British films of 1935
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A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1935:
1935
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1935 1935 in film -Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:... |
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18 Minutes 18 Minutes 18 Minutes is a 1935 British drama film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gregory Ratoff, John Loder and Benita Hume. Its plot concerns a lion tamer who adopts an orphaned girl.-Cast:* Gregory Ratoff - Nikita* John Loder - Trelawney... |
Monty Banks Monty Banks Montague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe... |
Gregory Ratoff Gregory Ratoff Gregory Ratoff was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. His most famous role as an actor was as producer Max Fabian who feuds with star Margo Channing in All About Eve .... , John Loder John Loder (actor) John Loder was a British-American actor. He was born William John Muir Lowe in London.-Early life:Loder's father was General W. H. M. Lowe, the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse, the leader of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, surrendered... , Benita Hume Benita Hume Benita Hume was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet... |
Comedy | |
The 39 Steps The 39 Steps (1935 film) The 39 Steps is a British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the adventure novel The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan. The film stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.... |
Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood... |
Robert Donat Robert Donat Robert Donat was an English film and stage actor. He is best-known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and Goodbye, Mr... , Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree... |
Mystery | Number 4 in the BFI Top 100 British films BFI Top 100 British films In 1999 the British Film Institute surveyed 1000 people from the world of British film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. Voters were asked to choose up to 100 films that were 'culturally British'... |
Abdul the Damned Abdul the Damned Abdul the Damned is a 1935 British drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Fritz Kortner, Nils Asther and John Stuart. It was made by British International Pictures. It set in the Ottoman Empire in the years before the First World War where the Sultan and the Young Turks battle for power... |
Karl Grune Karl Grune Karl Grune was an Austrian film director and writer who made many silent films in the 1920s.Grune was born in Vienna, where he later attended drama school... |
Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner was an Austrian-born stage and film actor and theatre director.Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. Also in that year... , Nils Asther Nils Asther Nils Anton Alfhild Asther was a Danish-born Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid 1950s, known for his beautiful face and often called "the male Greta Garbo"... |
Drama | |
Admirals All Admirals All Admirals All is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Wynne Gibson, Gordon Harker, Anthony Bushell and George Curzon. It was based on a play by Ian Hay... |
Victor Hanbury Victor Hanbury Victor Hanbury or W. Victor Hanbury was a British film director and producer.Entering the film industry in 1919 after service in the First World War, he became a director and producer in the early 1930s. His last film as a director was Hotel Reserve in 1944. He continued to produce into the 1950s... |
Wynne Gibson Wynne Gibson Wynne Gibson was an American actress of the 1930s.Early in her career she had a small part in a film but had no special interest in appearing before the camera. It was the stage that interested her and she began her stage career in chorus and was soon playing leads... , Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... |
Comedy | |
Annie, Leave the Room! | Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role... |
Morton Selten Morton Selten Morton Selten was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton.It was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales . He began acting in 1878, with stage performances mainly in America. His film career began in the 1920s... , Eva Moore Eva Moore Eva Moore was an English actress. Her career on stage and in film spanned six decades, and she was active in the women's suffrage movement.-Early life and career:... |
Comedy | |
Barnacle Bill Barnacle Bill (1935 film) Barnacle Bill is a 1935 British drama film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Archie Pitt, Joan Gardner and Gus McNaughton. A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea.-Cast:* Archie Pitt - Bill Harris... |
Harry Hughes Harry Hughes (director) -Selected filmography:* Virginia's Husband * Troublesome Wives * Song at Eventide * The Improper Duchess * Tropical Trouble * The Gables Mystery * Mountains O'Mourne... |
Archie Pitt, Joan Gardner Joan Gardner Joan Gardner was a British actress. She married Zoltán Korda and had a son, David.Joan was born in Chesham, Bucks, UK. She made her stage debut immediately on leaving school and by age 18 had achieved success there... |
Drama | |
The Big Splash The Big Splash The Big Splash is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Frank Pettingell, Finlay Currie and Marguerite Allan. A millionaire hires a man to play his double.... |
Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role... |
Frank Pettingell Frank Pettingell Frank Pettingell was an English actor.Pettingell was born in Liverpool, and educated at Manchester University... , Finlay Currie Finlay Currie Finlay Jefferson Currie was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television.Currie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1878. His acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film in 1931... |
Comedy | |
Boys Will Be Boys | William Beaudine William Beaudine William Beaudine was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.-Early life and career:... |
Will Hay Will Hay William Thomson "Will" Hay was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer.-Early life:He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, in north east England, to William R... , Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... |
Comedy | |
Brewster's Millions Brewster's Millions (1935 film) Brewster's Millions is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jack Buchanan, Lili Damita and Nancy O'Neil... |
Thornton Freeland Thornton Freeland Thornton Freeland was an American film director who directed 26 British and American films in a career that lasted from 1924 to 1949. He was born in Hope, North Dakota in 1898 and originally worked as an assistant director. In 1929 he directed his first film Three Live Ghosts. He was married to... |
Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in... , Lili Damita Lili Damita Lili Damita was a French actress who appeared in 33 movies between 1922 and 1937.-Early life and education:... |
Musical Comedy | |
Brown on Resolution Brown on Resolution (film) Brown on Resolution is a 1935 film adaptation of the CS Forester novel Brown on Resolution. The plot is centred on the illegitimate son of a British naval officer singlehandedly bringing about the downfall of a German battleship during World War I... |
Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ... Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations... |
John Mills John Mills Sir John Mills CBE , born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, was an English actor who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.-Life and career:... , Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... |
Drama | |
Bulldog Jack Bulldog Jack Bulldog Jack is a 1935 film produced by Gaumont International, directed by Walter Forde, and starring Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson; it also starred Atholl Fleming as Bulldog Drummond.... |
Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ... |
Jack Hulbert Jack Hulbert John Norman "Jack" Hulbert was a British actor, specialising primarily in comedy productions.-Biography:Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, he was the elder and more successful brother of Claude. He was educated at Cambridge and appeared in many shows and revues, mainly with the Cambridge Footlights. He... , Fay Wray Fay Wray Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the female lead in King Kong... , Ralph Richardson Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films.... |
Comedy | |
Captain Bill Captain Bill Captain Bill is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Ralph Ceder and starring Leslie Fuller, Judy Kelly and Hal Gordon. A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals.-Cast:* Leslie Fuller - Bill* Judy Kelly - Polly... |
Ralph Cedar | Leslie Fuller Leslie Fuller Leslie Fuller was a British comedy film actor. He was married to the actress Nancy Bates.Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London, although many biographies wrongly state Margate, as he had a lifelong association with this seaside town. His father was Albert... , Judy Kelly Judy Kelly -Selected filmography:* Adam's Apple * Money Talks * Crime on the Hill * L'argent par les fenêtres * Hawley's of High Street * Their Night Out * The Love Nest... |
Comedy | |
Car of Dreams Car of Dreams Car of Dreams is a 1935 British romantic comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and Austin Melford and starring Grete Mosheim, John Mills, Norah Howard and Robertson Hare. A tycoon's son falls in love with a woman who works at his father's factory. It was based on the 1934 Hungarian film... |
Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts... Austin Melford Austin Melford Austin Melford was a British screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of the actor Jack Melford.-Selected filmography:Director* Car of Dreams * Oh, Daddy! * Radio Lover Screenwriter... |
John Mills John Mills Sir John Mills CBE , born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, was an English actor who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.-Life and career:... , Grete Mosheim Grete Mosheim Margaret "Grete" Mosheim was a German film, theatre and television actress of Hungarian Jewish ancestry.-Early life:Mosheim was born in Berlin, Germany on 8 January 1905... , Robertson Hare Robertson Hare John Robertson Hare was an English comedy actor, popularly known as Bunny, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces. He is known for routinely losing his trousers on-stage, at which point he would utter his catchphrase "Oh Calamity"... |
Romance/Musical | |
The Case of Gabriel Perry The Case of Gabriel Perry The Case of Gabriel Perry is a 1935 British crime film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Henry Oscar, Olga Lindo and Margaret Lockwood.-Cast:* Henry Oscar - Gabriel Perry* Olga Lindo - Mrs Perry* Margaret Lockwood - Mildred Perry... |
Henry Oscar Henry Oscar Henry Oscar was an English stage and film actor.Born as Henry Wale, he changed his name and began acting in 1911 and appeared in a wide range of films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much , Fire Over England , The Four Feathers , Hatter's Castle ,... |
Olga Lindo Olga Lindo -Filmography:* The Shadow Between * Royal Cavalcade * Dark World * The Last Journey * A Romance in Flanders * Luck of the Navy * The Stars Look Down * What Men Live By... , Margaret Lockwood |
Crime | |
Charing Cross Road Charing Cross Road (film) Charing Cross Road is a 1935 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring John Mills, June Clyde, Derek Oldham and Belle Baker... |
Albert de Courville Albert de Courville Albert de Courville was a director of theatrical revues who turned to making films in the 1930s. His two most famous films , both featuring Jessie Matthews were There Goes the Bride and The Midshipmaid... |
John Mills John Mills Sir John Mills CBE , born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, was an English actor who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.-Life and career:... , June Clyde June Clyde June Clyde was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was a niece of actress .... |
Drama | |
City of Beautiful Nonsense City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935 film) City of Beautiful Nonsense is a 1935 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Emlyn Williams and Sophie Stewart. The film is based on the best-selling 1909 novel of the same name by E. Temple Thurston, which had previously been filmed as a silent by Henry Edwards in 1919... |
Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s... |
Emlyn Williams Emlyn Williams George Emlyn Williams, CBE , known as Emlyn Williams, was a Welsh dramatist and actor.-Biography:He was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family in Mostyn, Flintshire.... , Sophie Stewart Sophie Stewart Sophie Stewart was a British actress. She was born in Crieff, Perthshire on 5 March 1908. Died 1977. In 1937 she starred in Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Blakeney.She was married to the actor Ellis Irving.-Selected filmography:... |
Drama | |
Cock o' the North | Oswald Mitchell Oswald Mitchell Oswald Albert Mitchell was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.-Selected filmography:* Such Is the Law * Danny Boy * Old Mother Riley... , Challis Sanderson Challis Sanderson -Selected filmography:Director* The Law Divine * Three Men in a Boat * The Scallywag * The Merchant of Venice * Cock o' the North * Stars on Parade... |
George Carney George Carney George Carney was a British film actor.He worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipping yards... , Marie Lohr Marie Lohr Marie Lohr was an Australian film and stage actress.-Biography:Marie Löhr was born in Sydney to Lewis J. Löhr, treasurer of the Melbourne opera house, and his wife, the English actress Kate Bishop... |
Musical/Comedy | |
Come Out of the Pantry Come Out of the Pantry Come Out of the Pantry is a 1935 British musical film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray, James Carew and Fred Emney.-Plot:... |
Jack Raymond Jack Raymond Jack Raymond was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films... |
Jack Buchanan Jack Buchanan Walter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in... , Fay Wray Fay Wray Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the female lead in King Kong... , James Carew James Carew James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm... |
Musical | |
Crime Unlimited Crime Unlimited Crime Unlimited is a 1935 British crime film that was made as a Quota quickie. It was directed by Ralph Ince.-Plot:The Merrick gang have pulled off a diamond robbery and murdered a police officer investigating their crimes. A paper saying "AD 1935" was found on the murdered officer's body... |
Ralph Ince Ralph Ince Ralph Ince , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 171 films between 1910 and 1937. He also appeared in 110 films between 1907 and 1937.... |
Esmond Knight Esmond Knight Esmond Penington Knight was an English actor.He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind... , Lilli Palmer Lilli Palmer Lilli Palmer , born Lilli Marie Peiser, was a German actress. She won the Volpi Cup, the Deutscher Filmpreis three times, and was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award.-Life and career:... |
Crime thriller | |
The Crouching Beast The Crouching Beast The Crouching Beast is a 1935 British drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Fritz Kortner, Wynne Gibson and Richard Bird.-Plot:... |
Victor Hanbury Victor Hanbury Victor Hanbury or W. Victor Hanbury was a British film director and producer.Entering the film industry in 1919 after service in the First World War, he became a director and producer in the early 1930s. His last film as a director was Hotel Reserve in 1944. He continued to produce into the 1950s... |
Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner was an Austrian-born stage and film actor and theatre director.Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. Also in that year... , Wynne Gibson Wynne Gibson Wynne Gibson was an American actress of the 1930s.Early in her career she had a small part in a film but had no special interest in appearing before the camera. It was the stage that interested her and she began her stage career in chorus and was soon playing leads... |
Drama | |
Dandy Dick Dandy Dick Dandy Dick is a 1935 British comedy film starring Will Hay. It was based on the 1887 play Dandy Dick by Arthur Wing Pinero. It is the second and last of his films to be based on a play by Pinero – the first was Those Were the Days which was based on The Magistrate.-Plot:A vicar who lives in... |
William Beaudine William Beaudine William Beaudine was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.-Early life and career:... |
Will Hay Will Hay William Thomson "Will" Hay was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer.-Early life:He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, in north east England, to William R... , Nancy Burne Nancy Burne -Selected filmography:* Facing the Music * Song at Eventide * Dandy Dick * Once a Thief * Old Roses * It Happened in Paris * Reasonable Doubt * A Wife or Two... |
Comedy | |
Dance Band Dance Band Dance Band is a 1935 British musical film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, June Clyde and Steven Geray. Its plot concerns two dance bands who develop an intense rivalry with each other during a competition.-Cast:... |
Marcel Varnel Marcel Varnel Marcel Varnel was a film director. He was born Marcel Hyacinthe le Bozec in Paris, France.Varnel started his working life on the Paris stage but soon became a director of musical comedies. In 1925 he moved to New York working as director in several Broadway operettas, musicals and dramas for the... |
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, June Clyde June Clyde June Clyde was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was a niece of actress .... |
Comedy/Musical | |
Department Store Department Store (film) Department Store is a 1935 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Eve Gray, Garry Marsh and Sebastian Shaw.... |
Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role... |
Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.-Early life:... , Garry Marsh Garry Marsh Garry Marsh was a British film actor. Marsh began acting on the stage at the age of fifteen. He started off in films as a leading man but later became a character actor playing self-important roles.-Filmography:* Long Odds... |
Crime | |
The Dictator | Victor Saville Victor Saville Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954... |
Clive Brook, Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree... , Emlyn Williams Emlyn Williams George Emlyn Williams, CBE , known as Emlyn Williams, was a Welsh dramatist and actor.-Biography:He was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family in Mostyn, Flintshire.... |
Historical Drama | |
The Divine Spark The Divine Spark The Divine Spark is a 1935 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Marta Eggerth, Phillip Holmes, Benita Hume and Donald Calthrop... |
Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone was an early acclaimed Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered one of Italian cinema's top early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty year career between 1913 and 1963.-Filmography:*Il bacio di Cirano *La donna nuda *Senza colpa! *Fior di... |
