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The Call Of The Blood (novel)
''The Call of the Blood'' is a 1906 dramatic romance novel by the British writer Robert Hichens. Adaptations In 1920 it was turned into a French silent film '' The Call of the Blood'' directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Ivor Novello. A second adaptation '' Call of the Blood'' was released in 1948 and starred Kay Hammond and John Justin John Justin (24 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) was a British stage and film actor. Early life John Justinian de Ledesma was born in Knightsbridge, London, England, the son of a well-off Argentine rancher. Though he grew up on his father' ....Goble p.222 References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Vinson, James. ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers''. Macmillan, 1982. 1906 British novels Novels by Robert Hichens British romance novels British novels adapted into films {{1900s-romance-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hichens (writer)
Robert Hichens (Robert Smythe Hichens, 14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950) was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays. He is best remembered as a satirist of the " Naughty Nineties". John Sutherland. "HICHENS, Robert" in ''The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction''. 1989Brian Stableford, "Hichens, Robert (Smythe)" in David Pringle, ed. ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic writers''. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1998, (pp. 268-70). Biography Hichens was born in Speldhurst in Kent, the eldest son of the Rev. Frederick Harrison Hichens, and his wife Abigail Elizabeth Smythe. He was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music and early on had a desire to be a musician. Later in life he would become music critic on ''The World'', taking the place of George Bernard Shaw. He studied at the London School of Journalism. Hichens was a great traveller. Egypt was one of his favourite d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methuen Publishing
Methuen Publishing Ltd is an English publishing house. It was founded in 1889 by Sir Algernon Methuen (1856–1924) and began publishing in London in 1892. Initially Methuen mainly published non-fiction academic works, eventually diversifying to encourage female authors and later translated works. E. V. Lucas headed the firm from 1924 to 1938. Establishment In June 1889, as a sideline to teaching, Algernon Methuen began to publish and market his own textbooks under the label Methuen & Co. The company's first success came in 1892 with the publication of Rudyard Kipling's ''Barrack-Room Ballads''. Rapid growth came with works by Marie Corelli, Hilaire Belloc, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde ('' De Profundis'', 1905) as well as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ''Tarzan of the Apes''.Stevenson, page 59. In 1910 the business was converted into a limited liability company with E. V. Lucas and G.E. Webster joining the founder on the board of directors. The company published the 1920 En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper (publisher)
Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins based in New York City. History J. & J. Harper (1817–1833) James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in New York City in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher, joined them in the mid-1820s. Harper & Brothers (1833–1962) The company changed its name to "Harper & Brothers" in 1833. The headquarters of the publishing house were located at 331 Pearl Street, facing Franklin Square in Lower Manhattan (about where the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge lies today). Harper & Brothers began publishing ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine'' in New York City in 1850. The brothers also published ''Harper's Weekly'' (starting in New York City in June 1857), '' Harper's Bazar'' (starting in New York City in November 2, 1867), and ''Harper's Young People'' (starting in New York City in 1879). George B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (genre)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Precursors include authors of literary fiction, such as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë. There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic, contemporary, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Although women are the main readers of romance novels a growing number of men enjoy them as well. The Romance Writers of America cite 16% of men read romance novels. "Many people today don’t realize that romance is more than a love story. Romance can be a complex plotline with a setting from the past in a remote, faraway place. Instead of focusing on a love story, it idealizes values and principles that seem lost in today’s world of technology and instant gratification. However, roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The Blood (1920 Film)
