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Lucky Girl (1932 Film)
''Lucky Girl'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Gene Gerrard and Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Molly Lamont and Gus McNaughton. It was made at Elstree StudiosWood p.75 with sets designed by the art director John Mead. It was based on a play titled ''Mr. Abdullah''. Plot summary A young English-raised former army officer inherits the throne of a small European kingdom. Bored by life there and wishing to raise funds for his impoverished country by selling the crown jewels, he travels to London with his American efficiency expert. Invited to a house party, he travels there incognito but having fallen in love with the daughter of his host he becomes the prime suspect for a robbery that has taken place. Cast * Gene Gerrard as Stephan Gregorovitch * Molly Lamont as Lady Moira * Gus McNaughton as Hudson E. Greener * Spencer Trevor as Duke Hugo * Toni Edgar-Bruce as Duchess Amelia * Hal Gordon as Police Constable * Frank Stanmore as Mullins * Ian Fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Gerrard
Gene Gerrard (31 August 1892 – 1 June 1971) was an English film and stage actor, and occasional film director. He starred in light musical comedies but returned to his stage career by the 1930s. He was born Eugene O'Sullivan and began as a cutter in his father's tailoring business in High Holborn, Central London. He became an assistant to ''Mozart'' and made his stage début at the revue at the Alhambra Theatre of Variety, London in 1910 and his screen début in 1912 for the ''Hepworth Company''. He served in the Great War. He is billed as ''"The 'GENIE' of laughter"'' on the poster for ''The Wife's Family'' (1931). Filmography Actor * ''Let's Love and Laugh'' (1931) (His talkie début) * '' Out of the Blue'' (1931) * ''The Wife's Family'' (1931) * '' Brother Alfred'' (1932) * ''Let Me Explain, Dear'' (1932) * '' Lucky Girl'' (1932) * '' The Love Nest'' (1933) * '' Leave It to Me'' (1933) * ''It's a Bet'' (1935) * ''Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) * '' Joy Ride'' (1935) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mead (art Director)
John Mead was a British art director.Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.81 He was employed designing the sets of more than thirty films. Selected filmography * '' Raise the Roof'' (1930) * ''Harmony Heaven'' (1930) * ''Suspense'' (1930) * ''Murder!'' (1930) * ''Compromising Daphne'' (1930) * '' The Middle Watch'' (1930) * '' The Flying Fool'' (1931) * '' Lucky Girl'' (1932) * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) * ''The Outcast'' (1934) * ''The Return of Bulldog Drummond'' (1934) * ''Abdul the Damned'' (1935) * '' Invitation to the Waltz'' (1935) * ''Love in Exile'' (1936) * '' Gypsy Melody'' (1936) * ''Sensation'' (1936) * ''Aren't Men Beasts!'' (1937) * ''Spring Handicap ''Spring Handicap'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Will Fyffe, Maire O'Neill and Billy Milton. The film was made by the Associated British Picture Corporation at their Elstree Studios and based on the pla ...'' (1937) * '' Bulldog Drummond at Bay'' (1937) * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1940) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In London
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Gene Gerrard
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Frank Miller (screenwriter)
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot At British International Pictures Studios
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Musical Comedy Films
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British Musical Comedy Films
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1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures joins World-Wide and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fleming (actor)
Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films. One of his best known roles was playing Dr Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes films of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes. He also played a number of supporting roles in many classic British films of the era including ''Q Planes'' (1939), ''Night Train to Munich'' (1940), ''We Dive at Dawn'', ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' (both 1943) and '' Waterloo Road'' (1945). He also appeared regularly in the films of musical comedian George Formby. He also acted on stage, appearing as Robert Harley in the Norman Ginsbury's historical work ''Viceroy Sarah'' in the West End. Fleming's later career included appearances in many television series of the 1950s and 1960s, such as ''Fabian of the Yard'', ''Hancock's Half Hour'', '' Educated Evans'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', ''The Forsyte Saga'' and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Stanmore (actor)
Frank Stanmore (10 March 1877 – 15 August 1943) was an English film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1914 and 1938. He was born in London and died in Gravesend, Kent. Selected filmography * '' The Third String'' (1914) * ''Love in a Wood'' (1915) * ''The Mother of Dartmoor'' (1916) * '' Mother Love'' (1916) * ''The Grit of a Jew'' (1917) * '' Judge Not'' (1920) * ''The Wonderful Year'' (1921) * ''Love's Boomerang'' (1922) * '' The Spanish Jade'' (1922) * ''A Rogue in Love'' (1922) * '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1923) * ''The School for Scandal'' (1923) * '' The Naked Man'' (1923) * '' Squibs M.P. '' (1923) * ''Squibs' Honeymoon'' (1923) * ''Lily of the Alley'' (1924) * ''Her Redemption'' (1924) * ''The Alley of Golden Hearts'' (1924) * ''Reveille'' (1924) * ''The Blackguard'' (1925) * ''Satan's Sister'' (1925) * ''Cats'' (1925) * '' The Little People'' (1926) * ''Blinkeyes'' (1926) * '' The Only Way'' (1927) * ''The Hellcat'' (1928) * ''What Next?'' (1928) * ''Houp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Gordon
Hal Gordon (1894–1946) was a British film actor. A character actor, he appeared in over 90 films in both comic and straight roles. He started off as a lawyer's clerk but finding it dull he decided on the stage, making his music hall debut in 1912. He toured England and South Africa in pantomime and comedy before entering films in 1928, his first being '' Adam's Apple''. Filmography * '' Adam's Apple'' (1928) * '' When Knights Were Bold'' (1929) * ''Windjammer'' (1930) * '' Old Soldiers Never Die'' (1931) * '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1931) * ''Poor Old Bill'' (1931) * '' The Girl in the Night'' (1931) * '' Out of the Blue'' (1931) * ''Creeping Shadows'' (1931) * '' Up for the Cup'' (1931) * '' Tonight's the Night: Pass It On'' (1932) * '' Money for Nothing'' (1932) * ''Help Yourself'' (1932) * '' A Night Like This'' (1932) * ''The Strangler'' (1932) * '' The New Hotel'' (1932) * '' Brother Alfred'' (1932) * ''Tin Gods'' (1932) * ''The Bad Companions'' (1932) * ''Jack's the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
