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John Goldsworthy
John Goldsworthy (1884–1958) was a British-born stage and film actor. After emigrating to the United States he was active on Broadway appearing in a variety of plays, as well as several musicals.Bordman p.460 During the silent era he appeared in supporting roles in American films. Later in the 1940s he returned to the cinema, now playing mainly small, uncredited parts. His final film was MGM's ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1952). Selected filmography * ''A Yellow Streak'' (1915) * ''The Red Widow'' (1916) * ''A Corner in Cotton'' (1916) * ''Her Debt of Honor'' (1916) * ''Thou Shalt Not Steal'' (1917) * ''Life's Greatest Problem'' (1918) * ''The Career of Katherine Bush'' (1919) * ''The Divorcee'' (1919) * ''Even as Eve'' (1920) * '' The Sporting Duchess'' (1920) * ''Notoriety'' (1922) * ''Marriage Morals'' (1923) * ''Hangover Square'' (1945) * ''Confidential Agent'' (1945) * '' The Shanghai Cobra'' (1945) * '' Bedlam'' (1946) * ''The Dark Corner'' (1946) * ''The Verdict'' (1946) ... [...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] |
Life's Greatest Problem
''Life's Greatest Problem'' is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton. The film exists today, preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Cast * Mitchell Lewis as Big Steve Reardon * Rubye De Remer as Alice Webster *Gus Alexander as Little Lefty *Ida Darling as Mrs. Craig *Helen Ferguson as Miriam Craig *John P. Wade as John Craig *Eugene Strong as Dick Craig *John Goldsworthy as Frank Craig *John W. Martin as Shipyard Superintendent *Sidney D'Albrook as An Agitator *Bernard Randall as Craig's Secretary *Aubrey Beattie as Wilkins Production Filming began under the working title A working title, which may be abbreviated and styled in trade publications after a putative title as (wt), also called a production title or a tentative title, is the temporary title of a product or project used during its development, usually ... ''Safe for Democracy''. References External links * * 1918 films American silent feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Imperfect Lady (1947 Film)
''The Imperfect Lady'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Teresa Wright and Cedric Hardwicke, filmed in 1945 and not released until 1947. In the late Victorian Britain an aristocratic politician falls in love with a showgirl. The film is also known by the alternative title ''Mrs. Loring's Secret''. Plot In 1892, showgirls Millie and Rose have a chance encounter with Clive Loring, a politician who invites them to tea. Millie falls for Clive and vows to give up the stage, but his brother Lord Belmont nevertheless disapproves. Going out in public in stage makeup, Millie and Rose are mistaken for prostitutes. And a man Millie spends a few innocent hours with, Jose Martinez, is arrested for a murder. His only chance of being proven innocent is if Millie will provide an alibi, but she denies knowing him, fearing it will reflect poorly on Clive. Lord Belmont's suspicions are confirmed when he attends the trial. Martinez is convicted, but it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Verdict (1946 Film)
''The Verdict'' is a 1946 American film noir mystery drama directed by Don Siegel and written by Peter Milne, loosely based on Israel Zangwill's 1892 novel '' The Big Bow Mystery''. It stars Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in one of their nine film pairings, as well as Joan Lorring and George Coulouris. ''The Verdict'' was Siegel's first full-length feature film. Plot George Edward Grodman, a respected superintendent at Scotland Yard in 1890, makes a mistake in an investigation that causes the execution of an innocent man. He takes the blame for his error, is dismissed from his position as superintendent and replaced by the obnoxious and gloating John Buckley. Soured by the turn of events, Grodman sets out to make Buckley look too inept to perform his new job. He enlists the aid of his macabre artist friend, Victor Emmric, and when a mysterious murder occurs, they realize their chance to ruin Buckley may have arrived. Cast * Sydney Greenstreet as Superintendent George Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Corner
''The Dark Corner'' is a 1946 American crime film, crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens (actor), Mark Stevens.. The film was not a commercial success but has since been described as a "Grade A example of film noir." Plot Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved from San Francisco to New York to escape a troubled past. He blames his former partner Tony Jardine for his problems. Complicating matters, he is being hounded by New York Police Lieutenant Frank Reeves and finds that he is being followed by a thug in a white suit. After a little rough "persuasion", the thug admits he has been hired by Jardine. Or was he? Galt suspects Jardine is trying to frame him for a murder. But it turns out that Jardine is just part of a wider-ranging conspiracy involving a wealthy art gallery owner, Hardy Cathcart. With the help of his sharp-witted secretary Kathleen (Lucille Ball), Galt is able to overcome all these o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedlam (1946 Film)
''Bedlam'' is a 1946 American horror film starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee, and was the last in a series of stylish horror B films produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures. The film was inspired by William Hogarth's 1732–1734 painting series ''A Rake's Progress'', and Hogarth was given a writing credit.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011, pp 309-10 Plot Set in 1761 in London, the film focuses on events at an asylum for the mentally ill, a fictionalized version of Bedlam (the Bethlem Royal Hospital). After an acquaintance of Lord Mortimer dies in an attempt to escape from the asylum, Master George Sims (a fictionalized version of an infamous head physician at Bethlem, John Monro), appeases Mortimer by having his "loonies" put on a show for him. Mortified by the treatment of the patients, Mortimer's protégée Nell Bowen seeks his aid, then seeks the help of Whig politician John Wilkes to reform the asylum, threatening Sim's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shanghai Cobra
