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Walter Summers
Walter Summers (1892–1973) was a British film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Barnstaple to a family of actors, British motion picture director Walter Summers began his career in the family trade; his first contact with filmmaking was as an assistant to American director George Loane Tucker, who worked for the English London Films unit from 1914 to 1916. With the outbreak of war, Summers mobilized into the British Army, gaining experiences that would serve him well later as a filmmaker. At war’s end, Summers worked briefly for Cecil Hepworth, and then the Territorial Unit in India before making contact with producer/director George B. Samuelson. Samuelson hired Summers as a writer, primarily on films starring the popular actress Lillian Hall-Davis such as ''Maisie’s Marriage'' (1923). Summers co-directed a couple of pictures with Samuelson before flying solo for the first time with a drama, '' A Couple of Down and Outs'' (1923). Summers followed this up with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnstaple
Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, but its harbour silted up and other trades developed such as shipbuilding, foundries and sawmills. A Victorian market building survives, with a high glass and timber roof on iron columns. The parish population was 24,033 at the 2011 census, and that of the built-up area 32,411 in 2018. The town area with nearby settlements such as Bishop's Tawton, Fremington and Landkey, had a 2020 population of 46,619. Toponymy The spelling Barnstable is obsolete, but retained by an American county and city. It appears in the 10th century and is thought to derive from the Early English ''bearde'', meaning "battle-axe", and ''stapol'', meaning "pillar", i. e. a post or pillar to mark a religious or administrative meeting place. The derivation from ''staple' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battles Of Coronel And Falkland Islands
''The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands'' is a 1927 British docudrama film directed by Walter Summers. The film focuses on the naval warfare around the Battle of Coronel and Battle of the Falkland Islands during the First World War. It was the last in a successful series of documentary reconstructions of First World War battles by British Instructional Films made between 1921 and 1927. The film was produced at Cricklewood Studios and on location off Malta and the Isles of Scilly. The film is an entirely fictional recreation with a strong documentary feel. The film cost an estimated £18,000 to make. It grossed £70,000 in Britain alone. It was restored and re-released by the BFI in 2014. Restoration In 2014 the BFI National Archive restored the film for the centenary of the events with a new score composed by Simon Dobson. Historical background On 1 November 1914, off the coast of Chile near Coronel, ships of the German and British navies exchanged fire resulting in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolibar
''Bolibar'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Elissa Landi, Michael Hogan, and Carl Harbord. It was based on the 1920 novel ''The Marquis of Bolibar'' by Leo Perutz. It was made by British Instructional Films at Cricklewood Studios. Also outside scenes shot on the island of Malta with hundreds of Maltese extras. Cast * Elissa Landi as Françoise-Marie / La Monita * Michael Hogan as Lt. Donop * Hubert Carter as Col. Bellay * Carl Harbord as Lt. Gunther * Jerrold Robertshaw as The Marquise of Bolibar * Cecil Barry as Dapt. Egolstein * Evelyn Roberts as Captain Brockendorf * Gerald Pring as Captain O'Callaghan * Charles Emerald as Colonel * Hector Abbas as Artist See also *''The Marquis of Bolibar ''The Marquis of Bolibar'' (German: ''Der Marquis von Bolibar'') is a 1922 Austrian silent film directed by Friedrich Porges and starring Hans Schindler. It is based on the 1920 novel of the same title by Leo Perutz. The film' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson (1926 Film)
''Nelson'' is a Silent film, silent 1926 British historical film directed by Walter Summers and starring Cedric Hardwicke, Gertrude McCoy and Frank Perfitt. A biopic of Admiral Horatio Nelson, it is based on the biography by Robert Southey. It was made with the approval of the Admiralty. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton. Partial cast * Cedric Hardwicke as Horatio Nelson * Gertrude McCoy as Lady Hamilton * Frank Perfitt as Captain Hardy * Frank Arlton as Governor * Pat Courtney as Nelson as a child References External links *''Nelson'' at British Pathé 1926 films 1920s historical films British black-and-white films British historical films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Walter Summers Films set in the 1800s Films based on biographies Napoleonic Wars naval films British silent feature films 1920s British films Silent adventure films {{historic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mons (film)
''Mons'' is a 1926 British silent war film directed by Walter Summers. It reconstructs the 1914 Battle of Mons during the First World War. Such reconstruction films were popular during the decade, and Summers had previously made the similar ''Ypres Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...'' the previous year.Burton & Chibnall p.425 References Bibliography * Alan Burton & Steve Chibnall. ''Historical Dictionary of British Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2013. External links * 1926 films British war films British silent feature films 1926 war films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Walter Summers British World War I films British black-and-white films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ypres (1925 Film)
