Ronald Frankau

Ronald Frankau

Birth : 1894-02-22, London, England, UK

Death : 1951-09-11

Profile

Ronald Frankau

Movies

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Tex B. Farnum
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years... Based on the novel "No Nightingales" by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon.
Dual Alibi
Vincent Barney
A French PR man (Terence de Marney) and his girlfriend (Phyllis Dixey) steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists (Herbert Lom), prompting murder.
Movie Mixture
An inventor shows off his new machine which can relay any event or portray any person at the touch of a button.
Much Too Shy
Original Story
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.
The Pictorial Revue
Compère
'Compilation of turns from Pathetones and Pictorials, compered by comedian Ronald Frankau.' (British Pathé)
Potiphar's Wife
Major Tony Barlow
'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged with assault at the Assizes. ' (British Film Institute)
The Other Mrs. Phipps
Auctioneer
'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap.' (British Film Catalogue)
Let's Love and Laugh
Father
A comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg
The Skin Game
Auctioneer
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.