Leads the ratings - Line Engaged movie
Movie Premier in 1935.
Color Info: Black and White
Countries: UK
Languages: English
Runtimes: 68
Sound Mix: Mono
Tech Info: OFM:35 mm, PCS:Spherical, PFM:35 mm, RAT:1.37 : 1
Release Dates: UK:November 1935
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Bramwell Fletcher (actor)
Articles: "L'incroyable cinema" (UK), June 1969, pg. 16-19, by: Steve Vertlieb, "He went for a little walk"
Used to address the apprentices of The Peterborough (New Hampshire) players. When I heard him speak, he said that he came across the Atlantic on the same ship as Lord Olivier.
Death Notes: Westmoreland, New Hampshire, USA
Height: 6'
Birth Notes: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Other Works: Play "The Bernard Shaw story", These Two (1934). Drama. Written by 'Lionel Hale (I)' (qv). Directed by 'A.E. Matthews' (qv). Henry Miller's Theatre: 7 May 1934- May 1934 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: 'Helen Chandler' (qv) (as "Celia Desmond"), Edward Emery, 'Bramwell Fletcher' (qv) (as "Simon More"), Egbert Jones, A.E. Matthews, 'Hilda Spong' (qv) (as "Miss Butterworth"), 'Kay Strozzi' (qv) (as "Fay Carlile"). Produced by Leslie J. Casey and James W. Liddle., Red Planet (1932). Written by John L. Balderston and J.E. Hoare. Directed by 'Burk Symon' (qv) and 'Chester Erskine' (qv). Cort Theatre: 17 Dec 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: 'Walter Armin' (qv) (as "The Count de Reinach"), Ethel Ashby, Wallace Banfield, Marshall Brown, Charles Burroughs, Wilbur Cox, Beryl Douglas, Joy Douglas, 'Bramwell Fletcher' (qv) (as "Ray Fanshawe"), Harry Green, Louis Hector, 'Henry Herbert (I)' (qv) (as "Herbert Calder"), Dorothy Howard, David Hughes, Alistaire Johnson, Walter King, Thomas Louden, Tucker McGuire, Beatrice Miller, Bertram Miller, Percy Moore, E. Norris, Marie Pape, Eugene Powers, Frederick Raymond, William Reinecker, Wilfred Seagram, C.E. Smith, Valerie Taylor, Edward Trevor, Madelaine Vaughn, Tod Waller, Richard Walsh, John Wheeler, 'Richard Whorf' (qv) (as "The Right Hon. A.D. Randall, P.C."), Wallace Widdecombe, Leonard Willey, Helen Wynn, 'Oswald Yorke' (qv) (as "The Prime Minister"). Produced by Laurence Rivers, Ten Minute Alibi (1933). Mystery. Written by Anthony Armstrong. Directed by 'Herman Shumlin' (qv). Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 17 Oct 1933- Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/89 performances). Cast: Sebastian Braggiotti, Reynolds Denniston, 'Bramwell Fletcher' (qv) (as "Colin Derwent"), 'Joseph Calleia' (qv) (as "Hunter"), Daphne Warren-Wilson, 'John Williams (I)' (qv) (as "Sergeant Brace"), 'Oswald Yorke' (qv). Produced by Crosby Gaige and Lee Shubert., The Lovers (1956). Written by Leslie Stevens. Directed by Michael Gordon. Martin Beck Theatre: 10 May 1956- 12 May 1956 (4 performances). Cast: Mario Alcalde, Patricia Allaben, Harry Bergman, George Berkeley, William Bramley, Robert Burr, 'Morris Carnovsky' (qv) (as "Probus"), John Carter, Kurt Cerf, Frances Chaney, Charles Chaucer, Bert Conway, Robert Dowdell, Graham Eastham, George Ebeling, 'Bramwell Fletcher' (qv) (as "Clement of Metz"), 'Hurd Hatfield' (qv) (as "Grigoris"), Gerald Hiken, Robert Jacquin, Page Johnson, 'Robert Lansing (I)' (qv) (as "Herstal de la