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James A. Carter
James A. Carter (born 1902) was a British art director and occasional film producer. Carter was born in London in 1902. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Academy of Music, before beginning his career in the film industry at Worton Hall Studies in 1923. He was employed during the 1930s at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios where he worked on films such as ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935). He was eventually appointed to the board of the Twickenham company.Low p.256 During World War II, he made training films for all three branches of the armed forces. Selected filmography Art director * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Chin Chin Chinaman'' (1931) * ''A Night in Montmartre'' (1931) * '' Frail Women'' (1932) * '' Lily of Killarney'' (1934) * ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934) * '' The Man Who Changed His Name'' (1934) * ''Music Hall'' (1934) * ''The Admiral's Secret'' (1934) * '' Bella Donna'' (1934) * ''Flood Tide'' (1934) * '' The Broken Melody'' ... [...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] |
Bella Donna (1934 Film)
''Bella Donna'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Robert Milton and starring Conrad Veidt, Mary Ellis and Cedric Hardwicke. The film is based on the 1909 novel '' Bella Donna'' by Robert Hichens which had previously been made into a 1923 American silent film '' Bella Donna'' starring Pola Negri. A further American adaptation ''Temptation'' starring Merle Oberon was produced in 1946. The film's art direction was by James A. Carter. It was made at Twickenham Studios.Wood p.81 It is still extant unlike a number of Twickenham's productions from the decade. Cast * Mary Ellis as Mary Chepstow Amine * John Stuart as Nigel Armine * Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. Meyer Isaacson * Conrad Veidt as Mahmoud Baroudi * Jeanne Stuart as Lady Zoe Harwich * Rodney Millington as Ibrahim Achmed * Eve South as The Dancing Girl * Michael Shepley as Dr, Baring-Hartley See also *'' Bella Donna'' (1915) *'' Bella Donna'' (1923) *''Temptation Temptation is a desire to engage in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Your Hat
''Under Your Hat'' is a 1940 British musical comedy spy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Austin Trevor. Production The film was an independent production made at Isleworth Studios. It was based on a popular stage musical starring Hulbert and Courtneidge, a husband-and-wife team who had made a series of successful comedy films during the 1930s. The sets were designed by art director James A. Carter. Musical numbers included "Can't Find That Tiger" sung by The Rhythm Brothers. Synopsis The film is set in pre-Second World War England where a leading film star Jack Millett and his wife Kay attempt to recover a secret carburettor stolen by enemy agents. Suspicious that Jack may be embarking on an affair with his glamorous co-star Carole Markoff, Kay follows him to the South of France, where in fact he is due to receive the carburettor from a contact at a night club, as he has actually been recruited as an undercover man for the governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of The Sea (1939 Film)
''Sons of the Sea'' is a 1939 British colour drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Leslie Banks, Kay Walsh, Mackenzie Ward and Cecil Parker. Plot In Britain in 1939, the head of Dartmouth Naval College is murdered. His successor, Captain Hyde, believes that he himself was in fact the intended target of the assassination. He soon begins to realise that both British and foreign intelligence agents are at work. He enlists the help of his son, a reluctant sea cadet, to smoke them out. Cast * Leslie Banks as Captain Hyde * Kay Walsh as Alison Devar * Mackenzie Ward as Newton Hulls * Cecil Parker as Commander Herbert * Simon Lack as Philip Hyde * Ellen Pollock as Margaret Hulls * Peter Shaw as John Strepte * Nigel Stock as Rudd * Kynaston Reeves as Professor Devar * Charles Eaton as Commander-in-Chief Production ''Sons of the Sea'' was filmed during the summer of 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, something explored in the themes of the film.The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vicar Of Bray (film)
''The Vicar of Bray'' is a 1937 British historical film with songs, directed by Henry Edwards, and starring Stanley Holloway, Hugh Miller, Felix Aylmer and Margaret Vines. These songs include the melody and first verse of the traditional English song which gives the film its title, along with a new verse on Cromwell's rule. Premise During a visit from his governor in Ireland the Earl of Brendon, Charles I asks advice on finding a new tutor for his wayward son Prince Charles and accepts Brendon's recommendation of the vicar of Bray, County Wicklow. On returning to Ireland Brendon passes on news of the appointment to the vicar, who travels to London to take up the post, promising to return one day. He falls asleep during his first lesson with the Prince, allowing the latter to slip away to see his actress lover Meg Clancy. The vicar follows the Prince and mildly reprimands him before they are reconciled. Just before the outbreak of the English Civil War, the vicar heads back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Journey
''The Last Journey'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Williams and Judy Gunn. Synopsis A train driver (Julien Mitchell) on his last journey before retirement thinks his fireman is having an affair with his wife. The driver intends to kill himself and his passengers by crashing the train. The train is filled with colourful characters, including a psychoanalyst who persuades the driver not to do it. Cast * Godfrey Tearle as Sir Wilfred Rhodes * Hugh Williams as Gerald Winter * Judy Gunn as Diana Gregory * Mickey Brantford as Tom * Julien Mitchell as Bob Holt * Olga Lindo as Mrs. Holt * Michael Hogan as Charlie * Frank Pettingell as Goddard * Eliot Makeham as Pip * Eve Gray as Daisy Production The film was made at Twickenham Studios and is considered a quota quickie. Critical reception ''The New York Times'' wrote, "there are some engaging directorial touches, and there is some excellent photography" ; and ''Britmovie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Shall Have Music
