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List Of British And Dominions Films
This is a list of films released by the British studio British and Dominions Film Corporation between 1928 and 1938. The company was dominated by the producer and director Herbert Wilcox. The company gained a contract to make quota films for release by the British subsidiary of Paramount Pictures and these are also included. All films were made at British and Dominions' Imperial Studios at Elstree unless stated otherwise. 1920s 1930s See also * List of Gainsborough Pictures films * List of Ealing Studios films * List of Stoll Pictures films * List of British Lion films * List of Two Cities Films * List of British National films * List of General Film Distributors films * List of Paramount British films * {{section link, British and Dominions Imperial Studios#Films shot at Imperial Studios Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. *Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939'. British Film Institute, 1986. *List B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British And Dominions Film Corporation
Imperial Studios were the studios of the British and Dominions Film Corporation, a short-lived British film production company located at Imperial Place, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The studios (one of several facilities historically referred to as Elstree Studios) were active from 1929 to 1936, when they were destroyed by fire. The company relocated to Pinewood Studios but ceased production in 1938. History British and Dominions was one of the successors to British National Pictures, which began operations in 1925 and was taken over by British International Pictures in 1927. The British and Dominions Film Corporation was formed in June 1927 by Herbert Wilcox and was registered as a public company on 13 February 1928. As it had no studios of its own, its first films, which were silent, were made at Cricklewood Studios. In 1930, the company, which had been incorporated for the purpose of physically producing sound films, bought three new sound stages from British In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, Los Angeles
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canaries Sometimes Sing
''Canaries Sometimes Sing'' is a 1931 British romantic comedy film, directed by Tom Walls. The film is a four-hander, starring Walls, Cathleen Nesbitt, Athole Stewart and Yvonne Arnaud. It is a screen version of the witty and sophisticated comedy of manners play of the same title by Frederick Lonsdale, which had been a big critical and popular success when premiered at London's Globe Theatre in 1929, with Stewart and Arnaud cast in the roles which they would recreate in the film. A surviving review of the film notes favourably: "Glittering, superficial, but very skilful...superbly played." Plot Over the course of their marriage, Geoffrey Lymes (Walls) has become increasingly exasperated by the shallowness and superficiality of his wife Anne (Nesbitt). He despairs of her ridiculous affectations, social-climbing aspirations and constant embarrassing attempts in company to show herself as an elegant, cultured sophisticate. He feels trapped in a relationship where, as he observes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Approval (1930 Film)
''On Approval'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls and also featuring Yvonne Arnaud, Winifred Shotter and Robertson Hare, the same artistes responsible for the Aldwych farces. It was based on the play '' On Approval'' by Frederick Lonsdale, as was the 1944 film '' On Approval''. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios with sets designed by Lawrence P. Williams. The 1932 book "The Face of London" by Harold Clunn Pub. Simpkin Marshall, features, opposite page 224, a picture, probably taken in Aug. or Sept. 1930, of the New Victoria Picture Theatre, Vauxhall Bridge Road. Displayed in large letters is ON APPROVAL the film being presented by the cinema at that time. Cast * Tom Walls as Duke of Bristol * Yvonne Arnaud as Maria Wislak * Winifred Shotter as Helen Hayle * Edmund Breon as Richard Wemys * Mary Brough as Emerald * Robertson Hare John Robertson Hare, OBE (17 December 1891 – 25 January 1979) was an English actor, who ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter West (director)
Walter Alabaster West (9 November 1885 – 3 July 1958) was an English film director and producer. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films. Early life Walter West was born in Cookham, Berkshire on 11 September 1885. His early silent films, some of which are in the collection of the BFI National Archive, include ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1915). He owned extensive film studios, one of the largest being the glass studios at Walthamstow, London, purchased from Cunard Films. With George Broadbridge (later Lord Broadbridge), he formed the Broadwest Films Company. Films made by Broadwest were not only shown in the UK but exported internationally, including India, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the US. In her book, ''British Film Studios: An Illustrated History'', Patricia Warren writes: "In 1916, Broadwest, who ranked alongside film companies of the day such as Hepworth, Barker and British and Colonial, bought the studio and its equipment... By the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warned Off
''Warned Off'' is a 1930 British silent film directed by Walter West and starring Tony Wylde, Chili Bouchier and Queenie Thomas. It was made at Cricklewood Studios. Cast * Tony Wylde - Frank Cuthbert * Chili Bouchier - Florrie Greville * Queenie Thomas Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas (18 June 1898 – 11 October 1977) was a British actress in silent films, called "England's Mary Pickford". Early life Marjorie Violet Queenie Thomas was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 18 June 1898, the daughter ... - Lady Violet * Evan Thomas - Colonel Cornwallis * Wally Patch - Miles * Bert Tracy - Diggle * Forbes Dawson - Lord Winterbottom References External links * 1930 films British silent feature films Films directed by Walter West Films shot at Cricklewood Studios British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films 1930 drama films 1930s sports films 1930s English-language films {{1930s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert De Courville
