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The Sword Of Damocles (film)
''The Sword of Damocles'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Jose Collins, H.V. Esmond and Claude Fleming.Low p. 460 Cast * Jose Collins as Leonie Paoli * H.V. Esmond as Hugh Maltravers * Claude Fleming as Geoffrey Moray * Bobby Andrews as Jack Moray * Thomas Nesbitt as Bruce Leslie * Chigquita de Lorenzo as Una Paioli * Edward Sorley Edward Sorley (1871 – 16 October 1933) was a British actor. Sorley was born in Camberwell, Surrey and died at age 62 in Blackheath, London. Selected filmography * '' Queen's Evidence'' (1919) * ''The Temptress'' (1920) * '' The Sword of D ... as Raikes * Tom Nesbitt as Bruce Leslie References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918''. Routledge, 2013. External links * 1920 films 1920 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films directed by George Ridgwell Butcher's Film Service films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ridgwell
George Ridgwell (1867–1935) was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His last film was '' Lily of Killarney'' in 1929. He died in Hampstead in 1935. He was the father of the actress Audrey Ridgewell. His early career was as an army musician (sergeant, band of the Coldstream Guards) and on the stage (he created the role of Abdallah in Sullivan's 'Rose of Persia' and was a member of The D'Oyly Carte Touring Opera Company for a season playing lead baritone roles). He also composed light music numbers and lyrics. He was educated at the Royal Military Asylum, later the Duke of York's Royal Military School (a school history is the source of this information. Also see G&S Archive). Selected filmography Director * '' The Mystery of Room 13'' (1915) * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Sorley
Edward Sorley (1871 – 16 October 1933) was a British actor. Sorley was born in Camberwell, Surrey and died at age 62 in Blackheath, London. Selected filmography * '' Queen's Evidence'' (1919) * ''The Temptress'' (1920) * '' The Sword of Damocles'' (1920) * '' The Night Hawk'' (1921) * '' Mord Em'ly'' (1922) * ''The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1923) * '' Bulldog Drummond's Third Round'' (1925) * '' Nell Gwyn'' (1926) * ''Dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's hori ...'' (1928) References External links * 1871 births 1933 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male silent film actors Actors from Camberwell 19th-century English male actors 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...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] |
Butcher's Film Service Films
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Films Directed By George Ridgwell
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 Drama Films
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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] |
1920 Drama 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 Slipkn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Films
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Tom Nesbitt (actor)
Millican & Nesbitt are a British vocal duo, comprising Alan Millican and Tom Nesbitt. They were former miners from Northumberland, England, who won the UK television talent contest, '' Opportunity Knocks'', in 1973. They went on to release two charting singles and three albums. Millican & Nesbitt appeared on the final version of ''Opportunity Knocks'' hosted by Hughie Green in 1978. They reached the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart for one week, with their cover of " Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)", in the first week of 1974. Les Paul and Mary Ford Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American vocalist and guitarist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hit ... had taken their version to No. 7 in the same chart in 1953. Discography Albums *''Millican and Nesbitt'' (1974) ( Pye) - UK No. 3 *''Everybody Knows Millican and Nesbitt'' (197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Godal
Edward Godal was a British film producer and director. During the First World War Godal ran a training school for actors. He became a leading independent producer of British films after the war, becoming managing director of the small but ambitious British & Colonial, based at Walthamstow Studios from 1918 to 1924. He later became involved with plans to make colour films at the newly built Elstree Studios and a proposed big-budget adaptation of an H.G. Wells novel, neither of which came to anything.Low p.198-199 His producing career largely ended with the arrival of sound in 1929, and he made only one further film, in 1938. Selected filmography * '' 12.10'' (1919) * '' Queen's Evidence'' (1919) * '' The Scarlet Wooing'' (1920) * '' The Sword of Damocles'' (1920) * ''The Black Spider'' (1920) * ''The Temptress'' (1920) * '' Desire'' (1920) * ''The Puppet Man'' (1921) * '' The Audacious Mr. Squire'' (1923) * '' Heartstrings'' (1923) * ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1923) * '' The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
