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Shayle Gardner
Shayle Gardner (22 August 1890 – 17 May 1945) was an actor from New Zealand actor. Partial filmography * ''The Indian Love Lyrics'' (1923) * '' St. Elmo'' (1923) * '' The Chinese Bungalow'' (1926) * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928) * '' Sailors Don't Care'' (1928) * ''The Three Passions'' (1929) * ''Three Live Ghosts'' (1929) * ''Disraeli'' (1929) * '' The Alley Cat'' (1929) * '' The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu'' (1930) * ''Detective Lloyd'' (1931), a serial * '' Diamond Cut Diamond'' (1932) * '' The Lodger'' (1932) * '' Menace'' (1934) * ''The Love Test'' (1935) * '' Wolf's Clothing'' (1936) * ''The Brown Wallet ''The Brown Wallet'' is a 1936 British crime film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Patric Knowles. ''The Brown Wallet'', adapted from a short story by Stacy Aumonier, was one of over 20 quota quickies directed by Powell between 1931 a ...'' (1936) References External links * 1890 births 1945 deaths New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male silent film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Love Lyrics
''The Indian Love Lyrics'' is a 1923 British silent film, silent romantic drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Catherine Calvert, Owen Nares and Malvina Longfellow.Low p.387 It is based on the poem ''The Garden of Kama'' by Laurence Hope (poet), Laurence Hope. The film's sets were designed by art director Walter Murton. In India, a princess disguises herself as a commoner to escape an arranged marriage. Cast * Catherine Calvert as Queen Vashti * Owen Nares as Prince Zahindin * Malvina Longfellow as Princess Nadira * Shayle Gardner as Ahmed Khan * Fred Raynham as Ibrahim-bey-Israel * Roy Travers as Hassan Ali Khan * William Parry as Mustapha Khan * William Ramsey as Sultan Abdul Rahin * Daisy Campbell as Sultana Manavour * Fred Rains as Selim * Pino Conti as Youssef * Arthur McLaglen as Champion References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. External links * 1923 films 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lodger (1932 Film)
''The Lodger'' is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey, and starring Ivor Novello, Elizabeth Allan, and Jack Hawkins. It is based on the 1913 novel '' The Lodger'' by Marie Belloc Lowndes, also filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927 (also starring Novello); by John Brahm in 1944; by Hugo Fregonese, as ''Man in the Attic'', in 1953; and by David Ondaatje in 2009. The film is also known as ''The Phantom Fiend'' in the United States, where it was released in truncated form in 1935. In the 2001 film ''Gosford Park'', Ivor Novello is taunted that the film "should just flop like that". The screenwriter Julian Fellowes states in an audio commentary that Novello's talkie remake failed, while the silent original had been a hit. Plot summary Cast * Ivor Novello as Michel Angeloff/"The Bosnian Murderer" * Elizabeth Allan as Daisy Bunting * A. W. Baskcomb as George Bunting * Barbara Everest as Mrs Bunting * Jack Hawkins as Joe Martin * Shayle Gardner as Detective Snell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Male Film Actors
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1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...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] |
The Brown Wallet
''The Brown Wallet'' is a 1936 British crime film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Patric Knowles. ''The Brown Wallet'', adapted from a short story by Stacy Aumonier, was one of over 20 quota quickies directed by Powell between 1931 and 1936. It is among eleven of these films of which no extant print is known to survive, and its current status is "missing, believed lost". Plot Publisher John Gillespie (Patric Knowles) faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal. Returning home in a taxi, he finds a wallet containing £2,000 left behind by a previous passenger. He takes the wallet, but rather than confiding in his wife he rents a room in which he secretes the money, telling her he needs the room for business purposes. Shortly afterwards his aunt is found murdered, with her safe having been broken into and robbed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf's Clothing (1936 Film)
''Wolf's Clothing'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Claude Hulbert, Gordon Harker and Lilli Palmer. The screenplay concerns a blundering group of secret agents who mistake a Foreign Office official for a dangerous international assassin. It was made at Shepperton Studios by the independent producer Richard Wainwright.Wood p.88 Cast * Claude Hulbert as Ambrose Girling * Gordon Harker as Prosser * Lilli Palmer as Lydia * George Graves as Sir Roger Balmayne * Peter Gawthorne as Sir Hector * Helen Haye as Mildred Girling * Joan Swinstead as Mary Laming * Frank Birch as Reverend John Laming * Ernest Sefton as Finden Charvet * George Hayes as Yassiov * Shayle Gardner Shayle Gardner (22 August 1890 – 17 May 1945) was an actor from New Zealand actor. Partial filmography * ''The Indian Love Lyrics'' (1923) * '' St. Elmo'' (1923) * '' The Chinese Bungalow'' (1926) * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928) * '' Sailors Don't Car ... as Babo * Violet Gould as Kios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Test
