Ben Webster

Nacimiento : 1864-06-02, London, England, UK

Muerte : 1947-02-26

Películas

Lassie, la cadena invisible
Dan'l Fadden
En vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en un pueblo minero en Yorkshire (Reino Unido), la familia Carraclough está atravesando dificultades económicas. Un día la situación es tal que se ven obligados a vender a Lassie, una inteligente y preciosa Collie que tienen, al Duque de Rudling. Pero Lassie consigue escaparse, y es entonces cuando se da cuenta de que está a 800 kilómetros de su casa, en el remoto castillo del Duque en la costa norte de Escocia. Pero nada la detiene; está decidida a superar todos los obstáculos que se le pongan por delante para volver al hogar que tanto echa de menos... (FILMAFFINITY)
Hitler's Madman
Despues de las atrocidades cometidas por los nazis en un pueblo checo, Reinhardt Heydrich, un comandante de las SS, es asesinado por unos campesinos.
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
La señora Miniver
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una familia inglesa, que vive en un pequeño pueblo, logra sobrevivir a los bombardeos alemanes. La madre se encuentra al frente de la casa esperando que su hijo y su marido regresen de la guerra.
Sospecha
The Registrar William Howe (uncredited)
Un atractivo vividor coincide en el tren con una joven ingenua que acabará teniendo que pagarle el billete. Más adelante, vuelven a encontrarse en una fiesta y, tras un breve romance, ella decide casarse con él, a pesar de la oposición de su padre. Considerada por todos, incluida su familia, una solterona, está empeñada en demostrarles que alguien la puede amar.
The Earl of Chicago
Gaffer Oakes (uncredited)
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
El prisionero de Zenda
Lord Topham (uncredited)
En un imaginario país, la víspera de su coronación, Rodolfo V, es secuestrado por su ambicioso hermano que desea arrebatarle el trono. Los súbditos más leales convencen a un turista, que se parece asombrosamente al rey, para que lo suplante por unas horas. Al día siguiente, se prepara una expedición para rescatar al rey, que está encerrado en el Castillo de Zenda. El turista, enamorado de una princesa de la corte, participará activamente en la lucha.
The Conquest of the Air
Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.
Eliza Comes to Stay
A British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards
Drake of England
Lord Burghley
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather Trent
An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. They are pursued both by Quilp and by the shop-keeper's long-lost brother, who wants to find them for a different reason.
Perfect Understanding
Judge
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
Threads
Lord Grathers
A British drama film directed by G.B. Samuelson
The Lyons Mail
Jerome Lesurques
A mystery film directed by Arthur Maude
Easy Virtue
Justice Halstead (uncredited)
Una mujer, Larita Filton, es acusada por su marido, un hombre borracho y celoso, de haberse enamorado de un artista. El matrimonio se divorcia entre un gran escándalo y el artista se suicida. El mundo de Larita se viene abajo, ella ha adquirido mala reputación, por lo que decide cambiar de identidad y empezar una nueva vida. Se enamora de un joven rico y se casa con él hasta que la madre averigua su turbio pasado...
Declive
Dr. Dawson
Roddy (Ivor Novello), primogénito de la rica familia Berwick, es expulsado del instituto acusado de haber ultrajado a una mujer y su padre le repudia. Entonces decide ir a París donde se gasta el último dinero que le queda y comienza a trabajar como bailarín.
Miriam Rozella
Lord Laverock
A silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan.
12.10
Lord Chatterton
Louis Fernando fails to sell a patent upon which he has spent the better part of his life and drowns himself. His orphaned child Marie is adopted by Lord Chatterton. Geoffrey Brooke, who is in the employ of Lord Chatterton, falls in love with Marie. Chatterton's general manager Arthur Newton also loves Marie and formulates a scheme whereby he hopes to win her and also acquire the Chatterton fortune. Chatterton becomes suspicious and by a ruse traps Newton and exposes his plot. Marie and Geoffrey are made happy in the end.
Masks and Faces
Sir Charles Pomander
An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.
The Vicar of Wakefield
Sir William
A squire jails a vicar for debt and fakes a marriage to his daughter.