Marta Egerth, Philip Holmes Philip Holmes Philip J. Holmes is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. As a member of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department, he formerly served as the interim chair until May 2007.... |
Musical | |
Drake of England Drake of England Drake of England is a 1935 British drama film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Matheson Lang, Athene Seyler and Jane Baxter. It depicts the life of Francis Drake and the events leading up to the defeat of the Armada in 1588.-Cast:... |
Arthur B. Woods Arthur B. Woods Arthur Bickerstaffe Woods was an English film director with 27 credits between 1933 and 1940. Woods' films were mainly quota quickies but were diverse in style, from light comedy and musicals to dark crime thrillers. His most acclaimed film is 1938's They Drive by Night... |
Matheson Lang Matheson Lang Matheson Alexander Lang was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.-Biography:... , Athene Seyler Athene Seyler Athene Seyler, CBE was an English actress.Although better known as a stage actress, she first appeared on the stage in 1909 and made her film debut in 1921, and became known for playing slightly dotty old ladies.... |
Historical Drama | |
Emil and the Detectives Emil and the Detectives Emil and the Detectives is a 1929 novel for children set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner. It was Kästner's first major success, the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship, and remains his best-known work, and has been translated into at least 59 languages... |
Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... |
John Williams John Williams John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T... , George Hayes |
Family | |
Falling in Love Falling in Love (1935 film) Falling in Love is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Charles Farrell, Mary Lawson, Diana Napier and Gregory Ratoff. The manager of an American film star struggles to cope with her behaviour.-Cast:... |
Monty Banks Monty Banks Montague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe... |
Charles Farrell Charles Farrell Charles Farrell was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor... , Mary Lawson Mary Lawson Mary Lawson is a Canadian novelist.Born in southwestern Ontario, she spent her childhood in Blackwell, Ontario and is a distant relative of L. M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables. Her father worked as a research chemist... |
Comedy | |
Father O'Flynn | Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy Wilfred Noy was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. He directed 89 films between 1910 and 1936... , Walter Tennyson Walter Tennyson -Selected filmography:Actors* The Virgin Queen * Women and Diamonds * Speeding Into Trouble * The Infamous Lady Director* Father O'Flynn * King of Hearts... |
Thomas F. Burke, Jean Adrienne | Musical | |
Fighting Stock Fighting Stock Fighting Stock is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also features Robertson Hare, Lesley Wareing and Herbert Lomas. A Brigadier retires to a country cottage for some quiet fishing, but it soon overtaken by madcap events. The film is based on the farce by Ben Travers.... |
Tom Walls Tom Walls Tom Kirby Walls was a popular English stage and motion-pictures character actor, and film director. He has claim to be one of the most influential figures in British comedy.-Early career:... |
Tom Walls Tom Walls Tom Kirby Walls was a popular English stage and motion-pictures character actor, and film director. He has claim to be one of the most influential figures in British comedy.-Early career:... , Robertson Hare Robertson Hare John Robertson Hare was an English comedy actor, popularly known as Bunny, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces. He is known for routinely losing his trousers on-stage, at which point he would utter his catchphrase "Oh Calamity"... |
Comedy | |
A Fire Has Been Arranged A Fire Has Been Arranged A Fire Has Been Arranged is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan and Alastair Sim.... |
Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role... |
Chesney Allen Chesney Allen Chesney Allen was a popular English entertainer of the Second World War period. He is best remembered as part of the double act with Bud Flanagan, Flanagan and Allen.-Life and career:... , Bud Flanagan Bud Flanagan Bud Flanagan was a popular English music hall and vaudeville entertainer from the 1930s until the 1960s. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1960.- Family background :Flaganan was born Chaim Reuben Weintrop in... , Alastair Sim Alastair Sim Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE was a Scottish character actor who appeared in a string of classic British films. He is best remembered in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge, and for his portrayal of Miss Fritton, the headmistress in two St. Trinian's films... |
Comedy | |
Foreign Affaires Foreign Affaires Foreign Affaires is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls based on an Aldwych Farce written by Ben Travers. It also features Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Norma Varden and Cecil Parker. The film is set on the French Riviera where two hard-living British spongers become mixed... |
Tom Walls Tom Walls Tom Kirby Walls was a popular English stage and motion-pictures character actor, and film director. He has claim to be one of the most influential figures in British comedy.-Early career:... |
Tom Walls, Robertson Hare Robertson Hare John Robertson Hare was an English comedy actor, popularly known as Bunny, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces. He is known for routinely losing his trousers on-stage, at which point he would utter his catchphrase "Oh Calamity"... Cecil Parker Cecil Parker Cecil Parker was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969.... |
Comedy | |
Forever England | Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ... Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations... |
Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , John Mills John Mills Sir John Mills CBE , born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, was an English actor who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.-Life and career:... |
World War I | |
Get Off My Foot Get Off My Foot Get Off My Foot is a 1935 British comedy film, directed by William Beaudine and starring Max Miller and Chili Bouchier. It is classed as a lost film.... |
William Beaudine William Beaudine William Beaudine was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.-Early life and career:... |
Max Miller, Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a... |
Comedy | |
The Ghost Goes West The Ghost Goes West The Ghost Goes West is a British romantic comedy/fantasy film starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, and Eugene Pallette, and directed by René Clair, his first English-language film... |
René Clair René Clair René Clair born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Paris and grew up in the Les Halles quarter. He attended the Lycée Montaigne and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. During World War I, he served as an ambulance driver. After the war, he started a career as a journalist... |
Robert Donat Robert Donat Robert Donat was an English film and stage actor. He is best-known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and Goodbye, Mr... , Jean Parker Jean Parker -Career:Born as Lois Mae Green in Deer Lodge, Montana, she appeared in 70 movies from 1932 through 1966. She was discovered by Ida Koverman, secretary to MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, after she saw a poster featuring Parker portraying Father Time. She attended Pasadena schools and graduated from John... , Eugene Pallette Eugene Pallette Eugene William Pallette was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946.... |
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The Guv'nor The Guv'nor (film) The Guv'nor is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank.-Plot:... |
Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... |
George Arliss George Arliss George Arliss was an English actor, author and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award.-Life and career:... , Gene Gerrard Gene Gerrard Gene Gerrard was an English film and stage actor. He starred in light musical comedies but returned to his stage career by the 1930s.... |
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Heart's Desire Heart's Desire (film) Heart's Desire is a 1935 British musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Richard Tauber, Leonora Corbett, Kathleen Kellyand Frank Vosper. A young opera singer is discovered in Vienna and is brought to London where he rises to stardom.... |
Paul L. Stein Paul L. Stein Paul Ludwig Stein was an Austrian-born film director with 67 films to his credit. Stein began his career in Berlin in 1918 and worked exclusively in the German silent film industry until 1926, when he first went to Hollywood, and spent the next five years commuting between Germany and the U.S.,... |
Richard Tauber Richard Tauber Richard Tauber was an Austrian tenor acclaimed as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Some critics commented that "his heart felt every word he sang".-Early life:... , Leonora Corbett Leonora Corbett Leonora Corbett was a British film actress.On leaving school she studied art but later decided that she would prefer the stage. She made her debut at Cambridge and later appeared on the London stage before appearing on the screen, with Love on Wheels her film debut.-Selected filmography:* Love on... |
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Heat Wave | Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year.... |
