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List Of Paramount British Films
List of films produced in the United Kingdom by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Initially founded at Islington Studios in the early 1920s, it was later revived following the passage of the 1927 Films Act allowing the company to produce films that qualified for British nationality and were eligible for a quota. During the 1930s the company produced or distributed a mixture of quota quickies and higher budget films. 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s See also * List of General Film Distributors films * List of Two Cities Films * List of British and Dominions films * List of Gainsborough Pictures films * List of Ealing Studios films * List of British Lion films * List of British National films * List of Butcher's Film Service films * List of Stoll Pictures films This is a list of films released by the British studio Stoll Pictures, one of the largest European studios of the 1920s.Low pp. 325–486 It excludes films made in other countries but distributed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the sole member of the Major film studio, "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star on the logo. In 1967, the number of stars was reduced to 22 and their hidden meaning was dropped. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. The company's headquarters and studios are located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. Paramount Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America, Motion Picture Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Jade (1922 Film)
''The Spanish Jade'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is considered to be lost. It was shot at Islington Studios in London by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. The story had previously been made into a 1915 film of the same title. Cast * David Powell as Gil Pérez * Marc McDermott as Don Luis Ramónez de Alavia * Charles de Rochefort as Esteban * Evelyn Brent as Mañuela * Lionel d'Aragon as Mañuela's Stepfather * Frank Stanmore as Tormillo, Don Luis' servant * Roy Byford as Esteban's Spy and Confident * Harry Ham as Oswald Manvers See also * Alfred Hitchcock filmography * '' The Spanish Jade'' (1915) * List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Reas . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auld Lang Syne (1929 Film)
''Auld Lang Syne'' is a 1929 British musical film directed by George Pearson and starring Harry Lauder, Dorothy Boyd, and Patrick Aherne. It was originally made as a silent film, but in September 1929 sound was added. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios in Cricklewood, London. Cast * Harry Lauder - Sandy McTavish * Dorothy Boyd - Jill Bray * Patrick Aherne - Angus McTavish * Dodo Watts - Marie McTavish * Hugh E. Wright - Wullie McNab See also * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ... References * John Mundy, ''The British Musical Film'' (Manchester University Press, 2007) External links * 1929 films 1920s English-language films Films directed by George Pearson 1929 musical films British musical films Films s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Banfield
George Banfield (1888–1963) was a British film producer and director. He first entered the film industry in 1908. During the mid-1920s he began producing series of short films during the Slump of 1924. In 1926 he formed a new company British Filmcraft, and bought Walthamstow Studios.Low p.196-197 The company produced a large number of shorts, and four feature films but did not make the transition from silent to sound films. He is sometimes credited as George J. Banfield. Selected filmography Director * '' Spangles'' (1928) * ''Power Over Men'' (1929) * ''The Burgomaster of Stilemonde ''The Burgomaster of Stilemonde'' is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by George Banfield and starring John Martin Harvey, Fern Andra and Robert Andrews. It was made at Walthamstow Studios and on location in Belgium. It was based on ...'' (1929) References Bibliography * Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997. External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spangles (1928 Film)
''Spangles'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by George Banfield and starring Fern Andra, Forrester Harvey and Lewis Dayton. It was made at Walthamstow Studios. A circus girl goes to London and enjoys great success. However, she eventually decides to return home.Low p.197 Cast * Fern Andra as Spangles * Forrester Harvey as Watty * Lewis Dayton as Hugh Gridstone * A. Bromley Davenport as Romanovitch * James Knight as Haggerston * A.B. Imeson as Earl of Warborough * Gladys Frazin as Countess * Carlton Chase Carlton Chase (February 20, 1794 – January 18, 1870) was the first Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Early life Chase was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, the son of Captain Charl ... as Dennis Adderly References Bibliography * Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Komisarjevsky
Fyodor Fyodorovich Komissarzhevsky (russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Комиссаржевский; 23 May 1882 – 17 April 1954), or Theodore Komisarjevsky, was a Russian, later British, theatrical director and designer. He began his career in Moscow, but had his greatest influence in London. He was noted for groundbreaking productions of plays by Chekhov and Shakespeare. Life and career Early years Komisarjevsky was born in Venice, the son of Fyodor Komissarzhevsky and his second wife, Lithuanian Princess Marie Kursevich. Fyodor was the principal tenor of the Imperial Opera in Saint Petersburg and the teacher of the influential theatre director Konstantin Stanislavsky. The actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya was Theodore's elder half-sister.Marshall, Norman"Komisarjevsky, Theodore (1882–1954)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, retrieved 18 January 2015 He was educated at Saint Petersburg University and the Imperial Institute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Stockings
