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Ray Lovell
Raymond Lovell (13 April 1900 – 1 October 1953) was a Canadian-born actor who performed in British films. He mainly played supporting roles, often somewhat pompous characters. Lovell initially trained as a physician at Cambridge University, but gave up medicine for the stage in the 1920s. Criterion DVD commentary for '' 49th Parallel'' by Bruce Eder. On stage he appeared as Henry VIII in ''The Queen Who Kept Her Head''. In 1941 he starred in Vernon Sylvaine's ''Warn That Man!'', then reprised his role for the 1943 film adaptation. Lovell married Margot Ruddock, an actress, singer and poet, with whom he had a daughter, Simone Lovell. This relationship broke down when Ruddock began an affair with W. B. Yeats in 1934, the year her daughter was born. In 1947 he married Tamara Desni; they divorced in 1951. Selected filmography * '' Love, Life and Laughter'' (1934) – Saville (uncredited) * ''Warn London'' (1934) – Prefect * ''The Third Clue'' (1934) – Robinson – Butler * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madness Of The Heart
''Madness of the Heart'' is a 1949 British drama film directed by Charles Bennett and starring Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis and Kathleen Byron. Plot summary Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight while he is gone. Given no hope of recovery, she enters a convent and quickly finds that she has no vocation for life in a nunnery. She finally marries Paul, but encounters strong opposition from Verite Faimont, a neighbour who is very fond of Paul. The latter constantly plots against Lydia and is successful in temporarily breaking up the marriage, but can a miracle of restored vision be seen? Cast * Margaret Lockwood as Lydia Garth * Paul Dupuis as Paul de Vandiere * Kathleen Byron as Verite Faimont * Maxwell Reed as Joseph Rondolet * Thora Hird as Rosa * Raymond Lovell as Comte de Vandiere * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Life And Laughter (1934 Film)
''Love, Life and Laughter'' is a 1934 British comedy drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, John Loder and Ivor Barnard Ivor Barnard (13 June 1887 – 30 June 1953) was an English stage, radio and film actor. He was an original member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, where he was a notable Shylock and Caliban. He was the original Water Rat in the first L .... Plot summary Nell, the daughter of an English pub owner falls in love with the visiting Prince of Granau. Cast References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Perry, George. ''Forever Ealing''. Pavilion Books, 1994. * Sutton, David R. ''A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929-1939''. University of Exeter Press, 2000. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1934 films British romantic comedy-drama films British musical comedy-drama films British romantic mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Lives (film)
''Secret Lives'' is a 1937 British war drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton and Raymond Lovell. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent Phoenix Films.Wood p.92 The screenplay concerns a young woman who is recruited into the French secret service. The film is also known by the alternative title of ''I Married a Spy''. Plot At the outbreak of the First World War a young German-born woman living in Paris is interned and then recruited into the French secret service for operations against Germany. Cast * Brigitte Horney as Lena Schmidt * Neil Hamilton as Lt. Pierre de Montmalion * Raymond Lovell as German Secret Service Chief * Charles Carson as Henri * Ivor Barnard as Baldhead * Frederick Lloyd as French Secret Service Chief * Leslie Perrins as J 14 * Gyles Isham as Franz Abel * Hay Petrie as Robert Pigeon * Ben Field as Karl Schmidt * Ralph Truman Ralph du Vergier Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gypsy Melody
''Gypsy Melody'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Lupe Vélez, Alfred Rode and Jerry Verno. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.90 The sets were designed by art director John Mead. The film was a remake of the 1935 French film '' Juanita''. Synopsis Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved. Cast * Lupe Vélez as Mila * Alfred Rode as Captain Eric Danilo * Jerry Verno as Madame Beatrice * Raymond L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair Exchange (film)
''Fair Exchange'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Patric Knowles, Raymond Lovell and Cecil Humphreys. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.90 Cast * Patric Knowles as Tony Meredith * Roscoe Ates as Elmer Goodge * Isla Bevan as Elsie Randall * Raymond Lovell as Sir Reeves Willoughby * Cecil Humphreys as Matthew Randall * Louis Goodrich as James Meredith * Morland Graham Morland Graham (8 August 1891 – 8 April 1949) was a British film actor. Graham had a career on the stage spanning over 35 years. He was known as a character actor, but also wrote a one act comedy, ''C'est la Guerre'', which was first perf ... as Dr. Franz Schmidt References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not So Dusty (1936 Film)
''Not So Dusty'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Wally Patch, Gus McNaughton and Muriel George. The screenplay concerns two London rubbish collectors who come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. The film was made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames. It was remade in 1956 starring Leslie Dwyer and Bill Owen. Cast * Wally Patch as Dusty Gray * Gus McNaughton as Nobby Clark * Muriel George as Mrs. Clark * Philip Ray as Dan Stevens * John Singer as Johnny Clark * Isobel Scaife as Mary * Ethel Griffies as Miss Miller * H. F. Maltby as Mr. Armstrong * Raymond Lovell as Mr. Holding Critical reception Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "good light entertainment of an unsuphisticated type...in the (comic) music hall tradition...(with) the Cockney Cockney is an accent and dialect of English, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by working-class and lower midd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaol Break
