Old Roses
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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.
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...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by 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...
and starring 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...
and Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods...
. An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.
Cast
- Horace HodgesHorace Hodges-Selected filmography:* Night in Montmartre * Summer Lightning * Old Faithful * Birds of a Feather * Three Maxims * London Melody * Follow Your Star * Jamaica Inn...
- Johnnie Lee - Nancy BurneNancy 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...
- Jenny Erroll - Bruce LesterBruce LesterBruce Lester was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods...
- Chris Morgan - Charles MortimerCharles Mortimer-Selected filmography:* Watch Beverly * You Made Me Love You * Sometimes Good * The Return of Bulldog Drummond * The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes * The Price of a Song * Someone at the Door...
- John Morgan - Felix AylmerFelix AylmerSir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television.-Early life and career:...
- Lord Sandelbury - Wilfred WalterWilfred WalterWilfred Walter was an English film and theatre actor. He was the son of the actor Richard Walter....
- Sweeton - Esme ChurchEsme ChurchEsme Church was a British actress and theatre director. In a long career she acted with the Old Vic Company, The Royal Shakespeare Company and on Broadway...
- Mrs Erroll - George HayesGeorge HayesGeorge Hayes may refer to:* Sir George Hayes , British jurist* George "Gabby" Hayes , American actor* George Hayes , Canadian NHL linesman...
- Simes - Eric PortmanEric PortmanEric Portman was a distinguished English stage and film actor...
- Lou - Trefor Jones - Singing Gypsy