''The Love Test'' is a 1935 British romantic comedy film directed by Michael Powell and starring Judy Gunn, Louis Hayward, David Hutcheson, Googie Withers and Thorley Walters. It was made as a Cinematograph Films Act 1927, Quota quickie. Plot When a woman is made the head of a chemistry laboratory, her colleagues hatch a plot to make her fall in love, and neglect her work duties. Cast * Judy Gunn as Mary Lee * Louis Hayward as John Gregg * David Hutcheson as Thompson (as Dave Hutcheson) * Googie Withers as Minnie * Morris Harvey as Company President * Aubrey Dexter as Vice-President * Eve Turner as Kathleen * Bernard Miles as Allan * Jack Knight as Managing Director * Gilbert Davis as Hosiah Smith, Chief Chemist * Shayle Gardner as Night Watchman * James Craig as Boiler Man * Thorley Walters as Chemist * Ian Wilson (actor), Ian Wilson as Chemist Production The chemistry laboratory is trying to find a way to make the cellulose used to make toy dolls in a non-flammable form. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menace (1934 British Film)
''Menace'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Victor Varconi, Joan Maude and D. A. Clarke-Smith. The film was made at Shepperton Studios by the Sound City production company. It was released in America under the alternative titles ''When London Sleeps'' and ''Without Warning''. Cast * Victor Varconi as Stephen Ronsart * Joan Maude as Lady Conway * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Sir Robert Conway * Hubert Leslie as Mr. Jones * Joan Matheson as Mrs. Jones * J.A. O'Rourke as O'Leary * Shayle Gardner as Commissioner * Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard.Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Los ... as Dean Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Cut Diamond (film)
''Diamond Cut Diamond'' is a 1932 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and Fred Niblo and starring Adolphe Menjou, Claud Allister and Benita Hume. It was made at Elstree Studios by the independent producer Eric Hakim.Wood p.74 Plot One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party. Cast * Adolphe Menjou as Dan McQueen * Claud Allister as Joe Fragson * Benita Hume as Marda Blackett * Kenneth Kove as Reggie Dean * Desmond Jeans as Blackett * G.D. Manetta as Head Waiter * Roland Gillett as Cloak Room Attendant * Toni Edgar-Bruce as Miss Loftus * Shayle Gardner Shayle Gardner (22 August 1890 – 17 May 1945) was an actor from New Zealand actor. Partial filmography * ''The Indian Love Lyrics'' (1923) * '' St. Elmo'' (1923) * '' The Chinese Bungalow'' (1926) * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928) * '' Sailors Don't Car ... as Spellman References External links * Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese Bungalow (1926 Film)
''The Chinese Bungalow'' is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill, and starring Matheson Lang, Genevieve Townsend and Juliette Compton. It was based on the 1925 play '' The Chinese Bungalow'', which was adapted for further films in 1930 and 1940. It was made by Stoll Pictures, whose principal star throughout the mid-1920s was Lang. Cast * Matheson Lang as Yuan Sing * Genevieve Townsend as Charlotte * Juliette Compton as Sadie * Shayle Gardner as Richard Marquess * George Thirlwell as Harold Marquess * Malcolm Tod as Vivian Dale * Clifford McLaglen Clifford McLaglen (15 June 1892 – 9 September 1978) was a Stepney, London or Cape Town, Cape Colony - born film actor. He was one of nine or ten children and brother of several actors including Victor McLaglen, Oscar winner for best actor, '' ... as Abdal * George Butler as Chinese Servant * Guy Mills as Chinese Servant References Bibliography * Bamford, Kenton. ''Distorted Images: British National Identi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Lloyd
''Detective Lloyd'' (1931) is a 12-chapter Universal Pictures, Universal Serial (film), movie serial. A co-production between the United States, American company Universal Studios, Universal and the United Kingdom, British company General Films, it was filmed entirely in United Kingdom, Britain with United Kingdom, British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth actors. It was the only sound serial ever produced in the UK. Although a print was shown on British and Swedish TV as recently as the 1970s, the film is now considered lost. It was also known by the titles ''Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' and ''In the Hands of the Hinfu''. Detective Lloyd battled a villain known as the Panther in this serial. Material from the serial was edited into a feature film version called ''The Green Spot Mystery'' (1932), which is also a lost film. ''Detective Lloyd'' is on the British Film Institute's BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films. Cast * Jack Lloyd - as Inspector Lloyd * Muriel Angelus - as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
