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William Trytel
William Trytel (1894–1964), frequently credited as W. L. Trytel, was a Dutch-born composer. He settled in Britain where he became known for his film scores, notably at Twickenham Studios where he became director of music as well as sitting on the company's board.Low p.175 Selected filmography * ''The Outsider'' (1931) * ''Captivation'' (1931) * '' The Lodger'' (1932) * ''Frail Women'' (1932) * ''In a Monastery Garden'' (1932) * '' Whispering Tongues'' (1934) * '' Bella Donna'' (1934) * ''The Night Club Queen'' (1934) * ''The Admiral's Secret'' (1934) * ''Kentucky Minstrels'' (1934) * ''Flood Tide'' (1934) * ''Music Hall'' (1934) * '' Blind Justice'' (1934) * '' The Man Who Changed His Name'' (1934) * '' Lily of Killarney'' (1934) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1934) * ''The Lad'' (1935) * ''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (1935) * '' Squibs'' (1935) * '' Scrooge'' (1935) * '' The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935) * '' The Morals of Marcus'' (1935) * ''Inside the Room'' (1935) * '' She Shal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now designated a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Admiral's Secret
''The Admiral's Secret'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Guy Newall and starring Edmund Gwenn, James Raglan and Dorothy Black. It was based on a play by Cyril Campion and filmed at Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by James Carter. A quota quickie, it was released by the American company RKO Pictures. Premise In Devon a gang of Spanish criminals search for a trove of stolen gems hidden by a retired British Admiral. Cast * as Admiral Fitzporter * |
The Morals Of Marcus (1935 Film)
''The Morals of Marcus'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Miles Mander and starring Lupe Vélez, Ian Hunter and Adrianne Allen. The screenplay concerns an archaeologist who finds a woman hiding in his luggage who has escaped from a harem and they eventually fall in love and marry. ''The Morals of Marcus'' was previously filmed twice as silents in 1915 with Marie Doro and in 1921 with May McAvoy. Production It was based on the novel '' The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne'' by William John Locke and was filmed at Twickenham Studios. It was part of the producer Julius Hagen's ambitious programme of film production at Twickenham. Hagen brought in Vélez, a leading Mexican actress, to give the film greater international appeal. Main cast * Ian Hunter as Sir Marcus Ordeyne * Lupe Vélez as Carlotta * Adrianne Allen as Judith * Noel Madison Noel Madison (born Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch; April 30, 1897 – January 6, 1975) was an American character actor in the 1930s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Triumph Of Sherlock Holmes
''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner. It was based on the 1915 Sherlock Holmes novel ''The Valley of Fear'' by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the fourth film in the 1931–1937 film series starring Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Plot Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson come out of retirement to investigate a mysterious murder. They find that an American criminal organisation called The Scowrers has asked evil mastermind Professor Moriarty to wreak vengeance on John Douglas, the informant who sent them to prison. Holmes outsmarts Moriarty, solves the murder and brings Moriarty to justice. Like all the films featuring Wontner as Holmes, this one has a contemporary 1930s setting, making the flashback sequence pitting undercover detective Douglas against the Scowrers somewhat problematical since, historically, the real-life incident on which this sequence is based, Pinkerton operative James McParland's in ... [...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] |
Squibs (1935 Film)
''Squibs'' is a 1935 British musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Stanley Holloway. It was produced by Twickenham Film Studios with sets designed by James A. Carter. It was a remake of the 1921 film '' Squibs'' which also starred Balfour. Synopsis In this musical comedy, a Cockney flower girl is in love with a policeman whom she wants to marry. Her father opposes the union because he is involved in a little crooked investing. The young woman wins a lottery and is able to find wealth and marital bliss. Cast * Betty Balfour as Amelia "Squibs" Hopkins * Gordon Harker as Sam Hopkins * Stanley Holloway as Constable Charley Lee * Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Lee * Morris Harvey as Inspector Lee * Michael Shepley as Colin Barratt * Drusilla Wills as Mrs. Parker * O. B. Clarence as Sir John Barratt * Ronald Shiner as Bill * Thomas Weguelin as Alf * Vivienne Chatterton * William Daunt * Aubrey Fitzgerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Ye Ken John Peel?
