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Walter Murton
Walter Murton was a British art director, who worked from the 1920s until the 1940s. During his early career in the 1920s Murton was the regular set designer on the silent film series ''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' and '' The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu''. Along with Clifford Pember, Murton was identified as part of an "old guard" resisting change in British set design sought by younger set designers and by German immigrants.Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.112 During his later career Murton worked for Gainsborough Pictures. His final film was the influential Gainsborough Melodrama ''The Man in Grey'' (1943). His son Peter Murton was also an art director. Selected filmography * ''Open Country'' (1922) * '' The Truants'' (1922) * '' Petticoat Loose'' (1922) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * '' The Indian Love Lyrics'' (1923) * ''The Kensington Mystery'' (1924) * ''Becket'' (1924) * '' The Conspirators'' (1924) * '' Huntingtower'' (1928) * ''A Warm Corner'' (1930) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals, it is the largest settlement and has the largest urban area in East Anglia. The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated to be 144,000 in 2021, which was an increase from 143,135 in 2019. The wider built-up area had a population of 213,166 in 2019. Heritage and status Norwich claims to be the most complete medieval city in the United Kingdom. It includes cobbled streets such as Elm Hill, Timber Hill and Tombland; ancient buildings such as St Andrew's Hall; half-timbered houses such as Dragon Hall, The Guildhall and Strangers' Hall; the Art Nouveau of the 1899 Royal Arcade; many medieval lanes; and the winding River Wensum that flows through the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kensington Mystery
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Dive At Dawn
''We Dive at Dawn'' is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance from Frank Launder. It was produced by Edward Black. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. Plot It is April, 1942. Lieutenant Freddie Taylor and some crew of the submarine ''Sea Tiger'' are given a week's leave after an unsuccessful patrol. Leading Seaman Hobson goes home to save his marriage, while a reluctant Torpedo Gunner's Mate Corrigan departs for his wedding in London. When the crew are recalled early Corrigan is relieved, though later regrets not completing his marriage. ''Sea Tiger'' has been assigned the top secret mission to sink Nazi Germany's new battleship, the ''Brandenburg'', before she transits the Kiel Canal for sea trials in the Baltic Sea. ''Sea Tiger'' must put to sea immediately. Crossing the North Sea, the subma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi Gang! (film)
''Hi Gang!'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Vic Oliver. Production It was a spin-off from the popular BBC radio series '' Hi Gang!''. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at Lime Grove Studios. The film's art direction was by Walter W. Murton. Plot Two married reporters (Daniels and Lyon) in New York City working for rival radio networks engage in cut-throat competition, assisted by an incompetent with big ideas (Oliver). A publicity stunt by the couple to adopt a British evacuee boy live on air goes wrong and they end up adopting Albert (Moffatt) a rowdy pub landlord's son and his cantankerous Uncle Jerry (Marriott). The final third of the film sees them all travel to England in the mistaken belief that Albert is the son of Lord Amersham Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, from Aylesbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climbing High
''Climbing High'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and produced by Michael Balcon with a screenplay by Sonnie Hale, Marion Dix and Lesser Samuels. It stars Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave, Noel Madison, Margaret Vyner and Alistair Sim, and was first released in the U.K. in November 1938. Plot Nicky Brooke (Michael Redgrave) a wealthy young man who despite his engagement to the aristocratic (and broke) Lady Constance Westaker (Margaret Vyner) falls for hard-up model Diana Castles (Jessie Matthews) after nearly running her over with his car. In an effort to distance himself from 'tabloid' created tales of his playboy lifestyle, he changes his name and attempts to woo Diana by pretending to be poor. Cast *Jessie Matthews as Diana Castles *Michael Redgrave as Nicky Brooke *Noel Madison as Gibson *Alastair Sim as Max *Margaret Vyner as Lady Constance Westaker *Mary Clare as Lady Emily Westaker * Francis L. Sullivan as Madman *Enid Stamp-Taylor as Winnie *Torin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Boarders
''Strange Boarders'' is a 1938 British comedy thriller film, directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Edward Black for Gainsborough Pictures, and starring Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr, Googie Withers and Ronald Adam. The film is an adaptation of the 1934 espionage novel '' The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent'' by E. Phillips Oppenheim, and was well received by critics. Plot A seemingly innocuous and respectable elderly lady is knocked down and critically injured by a bus on a London street. When the police search her handbag to find out her identity, they are astonished to discover a series of top secret military blueprints. The secret service are alerted and arrive at the hospital to question her, but she laughs in their faces before quietly dying. The man for the job is top secret service agent Tommy Blythe (Walls), who happens to be on honeymoon with new wife Louise (Saint-Cyr). He is summoned back to London under conditions of absolute secrecy, not allowed to divul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Best Bed