''The Shanghai Cobra'' is a 1945 mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.THE SHANGHAI COBRA (Monogram-Pathé) Picture Show; London Vol. 50, Iss. 1294, (Jul 27, 1946): 10. Synopsis When three bank employees are killed with cobra venom, Detective Chan recalls an oddly similar case ten years earlier in Shanghai. Benson Fong and Mantan Moreland, return as Tommy "Number Three Son" Chan, and Birmingham Brown. Cast *Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan *Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown *Benson Fong as Tommy Chan * James Cardwell as Ned Stewart *Joan Barclay as Paula Webb (alias of Paula van Horn, daughter of Jan van Horn) *Addison Richards as John Adams (alias Jan van Horn), Sixth National Bank guard *Arthur Loft as Bradford Harris (alias Special Agent Hume) *Janet Warren as Record Machine Operator * Gene Stutenroth as Morgan, a gangster *Cyril Delevanti as Detective Larkin, a police undercover officer at the Sixth National Bank *George Chandler Joe N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confidential Agent
''Confidential Agent'' is a 1945 American spy film starring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall which was a Warner Brothers production. The movie was directed by Herman Shumlin and produced by Robert Buckner with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was by Robert Buckner, based on the 1939 novel '' The Confidential Agent'' by Graham Greene. The music score was by Franz Waxman and the cinematography by James Wong Howe. The supporting cast includes George Coulouris and Peter Lorre. Plot In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, Luis Denard (Charles Boyer), a former concert pianist and composer, travels to England as a confidential agent of the Republican government. His mission is to buy coal or to deny it to the Fascist rebels. On the ship, he meets bored rich girl Rose Cullen ( Lauren Bacall), whose father, Lord Benditch (Holmes Herbert), heads the firm with which Denard will negotiate. On the road to London, he is beaten and robbed by Fascist agents, who do not find ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangover Square (film)
''Hangover Square'' is a 1945 American film noir directed by John Brahm, based on the 1941 novel ''Hangover Square'' by Patrick Hamilton. The screenplay was written by Barré Lyndon, who made a number of changes to the novel, including transforming George Harvey Bone into a classical composer-pianist and filming the story as an early 20th-century period piece. The film was released in New York City on February 7, 1945, two months after its star Laird Cregar suffered a fatal heart attack. Plot In Edwardian London in the summer of 1903, a Scottish shop owner in Fulham is stabbed to death and his shop set on fire by distinguished composer George Harvey Bone, who stumbles out onto the street in a stupor. George eventually makes his way back the next night to his basement flat at 12 Hangover Square in Chelsea to find his girlfriend Barbara Chapman and her father Sir Henry Chapman inside. George admits privately to Barbara that there is "a whole day missing" from his memory. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marriage Morals
''Marriage Morals'' is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Tom Moore, Ann Forrest and Harry T. Morey.Munden p.494 Cast * Tom Moore as Young Harry Ryan * Ann Forrest as Mary Gardner * Russell Griffin as Harry Jr * John Goldsworthy as J.C. Black * Harry T. Morey as Marvin * Edmund Breese as Harry's Father * Florence Billings as Molly Mahoney * Ben Hendricks Jr. as John Brink * Shannon Day as His Wife * Mickey Bennett Michael Richard Bennett (born 27 August 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. During his career, he made over 150 appearances in the Football League. Since his retirement from playing, Bennett has become inv ... as Mary's Brother * Charles Craig as Harry's Pal * Tom Lewis as Harry's Pal References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notoriety (1922 Film)
''Notoriety'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Maurine Powers, Mary Alden and Rod La Rocque.Munden p.554 Cast * Maurine Powers as 'Pigeon' Deering * Mary Alden as Ann Boland * Rod La Rocque as Arthur Beal * George Hackathorne as Batty * Richard Travers as Tom Robbins * J. Barney Sherry as Horace Wedderburn * Mona Lisa as Dorothy Wedderburn * Anders Randolf as Theatrical Agent * John Goldsworthy as Van Dyke Gibson * Ida Waterman Ida Waterman (born Ida Shaw; March 10, 1852 – May 22, 1941) was a stage and screen actress. Waterman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She appeared some thirty or more Broadway productions between the late 1880s and early 1920s. She play ... as Mrs. Beal * William Gudgeon as The Hired Man References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * 1922 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting Duchess (1920 Film)
''The Sporting Duchess'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Alice Joyce. It is based on the 1895 play '' The Sporting Duchess'' by Henry Hamilton, Cecil Raleigh, and Augustus Thomas. It was produced and released by the Vitagraph Company of America. Cast *Alice Joyce as Muriel, Duchess of Desborough *Percy Marmont as Douglas, Duke of Desborough *Gustav von Seyffertitz as Major Roland Mostyn *Edith Campbell as Mrs. Delmaine *Lionel Pape as Captain Cyprian Streatfield *John Goldsworthy as Rupert Leigh *Dan Comfort as Harold *May McAvoy as Mary Alymer *Robert Agnew Robert Agnew (June 4, 1899 – November 8, 1983) was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras. He was born in Dayton, Kentucky. A review of ''The Heart of Broadway'' i ... as Dick Hammond * William H. Turner as Joseph Aylmer *Edward Keenan as Jockey *C. T. Elmer References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
