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The School For Scandal (1930 Film)
''The School for Scandal'' is a 1930 British historical comedy film directed by Thorold Dickinson and Maurice Elvey and starring Basil Gill, Madeleine Carroll and Ian Fleming. It is the first sound film adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play ''The School for Scandal''. It is also the only feature-length film shot using the unsuccessful Raycol colour process, and marked the screen debut of Sally Gray. The film was shot at the Elstree Studios of British International Pictures with sets designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams. It ended up being released as a second feature and is classified as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.262 The British Film Institute has placed it on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films. Cast * Basil Gill as Sir Peter Teazle * Madeleine Carroll as Lady Teazle * Ian Fleming as Joseph Surface * Henry Hewitt as Charles Surface * Edgar K. Bruce as Sir Oliver Surface * Hayden Coffin as Sir Harry Bumper * Hector Abbas as Moses * Dodo Watts as Mar ... [...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] |
British International Pictures
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned approximately 500 cinemas in Britain by 1943, and in the 1950s and 60s owned a station on the ITV television network. The studio was partly owned by Warner Bros. from about 1940 until 1969; the American company also owned a stake in ABPC's distribution arm, Warner-Pathé, from 1958. It formed one half of a vertically integrated film industry duopoly in Britain with the Rank Organisation. History From 1927 to 1945 The company was founded during 1927 by Scottish solicitor John Maxwell after he had purchased British National Pictures Studios and its Elstree Studios complex and merged it with his ABC Cinemas circuit, renaming the company British International Pictures. The Wardour Film Company, with Maxwell as chairman, was the distributor of BI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Braddell
Maurice Lee Braddell (23 November 1900 – 28 July 1990) was an English actor, author and art restorer. Maurice Braddell was born in Folkestone, Kent, England, and lived in New York City for much of his life. He was the son of Sir Thomas Braddell and Lady Violet Nassau (Kirby) Braddell. The Braddell family had a long association with the Straits Settlements (Singapore) where they served as lawyers and judges. Maurice Braddell married Jean Shannon (Macleod) Harman of Chesham, Bucks who had previously taken the name Braddell. As well as acting in both silent films and talkies, Braddell wrote the 1935 farce of the same name on which the 1936 film, ''It's You I Want'' is based. Over 40 years later, he was retired from films and working as an art restorer, living in New York's East Village, when he was cast in Andy Warhol's 1968 film, ''Flesh Flesh is any aggregation of soft tissues of an organism. Various multicellular organisms have soft tissues that may be called "flesh". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vibart
Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – 30 August 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era. Career Vibart's prolific stage career began in 1886. Over the decades worked alongside some of the biggest names of British theatre, and toured extensively in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Vibart gained a reputation as an exceptionally reliable actor, and it was noted on the occasion of his 10,000th stage appearance in 1923 that he had never once in his career missed a rehearsal or performance through illness or lack of dedication. ''NZ Truth'', 15-09-1923. ''Retrieved 07-10-2010'' Vibart made his screen debut in 1911, and woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Grey
Anne Grey (born Aileen Stephen Ewing; 6 March 1907 – 3 April 1987) was an English actress, who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College London. She had originally intended a literary career, and to become a journalist but went on stage instead. Her first film experience in 1925 was in a crowd scene in '' The Constant Nymph'' but she got second lead in her next picture just two months later. In 1934 she went to Hollywood. Filmography * '' The Constant Nymph'' (1928) * '' The Warning'' (1928) * ''What Money Can Buy'' (1928) * '' Master and Man'' (1929) * ''Taxi for Two'' (1929) * ''The Runaway Princess'' (1929) * ''The School for Scandal'' (1930) * ''The Nipper'' (1930) * '' Cross Roads'' (1930) * '' The Squeaker'' (1930) * ''The Man at Six'' (1931) * '' The Calendar'' (1931) * ''Guilt'' (1931) * '' The Old Man'' (1931) * ''The Happy Ending'' (1931) * '' Other People's Sins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodo Watts
