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Yorke Sherwood
Yorke Sherwood (14 December 1873 – 27 September 1956) was an English actor. Life He was born Herbert Edmund Sherwood in Manchester on 14 December 1873. He moved to California in the 1920s and had multiple supporting roles in Mack Sennett films often supporting Harry Langdon. He died in Hollywood, California. Filmography * ''Feet of Mud'' (1924) * ''Love's Sweet Piffle'' (1924) * ''Wandering Waistlines'' (1924) * ''The Luck o' the Foolish'' (1924) * '' Cupid's Boots'' (1925) * '' The Haunted Honeymoon'' (1925) * '' Giddap'' (1925) * '' When a Man's a Prince'' (1926) * '' The Man in the Saddle'' (1926) * '' Don Key'' (1926) * '' The Cossacks'' (1928) * '' Thief in the Dark'' (1928) * '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1928) * ''Temple Tower'' (1930) * ''The Man from Blankley's'' (1930) * ''The Man in Possession'' (1931) * ''The Lion and the Lamb'' (1931) * '' The Eagle and the Hawk'' (1933) * ''Father Brown, Detective'' (1934) * '' Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back'' (1934) * ''Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928 Film)
''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Mal St. Clair Malcolm St. Clair (May 17, 1897 – June 1, 1952) was a Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor. Biography A disciple of Mack Sennett, St. Clair was an actor in many films primarily comedies. At 6'7" he can be seen in such Sennett ..., co-written by Anita Loos based on Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel), her 1925 novel, and released by Paramount Pictures. No copies are known to exist, and it is now considered to be a lost film. The Broadway theatre, Broadway version ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' starring Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee was mounted in 1949. It was Remake, remade into the film ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' with Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953. Plot Blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy search for rich husbands. Cast *Ruth Taylor (actress), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanks A Million
''Thanks a Million'' is a 1935 musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen, and features Patsy Kelly, David Rubinoff and Paul Whiteman and his band with singer/pianist Ramona. The script by Nunnally Johnson was based on a story by producer Darryl F. Zanuck (writing as Melville Crossman) and contained uncredited additional dialogue by Fred Allen, James Gow, Edmund Gross and Harry Tugend. ''Thanks a Million'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound ( E. H. Hansen) in 1935. It was remade in 1946 as '' If I'm Lucky'', with Perry Como and Phil Silvers in the Powell and Allen roles. Plot Stranded in a small town in a downpour, the manager of a traveling musical show (Fred Allen) convinces the handlers of a boring long-winded local judge running for governor (Raymond Walburn) to hire his group to attract people to the politician's rallies. When the show's crooner, Eric Land (Dick Powell), u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Gentleman (film)
''The Perfect Gentleman'' (also known by the alternative title ''The Imperfect Lady'') is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge and Heather Angel. It was based on a play by Edward Childs Carpenter (which was based on a story by Cosmo Hamilton). The screenplay concerns the father of a British country vicar, who almost brings scandal on the family when he becomes entangled with an actress. Cast * Frank Morgan as Major Horatio Chatteris * Cicely Courtneidge as April Maye * Heather Angel as Evelyn Alden * Herbert Mundin as Frederick Hitch * Una O'Connor as Harriet Chatteris * Richard Waring as John Chatteris * Henry Stephenson as Bishop * Forrester Harvey as Wally Baxton * Mary Forbes as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook * Doris Lloyd as Kate * Edward Cooper as Alf * Brenda Forbes as Penelope, the Maid * David Clyde as Morse * Charles Coleman as Theatre Doorman Critical reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Lady
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the title may refer to tribal kingship. Germanic kingship is cognate with Indo-European traditions of tribal rulership (c.f. Indic ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc.). *In the context of classical antiquity, king may translate in Latin as '' rex'' and in Greek as ''archon'' or ''basileus''. *In classical European feudalism, the title of ''king'' as the ruler of a ''kingdom'' is understood to be the highest rank in the feudal order, potentially subject, at least nominally, only to an emperor (harking back to the client kings of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire). *In a modern context, the title may refer to the ruler of one of a number of modern monarchies (either absolute or constitutional). The title of ''king'' is used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ever Since Eve (1934 Film)
''Ever Since Eve'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by George Marshall and written by Stuart Anthony and Henry Johnson. The film stars George O'Brien, Mary Brian, Herbert Mundin, Betty Blythe, Roger Imhof and Russell Simpson. The film was released on March 25, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as Neil Rogers * Mary Brian as Elizabeth Vandergrift * Herbert Mundin as Horace Saunders * Betty Blythe as Mrs. Vandergrift * Roger Imhof as Dave Martin * Russell Simpson as Jim Wood * George Meeker George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character film and Broadway actor. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Meeker made several films such as ''Crime, Inc.'' (1945) and ''A Thief in the Dark'' (1 ... as Philip Baxter References External links * * * 1934 films Fox Film films American drama films 1934 drama films Films directed by George Marshall American black-and-white films 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More River