Albert Burdon Albert Burdon -Filmography:* The Maid of the Mountains * Letting in the Sunshine * It's a Boy * Heat Wave * She Knew What She Wanted * Oh Boy! * Luck of the Navy * Jailbirds -External links:... , Cyril Maude Cyril Maude Cyril Francis Maude was an English actor-manager.-Biography:Maude was born in London and educated at the Charterhouse School. In 1881, he was sent to Adelaide, South Australia, on the clipper ship City of Adelaide to regain his health... , Anna Lee Anna Lee Anna Lee, MBE was an English actress.-Career:Lee studied at the Royal Albert Hall, then debuted with a bit part in the film His Lordship... |
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Honours Easy Honours Easy Honours Easy is a 1935 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Greta Nissen, Patric Knowles and Margaret Lockwood. A man tries to take revenge on a rival for a slight seventeen years before, by framing his son for theft... |
Herbert Brenon | Greta Nissen Greta Nissen Greta Nissen was a Norwegian-born American film and stage actress.-Stage and Screen Actress:Born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen in Oslo, Norway, Nissen was originally a dancer. She debuted as a solo ballerina on the National Theatre in 1922. She toured in Norway and participated in several Danish films.Nissen... , Patric Knowles Patric Knowles Reginald Lawrence Knowles was an English film actor who renamed himself Patric Knowles, a name which reflects his Irish descent. He appeared in films of the 1930s through the 1970s... , Margaret Lockwood |
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Hyde Park Corner Hyde Park Corner (film) Hyde Park Corner is a 1935 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale, Henry Tate and Robert Holmes. Harker portrays a policeman investigating a crime in 1930s London, which proves to have its origins in the 1780s. The film takes its name from Hyde Park... |
Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894... |
Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... , Binnie Hale Binnie Hale Binnie Hale was an English actress and musician. Both her father, Robert Hale and younger brother, Sonnie Hale were actors. She married West End actor Jack Raine, with whom she had one daughter.... |
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Immortal Gentleman | Widgey R. Newman | Basil Gill Basil Gill Basil Gill was a British film actor whose film career started with Henry VIII , a short silent film. In 1926, Gill appeared in two short films made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, Santa Claus as the title character, and Julius Caesar as Brutus.-Selected filmography:* The Admirable... , Rosalinde Fuller |
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In a Monastery Garden | Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year.... |
John Stuart John Stuart (actor) John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall , was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.... , Hugh Williams Hugh Williams Hugh Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.-Personal life:... |
Drama | |
In Town Tonight In Town Tonight In Town Tonight was a BBC radio programme broadcast on Saturday evening from 1933 to 1960 . It was an early example of the chat show, originally presented by Eric Maschwitz.Its theme music was the Knightsbridge March by Eric Coates... |
Herbert Smith Herbert Smith (producer) Herbert Smith was a British film producer.He was born on 30 June 1901 in London.He was an assistant director on five films between 1930 and 1933, before the first 13 for which he was director... |
Jack Barty Jack Barty -Selected filmography:* Oliver the Eighth * It's in the Bag * The Sea Fiend * All In * Feather Your Nest * What Would You Do, Chums? * Gaslight -External links:... , Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady... |
Musical | |
It Happened in Paris It Happened in Paris It Happened in Paris is a 1935 British comedy film made at Ealing Studios, directed by Carol Reed and Robert Wyler and starring John Loder, Nancy Burne, and Esme Percy. A British millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris. It is based on the play L'Arpete by Yves... |
Carol Reed Carol Reed Sir Carol Reed was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out , The Fallen Idol , The Third Man and Oliver!... , Robert Wyler Robert Wyler Robert Wyler was an American film producer and associate producer. He was the older brother of the more illustrious William Wyler and a nephew of Universal Studios head, Carl Laemmle.... |
John Loder John Loder (actor) John Loder was a British-American actor. He was born William John Muir Lowe in London.-Early life:Loder's father was General W. H. M. Lowe, the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse, the leader of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, surrendered... , Nancy Burne Nancy Burne -Selected filmography:* Facing the Music * Song at Eventide * Dandy Dick * Once a Thief * Old Roses * It Happened in Paris * Reasonable Doubt * A Wife or Two... |
Comedy | |
Jack Ahoy Jack Ahoy Jack Ahoy is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Nancy O'Neil, Alfred Drayton and Sam Wilkinson. A humble seaman falls in love with an Admiral's daughter, whilst trying to battle Chinese pirates.... |
Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ... |
Jack Hulbert Jack Hulbert John Norman "Jack" Hulbert was a British actor, specialising primarily in comedy productions.-Biography:Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, he was the elder and more successful brother of Claude. He was educated at Cambridge and appeared in many shows and revues, mainly with the Cambridge Footlights. He... , Nancy O'Neil |
Comedy | |
Jimmy Boy | John Baxter John Baxter (director) John Philip Baxter was a somewhat prolific British film-maker active from the 1930s to the late 1950s. During that time he produced, wrote, or directed dozens of films... |
Jimmy O'Dea Jimmy O'Dea James Augustine "Jimmy" O'Dea was an Irish actor and comedian.-Life:Jimmy O'Dea was born in Lower Bridge Street, Dublin, where his mother kept a small toy-shop. He was one of 11 children. His father was an iron-monger and had a shop in Capel Street. He was educated at Blackrock College and... , Guy Middleton Guy Middleton Guy Middleton Powell, usually credited as Guy Middleton, was an English film character actor.Middleton was born in Hove, England and originally worked in the London Stock Exchange, before turning to acting in the 1930s... |
Comedy | |
Joy Ride | Harry Hughes Harry Hughes Harry Roe Hughes , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 57th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1979 to 1987.-Early life and family:... |
Gene Gerrard Gene Gerrard Gene Gerrard was an English film and stage actor. He starred in light musical comedies but returned to his stage career by the 1930s.... , Zelma O'Neal Zelma O'Neal Zelma O'Neal was an actress, singer, and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s. She appeared on Broadway and in early sound films, including the Paramount Pictures films Paramount on Parade and Follow Thru .... |
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King of the Damned King of the Damned King of the Damned is a 1935 British action film directed by Walter Forde and starring Conrad Veidt, Helen Vinson, Noah Beery and Cecil Ramage. Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor pushes him to lead a revolt... |
Walter Forde Walter Forde Walter Forde was a British actor, Screenwriter and Director. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1896 he directed over fifty films between 1920 and 1949.-Silent era filmography:* The Wanderer * The Handyman ... |
Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca... , Helen Vinson Helen Vinson Helen Vinson was an American film actress, who appeared in 40 films between 1932 and 1945.-Early life:... Noah Beery |
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Koenigsmark Koenigsmark (1935 film) Koenigsmark is a British-French film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge, Pierre Fresnay, Frank Vosper, and Cecil Humphreys.... |
Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur was an important international film director and screenwriter.-Life:Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the... |
Elissa Landi Elissa Landi Elissa Landi was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing.... , John Lodge John Davis Lodge John Davis Lodge , was an American politician, and 79th Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955. He was also an actor and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.-Early life:Lodge was born in Washington, D.C.... |
Adventure | |
The Lad | Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... |
Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... , Betty Stockfeld Betty Stockfeld Betty Stockfeld was an Australian film actress. Sher appeared mostly in British and French films.-Filmography:* Captivation * 77 Park Lane * Blanc comme neige * City of Song * Life Goes On... |
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Late Extra | Albert Parker Albert Parker Albert Parker was the owner of The Claxton Bakery and creator of the Old Fashion Claxton Fruitcake. Parker got his start working with Savino Tos, the founder and previous owner of The Claxton Bakery, in 1927 when he was eleven years old. In 1945, Tos sold the bakery to Albert Parker and retired... |
James Mason James Mason James Neville Mason was an English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. Mason remained a powerful figure in the industry throughout his career and was nominated for three Academy Awards as well as three Golden Globes .- Early life :Mason was born in Huddersfield, in the... , Virginia Cherrill Virginia Cherrill Virginia Cherrill was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights... , Alastair Sim Alastair Sim Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE was a Scottish character actor who appeared in a string of classic British films. He is best remembered in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge, and for his portrayal of Miss Fritton, the headmistress in two St. Trinian's films... |
