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The Black Hand Gang is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Wee Georgie Wood, Viola Compton and Alfred Wood. [1] It was made by British International Pictures and based on a play by Black Hand George by Bert Lee and R.P. Weston. Shot at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie, it was released as a second feature. [2]
The Compulsory Husband is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and Harry Lachman and starring Banks, Lillian Manton and Clifford Heatherley. [1] It was based on a novel of the same title by John Glyder.
The Black Hand", written by novelist/screenwriter James Dalessandro. In My Ears Are Bent, Joseph Mitchell's collection of his feature articles from the 1930s, Petrosino appears as "Louis Sittenberg, the famous New York detective who was killed on a trip to Italy to bring back a Black Hand agent." Whether Mitchell's informant was confused or ...
Black Hand (Egypt) (al-Yad al-Sawda), an Egyptian nationalist anti-British occupation group in the Sultanate of Egypt in the 1910s; Black Hand (Mandatory Palestine) (al-Kaff al-Aswad), an Islamist militant group in the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1930s; Black Hand (Serbia) (Crna ruka), a secret society devoted to Serbian unification in ...
School's Out (1930 film) Sea Legs (film) The Second Floor Mystery; See America Thirst; Shivering Shakespeare; Showgirl in Hollywood; The Showman (1930 film) Si Si Senor; A Sister to Assist 'Er (1930 film) Sleeping Partners; So Quiet on the Canine Front; So This Is London (1930 film) The Social Lion; The Still Alarm (1930 film) Strictly Modern ...
Banks was born Mario Bianchi in Cesena, Italy.In 1914, Bianchi emigrated to the United States, first trying his luck on the New York stage. By 1918, he was an actor in Hollywood with the Arbuckle Company, performing in over 35 silent short comedies by the early 1920s, [2] and then, starring in feature-length action comedy-thrillers as Play Safe (1927).
Film critic Dennis Schwartz discussed the background of the film in his review: "Somewhat engaging early Mafia film that's based on a true story, when that infamous organization was known as the Black Hand. The Black Hand is 'based on the real-life story of Joseph Petrosino, a New York City police lieutenant who traveled to Palermo, Italy, to ...
Poor Old Bill is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Iris Ashley and Syd Courtenay. [2] It marked the film debut of a very young Peter Lawford , playing the child of the main character, Bill (Leslie Fuller).