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May Edginton
May Edginton (originally Helen Marion Edginton, 20 December 1883 – 17 June 1957) was an English writer who had over 50 popular novels published in London. She also wrote plays, collaborating with Rudolf Besier on two of them.Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy: ''The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present Day'' (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 329. Some of her fiction works were filmed. Her work was translated into several languages, including Hungarian and Chinese.OCLC Worldcat IdentitieRetrieved 4 May 2018./ref> Biography Edginton was born on 20 December 1883 in England. She wrote for ''The Royal Magazine'', where she met the editorial staff and also novelist Francis Evans Bailey (died 1962), whom she married in 1912.Oxford ReferencRetrieved 4 May 2018./ref> They had one son, and separated in 1930. She died at 73 in Rondebosch, South Africa, on 17 June 1957. Fiction, plays and films Edginton started to write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prude's Fall
''The Prude's Fall'' is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston and Warwick Ward. The film was shot at Islington Studios, produced by a company that would soon develop into Gainsborough Pictures. It was an adaptation of a play by Rudolph Besier and May Edington with the screenplay written by Alfred Hitchcock. Its German title is ''Seine zweite Frau''. It was also known by the alternative title of ''Dangerous Virtue''. It was not very well regarded. Iris Barry's review in the ''Daily Mail'' ran as follows: "An English picture, not of first-rate quality, but with an interesting cast."''Daily Mail'', 23 November 1925, p. 6. Cast * Jane Novak as Beatrice Audley * Julanne Johnston as Sonia Roubetsky * Warwick Ward as Andre le Briquet * Hugh Miller as Marquis de Rocqueville * Gladys Jennings as Laura Westonry * Miles Mander as Sir Neville Moreton * Henry Vibart as Dean Carey * Marie Ault as Mrs Masters ''uncr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Deaths
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – '' The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The False Madonna
''The False Madonna'' is a 1931 American drama film directed by Stuart Walker, and written by May Edginton, Ray Harris, and Arthur Kober. The film stars Kay Francis, William "Stage" Boyd, Conway Tearle, John Breeden, Marjorie Gateson, and Charles D. Brown. The film was released on December 5, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. Plot In a heavy rainy night 2 couples -Dr. Ed Marcy, Tina, Rose and Peter Angel - are brought to the station by a hotel bus. Alone in the cabin, they argue with the one of them, who cheated at cards and whom to blame, that they were thrown out of the hotel. Sometime later the train conductor calls on Dr. Ed Marcy because a woman is seriously ill. Marcy refuses first, saying he didn't practice since long, but as the train conductor insists he goes to the cabin of the lady. He finds out, that she was going to see her son Philipp Bellows in New York, whom she hadn't seen for fourteen years and who inherited $10,000,000 from her estranged ex-husband. The woman di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joy Girl
''The Joy Girl'' is a 1927 American two-strip Technicolor silent comedy film directed by Allan Dwan, released by Fox Film Corporation, starring Olive Borden, Neil Hamilton, and Marie Dressler, and based on the short story of the same name by May Edginton. Plot Jewel Courage (Borden) rejects a suitor (Hamilton), whom she thinks is a chauffeur, in favor of a man she thinks is a millionaire. It transpires that the roles were, in fact, reversed; Hamilton is the millionaire and the other man a chauffeur. Jewel is crushed, but manages to do well for herself in business, until the real millionaire and she find themselves reconciled. Cast *Olive Borden as Jewel Courage * Neil Hamilton as John Jeffrey Fleet * Marie Dressler as Mrs. Heath * Mary Alden as Mrs. Courage *William Norris as Herbert Courage * Helen Chandler as Flora *Jerry Miley as Vicary *Frank Walsh as Hugh Sandman *Clarence Elmer as Valet *Peggy Kelly as Isolde *Jimmy Grainger Jr. as Chauffeur *Betty Byrne (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Husband's Secret
