Harold S. Bucquet

Рождение : 1891-04-10, London, England, UK

Смерть : 1946-02-13

История

From Wikipedia Harold S. Bucquet (10 April 1891, London, England – 13 February 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an English film director. He directed 26 films between 1936 and 1945. His 1937 film Torture Money won an Academy Award for the Best Short Subject (Color).

Фильмы

Без любви
Director
Одинокая вдова Джейми Рован, чтобы помочь в войне, выходит замуж за военного исследователя, ученого Патрика Джемейсона, который создает лабораторию у нее дома. Патрик получает от этой любви все худшее, а Джейми, наоборот, все лучшее. Они верят, что свадьбы могут быть без любви, ведь это уменьшает вероятность ревности, ссор и друг супружеских минусов. Но по ходу фильма происходит неизбежное: они влюбляются друг в друга.
Потомство дракона
Director
Линг Тань и его семья живут на процветающей ферме в сельских районах Южного Китая и еще не ощутили влияния японского вторжения на Север. Два старших сына Таня, Лао Та Тань и Лао Эр Тань - женатые и трудолюбивые, в то время как младший сын Лао Сан Тань растёт беззаботным. Единственная дочь Линг Таня замужем за местным торговцем, получающем прибыль от продажи японских товаров. Когда волна японского вторжения доходит до деревни Линг Таня, местные жители предпочитают мирно относиться к своим завоевателям. Но независимая и отличающаяся прогрессивными взглядами невестка Линг Таня Джейд решает сплотить односельчан для сопротивления японцам...
The Adventures of Tartu
Director
British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory where it is being manufactured.
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Director
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the USA.
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Director
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Director
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
Kathleen
Director
Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and her, and tells everyone that she has such a family. Because of this story, she cannot invite any friends over as they will see that it is not true.
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Director
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Director
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
The Penalty
Director
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy sees it all. Fortunately the courts intervene and send the lad off to live with a family of farmers.
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Director
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Director
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
We Who Are Young
Director
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Director
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Director
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
On Borrowed Time
Director
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.
Calling Dr. Kildare
Director
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Young Dr. Kildare
Director
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
They're Always Caught
Director
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
Come Across
Director
A bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to hide him from the police, and who now turn their backs on him when his money runs out.
What Price Safety!
Director
Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
Behind the Criminal
Director
Episode 13 of the Crime Does Not Play series from MGM.
Soak the Poor
Director
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.
It May Happen to You
Director
From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
Torture Money
Director
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Old Shep
Director
A man preparing to shoot his ailing elderly dog sadly recounts their time together.
China Seas
Second Unit Director
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
Private Lives
Assistant Director
Amanda and Elyot are one another's former spouse. Elyot remarries to Sibyl, Amanda weds Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arrive to a hotel on the same day and are put in rooms with adjoining terraces. Things go well until Amanda sees Elyot on the adjacent terrace.
The Guardsman
Assistant Director
An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.
Son of India
Assistant Director
An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
Strangers May Kiss
Assistant Director
After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advice of her happily married aunt Celia -- who encourages her to demand a serious commitment -- Lisbeth continues to see Alan, even after she hears he may have a wife in France. When Alan's work sends him abroad, a lovesick Lisbeth struggles to understand her feelings.
Украденные драгоценности
Director
У Нормы Ширер на балу украли жемчужное ожерелье. Детектив принимается искать пропажу, опрашивая всех подряд кинозвёзд.
Dream of Love
Assistant Director
A duke has deposed Prince Mauritz's father, so Mauritz spends his time in affairs with a countess, the duke's wife and a gypsy girl Adrienne. Years later she is a famous actress in a play resembling the sad story of their earlier relationship. He falls in love with her again. The jealous duchess and the duke arrange to have him shot by firing squad but revolutionaries save him and make him King.
The Wind
Assistant Director
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors, including neighbor Lige Hightower, leave Letty increasingly disturbed, resulting in tragedy.
Наши танцующие дочери
Assistant Director
Две подруги Диана и Анита знакомятся на вечеринке с миллионером Беном Блэйном. Диана полна идеализированных взглядов на жизнь, и относится к своему новому знакомству как к естественному ходу вещей в Природе. Анита, напротив, хладнокровна и расчетлива – ей нужен богатый муж, и она используют весь необходимый арсенал притворства для того, чтобы выйти замуж за Блейна. Но вскоре колдовство спадает с глаз Блейна, и он понимает, что вместо любящей его женщины он выбрал лживую имитацию…
The Enemy
Assistant Director
Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.
Алая буква
Assistant Director
Это история запретной любви и чувственной страсти в Америке XVII века красавицы Эстер и преподобного Артура. Против влюбленных выступают строгие пуританские нравы и особенно то, что Эстер «де-юре» замужем, хотя и считает мужа погибшим на пути к колонии. Когда ее внебрачные отношения раскрываются, Эстер решительно отказывается предать возлюбленного и ей выносят приговор — вечно носить на груди алую букву «А» — клеймо прелюбодеяния.
Pretty Ladies
Assistant Director
Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.