Albert Victor Bramble (1884–1963) was an English

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and film director. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913 and subsequently turned to directing and producing films. He died on 17 May 1963.

Filmography

Director

* '' Jimmy'' (1916) * '' Fatal Fingers'' (1916) * '' When Paris Sleeps'' (1917) * ''

Profit and the Loss ''Profit and the Loss'' is a 1917 British silent film, silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and Eliot Stannard and starring James Carew, Randle Ayrton and Margaret Halstan. Plot When friends fail him, a tenant farmer turns to making mone ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Laughing Cavalier The ''Laughing Cavalier'' (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits". The title is an invention of the Vict ...

'' (1917) * '' Bonnie Mary'' (1918) * '' The Single Man'' (1918) * '' Her Cross'' (1919) * '' A Smart Set'' (1919) * '' Heart and Soul'' (1919) * ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

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Torn Sails ''Torn Sails'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Milton Rosmer, Mary Odette and Geoffrey Kerr. It was based on the 1897 novel ''Torn Sails'' by Allen Raine. Like much of her work, it is set in a smal ...

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Mr. Gilfil's Love Story ''Mr. Gilfil's Love Story'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Robert Henderson Bland, Mary Odette and Peter Upcher. It was based on the short story ''Mr. Gilfil's Love Story'' from George Eliot's 1857 ...

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Her Benny ''Her Benny'' is a 1920 British silent romance film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Sydney Wood, Babs Reynolds and Charles Buckmaster. It is adapted from the popular Victorian novel '' Her Benny'' (1879) by Silas K. Hocking. It follows ...

'' (1920) * '' The Will'' (1921) * ''

The Prince and the Beggarmaid ''The Prince and the Beggarmaid'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Henry Ainley, Kathleen Vaughan and Harvey Braban. It was based on a play by Walter Howard. Cast * Henry Ainley - Prince Olaf * Kat ...

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The Rotters ''The Rotters'' is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Joe Nightingale, Sydney Fairbrother and Sidney Paxton. It was based on a play by H. F. Maltby. Plot A headmistress recognises a married JP as her ex-l ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Old Country ''The Old Country'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Gerald McCarthy, Kathleen Vaughan and Haidee Wright. Cast * Gerald McCarthy – James Fountain * Kathleen Vaughan – Mary Lorimer * Haidee Wr ...

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The Bachelor's Club ''The Bachelor's Club'' is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Ben Field, Ernest Thesiger and Mary Brough. It was based on the 1891 novel ''The Bachelor's Club'' by Israel Zangwill. Cast * Ben Field as ...

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The Little Mother ''The Little Mother'' is an American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film stars Marie Eline who goes to her mother's employer and asks for her mother's job after she dies. Her employer is an artist with a kind hea ...

'' (1922) * ''

Shirley Shirley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë * ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film * ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film * ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...

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The Card ''The Card'' is a comic novel written by Arnold Bennett in 1911 (entitled ''Denry the Audacious'' in the American edition). It was later made into a 1952 movie, starring Alec Guinness and Petula Clark. Like much of Bennett's best work, it i ...

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Zeebrugge Zeebrugge (, from: ''Brugge aan zee'' meaning "Bruges at Sea", french: Zeebruges) is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zee ...

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Bodiam Castle and Eric the Slender Bodiam () is a small village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It lies in the valley of the River Rother, near to the villages of Sandhurst and Ewhurst Green. The MP of the local UK Parliament constituency is Hu ...

'' (1926) * '' The Man Who Changed His Name'' (1928) * '' Shooting Stars'' (1928) * '' Chick'' (1928) * ''

A Lucky Sweep ''A Lucky Sweep'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring John Longden, Diana Beaumont and A. G. Poulton. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.264 Cast * John Longden as Bill Higgins * Dian ...

'' (1932) * '' The Veteran of Waterloo'' (1933, short) * '' Mrs. Dane's Defence'' (1933)

Actor

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The Loss of the Birkenhead ''The Loss of the Birkenhead'' is a 1914 British silent historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and A. V. Bramble.Murphy p. 179 The film is set against the backdrop of the sinking of the troop ...

'' (1914) * ''

The Idol of Paris ''Idol of Paris'' is a 1948 film based on the novel ''Paiva, Queen of Love'' by Alfred Schirokauer, about a mid-19th century French courtesan Theresa who sleeps her way from poverty to the top of Second Empire society. It was an attempt by its ...

'' (1914) * '' The Courage of a Coward'' (1914) * ''

Her Luck in London ''Her Luck in London'' is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring A. V. Bramble, Fred Groves and M. Gray Murray. It was based on a play of the same name by Charles Darrell. The film follows a naive country girl a ...

'' (1914) * '' The Suicide Club'' (1914) * '' Wild Oats'' (1915) * '' The World's Desire'' (1915) * '' There's Good in Everyone'' (1915) * '' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) * ''

Shadows A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, ...

'' (1915) * ''

Motherhood ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of gesta ...

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Midshipman Easy ''Midshipman Easy'' is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Carol Reed and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood and Harry Tate. The screenplay concerns a young man who runs away from home, joins the navy and goes to sea in the 1790s. He ...

'' (1915) * '' Honeymoon for Three'' (1915) * '' Home'' (1915) * ''

Her Nameless Child ''Her Nameless Child'' is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble, Fred Groves and M. Gray Murray. It was based on a play by Madge Duckworth. Cast * A. V. Bramble - Lord Harry Woodville * Fred Groves - Arthur Ford * M. Gr ...

'' (1915) * ''

From Shopgirl to Duchess ''From Shopgirl to Duchess'' is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring A. V. Bramble, Gertrude Evans and Fred Groves. Cast * A. V. Bramble - Gilbert Spate * Gertrude Evans - Lady Delamere * Fred Groves - Duke ...

'' (1915) * '' At the Torrent's Mercy'' (1915) * '' Another Man's Wife'' (1915) * '' The World's Desire'' (1915) * ''

Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, i ...

'' (1915) * '' Jimmy'' (1916) * '' Fatal Fingers'' (1916) * '' A Soldier and a Man'' (1916) * '' When Paris Sleeps'' (1917) * ''

Nearer My God to Thee "Nearer, My God, to Thee" is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, which retells the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11–12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because th ...

'' (1917) * ''

Broken Threads ''Broken Threads'' is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and A.V. Bramble. Cast * Henry Edwards - Jack Desmond * Chrissie White - Helen Desmond * A.V. Bramble - Pierre * Harry Gi ...

'' (1917) * '' The Cost of a Kiss'' (1917) * ''

'' (1917) * '' Towards the Light'' (1918) * '' The Touch of a Child'' (1918) * '' The Message'' (1918) * '' The Hanging Judge'' (1918) * ''

Becket ''Becket or The Honour of God'' (french: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu) is a 1959 play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 117 ...

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The Rolling Road ''The Rolling Road'' is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Flora le Breton, Clifford Heatherley and A.V. Bramble. The screenplay concerns a young woman in a Cornish fishing village who h ...

'' (1928) * '' Outcast of the Islands'' (1952)

References

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* 1880s births 1963 deaths English film directors English male film actors English male silent film actors English male stage actors Male actors from Portsmouth 20th-century English male actors Mass media people from Portsmouth {{England-film-actor-stub