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Robert English (actor)
Robert English was a British actor born 2 December 1878 (though IBDB gives the year as 1874). Robert English was born in Cheltenham, Gloucester, England, UK. He served in the South African War and also in World War I. He held the D.S.O. and Croix de Guerre and retired as Lieutenant Colonel, which helped him play military roles in a number of films. He played rugby (he was six feet two inches) and was in the Gloucester County cricket team. In 1920 he started work in British silent films and later went on to talkies. He died on 18 August 1941 in London. Partial filmography * ''The Fruitful Vine'' (1921) * ''The Four Feathers'' (1921) * '' The Broken Road'' (1921) * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1922) * '' Stable Companions'' (1922) * '' A Lost Leader'' (1922) * '' The Truants'' (1922) * ''Guy Fawkes'' (1923) * '' Out to Win'' (1923) * ''This Freedom'' (1923) * ''Monte Carlo'' (1925) * ''A Woman Redeemed'' (1927) * ''A Knight in London'' (1929) * ''The American Prisoner'' (1929) * ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBDB
The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. It was conceived and created by Karen Hauser in 1996 and is operated by the Research Department of The Broadway League, a trade association for the North American commercial theatre community. This comprehensive history of Broadway provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre in the 18th century up to today. Details include cast and creative lists for opening night and current day, song lists, awards and other interesting facts about every Broadway production. Other features of IBDB include an extensive archive of photos from past and present Broadway productions, headshots, links to cast recordings on iTunes or Amazon, gross and attendance information. Its mission was to be an interactive, user-friendly, searchable database for League members, journalists, researchers, and Broadway fans. The League recently added Broadway Touring shows to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Freedom
''This Freedom'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Clive Brook Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States ..., and John Stuart. It was based on the novel ''This Freedom'' by A.S.M. Hutchinson. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a woman, who learned as a child that man's power was too dominating, strikes out in search of independence. She rears a family as a business women, leaving the children to a governess. Her formula backfires and the fallacy of her ideas is the climax. Cast References External links * * 1923 films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Denison Clift 1923 drama films Ideal Film Company films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Song Of The Road
''The Song of the Road'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Bransby Williams, Ernest Butcher and Muriel George. It was made at Shepperton Studios Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England, with a history dating back to 1931. It is now part of the Pinewood Studios Group. During its early existence, the studio was branded as Sound City (not to be confused w .... It was made as a supporting feature. Like Baxter's earlier ''The Song of the Plough'' (1933) the film examines the effect of modern technology on traditional working practices in the countryside.Chibnall p.123 Synopsis After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way. Cast References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Small Leaves Town
''Sam Small Leaves Town'', is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Stanley Holloway, June Clyde and Fred Conyngham. It was made at Highbury Studios in London and released as a quota quickie by the independent British Screen Service.Chibnall p.296 Location shooting took place in Skegness in Lincolnshire. It is also known by the alternative title ''It's Sam Small Again'',. Premise In order to win a bet a famous actor leaves London and goes to work incognito in a holiday camp. Cast * Stanley Holloway as Richard Manning * June Clyde as Sally Elton * Fred Conyngham as Jimmy West * Harry Tate as Camper * Johnnie Schofield Johnnie William Schofield (10 March 1889 – 9 September 1955) was a British actor, known for '' The Middle Watch'' (1948), ''Tawny Pipit'' (1944) and '' Melody of My Heart'' (1936). Early life John William Schofield was born on 10 March 1889 i ... as Sam Small * James Craven as Steve Watt * Robert English as Robert Harrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo (1937 Film)
Waterloo most commonly refers to: * Battle of Waterloo, a battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat * Waterloo, Belgium, where the battle took place. Waterloo may also refer to: Other places Antarctica *King George Island (South Shetland Islands), known in Russian as Ватерло́о ('Vaterloo') Australia *Waterloo, New South Wales *Waterloo, Queensland *Waterloo, South Australia *Waterloo Bay, now Elliston, South Australia *Waterloo, Victoria *Waterloo, Western Australia Canada *Waterloo, Nova Scotia *Regional Municipality of Waterloo, a region in Ontario **Waterloo, Ontario, a city **Waterloo (electoral district) **Waterloo (provincial electoral district) **Waterloo County, Ontario (1853–1973) *Waterloo, Quebec Hong Kong *Waterloo Road, Hong Kong, a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong New Zealand *Waterloo, New Zealand Sierra Leone *Waterloo, Sierra Leone Suriname *Waterloo, Suriname United Kingdom *Waterloo, Dorset, England *Waterloo, Huddersfield, Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educated Evans (film)
''Educated Evans'' is a 1936 British comedy film, directed by William Beaudine and starring Max Miller. The film, set in the world of horse racing, was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by the prolific Edgar Wallace. It is one of five films starring Miller which is not known to be extant, and is classed as "missing, believed lost". A sequel ''Thank Evans'' was released in 1938; it too is missing. The story was later adapted into a BBC television series '' Educated Evans'' in 1957. The film was made at Teddington Studios, with sets designed by Peter Proud. Plot Cockney racing tipster Evans (Miller) is asked by a nouveau riche and socially aspirant couple to train a racehorse they have bought. The couple know nothing about horse racing, but believe that ownership of a successful racehorse will be their entrée into the high society racing set. Evans does not own a stable, so the horse has to live with him and his two lodgers in an urban mews. He has to keep constantl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of Stamboul
