Joan Morgan
Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK in 2004. She became a leading British star of the 1920s, after appearing in a number of films directed by her father. Her acting career was effectively ended by the arrival of sound film in 1929 and she switched to writing, working on a number of screenplays over the following decade. She also wrote for television. She wrote novels under her own name and through using the pen-names Iris North and Joan Wentworth Wood. Filmography Actress * '' The Cup Final Mystery'' (1914) * '' The Great Spy Raid'' (1914) * '' Queenie of the Circus'' (1914) * '' The World's Desire'' (1915) * '' Iron Justice'' (1915) * '' The Woman Who Did'' (1915) * ''Light'' (1915) * '' The Reapers'' (1916) * '' Temptation's Hour'' (1916) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Forest Hill, London
Forest Hill is a district of the London Borough of Lewisham in south London, south east London, England, on the South Circular Road, London, South Circular Road, which is home to the Horniman Museum. History Like much of London, Forest Hill was only sparsely populated until the mid-19th century. The name Forest Hill, originally simply "The Forest",Hibbert, C. ''The London Encyclopedia'', Macmillan, p. 304 referred to the woodland which once covered the areaField, J. ''Place names of Greater London'', Batsford, 1980, p.49 and which was a relict part of the Great North Wood. In 1809, the Croydon Canal opened, however, the large number of locks (28) meant it was not a commercial success, and it was bought by the London & Croydon Railway Company who used the alignment to construct the Brighton Main Line, London Bridge to Croydon railway line opening in 1839. The ponds in the Dacres Wood Nature Reserve and the retaining wall of the footpath opposite the station outside the pub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Light (film)
Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye. Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), corresponding to frequencies of 750–420 terahertz, between the infrared (with longer wavelengths) and the ultraviolet (with shorter wavelengths). In physics, the term "light" may refer more broadly to electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength, whether visible or not. In this sense, gamma rays, X-rays, microwaves and radio waves are also light. The primary properties of light are intensity, propagation direction, frequency or wavelength spectrum and polarization. Its speed in a vacuum, 299 792 458 metres a second (m/s), is one of the fundamental constants of nature. Like all types of electromagnetic radiation, visible light propagates by massless elementary particles called photons that represents the quanta of electromagnetic field, and can be analyzed as both waves and particle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Lowland Cinderella
''A Lowland Cinderella'' is a 1921 British silent film, silent romance film adaptation of S. R. Crockett's novel directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, Ralph Forbes and George Foley (actor), George Foley. Plot A 1920s version of the Cinderella story, the film tells the story of a Scottish girl, Hester Stirling, whose father, David Stirling, a gold prospector in South Africa, leaves behind a bag full of precious stones. Her evil guardian, Dr. Silvanus Torpichan, appropriates it and forces her to work as a servant in his home. Cast * Joan Morgan as Hester Stirling * Ralph Forbes as Master of Darrock * George Foley (actor), George Foley as David Stirling * Mary Carnegie as Mrs. Torpichan * Mavis Clair as Ethel Torpichan * Nell Emerald as Megsy * Eileen Grace as Claudia Torpichan * Charles Levey as Dr. Silvanus Torpichan * Kate Phillips as Grandmother Stirling * Cecil Susands as Tom Torpichan * Frances Wetherall (actress), Frances Wetherall as Duchess o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Little Dorrit (1920 Film)
''Little Dorrit'' is a lost 1920 British silent historical drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Lady Tree, Langhorn Burton and Joan Morgan. It is based on the 1857 Charles Dickens' novel of the same name. A few fragments totaling 18 minutes survive, and are featured in the documentary Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood. They've also been uploaded to YouTube. The film tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her boss's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked. Cast * Lady Tree as Mrs. Clenman * Langhorn Burton as Arthur Clenman * Joan Morgan as Amy Dorrit * Compton Coutts as Pancks * Arthur Lennard as William Dorrit * J. Denton-Thompson as John Chivers * George Foley as Merdle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lady Noggs
''Lady Noggs'' (also known as ''Lady Noggs: Peeress'') is a 1920 British silent film, silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, George Bellamy (actor), George Bellamy and Yolande Duquette. Cast * Joan Morgan as Lady Noggs * George Bellamy (actor), George Bellamy as Lord Errington * Yolande Duquette as Miss Stetson * Arthur Lennard as Reverend Grieg * James Prior (actor), James Prior as Caldicott Beresford References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1920 films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Sidney Morgan 1920 drama films British black-and-white films Films based on British novels 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Children Of Gibeon
