Matheson Lang
Actor · 1879 – 1948 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
From Wikipedia Matheson Alexander Lang (May 15, 1879 – April 11, 1948) was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays. In 1916, Lang became one of the first major theatre stars to act on film, as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, with his wife as Portia. He went on to appear in over 30 films and was one of Britain's leading movie stars of the 1920s. Among his memorable roles were Guy Fawkes (1923), Matthias in The Wandering Jew (1923) (which also featured his wife as Judith), Henry IV in Henry, King of Navarre (1924), and Henry V in Royal Cavalcade (1935). Lang also wrote the plays Carnival (1919) and The Purple Mask (1920), both of which were produced on Broadway and made into films. Matheson Lang died in Bridgetown, Barbados. He was 68.
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Movie5.0DramaA girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
Little Friend
1934 · 3 votes
- Movie9.0HistoryDrama
In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.
Henry, King of Navarre
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0DramaHistory
Papists hire a Dutchman to blow up Parliament in revenge for an anti-Catholic decree.
Guy Fawkes
1923 · 1 votes
Movie9.0AdventureThe Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.8ActionDramaImposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
Drake of England
1935 · 5 votes
Movie5.7HistoryDramaSet in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici's dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal's brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.
The Cardinal
1936 · 6 votes
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A girl advocate foils a Jewish usurer's claim for a pound of a debtor's flesh.(IMDb)
Movie10.0HistoryDramaA highwayman rides to York to stop a lady marrying a usurper.
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922 · 1 votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaMoney isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value system is thrown into turmoil.
Channel Crossing
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Drama
In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.
Slaves of Destiny
1924 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Adventure
After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.
The Blue Peter
1928 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0DramaRomance
In nineteenth century Mesopotamia a series of romantic enganglements ensue.
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922 · 1 votes
- Movie4.5Comedy
An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.
Masks and Faces
1917 · 2 votes
Movie4.6DramaMysterySir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.
The Great Defender
1934 · 7 votes
- Movie9.0Adventure
'1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)
The King's Highway
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0DramaFantasy
A wealthy man who acquires a mind-reading machine is soon horrified to discover what people are really thinking.
The Secret Kingdom
1925 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.
The Chinese Bungalow
1930 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaAn actor playing Othello in a stage production of Shakespeare's play becomes jealous of his wife's supposed infidelity and seems bound to kill her in the scene in which she, enacting Othello's falsely accused wife Desdemona, is murdered by her jealous husband.
Carnival
1921 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaDuring a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..
Carnival
1931 · 1 votes
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'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)
The Wandering Jew
1923 · 1 votes
Movie6.2DramaA naval adventure that focuses on the rivalry among the crew, particularly the indignation wrought by the behavior of inplacable Captain Steen. Dick, one of the sailors, is one of the most rebellious and draws up plans to exact vengeance. The opportunity arises, but an incident that may sink the ship changes the focus of attention. The lighting for the film and the composition of the scenes are regarded as the highlights of the movie.
- Movie6.0AdventureDrama
A shipwrecked captain saves a girl from a Spanish murderer by threatening to give him leprosy.
The Island of Despair
1926 · 2 votes
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'Nurse saves captain from invading Germans and is saved herself when he leads counter-attack.' (British Film Catalogue)
- Movie6.0Adventure
In Mexico a girl saves a treasure hunter from a mutinous crew and he saves her from her gambling husband.
White Slippers
1924 · 2 votes