''Second Best Bed'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Jane Baxter and Veronica Rose. The screenplay is by Ben Travers, based on an earlier story of his. Walls and Travers had worked together on the Aldwych farces. The screenplay concerns a newly married couple who soon run into domestic difficulties when the wife refuses to obey her husband's every order. It was an independent production made at Shepperton Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton. Main cast * Tom Walls as Victor Garnett * Jane Baxter as Patricia Lynton * Veronica Rose as Jenny Murdoch * Carl Jaffe as Georges Dubonnet * Greta Gynt as Yvonne * Edward Lexy as Murdoch * Tyrell Davis as Whittaker * Mae Bacon as Mrs Whittaker * Ethel Coleridge as Mrs Knuckle * Davy Burnaby as Lord Kingston * Martita Hunt Martita Edith Hunt (30 January 190013 June 1969) was an Argentine-born British theatre and film actress. She had a dominant stage presence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Barrier (film)
''The Great Barrier'' is a 1937 British historical drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Geoffrey Barkas and starring Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer and Antoinette Cellier. The film depicts the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was based on the 1935 novel '' The Great Divide'' by Alan Sullivan. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. Cast * Richard Arlen as Hickey * Lilli Palmer as Lou * Antoinette Cellier as Mary Moody * Barry MacKay as Steve * Roy Emerton as Moody * J. Farrell MacDonald as Major Rogers * Ben Welden as Joe * Jock MacKay as Bates * Ernest Sefton as Magistrate * Henry Victor as Bulldog Kelly * Reginald Barlow as James Hill * Arthur Loft as William Van Horne * Frank McGlynn Sr. as Sir John MacDonald Production It was one of a series of British Empire-related movies made by Gaumont around this time, others including ''Rhodes of Africa'', ''The Flying Doctor'' and ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Train (1931 Film)
''The Ghost Train'' is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd. It is based on the play '' The Ghost Train'' by Arnold Ridley. The film's art direction was by Walter Murton. Thought to have been lost for some years, parts of the film (5 reels of images with 2 reels of sound) were recovered in a very decomposed state. It was part of the British Film Institute campaign in 1992 to locate missing movies. Cast * Jack Hulbert as Teddy Deakin * Cicely Courtneidge as Miss Bourne * Ann Todd as Peggy Murdock * Cyril Raymond as Richard Winthrop * Allan Jeayes as Dr. Sterling * Donald Calthrop as Saul Hodgkin * Angela Baddeley Madeleine Angela Clinton-Baddeley, CBE (4 July 1904 – 22 February 1976) was an English stage and television actress, best-remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Her stage career ... as Julia Price * Henry Caine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Time Lucky (1931 Film)
''Third Time Lucky'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bobby Howes, Dorothy Boyd and Gordon Harker. It was made at Islington StudiosWood p.70 and based on the 1929 West End play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. The film's sets were designed by art director Walter Murton. Premise A young country vicar is spurred into action to protect his young ward, when she is blackmailed. Main cast * Bobby Howes as Rev. Arthur Fear * Dorothy Boyd as Jennifer Elling * Gordon Harker as Bill Meggitt * Henry Mollison as Stanley Crofts * Garry Marsh as Capt. Adrian Crowther * Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Clutterbuck * Harry Terry as Gregg * Marie Ault as Mrs. Midge * Clare Greet as Mrs. Scratton * Matthew Boulton Matthew Boulton (; 3 September 172817 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engin ... as I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sport Of Kings (1931 Film)
''The Sport of Kings'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield and Gordon Harker. It was based on the 1924 play of the same title by Ian Hay. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at British and Dominions Elstree Studios.Wood p.70 The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Murton. Premise A stern Justice of the Peace takes over a firm of bookmakers. Cast * Leslie Henson as Amos Purdie * Hugh Wakefield as Algernon Sprigg * Gordon Harker as Bates * Jack Melford as Sir Reginald Toothill * Willie Graham as Albert * Dorothy Boyd as Dulcie Primrose * Renee Clama as Jane * Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Purdie * Barbara Gott as Cook * Daphne Scorer as Lizzie * Wally Patch Walter Sydney Vinnicombe (26 September 1888 – 27 October 1970) was an English actor and comedian. He worked in film, television and theatre. Biography Vinnicombe was born in Willesden, Middlesex and began working on the music hall stages i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Warm Corner
''A Warm Corner'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher and Austin Melford. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. It was based on a successful play by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. It featured an early screen appearance by Merle Oberon. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.Wood p.70 The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. Cast * Leslie Henson as Mr Corner * Heather Thatcher as Mimi * Austin Melford as Peter Price * Connie Ediss as Mrs Corner * Toni Edgar-Bruce as Lady Bayswater * Alfred Wellesley as Mr Turner * Kim Peacock as Count Toscani * Belle Chrystall as Peggy * George DeWarfaz as Count Pasetti * Harry Crocker as Joseph * Merle Oberon Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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