
Ivan F. Simpson
Oyuncu · 1875 – 1951 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ivan F. Simpson (8 February 1875 – 12 October 1951) was a Scottish film and stage actor. Ivan Simpson was born in Scotland and went as a young man to New York City, where he worked for four decades on Broadway from 1906 until his death. In 1915 he started his film silent career and starred in notable silent films like The Green Goddess from 1923, where he played the role of Mister Watkins. He also replied in this role seven years later in the sound film version of The Green Goddess. In 1929 he portrayed Hugh Myers in Disraeli, where he played along his close friend George Arliss. Arliss and Simpson appeared together in a total of nine films. Especially in the 1930s, Simpson was a successful character actor in supporting and bit parts and appeared in many classics. He often played servants, like in MGM's literature adaption David Copperfield as Littimer and the horror movie Mark of the Vampire. He also portrayed priests like in Little Lord Fauntleroy and Random Harvest, judges like in This Land Is Mine or doctors like in They All Kissed the Bride. Simpson was also a frequent actor in the Errol Flynn movies, he appeared in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Prince and the Pauper and Captain Blood. Ivan F. Simpson starred in over 100 Hollywood films, his last was My Girl Tisa from 1948. He died three years later at the age of 76 years and was buried in Kensico Cemetery. His daughter was actress Pamela Simpson (1905-2002).
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Film7.5MaceraRomantikLocksley'le Sir Robin, Norman'lılar tarafından baskı altına alınan Saksonluların sevilen kahramanı, Norman otoritesine karşı gelerek kanunsuz bir asi konumuna geliyor. Zenginlerden çalıp yoksullara veren Robin Hood kendi düşündüğü adalet sistemini bu şekilde koruyor. Bu arada Sherwood'un valisi Sir Guy Gisbourne ile zorla evlendirilecek olan Bakire Marian'a da aşık olan Robin böylece Gisbourne'un kendisine daha da düşman olmasını sağlıyor. Zamanın en popüler aksiyon starlarından Errol Flynn'dan taytlı ve bol kılıç şıkırtılı bir Robin Hood filmi.
Film7.4MaceraDramBritanya İmparatorluğu donanmasının en parlak dönemini yaşadığı 18. yüzyıl sonlarında geçen filmde. Bounty gemisinin mürettebatı aylar süren kötü muamelenin sonunda isyan çıkarır. Fletcher Christian’ın liderliğindeki mürettebat, acımasız Kaptan Bligh’ı denize bırakır. Kaptan olağanüstü şaşırtıcı bir gayretle limana geri dönmeyi başarırken, Bounty’ ise çeşitli zorluklarla mücadele ederek Güney Pasifik’e yelken açar.
Film7.2MaceraBu klasik serüvende Errol Flynn ve Olivia de Havilland başrolü paylaşmaktadır. Yaralı İngiliz asileri tedavi eden Doktor Peter Blood (Flynn) tutuklanır ve Jamaika'ya köle olarak yollanır. Burada valinin kızı Arabella'nın (de Havilland) dikkatini çeker ve Arabella onu satın alır. Ama Blood önderlik ettiği diğer kölelerle kaçar ve korsan Kaptan Blood olarak Jamaikalıların yüreğine korku salar. Ta ki İspanyollar saldırana ve Blood, Arabella ile Jamaika'yı İngiltere'nin düşmanlarından kurtarana değin.
Film6.9DramRomantikAfter a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Jane Eyre
1943 · 157 votes
Film6.3KorkuBilim KurguThe owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · 145 votes
Film6.1KomediDramFırtınalı bir flört döneminin ardından bir çift mutluluğu bulmak için mücadele ediyor.
Film6.2GizemKorkuSir Karell Borotyn, yerel köyü ziyafete çağıran bir vampir olan Count Mora tarafından öldürülmüş gibi görünüyor. Artık kızı Irena, bir sonraki hedeftir. Ölümünü önlemek için gönderilen vampirlerden bir uzman olan Profesör Zelen'e girin. Aynı zamanda Sir Karell'in ölüm koşullarını çevreleyen sırlar açığa çıkıyor.
Film6.7DramRomantikA young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger
David Copperfield
1935 · 79 votes
Film5.3KomediDramA Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
The Baroness and the Butler
1938 · 16 votes
Film6.9SuçGizemHaving once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939 · 177 votes
Film6.8MaceraDramTom Canty adında zavallı bir çocuk ve Galler Prensi kimlik alışverişinde bulunur, ancak olaylar ikiliyi birbirlerinin hayatlarını da deneyimlemeye zorlar.
Film7.1DramSavaşSomewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
This Land Is Mine
1943 · 74 votes
Film6.6DramTarihThe young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
Marie Antoinette
1938 · 37 votes
Film7.5DramTarihIn 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.
Forever and a Day
1943 · 12 votes
Film7.3RomantikDramWandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.
Random Harvest
1942 · 118 votes
Film7.3DramTarihNorfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
Lloyd's of London
1936 · 25 votes
Film5.8RomantikDramIn the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.
British Agent
1934 · 20 votes
Film6.2DramTarihThe story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews.
The House of Rothschild
1934 · 23 votes
Film6.7DramThe struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.
Rulers of the Sea
1939 · 3 votes
Film6.1DramTarihIn the 15th century, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother, King Edward IV of England.
Tower of London
1939 · 52 votes
Film6.3DramA behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
The Earl of Chicago
1940 · 7 votes
Film6.8DramAileAn American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936 · 62 votes
Film7.2RomantikDramWhile giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royle returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair. After abandoning thoughts of suicide, Montgomery discovers he can lip read, and he spends his days observing people in Central Park from his apartment window. As he learns of people's problems, he tries to help them anonymously and becomes absorbed in his game of "playing God".
The Man Who Played God
1932 · 10 votes
Film4.2DramRomantikA murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 · 6 votes
Diziler1
Dizi6.6DramThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · 8 votes