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George Pearson is a Director, Scriptwriter and Supervising Producer British born on 19 march 1875 at London (United-kingdom)
George Pearson (19 March 1875 – 6 February 1973) was a pioneering English film director, producer and screenwriter, mainly in the silent film era. He was born in London.
The only son of George Pearson, a silk tie cutter, George Pearson's first profession after Culham College, near Oxford (not a college of Oxford University) was teaching. He excelled in this role, becoming a headmaster by 1902 at the age of 26. His major post was at Staples Rd School Loughton Essex, on which there is a blue plaque. He was originally drawn to film making as an educational aid. In 1913 Pearson entered the film business, initially as a script writer.
Pearson worked for Gaumont and later joined the Colonial Film Unit (later the Commonwealth Film Unit), remaining in employment until the age of 81. Though little of his work is known to have survived, Pearson is credited with pioneering the use of the moving camera shot.
In 1951, he was awarded the OBE. Pearson married Edith Stacey (1881-1961) in 1901. They had two sons and two daughters. One daughter, Winifred, worked as a film editor. He died in Great Malvern, Worcestershire in 1973, aged nearly 98, outliving Winifred and his elder son, Malcolm, a surgeon. In 1957, his autobiography, Flashback, was published.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 march 1875 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 6 february 1973 (at 97 years) at Malvern (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 19 march 1875 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 6 february 1973 (at 97 years) at Malvern (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
The only son of George Pearson, a silk tie cutter, George Pearson's first profession after Culham College, near Oxford (not a college of Oxford University) was teaching. He excelled in this role, becoming a headmaster by 1902 at the age of 26. His major post was at Staples Rd School Loughton Essex, on which there is a blue plaque. He was originally drawn to film making as an educational aid. In 1913 Pearson entered the film business, initially as a script writer.
Pearson worked for Gaumont and later joined the Colonial Film Unit (later the Commonwealth Film Unit), remaining in employment until the age of 81. Though little of his work is known to have survived, Pearson is credited with pioneering the use of the moving camera shot.
In 1951, he was awarded the OBE. Pearson married Edith Stacey (1881-1961) in 1901. They had two sons and two daughters. One daughter, Winifred, worked as a film editor. He died in Great Malvern, Worcestershire in 1973, aged nearly 98, outliving Winifred and his elder son, Malcolm, a surgeon. In 1957, his autobiography, Flashback, was published.
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The Fatal Hour (1937)
, 1h6Directed by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Edward Rigby, Moore Marriott
Midnight at Madame Tussaud's (1936)
, 1h3Directed by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Lucille Lisle, James Carew, Kim Peacock, Patrick Barr, William Hartnell, Lydia Sherwood
Rating53%
Checkmate (1936)
Directed by George Pearson
Genres Crime
Actors Maurice Evans, Felix Aylmer, Sally Gray, Donald Wolfit, Wilfrid Caithness, Ernest Jay
Rating55%
Wednesday's Luck (1936)
Directed by George Pearson
Genres Crime
Actors Patrick Barr, Moore Marriott, Linden Travers
Murder by Rope (1936)
, 1h4Directed by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Actors D. A. Clarke-Smith, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Rating51%
The Ace of Spades (1935)
, 1h6Directed by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Michael Hogan, Dorothy Boyd, Richard Cooper, Michael Shepley, Jane Carr, Jane Carr
Rating56%
Gentlemen's Agreement (1935)
, 1h11Directed by Elia Kazan, George Pearson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Vivien Leigh, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Anthoney Holles, John Garfield, David Horne
Rating65%
A young doctor realises that his father is a quack.
Once a Thief (1935)
Directed by George Pearson
Genres Crime, Romance
Actors John Stuart, Nancy Burne, Frederick Culley, Ronald Shiner, Joan Kemp-Welch
Rating58%
The manager steals a chemist's paint formula while he is in gaol for gem theft.
Jubilee Window (1935)
, 1h1Directed by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Sebastian Shaw, Ralph Truman
The Four Masked Men (1934)
Directed by George Pearson
Genres Crime
Actors Judy Kelly, Miles Mander, Richard Cooper, Athole Stewart, Sebastian Shaw
Open All Night (1934)
Directed by George Pearson
Genres Drama
Actors Frank Vosper, Colin Keith-Johnston, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Michael Shepley
Rating59%
Whispering Tongues (1934)
, 55minutesDirected by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Reginald Tate, Jane Welsh, Russell Thorndike, Felix Aylmer, Charles Carson
Rating59%
The River Wolves (1934)
, 56minutesDirected by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Michael Hogan, John Mills
A Shot in the Dark (1933)
, 53minutesDirected by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Dorothy Boyd, O. B. Clarence, Jack Hawkins, Michael Shepley, Davy Burnaby, Russell Thorndike
Rating55%