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Tyrell Davis
Tyrell Davis (1902–1970) was a British film actor, Cambridge educated, who appeared on the West End and Broadway stage, as well as in British and American films. Filmography * '' Lucky in Love'' (1929) * ''Mother's Boy'' (1929) * ''His Glorious Night'' (1929) * ''Strictly Unconventional'' (1930) * '' Love in the Rough'' (1930) * ''Let Us Be Gay'' (1930) * '' Rain or Shine'' (1930) * '' Prince of Diamonds'' (1930) * '' The Dancers'' (1930) * '' Paid'' (1930) * ''The Magnificent Lie'' (1931) * '' Parlor, Bedroom and Bath'' (1931) * ''The Road to Singapore'' (1931) * ''The Phantom of Paris'' (1931) * ''God's Gift to Women'' (1931) * '' Chances'' (1931) * '' Murder at Midnight'' (1931) * ''Temptation's Workshop'' (1932) * ''The Unexpected Father'' (1932) * ''Lady with a Past'' (1932) * '' Lovers Courageous'' (1932) * '' Call Her Savage'' (1932) * ''Love in High Gear'' (1932) * ''Our Betters'' (1933) * ''Blind Adventure'' (1933) * ''Pleasure Cruise'' (1933) * ''Peg o' My Heart'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surbiton
Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has been in Greater London. Surbiton comprises four of the RBK's wards: Alexandra, Berrylands, St. Mark's, and Surbiton Hill. Founded originally as Kingston-upon-Railway when the area was first developed in the 1840s, Surbiton possesses a mixture of grand 19th-century townhouses, Art Deco courts, and more recent residential blocks blending in with semi-detached 20th-century housing estates. With a population of 45,132 in 2016, it accounts for approximately 25% of the total population of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Surbiton extends over an area of . Etymology Though Surbiton only received its current name in 1869, the name is attested as ''Suberton'' in 1179, ''Surbeton'' in 1263, ''Surpeton'' in 1486, and finally ''Surbiton'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancers (1930 Film)
''The Dancers'' is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, and directed by Chandler Sprague. It is based on a 1923 West End play of the same title by Viola Tree and Gerald du Maurier. ibdb.com; accessed August 9, 2015. The film marks the feature sound film debut of actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. The setting was shifted from the play's to . Cast * |
Call Her Savage
''Call Her Savage'' is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Clara Bow. The film was Bow's second-to-last film role. It is also one of the first portrayals of homosexuals on screen, including a scene in a gay bar. Plot A wild young woman, Nasa Springer (Clara Bow), born and raised in Texas by well-to-do parents, rebels against her father. She is sent to school in Chicago, where her disruptive behavior marks her as a troublemaker. She marries a rich playboy, who then declares the marriage a ploy and abandons her. She is renounced by her father, who tells her he never wishes to see her again. She discovers she is pregnant and bears a child. Reduced to poverty, she moves into a boardinghouse with her infant, and struggles to pay for the baby's basic needs. Unaware that her grandfather in Texas has died and left her a $100,000 fortune, a desperate Nasa dresses up as a prostitute and goes out in the neighborhood hoping to earn some quick cash to purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovers Courageous
''Lovers Courageous'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Frederick Lonsdale. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Roland Young, Frederick Kerr, Reginald Owen and Beryl Mercer. The film was released on January 23, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot In 1919 London, 12-year-old Willie Smith (Jackie Searl) gets into mischief and is called out for having "too much imagination". He cuts school by forging a letter to the headmaster, claiming his father is ill and he is needed at home. Willie's father (Halliwell Hobbes) is horrified, and says he doesn't want a son who is "different from other boys" - even going so far as to threaten to break "every bone in illie'sbody". Willie arrives home after being out all day and his father whips him with a belt, but still Willie is undeterred - he will not be like the "other boys" and will instead do something different with his life than what is expected. The film cuts to present day and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady With A Past
''Lady with a Past'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Constance Bennett as a shy and very proper young lady who decides to invent a scandalous past for herself to spice up her life. It is based on the novel of the same name by Harriet Henry. Plot Although she is an heiress and quite lovely, Venice Muir is very shy. She is flattered when flirtatious Donnie Wainwright urges her to elope to Paris with him, then irked when he abandons her before their ship departs. Venice gets an idea, hiring a penniless fellow, Guy Bryson, to pretend to be a gigolo and spread word of Venice's effect on men. Soon she is the toast of Paris, suitors lining up to woo her, including Rene, a man of noble lineage. Unbeknownst to her, Rene is in serious debt. When she rejects his proposal, Rene commits suicide, enhancing Venice's reputation as a heartbreaking vixen. Sailing back home, Venice is followed by more gossip, including some about Guy. A dazzled Donnie begins pursuing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unexpected Father
''The Unexpected Father'' is a 1932 American comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, and Cora Sue Collins.Stumpf p. 136 The film's sets were designed by the art director Thomas F. O'Neill. Plot Cast * Slim Summerville as Jasper Jones * Zasu Pitts as Polly Perkins * Cora Sue Collins as Pudge * Alison Skipworth as Mrs. Hawkins * Dorothy Christy as Evelyn Smythe * Grayce Hampton as Mrs. Smythe * Claud Allister as Claude * Tyrell Davis as Reggie * Tom O'Brien as Policeman * Richard Cramer Richard Earl Cramer (July 3, 1889 – August 9, 1960) was an American actor in films from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Burly, menacing and gravel-voiced, Cramer specialized in villainous roles in many low-budget westerns, but is today ... as Policeman References Bibliography * Stumpf, Charles. ''ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career''. McFarland, 2010. External links * 1932 films 1932 comedy films American comedy films Films dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temptation's Workshop
