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List Of Films And Television Shows Shot At Clarendon Road Studios, Elstree
This is a chronological list of films and television shows that have been shot at any of the studios that have existed at the site adjacent to Clarendon Road, Borehamwood, England, since 1984 known as BBC Elstree Centre. The site is now also adjacent to Eldon Avenue which did not exist when the site first opened as a film studio in 1914, and was the first of several sites collectively known as "Elstree Studios". In 1960 the flim studios were converted to television studios used by the former ITV contractor ATV and, since 1984, by the BBC. Neptune Film Studios (1914–17) The Neptune Film Company opened the first studios in Borehamwood in 1914. All films listed below were silent movies produced by the company, and it is assumed they were shot at the company's studios. Ideal Film Studios (1917–24) The Ideal Film Company bought the studios in 1917. All films listed below were silent movies produced by the company between 1917 and 1924. It is assumed they were shot at the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borehamwood
Borehamwood (, historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 31,074, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known as Elstree Studios. History One of the earliest mentions of Bosci de Boreham (Wood of Boreham), is in 1188: :"In 1188 Pope Clement granted to the kitchen of the monastery the whole land of Elstree. He also gave to the Abbey the wood of Boreham for the feeding of the swine." In 1776, the House of Lords granted: :"An Act for dividing and closing the Common or Waste Ground, called Boreham Wood Common, in the Parish of Elstree otherwise Idletree, in the County of Hertford." Borehamwood was historically part of the parish of Elstree. A separate ecclesiastical parish of "All Saints, Boreham Wood" was created on 26 February 1909, covering the part of Elstree parish east of the Midland Railway. Despite this change to the ecclesiastical boundari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gay Lord Quex (1917 Film)
''The Gay Lord Quex'' is a 1917 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Ben Webster, Irene Vanbrugh and Lilian Braithwaite. It is based on the 1899 play '' The Gay Lord Quex'' by Arthur Wing Pinero. Cast * Ben Webster - Lord Quex * Irene Vanbrugh - Sophie Fullgarney * Lilian Braithwaite - Duchess of Strood * Hayford Hobbs - Captain Bartling * Margaret Bannerman - Muriel Eden * Donald Calthrop Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor. Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatr ... - Valma * Claire Pauncefort - Lady Owbridge * Lyston Lyle - Frayn References External links * 1917 films British silent feature films 1917 comedy films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey British films based on plays Ideal Film Company films British comedy films British bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleak House (1920 Film)
''Bleak House'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Constance Collier, Berta Gellardi, and Helen Haye. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1853 novel ''Bleak House''. It was one of many silent film versions of Dickens' stories. Cast *Constance Collier - Lady Dedlock *Berta Gellardi - Esther Summerson *Helen Haye - Miss Barbay *E. Vivian Reynolds - Tulkinghorne *Norman Page - Guppy *Clifford Heatherley - Bucket *Ion Swinley - Captain Hawdon *A. Harding Steerman - Sir Leicester Dedlock *Anthony St. John - Jo *Teddy Arundell Teddy Arundell (1873 in Devon – 5 November 1922, in London) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Lyons Mail'' (1916) * ''Justice'' (1917) * ''Nelson'' (1918) * '' The Swindler'' (1918) * ''The Splendid Cowar ... - George *Beatrix Templeton - Rachel References External links * * 1920 films British historical drama films British silent feature films 1920s English-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Post
''General Post'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Douglas Munro, Lilian Braithwaite and Joyce Dearsley. It was based on the play ''General Post'' by J. E. Harold Terry in which Lillian Braithwaite had appeared when it premiered at the Haymarket Theatre in March 1917. Plot During the First World War a small-town tailor rises to become a General. Cast * Douglas Munro...Albert Smith * Lilian Braithwaite...Lady Broughton * Joyce Dearsley...Betty Broughton * Robert Henderson Bland...Edward Smith * Dawson Millward...Denys Broughton * Colstan Mansell...Alec Broughton * Teddy Arundell...Jobson * Sara de Groot...Miss Prendergast * Adelaide Grace...Lady Wareing * Thomas Canning...Lord Wareing * Irene Drew...Mary Wareing References External links * General Postat BFI Player, British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torn Sails
''Torn Sails'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Milton Rosmer, Mary Odette and Geoffrey Kerr. It was based on the 1897 novel ''Torn Sails'' by Allen Raine. Like much of her work, it is set in a small Welsh village. Cast * Milton Rosmer as Hugh Morgan * Mary Odette as Gwladys Price * Geoffrey Kerr Geoffrey Kerr (born Geoffrey Kemble Grinham Keen; 26 January 1895 – 1 July 1971) was a British stage and film actor and writer during the middle of the 20th century. Early life Geoffrey Kemble Grinham Keen was born on 26 January 1895, in Lond ... as Ivor Parry * Jose Shannon as Maud Owen * Leo Gordon as Josh Howells * Beatrix Templeton as Mrs. Price References External links * 1920 films British drama films Films based on British novels Films directed by A. V. Bramble Ideal Film Company films Films set in Wales British black-and-white films British silent feature films 1920 drama films 1920s English-language films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel Newcombe, The Perfect Gentleman
