Lewin Fitzhamon

Lewin Fitzhamon

Nacimiento : 1869-06-05,

Muerte : 1961-10-10

Historia

Lewin "Fitz" Fitzhamon (5 June 1869 – 10 October 1961) was a British filmmaker, who worked as Cecil Hepworth's principal director in the early decades of the twentieth century. His best-known film is Rescued by Rover (1905). Other directing credits include An Englishman Trip to Paris from London (1904), That Fatal Sneeze (1907), The Man and his Bottle (1908) and A New Hat for Nothing (1910). In total, he directed around 400 films.

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Lewin Fitzhamon

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Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress
Director
Georges Bizet
Writer
Biopic about the composer.
Georges Bizet
Director
Biopic about the composer.
Haydn and Mozart
Writer
Short film about the composers.
Haydn and Mozart
Director
Short film about the composers.
A Race for Love
Director
A lieutenant wins a horse race and the girl despite being shot in the arm by a rival.
Children of the Forest
Writer
A boy and his dog trail a gypsy who kidnapped his sister.
Children of the Forest
Director
A boy and his dog trail a gypsy who kidnapped his sister.
A Fisherman's Love Story
Director
Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon.
A Seaside Introduction
Director
'Brighton. Dude searches for girl's lost shoes and stockings.' (British Film Catalogue)
Tilly and the Fire Engines
Director
Tomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.
Harry the Footballer
Director
A star player is kidnapped by the opposition. However, they are foiled by his girl-friend, just in time for him to get to the match and score the winning goal.
Tilly's Party
Writer
Two young men help two girls escape.
Tilly's Party
Director
Two young men help two girls escape.
When Tilly's Uncle Flirted
Director
Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.
Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
Director
Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.
Tomkins Buys a Donkey
Director
A countryman buys a stubborn donkey and has trouble.
The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper
Director
Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.
The Man and His Bottle
Director
A drunkard has a vision of everything turning into bottles.
A Seaside Girl
Director
Three suitors try to impress a girl by chasing her all over the place. Finally she makes her choice.
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight.
Dick Turpin
Director
The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight.
That Fatal Sneeze
Director
As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town.
The Doll's Revenge
Director
A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.
Dumb Sagacity
Director
The story of a little girl and her pets, a horse and a dog, whose marvelous intelligence is most strikingly shown. The little girl, whose home is at the seaside, goes out on the rocks to play with her dog. There she romps with her pet and quite loses sight of the constantly rising tide. Suddenly she discovers that the rocks are surrounded, and her escape entirely cut off. Turning to her dog, she motions him to the land; instantly he is off, swimming to shore and dashing across the beach. He reaches the stable, where he unties the pet horse, then leading the way, he and the horse dash off to the surf, through which they plunge. The horse soon reaches the rock, which he has much difficulty in approaching, but finally the little girl succeeds in getting upon his back, and is then swiftly borne to shore.
Sister Mary Jane's Top Note
Writer
A Woman sings and everything breaks.
Sister Mary Jane's Top Note
Director
A Woman sings and everything breaks.
Rescued by Rover
Director
A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
Poison or Whiskey
Director
A man wins a girl by pretending to take poison.
Falsely Accused
Director
A framed bank clerk breaks jail and is sheltered by a vicar until the culprit is caught in Soho.
The Other Side of the Hedge
Director
Two romantic suitors avoid their wet-blanket chaperone by way of the titular hedge.
A Race for a Kiss
Director
A woman agrees to kiss the winner of a race between a horse and a motorcar.
The Lover's Ruse
Director
A man plays a trick to gain a woman's affection.
An Englishman's Trip to Paris from London
Director
An Englishman travel's abroad
Decoyed
Director
A young woman is abducted and forced to beg from passers-by.
The Bewitched Traveller
Director
A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.