''Her Husband's Secret'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Antonio Moreno, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Ruth Clifford Ruth Clifford (February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998) was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from that era into the television era. Early years Clifford was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the daughter .... Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, tiring of his home life, Leon Kent (McGrail) gives a wild party and his wife leaves with their young son and goes to a neighbor's house. Ross Brewster (Torrence), a banker, sympathizes with her. Kent becomes enraged and, taking the son, leaves home. Twenty-five years later, Brewster and Mrs. Kent, although they have never married, maintain a beautiful friendship. Brewster's daughter Judy (Miller) returns home bringing her fiancé Elliot Owen (Moreno). Brewster's knowledge of men enables him to read Owen's character. Owen confess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumph (1924 Film)
''Triumph'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Leatrice Joy. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Anna Land is forewoman of the Garnet Can Works, controlled by William Silver, one of the late owner's sons. Another son, King Garnet, is destitute. Anna's ambition is to be a singer. King extorts $1,000 from Silver and aids Anna in making her debut, which is a success. Silver sends Anna abroad and follows her. She loses her voice as a result of an injury in a fire. King takes a job in the factory and works his way up. On Silver's return, he finds King has obtained control of the company. King makes Silver manager. The latter, knowing Anna really loves his brother, gives her up to King. Cast Production DeMille fell out with Adolph Zukor, one of the heads of Famous Players-Lasky, over the production costs of ''The Ten Commandments'' (1923). He completed ''Triumph'' and '' Feet of Clay'' (1924) before he departed Paramount to le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creation (1922 Film)
''Creation'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Humberston Wright and starring Dorothy Fane, Frank Dane and Simeon Stuart. It is based on the novel ''The Man Who Dared'' by May Edginton.Goble p.143 Cast * Dorothy Fane as Zena Hammond * Frank Dane as Faux Evermore * Simeon Stuart as Dr. Ganally * William Freshman * Kate Gurney Kate name may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kate (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Gyula Káté (born 1982), Hungarian amateur boxer * Lauren Kate (born 1981), American autho ... * Raleigh King * Thelma Murray * Beryl Norton References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films British drama films British silent feature films Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lying Lips (1921 Film)
''Lying Lips'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring House Peters, Florence Vidor, and Joseph Kilgour. Produced by the independent producer Thomas H. Ince for the short-lived Associated Producers company, the film was a financial success, grossing $446,000 against a budget of $263,000. It is based on a story by the British writer May Edginton. Synopsis An English aristocrat, Nancy Abbott, is engaged to be married to William Chase, but before her wedding she visits Canada where she falls in love with Blair Cornwall, a rancher. On her return to London, she faces the difficulty of reconciling her love against fears of hardship. Cast * House Peters as Blair Cornwall * Florence Vidor as Nancy Abbott * Joseph Kilgour as William Chase * Margaret Livingston as Lelia Dodson * Margaret Campbell as Mrs. Abbott * Edith Murgatroyd as Mrs. Prospect * Calvert Carter as Horace Prospect * Emmett King Emmett Carleton King (May 31, 1865 – Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julanne Johnston
Julanne Johnston (May 1, 1900 – December 26, 1988) was an American silent film actress. Biography Johnston was born and educated in Indianapolis, Indiana, then her family moved to Hollywood. There she took dancing lessons at the Denishawn School and acted with the Hollywood Community Theatre for two years. She also attended the Hollywood School for Girls. Johnston began her career as a solo dancer and toured with Ruth St. Denis during summer vacations from school. In 1924, she was selected to be a WAMPAS Baby Star. Douglas Fairbanks saw Johnston dance in a theater before the premiere of his film ''Robin Hood'', and this exposure resulted in his signing her to be the leading lady in '' The Thief of Bagdad'', with Anna May Wong in 1924. The same year, she was on William Randolph Hearst's yacht the '' Oneida'' during the weekend in November 1924 when film director and producer Thomas Ince later died of apparent heart failure (many conspiracy theories exist about Ince's dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