''Colonel Newcome'' (or ''Colonel Newcome, the Perfect Gentleman'') is a 1920 British silent historical drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Milton Rosmer, Joyce Carey and Temple Bell. It was based on the 1854-55 novel ''The Newcomes'' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Cast * Milton Rosmer – B. Newcombe * Joyce Carey – Rose * Temple Bell – Ethel Newcome * Louis Willoughby – Newcombe * Dame May Whitty – Mrs. Mackenzie * Fred Morgan – Baynham * Haidee Wright – Lady Newcome * Bobby Andrews – C. Newcombe * Norma Whalley Norma Whalley (? – 1954) was an Australian theatre and film actress active in the United States and Britain. Biography Whalley was the daughter of Henry Octavius Whalley, a doctor working in Sydney, Australia. During the late 1890s she toured ... – Lady Clare References External links * 1920 films British historical drama films 1920s historical drama films Films directed by Fred Goodwins Films based on Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ever Open Door
''The Ever Open Door'' is a 1920 Cinema of the United Kingdom, British silent film, silent drama film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Hayford Hobbs, Daphne Glenne and Margaret Hope. It was based on the play ''The Ever Open Door (play), The Ever Open Door'' by George R. Sims, a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas. It was one of a number of Sim's plays to be adapted for cinema during the Silent era.Richards p.143 Cast * Hayford Hobbs - Dick * Daphne Glenne - Miriam * Margaret Hope - Janet * Sydney Wood - Robbie * Terence Cavanagh - Honourable John Halstead * Ralph Forster - Father Clement References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997. * Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). ''The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939''. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998. External links * 1920 films British silent feature films Films directed by Fred Goodwins 1920 drama films British films based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impossible Woman as Karen
* Alan Byrne as Edwin Drew
* Edith Craig as Mrs. Talcotte
''The Impossible Woman'' is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Meyrick Milton and starring Constance Collier, Langhorn Burton and Christine Rayner. It was based on the 1912 novel ''Tante'' by Anne Douglas Sedgwick, and 1916 play of the same name by C. Haddon Chambers. Cast * Constance Collier as Mme. Kraska * Langhorn Burton as Gregory Jardine * Christine Rayner Christine Rayner was a British actress of the silent era. References External links * British comedy f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese Puzzle (1919 Film)
''The Chinese Puzzle'' is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Fred Goodwins and starring Leon M. Lion, Lilian Braithwaite and Milton Rosmer. It was an adaptation of the play '' The Chinese Puzzle'' written by Lion and Marion Bower. Plot A Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers. Cast * Leon M. Lion — Marquis Li Chung * Lilian Braithwaite — Lady de la Haye * Milton Rosmer — Sir Roger de la Haye * Sybil Arundale — Naomi Melsham * Dora De Winton — Mrs Melsham * Charles Rock — Sir Aylmer Brent * Reginald Bach — Henrik Stroom * Sam Livesey Samuel Livesey (14 October 1873 – 7 November 1936) was a Welsh stage and film actor. Life Livesey's father, Thomas, had been a railway engineer before leaving the industry to establish a travelling theatre with his wife Mary. The two had six ... — Paul Markatel * Alexander Sarner — Raoul d'Armand References External links * 1919 films Films directed by Fred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God And The Man
''God and the Man'' is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey and Bert Wynne. It was adapted from an 1881 novel by Robert Buchanan. Cast * Langhorn Burton - Christiansen * Joyce Carey - Priscilla Sefton * Bert Wynne - Richard Christiansen * Edith Craig - Dame Christiansen * Sybil Arundale - Kate Orchardson * Henry Vibart Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – 30 August 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era ... - Mr. Sefton * Nelson Ramsey - Squire Christiansen * E. Vivian Reynolds - John Wesley References External links * 1918 films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Edwin J. Collins 1918 drama films Films based on British novels Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1910s English-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Sweetheart
''My Sweetheart'' is a 1918 British silent comedy film directed by Meyrick Milton and starring Concordia Merrel, Randle Ayrton and Bert Wynne. It was based on a play by Minnie Palmer. Cast * Concordia Merrel - Mrs. Fleeter * Randle Ayrton - Joe Shotwell * Bert Wynne - Tony * E.H. Kelly - Dudley Harcourt * Marguerite Blanche Marguerite Blanche was a Danish actress notable for her starring roles in British silent films. She was born in Copenhagen as Margaret Jessen, but emigrated to Britain where she made twelve films for director-producers such as Cecil Hepworth and S ... - Tina Hatzell References External links * 1918 films British comedy films British silent feature films Films directed by Meyrick Milton 1918 comedy films British films based on plays Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent comedy films {{UK-silent-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
