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The Flag Lieutenant (1926 Film)
''The Flag Lieutenant'' is a 1926 British war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Henry Edwards, Lilian Oldland and Dorothy Seacombe. It is based on the play ''The Flag Lieutenant'' by W.P. Drury. Its sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. The film proved to be one of the hits of the year at the British box office.Richards p.39 Sequels In 1927 Edwards starred in a sequel ''The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant''. The play was adapted into a film again in 1932, also starring Edwards. Cast * Henry Edwards as Dicky Lascelles * Lilian Oldland as Sybil Wynne * Dorothy Seacombe as Mrs Cameron * Fred Raynham as Major Thesiger * Fewlass Llewellyn as Admiral Wynne * Hayford Hobbs as D'Arcy Penrose * Forrester Harvey as Dusty Miller * 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 Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He also produced more than fifty films - his own as well as films directed by others.Rachael Low:''The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918'' Linked 2015-03-18 Biography Born William Seward Folkard in Stockton-on-Tees, he ran away from home at the age of nine, seeking his fortune i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Raynham
Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era. . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk (16 April 2009). Retrieved on 7 January 2014. Selected filmography * '''' (1919) * '''' (1921) * '''' (1922) * '' |
British Black-and-white Films
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Films Directed By Maurice Elvey
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] |
1920s English-language Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British War 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] |
British Silent Feature 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 The Kingdom of Great Britain (officially Great Britain) was a Sovereign state, sovereign country in Western Europe from 1 May 1707 to the end of 31 December 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and ratified by the Acts of ... (1707– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Films
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *February – The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. It is called ''The Adventures of Prince Achmed'' (''Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed''). *August 5 – Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, ''Don Juan''. The Vitaphone system uses multiple rpm gramophone records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back music and sound effects synchronized with film. *August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, whose film ''The Son of the Sheik'' was currently playing, dies at the age of 31 in New York. Riots occur at the funeral parlor as thousands of people try to see his body. *October 7 – Warner Brothers release the second Vitaphone film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Secret Woman'' (1918) * ''The Romance of Lady Hamilton'' (1919) * '' The Rocks of Valpre'' (1919) * '' The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton'' (1919) * '' God's Clay'' (1919) * '' The Garden of Resurrection'' (1919) * ''The Little Welsh Girl'' (1920) * ''Walls of Prejudice'' (1920) * ''The Way of the World'' (1920) * '' Uncle Dick's Darling'' (1920) * ''The English Rose'' (1920) * ''The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's'' (1921) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * '' The Peacemaker'' (1922) * ''A Sporting Double'' (1922) * ''Creation'' (1922) * ''Fu Manchu'' (1923) * ''The Sign of Four'' (1923) * '' Sally Bishop'' (1924) * '' In the Blood'' (1923) * ''Henry, King of Navarre'' (1924) * ''Slaves of Destiny'' (1924) * ''The Gay Corinthian'' (1924) * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forrester Harvey
Forrester Harvey (27 June 1884 – 14 December 1945) was an Irish film actor. From 1922 until his death year Harvey appeared in more than 115 films. He was credited for about two-thirds of his film appearances, but some of his roles were uncredited. The burly actor with a mustache mostly played comic supporting roles, often as an innkeeper. His best-known role was Beamish in the first two Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. Together with Claude Rains, he played in ''The Invisible Man'', as a tavern owner and husband of a hysterical Una O'Connor, and in '' The Wolf Man''. He appeared in two films for Alfred Hitchcock, first in his British silent film '' The Ring'' (1927), later in Hitchcock's Hollywood debut ''Rebecca'' (1940). A number of reference works incorrectly identify him as having played Little Maria's father in ''Frankenstein''. Harvey's interment was in California. Selected filmography * ''The Lilac Sunbonnet'' (1922) as Jock Gordon * '' Somebody's Darl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayford Hobbs
Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 - 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Generation'' and appeared in his last film ''High Treason'' in 1929. The following year he directed his first film, a documentary about London. Filmography * ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915) * ''1914'' (1915) * '' The Sons of Satan'' (1915) * '' The Heart of a Child'' (1915) * ''The Third Generation'' (1915) * ''A Man of His Word'' (1915) * '' The Heart of Sister Ann'' (1915) * '' When Knights Were Bold'' (1916) * '' The Man in Motley'' (1916) * '' The Hypocrites'' (1916) * ''The Princess of Happy Chance'' (1916) * '' Trouble for Nothing'' (1916) * '' The King's Daughter'' (1916) * '' The Grit of a Jew'' (1917) * ''Asthore'' (1917) * '' Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917) * ''Justice'' (1917) * '' The Gay Lord Quex'' (1917) * ''Dombey and Son'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fewlass Llewellyn
Fewlass Llewellyn (5 March 1886 – 16 June 1941) was a Welsh actor, playwright and theatrical producer. Previously an engineer, he made his stage debut in 1890, and appeared in various film roles, often as authority figures. A play he co-wrote with Ernest Martin formed the basis for the 1915 film '' The Coal King''. Selected filmography * ''Dombey and Son'' (1917) * ''Goodbye'' (1918) * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) * '' A Bill of Divorcement'' (1922) * ''This Freedom'' (1923) * '' The Flag Lieutenant'' (1926) * ''The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant'' (1927) * '' Afterwards'' (1928) * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1928) * '' The Outsider'' (1931) * ''These Charming People'' (1931) * ''The Officers' Mess'' (1931) * '' Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' (1932) * ''Ask Beccles'' (1933) * '' Seeing Is Believing'' (1934) * ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934) * '' Red Ensign'' (1934) * ''Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) * '' Lazybones'' (1935) * '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) * '' Stormy Weather'' (1935) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
