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The Unwritten Law (1929 Film)
''The Unwritten Law'' is a 1929 British short crime film directed by Sinclair Hill, and made at Wembley Studios in the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film system.Low p.472 Cast * Rosalinde Fuller as The Wife * Ion Swinley Ion Swinley (27 October 1891 – 16 September 1937), born Eric Ion Swindley was an English actor, known for his appearances in classics and modern dramas and comedies. Life and career Swinley was born in the London suburb of Barnes on 27 Octobe ... as The Sweetheart * Robert Bruce as Policeman * Edwin M. Robson as Villager * Pat Williams as Villager References Bibliography * Low, Rachael, ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929'' (George Allen & Unwin, 1971) External links * 1929 films 1929 crime films 1920s English-language films British crime films Films shot at Wembley Studios Films directed by Sinclair Hill British black-and-white films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinclair Hill
Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an OBE for his services to film. Hill was employed by Stoll Pictures in the 1920s and Gainsborough Pictures in the 1930s. Filmography * ''At the Villa Rose (1920 film), At the Villa Rose'' (1920) * ''The Hundredth Chance'' (1920) * ''The Tidal Wave'' (1920) * ''The Tavern Knight'' (1920) * ''A Question of Trust'' (1920) * ''The Place of Honour'' (1921) * ''The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (film), The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown'' (1921) * ''The Nonentity'' (1921) * ''The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square'' (1922) * ''The Experiment (1922 film), The Experiment'' (1922) * ''Half a Truth'' (1922) * ''Petticoat Loose'' (1922) * ''The Truants (film), The Truants'' (1922) * ''Open Country (film), Open Country'' (1922) * ''Expiation (film), Expiation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arpad Viragh
Arpad Viragh (12 January 1888 – 31 May 1930) was a Hungarian cinematographer. He began his career in his native Hungary going on to work in the film industries of several European nations but primarily in Germany. He died on Capri in 1930 during the shooting of '' City of Song'' after contracting typhoid. Selected filmography * ''Miska the Magnate'' (1916) * ''The One Million Pound Note'' (1916) * ''Tales of the Typewriter'' (1916) * ''Anita Jo'' (1919) * ''Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman'' (1920) * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * ''Princess Woronzoff'' (1920) * ''Respectable Women'' (1920) * ''The Red Poster'' (1920) * '' Danton'' (1921) * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1921) * ''Symphony of Death'' (1921) * ''The House of Torment'' (1921) * '' The White Death'' (1921) * ''The Experiment of Professor Mithrany'' (1921) * '' Lola Montez, the King's Dancer'' (1922) * ''Friend Ripp'' (1923) * '' Two People'' (1924) * '' Nanon'' (1924) * ''Orient'' (1924) * ''Nick, King of the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used for industry experience and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Studios
Fountain Studios was an independently owned television studio in Wembley Park, northwest London. The company was last part of the Avesco Group plc. Several companies owned the site before it was bought by Fountain in 1993. Originally a film studio complex, it was formerly the base for the ITV contractors Rediffusion from 1955 to 1968, and London Weekend Television from 1968 to 1972. More recently, the studios were best known for being the venue for the live stages of ITV shows ''The X Factor'' and ''Britain's Got Talent''. The last show to be broadcast live (and recorded) at the studios was ''The X Factor'' on 4 December 2016, after which the studio was closed, and the site sold to property developer Quintain. History In 1927, Ralph J. Pugh and Rupert Mason founded British Incorporated Pictures with the intention of creating an American-style studio complex in the former British Empire Exhibition's Palace of Engineering. They bought a lease at Wembley in June 1927, though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee De Forest
Lee de Forest (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American inventor and a fundamentally important early pioneer in electronics. He invented the first electronic device for controlling current flow; the three-element "Audion" triode vacuum tube in 1906. This started the Electronic Age, and enabled the development of the electronic amplifier and oscillator. These made radio broadcasting and long distance telephone lines possible, and led to the development of talking motion pictures, among countless other applications. He had over 300 patents worldwide, but also a tumultuous career— he boasted that he made, then lost, four fortunes. He was also involved in several major patent lawsuits, spent a substantial part of his income on legal bills, and was even tried (and acquitted) for mail fraud. Despite this, he was recognised for his pioneering work with the 1922 IEEE Medal of Honor, the 1923 Franklin Institute Elliott Cresson Medal and the 1946 American Institute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phonofilm
Phonofilm is an optical sound-on-film system developed by inventors Lee de Forest and Theodore Case in the early 1920s. Introduction In 1919 and 1920, Lee De Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patents on a sound-on-film process, DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly onto film as parallel lines. These parallel lines photographically recorded electrical waveforms from a microphone, which were translated back into sound waves when the movie was projected. Some sources say that DeForest improved on the work of Finnish inventor Eric Tigerstedt — who was granted German patent 309.536 on 28 July 1914 for his sound-on-film work — and on the Tri-Ergon Exchange, patented in 1919 by German inventors Josef Engl, Hans Vogt, and Joseph Massole. The Phonofilm system, which recorded synchronized sound directly onto film, was used to record vaudeville acts, musical numbers, political speeches, and opera singers. The quality of Phonofilm was poor at first, improved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalinde Fuller
Rosalinde Fuller (16 February 1892 – 15 September 1982) was a British actress, born as Rosalind Ivy Fuller. Early life Rosalind Ivy Fuller was the third of four daughters born to a Portsmouth draper, whose eldest child was a son, Walter (born 1881). Behind the draper’s shop was a hall in which Mr Fuller organized free public entertainment on Sunday afternoons, having his daughters recite, sing and play various instruments – the eldest girl learned the harp, for instance. Rosalind, who was called Ivy by her family until she was 21, when she opted for her first given name, always disliked having to perform on stage because she suffered agonies of self-consciousness. Having incautiously underwritten a friend’s research, Mr Fuller was made bankrupt in 1908, and Walter (who was editing periodicals in London) became financially responsible for the family. He had always encouraged his eldest sister to collect and learn folksongs; in 1911, she and Rosalind visited Cecil Sharp, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Swinley
Ion Swinley (27 October 1891 – 16 September 1937), born Eric Ion Swindley was an English actor, known for his appearances in classics and modern dramas and comedies. Life and career Swinley was born in the London suburb of Barnes on 27 October 1891. He was educated at St Paul's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won a gold medal. He made his first professional appearance at the age of 19, as Demetrius in Sir Herbert Tree's revival of '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at His Majesty's Theatre. Early in 1913 he appeared at the Stratford-on-Avon Memorial Theatre. In 1915 he joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre company for a season.Parker, p. 770 After the First World War he resumed his theatrical career in ''Reparation'' at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, followed by parts as diverse as the Cardinal in ''The Duchess of Malfi'' and Laurence in '' Paddy, the Next Best Thing''. In 1923–24 he was the leading man at the Old Vic, and in subsequent years he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Films
The following is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1929 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on. * February 1 – ''The Broadway Melody'' is released by MGM and becomes the first major musical film of the sound era, sparking a host of imitators as well as a series of ''Broadway Melody'' films that will run until 1940. * February 18 – The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are announced for the year ended August 1, 1928. * March 3 – William Fox announces that he has taken control of Loews Inc., including its subsidiary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, buying shares from Marcus Loew's widow and sons and Nicholas Schenck for $50 million. The acquisition eventually falls through. * May 16 – The first Academy Awards are distributed at The Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Crime 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 Slipkno ... [...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] |
