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John Overton Cone Orton
Captain John Overton Cone Orton (30 August 1889 – May 1962) was a British screenwriter. Early life and military service Orton was born in St. John's Wood, London in 1889 and lived in Larchmont, New York, USA for a brief period of his childhood. In 1909 he joined the Norfolk Regiment of the British Army. In 1918 Orton was awarded with the Military Cross, and was included in the 1919 Birthday Honours when he was awarded the Air Force Cross. Film career He was a head of the story department for Gaumont-British and was known for writing comedy scripts for such stars as Will Hay, Jack Hulbert and Arthur Askey. He also wrote various dramas and directed five movies. His final credit was as co-writer of fellow Gaumont alum Alfred Hitchcock's short war propaganda film '' Bon Voyage''. Val Guest called him "a charming, rather boring, fellow – there was nothing wrong with him, he wasn’t a very creative person unless he’d sold a story and came to work on the thing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Ball (1932 Film)
''After the Ball'' is a 1932 British-American comedy film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Esther Ralston, Basil Rathbone and Marie Burke. It was filmed at Lime Grove Studios in West London. The film's sets were designed by Alfred Junge. Premise Jack Harrowby (Basil Rathbone) believes he is drawing a diplomat's wife into an affair. Unbeknownst to him, he is actually seducing the maid. Cast * Esther Ralston as Elissa Strange * Basil Rathbone as Jack Harrowby * Marie Burke as Lavita * Jean Adrienne as Victorine * George Curzon as Peter Strange * Clifford Heatherley as Albuera See also * ''The Opera Ball ''The Opera Ball'' (german: Opernredoute) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Iván Petrovich, Liane Haid and Georg Alexander.Grange p. 369 It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets ...'' (1931) * '' Beauty Spot'' (1932) References External links * * * 1932 films 1930s English-language f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It
''Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It'' is a 1941 British detective film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Phyllis Calvert and Edward Chapman. It was the third and final film adaptation of the Inspector Hornleigh stories. It was released in America by 20th-Century Fox under the title ''Mail Train''. Plot summary Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham join the army in an effort to uncover a ring of German spies. Cast *Gordon Harker as Inspector Hornleigh *Alastair Sim as Sergeant Bingham *Phyllis Calvert as Mrs. Wilkinson * Edward Chapman as Mr. Blenkinsop * Charles Oliver as Dr. Wilkinson *Raymond Huntley as Dr. Kerbishley *Percy Walsh as Inspector Blow * David Horne as Commissioner *Peter Gawthorne as Colonel *Wally Patch as Sergeant Major *Betty Jardine as Daisy *O. B. Clarence as Professor Mackenzie *John Salew as Mr. Tomboy *Cyril Cusack as Postal Sorter *Bill Shine as Hotel Porter *Sylvia Cecil *Edward Underdown *Marie Makine * Richard Cooper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Many Tanks Mr
Many may refer to: * grammatically plural in number *an English quantifier used with count nouns indicating a large but indefinite number of; at any rate, more than a few ;Place names * Many, Moselle, a commune of the Moselle department in France * Mány, a village in Hungary * Many, Louisiana Many () is a town in, and the parish seat of Sabine Parish in western Louisiana. The population was 2,853 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 36 or 1.246 percent from 2000. History The site where Many currently sits was originally a Belgian settle ..., a town in the United States * Many, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland Surname * Moshe Many, Israeli urologist; President of Tel Aviv University, and President of Ashkelon Academic College. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's In The Blood
''It's in the Blood'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Gene Gerrard and starring Claude Hulbert, Lesley Brook and Max Leeds. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.95 Cast * Claude Hulbert as Edwin Povey * Lesley Brook as Jill Borden * Max Leeds as James Renton * James Stephenson as Milky Joe * Clem Lawrence as Dave Grimmett * Glen Alyn as Celestin * Percy Walsh Percy Walsh (24 April 1888 in Luton, Bedfordshire – 19 January 1952 in London) was a British stage and film actor. His stage work included appearing in the London premieres of R.C.Sherriff's ''Journey's End'' (1928) and Agatha Christie's ''And ... as Jules Barres * George Galleon as Gendarme References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1938 films British comedy films 1938 comedy films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh, Mr Porter!
