Lord of the Manor (film)
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Lord of the Manor is a 1933 British
comedy film
directed by Henry Edwards
and starring Betty Stockfeld
, Frederick Kerr
and Henry Wilcoxon
. During a party at a country house, a number of the guests switch their romantic partners. It was based on a play by John Hastings Turner.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by 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...
and starring 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...
, Frederick Kerr
Frederick Kerr
Frederick Kerr was a British actor who appeared on stage in both New York City and London, and in British and American films; he also worked as a major theatrical manager in London.-Early life:...
and Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon
Henry Wilcoxon was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films....
. During a party at a country house, a number of the guests switch their romantic partners. It was based on a play by John Hastings Turner.
Cast
- Betty StockfeldBetty StockfeldBetty 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...
... Barbara Fleeter - Frederick KerrFrederick KerrFrederick Kerr was a British actor who appeared on stage in both New York City and London, and in British and American films; he also worked as a major theatrical manager in London.-Early life:...
... Sir Henry Bovey - Henry WilcoxonHenry WilcoxonHenry Wilcoxon was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films....
... Jim Bridge - Kate CutlerKate CutlerKate Ellen Louisa Cutler was an English singer and actress, known in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as an ingénue in musical comedies, and later as a character actress in comic and dramatic plays...
... Lady Bovey - Frank Bertram ... George Tover
- Joan MarionJoan MarionJoan Marion was an Australian-born film actress.-Selected filmography:* The River House Ghost * The Stolen Necklace * The Melody-Maker * Lord of the Manor...
... Kitty Carvell - April Dawn ... Lily Tover
- Deering Wells ... Robert Bovey
- David HorneDavid Horne (actor)-Biography:British actor and playwright David Horne began his film career in the 1930s, after a distinguished early career in the theatre. He was generally seen portraying pompous, self-satisfied characters...
... Gen. Sir George Fleeter