''Yellow Stockings'' is a 1928 British drama film directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky and starring Percy Marmont, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Marie Ault, and Georges Galli. It was based on a novel by Wilson McArthur and made at Cricklewood Studios. Premise After she unexpectedly receives a large inheritance, a young girl is besieged by fortune hunters. Cast * Percy Marmont - Gavin Sinclair * Marjorie Mars - Iris Selton * Georges Galli - Richard Trevor * Enid Stamp-Taylor - Nellie Jackson * Marie Ault - Countess * Joseph R. Tozer - Tom Jackson * Franklyn Bellamy - Menelos * Lydia Sherwood - Erica * May Calvin - Mona * Elizabeth Kerr Elizabeth Kerr (August 15, 1912 – January 13, 2000) was an American actress, theatre producer and director. Early years Kerr was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of John and Anna Kerr. She attended Northwestern University a ... - Mrs Higgins References Bibliography * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quota Quickie
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928. Description The act introduced a requirement for British cinemas to show a quota of British films for a duration of 10 years. Its supporters believed that it would promote the emergence of a vertically integrated film industry, with production, distribution and exhibition infrastructure controlled by the same companies. As the vertically integrated American film industry had rapid growth in the years immediately following the end of World War I, the intention was to counter Hollywood's perceived economic and cultural dominance by promoting similar business practices among British studios, distributors and cinema chains. By creating an obligatory market-section for British films, it was hoped that the increased economic activity in the prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Option
''Love's Option'' is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by George Pearson and starring Dorothy Boyd, Patrick Aherne and James Carew. It was made at Cricklewood Studios based on the novel ''The Riddle'' by Douglas Newton. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures' British subsidiary, enabling the company to meet its yearly quota set down by the British government. The film follows several rivals attempting to gain control of a valuable Spanish copper mine. It was known by the alternative title ''A Girl of Today''. Cast * Dorothy Boyd as Dorothy * Patrick Aherne as John Dacre * James Carew as Simon Wake * Henry Vibart as Lucien Wake * Scotch Kelly as Pat Kelly * Philip Hewland Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini. Selected filmography * '' The Christian'' (1915) * '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916) * ''Ar ... as Tom Bartlett * Cecil Barry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pearson (filmmaker)
George Pearson OBE, (19 March 1875 – 6 February 1973) was a pioneering English film director, producer and screenwriter, mainly in the silent film era. He was born in London. Biography The only son of George Pearson, a silk tie cutter, George Pearson's first profession after Culham College, near Oxford (not a college of the University of Oxford) was teaching. He excelled in this role, becoming a headmaster by 1902 at the age of 26. His major post was at Staples Rd School Loughton Essex, on which there is a blue plaque. He was originally drawn to film making as an educational aid. In 1913 Pearson entered the film industry, initially as a script writer. Pearson worked for Gaumont and later joined the Colonial Film Unit (later the Commonwealth Film Unit), remaining in employment until the age of 81. Though little of his work is known to have survived, Pearson is credited with pioneering the use of the moving camera shot. Awards and personal life In 1951, he was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingtower (film)
''Huntingtower'' is a 1928 British silent adventure film, made at Cricklewood Studios. It was directed by George Pearson and starred Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina and Patrick Aherne. It was based on the 1922 novel '' Huntingtower'' by John Buchan. The film was fairly successful on its release. Plot The film is "(a) tale of chivalry in modern times, involving a Glasgow grocer and a Russian princess imprisoned in a deserted castle" according to the British Film Institute. Cast *Harry Lauder as Dickson McCunn *Vera Voronina as Princess Saskia * Patrick Aherne as Capt. John Heritage *Lillian Christine as Mrs. McCunn *John Manners as Prince Paul *Moore Marriott as Speidel *Douglas Herald as Leon *Susanne Morris as Mother *W. Cronin Wilson as Dobson *Nancy Price as Mrs.Moran *Jerrold Robertshaw as Father *Harry Malonie as Dougal Production The castle scenes were shot at Bamburgh Castle Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Sydney Wilcox Order of the British Empire, CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and film director, director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wife Anna Neagle. Early life Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, and Wilcox considered himself Irish, but he was born in Norwood, south London.7 Dagmar Villas, Gipsy Road. ''Mr Michael Thornton'' re Mr Herbert Wilcox. ''The Times'', Thursday, 19 May 1977; p. 18; Issue 60007; col F His family moved to Brighton when Wilcox was eight years old; he was one of five children. His family were poor and Wilcox had to do a number of part-time jobs, including some work as a chorus boy at the local Hippodrome. His mother died of tuberculosis when she was 42. Wilcox left school before the age of fourteen to find work. Shortly afterwards, his father died at the age of 42. Wilcox began earning money as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
