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Ivy Close
Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929."Ivy Close" . bfi.org.uk Life Ivy Lilian Close was born 15 June 1890 in , , the daughter of Emma ( Blackburn) and John Robert Close. She had a younger brother, Raymond, and a sister, Dorothy. Her first husband was photographer and filmmaker Elwin Neame (1885–1923), who she married in 1910. Together they established Ivy Close Films in 1914, one of the first movie production companies founded by a film star. This marriage pro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated population of 84,318 in 2011. It is included in the Tees Valley mayoralty. The borough had a population of approximately , at the ONS The Tees was straightened in the early 1800s for larger ships to access the town. The ports have since relocated closer to the North Sea and ships are no longer able to sail from the sea to the town due to the Tees Barrage, which was installed to manage tidal flooding. The Stockton and Darlington Railway, on which coal was ferried to the town for shipment, served the port during early part of the Industrial Revolution. The railway was also the world's first permanent steam-locomotive-powered passenger railway. History Etymology ''Stockton'' is an Anglo-Saxon place name with the common ending ''ton' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Close In The Girl And The Tenor
''Hedera'', commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. Description On level ground they remain creeping, not exceeding 5–20 cm height, but on suitable surfaces for climbing, including trees, natural rock outcrops or man-made structures such as quarry rock faces or built masonry and wooden structures, they can climb to at least 30 m above the ground. Ivies have two leaf types, with palmately lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun, usually high in the crowns of trees or the tops of rock faces, from 2 m or more above ground. The juvenile and adult shoots also differ, the former being slender, flexible and scrambling or climbing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roue
''La Roue'' (, 'The Wheel') is a French silent film, directed by Abel Gance, who also directed ''Napoléon'' and ''J'accuse''. It was released in 1923. The film used then-revolutionary lighting techniques, and rapid scene changes and cuts. Plot Railroad engineer Sisif (Severin-Mars) rescues a small orphan, whose name he learns is Norma (Ivy Close), following a disastrous crash. He raises the little girl as his own, along with his son Elie (Gabriel de Gravone), whose mother died during his birth. In time, Norma becomes a lively and playful young woman. Her greatest joy is time spent with Elie, by now a handsome violin maker, whom she believes to be her natural brother. But Sisif, to his own horror, finds himself falling in love with his adopted daughter. Sisif confesses to a wealthy colleague, Hersan (Pierre Magnier), Norma's origin and that he is attracted to her. Hersan threatens Sisif with blackmail if he does not consent to give Norma to him in marriage. Norma herself is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expiation (film)
''Expiation'' is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Ivy Close, Fred Raynham and Lionelle Howard.Low p.362 It was based on an 1887 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The film was made by Stoll Pictures at the Cricklewood Studios. Cast * Ivy Close as Eva Mornington * Fred Raynham as Cecil Braithwaite * Lionelle Howard as Godfrey Mornington * Malcolm Tod as Lord Dereham * Daisy Campbell as Mrs. Langton * Fred Rains Frederick William Rains (c. 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director. He was the father of the actor Claude Rains. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Broken Melody'' (1916) * '' The New Clown'' (1916) * ''The Marriag ... as Mr. Woodruffe References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1922 films 1922 crime films British silent feature films British crime films Films directed by Sinclair Hill Films b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Was She Justified?
