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Rex Davis
Captain Reginald Graham Davis (7 November 1890 – 1 December 1951), known as Rex Davis, was a British soldier, silent film actor and sportsman. Biography Davis was born in Keymer, Sussex, in 1890. According to one source, he got his start in films because he was a good amateur boxer. He also played field hockey for the Richmond Hockey Club. Davis had done several movies by the time the First World War broke out in August 1914. In July 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty." He was the Conservative candidate in the by-election of 1932 for Wednesbury, but was defeated by Labour politician John Banfield. Davis stayed in the military and was promoted to Captain. In the 1943 Birthday Honours, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died in East Wittering, Sussex, in 1951, after a painful illness. Selected filmography * '' The House of Temperley'' (1913) * '' The Fool'' (1913) * '' For Her People'' (1914 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keymer
Keymer is a village in Hassocks civil parish, in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2116 road south of Burgess Hill. Keymer was an ancient parish that like its near neighbour Clayton was merged into the modern day parish of Hassocks. Both Keymer and Clayton's records go back as far as the Domesday Book. Keymer is situated just to the east of Hassocks and is only a matter of a few hundred yards from the boundary with East Sussex. It has a fine parish church, St Cosmas and St Damian Church. The oldest part of Keymer can be found in the area of this church and the Greyhound public house. Several buildings in this area are listed as being of special architectural or historic interest and the oldest dates from the 15th century. To the north-east of Keymer can be found Oldland Mill dating from the 18th century. It is one of the few remaining post mills still standing in the South East The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won By A Head
''Won by a Head'' is a 1920 British silent sports film directed by Percy Nash and starring Rex Davis, Frank Tennant and Vera Cornish. It was set in the horseracing world. Cast * Rex Davis as Chester Lawton * Frank Tennant as Milton Bell * Vera Cornish as Phyllis Reid * Wallace Bosco as Jim Kort * Douglas Payne * J. Edwards Barker * Madge Tree Madge Tree (1875–1947) was a British actress of the silent era. She was born in West Derby, Liverpool and died in Paddington, London. Selected filmography * '' Hard Times'' (1915) * '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1917) * ''The Garden of Resurr ... References External links * 1920 films 1920s sports films British silent feature films British horse racing films Films directed by Percy Nash British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent sports films {{sport-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Deaths
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through the Nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motherland (1927 Film)
''Motherland'' is a 1927 British silent war film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Rex Davis, Eva Moore and James Knight. The film was made at Isleworth Studios. It is set during the First World War. It aimed to copy the success of the series of war films released by British Instructional Films, but critical reaction was negative.Low p.141 Cast * Rex Davis - The Lonely Soldier * Eva Moore - Mrs. Edwards * James Knight - Private Tom Edwards * Dorinea Shirley - The Stranger * Alec Alexander - Lance Corporal Ikey Abrahamson * Peggy Carlisle - Betty * Lena Halliday - Mrs. Vibart * A. Harding Steerman A. Harding Steerman (21 November 1863 – 1947) was an English actor. He is sometimes credited as Harding Steerman. He was born Alfred Harding Treeby Stalman in St Pancras, London and died in Plymouth, Devon. Selected filmography * '' Iron Just ... - Alexander Vibart * Russell Gorton - Captain Roger Vibart * Marjorie Spiers - Grace Edwards * Maurice Redstone - Issy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Mother's Son (film)
''Every Mother's Son'' is a 1926 British drama film directed by Robert Cullen and starring Rex Davis, Moore Marriott and Frederick Cooper. at bfi.org.uk Cast * - David Brent * Frederick Cooper - Tony Browning * - Janet Shaw * - Nobby * Alf Goddard - Bully * |
Married Love (film)
''Married Love'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Rex Davis and Sydney Fairbrother. It was also known by the alternative titles ''Married Life'' and ''Maisie's Marriage''. The film was loosely based on the 1918 non-fiction book '' Married Love'' by Marie Stopes. Cast * Lillian Hall-Davis as Maisie Burrows * Rex Davis as Dick Reading * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Burrows * Sam Livesey as Mr. Burrows * Roger Livesey as Henry Burrows * Mary Brough as Mrs. Reading * Bert Darley Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Son ... as Mr. Sterling * Gladys Harvey as Mrs. Sterling References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links *''Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knockout (1923 Film)
