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Vincent Holman
Vincent Holman (22 September 1886 – 7 April 1962) was a British stage, film and television actor. On stage, he was in the original cast of Arnold Ridley's ''The Ghost Train (play), The Ghost Train'' at Brighton's Theatre Royal, Brighton, Theatre Royal and London's St. Martin's Theatre in 1925-1926. Selected filmography * ''These Charming People'' (1931) - Andrews (uncredited) * ''Stamboul (film), Stamboul'' (1931) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Holiday Lovers (1932 film), Holiday Lovers'' (1932) - Salesman (uncredited) * ''Follow the Lady (film), Follow the Lady'' (1933) - Parsons * ''Taxi to Paradise'' (1933) - Dunning * ''The Shadow (1933 film), The Shadow'' (1933) - Wallis * ''Death at Broadcasting House'' (1934) - Detective (uncredited) * ''The Feathered Serpent (1934 film), The Feathered Serpent'' (1934) - Inspector Clarke * ''The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) - (uncredited) * ''The Silent Passenger'' (1935) - Works Manager * ''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight (company)
Spotlight is the largest Casting (performing arts), casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has over 70,000 actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and stunt performers in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadcasters, advertisement agencies, and casting directors. Clients range from large organisations such as the BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV, and Channel 4 to smaller production companies. It publishes its "Contacts" handbook both in hard copy and as an e-book. It includes listings for over 5,000 companies, services, and individuals across all branches of film, television, stage, video games, and voice acting. Spotlight is one of the most successful companies in casting, generating over £10 million per year. Although established since 1927, it only registered as a limited company in 2010. It does not disclose its profits publicly. References External links Spotlight website Directories 1927 establishments in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Passenger
''The Silent Passenger'' is a British black-and-white mystery film produced in 1935 at Ealing Studios, London. It is based on an original story written by Sayers specifically for the screen. Her amateur sleuth was portrayed as a somewhat eccentric comical aristocrat who solved murders in spite of himself. As of 2014, the film is available on DVD. Plot Maurice Windermere, a blackmailer, is absconding to France with Mollie Ryder, one of his victims. While waiting for the train to take them to the cross Channel ferry, he is murdered by the husband of another one of his victims, railway detective Henry Camberley (Donald Wolfit). John Ryder (John Loder), Mollie's husband, jealously searching for her, breaks into Windermere's room just after Camberley has killed Windermere and hidden him in a trunk. Ryder assaults Camberley, who he assumes is Windermere, and demands the tickets Windermere purchased for himself and Mollie, intending to surprise his wife by taking Windermere's place on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Briggs Family
''The Briggs Family'' is a 1940 UK, British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Edward Chapman (actor), Edward Chapman, Felix Aylmer, Jane Baxter, Oliver Wakefield and Austin Trevor. During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car. Cast * Edward Chapman (actor), Edward Chapman as Charley Briggs * Jane Baxter as Sylvia Briggs * Oliver Wakefield as Ronnie Perch * Austin Trevor as John Smith * Mary Clare as Mrs Briggs * Peter Croft as Bob Briggs * Glynis Johns as Shelia Briggs * Lesley Brook as Alice * Felix Aylmer as Mr Sand * Jack Melford as Jerry Tulse * George Carney as George Downing * Muriel George as Mrs Brokenshaw * Aubrey Mallalieu as Milward * Esma Cannon as Myrtle * Joss Ambler as Prosecutor * Kitty de Legh as Mary Grayson * Ian Fleming (actor), Ian Fleming as Air Vice Marshal * Vincent Holman as Inspector * Hamilton Keene as Detective Sergeant Harper * Pat McGrath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimes At The Dark House
''Crimes at the Dark House'' (originally titled ''The Woman in White'') is a (1940) British film directed by George King starring Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. It is loosely based on the 1860 novel '' The Woman in White'' by Wilkie Collins. Plot summary In this lurid melodrama Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit his estate in England. On arriving in England he schemes to marry an heiress for her money and, with the connivance of the enigmatic Count Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and get in the way of his plans to be the Lord of the Manor. Cast *Tod Slaughter as The False Percival Glyde *Sylvia Marriott as Laurie Fairlie / Anne Catherick *Hilary Eaves as Marion Fairlie *Geoffrey Wardwell as Paul Hartwright *Hay Petrie as Dr. Isidor Fosco *Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Bullen *Rita Grant as Jessica, the Maid * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stars Look Down (film)
''The Stars Look Down'' is a British film from 1940, based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same title, about injustices in a mining town in North East England. The film, co-scripted by Cronin and directed by Carol Reed, stars Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick and Margaret Lockwood as Jenny Sunley. The film is a ''New York Times'' Critics' Pick and is listed in ''The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made''. Plot Coal miners, led by Robert "Bob" Fenwick, go on strike, refusing to work in a particular section of the mine due to the great danger of flooding, despite their own union supporting Neptune Colliery's owner, Richard Barras. Tensions rise as the strikers go hungry. Finally, some of them break into a butcher's shop and loot it. Bob Fenwick tries to stop it, but ends up being arrested himself. The miners give in and go back to work. Bob's son "Davey" wins a scholarship and moves away to attend school. While studying, Davey runs into an old friend, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traitor Spy
