Reginald Berkeley
Nacimiento : 1890-08-18, London, England, UK
Muerte : 1935-03-30
Historia
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Reginald Cheyne Berkeley MC (18 August 1890 – 30 March 1935)) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and later a writer of stage plays, then a screenwriter in Hollywood. He had trained as a lawyer. He died in Los Angeles from pneumonia after an operation.
His son Humphry Berkeley was a Conservative MP in the United Kingdom.
His stage plays include The Lady With The Lamp (1929), based on the life of Florence Nightingale and starring Edith Evans in the title role, and The Man I Killed (1931), which was adapted for the screen as Broken Lullaby the following year. His play French Leave(1920) was filmed twice, once in 1930, and again in 1937. His screenwriting credits include Dreyfus (1931), Cavalcade (1933), The World Moves On (1934), Carolina (1934) and Nurse Edith Cavell (1939).
He died in 1935 in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles aged 44 from pneumonia following a major operation. He was residing at 606 North Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills.
He had married Gwendoline Cock in 1914 and Clara Hildegarde Digby in 1926.
Theatre Play
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
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British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Screenplay
María Galante, una joven e ingenua telefonista francesa, es raptada por un capitán que la desembarca en Yucatán, dejándola abandonada a su suerte. Con grandes dificultades, María llega a la zona del Canal de panamá, donde encuentra trabajo como cantante en un café.
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Historia de una familia propietaria de una prospera fábrica textil a lo largo de un siglo (1824-1924), desde su expansión hacia Europa (Inglaterra, Francia y Alemania), pasando por la I Guerra Mundial y finalmente en la recuperación económica post-bélica, centrándose en los esfuerzos de sus miembros por mantener a la familia unida.
Screenplay
Historia de una familia propietaria de una prospera fábrica textil a lo largo de un siglo (1824-1924), desde su expansión hacia Europa (Inglaterra, Francia y Alemania), pasando por la I Guerra Mundial y finalmente en la recuperación económica post-bélica, centrándose en los esfuerzos de sus miembros por mantener a la familia unida.
Screenplay
Tras la Guerra Civil, la familia Connolly recupera su antiguo esplendor cuando Will Connolly se casa con una granjera yanqui, pese a las objeciones de su temperamental padre.
Writer
La historia de Gran Bretaña durante el primer tercio del siglo XX es reflejada a través de las desventuras de una familia que sufre toda clase de penurias y calamidades. Un drama épico, basado en la obra del famoso dramaturgo Noël Coward, que resultó la gran vencedora de la edición de los Oscar de 1933.
Screenplay
La historia de Gran Bretaña durante el primer tercio del siglo XX es reflejada a través de las desventuras de una familia que sufre toda clase de penurias y calamidades. Un drama épico, basado en la obra del famoso dramaturgo Noël Coward, que resultó la gran vencedora de la edición de los Oscar de 1933.
Theatre Play
Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!
Adaptation
Tras la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), Paul Renard, un joven francés, vive obsesionado por el recuerdo de Walter Holderlin, un soldado alemán al que mató. Después de leer y firmar la última carta de Walter, va a Alemania para hablar con su familia y pedirle perdón. Sin embargo, cuando la localiza y va a hablar con ellos, algo inesperado sucede.
Dialogue
When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his absence.
Writer
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
Theatre Play
During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy.
Screenplay
During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy.
Writer
A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.
Writer
An outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
Story
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Screenplay
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Dialogue
Biography of the ploughboy poet.
Writer
The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company. The stunts in this film were groundbreaking for 1920s British cinema A scene wich has been discribed as "the most spectacular rail crash in cinema history" was recorded by 22 cameras.
Story
Resumen: Edith Cavell fue una enfermera establecida en Bruselas que, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, refugió y ayudó a escapar a decenas de soldados del bando de los aliados. Éste es el relato de sus acciones, del posterior juicio y de su fusilamiento. (Eddie Constanti) Comentario
Esto es historia. Un día, en plena Gran Guerra, a una eficaz enfermera inglesa asentada en la capital belga se le ocurrió hacer "su" guerra contra la guerra, escondiendo y repatriando a soldados aliados por distintos medios. Era su respuesta a la sinrazón de una contienda bélica mundial. Cuando la descubrieron ya había salvado a un buen puñado de hombres (doscientos diez) que, por lógica, al llegar a la neutral Holanda volvían a convertirse en soldados contra Alemania.
