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The Flaw (1933 Film)
''The Flaw'' is a 1933 British thriller film directed by Norman Walker and starring Henry Kendall, Eric Maturin and Phyllis Clare. It was made as a quota quickie at Wembley Studios, and was remade in 1955 with the same title. Cast * Henry Kendall as John Millway * Eric Maturin as James Kelver * Phyllis Clare as Laura Kelver * Eve Gray as Irene Nelson * Douglas Payne as Inspector Barnes * Sydney Seaward as Sergeant * Vera Gerald as Mrs. Mamby * Elsie Irving * E.A. Williams Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or t ...'' called it a "Nicely constructed thriller," and gave it two out of five stars. References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Walker (director)
Norman Walker (8 October 1892 – 4 November 1963) was an English film director. In the 1940s he set up his own company G.H.W. Productions, backed by the Rank Organisation, and released four films. Filmography * ''Tommy Atkins'' (1928) * ''Widecombe Fair'' (1928) * ''The Hate Ship'' (1929) * '' A Romance of Seville'' (1929) * '' Loose Ends'' (1930) * '' The Middle Watch'' (1930) * ''Uneasy Virtue'' (1931) * '' The Shadow Between'' (1931) * '' Fires of Fate'' (1932) * ''Mr. Bill the Conqueror'' (1932) * ''Forging Ahead'' (1933) * ''The House of Trent'' (1933) * ''The Fortunate Fool'' (1933) * '' The Flaw'' (1933) * '' The Way of Youth'' (1934) * '' Dangerous Ground'' (1934) * '' Lilies of the Field'' (1934) * ''Turn of the Tide'' (1935) * ''Key to Harmony'' (1935) * ''Debt of Honour'' (1936) * ''Sunset in Vienna'' (1937) * ''Our Fighting Navy'' (1937) * ''The Man at the Gate'' (1941) * ''The Great Mr. Handel'' (1942) * ''Hard Steel'' (1942) * '' They Knew Mr. Knight'' (1946) * ''J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Payne
Douglas Payne (1875 in England – 3 August 1965 in London, England) was a British actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Maria Marten'' (1913) * '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914) * ''In the Ranks'' (1914) * ''Enoch Arden'' (1914) * '' The Little Minister'' (1915) * ''The Romany Rye'' (1915) * '' Master and Man'' (1915) * '' Flying from Justice'' (1915) * '' Fine Feathers'' (1915) * '' The Coal King'' (1915) * ''The Stronger Will'' (1916) * ''A Lass o' the Looms'' (1919) * ''The Heart of a Rose'' (1919) * ''Rodney Stone'' (1920) * '' Won by a Head'' (1920) * '' Potter's Clay'' (1922) * '' Old Bill Through the Ages'' (1924) * '' The Man Who Changed His Name'' (1928) * '' What Next?'' (1928) * ''Red Aces ''Red Aces'' is a 1930 British silent crime film directed by Edgar Wallace and starring Janice Adair, Muriel Angelus and Nigel Bruce. It was adapted by Wallace from one of his own novels, ''Red Aces'' (1929), featuring the character of J.G. R ...'' (1929) * '' You'd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Norman Walker
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] |
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 Shot At Wembley 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 sensitized ... [...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] |
1930s Thriller 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 off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Thriller 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 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] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become ''TV Guide Magazine'' was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities. In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Irving
Elsie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Elsie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lily Elsie (1886–1952), English actress and singer born Elsie Hodder * Robert Elsie (1950–2017), Canadian expert in Albanian culture and affairs * Hahm Eun-jung (born 1988), South Korean singer and actress known professional as Elsie, a member of T-ara Places United States * Elsie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Elsie, Michigan, a village * Elsie, Nebraska, village * Lake Elsie, in North Dakota Canada * Elsie Island, Nunavut * Elsie Lake, in British Columbia Music * ''Elsie'' (album), the 2011 début album by The Horrible Crowes * ''Elsie'' (musical) ** "Elsie", a song from ''Elsie'' (musical) Other uses * USS ''Elsie III'' (SP-708), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919, later USC&G ''Elsie III'', a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship from 1919 to 1944 * Elsie (robot), an autonomous robot built by William G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Gerald
Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarragona Places Spain *Vera, Almería, a municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia *Vera de Bidasoa, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarra *La Vera, a comarca in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura United States *Vera, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Vera, Kansas, a ghost town * Vera, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Vera, Oklahoma, a town *Vera, Texas, an unincorporated community *Vera, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Veradale, Washington, originally known as Vera, CDP Elsewhere *Vera, Santa Fe, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina *Vera Department, an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe *Vera, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a municipality *Cape Vera, Nunavut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