''Ypres'' is a feature-length documentary produced in 1925 by British Instructional Films and directed by Walter Summers. The film consists entirely of reconstructions of the various Battles of Ypres performed by members of the British Armed Forces. In 1926, Summers directed another battle reconstruction film titled ''Mons''. In 2010, "Ypres" was remastered with a new soundtrack for its DVD release. The documentary is available to watch in its entirety on the British Pathé 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, ... website. References Bibliography * Alan Burton & Steve Chibnall. ''Historical Dictionary of British Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2013. External links Ypres, full documentary 1925 films 1925 documentary films 1925 war films British documentary films B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unwanted (1924 Film)
''The Unwanted'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Lillian Hall-Davis and Nora Swinburne.Harris p.67 Cast * C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Carrington * Lillian Hall-Davis as Maraine Dearsley * Nora Swinburne as Joyce Mannering * Francis Lister as John Dearsley * Walter Sondes as Kenneth Carrington * Mary Dibley Mary Dibley (21 February 1883 in London – 11 September 1968) was a British film actress. She was married to the actor Gerald Ames. Selected filmography * '' The Christian'' (1915) * '' The Shulamite'' (1915) * '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * ... as Genevieve References Bibliography * Harris, Ed. ''Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios''. Amberley Publishing, 2013. External links * 1924 films British drama films British silent feature films 1924 drama films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Walter Summers Films shot at Isleworth Studios Films set i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cost Of Beauty
''The Cost of Beauty'' is a 1924 British silent romance film directed by Walter Summers and starring Betty Ross Clarke, Lewis Dayton and James Lindsay. It was made at Isleworth Studios.Harris p.67 Cast * Betty Ross Clarke Betty Ross Clarke (born May Clarke,National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; ''Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1887-1940''; Mi ... as Diana Faire * Lewis Dayton as Garth Walters * James Lindsay as Henri Delatour * Tom Reynolds * Patrick Aherne * Nina Vanna References Bibliography * Harris, Ed. ''Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios''. Amberley Publishing, 2013. External links * 1924 films British romance films British silent feature films 1920s romance films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Walter Summers Films shot at Isleworth Studios British black-and-white films Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afterglow (1923 Film)
''Afterglow'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by G. B. Samuelson and Walter Summers and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Fred Hearne and James Lindsay. It was made at Isleworth Studios.Harris p. 66 Cast * Lillian Hall-Davis as Ethel * Fred Hearne as Bayard Delavel * James Lindsay as Howard Massingham * Minna Grey as Grace Andover * Annette Benson as Myra Massingham * Simeon Stuart Simeon Stuart (15 May 1864 – 25 November 1939) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Snow in the Desert'' (1919) * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) * '' The Face at the Window'' (1920) * ''Inheritance'' (1920) * '' ... as Judge Maitland * Walter McEwen as Bob Farley * Caleb Porter References Bibliography * Harris, Ed. ''Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios''. Amberley Publishing, 2013. External links * 1923 films British drama films British silent feature films 1923 drama films 1920s English-language fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''Son of Frankenstein'' (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956. Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902. After playing in 172 different productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to appearing in Hungarian silent films in 1917. He had to suddenly emigrate to Germany after the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919 because of his former socialist activities (organizing a stage actors' union), leaving his first wife in the process. He acted in several films in Weimar Germany, before arriving in New Orleans as a seaman on a merchant ship, then making his way north to New York City and Ellis Island. In 1927, he starred as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welwyn Studios
Welwyn Studios was a British film studio located at Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, in Hertfordshire. The facility operated between 1928 and 1950. The studios were first constructed by British Instructional Films, and converted to make sound films shortly afterwards. The studios were later taken over by British International Pictures (from 1933, the Associated British Picture Corporation) who used them as the base for production of the company's supporting features as well as an overflow facility for the main complex at Elstree Studios. A number of films were also made there by independent companies. Welwyn Garden City, anxious to develop the town with home industries, had initially approached A.E Bundy, who had bought British Instructional Films, from Sir Oswald Stoll. Bundy was offered the site on favourable terms and thousands of girders, left over after Stoll had enlarged his Surbiton Studios, further reduced the construction cost. H. Bruce Woolfe, producer of sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
