''Glamour'' is a 1931 British
drama film
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directed by
Seymour Hicks
Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and p ...
and
Harry Hughes
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Early life and family
Hughes was born in Easton, Maryland, the s ...
and starring Hicks,
Ellaline Terriss
Mary Ellaline Terriss, Lady Hicks (born Mary Ellaline Lewin, 13 April 1871 – 16 June 1971), known professionally as Ellaline Terriss, was a popular British actress and singer, best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Sh ...
and
Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame (born Margaret Clark; 20 February 1911 – 1 January 1982) was an English actress most noted for starring in '' The Informer'' (1935) and ''The Three Musketeers'' (1935). She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen app ...
.
A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor. It was loosely remade for the 1934 American film ''
Glamour
Glamour may refer to:
Arts
Film
* ''Glamour'' (1931 film), a British film
* ''Glamour'' (1934 film), an American film
* ''Glamour'' (2000 film), a Hungarian film
Writing
* ''Glamour'' (magazine), a magazine for women
* ''The Glamour ...
''. There are currently no known surviving copies of the original film.
Cast
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Seymour Hicks
Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and p ...
as Henry Garthome
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Ellaline Terriss
Mary Ellaline Terriss, Lady Hicks (born Mary Ellaline Lewin, 13 April 1871 – 16 June 1971), known professionally as Ellaline Terriss, was a popular British actress and singer, best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Sh ...
as Lady Belton
*
Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame (born Margaret Clark; 20 February 1911 – 1 January 1982) was an English actress most noted for starring in '' The Informer'' (1935) and ''The Three Musketeers'' (1935). She started acting in 1930 and made her last screen app ...
as Lady Betty Enfield
*
Basil Gill
Basil Gill (10 March 1877 – 23 April 1955) was a British stage actor and film actor. His stage career included many roles in plays of Shakespeare.
Life
He was a son of the Rev. John Gill, of Cambridge.Obituary, ''The Glasgow Herald'', page 9, ...
as Lord Westborough
*
A. Bromley Davenport
Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK.
Bromley-Davenport made appearances in at least 77 films for te ...
as Lord Belton
*
Beverley Nichols
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Career
Between his first book, the novel, ''Prelude'' (1920) and his last, a book of po ...
as Hon. Richard Wells
*
Betty Hicks
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Hicks was born in Long Beach, Californi ...
as Lady Armadale
*
Clifford Heatherley
Clifford Heatherley Lamb (8 October 1888 in Preston, Lancashire – 15 September 1937 in London) was an English stage and film actor.
Filmography
* ''Henry VIII'' (1911)
* ''Bleak House'' (1920)
* ''The Tavern Knight'' (1920)
* '' The Myst ...
as Edward Crumbles
*
Naomi Jacob
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Biography Early life
Naomi Jacob was born in Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire ...
as Rosalind Crumbles
*
David Hawthorne
David Hawthorne (born May 14, 1985) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at TCU.
Professional career
Seattle Seahawks
Hawthorne receive ...
as Charlie Drummond
*
Philip Hewland
Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini.
Selected filmography
* '' The Christian'' (1915)
* '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916)
* ''Ar ...
as Millett
*
Arthur Stratton
Arthur Mills Perce Stratton (1911 – 3 September 1975) was an American author and traveller. He was a playwright, a novelist, an OSS agent, a teacher in Turkey, and an assistant college professor in the US, before working for the CIA for about ...
as Fireman
*
Charles Paton
Charles Ernest Paton (31 July 1874 – 10 April 1970) was an English film actor. He joined the circus at 14, and had early stage and music hall experience. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1927 and 1952, including ''Freedom of the ...
as Clockwinder
* Margery Binner as Reede
*
Eric Marshall
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as Singer
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1931 films
1931 drama films
Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
British drama films
British black-and-white films
1930s British films
1930s English-language films
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