Harry B. Parkinson

Birth : 1884-09-29, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Death : 1970-08-19

Movies

A Sister to Assist 'Er
Producer
A poor woman poses as her rich twin to fool a mean landlady.
When Giants Fought
Director
A contentious but historic boxing match of 1810 is vividly revisited in this power-packed silent drama.
Wonderful London: Along Father Thames to Shepperton
Producer
A pleasure boat takes us up the Thames from Canbury Gardens, below Kingston, Surrey, to Shepperton showing the grand houses fronting on to the river and houseboats of the well-to-do.
Wonderful London: Known London
Producer
A whirlwind tour of London's best-loved visitor attractions, bustling thoroughfares and public spaces, including Threadneedle, Bond and Fleet Streets, Cheapside, the Strand and Piccadilly Circus, amongst others.
Wonderful London: London's Contrasts
Producer
In this episode of Wonderful London, comparisons are made between West End and East, old and new.
Wonderful London: London Old and New
Producer
A tour by horse-drawn bus, narrated by the driver, contrasts new buildings under construction in London with the old, travelling from the City along Middle Temple Lane, passing Clifford's Inn, The Strand, Piccadilly, St. James' Palace, Kingsway, Lincoln's Inn, St. Sepulchre's church, the Old Bailey and Staple Inn.
Wonderful London: London’s Outer Ring
Producer
A cockney Coster exhorts his 'moke' (donkey) to take a trip to the outskirts of London to see the model home at Kennington Park, a windmill at Brixton, the Crystal Palace, Woolwich free ferry, Saint Augustine's Tower in hackney, Richmond, Strand-on-the-Green, White City with its old Olympic stadium, and the Old Kent Road.
Wonderful London: London Off the Track
Producer
Featuring views behind the usual facade of London's streets including the mews behind St. George's Hospital, Philios Terrace, Kinnerton Street, Dr Johnson's house and Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Essex Stairs, Bankside, Clerkenwell and Smithfield.
Wonderful London: Flowers of London
Producer
A look at the Londoner's love of flowers, from domestic gardens and florist's shops to the great market at Covent Garden and the Piccadilly Circus flower girls.
Wonderful London: London's Sunday
Producer
This episode features some favourite Sunday activities of Londoners, including scenes at the Gaiety Theatre and a young couple riding a motorcycle. A romantic scene on London Bridge contrasts with the bustle of Petticoat Lane's Sunday market - a popular destination for the common folk - while high society ride in Hyde Park.
Wonderful London: Cosmopolitan London
Producer
London's cosmopolitan inhabitants are celebrated in this episode, featuring scenes of Italian, French and Greek shops in Soho and the Whitechapel Road.
Wonderful London: Barging Through London
Producer
London is viewed from the 'new and fascinating angle' of Regent's Canal, passing from the docks in Limehouse through east London, under Mile End Road, past Hackney, King's Cross, Kentish Town, Camden Lock and London Zoo, finishing in Paddington Basin.
Wonderful London: Along Father Thames to Shepperton
Director
A pleasure boat takes us up the Thames from Canbury Gardens, below Kingston, Surrey, to Shepperton showing the grand houses fronting on to the river and houseboats of the well-to-do.
Wonderful London: Known London
Director
A whirlwind tour of London's best-loved visitor attractions, bustling thoroughfares and public spaces, including Threadneedle, Bond and Fleet Streets, Cheapside, the Strand and Piccadilly Circus, amongst others.
Wonderful London: London's Contrasts
Director
In this episode of Wonderful London, comparisons are made between West End and East, old and new.
Wonderful London: London Old and New
Director
A tour by horse-drawn bus, narrated by the driver, contrasts new buildings under construction in London with the old, travelling from the City along Middle Temple Lane, passing Clifford's Inn, The Strand, Piccadilly, St. James' Palace, Kingsway, Lincoln's Inn, St. Sepulchre's church, the Old Bailey and Staple Inn.
Wonderful London: London’s Outer Ring
Director
A cockney Coster exhorts his 'moke' (donkey) to take a trip to the outskirts of London to see the model home at Kennington Park, a windmill at Brixton, the Crystal Palace, Woolwich free ferry, Saint Augustine's Tower in hackney, Richmond, Strand-on-the-Green, White City with its old Olympic stadium, and the Old Kent Road.
Wonderful London: Dickens' London
Director
The real London locations which formed the settings for various Dickens novels are shown, sometimes with characters from the books such as Little Nell and Grandad, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and the author himself superimposed.
Wonderful London: London Off the Track
Director
Featuring views behind the usual facade of London's streets including the mews behind St. George's Hospital, Philios Terrace, Kinnerton Street, Dr Johnson's house and Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Essex Stairs, Bankside, Clerkenwell and Smithfield.
Wonderful London: Flowers of London
Director
A look at the Londoner's love of flowers, from domestic gardens and florist's shops to the great market at Covent Garden and the Piccadilly Circus flower girls.
Wonderful London: London's Sunday
Director
This episode features some favourite Sunday activities of Londoners, including scenes at the Gaiety Theatre and a young couple riding a motorcycle. A romantic scene on London Bridge contrasts with the bustle of Petticoat Lane's Sunday market - a popular destination for the common folk - while high society ride in Hyde Park.
Wonderful London: Cosmopolitan London
Director
London's cosmopolitan inhabitants are celebrated in this episode, featuring scenes of Italian, French and Greek shops in Soho and the Whitechapel Road.
Wonderful London: Barging Through London
Director
London is viewed from the 'new and fascinating angle' of Regent's Canal, passing from the docks in Limehouse through east London, under Mile End Road, past Hackney, King's Cross, Kentish Town, Camden Lock and London Zoo, finishing in Paddington Basin.
London's Free Shows
Editor
A round-up of free events in London, including street entertainers, a puppet show, pavement artists, road menders, a daring demonstration by the fire brigade, an abduction staged by a film company and a military parade.
London's Free Shows
Producer
A round-up of free events in London, including street entertainers, a puppet show, pavement artists, road menders, a daring demonstration by the fire brigade, an abduction staged by a film company and a military parade.
London's Free Shows
Director
A round-up of free events in London, including street entertainers, a puppet show, pavement artists, road menders, a daring demonstration by the fire brigade, an abduction staged by a film company and a military parade.
A Race for a Bride
Producer
'Dastardly deeds are afoot when rivals for the hand of a young woman vie against each other in a bicycle race.' (British Film Institute)
Bleak House
Director
Part of serial Tense Moments from Great Plays.
Cocaine
Producer
A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.
Married to a Mormon
Director
A Mormon weds a rich English girl, takes a second wife in Utah, and is killed by his first wife's lover.
Macbeth
Director
Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. It was directed by H. B. Parkinson and produced by Frank Miller.
Vanity Fair
Producer
Trapped by the Mormons
Director
Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music.
Corinthian Jack
Producer
A boxer saves a girl from a noble kidnapper.
The Law Divine
Director
A war worker wins back her wounded husband with recollections of their honeymoon.