''Gaol Break'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ince, Basil Gill and Raymond Lovell. It was made as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.86 Cast * Ralph Ince as Jim Oakley * Pat Fitzpatrick as Mickie Oakley * Basil Gill as Dr. Walter Merkin * Raymond Lovell as Duke * Lorna Hubbard as Daisy Oakley * Roy Findlay as Louie * Elliott Mason as Euphie * Desmond Roberts Desmond Roberts (5 February 1894 – 11 January 1968) was a British stage and film actorLeibfried & Lane p. 105. who also played first-class cricket, 1913–1936, for Surrey. He was born in Hampstead, and died in Eastbourne. Partial filmograph ... as Paul Kendall 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troubled Waters (1936 Film)
''Troubled Waters'' is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Albert Parker and starring James Mason, Virginia Cherrill, Alastair Sim, Raymond Lovell and Sam Wilkinson. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Fox Film. Premise A government agent (James Mason) exposes smugglers in a British town with a dwindling spring mineral water business. Cast *Alastair Sim as Mac MacTavish *Virginia Cherrill as June Elkhardt * James Mason as John Merriman *Raymond Lovell as Carter *Bellenden Powell as Dr Garthwaite - * Sam Wilkinson as Lightning * Peter Popp as Timothy Golightly *W.T. Ellwanger as Ezra Elkhardt Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corpora ...'' gave the film two out of four stars, and wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of The Damned
''King of the Damned'' is a 1935 British prison film directed by Walter Forde and starring Conrad Veidt, Helen Vinson, Noah Beery and Cecil Ramage. Plot summary Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor pushes him to lead a revolt. Cast * Conrad Veidt - Convict 83 * Helen Vinson - Anna Fernandez * Noah Beery - Convict 98 * Cecil Ramage - Major Montez * Edmund Willard - The Greek * Percy Parsons - Lumberjack * Peter Croft - Boy convict * Raymond Lovell - Captain Torres * C. M. Hallard - Commandant * Allan Jeayes - Doctor Prada * Percy Walsh - Captain Perez * Gibson Gowland Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 – 9 September 1951) was an English film actor. Biography Gowland was born in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 ... - Priest Production To avoid the usual French protests on films depicting Devil's Island, the producers gave all locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someday (1935 Film)
''Someday'' is a 1935 British romance film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Esmond Knight and Margaret Lockwood. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by I. A. R. Wylie. The film is one of eleven quota quickies directed by Powell between 1931 and 1936 of which no print is known to survive. It is not held in the BFI National Archive, and is classed as "missing, believed lost". It was an early role for Margaret Lockwood. Plot Curley (Knight) is a lift operator in a block of exclusive London apartments. Emily (Lockwood) is a cleaning-girl with a client, Canley (Henry Mollison), in the block, and she and Curley are attracted to one another and long to be married, but their poor economic prospects stand in the way. Emily has to spend some days in hospital, and Curley wants to treat her when she returns. He decides to prepare her a special dinner, using an apartment belonging to a tenant who is away on business and has entrusted Curley with a key to keep an eye on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexton Blake And The Mademoiselle
''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Alex Bryce and starring George Curzon as Sexton Blake. Premise Blake must discover who has stolen from a wealthy financier – and discovers a mysterious woman behind the crime. Cast * George Curzon as Sexton Blake *Lorraine Grey as Mademoiselle Roxanne *Tony Sympson as Tinker * Edgar Norfolk as Inspector Thomas * Raymond Lovell as Captain * Ian Fleming as Henry Norman * Vincent Holman as Carruthers * Wilson Coleman as Pierre Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or t ...'' called it "A likable film with the enjoyable Curzon again tackling his Sexton Blake role." References External links * 1935 films British crime films 1935 crime films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Unlimited
''Crime Unlimited'' is a 1935 British crime film that was made as a Quota quickie. It was directed by Ralph Ince. The film marked the English-language debut of Lilli Palmer. Plot The Merrick gang pull off a diamond robbery and murder a police officer investigating their crimes. A paper with the cryptic writing "AD 1935" is found on the murdered officer's body. Outsmarted by the gang, the police assistant commissioner and Inspector Cardby decide to have Pete Borden, a new recruit who the gang would not know, go undercover and join the gang. When he enters a casino, Natascha is sent to check him out. He pretends to be looking for a fence to sell his stolen jewelry. Reassured, the gang recruits him. Merrick (the gang's mysterious leader who never lets anyone see him face to face) first assigns him to check on Delaney, a crooked bookie. Pete then meets Newell, a lawyer. The gang then installs Pete in a flat; he tosses a note containing the address to a policeman when no one is lookin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |