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Sonny Hale
John Robert Hale-Monro (1 May 1902 – 9 June 1959), known as Sonnie Hale, was an English actor, screenwriter, and director. Early life John Robert Hale-Monro was born in Kensington, London, the son of Belle Reynolds and actor Robert Hale. His sister, Binnie Hale, was also an actress. Hale was educated at Beaumont College."Mr. Sonnie Hale." Times ondon, England10 June 1959: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 19 August 2016. Career He worked chiefly in musical and revue theatre, but also acted in several films with occasional screenwriting or directing credits. He first performed on stage at the London Pavilion in 1921 in the chorus of the revue ''Fun of the Fayre''. A major personal investment in a show to tour the country planned for late 1939 proved financially ruinous due to the outbreak of war and the subsequent closure of most theatres. His slight acquaintance Evelyn Waugh advised him against such an investment. His reply was reported to be the sardonic "War is g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wake Up And Dream (musical)
''Wake Up and Dream'' is a musical revue with a book by John Hastings Turner and music and lyrics by Cole Porter and others. The most famous song from the revue is the Porter standard "What Is This Thing Called Love?" The revue opened in London while Porter's ''Paris'' was still running on Broadway. Producer Charles B. Cochran asked Porter to write the score, even though in their previous dealings Porter had treated him with some discourtesy. Opening on December 30, 1929, the production was the last to open on Broadway in the 1920s. The title later would be used for unrelated films in 1934, 1942 and 1946. Synopsis The show was a revue with 24 sets, 500 costumes, a large international cast, and "a thread of a book." The song "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" (performed in London) had "sensual choreography," and was set in front of a large African idol, with a tom-tom beat with Tilly Losch dancing and Elsie Carlisle singing in torch singer style. The elaborate ballet for the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Heart Is Calling
"My Heart Is Calling" is a song recorded by the American recording artist Whitney Houston for the 1996 film ''The Preacher's Wife''. It was released on June 10, 1997, as the third and final single by Arista Records from the accompanying soundtrack. The song was written and produced solely by Babyface. Musically, the song is an R&B ballad, with gospel music and funk influences, and the lyrics speak about meeting someone special. "My Heart Is Calling" received mainly positive reviews from music critics, who commended Houston's soulful performance. It peaked at number 77 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number 35 on ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Composition "My Heart Is Calling" was written and produced solely by Babyface. It is a moderately paced R&B ballad, composed with "a beat". According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is written in the key of G major. The beat of the song is set in common tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Coeur T'appelle
''My Heart Is Calling You'' (French: ''Mon coeur t'appelle'') is the 1934 French version of a German musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and Serge Véber, written by Ernst Marischka, produced by Arnold Pressburger. The film stars Jan Kiepura, Danielle Darrieux and Lucien Baroux. The music score is by Robert Stolz. Its English (''My Heart is Calling'') and German language (''My Heart Calls You'') versions were filmed simultaneously with different cast members, Marta Eggerth playing Danielle Darrieux's role. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting. It tells the story of a female tenor singer who ends up triumphing to the opera of Paris. Cast * Jan Kiepura as Mario Delmonti * Danielle Darrieux as Nicole Nadin * Lucien Baroux as Rosé - le directeur * Julien Carette as Coq * Charles Dechamps as Arvelle - le directeur de l'Opéra * Bill Bocket * Jeanne Cheirel as La directrice du salon de modes * Colette Darfeuil as Margot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Song For You (film)
''My Song for You'' is a 1934 film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Jan Kiepura. Kiepura sang the title song "My Song for You" written by Mischa Spoliansky and Frank Eyton. The song was released on an EP "Tell Me Tonight" (also a song by Spoliansky and Eyton) in 1957. Plot Arriving in Venice for a production of "Aida", young tenor Ricardo Gatti meets the attractive Mary, who has sneaked into the opera house in an attempt to get her fiancé hired as a pianist. Ricardo invites Mary to tea and she tells her story, describing her fiancé as her "brother". Captivated by her, the tenor uses his influence to obtain the job with the orchestra. However, filled with guilt at her deception, Mary breaks off her engagement and consents instead to marry her parents' choice, a wealthy society man. But just before the wedding, she changes her mind and marries Ricardo instead. Cast *Jan Kiepura as Ricardo Gatti *Sonnie Hale as Charlie *Emlyn Williams as Theodore Bruckner *Aileen Marson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are You A Mason? (1934 Film)
''Are You a Mason?'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Sonnie Hale, Robertson Hare, Davy Burnaby and Gwyneth Lloyd. It was made at Twickenham Studios. Premise Two men pretend to be freemasons to impress each other. Cast * Sonnie Hale as Frank Perry * Robertson Hare as Amos Bloodqood * Davy Burnaby as John Halton * Gwyneth Lloyd as Eva * Bertha Belmore as Mrs Bloodgood * Joyce Kirby as Lulu * Lewis Shaw as George Fisher * Michael Shepley as Emest Monison * Davina Craig Davina Whitehouse (born Eileen Eliza Smith; 16 December 1912 – 25 December 2002), also known by the stage name Davina Craig before her marriage, was an English-born actress, acclaimed for her roles on stage and film in her native land in the ... as Annie * May Agate as Mrs Halton References External links * 1934 films 1934 comedy films British comedy films British black-and-white films Films directed by Henry Edwards 1930s English-language films 1930s Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Boy (film)
''Wild Boy'' is a 1934 British comedy sports film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Sonnie Hale, Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen. It was by Gainsborough Pictures at Lime Grove Studios. The sets were designed by Alfred Junge. Often forgotten, but the role of "Wild Boy" was played by the greyhound Mick the Miller. Premise This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby. Allmovie shows a different synopsis. Cast * Sonnie Hale as Billy Grosvenor * Gwyneth Lloyd as Marjorie Warren * Bud Flanagan as Dick Smith * Chesney Allen as Auctioneer and Bookmaker * Lyn Harding as Frank Redfern * Leonora Corbett as Gladys Scrivener * Ronald Squire as Rollo * Fred Kitchen as Joe Plumer * Arthur Sinclair as P. Murphy * Cyril Smith Sir Cyril Richard Smith (28 June 1928 – 3 September 2010) was a prominent British politician who after his death was reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evergreen (film)
''Evergreen'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Victor Saville starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Barry MacKay. The film is based on the 1930 musical ''Ever Green'', also starring Matthews, who plays a dual role as mother and daughter. The film was produced at Gaumont British by Michael Balcon and shot at the Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by art director Alfred Junge. The music was written by Rodgers and Hart. Plot In the Edwardian era music halls of London, popular singing star Harriet Green delights audiences with her coy rendition of "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow." Harriet, who has an illegitimate baby daughter that she keeps secret from the public, is blackmailed into leaving the stage, so she moves to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. Years later, her daughter Harriet Hawkes, who strongly resembles her mother, returns to London to break into showbusiness. Handsome young publicity man Tommy Thompson convinces a the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday The Thirteenth (1933 Film)
''Friday the Thirteenth'' is a 1933 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Muriel Aked. Plot The film depicts the lives of several passengers in the hours before they are involved in a bus crash. Cast * Jessie Matthews as Millie * Sonnie Hale as Alf the Conductor * Muriel Aked as Miss Twigg * Cyril Smith - Fred the Driver * Richard Hulton as Johnny * Max Miller as Joe * Alfred Drayton as The Detective * Hartley Power as American tourist * Percy Parsons as American tourist * Ursula Jeans as Eileen Jackson * Eliot Makeham as Henry Jackson * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Max * Gibb McLaughlin as Florist * Edmund Gwenn as Mr Wakefield * Mary Jerrold as Flora Wakefield * Gordon Harker as Hamilton Briggs * Emlyn Williams as William Blake * Frank Lawton as Frank Parsons * Belle Chrystall as Marry Summers * O. B. Clarence as Clerk * Robertson Hare as Ralph Lightfoot * Martita Hunt as Agnes Lightfoot * Leonora Corbett as Dolly * Ralph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early To Bed (1933 Film)
''Early to Bed'' is a 1933 British-German romantic comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Heather Angel, Fernand Gravey and Edmund Gwenn. Production The film was made as a co-production between the German giant UFA and Gaumont British. As was common at the time, the film was made as a multiple-language production with three separate versions modelled on the German original ''I by Day, You by Night''. ''Early to Bed'' was made at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin, along with the French and German versions. Robert Stevenson acted as a supervisor. The casting of the comedian Sonnie Hale in a supporting role, slanted the British version in a more humorous direction than its counterparts.Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.57 Synopsis A young waiter and a manicurist share the same room without ever meeting – because she works in the day and he at night. They encounter each other for the first time, and fall in love, without realising that they are already roommates. Cast * He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Me Tonight
''Tell Me Tonight'' or ''Be Mine Tonight'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Jan Kiepura, Sonnie Hale and Magda Schneider. It was shot in Berlin at the Babelsberg Studios as part of a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and the German firm Cine-Allianz.Wood p.76 A separate German-language version ''The Song of Night'' was also released. Cast * Jan Kiepura as Enrico Ferraro * Sonnie Hale as Alexander Koretsky * Magda Schneider as Mathilde Pategg * Edmund Gwenn as Mayor Pategg * Athene Seyler as Mrs. Pategg * Betty Chester as Miss Barker * Aubrey Mather Aubrey Mather (17 December 1885 – 16 January 1958) was an English character actor. Career Mather was born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in ''Brewster's Millions'' i ... as Balthasar References Bibliography * Creekmur, Corey & Mokdad, Linda. ''The International Film Musical''. Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Ever After (1932 Film)
''Happy Ever After'' is a 1932 British-German musical film directed by Paul Martin and Robert Stevenson, and starring Lilian Harvey, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Sonnie Hale, and Edward Chapman. It was made as a co-production between the London-based Gainsborough Pictures and Germany's UFA. It was one of a series of co-productions between Gainsborough and German firms during the era, but it failed to meet the requirements to qualify as a British quota film. A German-language version ''A Blonde Dream'' and a French-language version (''Un rêve blond'') were filmed at the same time. The film was shot in Berlin at the Babelsberg Studios using principally British actors. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Synopsis A young woman who dreams of going to Hollywood and becoming a star, meets and falls in love with two window cleaners. Cast *Lilian Harvey as Jou-Jou * Jack Hulbert as Willie I * Cicely Courtneidge as Illustrated Ida * Sonnie Hale as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
