice * Creighton Hale as Bell Captain * Eddie Hart as Sailor * Harry Harvey as Barker * William Humphrey as Minister * Charles King as Burton * Ralph McCullough as Reporter * Ted Oliver as Deagle * Lee Shumway as Higgins * Reginald Simpson as Clerk * Harry Stafford as Judge * John Tyrrell as Jackson * Blanca Vischer as Spanish Waitress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakedown (1936 Film)
''Shakedown'' is a 1936 American crime drama film, directed by David Selman from a screenplay by Grace Neville based on a story by Barry Shipman. The film stars Lew Ayres, Joan Perry, and Thurston Hall, and was released on July 17, 1936. This was Perry's film debut. Cast list * Lew Ayres as Bob Sanderson * Joan Perry as Edith Stuart * Thurston Hall as G. Gregory Stuart * Victor Kilian as Caretaker * Henry Mollison as Ralph Gurney * John Gallaudet as Hawsley * George McKay as Spud * Gene Morgan as Presto Mullins * Wyrley Birch as Mr. Morrison * William Gould as Lieutenant * Wade Boteler as Captain of detectives * Edward Le Saint as Attorney * Olaf Hytten as Butler * George Offerman Jr. as Pat O'Roark * Arthur Loft as Editor * Murdock MacQuarrie as Attendant * George French as Husband in cafe * Helen Dickson as Wife in cafe * Jack Dougherty as Detective * Lee Shumway Lee Shumway (March 4, 1884 – January 4, 1959), born Leonard Charles Shumway, was an American actor. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Squadron
''Devil's Squadron'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Richard Dix, Karen Morley and Lloyd Nolan. The following written prologue appears after the opening credits: "This picture is dedicated to the test pilots....those men who knowingly face death every time they leave the ground in an untried airplane. We never hear of these men, yet on their courage depends the future of aviation." "Notes: 'Devil's Squadron'." ''TCM'', 2019. Retrieved: June 30, 2019. Plot Test pilot Paul Redmond () was dishonorably discharged from the United States Marines, and needed a second chance. When he encounters Martha Dawson ( |
Counterfeit Lady
''Counterfeit Lady'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast * Ralph Bellamy as Johnny Pierce * Joan Perry as Phyllis Fowler * Douglass Dumbrille as August Marino * George McKay as Pinky * Gene Morgan as Clancy * Henry Mollison as Bemis * John Tyrrell as Mike * Max Hoffman Jr. as Kit * Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dia ... as Girard * John Harrington as Swanson References External links * * 1936 films 1936 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman Columbia Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Met In A Taxi
''They Met in a Taxi'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Chester Morris, Fay Wray and Raymond Walburn.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.142 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu .... Cast References Bibliography * Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''The Films of Fay Wray''. McFarland, 2005. External links * 1936 films 1936 comedy films American comedy films Films directed by Alfred E. Green Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caught By Television
''Trapped by Television'' is a 1936 American comedy-drama crime science fiction film directed by Del Lord and starring Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot and Nat Pendleton. The film is also known as ''Caught by Television'' in the United Kingdom. Plot An inventor is working on his latest creation, a new form of television monitor and camera, but is struggling to complete his invention due to lack of funds. His monetary problems are compounded by an aggressive bill collector looking for payments and competition from a rival scientist. When organized crime figures are added to the mix, the desperation level rises for our intrepid inventor. Cast * Mary Astor as Barbara "Bobby" Blake * Lyle Talbot as Fred Dennis * Nat Pendleton as Rocky O'Neil * Joyce Compton as Mae Collins * Thurston Hall as John Curtis * Henry Mollison as Thornton * Wyrley Birch as Paul Turner * Robert Strange as Standish Accuracy Although televisions were being made from the late 1920s, they weren't commercially available ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Music Goes 'Round
''The Music Goes 'Round'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Harry Richman, Rochelle Hudson and Walter Connolly Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887 – May 28, 1940) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 50 films between 1914 and 1939. His best known film is ''It Happened One Night'' (1934). Early years Connolly attended St. Xavier Coll ....Monaco p.559 Plot Partial cast References Bibliography * James Monaco. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991. External links * 1936 films 1936 musical comedy films American musical comedy films Films directed by Victor Schertzinger Films with screenplays by Jo Swerling Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935 Film)
''The Lone Wolf Returns'' is a 1935 American crime film starring Melvyn Douglas as jewel thief Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf. Retired, the Lone Wolf is forced back into crime, but turns the tables on his enemies. It is based on the 1923 Louis Joseph Vance novel ''The Lone Wolf Returns'', which had previously been made into a 1926 film of the same name. Cast * Melvyn Douglas as Michael Lanyard * Gail Patrick as Marcia Stewart * Tala Birell as Liane Mallison * Henry Mollison as "Mal" Mallison * Thurston Hall as Inspector Crane * Raymond Walburn as Jenkins * Douglass Dumbrille as Morphew * Nana Bryant as Aunt Julie Stewart * Robert Middlemass as Chief of Detectives McGowan * Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Benson Reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Impersonation (1935 Film)
''The Great Impersonation'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson and Wera Engels. It was adapted from the 1920 novel '' The Great Impersonation'' by E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was made by Universal Pictures with some aesthetic similarities to the Universal Horror films of the 1930s.Weaver p.148-153 Two other film versions of the story were made with the same title in 1921 and 1942 respectively. Plot Before the First World War, Sir Everard Dominey, a drunken upper-class Englishman, encounters an old acquaintance the sinister German arms dealer Baron Leopold von Ragostein in Africa. The two men are identical, and von Ragostein plans to kill his doppelganger and take his place in British high society where he will be able to further his arms business and spy on Britain for the German Empire. He arranges the murder with his various associates. When "Dominey" returns to London shortly afterwards, he encounters the German ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday (1935 Film)
''Someday'' is a 1935 British romance film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Esmond Knight and Margaret Lockwood. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by I. A. R. Wylie. The film is one of eleven quota quickies directed by Powell between 1931 and 1936 of which no print is known to survive. It is not held in the BFI National Archive, and is classed as "missing, believed lost". It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood. Plot Curley (Knight) is a lift operator in a block of exclusive London apartments. Emily (Lockwood) is a cleaning-girl with a client, Canley (Henry Mollison), in the block, and she and Curley are attracted to one another and long to be married, but their poor economic prospects stand in the way. Emily has to spend some days in hospital, and Curley wants to treat her when she returns. He decides to prepare her a special dinner, using an apartment belonging to a tenant who is away on business and has entrusted Curley with a key to keep an eye on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |