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Museum Mystery
''Museum Mystery'' (also known as ''Museum Peace'') is a 1937 British crime film directed by Clifford Gulliver and starring Jock McKay, Elizabeth Inglis and Gerald Case. The screenplay concerns a gang of criminals who plan to steal a Burmese idol. Plot summary A gang of criminals plan to steal a valuable Burmese idol from a British museum but are foiled by the curator. Cast * Jock McKay - Jock * Elizabeth Inglis - Ruth Carter * Gerald Case - Peter Redding * Tony Wylde - Mr. Varleigh * Charles Paton - Clutters * Alfred Wellesley - Mayor * Sebastian Smith - Dr. Trapnell * Roy Byford Roy Byford (12 January 1873 – 31 January 1939) was a British actor. Selected filmography * '' The Little Damozel'' (1916) * ''On the Banks of Allan Water'' (1916) * '' The Happy Warrior'' (1917) * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * '' The Do ... - Professor Wickstead References External links * 1937 films 1937 crime films Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan British black-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Sir Anthony James Allan Havelock-Allan, 4th Baronet (28 February 1904 – 11 January 2003) was a British film producer and screenwriter whose credits included ''This Happy Breed'', '' Blithe Spirit'', '' Great Expectations'', '' Oliver Twist'', the 1968 version of '' Romeo and Juliet'' and ''Ryan's Daughter''. Personal life and career Havelock-Allan was born at the family home of Blackwell Grange near Darlington, County Durham, and was educated at Charterhouse and schools in Switzerland. Before becoming a film producer, he worked as a stockbroker, jeweller, record company executive and cabaret manager. In 1935, Havelock-Allan joined the short-lived British and Dominions Imperial Studios, producing films with them like '' Lancashire Luck'' (1937) until and even shortly after the studios burnt down in 1936. After working with her on ''This Man in Paris'', Havelock-Allan married actress Valerie Hobson on 12 April 1939. Their sons were Simon Anthony Clerveaux Havelock-Allan (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Wellesley
Alfred Wellesley (25 July 1872 – 7 December 1943) was an English stage and film actor.British Film Institute websiteAlfred Wellesley /ref> Partial filmography * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * ''A Warm Corner'' (1930) * '' The New Hotel'' (1932) * ''The Lucky Number'' (1932) * ''Here's George'' (1932) * ''Great Stuff'' (1933) * '' Cleaning Up'' (1933) * ''Song at Eventide'' (1934) * ''Death on the Set'' (1935) * ''Annie, Leave the Room!'' (1935) * '' The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss'' (1936) * ''Museum Mystery'' (1937) * ''Wanted!'' (1937) *'' The Last Chance'' (1937) * '' What a Man!'' (1938) * '' Star of the Circus'' (1938) * ''The Mysterious Mr. Davis ''The Mysterious Mr. Davis'' is a 1939 British comedy drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly and Alastair Sim. It was made as a quota quickie and distributed by the American company RKO Pictures. I ...'' (1939) References External links * *Play by Alfred Wellesley on G ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Roy Byford
Roy Byford (12 January 1873 – 31 January 1939) was a British actor. Selected filmography * '' The Little Damozel'' (1916) * ''On the Banks of Allan Water'' (1916) * '' The Happy Warrior'' (1917) * '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920) * '' The Double Event'' (1921) * '' The Night Hawk'' (1921) * ''Love's Boomerang'' (1922) * '' The Spanish Jade'' (1922) * '' A Master of Craft'' (1922) * '' Tons of Money'' (1924) * ''Immortal Gentleman'' (1935) * ''Museum Mystery'' (1937) References External links *Roy Byfordat Find A Grave Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com. Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present fin ... 1873 births 1939 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male silent film actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Smith
''Sebastian Smith'' (3 October 1869 – 15 January 1948) was a British stage and film actor. He was born in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Filmography * '' Rescued by Rover'' (1905) * ''Prehistoric Peeps'' (1905) * ''The Tramp's Dream'' (1906) * ''The Blue Carbuncle'' (1923) * ''White Cargo'' (1929) * ''A Man of Mayfair'' (1931) * '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1931) * '' Love Lies'' (1931) * '' The Double Event'' (1934) * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1934) * '' Badger's Green'' (1934) * ''Public Nuisance No. 1'' (1936) * ''Oh, Mr Porter!'' (1937) * ''London Melody'' (1937) * '' Farewell to Cinderella'' (1937) * '' Beauty and the Barge'' (1937) * ''Museum Mystery'' (1937) * ''Where's That Fire? ''Where's That Fire?'' is a 1940 British comedy film, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. It was the last film Will Hay made with his most famous comic foils, Mo ...'' (1940) References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Paton
Charles Ernest Paton (31 July 1874 – 10 April 1970) was an English film actor. He joined the circus at 14, and had early stage and music hall experience. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1927 and 1952, including ''Freedom of the Seas''. In 1927, he appeared in a short film, made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, singing "If Your Face Wants to Smile, We'll Let It In" from the revue ''John Citizen's Lament''. He was born in London and died from a heart attack, also in London. Selected filmography * ''Blackmail'' (1929, UK), Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film * ''The Feather'' (1929) * ''The W Plan'' (1930) * '' What a Night!'' (1931) * ''The Sleeping Cardinal'' (1931) * ''The Lyons Mail'' (1931) * '' The Great Gay Road'' (1931) * ''Stepping Stones'' (1931) * '' The Girl in the Night'' (1931) * '' Glamour'' (1931) * '' The Spare Room'' (1932) * ''Rynox'' (1932) * ''Josser Joins the Navy'' (1932) * '' The Third String'' (1932) * '' The Love Nest'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Elliott
Gerald Elliott (1907–1982) was a British screenwriter.McFarlane p.181 Filmography * '' Lieutenant Daring R.N.'' (1935) * ''Jubilee Window'' (1935) * '' Cross Currents'' (1935) * '' A Star Fell from Heaven'' (1936) * '' Birds of a Feather'' (1936) * ''Pay Box Adventure'' (1936) * '' Strange Cargo'' (1936) * ''Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * '' Hearts of Humanity'' (1936) * ''Cafe Mascot'' (1936) * ''Two on a Doorstep'' (1936) * '' Full Speed Ahead'' (1936) * ''Double Exposures'' (1937) * ''Museum Mystery'' (1937) * ''Our Fighting Navy'' (1937) * ''The Frog'' (1937) * ''Twin Faces'' (1937) * ''Holiday's End'' (1937) * ''The Song of the Road'' (1937) * '' The Fatal Hour'' (1937) * '' Dial 999'' (1938) * ''Silver Top'' (1938) * ''Return of the Frog'' (1938) * ''No Parking'' (1938) * '' Inspector Hornleigh'' (1938) * ''Blondes for Danger'' (1938) * ''Sword of Honour'' (1939) * '' Sons of the Sea'' (1939) * '' All at Sea'' (1940) * ''The Great Mr. Handel ''The Great Mr. Handel'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