''Temptation's Workshop'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Helen Foster (actress), Helen Foster, Tyrell Davis and Dorothy Granger. It was released by the independent film, independent Poverty Row studio Mayfair Pictures.Pitts p.244 Synopsis When Wall Street financier John Lawton falls ill and goes bankrupt, his children attempt to adjust to the loss of their wealthy upbringing. Cast * Helen Foster (actress), Helen Foster as Connie Lawton * Tyrell Davis as Count Emile Borosko * Dorothy Granger as Vi Rantler * Carroll Nye as Bob Lawton * John Ince (actor), John Ince as John Lawton * Stella Adams as Mrs. John Lawton References Bibliography * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1932 films 1932 drama films American black-and-white films American drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder At Midnight (1931 Film)
''Murder at Midnight'' (a.k.a. ''The Monster Kills'') is a 1931 American pre-Code murder mystery whodunnit directed by Frank R. Strayer. Plot summary A murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest-list for a motive and culprit, involving a changed will and booby-trapped telephones. The killer strikes several more times to conceal his or her identity, until all is revealed. Cast *Aileen Pringle as Esme Kennedy *Alice White as Millie Scripps *Hale Hamilton as Phillip Montrose * Robert Elliott as Inspector Taylor *Clara Blandick as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy *Brandon Hurst as Lawrence *Leslie Fenton as Walter Grayson * William Humphrey as Colton *Tyrell Davis as The Englishman *Kenneth Thomson as Jim Kennedy * Robert Ellis as Duncan Channing Post production Footage from the film was re-used in ''The Mirror Crack'd'' (1980). Preservation status * A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection Packard Campus for A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chances (film)
''Chances'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code war drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It is based on the 1930 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs. According to Fairbanks, the film was a hit. Plot In 1914, brother officers Jack (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Tom Ingleside (Anthony Bushell) are in London, headed home on furlough. In the dense fog, Jack bumps into a young woman and tries to pick her up. She laughs at him, promises they will meet again, and rides off in a cab. When the brothers arrive at the family home, their mother is having tea with Molly Prescott (Rose Hobart), a childhood neighbor who has grown up to be a lovely young woman—the woman in the fog. Tom tells his mother he has always loved Molly. Jack, who is known as a lady's man, is newly smitten. He confesses to sowing some wild oats, but “all this time I've been looking for you.” Mrs. Ingleside is holding a benefit ball for the Red Cross, and Archie, Ruth and Sylvia, friends of the boys, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God's Gift To Women
''God's Gift to Women'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic musical comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Frank Fay, Laura LaPlante, and Joan Blondell. The film, based on the play ''The Devil Was Sick'' by Jane Hinton, was originally completed as a musical film; however, because of audience dislike for musicals at that time, all the songs were cut in American prints. The full film was released intact in other countries, where there was no such decline in popularity. Plot Wealthy French playboy Toto Duryea ( Frank Fay) is irresistible to women, but is in love with none of them. According to Monsieur Rancour (Armand Kaliz), for Toto, "every woman is like a new dish to be tasted." When he is finally and instantly smitten with American Diane Churchill ( Laura LaPlante), he has great difficulty proving to her and her father (Charles Winninger) that he truly loves her. Finally, he convinces her that he is sincere; Mr. Churchill insists that Toto give up his women and caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Of Paris
''The Phantom of Paris'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Bess Meredyth, Edwin Justus Mayer and John Meehan (screenwriter), John Meehan. The film stars John Gilbert (actor), John Gilbert and Leila Hyams, and is based on the 1913 novel ''Chéri-Bibi et Cécily'' by Gaston Leroux. The film was released on September 12, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio simultaneously made and released a Spanish-language version, ''Chéri-Bibi,'' directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and starring Ernesto Vilches. Cast *John Gilbert (actor), John Gilbert as Chéri-Bibi *Leila Hyams as Cecile *Lewis Stone as Costaud *Jean Hersholt as Herman *C. Aubrey Smith as Bourrelier *Natalie Moorhead as Vera *Ian Keith as Marquis Du Touchais *Alfred Hickman as Dr. Gorin * Claude King (actor), Claude King as Attorney Plot Chéri-Bibi, a Houdini-like magician and escape artist, is the toast of Paris, except among certain members of the upp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To Singapore
''The Road to Singapore'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring William Powell and Doris Kenyon, who play two thirds of a romantic triangle, along with Louis Calhern. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film's sets were designed by the art director Anton Grot. This film is preserved by the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', (-book title) p.153 c.1978 by The American Film Institute Plot On an ocean liner from Colombo to Singapore, black sheep Hugh Dawltry tries, but fails to become better acquainted with fellow passenger Philippa Crosby. He is pleasantly surprised to find that they are both getting off at Khota. Ashore, she rebuffs his advances again, informing him that she has come to marry Dr. George March, Dawltry's neighbor. Philippa is sorely disappointed by her marriage, however. George is utterly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
