James Carew
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James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain
. He was born in Goshen, Indiana
in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm. He began acting on stage in 1897 in Damon and Pythias in Chicago
.
In 1905, he moved to England
, where he continued his stage career starting with the Lyric Theatre, London, later working in two plays with Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry
, then one of the most famous British actresses. In 1907, he married Terry, who was thirty years older than Carew, divorcing in 1910. He made his screen debut by 1917, when he appeared in the film Profit and the Loss. He continued to take leading roles in films until his death in 1938.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. He was born in Goshen, Indiana
Goshen, Indiana
Goshen is a city in and the county seat of Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. It is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the northern...
in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm. He began acting on stage in 1897 in Damon and Pythias in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
.
In 1905, he moved to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where he continued his stage career starting with the Lyric Theatre, London, later working in two plays with Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry
Ellen Terry
Dame Ellen Terry, GBE was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain. Among the members of her famous family is her great nephew, John Gielgud....
, then one of the most famous British actresses. In 1907, he married Terry, who was thirty years older than Carew, divorcing in 1910. He made his screen debut by 1917, when he appeared in the film Profit and the Loss. He continued to take leading roles in films until his death in 1938.
Selected filmography
- Profit and the Loss (1917)
- The KinsmanThe KinsmanThe Kinsman is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, James Carew and Chrissie White. A cockney clerk switches places with an aristocrat to whom he is identical.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Bert Gammage/Roger Blois...
(1919) - The Forest on the HillThe Forest on the HillThe Forest on the Hill is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, James Carew and Gerald Ames. It was based on a novel by Eden Philpotts.-Cast:* Alma Taylor - Drusilla Whyddon* James Carew - Timothy Snow...
(1919) - Helen of Four GatesHelen of Four GatesHelen of Four Gates is a British silent film melodrama, directed by cinema pioneer Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor , James Carew and Gerald Ames.-Production background:...
(1920) - The Narrow ValleyThe Narrow ValleyThe Narrow Valley is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.-Cast:...
(1921) - TansyTansy (film)Tansy is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Gerald Ames and James Carew. The film was based on a popular rural novel of the time by Tickner Edwardes, and was filmed largely on location on the Sussex Downs....
(1921) - Mr. Justice RafflesMr. Justice Raffles (film)Mr. Justice Raffles is a 1921 British crime film directed by Gaston Quiribet. it was based on the 1909 novel Mr. Justice Raffles by E.W. Hornung featuring his gentleman thief AJ Raffles. It starred Gerald Ames, Eileen Dennes and James Carew...
(1921) - Mist in the ValleyMist in the ValleyMist in the Valley is a 1923 British silent crime film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, G.H. Mulcaster and James Carew. It was based on a novel by Dorin Craig.-Cast:* Alma Taylor - Margaret Yeoland* G.H. Mulcaster - Denis Marlow...
(1923) - Comin' Thro the RyeComin' Thro the Rye (1923 film)Comin' Thro the Rye is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor and Ralph Forbes. A woman is prevented from marrying the man she loves by the interference of another woman. It was based on a novel of the same name by Helen Mathers...
(1923) - The House of MarneyThe House of MarneyThe House of Marney is a 1926 British silent crime film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, John Longden and James Carew. It was based on a novel by John Goodwin.-Cast:* Alma Taylor - Beatrice Maxon* John Longden - Richard...
(1926) - The King's HighwayThe King's HighwayThe King's Highway is a 1927 British romantic adventure film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring James Carew, Gerald Ames, Matheson Lang and Joan Lockton...
(1927) - A Woman RedeemedA Woman RedeemedA Woman Redeemed is a 1927 British crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Joan Lockton, Brian Aherne and James Carew. A secret society uses a young woman to try and steal some sensitive information. It was based on the novel The Fining Pot is for Silver by F. Britten Austin.-Cast:* Joan...
(1927) - One of the BestOne of the Best (film)One of the Best is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Walter Byron and Eve Gray. It was based on a play by Seymour Hicks...
(1927) - A Window in Piccadilly (1928)
- High SeasHigh Seas (film)High Seas is an early 1929 British adventure film directed by Denison Clift and starring Lillian Rich, James Carew, John Stuart, Randle Ayrton and Winter Hall...
(1929) - City of PlayCity of PlayCity of Play is a 1929 British drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Chili Bouchier, Patrick Aherne and Lawson Butt. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures and produced by Michael Balcon. It was made partly in sound.-Cast:...
(1929) - To Oblige a LadyTo Oblige a LadyTo Oblige a Lady is a 1931 British comedy film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Maisie Gay, Warwick Ward, Lilian Oldland, Haddon Mason and James Carew. A couple rent a luxury flat and try and to pass it off as their own in order to impress a wealthy relative...
(1931) - GuiltGuilt (1931 film)Guilt is a 1931 British romance film directed by Reginald Fogwell and starring James Carew, Anne Grey, Harold Huth and James Fenton. The wife of a playwright has an affair with an actor.-Cast:* James Carew - James Barrett* Anne Grey - Anne Barrett...
(1931) - MischiefMischief (film)Mischief is a 1985 teen comedy film starring Doug McKeon, Chris Nash, Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelly Preston. The film was directed by Mel Damski and written by Noel Black...
