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The Lackey And The Lady
''The Lackey and the Lady'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Leslie Howard, A. E. Matthews and Roy Travers. It was based on a novel by Tom Gallon. The film was the subject of a court case after its distributor Phillips Film Company refused to circulate it on the grounds of its alleged poor quality. The director Bentley sued for slander and won a judgement in his favour in the early 1920s.Low p.145 However, the negative publicity surrounding the film severely damaged the reputation of the British Actors Film Company which had been relaunched after the First World War with ambitious production plans but was eventually forced to merge with one of its larger rivals. Cast * Leslie Howard as Tony Dunciman * A. E. Matthews * Roy Travers * Alban Atwood as Mr. Dunciman * F. Pope-Stamper as Garrett Woodruffe * Mary Odette * Violet Graham * Adelaide Grace * Jeff Barlow Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bentley (director)
Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, ''The Man in the Street'' (1926), ''The Antidote'' (1927), and ''Acci-Dental Treatment'' (1928). Bentley was born in St George Hanover Square, London and originally trained as an engineer but went on to become a vaudeville performer well known for impersonating the characters from the novels of Charles Dickens on stage, touring Britain and Australia.Pointer, Michael (1996). ''Charles Dickens on the Screen''. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 31; .McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. p. 66-67; His directing career in silent films began in 1910 after he was signed by Cecil Hepworth to write and direct five adaptations of Dickens' novels. He would go on to direct more Dickens adaptations throughout his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Barlow
Jeff Barlow was a British actor who was born in Lancashire in 1871. Selected filmography * ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915) * ''The Man Who Bought London'' (1916) * '' Trouble for Nothing'' (1916) * '' Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1917) * '' The Happy Warrior'' (1917) * '' Bonnie Mary'' (1918) * ''The Man and the Moment'' (1918) * ''Once Upon a Time'' (1918) * '' The Splendid Coward'' (1918) * ''A Master of Men'' (1918) * '' The Lackey and the Lady'' (1919) * '' The Homemaker'' (1919) * '' Castles in Spain'' (1920) * ''Beyond the Dreams of Avarice'' (1920) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * '' The Skipper's Wooing'' (1922) * '' Was She Justified?'' (1922) * '' The Lady Owner'' (1923) * '' Hornet's Nest'' (1923) * '' Chu-Chin-Chow'' (1923) * '' Sen Yan's Devotion'' (1924) * '' Satan's Sister'' (1925) * ''The Marriage Business ''The Marriage Business'' is a 1927 British silent comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Estelle Brody, Owen Nares and Jack Rutherford. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On British Novels
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British Silent Feature Films
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Films Directed By Thomas Bentley
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] |
1910s English-language Films
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Silent British Drama Films
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1919 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Films
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Bratislava, Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY Iolaire, HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2–January 22, 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation (1918–1919), Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Faisal I of Iraq, Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionism, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (region), Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violet Graham
Violet Graham (9 November 1890 – 1967) was an English stage and film actress. Graham played leading roles in several films of the silent era, often appearing in those of the director Sidney Morgan such as '' Auld Lang Syne''.Low p.278 Graham was in the original cast of the 1909 musical '' The Arcadians''. Selected filmography * '' Jobson's Luck'' (1913) * '' The Charlatan'' (1916) * ''On the Banks of Allan Water'' (1916) * '' Auld Lang Syne'' (1917) * ''A Bid for Fortune'' (1917) * ''The Lackey and the Lady'' (1919) * '' A Man's Shadow'' (1920) * '' The Mystery of Thor Bridge'' (1923) * ''Trainer and Temptress'' (1925) * ''Lily of Laguna "Lily of Laguna" is a British coon song written in eye dialect. It was written in 1898 by English composer Leslie Stuart. It was a music hall favourite, performed notably by blackface performers such as Eugene Stratton and G. H. Elliott. In th ...'' (1938) References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1914 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gallon
Tom Gallon (5 December 1866 – 4 November 1914) was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist Nellie Tom-Gallon, who founded the Tom-Gallon Trust Award at The . for beginning writers in memory of her brother. Biography Thomas Henry Gallon was born in , London, the son of John P. Gallon (an engineer, fitter and turner) and his wife Martha K. Gallon. Several of Tom Gallon's novels were[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Odette
Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born film actress. Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number of British films being made, she appeared in several Continental European productions. She retired from films in 1928, shortly before the arrival of sound films in Britain. Filmography * '' Cynthia in the Wilderness'' (1916) * '' The Greatest Wish in the World'' (1918) * '' The Way of an Eagle'' (1918) * ''Spinner o' Dreams'' (1918) * ''The Top Dog'' (1918) * '' The Wages of Sin'' (1918) * ''Peace, Perfect Peace'' (1918) * ''The Lackey and the Lady'' (1919) * ''As He Was Born'' (1919) * ''Whosoever Shall Offend'' (1919) * ''Dombey and Son'' (1919) * '' Castle of Dreams'' (1919) * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) * '' With All Her Heart'' (1920) * '' Enchantment'' (1920) * '' As God Made Her'' (1920) * ''Torn Sails'' (1920) * '' John Heriot's Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