Albert Pierre de Courville (26 March 1887 – 15 March 1960) (born in Croydon, England) was a writer and director of theatrical revues, many of which featured the actress and singer Shirley Kellogg, whom he married in June 1913. Career In about 1907 he began work in London as a journalist with the ''Evening News''. A good reporter, he was soon earning as much as £20 a week, but thought there were more possibilities, and money, in the theatre. He joined forces with London impresario Sir Edward Moss and staged revues at the London Hippodrome. In the 1930s he turned to making films. His two most famous films, both featuring Jessie Matthews were '' There Goes the Bride'' (1932) and '' The Midshipmaid'' (1932). He also directed '' The Wrecker'', an adaptation of Arnold Ridley’s play of the same name, and '' Seven Sinners'' (1936). Personal life In June 1913, he married actress and singer Shirley Kellogg. He and the actress Edith Kelly married in 1927. There were fears t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolves (1930 Film)
''Wolves'' is a 1930 British crime film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Charles Laughton, Dorothy Gish and Malcolm Keen. The screenplay concerns a woman who is captured by a gang of criminals operating in the Arctic, only for the leader to later help her escape. It was based on a play by Georges Toudouze. It was produced by Herbert Wilcox's British and Dominions Film Corporation, but filmed at the Blattner Studios whilst sound equipment was being installed at Wilcox's nearby Imperial Studios, and the sound was added after filming was completed. LearnAboutMoviePosters.com (LAMP) , retrieved 13 February 2014 It was Gish's first sound film, and was Laughton's second talkie (but his first sound drama), having completed a film of a musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loves Of Robert Burns
''The Loves of Robert Burns'' is a 1930 British historical musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Joseph Hislop, Dorothy Seacombe and Eve Gray. It depicts the life of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Cast * Joseph Hislop ... Robert Burns * Dorothy Seacombe ... Jean Armour * Eve Gray ... Mary Campbell * Nancy Price ... Posie Nancy * Jean Cadell ... Mrs. Burns * C. V. France ... Lord Farquhar * Neil Kenyon ... Tam the Tinkler * George Baker ... Soldier * Harold Saxon-Snell ... Gavin Hamilton * Craighall Sherry ... James Armour * Wilfred Shine ... Sailor Production The film was the first joint production between Herbert Wilcox Productions, and His Master's Voice gramophone company. The aim of this was to give Wilcox access to their celebrity recording stars such as Chaliapin, John McCormick, Galli-Curci Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November 1882 – 26 November 1963) was an Italian coloratura soprano. She was one of the most popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Walls
Thomas Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adaptations of those plays in the 1930s. Walls spent his early years as an actor, from 1905, mostly in musical comedy, touring the British provinces, North America and Australia and in the West End. He specialised in comic character roles, typically flirtatious middle aged men. In 1922 he went into management in partnership with the comic actor Leslie Henson. They had an early success in the West End with a long-running farce, '' Tons of Money'', after which Walls commissioned and staged a series of farces at the Aldwych Theatre that ran almost continuously over the next decade. He and his co-star Ralph Lynn were among the most popular British actors of their time. In addition to his work in the theatre, Walls directed and acted in more t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rookery Nook (film)
''Rookery Nook'' is a 1930 film farce, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers. It is a screen adaptation of the original 1926 Aldwych farce of the same title. The film was known in the U.S. as ''One Embarrassing Night''. The film was very successful at the box office and led to a series of filmed farces. Synopsis Rhoda Marley seeks refuge overnight from a tyrannical stepfather in the house of Gerald Popkiss. He is alone there, as his wife is away; fearing a scandal he attempts to conceal Rhoda's presence from nosy domestic staff and his in-laws, with the help of his cousin Clive. Eventually all is explained, Gerald and his wife are reconciled, and Clive pairs off with Rhoda. Cast *Gerald Popkiss – Ralph Lynn* *Clive Popkiss – Tom Walls* *Rhoda Marley – Winifred Shotter* *Mrs Leverett – Mary Brough* *Harold Twine – Robertson Hare* *Gertrude Twine – Ethel Coleridge* *Putz – Griffith Humphreys* *Poppy Dickey – Doreen Bendix *Clara Popkiss – Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blattner Studios
The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. This site was the first of several such complexes colloquially referred to as " Elstree Studios" located in the area. Originally created as a film studio in 1914, the site was converted for use as a television studio in 1960, becoming the main television production site for Lew Grade's ATV franchise for the ITV network. After ATV became Central Television in the early 1980s and moved to a new Midlands-based complex, this site was sold to the BBC in 1984. It is currently a main production base for BBC Television, with the television studios being run by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks, previously known as BBC Studios and Post Production. The BBC Elstree Centre site includes the external ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
