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On Thin Ice (1933 Film)
''On Thin Ice'' is a 1933 British crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Ursula Jeans, Kenneth Law and Dorothy Bartlam. It was produced as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.268 Cast * Ursula Jeans as Lady Violet * Kenneth Law as Harry Newman * Dorothy Bartlam Dorothy Ezard Bartlam (November 8, 1907 in Goole, Yorkshire – September, 1991 in Bournemouth, Hampshire) was an English actress. Filmography * '' A Woman Redeemed'' (1927) * '' The Fake'' (1927) * '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1928) * '' Not ... as Unidentified Role * Viola Gault as Mabel * Stewart Thompson as Corry * Cameron Carr as Mr Newman References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1933 films 1933 crime films British crime films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard Vorhaus (December 25, 1904 – November 23, 2000) was an American film director of Austrian descent, born in New York City. His father was born in Krakow, then part of Austria-Hungary. Vorhaus spent many decades living in the UK. Eearly in his career, he worked as a screenwriter, and co-produced the film ''The Singing City''. He was Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted in Hollywood for his communism, communist sympathies, and returned to England, where he resumed his career. Known, alongside Michael Powell, for his quota quickies, Vorhaus also worked in Europe. Career The Harvard University graduate, in addition to directing thirty-two films, was also the mentor to future film director David Lean, some of whose work as a film editor early in his career was on Vorhaus pictures. He worked steadily as a screenwriter in Hollywood while in his 20s for such studios as Columbia Pictures and Fox Film, Fox Studios but wanted to direct movies. He eventually decided to move to Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Jeans
Ursula Jean McMinn (5 May 1906 – 21 April 1973), better known as Ursula Jeans, was an English film, stage, and television actress. Biography Jeans was born in Shimla, Simla, British Raj, British India, to English parents, and brought up and educated in London. She was the youngest of three siblings. Her brother Desmond Jeans was a boxer and actor, and her elder sister, Isabel Jeans, Isabel, was also an actress. In 1931 she appeared in Edward Knoblock's ''Grand Hotel (play), Grand Hotel'' at the Adelphi Theatre. Jeans made her stage debut in London in 1922, before joining the cast of the London production of ''The Play's the Thing (play), The Play's the Thing'', an adaptation of Ferenc Molnár's play, ''The Play at the Castle'' by P. G. Wodehouse. The cast included Gerald du Maurier, Ralph Nairn, Henry Daniell (before he went to Hollywood), and Henry Forbes-Robertson. She made her stage debut in New York City, New York in 1933. Her first marriage was to actor Robin Irvine ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Law
Kenneth Law (born 1965) is a Canadian man who was charged with shipping sodium nitrite, a potentially lethal substance, to people intending to kill themselves. He was arrested in May 2023 on two counts of counselling or aiding suicide. He was later charged with 14 counts of first-degree murder. By September 2023, he had become a suspect in 120 suicides worldwide, including 88 in the United Kingdom alone. Law, however, is not being prosecuted outside of Ontario. Sodium nitrite is also a food preservative and is not inherently illegal, but is harmful to humans in large enough quantities. Law has admitted to selling the substance but argues that he had "no control" over what his customers did with his products and thus has not committed a crime. As of 2024, Law is pleading not guilty. Early life and career Law was born in 1965. On his resume, he wrote that he was an engineering graduate from the University of Toronto and that he also enrolled in an Master of Business Administration, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Bartlam
Dorothy Ezard Bartlam (November 8, 1907 in Goole, Yorkshire – September, 1991 in Bournemouth, Hampshire) was an English actress. Filmography * ''A Woman Redeemed'' (1927) * ''The Fake (1927 film), The Fake'' (1927) * ''A Little Bit of Fluff (1928 film), A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1928) * ''Not Quite a Lady'' (1928) * ''Afterwards (1928 film), Afterwards'' (1928) * ''The Flying Squad (1929 film), The Flying Squad'' (1929) * ''The Ringer (1931 film), The Ringer'' (1931) * ''Fascination (1931 film), Fascination'' (1931) * ''Stranglehold (1931 film), Stranglehold'' (1931) * ''Tin Gods (1932 film), Tin Gods'' (1931) * ''The Love Race'' (1931) * ''Her Night Out'' (1932) * ''Watch Beverly'' (1932) * ''Fires of Fate (1932 film), Fires of Fate'' (1932) * ''On Thin Ice (1933 film), On Thin Ice'' (1933) * ''The Fear Ship'' (1933) * ''The Jewel (1933 film), The Jewel'' (1933) * ''Up for the Derby'' (1933) * ''Call Me Mame'' (1933) References External links * 1907 births 1991 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Cross (cinematographer)