Crime | |
Lazybones Lazybones (film) Lazybones is a 1935 British film directed by Michael Powell. It was made as a Quota quickie.-Plot:Sir Reginald Ford , known as "Lazybones", is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world, although he doesn't have any money either... |
Michael Powell Michael Powell (director) Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger... |
Ian Hunter Ian Hunter (actor) Ian Hunter was a British character actor.Among dozens of film roles, his best-remembered appearances include That Certain Woman with Bette Davis, The Adventures of Robin Hood , The Little Princess and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde... , Claire Luce, Sara Allgood Sara Allgood -Biography:Allgood was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her sister was actress Maire O'Neill.Allgood began her acting career at the Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre Society, appearing in many of their plays all over Britain... |
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Lieut. Daring R.N. | Reginald Denham Reginald Denham Reginald Denham was an English writer, theater and film director, actor and film producer.Denham was born in London, England in 1894.... |
Hugh Williams Hugh Williams Hugh Williams was an English actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.-Personal life:... , Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
Adventure | |
Line Engaged Line Engaged Line Engaged is a 1935 British, black-and-white, thriller directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Ronald Shiner as Ryan It was produced by British Lion Film Corporation.-Synopsis:... |
Bernard Mainwaring Bernard Mainwaring -Selected filmography:* The Crimson Candle * Line Engaged * Old Roses * The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Cross My Heart * Jennifer Hale * Member of the Jury... |
Bramwell Fletcher Bramwell Fletcher Bramwell Fletcher was a British stage, film, and television actor.... , Jane Baxter Jane Baxter Jane Baxter was a British actress. Her stage career spanned half a century, and she appeared in a number of films and in television.-Early life:... |
Thriller | |
The Mad Hatters The Mad Hatters The Mad Hatters is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Chili Bouchier, Sydney King and Evelyn Foster. After opening a hat shop together, two men fall in love with a French woman living next door.-Cast:... |
Ivar Campbell Ivar Campbell -Selected filmography:* Designing Women * The Mad Hatters * The Belles of St. Clements * Grand Finale * Captain's Orders * Too Many Husbands -External links:... |
Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier Chili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a... , Kim Peacock Kim Peacock -External links:... |
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Man of the Moment Man of the Moment (1935 film) Man of the Moment is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Laura La Plante.-Plot:Office worker Mary Briany finds out she is being demoted by the boss she secretly loves in order to make room for his girlfriend. She tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river... |
Monty Banks Monty Banks Montague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe... |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Laura La Plante Laura La Plante Laura La Plante was an American actress, best-known for her roles in silent films.-Early acting career:... , Claude Hulbert Claude Hulbert Claude Noel Hulbert was a British comic actor. He was the younger brother of Jack Hulbert. Like his brother, he was Cambridge educated and was a member of the Footlights comedy club as an undergraduate.... |
Comedy | |
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn is a 1935 British film melodrama film starring Tod Slaughter and Eric Portman. It was directed by Milton Rosmer, whose most famous film was the English-language version of Emil and the Detectives that same year. It is based on the true story of the 1827... |
Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He was born in Southport, Lancashire on 4 November 1881. He made his screen debut in the 1916 film The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and continued to act in film and television until 1956... |
Tod Slaughter Tod Slaughter Tod Slaughter was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.-Ealy life:... , Eric Portman Eric Portman Eric Portman was a distinguished English stage and film actor... |
Horror | Based on the Red Barn Murder Red Barn Murder The Red Barn Murder was a notorious murder committed in Polstead, Suffolk, England, in 1827. A young woman, Maria Marten, was shot dead by her lover, William Corder. The two had arranged to meet at the Red Barn, a local landmark, before eloping to Ipswich. Maria was never heard from again... |
Marry the Girl | Maclean Rogers Maclean Rogers -Selected filmography:Director* The Third Eye * The Mayor's Nest * Up for the Derby * The Crime at Blossoms * Trouble * Summer Lightning * It's a Cop * Virginia's Husband... |
Sonnie Hale Sonnie Hale Sonnie Hale was an English theatre and cinema actor and director.John Robert Hale-Monro was born in London, the son of Robert Hale and Belle Reynolds. His father and sister, Binnie Hale were actors. He worked chiefly in musical and revue theatre, but also acted in several films with occasional... , Judy Kelly Judy Kelly -Selected filmography:* Adam's Apple * Money Talks * Crime on the Hill * L'argent par les fenêtres * Hawley's of High Street * Their Night Out * The Love Nest... |
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Me and Marlborough Me and Marlborough Me and Marlborough is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Tom Walls, Barry MacKay, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Oscar and Cecil Parker.-Plot summary:... |
Victor Saville Victor Saville Victor Saville was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954... |
Cicely Courtneidge Cicely Courtneidge Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge DBE was an English actress and comedienne. The daughter of the producer Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in his productions in the West End, by the age of 16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his Edwardian musical comedies.After the... , Tom Walls Tom Walls Tom Kirby Walls was a popular English stage and motion-pictures character actor, and film director. He has claim to be one of the most influential figures in British comedy.-Early career:... |
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Midshipman Easy Midshipman Easy Midshipman Easy is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Carol Reed and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood and Harry Tate. A young man runs away from home, joins the navy and goes to sea in the 1790s. He rescues a captive woman from a Spanish ship and battles pirates and smugglers... |
Carol Reed Carol Reed Sir Carol Reed was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out , The Fallen Idol , The Third Man and Oliver!... |
Hughie Green Hughie Green Hughie Green was the host of numerous British television shows.-Early life:Hugh H. Green was born in London; his Scottish father was a former British Army Major who made his fortune supplying tinned fish to the Allied forces in World War I, while his mother Violet was the Surrey-born daughter of... , Margaret Lockwood |
Adventure | |
Moscow Nights Moscow Nights (film) Moscow Nights is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Harry Baur. During the First World War a wounded Russian officer Captain Ignatoff falls in love with his nurse... |
Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations... |
Harry Baur Harry Baur Harry Baur was a French actor. Baur was Jewish and tortured to death by the Gestapo during World War II.... , Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright... |
Drama | |
Mr. What's-His-Name? | Ralph Ince Ralph Ince Ralph Ince , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 171 films between 1910 and 1937. He also appeared in 110 films between 1907 and 1937.... |
Seymour Hicks Seymour Hicks Sir Arthur Seymour Hicks , better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer. He married the actress Ellaline Terriss in 1893... , Olive Blakeney Olive Blakeney -Career:She studied at a dramatic school. Played as a super in visiting stage shows at one dollar a performance. Played in many London stock companies. She became known on the London and American stage... , Enid Stamp-Taylor |
Comedy | |
Murder at Monte Carlo Murder at Monte Carlo Murder at Monte Carlo is a 1934 crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Errol Flynn, Eve Gray, Paul Graetz and Molly Lamont. The film was Flynn's debut film in the UK... |
Ralph Ince Ralph Ince Ralph Ince , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 171 films between 1910 and 1937. He also appeared in 110 films between 1907 and 1937.... |
Errol Flynn Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:... , Eve Gray Eve Gray Eve Gray was a British film actress.She was taken to Australia as a child and later had a stage career there. She returned to England in 1924 and within three days of arrival had signed a contract and then made her first appearance on the London stage at Daly's Theatre in Madame Pompadour... |
Crime | |
The Mystery of the Marie Celeste The Mystery of the Marie Celeste The Mystery of the Marie Celeste is one of the early films from Hammer Film Productions and was directed by Denison Clift. The leading actor is Béla Lugosi.... |