''She Shall Have Music'' is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jack Hylton, June Clyde and Claude Dampier. Hylton played himself in a story built around a millionaire shipowner who hires a band (led by Hylton) to publicise his ships. It was also released as ''Wherever She Goes''. The film was made at Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. For distribution in the United States, to comply with the 1930 Motion Picture Production Code scenes involving portions of two songs and a dance featuring "an undue amount of nudity" were removed. Partial cast * Jack Hylton as Himself - Bandleader * June Clyde as Dorothy Drew * Claude Dampier as Eddie * Brian Lawrance as Brian Gates * Gwen Farrar as Miss Peachum * Marjorie Brooks as Mrs. Marlowe * Edmund Breon as Freddie Gates * Felix Aylmer Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside The Room
''Inside the Room'' is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Austin Trevor, Dorothy Boyd and George Hayes. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in west London. A French detective, Pierre Santos, investigates a popular singer suspected of murder. The film's sets were designed by the studio's resident art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... James A. Carter. Cast References 1935 films 1930s English-language films Films set in England 1935 mystery films British mystery films Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Quota quickies British black-and-white films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squibs (1935 Film)
''Squibs'' is a 1935 British musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Stanley Holloway. It was produced by Twickenham Film Studios with sets designed by James A. Carter. It was a remake of the 1921 film '' Squibs'' which also starred Balfour. Synopsis In this musical comedy, a Cockney flower girl is in love with a policeman whom she wants to marry. Her father opposes the union because he is involved in a little crooked investing. The young woman wins a lottery and is able to find wealth and marital bliss. Cast * Betty Balfour as Amelia "Squibs" Hopkins * Gordon Harker as Sam Hopkins * Stanley Holloway as Constable Charley Lee * Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Lee * Morris Harvey as Inspector Lee * Michael Shepley as Colin Barratt * Drusilla Wills as Mrs. Parker * O. B. Clarence as Sir John Barratt * Ronald Shiner as Bill * Thomas Weguelin as Alf * Vivienne Chatterton * William Daunt * Aubrey Fitzgerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Ye Ken John Peel?
''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (released in America as ''Captain Moonlight'') is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Henry Edwards and starring John Garrick, Winifred Shotter and Stanley Holloway. It was made at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios. It takes its name from the traditional hunting song of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. Major John Peel returns to England from serving in the Napoleonic Wars to discover that his friend Lucy Merrall is now engaged to be married to local villain Sir Charles Hawksley. Film critic David Parkinson, writing in ''The Radio Times'', gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and called the film a "a crusty old melodrama in the Tod Slaughter tradition", with Leslie Perrins "chewing the scenery with a delicious lack of restraint". He summarised: "This is anything but a lost classic, but there is the chance to see Stanley Holloway as Sam Small, the character he adopted for so many of his famous monologue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rocks Of Valpre (1935 Film)
''The Rocks of Valpre'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring John Garrick, Winifred Shotter and Leslie Perrins. The film was made at Twickenham Studios. It was based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Ethel M. Dell, and was released in the U.S. as ''High Treason''. The film is set in the mid-nineteenth century with plot elements resembling the later Dreyfus Case. Plot summary While staying in a small French coastal town, a young English woman falls in love with a French cavalry officer. Their romance is dramatically cut short when she is sent back to England to finish her education in a convent, while he is wrongly accused of being a spy by a rival officer and sentenced to imprisonment on Devil's Island. She settles down to a comfortable and respectable marriage with a wealthy Englishman. Ten years later, however, she is threatened with blackmail, and her former lover escapes from Devil's Island to come to her aid. Seriously ill from his time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Morals Of Marcus (1935 Film)
''The Morals of Marcus'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Miles Mander and starring Lupe Vélez, Ian Hunter and Adrianne Allen. The screenplay concerns an archaeologist who finds a woman hiding in his luggage who has escaped from a harem and they eventually fall in love and marry. ''The Morals of Marcus'' was previously filmed twice as silents in 1915 with Marie Doro and in 1921 with May McAvoy. Production It was based on the novel '' The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne'' by William John Locke and was filmed at Twickenham Studios. It was part of the producer Julius Hagen's ambitious programme of film production at Twickenham. Hagen brought in Vélez, a leading Mexican actress, to give the film greater international appeal. Main cast * Ian Hunter as Sir Marcus Ordeyne * Lupe Vélez as Carlotta * Adrianne Allen as Judith * Noel Madison Noel Madison (born Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch; April 30, 1897 – January 6, 1975) was an American character actor in the 1930s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
