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What The Butler Saw (1924 Film)
''What the Butler Saw'' is a 1924 British silent comedy film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Irene Rich, Pauline Garon and Guy Newall.Goble p.360 Cast * Irene Rich as Mrs. Barrington * Pauline Garon as Joan Wyckham * Guy Newall as Barrington * Cecil Morton York as Professor Shall * A.B. Imeson as Sir Charles Foden * Drusilla Wills as Sophie Foden * John MacAndrews as Pink * A. Bromley Davenport as General Dunlop * Peggy Patterson as Miss Dunlop * Cecil Mannering as Dr. Boggins * Hilda Anthony Hilda Anthony (born Hilda Madeline Elizabeth Antonietti; 13 July 1886 – 17 April 1962), also seen as Hilda Antony, was a British actress born in Chile. She appeared in four silent films and many stage productions in London. Early life Hilda Ma ... as Mrs. Flemyng-Smith References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1924 films 1924 comedy films Silent Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dewhurst (director)
George Dewhurst (1889 in Preston, Lancashire, England - 8 November 1968 in Tooting, London, England) was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play '' A Sister to Assist 'Er''. Partial filmography Screenwriter * ''The Lunatic at Large'' (1921) * ''The Narrow Valley'' (1921) * ''Dollars in Surrey'' (1921) * ''No Lady'' (1931) * ''The Price of Wisdom'' (1935) * '' Adventure Ltd.'' (1935) * '' King of the Castle'' (1936) Director * '' The Live Wire'' (1917) * ''A Great Coup'' (1919) *''The Homemaker'' (1919) * '' The Uninvited Guest'' (1923) * ''The Little Door Into the World'' (1923) * '' What the Butler Saw'' (1924) * ''Sweeney Todd'' (1926) * ''Irish Destiny'' (1926) * ''The Rising Generation'' (1928) Actor * '' The Woman Wins'' (1918) * '' The Toilers'' (1919) * ''The Tinted Venus'' (1921) * ''Never Trouble Trouble'' (1931) * '' Men Without Honour'' (1939) * ''Deadlock In concurrent computing, deadlock is any situatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Patterson
Peggy may refer to: People * Peggy (given name), people with the given name or nickname Arts and entertainment * ''Peggy'' (musical), a 1911 musical comedy by Stuart and Bovill * ''Peggy'' (album), a 1977 Peggy Lee album * ''Peggy'' (1916 film), a silent comedy * ''Peggy'' (1950 film), a comedy * ''Peggy'' (novel), a 1970 historical novel by Lois Duncan * the peggies, a Japanese all-female band * JPEGMAFIA, an American rapper, singer, and record producer * "Peggy", a song by Dala from ''Best Day'', 2012 Nautical vessels * , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 * ''Peggy'' (1793 ship) * ''Peggy'', a French ship in the 1801 United States Supreme Court case '' United States v. Schooner Peggy'' * ''Peggy of Castletown'', an armed yacht built in 1789, the oldest surviving boat from the Isle of Man Other uses * Mitsubishi Ki-67, a Japanese Second World War heavy bomber given the Allied code name "Peggy" * Typhoon Peggy * Tropical Storm Peggy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920s English-language Films
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British Black-and-white Films
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Films Set In England
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Films Directed By George Dewhurst
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Silent Feature Films
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Silent British Comedy Films
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1924 Comedy Films
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Films
The following is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top eight 1924 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 10 – CBC Distributions corp. is renamed and incorporated as Columbia Pictures. * D. W. Griffith, co-founder of United Artists, leaves the company. *April 17 – Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gains control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) *November 15 – In Los Angeles, director Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a heart attack, rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst. *Loews Theatres acquires the 4,000 seat Capitol Theatre in New York City becoming the flagship of the theatre chain and site of many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Anthony
Hilda Anthony (born Hilda Madeline Elizabeth Antonietti; 13 July 1886 – 17 April 1962), also seen as Hilda Antony, was a British actress born in Chile. She appeared in four silent films and many stage productions in London. Early life Hilda Madeline Elizabeth Antonietti was born in Santiago, Chile, the daughter of Daniele Antonietti and Grace Emma Bolton Antonietti. Her father was an Italian professor of music and opera director. Her mother was British-born and also a musician. Her brother, Arturo Romeo Antonietti, also became an actor, using the stage name "Vernon Steele". Another brother, Aldo Antonietti, was a violinist and composer. Career Silent films featuring Hilda Anthony include '' Married Life'' (1921), ''The Puppet Man'' (1921), ''The Cardboard Box'' (1923, one of ''The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' films), and ''What the Butler Saw'' (1924). On the London stage she appeared in vaudeville and in ''Alice in Wonderland'' (1900-1901), ''Scrooge'' (1901, 1903 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Mannering
Cecil Mannering (28 December 1886 – 1974) was a Scottish film actor. Selected filmography * ''Kissing Cup'' (1913) * ''The Heart of Midlothian'' (1914) * '' Beau Brocade'' (1916) * ''The Valley of Fear'' (1916) * ''The Grit of a Jew'' (1917) * ''The Duchess of Seven Dials'' (1920) * ''In Full Cry'' (1921) * '' What the Butler Saw'' (1924) * ''Storm in a Teacup'' (1937) * ''Merry Comes to Town ''Merry Comes to Town'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Zasu Pitts, Guy Newall and Betty Ann Davies. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.95 Cast * Zasu Pitts as Winnie Oatfield * Guy Newall as Prof. Joh ...'' (1937) References External links * Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Scottish male film actors Scottish male silent film actors Male actors from Edinburgh 20th-century Scottish male actors 1886 births {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