Denison Clift Denison Clift Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos... |
Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his... , Shirley Grey Shirley Grey Shirley Grey was an American actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1930 and 1935. She was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut and died in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.-Selected filmography:* The Public Defender... |
Mystery | |
Night Mail | Herbert Smith | Henry Oscar Henry Oscar Henry Oscar was an English stage and film actor.Born as Henry Wale, he changed his name and began acting in 1911 and appeared in a wide range of films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much , Fire Over England , The Four Feathers , Hatter's Castle ,... , Hope Davy |
Thriller | |
No Monkey Business No Monkey Business No Monkey Business is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Gene Gerrard, June Clyde and Renee Houston.-Cast:* Gene Gerrard – Jim Carroll* June Clyde – Clare Barrington* Renee Houston – Jessie* Richard Hearne – Charlie... |
Marcel Varnel Marcel Varnel Marcel Varnel was a film director. He was born Marcel Hyacinthe le Bozec in Paris, France.Varnel started his working life on the Paris stage but soon became a director of musical comedies. In 1925 he moved to New York working as director in several Broadway operettas, musicals and dramas for the... |
Gene Gerrard Gene Gerrard Gene Gerrard was an English film and stage actor. He starred in light musical comedies but returned to his stage career by the 1930s.... , June Clyde June Clyde June Clyde was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was a niece of actress .... |
Comedy | |
Off the Dole | Arthur Mertz | George Formby George Formby George Formby, OBE , born George Hoy Booth, was a British comedy actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian. He sang light, comical songs, accompanying himself on the banjo ukulele or banjolele... , Beryl Formby |
Comedy | |
Oh, Daddy! Oh, Daddy! Oh, Daddy! is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and Austin Melford and starring Leslie Henson, Frances Day, Robertson Hare and Barry MacKay.-Cast:* Leslie Henson - Lord Pye* Frances Day - Benita de Lys* Robertson Hare - Rupert Boddy... |
Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts... Austin Melford Austin Melford Austin Melford was a British screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of the actor Jack Melford.-Selected filmography:Director* Car of Dreams * Oh, Daddy! * Radio Lover Screenwriter... |
Leslie Henson Leslie Henson Leslie Lincoln Henson was an English comedian, actor, producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career... , Robertson Hare Robertson Hare John Robertson Hare was an English comedy actor, popularly known as Bunny, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces. He is known for routinely losing his trousers on-stage, at which point he would utter his catchphrase "Oh Calamity"... |
Comedy | |
Old Faithful Old Faithful (film) Old Faithful is a 1935 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Horace Hodges, Glennis Lorimer and Bruce Lester. An elderly taxi driver refuses to give up his old horse even though his business is being taken by younger drivers using modern cars... |
Maclean Rogers Maclean Rogers -Selected filmography:Director* The Third Eye * The Mayor's Nest * Up for the Derby * The Crime at Blossoms * Trouble * Summer Lightning * It's a Cop * Virginia's Husband... |
Horace Hodges Horace Hodges -Selected filmography:* Night in Montmartre * Summer Lightning * Old Faithful * Birds of a Feather * Three Maxims * London Melody * Follow Your Star * Jamaica Inn... , Glennis Lorimer Glennis Lorimer Glennis Lorimer was a British actress who appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. She also appeared in the Gainsborough Pictures logo before the opening credits of films by that studio and is sometimes known as the Gainsborough Lady. She made her debut in the 1933 film Orders is Orders... |
Drama | |
Old Roses Old Roses Old Roses is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Horace Hodges, Nancy Burne and Bruce Lester. An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.-Cast:... |
Bernard Mainwaring Bernard Mainwaring -Selected filmography:* The Crimson Candle * Line Engaged * Old Roses * The Public Life of Henry the Ninth * Cross My Heart * Jennifer Hale * Member of the Jury... |
Horace Hodges Horace Hodges -Selected filmography:* Night in Montmartre * Summer Lightning * Old Faithful * Birds of a Feather * Three Maxims * London Melody * Follow Your Star * Jamaica Inn... , Nancy Burne Nancy Burne -Selected filmography:* Facing the Music * Song at Eventide * Dandy Dick * Once a Thief * Old Roses * It Happened in Paris * Reasonable Doubt * A Wife or Two... |
Crime | |
The Passing of the Third Floor Back The Passing of the Third Floor Back The Passing of the Third Floor Back is a 1935 British drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and starring Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, René Ray and Frank Cellier. The film is based on a short story by Jerome K. Jerome and depicts the various small-minded inhabitants of a building and the arrival of a... |
Berthold Viertel Berthold Viertel Berthold Viertel , born in Vienna, Austria was a screen writer and film director.-Arrival in America:He was married to screenplay writer and actress Salka Viertel from 30 April 1918 to 20 December 1947. The pair came to Los Angeles in 1928 planning to stay for just three years... |
Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca... , Anna Lee Anna Lee Anna Lee, MBE was an English actress.-Career:Lee studied at the Royal Albert Hall, then debuted with a bit part in the film His Lordship... , René Ray René Ray René Ray, Countess of Midleton was a British film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in over forty films.... |
Drama | |
Peg of Old Drury Peg of Old Drury Peg of Old Drury is a 1935 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke and Margaretta Scott. The film is a biopic of eighteenth century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces by Charles Reade and Tom Taylor.-Cast:*... |
Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox was a British film producer and director.-Early life:Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, but he was born in Norwood and attended school in Brighton... |
Anna Neagle Anna Neagle Forming a professional alliance with Wilcox, Neagle played her first starring film role in the musical Goodnight Vienna , again with Jack Buchanan. With this film Neagle became an overnight favourite... , Cedric Hardwicke Cedric Hardwicke Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke was a noted English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly fifty years... |
Biopic | |
The Phantom Light The Phantom Light The Phantom Light is a 1935 British Thriller film directed by Michael Powell and starring Binnie Hale, Gordon Harker, Milton Rosmer and Herbert Lomas. Criminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract him.... |
Michael Powell Michael Powell (director) Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger... |
Binnie Hale Binnie Hale Binnie Hale was an English actress and musician. Both her father, Robert Hale and younger brother, Sonnie Hale were actors. She married West End actor Jack Raine, with whom she had one daughter.... , Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... |
Thriller | |
The Private Secretary The Private Secretary (film) The Private Secretary is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edward Everett Horton, Barry MacKay, Judy Gunn and Oscar Asche... |
Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... |
Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. He is especially known for his work in the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.-Early life:Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Isabella... , Judy Gunn Judy Gunn Judy Gunn, born Joan Winfindale was a British film actress.When she was thirteen she played a leading role in a local dramatic performance and the following year she went to RADA to study, where she was the youngest pupil... |
Comedy | |
Radio Pirates | Ivar Campbell Ivar Campbell -Selected filmography:* Designing Women * The Mad Hatters * The Belles of St. Clements * Grand Finale * Captain's Orders * Too Many Husbands -External links:... |
Leslie French Leslie French Leslie Richard French was a British actor of stage and screen.French was primarily a theatre actor, as well as a director, singer and dancer, with a varied career that included the classics, musical revue, pantomime and ballet... , Mary Lawson Mary Lawson Mary Lawson is a Canadian novelist.Born in southwestern Ontario, she spent her childhood in Blackwell, Ontario and is a distant relative of L. M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables. Her father worked as a research chemist... |
Musical | |
A Real Bloke | John Baxter John Baxter (director) John Philip Baxter was a somewhat prolific British film-maker active from the 1930s to the late 1950s. During that time he produced, wrote, or directed dozens of films... |
George Carney George Carney George Carney was a British film actor.He worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipping yards... , Mary Clare Mary Clare Mary Clare was a British actress who performed in films, on the stage, and later on television.-Biography:... |
Drama | |
The Right Age to Marry | Maclean Rogers Maclean Rogers -Selected filmography:Director* The Third Eye * The Mayor's Nest * Up for the Derby * The Crime at Blossoms * Trouble * Summer Lightning * It's a Cop * Virginia's Husband... |
Frank Pettingell Frank Pettingell Frank Pettingell was an English actor.Pettingell was born in Liverpool, and educated at Manchester University... , Joyce Bland Joyce Bland -Career:Entered Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made stage debut on tour in 1927 in The Constant Nymph. She then returned to London and understudied Tallulah Bankhead... |