''Traitor Spy'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Walter Summers and starring Bruce Cabot, Marta Labarr, Tamara Desni and Edward Lexy. It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by Ian White. It has also been released under the title ''The Torso Murder Mystery''. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Jacques Pendower. Premise Both Scotland Yard and the security services are on the trail of some stolen blueprints and believe there is a link with a headless body discovered in Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is .... Cast References External links * 1939 films British mystery thriller films British spy thriller films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Walter Summers Films set in London Films set in Devon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
''The Arsenal Stadium Mystery'' is a 1939 British mystery film and one of the first feature films wherein football is a central element in the plot. The film was directed by Thorold Dickinson, and shot at Denham Film Studios and on location at the original Arsenal Stadium in Highbury. It was written by Dickinson, Donald Bull, and Alan Hyman, adapted from a 1939 novel by Leonard Gribble. Plot The film is a murder mystery set, as the title suggests, at the original Arsenal Stadium, Gillespie Road, Highbury, London, the then home of Arsenal Football Club, who were at the time one of the dominant teams in English football. The backdrop is a friendly match between Arsenal and The Trojans, a fictitious amateur side. One of the Trojans' players drops dead during the match and when it is revealed he has been poisoned, suspicion falls on his teammates as well as his former mistress. Detective Inspector Slade (Leslie Banks) is called in to solve the crime. The victim has been poisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Plus Ten (film)
''Kate Plus Ten'' is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Jack Hulbert, Genevieve Tobin and Noel Madison. It was adapted from the Edgar Wallace novel '' Kate Plus Ten''. It was also released as ''Queen of Crime''. Production The film was an independent production shot at Shepperton Studios. The final third of the film makes extensive use of railway locations. Among these, the main line between Bath and Westbury (Wiltshire) was employed, with a stolen train smashing through fake level crossing gates at Freshford station. The branch line through Limpley Stoke and Camerton was also featured, and a closed colliery in the Somerset coalfield was the location for the scene in which a steam locomotive crashes through wooden shed doors. Plot summary Kate, the leader of a gang of criminals, works as secretary to an aristocrat allowing her to pick up vital information. However, the police soon become suspicious of her and Scotland Yard's Inspector Pembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Edition (film)
''Special Edition'' is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Redd Davis and starring Lucille Lisle, John Garrick and Norman Pierce.Chibnall p.300 It was made by at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie for released by Paramount British Pictures. Synopsis A reporter investigates a murder case, and proves that a photographer is really a killer. Cast * Lucille Lisle as Sheila Pearson * John Garrick as Frank Warde * Norman Pierce as Aiken * Johnnie Schofield as Horatio Adams * Frederick Culley as Dr. Pearson * Vera Bogetti as Mrs. Howard * Mabel Twemlow as Mrs. Cavendish * Vincent Holman as Inspector Bourne * Dino Galvani as Toni Lang * Fewlass Llewellyn Fewlass Llewellyn (5 March 1886 – 16 June 1941) was a Welsh actor, playwright and theatrical producer. Previously an engineer, he made his stage debut in 1890, and appeared in various film roles, often as authority figures. A play he co-wrote ... as Coroner References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Qui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Maxims
''Three Maxims'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Tullio Carminati and Leslie Banks. It was released in the United States under the alternative title '' The Show Goes On''. Separate French and German language versions were filmed 1935 in Paris. The film's sets were designed by Wilcox's regular art director Lawrence P. Williams. Premise A love triangle causes major disruption to the harmony of a trapeze act. Cast * Anna Neagle – Pat * Tullio Carminati – Toni * Leslie Banks – Mac * Arthur Finn – Hiram K. Winston * Olive Blakeney – Mrs Winston * Miki Hood – Valentine * Anthony Ireland – Val * Nicolas Koline – Niki * Gaston Palmer – Juggler * Leonard Snelling – Prodigy * Winifred Oughton – Prodigy's Mother * Beatrix Fielden-Kaye – Madame Thomas * Laurence Hanray – Thomas * Tarva Penna – Doctor * Vincent Holman – Cafe Proprietor * Henry Caine – Stage Manager * Horace Hodges – Mike Other film ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Catch A Thief (1936 Film)
''To Catch a Thief'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Garrick, Mary Lawson and H. F. Maltby. Cast * John Garrick as John * Mary Lawson as Anne * H. F. Maltby as Sir Herbert Condine * John Wood as Bill Lowther * Vincent Holman as Galloway * Gordon McLeod as Detective * Eliot Makeham as Secretary * Max Adrian Max Adrian (born Guy Thornton Bor; 1 November 1903 – 19 January 1973) was an Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In addition to his succ ... as Salesman References External links * 1936 films 1936 comedy films Films directed by Maclean Rogers British comedy films British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films English-language comedy films {{1930s-UK-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |