Strange Experiment
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Strange 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
.
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 Albert Parker
Albert Parker
Albert Parker was the owner of The Claxton Bakery and creator of the Old Fashion Claxton Fruitcake. Parker got his start working with Savino Tos, the founder and previous owner of The Claxton Bakery, in 1927 when he was eleven years old. In 1945, Tos sold the bakery to Albert Parker and retired...
and starring Donald Gray
Donald Gray
Donald Gray was a South African actor, probably best remembered for providing the voices to Colonel White, Captain Black and the Mysterons in the TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and for being the reason that Donald Marshall Gray changed his name to Charles Gray when he became an actor...
, Ann Wemyss and Mary Newcomb
Mary Newcomb
Mary Newcomb was an American actress who appeared on the British stage and films.-Selected filmography:* The Marriage Bond * Frail Women * Women Who Play * Strange Experiment...
. It was an adaptation of the play Two Worlds by John Golden and Hubert Osborne
Hubert Osborne
Hubert Benjamin Osborne was a Canadian-born playwright and screenwriter who worked in the USA.He was born in Kingston, Ontario and attended Queen's University for two years before progressing to Harvard University...
.
Cast
- Donald GrayDonald GrayDonald Gray was a South African actor, probably best remembered for providing the voices to Colonel White, Captain Black and the Mysterons in the TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and for being the reason that Donald Marshall Gray changed his name to Charles Gray when he became an actor...
- James Martin - Ann Wemyss - Joan Bauer
- Mary NewcombMary NewcombMary Newcomb was an American actress who appeared on the British stage and films.-Selected filmography:* The Marriage Bond * Frail Women * Women Who Play * Strange Experiment...
- Helen Rollins - Ronald WardRonald WardRonald Ward was a British actor who appeared in more than twenty British films between 1931 and 1956. He was born in Eastbourne in 1901 as Ronald William Ward, and made his screen debut in the 1931 film Alibi...
- Michael Waring - Henri De VriesHenri De Vries-Selected filmography:* Cleopatra * The Woman Who Obeyed * The Celestial City * Murder at Covent Garden * Strange Experiment...
- Professor Bauer - Alastair SimAlastair SimAlastair George Bell Sim, CBE was a Scottish character actor who appeared in a string of classic British films. He is best remembered in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge, and for his portrayal of Miss Fritton, the headmistress in two St. Trinian's films...
- 'Pop' Lawler - James CarewJames CarewJames 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...
- Doctor Rollins - Henry CaineHenry Caine-Selected filmography:* The Temporary Widow * Dreyfus * The Shadow Between * The Ghost Train * Number Seventeen * Red Ensign * The Price of a Song * Three Maxims...
- Sergeant Cox - Eric HalesEric Hales-Selected filmography:* Chelsea Life * The Secret of the Loch * Blue Smoke * The Last Curtain * Strange Experiment * Under the Red Robe * Contraband -External links:...
- Carter - Joana Pereira - Miss Bauer
- Arnold BellArnold Bell-Selected filmography:* Josser in the Army * Strange Experiment * The Greed of William Hart * Murder at 3am * Rough Shoot * The Fake * Star of India * The Golden Link...
- Leech - Lillian Talbot - Mrs Barker