''One More River'' is a 1934 American drama film mystery directed by James Whale. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starred Colin Clive, Diana Wynyard and stage actress Mrs Patrick Campbell in one of her very few films. The film marked Jane Wyatt's screen debut. It is based on the 1933 novel of the same title by John Galsworthy. The novel was the conclusion of a trilogy the Nobel Prize-winner conceived as a supplement to his popular '' Forsyte Saga'', which told of generations of an upper middle class English family through the period when the stability of the Victorian era gave way to the uncertainties and tensions of modernity. Universal snapped up the film rights to this best seller and gave the prestigious project to its star director, James Whale. Filming from May to July 1934, ''One More River'' was one of the first films to be subjected to the exacting censorship of the Production Code Administration under Joseph Breen, which took effect in mid-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Island (1934 Film)
''Treasure Island'' is a 1934 film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, and Nigel Bruce. It is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous 1883 novel of the same name. Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and travels on a sailing ship to a remote island, but pirates led by Long John Silver threaten to take away the honest seafarers’ riches and lives. Plot Young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) and his mother (Dorothy Peterson) run the Admiral Benbow, a tavern near Bristol, England. One dark and stormy night, during a birthday celebration, the mysterious Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore) arrives and drunkenly talks about treasure. Soon after, Bones is visited by Black Dog (Charles McNaughton) then Pew (William V. Mong), and drops dead, leaving a chest, which he bragged contained gold and jewels. Instead of money, Jim finds a map that his friend Dr. Livesey (Otto Kruger) realizes will lead them to the famous Flint tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934 Film)
''Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back'' is a 1934 American comedy-mystery-adventure film directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ronald Colman and Loretta Young. It was a loose sequel to the 1929 film ''Bulldog Drummond'' which had also starred Colman. Plot Bulldog Drummond's partner Algy is set to wed. Bulldog attends the wedding but on his return home in the deep foggy night he wanders into an old mansion of Prince Achmed in search of a telephone. To his shock he finds the corpse of an old man. Bodies keep disappearing as Drummond attempts to contact the authorities, including neighbour Captain Nielsen. But a woman is on the case, Lola, who is the daughter of the dead man. Cast * Ronald Colman as Capt. Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond * Loretta Young as Lola Field * C. Aubrey Smith as Captain Reginald Neilsen a.k.a. Colonel * Charles Butterworth as Algy a.k.a. Mousey * Una Merkel as Gwen * Warner Oland as Prince Achmed * E.E. Clive as London Bobbie * Mischa Auer as Hassan * Douglas Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Brown, Detective
''Father Brown, Detective '' is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas and Gertrude Michael. It is based on the 1910 Father Brown story "The Blue Cross" by G. K. Chesterton. Plot When infamous jewel thief Flambeau (Paul Lukas) announces his intention to steal stones from a diamond cross in Father Brown (Walter Connolly)'s church, the crime-solving cleric fights to retain the cross, and also to save the soul of the elusive Flambeau. Cast * Walter Connolly as Father Brown * Paul Lukas as Flambeau * Gertrude Michael as Evelyn Fischer * Robert Loraine as Inspector Valentine * Halliwell Hobbes as Sir Leopold Fischer * Una O'Connor as Mrs. Boggs * E.E. Clive as Sergeant * Donald Gray as Don * Bunny Beatty as Jenny * Peter Hobbes as Peter * King Baggot as Priest * Douglas Gerrard as Constable * Robert Adair as Policeman * Gwenllian Gill Gwenllian Gill (1915–2004) was a British film actress.Goble p.66 After ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eagle And The Hawk (1933 Film)
''The Eagle and the Hawk'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code aerial war film set in World War I . It was directed by Stuart Walker and Mitchell Leisen and was based on an original story by John Monk Saunders. The film stars Fredric March and Cary Grant as Royal Flying Corps fighter pilots. The supporting cast includes Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie, and Sir Guy Standing. Plot In World War I, American born pilots Lt. Jerry Young (Fredric March) and Lt. Mike "Slug" Richards (Jack Oakie) join Britain's Royal Flying Corps and are assigned to the dangerous mission of reconnaissance over enemy lines. During furious fighting, Jerry loses his air gunners/observers, one after the other, until only Henry Crocker (Cary Grant) is available to fly with him. The two men had previously met and fought. Jerry's dislike of Crocker grows after Crocker shoots a parachuting German observer who bailed out of a blimp. They eventually become friends of a sort, but Henry realizes that the war is taking a tol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion And The Lamb
''The Lion and the Lamb'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy thriller film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Byron, Carmel Myers and Raymond Hatton. It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim.Goble p.839 Synopsis In London a young man who has recently inherited a title as an Earl encounters a notorious gang known as the Lambs and is blackmailed into joining them due to his fingerprints on a knife used to kill an alleged traitor to the gang. Cast * Walter Byron as Dave * Carmel Myers as Inez * Raymond Hatton as Muggsy * Montagu Love as Professor Tottie * Miriam Seegar as Madge * Charles K. Gerrard as Bert * Will Stanton as Ruebin * Charles Wildish as First Lascar * Harry Semels as Second Lascar * Robert Milasch as Lem * Yorke Sherwood as Wister * Sidney Bracey Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. After a stage career in Australia, on Broadway an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