''The Knockout'' is a 1923 British silent sports film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Rex Davis and Josephine Earle. Cast * Lillian Hall-Davis as Polly Peach * Rex Davis as Billy Berks * Josephine Earle as Lady Clare * Tom Reynolds as Manager * Julian Royce as Guy Ballinger * Mickey Brantford Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager . Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ... as Scout References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1923 films 1920s sports films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Alexander Butler British boxing films British black-and-white films 1920s British films {{sport-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Couple Of Down And Outs
''A Couple of Down and Outs'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Edna Best, Rex Davis and George Foley. Production It was made at Isleworth Studios.Harris p.67 The film sought to raise public sympathy for veterans of the First World War struggling in the years of peace as well as animals who had undergone war service. Summers, who had himself served during the conflict, made a number of films using the war as backdrop. Synopsis Danny Creath, an unemployed war veteran, is passing through the docks when sees his old horse 'Jack' being maltreated before it is shipped to Belgium to be turned into horsemeat. They had previously served together in the Royal Horse Artillery, both being wounded in action, and Creath decides to rescue him with the assistance of crowd of passers-by. Pursued by the police he takes shelter in a house where a young woman, reminded of her own brother who was killed during the war, helps him to escape. Cast * Edna Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion's Mouse
''The Lion's Mouse'' ( nl, De leeuw en de muis) is a 1923 British-Dutch silent crime film directed by Oscar Apfel. Cast * Wyndham Standing as Dick Sands * Mary Odette as Mouse * Rex Davis as Justin O'Reilly * Marguerite Marsh as Olga Beverley * Carl Tobi as Stephen * as murderer * Willem van der Veer * Roy Travers * Cor Smits Cor or COR may refer to: People * Cor people, an ethnic group of Vietnam * Cor (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jon Cor (born 1984), a Canadian actor Places * Cor, Templeport Cor () is a townland in the civil parish o ... References External links * 1923 films British silent feature films Dutch silent feature films British black-and-white films Dutch black-and-white films 1923 crime films Films directed by Oscar Apfel Films based on British novels Dutch crime films Films based on works by Alice Williamson {{Netherlands-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crimson Circle (1922 Film)
''The Crimson Circle'' is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Clifton Boyne, Fred Groves (actor), Fred Groves and Robert English (actor), Robert English. The film was an adaptation of the 1922 novel ''The Crimson Circle (novel), The Crimson Circle'' by Edgar Wallace. A German-British version of novel, ''The Crimson Circle (1929 film), The Crimson Circle'' (1929), was filmed in both a silent and Phonofilm sound-on-film version. Plot Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle. Selected cast * Clifton Boyne as Derrick Yale * Fred Groves (actor), Fred Groves as Inspector Parr * Robert English (actor), Robert English as Felix Marl * Lawford Davidson as Raphael Willings * Rex Davis as Jack Beardmore * Sidney Paxton as Harvey Froyant * Harry J. Worth as Superintendent * Eva Moore as Aunt Prudence * Norma Whalley as Kitty Froyant * Madge Stuart as Thalia Drummond * Mary Odette References External links *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Sorts And Conditions Of Men
''All Sorts and Conditions of Men'' is a 1921 British silent film, silent drama film directed by Georges Tréville and starring Renee Kelly, Rex Davis and James Lindsay (actor), James Lindsay. It was based on the 1882 novel ''All Sorts and Conditions of Men (novel), All Sorts and Conditions of Men'' by Walter Besant. Cast * Renee Kelly - Angela Messenger * Rex Davis - Harry le Briton * James Lindsay (actor), James Lindsay - Lord Jocelyn * Mary Brough - Landlady References External links * 1921 films British drama films British silent feature films 1921 drama films Ideal Film Company films Films based on British novels British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
