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William Luff
William Luff (1872–1960) was a British actor and cinematographer.Klossner p.158 He played the role of Charles II in the 1922 silent '' The Glorious Adventure''. Following the arrival of sound he switched to cinematography. He worked for Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios during the 1930s, shooting several of the company's more expensive films. Selected filmography Cinematographer * ''Frail Women'' (1932) * ''Condemned to Death'' (1932) * '' The Lodger'' (1932) * '' Bella Donna'' (1934) * '' The Lash'' (1934) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1934) * '' Lily of Killarney'' (1934) * Scrooge '' (1935) * ''Inside the Room'' (1935) * ''Annie, Leave the Room!'' (1935) * '' She Shall Have Music'' (1935) * ''Eliza Comes to Stay'' (1936) * ''A Romance in Flanders'' (1937) * '' Silver Blaze'' (1937) * ''London Scrapbook ''London Scrapbook'' is a 1942 British propaganda film directed by Derrick De Marney and Eugene Cekalski. It shows the physical devastation that the Blitz caused to Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrooge (1935 Film)
''Scrooge'' is a 1935 British Christmas fantasy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop and Robert Cochran. Hicks appears as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic '' A Christmas Carol'', not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost. Hicks had previously played the role of Scrooge on the stage more than 2000 times beginning in 1901, and again in a 1913 British silent film version. This was the first film to be released by the Twickenham Film Distributors, Ltd., founded by Julius Hagen and Arthur Clavering. Hagen acted as producer for the new company, with Clavering handling film distribution. Stylistically it leans heavily towards German Expressionism and the films of Fritz Lang, involving dark shadows and darkened edges. The script sticks very closely to Dickens' words. There is a colorized version that omits the opening scene in which Scrooge is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Cinematographers
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, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Deaths
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1872 Births
Year 187 ( CLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 940 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 187 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Septimius Severus marries Julia Domna (age 17), a Syrian princess, at Lugdunum (modern-day Lyon). She is the youngest daughter of high-priest Julius Bassianus – a descendant of the Royal House of Emesa. Her elder sister is Julia Maesa. * Clodius Albinus defeats the Chatti, a highly organized German tribe that controlled the area that includes the Black Forest. By topic Religion * Olympianus succeeds Pertinax as bishop of Byzantium (until 198). Births * Cao Pi, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (d. 226) * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virgin Queen (1923 Film)
'' The Virgin Queen'' is a 1923 British silent historical film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Diana Manners, Carlyle Blackwell and Walter Tennyson. Production background The film is a biopic of the life of the English Queen Elizabeth I and had sequences filmed in Prizmacolor. Cast * Diana Manners - Queen Elizabeth * Carlyle Blackwell - Lord Robert Dudley * Walter Tennyson - Viscount Hereford * Hubert Carrer - Sir William Cecil * A.B. Imeson - Borghese * William Luff - Bishop de Quadra * Lionel d'Aragon - Earl of Northumberland * Norma Whalley - Countess Lennox * Maisie Fisher - Queen Mary * Marian Constance Blackton - Mary Arundel * Violet Virginia Blackton - Lettice Knollys * Ursula Jeans - Bit Part (uncredited) See also *List of early color feature films This is a list of early feature-length color films (including primarily black-and-white films that have one or more color sequences) made up to about 1936, when the Technicolor three-strip process ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gipsy Cavalier
''A Gipsy Cavalier'' is a 1922 British historical drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Georges Carpentier, Flora le Breton and Rex McDougall. It was one of three films made in Britain during the early 1920s by the British-born American founder of Vitagraph Studios. All involved elaborate sets, costumes and extras and set an example of showmanship to emerging British filmmakers. It was adapted from the novel ''My Lady April'' by John Overton. Cast * Georges Carpentier as Valerius Carew * Flora le Breton as Dorothy Forrest * Rex McDougall as Ralph Carew * Mary Clare as Janet * Hubert Carter as Bartholomew Griggs * William Luff as Beydach * Simeon Stuart as Sir Julian Carew * W.D.C. Knox as Sir George Forrest * Norma Whalley as Lady Forrest * Percy Standing as Stirrett * Tom Coventry as Ballard * Charles Stuart Blackton as Valerius as a Child * Ursula Jeans Ursula Jean McMinn (5 May 1906 – 21 April 1973), better known as Ursula Jeans, was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Scrapbook