Dorothy Margaret Watts (1910–1990), known professionally as Dodo Watts, was a British stage and film actress. She played Fay Eaton in the 1929 Broadway version of Ian Hay's play ''The Middle Watch'', and reprised her role in the 1930 British film version the following year. When her career wound down, she became a business woman, owning a successful millinery firm in London's West End. She was later a casting director, and head of casting for ABC Weekend TV (later Thames Television); and largely responsible for casting Diana Rigg in the role of Emma Peel in '' The Avengers'' TV series. She later became a theatrical agent. Partial filmography * '' Confessions'' (1925) * ''Auld Lang Syne'' (1929) * ''The School for Scandal'' (1930) * '' Almost a Honeymoon'' (1930) * ''The Man from Chicago'' (1930) * '' The Middle Watch'' (1930) * ''Uneasy Virtue'' (1931) * ''Her Night Out'' (1932) * ''Impromptu'' (1932) * '' Dora'' (1933) * ''Hundred to One'' (1933) * ''Little Fella'' (1933) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Abbas
Hector Abbas (9 November 1884 – 11 November 1942) was a Dutch film actor who appeared mainly in British films after emigrating to the United Kingdom. Partial filmography * ''The First Men in the Moon'' (1919) * ''A Prince of Lovers'' (1922) * ''The Wandering Jew'' (1923) * ''Bolibar'' (1928) * ''The School for Scandal'' (1930) * ''Madame Guillotine'' (1931) * '' A Gentleman of Paris'' (1931) * ''Rembrandt'' (1936) * '' Gypsy Melody'' (1936) * ''The Man Who Made Diamonds'' (1937) * ''Old Mother Riley's Circus'' (1941) * ''The Common Touch'' (1941) * '' "Pimpernel" Smith'' (1941) * ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' (stylized onscreen as ''......one of our aircraft is missing'') is a 1942 British black-and-white war film, mainly set in the German-occupied Netherlands. It was the fourth collaboration between the British writ ...'' (1942) References External links * 1884 births 1942 deaths Dutch male film actors Male actors from Amste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayden Coffin
Charles Hayden Coffin (22 April 1862 – 8 December 1935) was an English actor and singer known for his performances in many famous Edwardian musical comedies, particularly those produced by George Edwardes. Hayden achieved fame as Harry Sherwood in '' Dorothy'' (1886), which became the longest-running piece of musical theatre in history up to that time; other similar roles followed. In 1893, he joined the company of George Edwardes and starred in a series of extraordinarily successful musical comedies, including '' A Gaiety Girl'' (1893), '' An Artist's Model'' (1895), ''The Geisha'' (1896), '' A Greek Slave'' (1898), ''San Toy'' (1899), ''A Country Girl'' (1903), '' Veronique'' (1904), ''The Girl Behind the Counter'' (1906), ''Tom Jones'' (1907) and '' The Quaker Girl'' (1910). In his later years, Coffin found success in Shakespearean roles such as Feste in ''Twelfth Night'' (1912), and in musicals, a few films and other works, such as the classic comedy ''The School for S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy of every American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of copyright registration, but the Librarian of Congress was not required to retain those copies: "Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authority is granted for the return to the claimant of copyright of such copyright deposits as are not required by the Library." A report created by Library of Congress film historian and archivist David Pierce claims: * 75% of original silent-era films have perished. * 14% of the 10,919 silent films released by major studios exist in their original 35 mm or other formats. * 11% survive only in full-length foreign versions or film formats of lesser image quality. Of the American sound films made from 1927 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BFI 75 Most Wanted
The BFI 75 Most Wanted is a list compiled in 2010 by the British Film Institute of the most sought-after British feature films not held in the BFI National Archive, and classified as "missing, believed lost". The films chosen range from quota quickies and B-movies to lavish prestige productions of their day. The list includes lost works by major directors and those featuring top-name actors; also films that were top box-office successes in their time but have since disappeared, and works that are believed to be historically significant for some aspect of style, technique, subject matter or innovation. BFI National Archive. ''Note: For references and further information for individual films, follow this link then click on the appropriate film name.'' The earliest film on the list dates from 1913, the latest from 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI activities Archive The BFI maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quota Quickie
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. It received Royal Assent on 20 December 1927 and came into force on 1 April 1928. Description The act introduced a requirement for British cinemas to show a quota of British films for a duration of 10 years. Its supporters believed that it would promote the emergence of a vertically integrated film industry, with production, distribution and exhibition infrastructure controlled by the same companies. As the vertically integrated American film industry had rapid growth in the years immediately following the end of World War I, the intention was to counter Hollywood's perceived economic and cultural dominance by promoting similar business practices among British studios, distributors and cinema chains. By creating an obligatory market-section for British films, it was hoped that the increased economic activity in the prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