''The Call of the Blood'' (French: ''L'appel du sang'') is a 1920 French silent drama film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Ivor Novello, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, and Charles Le Bargy. The film is most notable for giving a screen debut to the Welsh actor Novello, who went on to become a major star in the 1920s.Macbnab p.39 It is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. The costumes were designed by Paul Poiret. Synopsis An Englishman commits adultery with a Sicilian woman. Cast * Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Hermione Lester * Ivor Novello as Maurice Delarey * Desdemona Mazza as Maddalena * Charles Le Bargy as Émile d'Arbois * Gabriel de Gravone Gabriel de Gravone (; 1887–1972) was a French stage actor.Abel p.321 He acted in forty films during the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films con ... as Gaspare * Salvatore Lo Turco as Salvatore See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mercanton
Louis Mercanton (4 May 1879 – 29 April 1932) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor. Mercanton was born in Nyon, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Partial filmography Director * ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) co-director * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1913) co-director * ''Infatuation'' aka ''Bouclette'' (1918) * '' Miarka'' (1920) * '' The Call of the Blood'' (1920) * ''Possession'' (1922) * '' The Gardens of Murcia'' (1923) * ''Les Deux Gosses'' (1924) adaptation of the novel by Pierre Decourcelle * ''Monte Carlo'' (1925) * ''The Maid at the Palace'' (1927) * ''Croquette'' (1927) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''The Nipper'' (1930) * ''Octave'' (1930) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * ''A Man of Mayfair'' (1931) * ''These Charming People'' (1931) * ''Cognasse'' (1932) * '' Students in Paris'' (1932) * '' The Fish Woman'' (1932) * ''He Is Charming ''He Is Charming'' (French: ''Il est charma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was " Keep the Home Fires Burning" (1914), which was enormously popular during the First World War. His 1917 show, ''Theodore & Co'', was a wartime hit. After the war, Novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows. He wrote his musicals in the style of operetta and often composed his music to the libretti of Christopher Hassall. In the 1920s he turned to acting, first in British films and then on stage, with considerable success in both. He starred in two silent films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, '' The Lodger'' and ''Downhill'' (both 1927). On stage, he played the title charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of The Blood (1948 Film)
''Call of the Blood'' is a 1948 British-Italian drama film directed by John Clements and Ladislao Vajda and starring Clements, Kay Hammond and John Justin. In the Edwardian era a British family move to Sicily where the husband has an affair with a local woman. It was adapted from a 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. The film's sets were designed by art director Maurice Fowler. Elizabeth Haffenden worked as costume designer. Cast * John Clements as Julius Ikon * Kay Hammond as Doctor Anne Lester * John Justin as David Erskine * Hilton Edwards as Doctor Robert Blake * Robert Rietti as Gaspare * Carlo Ninchi as Salvatore * Lea Padovani as Maddelena * Jelo Filippo as Sebastiono * H.G. Stoker as Uncle Ben * Keith Pyott Keith Pyott ( Blackheath, London, 9 March 1902 - 6 April 1968) was a British actor. He transferred from stage to screen and was a regular face in drama in the early days of television, appearing in '' Educated Evans'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Hammond
Dorothy Katherine Standing, Lady Clements (18 February 1909 – 4 May 1980), known professionally as Kay Hammond, was an English stage and film actress. Family Kay Hammond was born in London, England as Dorothy Katherine Standing, the daughter of Sir Guy Standing and his wife, Dorothy Hammond (Dorothy Plaskitt). Her grandfather was Herbert Standing (1846–1923) and her uncles were Wyndham, Percy and Jack Standing, as well as Herbert Standing Jr., father of Joan Standing. Career She studied at RADA and first appeared on the London stage in 1927. Her most famous role was that of Elvira in Noël Coward's '' Blithe Spirit'', which she played in the original stage production. She reprised her role in the 1945 film version opposite Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford and Constance Cummings. She appeared as a guest of Roy Plomley on ''Desert Island Discs'' on 25 February 1951. Personal life Hammond's first husband was baronet Sir Ronald George Leon. Their sons were John Ronald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Justin
John Justin (24 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) was a British stage and film actor. Early life John Justinian de Ledesma was born in Knightsbridge, London, England, the son of a well-off Argentine rancher. Though he grew up on his father's ranch, he was educated at Bryanston School in Bryanston, Dorset. He developed an interest in flying and became a qualified pilot at the age of 12, though he was not allowed to fly solo at the time because of his age. Acting career He became interested in acting at a young age. By the age of 16, he had joined the Plymouth Repertory. In 1937, he briefly trained with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but did not like it and soon joined the repertory company of John Gielgud. Among the plays he appeared in was ''Dear Octopus''. ''The Thief of Bagdad'' In 1938, he auditioned for and was cast the role for which he is perhaps best remembered, Ahmad in the 1940 version of '' The Thief of Bagdad'', opposite Sabu. To do so, he had to sign a seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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