The Bells (1931 film)
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The Bells is a 1931 British
drama film
directed by Harcourt Templeman
and Oscar Werndorff
and starring Donald Calthrop
, Jane Welsh
and Edward Sinclair
. It was based on the play Le Juif Polonais
by Alexandre Chatrian
and Emile Erckmann
.
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...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Harcourt Templeman
Harcourt Templeman
Harcourt Templeman was a British screenwriter, film producer and director.-Selected filmography:Director* There's Many a Slip * A Medical Mystery * The Bells * Money Means Nothing Producer...
and Oscar Werndorff
Oscar Werndorff
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff was an Austrian art director. After leaving Germany in the early 1930s he moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry...
and starring 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...
, Jane Welsh
Jane Welsh
-Selected filmography:* The Bells * The Missing Rembrandt * Whispering Tongues * Little Dolly Daydream * Bell-Bottom George * Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town...
and Edward Sinclair
Edward Sinclair
Edward "Teddy" Sinclair was a British actor most famous for his role as the verger Maurice Yeatman in Dad's Army. He also made appearances in Z Cars and Danger Man.Edward's father was the son of a stage actor who died when he was 14...
. It was based on the play Le Juif Polonais
Le Juif polonais
Le Juif Polonais is an opera in three acts by Camille Erlanger composed to a libretto by Henri Cain. The libretto was adapted from the 1867 play of the same name by Erckmann-Chatrian...
by Alexandre Chatrian
Alexandre Chatrian
Alexandre Chatrian was a French writer, associated with the region of Alsace-Lorraine. Almost all of his works were written jointly with Émile Erckmann under the name Erckmann-Chatrian.-Youth:...
and Emile Erckmann
Emile Erckmann
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian , nearly all of whose works were jointly written....
.
Cast
- Donald Calthrop - Mathias
- Jane WelshJane Welsh-Selected filmography:* The Bells * The Missing Rembrandt * Whispering Tongues * Little Dolly Daydream * Bell-Bottom George * Just William's Luck * William Comes to Town...
- Annette - Edward SinclairEdward SinclairEdward "Teddy" Sinclair was a British actor most famous for his role as the verger Maurice Yeatman in Dad's Army. He also made appearances in Z Cars and Danger Man.Edward's father was the son of a stage actor who died when he was 14...
- Sergeant Christian Nash - O.B. Clarence - Watchman
- Wilfred ShineWilfred Shine-Selected filmography:* The Burgomaster of Stilemonde * The Lady from the Sea * Under the Greenwood Tree * The Loves of Robert Burns * The Bells * The Hound of the Baskervilles...
- Philosopher - Ralph TrumanRalph TrumanRalph Truman was an English actor, usually cast as either a villain or an authority figure. He possessed a distinguished speaking voice...
- Blacksmith