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The Hundredth Chance (novel)
''The Hundredth Chance'' is a 1917 novel by the British writer Ethel M. Dell. It was one of four of Dell's novels to make the Publishers Weekly list of top ten bestselling books during the 1910s in America. In 1927 Dell adapted the novel as a play. Film adaptation It was adapted into a 1920 silent film of the same title produced by the British studio Stoll Pictures. Directed by Maurice Elvey it starred Dennis Neilson-Terry, Mary Glynne Mary Glynne (born Mary Aitken; 25 January 1895 – 19 September 1954) was a British actress. Biography Glynne was born Mary Aitken in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. She started her career in 1908, in a stage play called ''The Da ... and Eille Norwood. It was one of a number of her works to be filmed during the era.Goble p.122 References Bibliography * Barnett, Vincent L. & Weedon, Alexis. ''Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman''. Routledge, 2016. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Liter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel M
Ethel (also '' æthel'') is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name. Etymology and historic usage The word means ''æthel'' "noble". It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, both masculine and feminine, e.g. Æthelhard, Æthelred, Æthelwulf; Æthelburg, Æthelflæd, Æthelthryth (Audrey). It corresponds to the ''Adel-'' and ''Edel-'' in continental names, such as Adolf (Æthelwulf), Albert (Adalbert), Adelheid (Adelaide), Edeltraut and Edelgard. Some of the feminine Anglo-Saxon names in Æthel- survived into the modern period (e.g. Etheldred Benett 1776–1845). ''Ethel'' was in origin used as a familiar form of such names, but it began to be used as a feminine given name in its own right beginning in the mid-19th century, gaining popularity due to characters so named in novels by W. M. Thackeray (''The Newcomes'' – 1855) and Charlotte Mary Yonge (''The Daisy Chain'' whose heroine Ethel's full name is E ... [...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] |
Hutchinson (publisher)
Hutchinson was a British publishing firm which operated from 1887 until 1985, when it underwent several mergers. It is currently an imprint which is ultimately owned by Bertelsmann, the German publishing conglomerate. History Hutchinson began as Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., an English book publisher, founded in London in 1887 by Sir George Hutchinson and later run by his son, Walter Hutchinson (1887–1950). Hutchinson's published books and magazines such as '' The Lady's Realm'', ''Adventure-story Magazine'', ''Hutchinson's Magazine'' and ''Woman''.Ashley, M. (2006). ''The Age of Storytellers. British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880–1950''. London: The British Library and Oak Knoll Press. In the 1920s, Walter Hutchinson published many of the "spook stories" of E. F. Benson in ''Hutchinson's Magazine'' and then in collections in a number of books. The company also first published Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger novels, five novels by mystery writer Harry Step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly List Of Bestselling Novels In The United States In The 1910s
This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1910s, as determined by ''The Bookman'', a New York–based literary journal (1910–1912) and '' Publishers Weekly'' (1913 and beyond). The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1910 through 1919. The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the ''Harry Potter'' series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown. 1910 # '' The Rosary'' by Florence L. Barclay # '' A Modern Chronicle'' by Winston Churchill # '' The Wild Olive'' by Anonymous ( Basil King) # ''Max'' by Katherine Cecil Thurston # '' The Kingdom of Slender Swords'' by Hallie Erminie Rives # ''Simon the Jester'' by William J. Locke # '' Lord Loveland Discovers America'' by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson # ''The Window at the White Cat'' by Mary Roberts Rinehart # '' Molly Make-Believe'' by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott # ''When a Man Marries'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hundredth Chance (film)
''The Hundredth Chance'' is a 1920 British silent romantic drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Dennis Neilson-Terry, Mary Glynne, and Eille Norwood. It was based on the 1917 novel ''The Hundredth Chance'' by Ethel M. Dell. It is not known whether the film currently survives,The Hundredth Chance' (1920) silentera.com entry which suggests that it is a lost film. Plot As summarized in a film publication, Jack Bolton (Seaward) is the genius of the racing stable of Lord Saltash. He falls in love with Maud Brian (Glynne), daughter of Lady Bernard Brian (Lascelles), who is married to the innkeeper Giles Sheppard (Arundell). While Maud knows Jack is in love with her, she is half in love with Lord Saltash (Neilson-Terry) and does not love Jack. However, Lord Saltash's cruelty to her crippled brother Bunny (Key) makes her hesitate. She contemplates marrying Jack to protect her brother. Jack then takes the "hundredth chance" and asks Maud to marry him, hoping her love w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoll Pictures