''Was She Justified?'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Florence Turner, Ivy Close and Lewis Gilbert.Low p.474 Cast * Florence Turner as Joan Crossby * Ivy Close * Lewis Gilbert as John Crossby * Arthur Walcott as Robert Quidman * George Bellamy * Jeff Barlow Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871. Selected filmography * ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915) * ''The Man Who Bought London'' (1916) * '' Trouble for Nothing'' (1916) * '' Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917) * '' The Happy Wa ... * Gwen Dickens * John Reid * Leonard Upton References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Walter West Films set in England British black-and-white films British films based on plays 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby And Joan (1920 Film)
''Darby and Joan'' is a 1920 British drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Derwent Hall Caine, Leal Douglas, Ivy Close, Meggie Albanesi and George Wynn. The screenplay was written by the novelist Hall Caine and set on the Isle of Man. Plot Sir Patrick and Lady Gorry sit by the fireside, and turning the pages of an old album, recall their past life. As a boy Patrick's mother, a widow, kept the mill in a small village in the Isle of Man. Sayle Moore, a large landowner, diverted the mill stream to create an artificial lake in his grounds, robbing the widow of her means of earning a living and bringing poverty to the Gorry's house. Mrs. Gorry and her son Patrick were left nearly destitute and in her heart there grew a great bitterness. She opened a small shop and earned enough for her son's education. One night Mrs. Gorry made her son kneel down and swear vengeance on Sayle Moore. Moore had a daughter of whom he was fond. Patrick Gorry and Sheila Moore fell in love. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flag Lieutenant (1919 Film)
The Flag Lieutenant may refer to: * ''The Flag Lieutenant'' (1919 film) * ''The Flag Lieutenant'' (1926 film), a 1926 British war film * ''The Flag Lieutenant'' (1932 film), a 1932 British war film {{DEFAULTSORT:Flag Lieutenant, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irresistible Flapper
''The Irresistible Flapper'' is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Violet Hopson, Ivy Close and Gerald Ames. Plot A flapper rescues her less worldly-wise sister from social disgrace. Cast * Violet Hopson - Gladys Standish * Ivy Close - Audrey tremayne * Gerald Ames - Victor Standish * Basil Gill - Ormande York * Charles Vane - Sir Neville Tremayne * Ruby Belasco - Miss Frewin * Iveah Stanley - Camille * Madame d'Esterre Madame may refer to: * Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French * Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel * ''Madame'' ... - Lady Tremayne * Frank Wilson - Vicar References External links * 1919 films British silent feature films Films directed by Frank Wilson 1919 comedy films British comedy films British films based on plays British black-and-white films Flappers Films about s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Bede (film)
''Adam Bede'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Bransby Williams, Ivy Close and Malvina Longfellow. It is an adaptation of the 1859 novel ''Adam Bede'' by George Eliot. Plot summary A squire's grandson saves a farmer's niece from the charge of murdering her bastard baby. Cast * Bransby Williams — Adam Bede * Ivy Close — Hetty Sorrel * Malvina Longfellow — Dinah Morris * Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ... — Arthur Donnithome * Claire Pauncefort -— Aunt Lydia * Inez Bensusan — Sarah Thorne * Charles Stanley — Seth Bede * Ralph Forster — Squire References External links * 1918 films British silent feature films 1910s historical drama films 1910s English-language films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Peep Behind The Scenes (1918 Film)
''A Peep Behind the Scenes'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and Geoffrey H. Malins and starring Ivy Close, Gerald Ames and Gertrude Bain. It is an adaptation of the 1877 novel of the same name set around a travelling fair. Cast * Ivy Close as Norah Joyce * Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ... as Augustus Joyce * Gertrude Bain as Lucy Leslie * Vera Bryer as Rosalie Joyce * Kenneth Gore as Toby Charlton * E. Blackton as Mother Manikin References External links * 1918 films 1918 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films directed by Kenelm Foss Films based on British novels Films set in England British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing The Tide
''Missing the Tide'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, Basil Gill and Ivy Close. The film is based on a novel by Alfred Turner.Goble p.468 The screenplay concerns a woman who leaves her cruel husband for another man, only to discover that he has recently got married. Cast * Violet Hopson as Margaret Carson * Basil Gill as Sir Felix Faber * Ivy Close as Letty Fairfax * Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ... as Capt. Harry Wyndham * James Lindsay as Carson * Nicholas Hopson Worster as The child References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume III: 1914-1918''. Routledg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson (1918 Film)
''Nelson'', also cited as ''Nelson: The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero'', is a 1918 British historical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Donald Calthrop, Malvina Longfellow and Ivy Close. Its screenplay is based on the biography of Admiral Horatio Nelson by Robert Southey. Cast * Donald Calthrop - Horatio Nelson * Malvina Longfellow - Lady Hamilton * Ivy Close - Mrs. Nesbit * Ernest Thesiger - Wiliam Pitt * Allan Jeayes - Sir William Hamilton * Edward O'Neill (actor), Edward O'Neill - King of Naples * Teddy Arundell - Captain Berry * Eric Barker - Nelson as a child References External links * 1918 films 1910s historical films British black-and-white films British historical films British biographical films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Cultural depictions of Emma, Lady Hamilton Napoleonic Wars naval films Seafaring films Films directed by Maurice Elvey Films set in the 1800s Films based on biographies Cultural depict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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