''The Secret of Stamboul'', also known as ''The Spy in White'', is a 1936 British thriller film, taken from the 1935 novel ''The Eunuch of Stamboul'' by Dennis Wheatley, directed by Andrew Marton and starring Valerie Hobson, James Mason and Frank Vosper. It was made at Shepperton Studios. The screenplay concerns a British agent who tries to thwart a revolution. Premise A British agent (Mason) travels to Istanbul ( Stamboul) to try to thwart a revolution. Cast * Valerie Hobson as Tania * Frank Vosper as Kazdim * James Mason as Larry * Kay Walsh as Diana * Peter Haddon as Peter * Laura Cowie as Baroness * Cecil Ramage as Prince Ali * Robert English as Sir George * Emilio Cargher as Renouf * Leonard Sachs Leonard Meyer Sachs (26 September 1909 – 15 June 1990) was a South African-born British actor. Life and career Sachs was born in the town of Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal Colony, present day South Africa. He was Jewish. He emigrated t ... as Arif * And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty Melody
''Guilty Melody'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Don Alcaide, Gitta Alpar and John Loder. It was based on a short story by Hans José Rehfisch. In the film, a British spy falls in love with a singer whose husband is working for the enemy. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent company Franco London Films.Wood p.90 The film's sets were designed by art director Holmes Paul. A separate French-language version ''Disk 413'' was also made. Cast * Don Alcaide as Duke of Mantua * Gitta Alpar as Marguerite Salvini * Arty Ash as Inspector Bartle * Nils Asther as Galloni * Coral Browne as Cecile * Clifford Buckton as Police Inspector * Robert English as Chief Inspector * Ethel Griffies Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods; 26 April 1878 – 9 September 1975) was an English actress of stage, screen, and television. She is remembered for portraying the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's classic '' The Birds'' (1963). S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon For Three (1935 Film)
''Honeymoon for Three'' is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Stanley Lupino, Aileen Marson and Jack Melford. It was made at Ealing Studios.Wood p.86 The film's sets were designed by J. Elder Wills. It was the first film Lupino made after leaving British International Pictures and trying his luck as an independent producer. When returning home drunk from a night out a young man (Lupino) accidentally finds himself in a woman's (Marson) flat where he passes out. Before he make his escape in the morning they are discovered by their parents and a passing policeman and forced to marry. They go through the ceremony but plan to go to California to get a divorce, and set off on their "honeymoon" along with her real fiancée (Melford). However during the journey she gradually begins to change her loathing of him. Cast * Stanley Lupino as Jack Denver * Aileen Marson as Yvonne Daumery * Jack Melford as Raymond Dirk * Robert English as Herbert Denve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commissionaire (film)
''Commissionaire'' is a 1933 British crime film directed by Edward Dryhurst and starring Sam Livesey, Barry Livesey and George Carney. It was shot at Cricklewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by MGM.Chibnall p.271 Plot A Commissionaire is suspected of a robbery committed by his son. Cast * Sam Livesey as Sergeant George Brown * Barry Livesey as Tom Brown * George Carney as Sergeant Ted Seymour * Betty Huntley-Wright as Betty Seymour * Julie Suedo as Thelma Monsell * Robert English as Colonel Gretton * Hannah Jones as Mrs. Brown * Granville Ferrier as Desborough * Georgie Harris as Briggs * Humberston Wright Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor. Filmography * '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916) * '' Thelma'' (1918) * '' The Secre ... as Quartermaster References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Honeymoon Adventure
''A Honeymoon Adventure'' is a 1931 British thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Benita Hume, Peter Hannen and Harold Huth. Written in collaboration by Rupert Downing and Basil Dean, it The film was shot at Beaconsfield Studios. Location shooting, including the railway scenes took place in Scotland. Plot On the wedding day of Peter Martin (Peter Hannen), a brilliant scientist, and Eve Harvey (Benita Hume), Walter Creason (Harold Huth), an agent of a foreign power, learns that Peter has designed a revolutionary electric storage battery and taken the plans and specifications to Scotland to look over on his honeymoon. Creason plots to attend the wedding and follows the couple on their honeymoon in an attempt to discover and steal the plans. Peter receives a telegram from his father-in-law instructing him to return by express train with his plans for an upcoming government conference. Sensing the urgency, he declares that he must return at once, to Eva's dismay. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Prisoner (film)
''The American Prisoner'' is a 1929 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll and Cecil Barry. It was adapted from the 1904 novel '' The American Prisoner'' by Eden Phillpotts. It was originally conceived as a silent film, but was converted into a Talkie in line with widespread practice at British International Pictures during 1928–1929.Low p.117 Premise An American sailor imprisoned on Dartmoor during the American War of Independence manages to escape and fall in love with a local Squire's daughter. Cast *Carl Brisson as Lt. Stark *Madeleine Carroll as Grace Malherb *Cecil Barry as Peter Norcutt * Carl Harbord as Lt. Burnham * A. Bromley Davenport as Squire Malherb *Nancy Price as Lovey Lee * Reginald Fox as Captain Mainwaring *Charles Ashton as Carberry *Harry Terry Harry Terry (born 1887, date of death unknown) was an English stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1900, and appeared in more than 60 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |