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School For Stars
''School for Stars'' is a 1935 British romance film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Fred Conyngham, Jean Gillie and Torin Thatcher. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.285 Cast * Fred Conyngham as Frank Murray * Jean Gillie as Joan Martin * Torin Thatcher as Guy Mannering * Peggy Novak as Phyllis Dawn * Ian Fleming as Sir Geoffrey Hilliard * Frank Birch as Robert Blake * Winifred Oughton as Mrs. Dealtry * Victor Stanley as Bill * Geraldo as Himself, Geraldo * Effie Atherton * Phyllis Calvert * Rosamund Greenwood Rosamund Mary Greenwood (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990. Biography After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s. Her theatre work included st ... References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Racha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donovan Pedelty
Donovan Pedelty (1903–1989) was a British journalist, screenwriter and film director. During the 1930s, Pedelty specialised in making quota quickies with Irish themes. These were generally not well received by critics.Chibnall p.31 Filmography Director * ''School for Stars'' (1935) * '' Flame in the Heather'' (1935) * ''School for Stars'' (1935) * '' The Luck of the Irish'' (1936) * ''The Early Bird'' (1936) * '' Irish and Proud of It'' (1936) * ''Behind Your Back'' (1937) * ''First Night'' (1937) * ''Landslide'' (1937) * ''False Evidence'' (1937) * ''Bedtime Story'' (1938) * ''Murder Tomorrow'' (1938) Screenwriter * '' The Little Damozel'' (1933) * ''That's a Good Girl'' (1933) * '' Seeing Is Believing'' (1934) * '' City of Beautiful Nonsense'' (1935) * '' Brewster's Millions'' (1935) * ''Radio Pirates ''Radio Pirates'', also known as ''Big Ben Calling'', is a 1935 British musical film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Leslie French, Mary Lawson and Enid Stamp- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Stanley
Victor Stanley (1892–1939) was a British film actor. Selected filmography * ''The World, the Flesh, the Devil'' (1932) - Jim Stanger * '' The Iron Stair'' (1933) - Ben * ''The Ghost Camera'' (1933) - Albert Sims * '' Puppets of Fate'' (1933) * ''Timbuctoo'' (1933) - Henry * ''This Week of Grace'' (1933) * '' His Grace Gives Notice'' (1933) - James Roper * ''The House of Trent ''The House of Trent'' is a 1933 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Anne Grey, Wendy Barrie, Moore Marriott and Peter Gawthorne. It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies ...'' (1933) - Spriggs * ''Three Men in a Boat (1933 film), Three Men in a Boat'' (1933) - Cockney * ''The Umbrella (film), The Umbrella'' (1933) - Victor Garnett * ''The Medicine Man (1933 film), The Medicine Man'' (1933) - Bitoff * ''The Four Masked Men'' (1934) - Potter * ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934) - Ship's Steward * ''The Lash (1934 film), The Lash'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Black-and-white 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) * Briton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot At Imperial Studios, Elstree
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 through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British And Dominions Studios 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] |
Quota Quickies
Quota may refer to: Economics * Import quota, a trade restriction on the quantity of goods imported into a country * Market Sharing Quota, an economic system used in Canadian agriculture * Milk quota, a quota on milk production in Europe * Individual fishing quota, a quota on allowable catch Politics *Gender quota (other) *Racial quota, numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting or graduating members of a particular racial group *Ticket quota, directives by police departments for their officers to deliver a predetermined number of summons * Quotas in electoral systems Music and entertainment * ''The Quota'' (Jimmy Heath album) or the title song, 1961 * ''The Quota'' (Red Garland album), an 1973 song. * ''Quota'' (EP), by Eleventyseven, an 2011 song. * Quota (film) - a 2020 Indian film. Other *Disk quota, a limit that restricts disk file system usage in computing * Quota International, a service organization See also * Quotaism Quotaism is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Donovan Pedelty
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 through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s Romance Films
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Romance 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) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Films
The following is an overview of 1935 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The cinema releases of 1935 were highly representative of the early Golden Age period of Hollywood. This period was punctuated by performances from Clark Gable, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the first teaming of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. A significant number of productions also originated in the UK film industry. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 22 – '' The Little Colonel'' premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple * February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial ''The Phantom Empire''. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942. * February 27 – Seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosamund Greenwood
Rosamund Mary Greenwood (12 June 1907 – 15 July 1997) was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990. Biography After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s. Her theatre work included starring in the original West End and Broadway productions of Thornton Wilder's ''The Matchmaker'' in 1954-1957. In a career stretching 60 years, Greenwood's screen work included ''The Prince and the Showgirl'', ''Night of the Demon'', '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''Angels'', ''Crown Court'' and ''A Perfect Spy'', and ''Hallelujah!'' in 1983. Her final role, at the age of 83, came in 1990 when she played a witch in the screen adaptation of Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...'s nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill (née Bickle; 18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002), known professionally as Phyllis Calvert, was an English film, stage and television actress. She was one of the leading stars of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s such as ''The Man in Grey'' (1943) and was one of the most popular movie stars in Britain in the 1940s. She continued her acting career for another 50 years. In the words of an article by Michael Brooke for the BFI's Screenonline website: "Most of the time she drew what looked like the short straw, playing the 'good girl' in films that revelled in the exploits of her wicked opposite number, and it says much for her talent and charisma that she was able to hold attention in what must have seemed thankless parts – she herself acknowledged that 'I do think it is much more difficult to establish a really charming, nice person than a wicked one – and make it real'." Biography Born in Chelsea, London, she trained at the Margaret Morris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