Crux"), John MacKay, Edith Martin, 'Darren McGavin' (qv) (as "Chrysagon de la Crux"), Emily McLaughlin, Byron Mitchell, Earl Montgomery, Vivian Nathan, Lester Rawlins, Peggy Richards, 'Pernell Roberts' (qv) (as "Austrict de la Crux"), Lena Romano, Norman Rose, Ed Setrakian, Kathe Snyder, Gayne Sullivan, George Tyne, Flori Waren, Norman Wigutow, Joanne Woodward. Produced by The Playwrights' Company ('Maxwell Anderson (I)' (qv), 'S.N. Behrman' (qv), 'Elmer Rice' (qv), 'Robert E. Sherwood (I)' (qv), 'Sidney Howard (I)' (qv)) and Gayle Stine., Getting Married (1951). Comedy (revival). Written by 'George Bernard Shaw' (qv). Directed by Peter Frye. ANTA Playhouse: 13 May 1951- 20 May 1951 (16 performances). Cast: Margaret Bannerman, 'Barbara Britton' (qv) (as "Leo"), John Buckmaster, 'Bramwell Fletcher' (qv) (as "William Collins"), Frances Greet, 'Dennis Hoey (I)' (qv) (as "The General/Boxer"), 'Edith Meiser' (qv) (as "Lesbia Grantham"), John Merivale, Michaele Myers, Dora Sayers, 'Guy Spaull' (qv) (as "Alfred Bridgenorth, Bishop of Chelsea"), Ronald Telfer, 'Arthur Treacher' (qv) (as "Reginald Bridgenorth"), 'Frederic Warriner' (qv) (as "Oliver Cromwell Soames/Anthony"), 'Peggy Wood (I)' (qv) (as "Mrs. George Collins"). Produced by Marjorie Ewing (for ANTA) and Sherman Ewing., The Dominant Sex (1935). Comedy. Written by 'Michael Egan (I)' (qv). Directed by 'Edward C. Lilley' (qv). Cort Theatre: 1 Apr 1935- Apr 1935 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: 'Helen Chandler' (qv) (as "Angela Shale"), Kathryn Collier, Ralph Cullinan, 'Eric Dressler' (qv) (as "Alec Winstone"), 'Bramwell Fletcher' (qv) (as "Dick Shale"), 'A.E. Matthews' (qv) (as "Joe Clayton"), Rosalind Moore, Ruth Weston. Produced by George Bushar and John Tuerk.
Spouse: 'Helen Chandler' (qv) (14 February 1935 - 1940) (divorced), 'Diana Barrymore' (qv) (30 July 1942 - 27 June 1946) (divorced)
Death Date: 22 June 1988
Birth Date: 20 February 1904
Griffith Jones (actor)
Articles: "The Guardian" (UK), 15 February 2007, by: Eric Shorter, "Griffith Jones", "The Times" (UK), 13 February 2007, by: Anonymous, "Griffith Jones", "The Independent" (UK), 7 February 2007, Iss. 6337, pg. 34 - 35, by: Alan Strachan, "Obituary: Actor whose stage and screen career spanned seven decades - including long service at the RSC", "Daily Telegraph" (UK), 6 February 2007, Iss. 47174, pg. 21, "Griffith Jones (obituary)"
Father of actress 'Gemma Jones (I)' (qv) and actor 'Nicholas Jones (I)' (qv)., Graduated from RADA., An Associate Member of RADA., Stalwart British character player of the classical stage screen and TV., Son of William Thomas Jones and Eleanor (Doughty) Jones who disapproved of his choice of profession; educated at Polytechnic Secondary School., Studied for the stage the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and won RADA's gold medal in 1932., Both he and children Nicholas and Gemma worked at the Royal Shakespeare Festival., Played the piano., Serving in the Army during WWII, he spent his service in an army concert party called Stars in Battle Dress and was accompanied on the tours by his wife, Irene Isaac, known to everyone as Robin., Retired at the age of 90, and lived at home for his last seven years with his daughter Gemma and Hatty, his cat. (His wife Robin predeceased him.).
