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Iris Hoey
Wilhelmina Iris Winifred Hasbach ("Iris Hoey") (17 July 1885 – 13 May 1979) was a British actress in the first half of the twentieth century, both on stage and in movies. Early life Iris Hoey was born in London, daughter of Wilhelm Anton Hasbach, a professor of political economy. Career In the early part of her career, Hoey alternated performances in straight theatre alongside Beerbohm Tree with musical comedy with George Edwardes; she appeared in minor musical roles in ''Les P'tites Michu'' and the 1906 revival of ''The Geisha''. Her first film appearance was in ''East Lynne'' (1922), an adaptation of the 1861 sensation novel by Mrs Henry Wood; during her busiest period of film work (the 1930s), in 1934 she appeared in the West End in the play ''Mary Read''. Personal life Hoey married first, in 1911, Mashiter ("Max") Leeds (1883-1937), of Spring Grove, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, grandson of Sir Joseph Edward Leeds, 2nd baronet; they were divorced in 1922, having had a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Raymond
Cyril William North Raymond MBE (13 February 1899 – 20 March 1973) was a British character actor. He maintained a stage and screen career from his teens until his retirement, caused by ill health, in the 1960s. His many stage, film and television roles include Fred Jesson, the husband of Celia Johnson's Laura Jesson in ''Brief Encounter'' (1945). Life and career Raymond was the son of Herbert Linton Raymond and his second wife, Rose ( Knowles). Herbert died in 1906 at the Grand Hotel, Broad Street, Bristol, which he and his wife ran. Raymond became a pupil at Sir Herbert Tree's Academy of Dramatic Art."Obituary: Mr. Cyril Raymond", ''The Times'', 22 March 1973, p. 20 He made his professional debut in 1914 at the Garrick Theatre, London, playing the Second Spanish Gentleman in ''Bluff King Hal''.Gayle, pp. 1099–1100 As Little Billee in ''Trilby'' he supported Tree's Svengali at His Majesty's Theatre in 1915. While still a boy actor he appeared in plays by Louis N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Make A Night Of It
''Let's Make a Night of It'' is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, June Clyde and Claire Luce. The screenplay concerns a husband and his wife, who acquire rival nightclubs at the same time. It was based on the play ''The Silver Spoon'' by Henrik Ege. It was distributed in America by Universal Pictures the following year. Cast * Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Jack Kent * June Clyde as Peggy Boydell * Claire Luce as Viola Vanders * Fred Emney as Henry Boydell * Iris Hoey as Laura Boydell * Jack Melford as Count Castelli * Claud Allister as Monty * Steven Geray as Luigi * Anthony Holles as Head Waiter * Lawrence Anderson as Harold * Zelma O'Neal as Kitty * Bertha Belmore Bertha Belmore (22 December 1882 – 14 December 1953) was an English stage and film actress. Part of the Belmore family of British actors through her marriage to actor Herbert Belmore, she began her career as a child actress in British pantomim ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Crime (1937 Film)
''The Perfect Crime'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by and starring Ralph Ince. It also featured Hugh Williams, Glen Alyn, Iris Hoey and Philip Ray. Premise A man tries to disappear but a theft and killing by someone else throws suspicion onto him. Cast * Ralph Ince - Jim Lanahan * Hugh Williams - Charles Brown * Glen Alyn - Sylvia Burton * Iris Hoey - Pennypacker * Philip Ray - Newbold * James Stephenson - Parker * Wilfrid Caithness Wilfrid Caithness or Wilfred Caithness (1883–1954) was a British stage and film actor. He played the role of Sebastian Moran in the 1935 film ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes''.Reid p.163 Selected filmography * ''A Voice Said Goodnight '' (193 ... - Rawhouse * John Carol - Snodgrass References External links * 1937 films 1937 crime drama films British crime drama films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Ralph Ince British black-and-white films 1930s British films {{1930s-crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Limping Man (1936 Film)
''The Limping Man'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Walter Summers and starring Francis L. Sullivan, Hugh Wakefield and Patricia Hilliard. It was an adaptation of the play of the same title by William Matthew Scott. The film was shot at Welwyn Studios.Wood p.91 Cast * Francis L. Sullivan as Theodore Disher * Hugh Wakefield as Colonel Paget * Patricia Hilliard as Gloria Paget * Robert Cochran as Philip Nash * Leslie Perrins as Paul Hoyt * Judy Kelly as Olga Hoyt * Iris Hoey as Mrs. Paget * Frank Atkinson as Inspector Cable * George Pughe as Chicago Joe * Harry Hutchinson as Limpy * John Turnbull as Inspector Potts * Syd Crossley Syd Crossley (18 November 1885 – 1 November 1960) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London in 1885, Crossley began his career as a music hall comedian. He appeared in more than 110 films, often cast as a butler, between 1925 an ... as Sparrow * Arthur Brander as Sandall Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tenth Man (1936 Film)
