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Kenelm Foss
Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Paris. He was, however, more interested in theatre and in 1903 made his first appearance on the London stage at the Royal Court Theatre. He then spent four years at the Glasgow Repertory Theatre producing plays and acting before returning to London to manage the Lyric Theatre in the Strand. Career and publications He directed the play ''Magic'' by G.K.Chesterton, which had been written specially for him in 1913, and which title was the caption to the Vanity Fair caricature of him on 17 December 1913. He then produced the first performance of Chekhov’s '' The Cherry Orchard'' in England and in Europe, after which he obliged to leave the theatre for a while when he contracted tuberculosis. In 1915 he began a new career as a film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenelm Foss Vanity Fair 17 Dec 1913
Saint Kenelm (or Cynehelm) was an Anglo-Saxon saint, venerated throughout medieval England, and mentioned in the ''Canterbury Tales'' (The Nun's Priest's Tale, lines 290–301, in which the cockerel Chauntecleer tries to demonstrate the reality of prophetic dreams to his wife Pertelote). William of Malmesbury, writing in the 12th century, recounted that "there was no place in England to which more pilgrims travelled than to Winchcombe on Kenelm's feast day". In legend, St Kenelm was a member of the royal family of Mercia, a boy king and martyr, murdered by an ambitious relative despite receiving a prophetic dream warning him of the danger. His body, after being concealed, was discovered by miraculous intervention, and transported by the monks of Winchcombe to a major shrine. There it remained for several hundred years. The two locales most closely linked to this legend are the Clent Hills, south of Birmingham, England, identified as the scene of his murder, and the small Glouces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Breed Of The Treshams
''The Breed of the Treshams'' is a 1920 British silent adventure film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Mary Odette, Hayford Hobbs and A. B. Imeson.Low p. During the English Civil War, the Royalists uncover a Roundhead spy. Cast * Mary Odette as Margaret Hungerford * Hayford Hobbs as Hon. Francis Tresham * A. B. Imeson as Hon. Clement Hungerford * Charles Vane as Vis. Dorsington * Margot Drake as Margaret * Fred Morgan as Capt. Rashleigh * Gordon Craig as Batty * Will Corrie as Cpl. Lumsford * Philip Hewland as Col. Henry Curwen * Nelson Ramsey as Col. Bagshawe * Norman Tharp as Capt. Stanhope * Farmer Skein as Lord Tresham * Gwen Williams as Mrs. Bagshawe * C.R. Foster-Kemp as Child * John Martin Harvey Sir John Martin-Harvey (22 June 1863 – 14 May 1944), known before his knighthood in 1921 as John Martin Harvey, was an English stage actor-manager. Born in Bath Street, Wivenhoe, Essex, he was the son of John Harvey, a yacht-designer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hypocrites (1916 Film)
'' The Hypocrites'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Charles Rock and Cyril Raymond. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Morals of Weybury''.Goble p.247 Plot A squire tries to make his son deny he fathered a villager's child, and wed an heiress. Cast * Elisabeth Risdon as Rachel Neve * Charles Rock as Squire Wilmore * Cyril Raymond as Leonard Wilmore * Douglas Munro as Sir John Plugenet * Hayford Hobbs as Reverend Edgar Linnell * Barbara Everest as Helen Plugenet * Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ... as Aubrey Viveash References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1916 films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Love (1916 Film)
''Mother Love'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves, and Frank Stanmore.Murphy p.179 Cast * Elisabeth Risdon as Mary * Fred Groves as Alfie * Frank Stanmore * Guy Newall * Dolly Tree References Bibliography * Murphy, Robert. ''Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion''. British Film Institute, 2006. External links * 1916 films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey 1916 drama films British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mother Of Dartmoor
''The Mother of Dartmoor'' is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Bertram Burleigh and Enid Bell.Goble p.875 Plot summary A mother testifies against her own poacher son and he is sent to prison. Cast * Elisabeth Risdon as Avesa Pomeroy * Bertram Burleigh as Ives Pomeroy * Enid Bell as Jill Wicket * George Bellamy as Matthew Northmore * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Bolt * Frank Stanmore as Sammy Bolt * Hubert Willis Hubert Willis (1862 – 13 December 1933) was a British actor best known for his recurring role as Doctor Watson in a series of silent Sherlock Holmes films co-starring with Eille Norwood. Stage career Willis appeared in the copyright per ... as Moleskin References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1916 films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by George Loane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shulamite (film)
''The Shulamite'', also known as ''The Folly of Desire'', a 1915 British silent drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Norman McKinnel, Manora Thew and Gerald Ames. It is based on the 1906 play of the same name Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Pla ... by Edward Knoblock.Goble p.952 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Norman McKinnel as Simeon Knollett * Manora Thew as Deborah * Gerald Ames as Robert Waring * Mary Dibley as Joan Waring * Gwynne Herbert as Mrs. Waring * Minna Grey as Tanta Anna * Bert Wynne as Jan Van Kennel * Lewis Gilbert * Beryl Mercer References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicky Monteith
