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Mr. Smith Carries On
''Mr. Smith Carries On'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Lister Laurance and starring Edward Rigby, Julien Mitchell and H. F. Maltby. It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.Chibnall p.296 The screenplay concerns a secretary who accidentally shoots a business tycoon. Cast * Edward Rigby as Mr. Smith * Julien Mitchell as Mr. Minox * H. F. Maltby as Sir Felix * Dorothy Oldfield as Hilary Smith * Basil Langton as Jerry Stone * Franklyn Bellamy as Mr. Williams * Margaret Emden as Mrs. Smith * Frederick Culley as Mr. Fane * Dorothy Dewhurst Dorothy Irene de Singleton Dewhurst (1886 – 12 December 1959) was an English stage and film actress. Born in 1886 in Sale, Cheshire, England, she was married to the actor George Bernard Copping, who predeceased her. She died on 12 December 1959 ... * Joe Monkhouse * John Singer as Boy References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lister Laurance
Lister Laurance (1912–1977) was a British film editor. He edited over a dozen films from 1932 to 1950 and direct one film, the 1937 film ''Mr. Smith Carries On''. Selected filmography Editor * ''Frail Women'' (1932) * ''In a Monastery Garden'' (1932) * '' The Black Abbot'' (1934) * ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934) * ''The Admiral's Secret'' (1934) * ''Music Hall'' (1934) * ''Flood Tide'' (1934) * ''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (1935) * '' Night Ride'' (1937) * ''Mr. Smith Carries On'' (1937) * ''The Last Curtain'' (1937) * ''Missing, Believed Married'' (1937) * ''A Spot of Bother'' (1938) * ''The Lambeth Walk'' (1939) * '' The Glass Mountain'' (1949) * ''The Girl Who Couldn't Quite'' (1950) * ''Once a Sinner'' (1950) * ''Lilli Marlene'' (1950) Director * ''Mr. Smith Carries On ''Mr. Smith Carries On'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Lister Laurance and starring Edward Rigby, Julien Mitchell and H. F. Maltby. It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Culley
Frederick Culley (8 March 1879 – 3 November 1942) was a British film actor. He is best remembered as the kindly Dr. Sutton in ''The Four Feathers'' (1939). His Father, Richard Palethorpe Culley, was an entrepreneur and philanthropist and his mother, Mary Widgery, came from a family of artists. Her father was landscape painter, William Widgery, and her brother, Frederick Widgery, painted in the same genre. Frederick Culley began his career in the theater, where his talent was recognized by the good reviews he usually received in the London press. He appeared briefly in silent films before entering talkies but, by 1930, Culley was already 51 years old and his roles were primarily supporting ones. He was remarkably effective as Dr. Sutton, using a cane and convincing that he was in pain or discomfort because, in the book that inspired the movie, his character had suffered an accident to his leg. There was nothing wrong with the actor's own legs. Culley appeared in several oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British And Dominions Studios Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Black-and-white Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Produced By Anthony Havelock-Allan
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 Pinewood 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 sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Crime Films
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Films
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''Shall We Dance'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''Captains Courageous'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. * Monogram Pictures, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Singer (actor)
John Harold Singer (4 December 1923 in Hastings, Sussex, England – 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England), also known as Johnny Singer, was an English actor. He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1936). In later years he continued to act in numerous films, including '' In Which We Serve'' (1942) and '' The Cruel Sea'' (1953). He died on 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His son, Steven Singer, became a TV scriptwriter.Steven Singer , BFI Filmography * '' Further Up the Creek'' (1958) – as despatch rider * '' Track the Man Down'' (1955) – as police detective (uncredited) * ''Up to His Neck'' (1954) – as R/T rating (uncredited) * ''Betrayed'' (1954) – as paratrooper (uncredited) * ''Forbidden Cargo'' (1954) – as seaman (uncredited) * ''The Cruel Sea'' (1953) – as Gray * '' Come Back Peter'' (1953) as Ted * ''The Brave Don't Cry'' (1952) – as Tam Stewart * ''Whisper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Dewhurst
Dorothy Irene de Singleton Dewhurst (1886 – 12 December 1959) was an English stage and film actress. Born in 1886 in Sale, Cheshire, England, she was married to the actor George Bernard Copping, who predeceased her. She died on 12 December 1959 in London. She appeared in multiple films between 1936 and 1959. These include '' Love at Sea'' (1936), ''Father O'Nine'' (1938), ''Bedtime Story'' (1938), and ''Blackmail Is So Difficult'' (1959). She appeared on the stage in multiple performances in London in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1938 she appeared in The Torch Theatre's production of a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called ''Katie Roche''. Produced by Lennox Robinson, there were nine performances. It was the first time it was presented in a London Theatre having been published in "Famous Plays of 1935-36" after its production in the Abbey Theatre Dublin. In 1953 she appeared in the original cast of Graham Greene's first play, ''The Living Room'', which premiered at Wyndham's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Langton
Basil Calvert Langton (9 January 1912 – 29 May 2003) was an English actor, director and photographer, who made a career on both sides of the Atlantic. He was an authority on the plays of George Bernard Shaw and compiled an archive of more than 400,000 words of interviews with people who had known and worked with Shaw. He was also a teacher, working at colleges in New York and California. Life and career Langton was born in Clifton, Bristol (England) but spent his early years in Canada, where his family moved soon after his birth. His first experience of theatre was in Montreal, where, at the age of six, he was taken by his mother to see Sarah Bernhardt's farewell tour in ''Camille''. During his youth in Canada he became attracted by silent films: "I learned courage from Pearl White, love from Rudolph Valentino, and laughter from Charlie Chaplin". After leaving school he worked in a bank, but was inspired to become an actor by seeing Sir Donald Wolfit's performance in ''The Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