Comedy | |
The Riverside Murder The Riverside Murder The Riverside Murder is a 1935 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn and Zoe Davis.- Plot summary :... |
Albert Parker Albert Parker Albert Parker was the owner of The Claxton Bakery and creator of the Old Fashion Claxton Fruitcake. Parker got his start working with Savino Tos, the founder and previous owner of The Claxton Bakery, in 1927 when he was eleven years old. In 1945, Tos sold the bakery to Albert Parker and retired... |
Basil Sydney Basil Sydney Basil Sydney was an English actor who made over fifty screen appearances, most memorably as Claudius in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film of Hamlet. He also appeared in classic films like Treasure Island , Ivanhoe and Around the World in Eighty Days , but the focus of his career was the legitimate... , Judy Gunn Judy Gunn Judy Gunn, born Joan Winfindale was a British film actress.When she was thirteen she played a leading role in a local dramatic performance and the following year she went to RADA to study, where she was the youngest pupil... |
Crime | |
The Rocks of Valpre | Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... |
John Garrick, Winifred Shotter Winifred Shotter Winifred Florence Shotter was a British film actress. She was the sister of the actress Constance Shotter and the wife of Gilbert Davis.... |
Crime | |
Royal Cavalcade Royal Cavalcade Royal Cavalcade is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley , Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, Will Kellino and Marcel Varnel. The film features Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Owen Nares, Robert Hale, Austin Trevor, James Carew,... |
Multiple directors | Marie Lohr Marie Lohr Marie Lohr was an Australian film and stage actress.-Biography:Marie Löhr was born in Sydney to Lewis J. Löhr, treasurer of the Melbourne opera house, and his wife, the English actress Kate Bishop... , Owen Nares Owen Nares Owen Ramsay Nares had a long stage and film career and, for most of the 1920s, was Britain's favourite matinée idol and silent film star... |
Portmentau Drama | |
Sanders of the River Sanders of the River Sanders of the River is a 1935 film directed by Zoltán Korda, based on the stories of Edgar Wallace. It was later spoofed in the 1938 Will Hay film Old Bones of the River, which also featured the characters of Commissioner Sanders, Captain Hamilton and Bosambo seen in this film, but played by... |
Zoltan Korda Zoltán Korda Zoltan Korda was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer.Born Zoltán Kellner, Kellner Zoltán in Hungarian name order, of Jewish heritage in Pusztatúrpásztó, Túrkeve in Hungary , he was the middle brother of filmmakers Alexander and Vincent Korda.Zoltan Korda went to... |
Leslie Banks Leslie Banks Leslie Banks, CBE was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:... , Paul Robeson Paul Robeson Paul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century... |
Adventure | |
School for Stars | Donovan Pedelty | Fred Conyngham Fred Conyngham Fred Conyngham was an actor who was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 8 June 1901.He was the son of George Conyngham, the actor, manager. He began his career as a specialty dancer. He left musical comedy for drama then discovering he possessed a good tenor voice he had it trained and... , Jean Gillie Jean Gillie Jean Gillie was an English film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Gillie appeared in 20 British and two American films before her career was cut short by her early death.-Career:... |
Romance | |
Scrooge Scrooge (1935 film) Scrooge is a 1935 British film directed by Henry Edwards featuring Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser who hates Christmas. It was the first sound version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, not counting a 1928 short subject that now appears to be lost.- Film :Hicks had... |
Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... |
Seymour Hicks Seymour Hicks Sir Arthur Seymour Hicks , better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer. He married the actress Ellaline Terriss in 1893... , Donald Calthrop Donald Calthrop Donald Calthrop was an English stage and film actor. He starred as the title character in the hit musical The Boy in 1917. He then appeared in 63 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.He was born in London and died in Eton from a heart attack.He was the... |
Drama | |
She Shall Have Music She Shall Have Music She Shall Have Music is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Jack Hylton, June Clyde and Claude Dampier. Hylton played himself in a story built around a millionaire shipowner who hires a band to publicise his ships. It was also released as Wherever She Goes.... |
Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie S. Hiscott was a British film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. In 1931 he directed Alibi, the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role... |
Jack Hylton, June Clyde June Clyde June Clyde was an American actress, singer and dancer. She was a niece of actress .... |
Musical | |
The Silent Passenger The Silent Passenger The Silent Passenger is a British black-and-white film made in 1935 at Ealing Studios, London.-Synopsis:A detective mystery in which a lord sets out to prove that a man did not kill his wife's blackmailer.... |
Reginald Denham Reginald Denham Reginald Denham was an English writer, theater and film director, actor and film producer.Denham was born in London, England in 1894.... |
Peter Haddon Peter Haddon Peter Haddon was an English actor born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England.-Filmography:*The Second Mrs. Tanqueray – Sir George Orreyed*Moulin Rouge... , John Loder John Loder (actor) John Loder was a British-American actor. He was born William John Muir Lowe in London.-Early life:Loder's father was General W. H. M. Lowe, the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse, the leader of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, surrendered... |
Crime | |
Someday Someday (film) Someday is a 1935 British romance film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Esmond Knight and Margaret Lockwood. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by I. A. R. Wylie.... |
Michael Powell Michael Powell (director) Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger... |
Esmond Knight Esmond Knight Esmond Penington Knight was an English actor.He was an accomplished actor with a career spanning over half a century. For much of his career Esmond Knight was virtually blind... , Margaret Lockwood |
Romance | |
So You Won't Talk So You Won't Talk (1935 film) So You Won't Talk is a 1935 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Monty Banks, Vera Pearce and Bertha Belmore. The owner of a small Italian restaurant in central London is left a million pound inheritance, the only stipulation to the will being that he cannot speak or write... |
William Beaudine William Beaudine William Beaudine was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.-Early life and career:... |
Monty Banks Monty Banks Montague Banks was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe... , Vera Pearce Vera Pearce -Filmography:* The Shepherd of the Southern Cross * Just My Luck * Yes, Mr. Brown * That's a Good Girl * So You Won't Talk * Royal Cavalcade * Heat Wave * Southern Roses... |
Comedy | |
Squibs | Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... |
Betty Balfour Betty Balfour Betty Balfour was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness"... , Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... , Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady... |
Musical | |
The Stoker The Stoker (1935 film) The Stoker is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Leslie Fuller, Georgie Harris and Phyllis Clare.-Cast:* Leslie Fuller - Bill* Georgie Harris - Oswald* Phyllis Clare - Nita* Leslie Bradley - Frank Munro... |
Leslie Pearce Leslie Pearce -Selected filmography:* The Stoker * Can You Hear Me, Mother? * You Must Get Married * The Road to Hollywood -External links:... |
Leslie Fuller Leslie Fuller Leslie Fuller was a British comedy film actor. He was married to the actress Nancy Bates.Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London, although many biographies wrongly state Margate, as he had a lifelong association with this seaside town. His father was Albert... , Georgie Harris Georgie Harris -Selected filmography:* Doctor's Orders * Radio Parade of 1935 * The Stoker * One Good Turn * Boys Will Be Girls * Captain Bill -External links:... |
Comedy | |
Stormy Weather | Tom Walls Tom Walls Tom Kirby Walls was a popular English stage and motion-pictures character actor, and film director. He has claim to be one of the most influential figures in British comedy.-Early career:... |
Tom Walls Tom Walls Tom Kirby Walls was a popular English stage and motion-pictures character actor, and film director. He has claim to be one of the most influential figures in British comedy.-Early career:... , Ralph Lynn Ralph Lynn Ralph Lynn was a British stage and screen actor.Lynn was born in Manchester and began his acting career in Wigan in 1900 in King of Terrors. After years spent touring regional theatres and a spell in America he made his West End debut in 1915 at the Empire theatre in By Jingo... |
Comedy | |
