The world film encyclopedia (1933)

I90 (ELV-FLE) Biographies of Film Directors (Strand), Cau of the Sea (first talkie — Tmckenham), Girl in the Night (B.I. P.), Stranglehold (W.B.-F.N.), Brother Alfred (B.I. P.), The Flag Lieutenant (talkie, B. & D.), The Barton Mystery (ParaBrit). ELVEY, Maurice. Real name, William Seward Folkard. B. Yorkshire, Nov. II, 1887. M. (i) Philippa Preston; dissolved ; (2) Isobel Elsom. Had eight years on the stage after making his first appearance in Dick W hittington at Nottingham, 1905. Since 1913 he has devoted the whole of his time to production for the cinema and has made more films than any other British director. Joining the Stoll Film Company in igi8 he made more than 100 films for that company alone. His best work up to date is regarded as Roses of Ficardy (Gaumont 1927), although Sally In Our Alley (A.R.P., 1931) was probably the most successful. Also Directed : Henry King of Navarre (Stoll), The Royal Oak (Stoll), Don Quixote (Stoll), Guy Fawkes (Stoll), Wandering Jew (Stoll), Sign of Four (Stoll), A Debt of Honour (Stoll), Dick Turpin's Ride to York (Stoll), Running Waters (Stoll), Original Sherlock Holmes Series 0/15 Films (Stoll), The Passionate Friends (Stoll), A Romance of Wastdale (Stoll), The Fruitful Vine (Stoll), Hound of the Baskervilles (Stoll), A Gentleman of France (Stoll), Innocent (Stoll), The Tavern Knight (Stoll), At the Villa Rose (Stoll), The Amateur Gentleman (Stoll), A Question of Trust (Stoll), Elusive Pimpernel (Stoll), God's Good Man (Stoll), The Recks of Valpre (Stoll), The Keeper of the Door (Stoll), Comradeship (Stoll), Mr. Wu (Stoll), The Life of David Lloyd George (Ideal), Life of Nelson (International Exclusives), Gay Lord Quex (Ideal), Justice (Hepworth), Bleak House (Ideal), Dombey &' Son (Ideal), Hindle Wakes (Elvey), The Life of Florence Nightingale, Flames, When Knights Were Bold (Ideal), The Suicide Club, The Woman Who Was Nothing (London), Good-bye, The Grit of a Jew, A Honeymoon for Three, Mother Love, Money for Nothing, Trouble for Nothing, The Princess of Happy Chance (Elvey), Vice Versa, The King's Daughter, Cliarity Ann, Driven, Esther, Her Luck in London, Her Nameless Child, Grip Home, A Long, Long Way to Tipperary, The Bells of Rheims, Beautiful Jim, The Wreck of the Birkenhead, Blackeyed Susan, The Cup Final Mystery, The Great Gold Robbery, Murder in the Red Barn (Gau-Brit), The Fallen Idol (Fox), Sally Bishop (Stoll), Mdlle. from Armen ticres (Gau-Brit), Roses of Ptcardy (Gau). Flag Lieutenant (Astra-National), QHJnjje;'.-; (Gau-Brit), Rough Seas (Gau-Brit), Palais de Danse (Gau-Brit), Mademoiselle Parley Voo (Gau-Brit), Balaclava (Gains), High Treason (Paramount), Scliool for Scandal (Albion), Potiphar's Wife (B.I. P.), Frail Women (Twickenham), In a Monastery Garden (Twickenham), The Marriage Bond (Twickenham), A Honeymoon Adventure (A.R.P.), The Water Gypsies (A.R.P.), Diamond Cut Dianuvid (Eric Hakim). FITZMAURICE, George. B. Paris, Feb. 13. 1895. l^<i private schools and academy. Started life as a painter but eventuallv became interested in the theatre and later in films. Has directed several Ronald Colman films and Avas in charge of Garbo's last film, As You Desire Ale (M.G.M. 1932). Also Directed : On With the Dance {F.N.), Dark Angel {F.N.).Love i\/a;/!(F.N.), Man and the Moment (F.N.), Tiger Rose (Warner), The Barker (F.N.), Lilac Time (F.N.), Sailor Beware (U.A.), The Locked Door (U.A.), Raffles (U.A.), The Bad One (U.A.), The Devil to Pay (U.A.), Queen of Scandal (U.A.), One " Heavenly^ Night (U.A.), The Unholy Garden (U.A.), Strangers May Kiss (IM.G.IsI.), Mata Hari (M.G.M.), Rockabye (Radio). ' FLEMING, Victor. B. Pasadena, Cal. Brown hair, dark grej^ eyes. Ht. 6 ft. I in. Wt. 12 St. I lb. ' Ed. Los Angeles. M. Joan Blair, 193 1. Started his film career with the American studios at Santa Barbara. Had a considerable pre-war experience of camera and directorial work with nearly all the well known companies of that time. During the war he served in the United States Intelligence Department and accompanied President Wilson to Europe as chief photographer. He returned to Hollj'wood as motion picture director in 1919. Directed : Woman's Place (F.N.), Red Hot Romance (F.N.), The Lane that had no Turnings (Para), Anna Ascends (Para), Dark Secrets (Para), Law of the Lawless (Para), To the Last Man (Para), Call of the Canyon (Para), Empty Hands (Para), Gods of the Sea, Son of his Father (Para), Adventure (Para), The Devil's Cargo (Para), Lord Jim (Para), The Blind Goddess (Para), Man Trap (Para), The