Herbert Wilcox

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Herbert Wilcox

Born April 19, 1890 · West Norwood, London, England, UK

Died May 15, 1977 · aged 87

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herbert Sydney Wilcox (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Victor Saville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Decameron NightsDecameron Nights · 1924
Decameron Nights
9.01924
MovieDramaRomance
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Victoria the GreatVictoria the Great · 1937
Victoria the Great
5.61937
MovieDramaHistory
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Forever and a DayForever and a Day · 1943
Forever and a Day
7.51943
MovieDramaHistory
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. AmethystYangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst · 1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.31957
MovieWar
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Nurse Edith CavellNurse Edith Cavell · 1939
Nurse Edith Cavell
6.61939
MovieDramaWar
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
TiptoesTiptoes · 1927
Tiptoes
9.01927
MovieComedyRomance
A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
My Teenage DaughterMy Teenage Daughter · 1956
My Teenage Daughter
6.31956
MovieDrama
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing young Tony Ward Black mad about jive, owner of a Bentley, and supposedly running through a legacy. Attracted to the daring young man, she rejects Mark, a young farmer who is in love with her. But it soon becomes apparent to everyone but Jan that neither Tony's fortune nor even his name may be his own, and her association with him will lead her into delinquency and danger.
OdetteOdette · 1950
Odette
6.41950
MovieWarDrama
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)

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