''Dicky Monteith'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Stewart Rome, Joan Morgan and Jack Minister. Its plot involves a lawyer who tries to con a drunken client out of a large sum of money. It is an adaptation of a play by Tom Gallon and Leon M. Lion. Cast * Stewart Rome as Dicky Monteith * Joan Morgan as Sally/Dorothy Weston * Jack Minister as Vincent Hepburn * Douglas Munro as– Mayor * Nelson Ramsey as Barty * Jack Frost as Ginger * Gertrude Sterroll as– Miss Tillotson * David Hallett as Gilbert Collingwood * James English as Sydney Carton * Fay Segel as Lucy Manette * A.B. Imeson as Charles Darnay * Lewis Gilbert as Defarge * Irene Tripod as Madame Defarge * Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Par ... as Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Peril
''The House of Peril'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Fay Compton, Roy Travers, Flora le Breton and A.B. Imeson. It is an adaptation of the 1912 novel ''The Chink in the Armour'' by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the subsequent stage play adaptation by Horace Annesley Vachell. The film follows Sylvia Bailey, a wealthy widow who travels to a French gambling resort where she encounters assorted characters. Plot In Deauville a German couple lure girl gamblers to a 'haunted' house and kill them for their jewels. Cast * Fay Compton as Sylvia Bailey * Roy Travers as Bill Chester * A.B. Imeson as Comte de Virieu * Flora le Breton as French Maid * Madeline Seymour as Anna Wolsky * Wallace Bosco as Polperro * Nelson Ramsey as Herr Wachner * Irene Tripod as Frau Wachner * Blanche Walker as Maid * George Bellamy as Gambler * Hubert Carter Hubert Carter (1869–1934) was an English stage and film actor.Goble p.201 Selected filmography * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Romance Of Old Baghdad
''A Romance of Old Baghdad'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Matheson Lang, Manora Thew and Roy Travers. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Miss Haroun al Rashid'' by Jessie Douglas Kerruish. In nineteenth century Mesopotamia a series of romantic entanglements ensue. The Hollywood actress Evelyn Brent was originally intended to star but did not ultimately appear in the finished film.Kear & King p.19 Cast * Matheson Lang as Prince Omar * Manora Thew as Sourna * Roy Travers as Harvey P. Wilbur * Henry Victor as Horne Jerningham * George Bellamy as General Walters * Barbara Everest as Mrs Jocelyn * A. Harding Steerman as Mr Jocelyn * Douglas Munro as Abdul Bey * Clyne Dacia as Rathia * George Foley as Kadi * Rolf Leslie as Haji * Victor McLaglen as Miski * Jack Minister as Piers Blessington * Lorna Rathbone as Evelyn Jerningham * Beatie Olna Travers Beatie is a name. Notable people with the name include: * Thomas Beatie, (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Double Event (1921 Film)
''The Double Event'' is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Mary Odette, Roy Travers and Lionelle Howard.Low p.358 After her father, a country clergyman, loses large sums of money his daughter recoups his losses by becoming the partner of a bookie. The film is based on the play ''The Double Event'', which was adapted into a sound film '' The Double Event'' in 1934. Cast * Mary Odette as Dot Martingale * Roy Travers as Captain Dennison * Lionelle Howard as Charles Martingale * Tom Coventry as Angus McNeil * Roy Byford as James Bennington * Beatie Olna Travers as Laura Bennington * James McWilliams as Reverend Hubert Martingale * Louie Freear Louisa Freear (26 November 1871 – 23 March 1939) was an English actress and comedienne. Biography She was born in Lambeth, London, and was part of the Freear theatrical family; her parents were actor Henry Butler Freear and Mary Jane Freear ... as Susannah * Sydney Wood as Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Headmaster (film)
''The Headmaster'' is a 1921 British silent comedy-drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Cyril Maude, Margot Drake and Miles Malleson.Low p.379 It is based on the 1913 play '' The Headmaster'' by Edward Knoblock and Wilfred Coleby. The film can be summarized as a clergyman working as the headmaster of a school tries to persuade his daughter to marry the idiotic son of an influential figure in the hope of being promoted to bishop. Cast * Cyril Maude as Rev. Cuthbert Sanctuary * Margot Drake as Portia Sanctuary * Miles Malleson as Palliser Grantley * Marie Illington as Cornelia Grantley * Lionelle Howard as Jack Strahan * Simeon Stuart as Dean of Carchester * Ann Trevor as Antigone Sanctuary * Louie Freear Louisa Freear (26 November 1871 – 23 March 1939) was an English actress and comedienne. Biography She was born in Lambeth, London, and was part of the Freear theatrical family; her parents were actor Henry Butler Freear and Mary Jane Freear . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Roads Lead To Calvary (film)
''All Roads Lead to Calvary'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Minna Grey, Bertram Burleigh and Mary Odette. It is partly based on the 1919 novel of the same name by Jerome K. Jerome.Low p.328 A fisherman becomes a Member of Parliament, but is torn between his career, mistress and wife. Cast * Minna Grey as Nan Phillips * Bertram Burleigh as Bob Phillips * Mary Odette as Joan Allway * Roy Travers as Preacher * Julie Kean as Hilda Phillips * J. Nelson Ramsay as Mr. Alway * David Hallett as Arthur Allway * George Travers as Editor * Lorna Rathbone Lorna is a feminine given name. The name is said to have been first coined by R. D. Blackmore for the heroine of his novel ''Lorna Doone'', which appeared in 1869. Blackmore appears to have derived this name from the Scottish placename ''Lorn''/'' ... as Editor's Wife * Kate Gurney as Landlady References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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