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Return Of The Frog
''The Return of the Frog'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gordon Harker, Hartley Power and Rene Ray. It is a sequel to the 1937 film ''The Frog'', and was based on the 1929 novel '' The India-Rubber Men'' by Edgar Wallace. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios. The film's plot concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog. Cast * Gordon Harker as Inspector Elk * Hartley Power as 'Chicago Dale' Sandford * Rene Ray as Lela Oaks * Cyril Smith as Maggs * Charles Lefeaux as Golly Oaks * Una O'Connor as Mum Oaks * Meinhart Maur as 'Dutchy' Alkmann * George Hayes as Dandy Lane * Charles Carson as Chief Commissioner * Aubrey Mallalieu as Banker * Alexander Field as Sniffy Offer * Philip Godfrey as Number 39 * Patrick Holt as Cadet with Question * David Keir as Number 23 * Norman Pierce as Policeman * George Street as Waiter * Charles Victor as Customer in Night Club Critical reception ''Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He also produced more than fifty films - his own as well as films directed by others.Rachael Low:''The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918'' Linked 2015-03-18 Biography Born William Seward Folkard in Stockton-on-Tees, he ran away from home at the age of nine, seeking his fortune i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Smith (actor)
Cyril Edward Bruce-Smith (4 April 1892 – 5 March 1963) was a Scottish actor who began his career as a child in 1900 and went on to appear in numerous stage plays as well as over 100 films between 1914 and his death almost 50 years later. The son of Frederick and Elsa Smith; his mother travelled with him on his engagements during his boyhood. Career Smith first became known as a child stage actor in 1900, and by the age of 13 in 1905, he travelled to New York to appear as Cosmo in a production of the J. M. Barrie play ''Alice-Sit-By-The Fire'', opposite Ethel Barrymore; at the time, ''The New York Times'' hailed him as "one of the best-known child actors in England". Smith's film career began in 1914 in the Wilfred Noy-directed ''Old St. Paul's'' and he appeared in almost 20 other silent films of the 1910s and 1920s before making the transition to sound. From the early 1930s until his death, he featured in dozens of films ranging from the quota quickies of the 1930s and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Crime Films
Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Films
Events January * January 1 ** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime. ** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Safinaz Zulficar, who becomes Queen Farida, in Cairo. * January 27 – The Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York, collapses as a result of an ice jam. February * February 4 ** Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military. In addition, he dismisses political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies. General Werner von Fritsch is forced to resign as Commander of Chief of the German Army following accusations of homosexuality, and replaced by General Walther von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become ''TV Guide Magazine'' was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities. In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Victor
Charles Victor (10 February 1896 – 23 December 1965) was a British actor who appeared in many film and television roles between 1931 and 1965. He was born Charles Victor Harvey. Born in Southport, Lancashire, England, Victor was a fourth-generation English music hall entertainer. He left school when he was 15 to team with his father in a song-and-dance act for five years. After leaving that act, he briefly worked with his brother in an automobile agency before going into English musical comedy. In 1929, he joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, which was headed by Barry Jackson, and stayed with it for 10 years. Victor appeared in just over 100 films between 1938 and 1966. The size and importance of his roles varied greatly. For example, in 1957 he played the lead role, with top billing, in the comedy ''There's Always a Thursday'', whilst in the same year he had a bit part in the biopic '' After the Ball''. Late in life, Victor toured internationally in the role of Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Pierce