''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (released in America as ''Captain Moonlight'') is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Henry Edwards and starring John Garrick, Winifred Shotter and Stanley Holloway. It was made at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios. It takes its name from the traditional hunting song of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. Major John Peel returns to England from serving in the Napoleonic Wars to discover that his friend Lucy Merrall is now engaged to be married to local villain Sir Charles Hawksley. Film critic David Parkinson, writing in ''The Radio Times'', gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and called the film a "a crusty old melodrama in the Tod Slaughter tradition", with Leslie Perrins "chewing the scenery with a delicious lack of restraint". He summarised: "This is anything but a lost classic, but there is the chance to see Stanley Holloway as Sam Small, the character he adopted for so many of his famous monologue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lad
''The Lad'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gordon Harker, Betty Stockfeld and Jane Carr. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. Plot Bill Shane is The Lad, an opportunistic petty criminal mistaken for a private detective. When Shane arrives at a remote country estate, he's offered much money not to delve into the private affairs of the Fandon family. Shane is all for taking the money and duping the family, but on being reunited with ex-girlfriend Pauline, now the Fandon's maid, he decides to turn over a new leaf. Cast * Gordon Harker as Bill Shane aka The Lad * Betty Stockfeld as Lady Fandon * Jane Carr as Pauline Grant * Michael Shepley as Arthur Maddeley * Gerald Barry as Lord Fandon * Geraldine Fitzgerald as Joan Fandon * Sebastian Shaw as Jimmy * John Turnbull as Inspector Martin * Ralph Truman as O'Shea * David Hawthorne as Major Grannitt * Wilfrid Caithness as Tanner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Broken Melody (1934 Film)
''The Broken Melody'' is a 1934 British musical drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Garrick, Margot Grahame, Merle Oberon and Austin Trevor. The film was made at Twickenham Studios. The film's sets were designed by the studio's resident art director James A. Carter. Plot A composer kills his wife's lover and, having escaped from the prison on Devil's Island, returns to France and writes an opera about the experience. Cast * John Garrick as Paul Verlaine * Margot Grahame as Simone St. Cloud * Merle Oberon as Germaine Brissard * Austin Trevor as Pierre Falaise * Charles Carson as Colonel Dubonnet * Harry Terry as Henri * Andreas Malandrinos as M. Brissard * Toni Edgar-Bruce as Vera * Conway Dixon as Colonel's Friend * Stella Rho as Lisette as Simone's Maid * Kynaston Reeves Philip Arthur Reeves (29 May 18935 December 1971), known professionally as Kynaston Reeves, was an English character actor who appeared in numerous films and man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Of Killarney (1934 Film)
''Lily of Killarney'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring John Garrick, Gina Malo and Leslie Perrins. The film was made at Twickenham Studios.Wood p.78 It is based on the play ''The Colleen Bawn'' by the Irish writer Dion Boucicault. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. Plot In Ireland a poor aristocrat hires a half-wit to drown his secret wife so he can wed an heiress. Cast * John Garrick as Sir Patrick Cregeen * Gina Malo as Eileen O'Connor * Leslie Perrins as Sir James Corrigan * Dennis Hoey as Myles-Na-Coppaleen * Stanley Holloway as Father O'Flynn * Sara Allgood as Mrs. O'Connor * D.J. Williams as Danny Mann * Hughes Macklin as Shan, the shepherd * John Mortimer as Tim O'Brien * Dorothy Boyd as Norah Cregeen * Pat Noonan as Chief Constable James Collins * A. Bromley Davenport Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Changed His Name (1934 Film)
''The Man Who Changed His Name'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Lyn Harding, Betty Stockfeld and Leslie Perrins. It was based on the play '' The Man Who Changed His Name'' by Edgar Wallace. It was made as a quota quickie at Twickenham Studios. The film's art direction was by James A. Carter. Synopsis A man appears to be being tricked out of a valuable piece of land in Canada which contains lucrative silver deposits by his wife's lover. Both the potential villains begin to have second thoughts when gradually come to suspect that their intended victim, having since changed his name, is in fact a notorious killer from Canada. Eventually it transpires he was not the murderer, but is only using it as a trick to push his wife and her lover to reveal their deception out of fear. Cast * Lyn Harding as Selby Clive * Betty Stockfeld as Nita Clive * Leslie Perrins as Frank Ryan * Ben Welden as Jerry Muller * Aubrey Mather as Sir Ralph Whitcombe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Justice (1934 Film)
''Blind Justice'' is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Eva Moore, Frank Vosper, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Roger Livesey, and John Mills. The screenplay concerns a woman who is blackmailed by a criminal, who has discovered that her brother was shot as a coward during World War I. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by Universal Pictures. It was based on ''Recipe for Murder'', a 1932 play by Arnold Ridley. A review of the play, mentioning the forthcoming film, was the first use of the word whodunit in print. Cast * Eva Moore as Fluffy * Frank Vosper as Dick Cheriton * John Stuart as John Summers * Geraldine Fitzgerald as Peggy Summers * John Mills as Ralph Summers * Lucy Beaumont as Mrs. Summers * Hay Petrie as Harry * Roger Livesey Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 – 4 February 1976) was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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