''The Tenth Man'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring John Davis Lodge, Antoinette Cellier and Athole Stewart. It is based on the play '' The Tenth Man'' by W. Somerset Maugham. Plot George Winter (John Lodge) is a self-made businessman and M.P., who lets nothing stand in the way of his ambition, believing that nine out of ten men are rogues or fools. Whenever Winter meets a rival who can't be bought, he destroys them through methods both legal and underhand. His wife Catherine (Antoinette Cellier) is intent on divorce, but with the scandal potentially damaging to his election campaign, Winter blackmails her into staying with him. Then, Winter meets his 'tenth man': Jim Ford (Clifford Evans), a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, who has the power to expose one of Winter's shady gold mine deals, and bring his house of cards crashing down. Cast * John Davis Lodge as George Winter * Antoinette Cellier as Catherine Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Star Fell From Heaven (1936 Film)
''A Star Fell from Heaven'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Paul Merzbach and starring Joseph Schmidt, Florine McKinney and Billy Milton. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.92 It was a remake of the 1934 Austrian film of the same name which had also starred Schmidt. The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley. Cast * Joseph Schmidt as Josef Reiner * Florine McKinney as Anne Heinmeyer * Billy Milton as Douglas Lincoln * W. H. Berry as Tomson * George Graves as Fischer * Steven Geray as Willi Wass * Judy Kelly as Flora * C. Denier Warren as Starfel * Iris Hoey as Frau Heinmeyer * Bruce Lester as Winkler * Eliot Makeham as Music Professor * Hindle Edgar as Schneider * Jimmy Godden * Aubrey Mallalieu Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One In A Million (1936 Film)
''One in a Million'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou and Don Ameche. It marked the Hollywood debut of the ice skater Henie. It was the first of a series of Twentieth Century-Fox musicals made by Henie, although she had previously made a silent film in her native Norway. The film features footage from the 1936 Winter Olympic Games. Choreographer Jack Haskell received an Academy Award nomination in Best Dance Direction at the 9th Academy Awards. ''One in a Million'' proved to be one of the highest-grossing films of 1937. Plot American showman Thaddeus Spencer (Adolphe Menjou) is stuck without money in the Swiss Alps with his wife Billie (Arline Judge), a girls' band, a comedy trio (The Ritz Brothers) and a recent harmonica-playing discovery ( Borrah Minevitch) when the group learns that the Grand Palace Hotel in Ardetz, where they were to perform, has burned down. Upon seeing Greta Muller (Sonja Henie), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Dangerously (film)
''Living Dangerously'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Otto Kruger, Leonora Corbett and Francis Lister. It was made at Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. In New York City a successful doctor shoots dead a man who calls at his apartment one night, then explains to his friend the district attorney the reason: He and the dead man had run a medical practice in London which was broken up amidst charges of medical malpractice. Cast * Otto Kruger as Dr. Stanley Norton * Leonora Corbett as Helen Pryor * Francis Lister as Dr. Henry Pryor * Aileen Marson as Vera Kennedy * Lawrence Anderson as Lloyd * Eric Stanley as Sir George Parker * Charles Mortimer as Inspector Webster * Hubert Harben as President of Council * Iris Hoey as Lady Annesley * James Carew as Lingard * Jimmy Godden as Member of Council * Hartley Power as District Attorney * Hilda Campbell-Russell as Nurse Receptio ... [...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] |
Those Were The Days (1934 Film)
''Those Were the Days'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Will Hay, Iris Hoey and John Mills. It was based on Arthur Wing Pinero's 1885 farce '' The Magistrate'' and was the first of two Hay movies based on Pinero's plays, the other being '' Dandy Dick''. The film also features music hall acts of the time – acts of a type rarely committed to film. It is primarily remembered as Will Hay's first major screen role. The film was produced and released by British International Pictures and was shot at the company's Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. Plot summary The strait-laced magistrate Brutus Poskett (Will Hay) is concerned that his wife (Iris Hoey) may be older than he believes her to be, especially as his young stepson (John Mills) seems very precocious for an apparently fifteen-year-old boy. Mrs Poskett tries to stop an impending visit from her first husband's friend (Claud Allister), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Reputation (1931 Film)
''Her Reputation'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Iris Hoey, Frank Cellier and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on the play '' Passing Brompton Road'' by Jevan Brandon-Thomas. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for distribution by Paramount British Pictures.Chibnall p.263 Synopsis A woman plans to boost her public profile by getting a divorce and enlists the help of a male friend to act as co-respondent. This leads to a series of mix-ups and her eventual decision not to get divorced. Cast * Iris Hoey as Dultitia Sloane * Frank Cellier as Henry Sloane * Malcolm Tearle as George Harding * Lillian Hall-Davis as Carruthers * Maurice Braddell as Eric Sloane * Joan Morgan as Veronica Sloane * Dorothy Black as Georgina Pastell * Laurence Hanray Laurence Hanray ( Lawrence Henry Jacobs; 16 May 1874 – 28 November 1947), sometimes credited as Lawrence Hanray, was a British film and theatre actor born in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
