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Hyde Park Corner is a 1935 British comedy crime film, directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale and Eric Portman. Harker portrays a policeman investigating a crime in 1930s London, which proves to have its origins in the 1780s. [ 1 ]
The film depicts life at Hyde Park Corner in London. Hyde Park Corner is claimed to be the first film set in London, as well as the first to be filmed on celluloid, although Louis Le Prince successfully shot on glass plate before 18 August 1887, [1] and on paper negative in October 1888. It may nonetheless be the first moving picture film on ...
The 1935 film Hyde Park Corner takes its name from the area, where it is set. "Hyde Park Corner" was used as a codeword to announce to the government the death of King George VI in 1952. [10] "Hyde Park Corner" was the second episode of the first season of the Netflix series The Crown. It covered the death of George VI and the accession of ...
September 5 – Gene Autry appears in his first film for the newly formed Republic Pictures – Tumbling Tumbleweeds, named after his second million-selling record. November 30 – The British-made film Scrooge, the first all-talking film version of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol, opens in the U.S. after its U.K. release on November 26.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Lad: Henry Edwards: Gordon Harker, Betty Stockfeld, Jane Carr: Comedy: Late Extra: Albert Parker: James Mason, Virginia Cherrill, Alastair Sim ...
Hyde Park Corner may refer to: Hyde Park Corner, a landmark in London, United Kingdom Hyde Park Corner tube station; Hyde Park Corner, a 1935 drama set in London; Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses, an 1889 film also known as Hyde Park Corner. A junction on the corner of the Hyde Park area in Leeds
William Gordon Harker (7 August 1885 – 2 March 1967) was an English stage and film actor.. Harker was one of the sons of Sarah Elizabeth Harker, née Hall, (1856–1927), and Joseph Harker (1855–1927), a much admired set painter for the theatre for whom the Dracula character Jonathan Harker was named.
Sinclair Hill (10 June 1896 – 6 March 1945) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894. He was awarded an OBE for his services to film. [1] Hill was employed by Stoll Pictures in the 1920s and Gainsborough Pictures in the ...