Death Notes: London, England, UK
Birth Notes: London, England, UK
Other Works: Theatre credit demand: his debut contained by 1930 while unmoving at RADA (Achmed in Carpet Slippers at the Embassy Theatre). Before and after the war-he serve in the army-there be few years when he be lost from the produce. Two Noël Coward premiere enliven a catalogue dominated by mode of forgotten acting: Nuitane in Aloma (Q Theatre, 1931); Leiba in Lady in Waiting (Embassy, 1931); the Commentator in Vile Bodies (Vaudeville, 1932); Michael O'Dea in Ourselves Alone (Globe, 1932); Montague in Josephine Tey's Richard of Bordeaux (New, 1932); Arnold in Philomel (Ambassadors, 1932); Weyland in The Rats of Norway (Playhouse, 1933); Hensch in The Ace (Lyric, 1933); Sanger in Escape Me Never (Apollo, 1933, New York, 1935); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Regent's Park, 1934); Clive in After October (Arts and Criterion, 1936); Torday in Farewell Performance (Lyric, 1936); Arne in Women of Property (Queen's, 1937); Will in Gertie Maude (St Martin's, 1937); Nigel in Noël Coward's Operette (His Majesty's, 1938); Marco Polo in Eugene O'Neill's Marco Millions (Westminster, 1938); Carrington in Behold the Bride (Shaftesbury, 1939); Dick in Believe It or Not (New, 1940); Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1945-47); Clive in A Man About a Dog (Prince's, 1949); Shavings, an evening of one-act plays by Bernard Shaw (St Martin's, 1951); the Earl of Dawlish in The Moonraker (Saville, 1952); the Marquess of Heronden in Coward's Quadrille (Phoenix, 1952); Tweedledum/Red Knight in Alice Through the Looking Glass (Tour, 1953, Prince's, 1954); Denver in The Love Machine (Tour, 1954); Robert in Dead On Nine (Westminster, 1955); the revue Blueprint (Irving, 1955); Archie Rice in The Entertainer (Tour, 1958); Brooks in Innocent by mode of Hell (Lyric Hammersmith, 1960); The Count in The Cavern (Globe, 1966); Sir Colenso Ridgeon in The Doctor's Dilemma (Comedy, 1966); Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew (Nottingham Playhouse, 1974); and Sir Peter Teazle in School in backing of Scandal (Sheffield Crucible, 1974)., He joined the RSC in 1975, the beginning of twenty-five back-to-back years. His contributions include the 1975 and 76 Other Place seasons (Buzz Goodbody's Hamlet with Ben Kingsley; Trevor Nunn's Macbeth with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench), the first small-scale tour, Nicholas Nickleby, Adrian Noble's Measure for Measure, and Sam Mendes's Troilus and Cressida. The complete list: Glendower/Lord Chief Justice in Henry IV (Terry Hands, RST, 1975, Aldwych, 1976); The Ghost in Hamlet (Buzz Goodbody, TOP, 1975, Roundhouse, 1976); Lord Stanley in Perkin Warbeck (Barry Kyle, TOP, 1975); Lord Stanley in Richard III (Kyle, TOP, 1975); Escalus in Romeo and Juliet (Trevor Nunn, RST, 1976, Aldwych, 1977); Antigonus in The Winter's Tale (John Barton/Kyle/Nunn, RST, 1976); Duncan in Macbeth (Nunn, TOP, 1976, RST, 1977, Warehouse, 1977, Young Vic, 1978); Aegeon in The Comedy of Errors (Nunn, RST, 1976, Aldwych, 1977); Egeus in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Barton, RST, 1977); Chebutikin in Three Sisters (Nunn, Small-scale Tour, 1978, TOP, 1979); Gower in Pericles (Ron Daniels, TOP, 1979, Warehouse, 1980); Soothsayer/Jupiter in Cymbeline (David Jones, RST, 1979); Tim Linkinwater/Fluggers in Nicholas Nickleby (Nunn/John Caird, Aldwych, 1980); The Gentleman in All's Well That Ends Well (Nunn, RST, 1981, Barbican, 1982); Lord Chief Justice in Henry IV (Nunn, Barbican, 1982); Abhorson in Measure for Measure (Adrian Noble, RST, 1983, Barbican, 1984); Rainbow in The Happiest Days of Your Life (Clifford Williams, Barbican, 1984); Le Beau/Sir Oliver Martext in As You Like It (Noble, RST, 1985, Barbican, 1985-86); d'Estaing in Pam Gems's The Danton Affair (Daniels, Barbican, 1986); Albert in Scenes from a Marriage (Hands, Barbican, 1986); Soothsayer in Julius Caesar (Hands, RST, 1987, Barbican, 1988); Sir Nathaniel in The Taming of the Shrew (Jonathan Miller, RST, 1987, Barbican, 1988); Jordan in The New Inn (Caird, Swan, 1987); Ferapont in Three Sisters (Barton, Barbican, 1988); Old Capulet/Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet (Hands, Swan, 1989, Pit, 1990); Old Vago in Julius Hay's Have (Janice Honeyman, Pit, 1990); Priam in Troilus and Cressida (Sam Mendes, Swan, 1990, Pit, 1991); Old Man in King Lear (Nicholas Hytner, RST, 1990, Barbican, 1991); Marcade in Love's Labour's Lost (Hands, RST, 1990, Barbican, 1991); The Player/Wat Dreary in The Beggar's Opera (Caird, Swan, 1992, Barbican, 1993); Gentleman in All's Well That Ends Well (Peter Hall, Swan, 1992, Pit, 1993); Schoolmaster in Antony and Cleopatra (Caird, RST, 1992, Barbican, 1993); Volscian Senator in Coriolanus (David Thacker, Swan, 1994, Barbican, 1995); Abhorson in Measure for Measure (Steven Pimlott, RST, 1994, Barbican, 1995); Angel in Byron's Cain (Barton, Pit. 1995); Old Man in Macbeth (Tim Albery, RST, 1996, Barbican, 1996-97); Priam in Troilus and Cressida (Ian Judge, RST, 1996, Barbican, 1996-97); Priest in Twelfth Night (Noble, RST, 1997); and Tubal in The Merchant of Venice (Gregory Doran, RST, 1997)., (August 7, 1934) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Romeo & Juliet," at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, London, England with Margaretta Scott, Eric Dance, Henry Baynton, Leslie French, Hubert Gregg MBE, Terence De Marney, Sir Ben Greet, Sydney Bromley, Michael Martin-Harvey, Laura Smithson, and Greer Garson in the cast. Sir Robert Atkins was director. Edward German composed original incidental music., (1945-1946) He acted in Oscar Wilde's play, "Lady Windermere's Fan," at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Isabel Jeans, Geoffrey Toone, Athene Seyler, Dorothy Hyson, Phyllis Relph, Deering Wells, Hugh Stewart, and Denys Blakelock in the cast. Sir John Gielgud OM was director and Cecil Beaton was designer.
Birth Name: Jones, Harold
Spouse: 'Robin Isaac' (1932 - 1985) (her death); 2 children
Death Date: 30 January 2007
Birth Date: 19 November 1909
George Merritt (actor)
Death Notes: London, England, UK
Birth Notes: London, England, UK
Death Date: 27 August 1977
Birth Date: 10 December 1890
Leslie Perrins (actor)
Death Notes: Esher, England, UK
Birth Notes: Moseley, England, UK
Death Date: 13 December 1962
Birth Date: 7 October 1901
Ronald Shiner (actor)
Articles: "The Times" (UK), 1 July 1966, "Mr. Ronald Shiner", "The Times" (UK), 11 November 1960, "High Court of Justice", "Film Review" (UK), 1953, "My Favourite Role"
Death Notes: London, England, UK
Birth Notes: London, England, UK
Magazine Covers: "Picturegoer" (UK), 8 August 1953, "Picturegoer" (UK), 13 September 1952
Other Works: Radio series: "Send for Shiner"
Birth Name: Shiner, Ronald Alfred
Cockney character actor in small, often unbilled roles until he came back in the 1950s in nonsensical comedy. Supposedly he was once a Canadian mountie., Reportedly insured his huge, identifiable nose with Lloyds of London for $30,000.
Death Date: 29 June 1966
Birth Date: 8 June 1903
John Turnbull (actor)
Death Notes: London, England, UK
Birth Notes: Dunbar, Scotland, UK
Death Date: 23 February 1956
Birth Date: 5 November 1880
Arthur Wontner (actor)
His oldest son, Hugh, went on to become Lord Mayor of London in 1973. His great grandson 'Tom Wontner' (qv) is now also an actor and recently starred in _My Yacht (2006)_ (qv)., He was born 'Arthur Wontner Smith', but assumed the stage name 'Arthur Wontner' when he made his first appearance on stage at the age of 22 in 1897 (the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee). He changed his name legally by deed poll in 1909 (along with his eldest daughter Helen Mary)., He was created a 'Knight of the Crown of Italy' by the King of Italy in 1932 for his part in Mussolini's play 'Napoleon'. John Drinkwater's English adaptation was produced in London in 1936 and Arthur loaned Alfred Cope's portrait of himself playing Joseph Fouche in the play, to hang in the Garrick Club (for actors) in Covent Garden, London.
Jane Baxter (actress)
Coral Browne (actress)
Mary Clare (actress)
Kathleen Harrison (actress)
Herbert Smith (producer)
Jack Celestin (writer)
Jack DeLeon (writer)
George Stretton (cinematographer)
Bernard Mainwaring (director)
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