''London Scrapbook'' is a 1942 British propaganda film directed by Derrick De Marney and Eugene Cekalski. It shows the physical devastation that the Blitz caused to London, and humorously communicates the postwar struggles of Londoners to Americans. The film is preserved at the British Film Institute and was released on the compilation DVD ''The British Home Front at War: London Can Take It!'' from the Imperial War Museum. Plot American Bessie Love and Englishman Basil Radford try to sell their short film about life in postwar London, specifically highlighting various rationing measures, including petrol, cigarettes, meat, and beer. Cast * Bessie Love as herself * Basil Radford as himself * Leslie Mitchell as himself * Patricia Hawks, Love's daughter, as herself (uncredited) References External links ''London Scrapbook''available for online viewing at the British Film Institute website * ''London Scrapbook''at the British Film Institute The British Film Insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Blaze (1937 Film)
''Silver Blaze'' is a 1937 British, black-and-white crime and mystery film, based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's 1892 short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze". It was directed by Thomas Bentley, and was produced by Twickenham Film Studios Productions. It stars Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, and Ian Fleming as Dr. Watson. In the United States, the film was released in 1941 by Astor Pictures, where it was also known as ''Murder at the Baskervilles'', retitled by distributors to capitalize on the success of the Basil Rathbone Holmes film, ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. It is the last film in the 1931–1937 film series starring Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Synopsis In the 1930s, Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) takes a holiday by visiting his old friend, Sir Henry Baskerville (Lawrence Grossmith). Holmes' vacation ends when he and Watson suddenly find themselves in the middle of a double-murder mystery; they must find Professor Robert Moriarty (Lyn Harding) and Silver B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Romance In Flanders
''A Romance in Flanders'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Paul Cavanagh, Marcelle Chantal, Olga Lindo and Alastair Sim. It is set during the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders. It was also released under the alternative title of ''Lost on the Western Front''. It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith by the independent Franco-London Films. ''Halliwell's Film Guide'' describes it as "rose-coloured romantic hokum".Halliwell p.878 Cast * Paul Cavanagh as John Morley * Marcelle Chantal as Yvonne Berry * Garry Marsh as Rodd Berry * Olga Lindo as Madame Vlandermaere * Alastair Sim as Colonel Wexton * Evelyn Roberts as Captain Stanford * Kynaston Reeves as Major Burke * Arthur Hambling as Colonel Kennedy * C. Denier Warren as Bill Johnson * Frank Atkinson as Joe Stuggins * Bobbie Comber as Chauffeur * Andreas Malandrinos as Mayor * Denise Sydney as Muriel * Kathleen Weston as Bessie * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Comes To Stay
''Eliza Comes to Stay'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Betty Balfour, Seymour Hicks and Oscar Asche. It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.Wood p.85 Cast * Betty Balfour as Eliza Vandan * Seymour Hicks as Sandy Verrall * Oscar Asche as Herbert * Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Elizabeth * Nelson Keys as Sir Gregory * A.R. Whatmore as Monty Jordan * Vera Bogetti as Vera Laurence * Ben Webster Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Career Early life and career A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ... * Donald Burr * Agnes Imlay * Diana Ward * Bill Worth References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1936 films British comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Shall Have Music
''She Shall Have Music'' is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jack Hylton, June Clyde and Claude Dampier. Hylton played himself in a story built around a millionaire shipowner who hires a band (led by Hylton) to publicise his ships. It was also released as ''Wherever She Goes''. The film was made at Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. For distribution in the United States, to comply with the 1930 Motion Picture Production Code scenes involving portions of two songs and a dance featuring "an undue amount of nudity" were removed. Partial cast * Jack Hylton as Himself - Bandleader * June Clyde as Dorothy Drew * Claude Dampier as Eddie * Brian Lawrance as Brian Gates * Gwen Farrar as Miss Peachum * Marjorie Brooks as Mrs. Marlowe * Edmund Breon as Freddie Gates * Felix Aylmer Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