Norman Pierce (5 September 1900 – 22 March 1968) was a British actor. He was born in Southport, Lancashire. He died in Helions Bumpstead, Essex, England on 22 March 1968 at the age of 67. He played pub landlords and barmen in a number of different films. His West End stage roles included Frank Harvey's '' Brighton Rock'' and Ronald Millar's '' Waiting for Gillian''. Selected filmography * ''Number, Please'' (1931, Short) - Inspector * ''Gay Old Dog'' (1935) * '' Can You Hear Me, Mother?'' (1935) - Joe * ''This Green Hell'' (1936) - Willington * '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1936) - Mr. Findlay * ''The Crimes of Stephen Hawke'' (1936) - Landlord * ''To Catch a Thief'' (1936) - (uncredited) * ''Everything Is Thunder'' (1936) - Hans * '' Busman's Holiday'' (1937) - Crook * ''Brief Ecstasy'' (1937) - Landlord * '' The Ticket of Leave Man'' (1937) - Maltby * ''Second Best Bed'' (1938) - Torceston Magistrate (uncredited) * ''Special Edition'' (1938) - Aik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Keir
David Keir (1884–1971) was a British film actor, who also appeared on stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Sta .... Selected filmography References External links * 1884 births 1971 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors 20th-century British male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Holt
Patrick Holt (31 January 1912 – 12 October 1993) was an English film and television actor. Biography Born Patrick G. Parsons in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Holt spent some of his childhood in India with his uncle, after which he was sent to Christ's Hospital, a famous charity school in Britain. Here he formed a close friendship with a boy in the same boarding house, the future film star Michael Wilding. He started his acting career in repertory theatres, and in 1939, landed a leading part on the London stage, but when the Second World War broke out he joined the army. His army service saw him in Burma, Singapore and India, often on secret missions behind enemy lines, and he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Career After the war, he joined the J. Arthur Rank charm school and after supporting roles in films such as ''Hungry Hill'', '' Frieda'' and '' The October Man'' (all 1947), steadily established himself as a lead actor in films of the late 1940s, including ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Field (actor)
Alexander Field (1892–1971) was an English film 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 ... and television actor. Career Alexander Field first appeared on stage at the London Palladium in 1912 and in the following year at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester, Gaiety Theatre in Manchester. He joined ''Ben Greet, Sir Philip Ben Greet's'' Shakespearian productions and remained with them for some time. Field also played in some silent pictures before the First World War. He served in the war and, after demobilisation, he continued his stage and film careers. His stage work included a role in the original production of R.C. Sherriff's ''Journey's End'', directed by James Whale, at the Apollo Theatre in 1928. Partial filmography * ''The Crooked Billet'' (1929) * ''Call of the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a well-known stage comedian, and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith. He had a sister called Polly who corresponded with Lewis Carroll in the 1890s. He adopted the stage name of Aubrey early in his acting career. Information is scant on Mallalieu's pre-film career, but he is believed to have had a lengthy stage career before making the move into films. Archive sources available in New Zealand indicate that he spent a considerable number of years touring with stage companies in that country and Australia in the 1900s and 1910s. In December 1912 Mallalieu was touring Australia with Leal Douglas in a piece called “Feed the Brute”.Public Notices in ''Townsville Daily Bulletin'', 11 December 1912, p. 1; “Direct from Harry Rickards's Theatres. AU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Carson (actor)
Charles Carson (16 August 1885 – 5 August 1977) was a British actor. A civil engineer before taking to the stage in 1919, his theatre work included directed plays for ENSA during WWII. Selected filmography * ''The Loves of Ariane'' (1931) – The Professor * '' Dreyfus'' (1931) – Col. Picquart * ''Many Waters'' (1931) – Henry Delauney * '' The Chinese Puzzle'' (1932) – Armand de Rochecorbon * ''Monsieur Albert'' (1932) – Mr. Robertson * '' Men of Tomorrow'' (1932) – Senior Proctor * ''Leap Year'' (1932) – Sir Archibald Mallard * '' There Goes the Bride'' (1932) – M. Marquand (uncredited) * '' Marry Me'' (1932) – Korten * ''The Blarney Stone'' (1933) – Sir Arthur * ''The Shadow'' (1933) – Sir Edward Hulme KC * ''The Perfect Flaw'' (1934) – Henry Kearns * ''Trouble in Store'' (1934, short) – Sanderson * ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934) – Roger Mayland * '' The Broken Melody'' (1934) – Colonel Dubonnet * '' No Escape'' (1934) – Mr. Arnold * '' Blossom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