(1931) - Brother AlfredBrother AlfredBrother Alfred is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gene Gerrard, Molly Lamont and Elsie Randolph. After she finds him embracing one of the maids, a man's fiancee ends her engagement to him. In an effort to win her back he disguises himself as a fictional twin...
(1932) - You Made Me Love YouYou Made Me Love You (film)You Made Me Love You is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Stanley Lupino, Thelma Todd and John Loder. The plot is a modern remorkwing of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.-Cast:* Stanley Lupino - Tom Daly...
(1933) - Mayfair Girl (1933)
- Freedom of the Seas (1934)
- Too Many MillionsToo Many MillionsToo Many Millions is a 1934 British comedy drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Betty Compton, John Garrick and Viola Keats. In an attempt to attract the attention of the arist she loves a wealthy woman assumes the disguise of a maid.-Cast:...
(1934) - The Dictator (1935)
- Who's Your Father (1935)
- Royal CavalcadeRoyal CavalcadeRoyal Cavalcade is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley , Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, Will Kellino and Marcel Varnel. The film features Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Owen Nares, Robert Hale, Austin Trevor, James Carew,...
(1935) - The Mystery of the Marie CelesteThe Mystery of the Marie CelesteThe Mystery of the Marie Celeste is one of the early films from Hammer Film Productions and was directed by Denison Clift. The leading actor is Béla Lugosi....
(1935) - The TunnelThe Tunnel (1935 film)The Tunnel, also known as Transatlantic Tunnel in the United States, is a 1935 British science fiction film based on the 1913 novel Der Tunnel by Bernhard Kellermann, about the building of a transatlantic tunnel. It was directed by Maurice Elvey and stars Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans,...
(1935) - All at SeaAll at Sea (1935 film)All at Sea is a 1935 British comedy film starring Googie Withers, Tyrell Davis and Rex Harrison. A young man falls on love during a cruise, and takes up a false identity as a famous writer to impress her....
(1935) - Come Out of the PantryCome Out of the PantryCome Out of the Pantry is a 1935 British musical film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray, James Carew and Fred Emney.-Plot:...
(1935) - Oh, What a Night (1935)
- The Improper DuchessThe Improper DuchessThe Improper Duchess is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Yvonne Arnaud, Hugh Wakefield, Wilfrid Caithness and Arthur Finn. The film is based on the 1931 play of the same name by J. B...
(1936) - The Secret VoiceThe Secret VoiceThe Secret Voice is a 1936 British thriller film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Diana Beaumont and John Kevan. A young scientist tries to protect his earth-shattering new invention from being discovered by enemy spies.-Cast:...
(1936) - Living Dangerously (1935)
- Spy of NapoleonSpy of NapoleonSpy for Napoleon is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dolly Haas, Frank Vosper, Henry Oscar and James Carew...
(1936) - Wings Over AfricaWings Over AfricaWings Over Africa is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew...
(1936) - David LivingstoneDavid Livingstone (film)David Livingstone is a 1936 British historical adventure film directed by James A. FitzPatrick and starring Percy Marmont, Marian Spencer, James Carew, Hugh McDermott and Pamela Stanley. It portrays the expedition of the British explorer David Livingstone to Africa to discover the source of the...
(1936) - You Must Get MarriedYou Must Get MarriedYou Must Get Married is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Frances Day, Neil Hamilton and Robertson Hare. In order to be able to work in Britain an American actress marries a British sailor...
(1936) - Treachery on the High SeasTreachery on the High SeasTreachery on the High Seas is a 1936 British comedy crime film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Charles Farrell. It is based on the play Murder in the Stalls by Maurice Messenger. On a luxury liner some jewel theives plan a major snatch...
(1936) - Murder at the CabaretMurder at the CabaretMurder at the Cabaret is a 1936 British crime film directed by Reginald Fogwell and starring Phyllis Robins, Freddie Forbes, James Carew and Frederick Peisley. A nightclub singer is murdered...
(1937) - Midnight at Madame Tussaud'sMidnight at Madame Tussaud'sMidnight at Madame Tussaud's is a 1936 British thriller film directed by George Pearson and starring Lucille Lisle, James Carew and Charles Oliver. A daring explorer bets his friends he can spend a night in Madame Tussaud's chamber of horrors. Meanwhile, on the outside, his young female ward is in...
(1936) - Strange ExperimentStrange ExperimentStrange Experiment is a 1937 British drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Donald Gray, Ann Wemyss and Mary Newcomb. It was an adaptation of the play Two Worlds by John Golden and Hubert Osborne.-Cast:* Donald Gray - James Martin...
(1937) - Thunder in the CityThunder in the CityThunder in the City is a 1937 British drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce and Ralph Richardson.- Plot summary :...
(1937) - Knight Without ArmourKnight Without ArmourKnight Without Armour is a 1937 British historical drama film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Jacques Feyder and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Biró adapted by Frances Marion from the novel by James Hilton. The music score was by...
(1937) - Rhythm Racketeer (1937)
- Jericho (1937)
- Glamour GirlGlamour GirlGlamour Girl is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Gene Gerrard, Lesley Brook, Ross Landon, Betty Lynne and Leslie Weston. A commercial photographer leaves his job to become a painter, using his secretary as a model....
(1938)