''Oh, Mr Porter!'' is a 1937 British comedy film starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel. While not Hay's commercially most successful (although it grossed £500,000 at the box office – equal to about £34,000,000 at 2020 value), it is probably his best-known film to modern audiences. It is widely acclaimed as the best of Hay's work, and a classic of its genre. The film had its first public showing in November 1937 and went on general release on 3 January 1938. The plot of ''Oh, Mr Porter'' was loosely based on the Arnold Ridley play '' The Ghost Train''. The title was taken from '' Oh! Mr Porter'', a music hall song. Plot William Porter (Will Hay) is an inept railway worker who – due to family connections – is given the job of stationmaster at a remote and ramshackle rural Northern Irish railway station in the (fictitious) town of Buggleskelly, situated on the border with the then Irish Free State. After taking t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-Stop New York
''Non-Stop New York'' (also known as ''Lisbon Clipper Mystery'') is a 1937 British science fiction crime film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring John Loder, Anna Lee and Francis L. Sullivan. It is based on the 1936 novel ''Sky Steward'' by Ken Attiwill. A woman who can clear an innocent man of the charge of murder is pursued by gangsters onto a luxurious transatlantic flying boat. Plot On New Year's Eve 1938 in New York, lawyer Billy Cooper notices stranded English showgirl Jennie Carr (Anna Lee) gazing hungrily at other diners' plates in a restaurant and offers to buy her a meal. However, the restaurant has run out, so he invites her to his apartment. Before they arrive, Abel, another hungry, unemployed person, sneaks in for a chicken leg. Hearing them coming, he hides in a bedroom. When Jennie enters to remove her coat, he begs her not to cause trouble. She sympathizes with his plight and says nothing to Cooper. Just then, Hugo Brant (Francis L. Sullivan), Cooper†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Is Thunder
''Everything Is Thunder'' is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Constance Bennett, Douglass Montgomery and Oskar Homolka. Its plot concerns a British officer who attempts to escape from a German Prisoner of War camp during the First World War. Production The film was based on a novel by Jocelyn Lee Hardy. It was made at Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's art direction was by Alfred Junge Alfred Junge (29 January 1886, G̦rlitz, Silesia (now Saxony), Germany Р16 July 1964, London) was a German-born production designer who spent a large part of his career working in the British film industry. Junge had wanted to be an artis .... Cast * Constance Bennett as Anna von Stucknadel * Douglass Montgomery as Hugh McGrath * Oskar Homolka as Detective Schenck G̦tz * Roy Emerton as Kostner * Frederick Lloyd as Muller * Peggy Simpson as Mitzi * George Merritt as Webber * Robert Atkins as Adjutant * Terence Downing as Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Of All Trades (1936 Film)
''Jack of All Trades'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert and starring Hulbert, Gina Malo and Robertson Hare. It is based on the 1934 play ''Youth at the Helm''. The film was made at Islington Studios, with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky. Plot Jack, out of work and responsible for an aged mother, takes a succession of jobs, bluffing his way through them all. Cast *Jack Hulbert as Jack Warrender *Gina Malo as Frances Wilson *Robertson Hare as Lionel Fitch *Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Warrender * Cecil Parker as Sir. Chas Darrington *Athole Stewart as Bank Chairman *Felix Aylmer as Managing Director * Ian McLean as The Fire Raiser *H. F. Maltby as Bank Director *Fewlass Llewellyn as Bank Director * Marcus Barron as Williams * C. M. Hallard as Henry Kilner * Peggy Simpson as Typist * Betty Astell as Dancer * Arnold Bell * Harry Crocker * Henry B. Longhurst as Party Guest * Frederick Piper as Jimmy, Employment Clerk * Victor Rietti as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Doctor
''The Flying Doctor'' is a 1936 Australian-British drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Charles Farrell, Mary Maguire and James Raglan. The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia operate in the Australian Outback. Noted as Australia's first "sound" feature film, ''The Flying Doctor'' was also the country's first feature-length film based on aviation. Plot On his wedding night, Sandy Nelson ( Charles Farrell) decides to abandon his young bride, Jenny ( Mary Maguire) to go work in Sydney as a painter on the Harbour Bridge. He befriends a doctor, John Vaughan ( James Raglan), who is in love with a married woman. Vaughan decides to acquire his flying license in order to accept a job as flying doctor in the outback. Sandy gets in a brawl at a cricket match, serves time in prison, then heads for the outback and discovers gold. He is shot in a barroom fight and loses his eyesight. He then discovers Vaughan has fallen in love with Jenny, his former bride. When he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn Of The Tide
''Turn of the Tide'' (1935) is a British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Wilfrid Lawson. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. Lacking a distributor for his film, Rank set up his own distribution and production company which subsequently grew into his later empire. The film contains many Whitby registered boats (WY) and contains much documentary-style footage of making and repairing lobster creels. Plot The film is set in the fictional Yorkshire fishing village of Bramblewick and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. It is filmed mainly around Robin Hood's Bay (evidenced in the WY identity codes on the fishing boats). The characters speak in the local Yorkshire accent and dialect. Rivalry between the lobster fishermen begins when one boat is fitted with a new diesel engine. Ropes are cut so the lobsters cannot be retrieved. The feuding comes to an end when a man from one family says he wants to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Jack
''Bulldog Jack'' (released as ''Alias Bulldog Drummond'' in the USA) is a 1935 British film produced by Gaumont British, directed by Walter Forde, and starring Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson and Atholl Fleming. The film was followed by many others involving the story of Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond; however, because of the various production companies involved, the actor playing Bulldog was frequently changed. It premiered at the Tivoli Theatre in London on 15 July 1935The Times, 15 July 1935, page 12: ''New films in London'' Linked 2017-01-07 and reached the US in September the same year, renamed ''Alias Bulldog Drummond''.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
