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The Iron Stair (1933 Film)
''The Iron Stair'' (1933) is a British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Henry Kendall, Dorothy Boyd, and Michael Hogan. The film was a quota quickie produced by Twickenham Studios. Cast * Henry Kendall as Geoffrey * Dorothy Boyd as Eva Marshall * Michael Hogan as Pat Derringham * Michael Sherbrooke as Benjamin Sherbrooke * Steffi Duna as Elsa Damond * A. Bromley Davenport as Sir Andrew Gale * 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) ... as Ben * Charles Paton as Sloan * John Turnbull as Major Gordon References External linksBFI Database entry* 1933 films 1933 crime films British crime films 1930s English-language films Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Films directed by Leslie S. Hiscott Quota quickies Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie S
Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family of Scottish origin Places Canada * Leslie, Saskatchewan * Leslie Street, a road in Toronto and York Region, Ontario ** Leslie (TTC), a subway station ** Leslie Street Spit, an artificial spit in Toronto United States * Leslie, Arkansas *Leslie, Georgia *Leslie, Michigan *Leslie, Missouri *Leslie, West Virginia * Leslie, Wisconsin *Leslie Township, Michigan *Leslie Township, Minnesota Elsewhere * Leslie Dam, a dam in Warwick, Queensland, Australia * Leslie, Mpumalanga, South Africa * Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, see List of listed buildings in Leslie, Aberdeenshire * Leslie, Fife, Scotland, UK Other uses * Leslie speaker system * Leslie Motor Car company * Leslie Controls, Inc. * Leslie (singer) (born 1985), French singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Turnbull (actor)
John Turnbull (5 November 1880 – 23 February 1956) was a British stage and film actor. He was married to Eve Marchew and Beatrice Alice Scott (actress). Selected filmography * '' The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss'' (1920) - Willie Mott * '' Tons of Money'' (1930) - Sprules * ''Rodney Steps In'' (1931, Short) - Inspector * ''77 Park Lane'' (1931) - Superintendent * ''The Man at Six'' (1931) - Inspector Dawford * ''Keepers of Youth'' (1931) - Gordon Duff * ''Detective Lloyd'' (1932, Serial) - Barclay - Scotland Yard Superindendant * ''Murder on the Second Floor'' (1932) - Inspector * ''The Wickham Mystery'' (1932) - Howard Clayton * ''A Voice Said Goodnight'' (1932, Short) - Inspector Lavory * ''The Midshipmaid'' (1932) - Officer * '' The Iron Stair'' (1933) - Major Gordon * ''The Shadow'' (1933) - Det. Inspector Carr * ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933) - Hans Holbein (uncredited) * ''Too Many Wives'' (1933) - (uncredited) * '' The Umbrella'' (1933) - Governor * '' Th ... [...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 Leslie S
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] |
Films Shot At Twickenham Film Studios
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s English-language 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime 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] |
1933 Crime Films
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Films
The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1933 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading news events of the year in North America. * Motion picture industry goes under National Recovery Administration code. * Receivers appointed for Paramount Publix, RKO and Fox Theatres. * Film industry takes eight week salary cut. * Sirovich bill for sweeping probe of film industry is defeated. * John D. Hertz withdraws as Paramount Publix finance chairman and Adolph Zukor appoints George J. Schaefer as general manager. * Sidney Kent effects financial reorganization of Fox Film Corp., averting receivership, and company shows first profit since 1930. * Ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware creates "open market" for sound equipment. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Paton
Charles Ernest Paton (31 July 1874 – 10 April 1970) was an English film actor. He joined the circus at 14, and had early stage and music hall experience. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1927 and 1952, including ''Freedom of the Seas''. In 1927, he appeared in a short film, made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, singing "If Your Face Wants to Smile, We'll Let It In" from the revue ''John Citizen's Lament''. He was born in London and died from a heart attack, also in London. Selected filmography * ''Blackmail'' (1929, UK), Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film * ''The Feather'' (1929) * ''The W Plan'' (1930) * '' What a Night!'' (1931) * ''The Sleeping Cardinal'' (1931) * ''The Lyons Mail'' (1931) * '' The Great Gay Road'' (1931) * ''Stepping Stones'' (1931) * '' The Girl in the Night'' (1931) * '' Glamour'' (1931) * '' The Spare Room'' (1932) * ''Rynox'' (1932) * ''Josser Joins the Navy'' (1932) * '' The Third String'' (1932) * '' The Love Nest'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Hagen
Julius Hagen (1884–1940) was a German-born British film producer who produced more than a hundred films in Britain. Hagen originally worked as a salesman for Ruffels Pictures. He then worked his way up to become a production manager in the British silent film industry before becoming an independent producer in 1927. From 1928, he took control of Twickenham Studios and became one of the most prolific and successful producers of Quota quickies. He later switched to making more prestigious films, but in 1937 he was forced into bankruptcy and lost control of Twickenham. Hagen also directed a film, the 1928 adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel '' The Passing of Mr. Quinn''. Early life Hagen was born in Hamburg but emigrated to Britain when he was still a child. He began his entertainment career as a stage actor, but in 1913 moved into the film industry and worked for several years as a film salesman. By 1917, he was a partner in a film distribution company, but this went bank ... [...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] |