Stoll Pictures was a British film production and distribution company of the silent era, founded in April 1918. Background During the early to mid-1920s it was the largest film company in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe. Its major domestic rival was the Ideal Film Company. Stoll's films were primarily made at its Cricklewood Studios, although the smaller Surbiton Studios were also used during the early years of the company's existence. The company takes its name from its founder Sir Oswald Stoll, better known today as a theatre owner. Stoll produced a series of expensive films during the early 1920s such as ''The Four Feathers'' and '' The Prodigal Son'' at a cost of £37,000 was at the time the most expensive British production ever. The film's original release length of 18,454 feet made it the longest commercially made British film.Robertson p.35 The studio was a major victim of the Slump of 1924 and cut back production, relying on several co-productions with European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He also produced more than fifty films - his own as well as films directed by others.Rachael Low:''The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918'' Linked 2015-03-18 Biography Born William Seward Folkard in Stockton-on-Tees, he ran away from home at the age of nine, seeking his fortune i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Neilson-Terry
Dennis Neilson-Terry (21 October 1895 – 14 July 1932) was a British actor, theatre manager and producer, who starred in a number of films between 1917 and 1932. He was the son of the actor Fred Terry and his wife, the actress Julia Neilson. In his early years he had been seen as a rising Shakespearean. After the First World War he specialised, as his parents had done before him, in less demanding roles in ephemeral but popular and profitable plays. While touring in southern Africa with such a repertory he contracted pneumonia and died at the age of 36. Life and career Family Dennis Neilson-Terry was born in London into the Terry family of actors. His parents were Fred Terry and his wife Julia Neilson; his older sister was the actress Phyllis Neilson-Terry; and his aunt was Ellen Terry. He married the actress Mary Glynne and was the father of the actress Hazel Terry."Mr Dennis Neilson-Terry", ''The Times'' 15 July 1932, p. 8 Early years Neilson-Terry was educated at Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Glynne
Mary Glynne (born Mary Aitken; 25 January 1895 – 19 September 1954) was a British actress. Biography Glynne was born Mary Aitken in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. She started her career in 1908, in a stage play called ''The Dairymaids'' at the Princes Theatre in Manchester. A month later, she appeared on stage at the Queen's Theatre, London, in the same play. She appeared in numerous stage productions from 1908 to 1954 and in 24 films between 1919 and 1939. Following her appearance in many West End successes, she toured the provinces and, later, South Africa. She was married to Dennis Neilson-Terry, who died in Rhodesia in 1932. Glynne died in London on 19 September 1954. Selected filmography * '' Unmarried'' (1920) * '' The Call of Youth'' (1921) * ''Appearances'' (1921) * ''The Mystery Road'' (1921) * ''The Princess of New York'' (1921) * ''The White Hen'' (1921) * '' Dangerous Lies'' (1921) * '' The Bonnie Brier Bush'' (1921) * ''The Good Companions'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eille Norwood
Eille Norwood (born Anthony Edward Brett; 11 October 1861 – 24 December 1948) was an English stage actor, director, and playwright best known today for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films. Early life He was born 11 October 1861 in York as Anthony Edward Brett and attended St John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1883). Norwood took his stage name from a woman he once loved named Eileen and Norwood in southeast London, where he lived. Career His first professional stage appearance was in 1884 with F. R. Benson's Shakespearean company. In 1886-7 he worked for Edward Compton's company. He was active on the stage until 1892, when he became ill and did not recover until about 1899. After acting in a revival of his play ''The Noble Art'', retitled ''The Talk of the Town'', in 1901, he resumed regular stage work. For some years he was employed by Charles Wyndham, appearing for him in ''My Lady of Rosedale'' (1904), ''Captain Drew on Leave'' (1906), and '' The Liars'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 British Novels
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Novels By Ethel M
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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