''The Children of Gibeon'' is a 1920 British silent drama film based on a novel by Sir Walter Besant, directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, Langhorn Burton and Eileen Magrath. An aristocrat adopts a criminal's daughter and brings her up with her own daughter. She never reveals to them which way round they were. Cast * Joan Morgan as Violet * Langhorn Burton as Clive * Eileen Magrath as Valentine * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Gibeon * Alice De Winton Alice De Winton (born Alice Catherine Wilson 1870 – 1941) was an English actress. She was born and died in London. She was the daughter of Henry Wilson, a retired army surgeon major, and Louisa Ducrow (daughter of equestrian and circus man ... as Lady Eldridge * Arthur Lennard as Mr. Gibeon * Charles Cullum as Jack Conyers * Barbara McFarlane as Violet References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Two Little Wooden Shoes
''Two Little Wooden Shoes'' is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Joan Morgan, Langhorn Burton and J. Denton-Thompson. Premise An orphan walks to Paris to visit a sick artist, but discovers him living a dissolute lifestyle. Cast * Joan Morgan as Dedee * Langhorn Burton as Victor Flamen * J. Denton-Thompson as Jeannot * Constance Backner as Liza * Faith Bevan as The Model * Ronald Power as The Master * Maud Cressall Maud Cressall (1886–1962) was a British stage and film actress. Largely a theatre actress, she also appeared in nine silent films. She was at one point the protégé of W.S. Gilbert.Steman p.327 Filmography * ''The Man and the Moment'' (1918) ... as Mme. Vallier References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1920 films British romantic drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Sidney Morgan 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Scarlet Wooing
''The Scarlet Wooing'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Eve Balfour, George Keene and Marguerite Blanche. The screenplay concerns an author who writes a scandalous novel in order to raise funds for his daughter's operation. Cast * Eve Balfour as Mrs. Raeburn * George Keene as Paul Raeburn * Marguerite Blanche as Nancy * Joan Morgan as May Raeburn * George Bellamy as Dr. Andrew Hooper * Harry Newman as Roland Standish * Arthur Walcott as John Pollock * Edward Godal Edward Godal was a British film producer and director. During the First World War Godal ran a training school for actors. He became a leading independent producer of British films after the war, becoming managing director of the small but ambitiou ... as Clubman * Nigel Black-Hawkins as Clubman References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1920 films British si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Because (film)
''Because'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Lilian Braithwaite, Ben Webster and George Foley.Low p.100 A father locks his daughter up when she refuses to marry the man he has chosen as her husband. Cast * Lilian Braithwaite * Ben Webster * George Foley * Joyce Carey * Joan Morgan Joan Morgan (1 February 1905 – 22 July 2004) was an English film actress, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Forest Hill, London, she was the daughter of film director Sidney Morgan and his wife, Evelyn. Joan Morgan died at age 99 in Henle ... * J. Hastings Batson References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume III: 1914-1918''. Routledge, 1997. External links * 1918 films British silent feature films Films directed by Sidney Morgan 1918 drama films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-U ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drink (film)
''Drink'' is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Fred Groves, Irene Browne and Alice O'Brien. It was the film version of a play by Charles Reade, first performed in 1879 and based on Émile Zola's novel, ''L'Assommoir''. ''South Australian Register'' (Adelaide), 23 June 1888, page 6. Plot A laundress takes to drink and dies after her alcoholic husband goes mad.Cast * Fred Groves as Coupeau * as Gervaise * Alice O'Brien as Virginie *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Last Sentence (1917 Film)
''The Last Sentence'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ben Turbett and starring Marc McDermott, Miriam Nesbitt and Herbert Prior.Langman p.159 Main cast * Marc McDermott as George Crosby * Miriam Nesbitt as Cynthia Ford * Grace Williams as Renée Kerouac * Herbert Prior as Hoel Calloc * Florence Stover as Mrs. Crosby * Gladys Gane as Georgiana * Elaine Ivans as Georgette * Raymond McKee as Val Lewis * Margery Bonney Erskine as Mrs. Lewis * Jessie Stevens Jessie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jessie (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Jessie (surname), a list of people Arts and entertainment * ''Jessie'' (2011 TV series), a 2011–15 Disney Channel ... as Mére Kerouac * William Wadsworth as Pére Kerouac References Bibliography * Langman, Larry. ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Greenwood Publishing, 1998. External links * 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Her Greatest Performance
''Her Greatest Performance'' is a 1916 British silent crime film directed by Fred Paul and starring Edith Craig, Ellen Terry and Dennis Neilson-Terry. Gerald Lovelace (Dennis Neilson-Terry) is accused of a crime and wrongly arrested, his mother (Ellen Terry) gives 'her greatest performance' when providing him with an alibi. Joan Morgan plays his daughter. Presumably this is a lost film. Wayback Machine) Main cast * - The Dresser *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |