D. J. Williams (actor)
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D. J. Williams was a British actor. He also directed one film, The Shuttle of Life
, which starred Evelyn Brent
.
The Shuttle of Life
The Shuttle of Life is a 1920 silent British drama film directed by D. J. Williams. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* C. Aubrey Smith as Reverend John Stone* Evelyn Brent as Miriam Grey* Jack Hobbs as Ray Sinclair...
, which starred Evelyn Brent
Evelyn Brent
Evelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone...
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Selected filmography
- Look Up and LaughLook Up and LaughLook Up and Laugh is a British comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Alfred Drayton, Douglas Wakefield and Vivien Leigh...
(1935) - ScroogeScrooge (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...
(1935) - Captain BillCaptain BillCaptain 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...
(1936) - Silver BlazeSilver Blaze"Silver Blaze", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was adapted in 1937 to a film starring Arthur Wontner, and an ITV drama starring Christopher Plummer which was...
(1937) - John HalifaxJohn Halifax (film)John Halifax is a 1938 British drama film directed by George King and starring John Warwick, Nancy Burne and Roddy McDowall. It is based on the novel John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Craik.-Cast:* John Warwick - John Halifax...
(1938) - The Ghost TrainThe Ghost Train (1941 film)The Ghost Train is a 1941 British film directed by Walter Forde and was based on the 1923 play of the same name written by Arnold Ridley, who in later years played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army.- Plot:...
(1941) - Penn of PennsylvaniaPenn of PennsylvaniaPenn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn...
(1942) - The Great Mr. Handel (1942)
- Tomorrow We LiveTomorrow We LiveTomorrow We Live, also called At Dawn We Die, is a 1943 British film, directed by George King, and starring John Clements, Godfrey Tearle, Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair and Yvonne Arnaud....
(1943)