Eric Cross (31 May 1902 in London – 1 March 2004 in Middlesex) was an English cinematographer. Selected filmography * '' The Flaw'' (1933) * '' The Lure'' (1933) * ''Money for Speed'' (1933) * '' On Thin Ice'' (1933) * ''The Laughter of Fools'' (1933) * ''The Way of Youth'' (1934) * ''Death Drives Through'' (1935) * '' Song of Freedom'' (1936) * ''The Bank Messenger Mystery'' (1936) * '' Strange Cargo'' (1936) * ''Make-Up'' (1937) * ''Splinters in the Air'' (1937) * ''Mr. Reeder in Room 13'' (1938) * ''Ships with Wings'' (1941) * ''The Man at the Gate'' (1941) * '' The Black Sheep of Whitehall'' (1942) * '' Don't Take It to Heart'' (1944) * '' Chance of a Lifetime'' (1950) * '' The Dark Man'' (1951) * '' Hunted'' (1952) * '' Private Information'' (1952) * ''Escape Route'' (1952) * '' Glad Tidings'' (1953) * ''Death Goes to School'' (1953) * '' Tiger by the Tail'' (1955) * ''Fun at St. Fanny's'' (1956) * ''Private's Progress'' (1956) * '' The One That Got Away'' (1957) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quota Quickie
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928. Description The act introduced a requirement for British cinemas to show a quota of British films for a duration of 10 years. Its supporters believed that it would promote the emergence of a vertically integrated film industry, with production, distribution and exhibition infrastructure controlled by the same companies. As the vertically integrated American film industry had rapid growth in the years immediately following the end of World War I, the intention was to counter Hollywood's perceived economic and cultural dominance by promoting similar business practices among British studios, distributors and cinema chains. By creating an obligatory market-section for British films, it was hoped that the increased economic activity in the prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola Gault
; german: Bratsche , alt=Viola shown from the front and the side , image=Bratsche.jpg , caption= , background=string , hornbostel_sachs=321.322-71 , hornbostel_sachs_desc=Composite chordophone sounded by a bow , range= , related= *Violin family (violin, cello, double bass) * List of violists , articles= , sound sample = The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth above) and the cello (which is tuned an octave below). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4. In the past, the viola varied in size and style, as did its names. The word viola originates from the Italian language. The Italians often used the term viola da braccio meaning literally: 'of the arm'. "Brazzo" was another Italian word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Carr (actor)
Cameron Carr (1876–1944) was an English actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * ''The Woman Wins'' (1918) * ''Nature's Gentleman'' (1918) * ''A Great Coup'' (1919) * ''The Soul of Guilda Lois'' (1919) * ''A Daughter of Eve'' (1919) * '' The Gentleman Rider'' (1919) * '' Under Suspicion'' (1919) * ''Trent's Last Case'' (1920) * '' Her Son'' (1920) * ''The Romance of a Movie Star'' (1920) * ''A Rank Outsider'' (1920) * ''The Imperfect Lover'' (1921) * ''The Penniless Millionaire'' (1921) * '' The Loudwater Mystery'' (1921) * '' Fox Farm'' (1922) * '' A Maid of the Silver Sea'' (1922) * ''Boy Woodburn'' (1922) * '' The Scarlet Lady'' (1922) * ''Son of Kissing Cup'' (1922) * '' The Uninvited Guest'' (1923) * '' Out to Win'' (1923) * '' The Stirrup Cup Sensation '' (1924) * ''The Gay Corinthian'' (1924) * ''The Great Well'' (1924) * ''The Notorious Mrs. Carrick'' (1924) * ''The House of Marney'' (1926) * ''Poppies of Flanders'' (1927) * ''The Rolling Road'' (1927) * '' The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Films
The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1933 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading news events of the year in North America. * Motion picture industry goes under National Recovery Administration code. * Receivers appointed for Paramount Publix, RKO and Fox Theatres. * Film industry takes eight week salary cut. * Sirovich bill for sweeping probe of film industry is defeated. * John D. Hertz withdraws as Paramount Publix finance chairman and Adolph Zukor appoints George J. Schaefer as general manager. * Sidney Kent effects financial reorganization of Fox Film Corp., averting receivership, and company shows first profit since 1930. * Ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware creates "open market" for sound equipment. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Crime Films
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the Germ ... [...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] |