Strictly Illegal | Ralph Cedar | Leslie Fuller Leslie Fuller Leslie Fuller was a British comedy film actor. He was married to the actress Nancy Bates.Albert Leslie Fuller was born in 1888 at 14 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London, although many biographies wrongly state Margate, as he had a lifelong association with this seaside town. His father was Albert... , Betty Astell Betty Astell Elizabeth "Betty" Julia Astell was an English actress.Born in Brondesbury, London, she was married to the entertainer Cyril Fletcher for more than 60 years, from 18 May 1941 until his death on 1 January 2005... |
Comedy | |
Ten Minute Alibi | Bernard Vorhaus Bernard Vorhaus Bernard Vorhaus was an American film director born in New York City.The Harvard University graduate, in addition to directing thirty-two films, was also the mentor to future film director David Lean, some of whose work as a film editor early in his career was on Vorhaus pictures... |
Phillips Holmes Phillips Holmes Phillips Holmes was an American film actor who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1938. His credits included Grumpy, An American Tragedy, Broken Lullaby, Dinner at Eight, and Great Expectations.... , Aileen Marson |
Crime | |
Things Are Looking Up | Albert de Courville Albert de Courville Albert de Courville was a director of theatrical revues who turned to making films in the 1930s. His two most famous films , both featuring Jessie Matthews were There Goes the Bride and The Midshipmaid... |
Cicely Courtneidge Cicely Courtneidge Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge DBE was an English actress and comedienne. The daughter of the producer Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in his productions in the West End, by the age of 16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his Edwardian musical comedies.After the... , Max Miller |
Comedy | |
The Tunnel The Tunnel (1935 film) The Tunnel, also known as Transatlantic Tunnel in the United States, is a 1935 British science fiction film based on the 1913 novel Der Tunnel by Bernhard Kellermann, about the building of a transatlantic tunnel. It was directed by Maurice Elvey and stars Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans,... |
Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year.... |
Richard Dix Richard Dix Richard Dix was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film. His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and stalwart hero.-Early life:... , Leslie Banks Leslie Banks Leslie Banks, CBE was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:... |
Science fiction | |
Turn of the Tide Turn of the Tide Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker.It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank.It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak... |
Norman Walker Norman Walker (director) -Selected filmography:* Tommy Atkins * The Middle Watch * The Shadow Between * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent * Lilies of the Field * Turn of the Tide * Sunset in Vienna... |
John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lady Lindsay-Hogg was an Irish-American actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.-Early life:... , Wilfrid Lawson Wilfrid Lawson (actor) Wilfrid Lawson was a British character actor of stage and screen.-Life and career:... |
Drama | |
Two Hearts in Harmony Two Hearts in Harmony Two Hearts in Harmony is a 1935 British comedy drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Bernice Claire, George Curzon and Enid Stamp-Taylor... |
William Beaudine William Beaudine William Beaudine was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.-Early life and career:... |
Bernice Claire Bernice Claire Bernice Claire was an American singer and actress. She appeared in 13 films between 1930 and 1938.-Career:... , George Curzon George Curzon (actor) Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon , known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy Commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe.... |
Comedy/Drama | |
Vanity Vanity (film) Vanity is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jane Cain and Percy Marmont. The film was a quota quickie production, concerning a conceited actress, convinced of the general adoration in which she is held, faking her own death in order to gratify herself by observing... |
Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s... |
Jane Cain Jane Cain Ethel Jane Cain was a British telephonist and the original voice of the speaking clock in the United Kingdom. She was appointed in 1936 following a "search for the girl with the golden voice". Her voice was used from 1936 until 1963, when it was replaced by Pat Simmons... , Percy Marmont Percy Marmont Percy Marmont was an English film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1916 and 1968. He is best remembered today for playing the title character in Lord Jim the first film version of Joseph Conrad's novel, and for playing one of Clara Bow's love interests in the Paramount Pictures film... |
Comedy | |
Variety | Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s... |
George Carney George Carney George Carney was a British film actor.He worked in the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, in a furniture business, then in the Belfast shipping yards... , Barry Livesey Barry Livesey Barry Livesey was a British stage and film actor. He was sometimes credited as Barrie Livesey. He was the son of Sam Livesey and the brother of the actors Roger Livesey and Jack Livesey.-Selected filmography:* The Old Curiosity Shop... |
Musical | |
While Parents Sleep While Parents Sleep While Parents Sleep is a 1935 British, black-and-white, comedy or farce, directed by Adrian Brunel. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1933 play by Anthony Kimmins, which had been a popular success on the West End stage in the West End of London.... |
Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s... |
Jean Gillie Jean Gillie Jean Gillie was an English film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Gillie appeared in 20 British and two American films before her career was cut short by her early death.-Career:... , Enid Stamp Taylor Enid Stamp Taylor Enid Stamp Taylor was a British actress.Taylor first became known when she won a beauty pageant at a young age and this led parts in musical comedies on stage, including The Cabaret Girl , in which she was billed as simply "Enid Taylor"... |
Comedy | |
The White Lilac The White Lilac The White Lilac is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn, Claude Dampier and Percy Marmont.-Cast:* Basil Sydney - Ian Mackie* Judy Gunn - Mollie* Claude Dampier - Percy* Percy Marmont - Tollitt... |
Albert Parker Albert Parker (director) Albert Parker was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917 and 1938. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office... |
Basil Sydney Basil Sydney Basil Sydney was an English actor who made over fifty screen appearances, most memorably as Claudius in Laurence Olivier's 1948 film of Hamlet. He also appeared in classic films like Treasure Island , Ivanhoe and Around the World in Eighty Days , but the focus of his career was the legitimate... , Judy Gunn Judy Gunn Judy Gunn, born Joan Winfindale was a British film actress.When she was thirteen she played a leading role in a local dramatic performance and the following year she went to RADA to study, where she was the youngest pupil... |
Mystery | |
Windfall Windfall (1935 film) Windfall is a 1935 British drama film adapted by Jack Celestin and Randall Faye from the R. C. Sherriff play of the same title. The film was directed by Frederick Hayward and George King with starring Edward Rigby and Marie Ault and George Carney.... |
Frederick Hayward, George King George King (film director) George King was an English actors' agent, film director, producer and screenplay writer. He helmed several of Tod Slaughter's melodramas, including 1936's The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.-Career:... |
Edward Rigby Edward Rigby Edward Rigby was a British character actor.-Early life:Rigby was the son of Jamaican-born Dr. William Harriot Coke and his wife Liverpool-born Mary Elizabeth of 17 High Street, Ashford. He was educated at Haileybury, and Wye Agricultural College... , Marie Ault Marie Ault Marie Ault was a British actress.Born at Wigan, Lancashire, she was a star in many British films of the silent era but is most remembered for her role as Daisy Bunting's mother in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog directed by Alfred Hitchcock.She also had bit parts in films such as Jamaica... |
Drama | |
Wolf's Clothing Wolf's Clothing Wolf's Clothing is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Claude Hulbert, Gordon Harker and Lilli Palmer. A blundering group of secret agents mistake a Foreign Office official for a dangerous international assasain.-Cast:... |
Andrew Marton Andrew Marton Andrew Marton was a Hungarian-American director, producer and editor... |
Claude Hulbert Claude Hulbert Claude Noel Hulbert was a British comic actor. He was the younger brother of Jack Hulbert. Like his brother, he was Cambridge educated and was a member of the Footlights comedy club as an undergraduate.... , Gordon Harker Gordon Harker Gordon Harker was an English film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock and a cameo appearance in Elstree Calling , a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock... |
Comedy | |
Vintage Wine Vintage Wine Vintage Wine is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Seymour Hicks, Claire Luce, Eva Moore and Judy Gunn.-Cast:* Seymour Hicks - Charles Popinot* Claire Luce - Nina Popinot* Eva Moore - Josephine Popinot... |
Henry Edwards Henry Edwards (actor) Henry Edwards was an English actor and film director. He appeared in 81 films between 1915 and 1952. He also directed 67 films between 1915 and 1937... |
Seymour Hicks Seymour Hicks Sir Arthur Seymour Hicks , better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer. He married the actress Ellaline Terriss in 1893... , Claire Luce |
Comedy | |