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Philip Merivale is a Actor and Theatre Play British born on 1 november 1886
Philip Merivale est un acteur et dramaturge anglais, né à Rehutia, Manickpur (Inde — alors Inde britannique) le 2 novembre 1886, décédé d'une maladie cardiaque à Los Angeles (Californie) le 12 mars 1946.
Au cinéma, il apparaît dans seulement dix-neuf films (le premier, britannique, les autres américains), dont deux muets en 1914 et 1921, puis dix-sept autres à partir de 1933. Ses deux derniers films sortent en 1946, l'année de sa mort. Par ailleurs, un film britannique sorti en 1936 est l'adaptation d'une de ses pièces.
Au moment de son décès, Philip Merivale était marié en secondes noces à l'actrice britannique Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), qu'il avait épousée en 1937 (et aux côtés de laquelle il joua plusieurs pièces, ainsi que le film Âmes rebelles en 1942). En outre, il était le père de l'acteur John Merivale (1917-1990), né d'un premier mariage.
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Philip Merivale
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Partageant sa carrière entre le Royaume-Uni et les États-Unis (où il s'était finalement installé), Philip Merivale est particulièrement actif au théâtre, jouant notamment à Londres et à Broadway (sur les scènes new yorkaises, entre 1910 et 1944). Il est également l'auteur de quelques pièces et coproducteur d'une, créée à Broadway en 1938.Au cinéma, il apparaît dans seulement dix-neuf films (le premier, britannique, les autres américains), dont deux muets en 1914 et 1921, puis dix-sept autres à partir de 1933. Ses deux derniers films sortent en 1946, l'année de sa mort. Par ailleurs, un film britannique sorti en 1936 est l'adaptation d'une de ses pièces.
Au moment de son décès, Philip Merivale était marié en secondes noces à l'actrice britannique Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), qu'il avait épousée en 1937 (et aux côtés de laquelle il joua plusieurs pièces, ainsi que le film Âmes rebelles en 1942). En outre, il était le père de l'acteur John Merivale (1917-1990), né d'un premier mariage.
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The Stranger (1946)
, 1h35Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Konstantin Shayne
Roles Judge Adam Longstreet
Rating72%
In 1946, Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) of the United Nations War Crimes Commission is hunting for Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), a war criminal who has erased all evidence which might identify him, with no clue left to his identity except "a hobby that almost amounts to a mania—clocks."
Sister Kenny (1946)
, 1h56Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi, Gloria Holden
Roles Dr. Brack
Rating71%
In 1911, Elizabeth Kenny (Rosalind Russell) returns from nurse school in Brisbane, Australia to her home in the bush of Queensland with the head doctor at the nearest hospital, Dr. McDonnell (Alexander Knox). She informs him that she will be a bush nurse near her home instead of taking up residency at the hospital 50 miles away; her own personal experiences growing up in the bush made her want to help those not able to get to a hospital. Dr. McDonnell is incredulous, and says she will not last six months in the bush.
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
, 1h32Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair, Florence Bates, Marc Platt, Shelley Winters
Roles Reverend Gerald Lundy
Rating61%
Near the end of the war, a reporter from Life magazine comes to the Music Box Theatre in London to write a story about the music hall that never missed putting on a performance during the Blitz. Stage manager Sam Royce recalls the halcyon days at the beginning of the war: Theatrical impresario May "Tolly" Tolliver is rehearsing her performers when dancer Tommy Lawson comes to audition. Although Tommy is a naturally gifted dancer, he improvises all his steps and consequently, Tolly refuses to hire him. Taking pity on Tommy, Americans Rosalind Bruce and Judy Kane, members of the troupe, teach him their routines, and he wins a part in the show.
Adventure (1945)
, 2h15Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell, Tom Tully, Harry Davenport
Roles Old Ramon Estado
Rating61%
When his ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, Harry Patterson (Clark Gable), a World War II merchant marine boatswain, is cast adrift on a launch with a few of his shipmates. While Harry remains calm in the face of disaster, his friend Mudgin (Thomas Mitchell) prays desperately, promising to avoid women, liquor, and fighting and to donate money to the church if they are saved. Harry finds Mudgin's pleas ridiculous, but no sooner does Mudgin complete his pact with God than a rescue plane appears on the horizon and the men are saved.
Nothing But Trouble (1944)
, 1h9Directed by Sam Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland, Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill, John Warburton
Roles Prince Saul
Rating62%
Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel return to America after ten years of voluntary exile to find jobs. Oliver has worked as a mediocre cook and Stan has served as a butler for many years. Upon their return they find that there is plenty of positions to apply to, unlike when they left ten years earlier.
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
, 1h15Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Veronica Lake, Franchot Tone, John Sutton, Binnie Barnes, Henry Stephenson, Philip Merivale
Roles Sir Leslie Buchanon
Rating57%
The year is 1923 in England and General Hetherton is instructing his grandson Jim to shoot with a rifle. Unfortunately Jim's dog runs in the way and Jim accidentally shoots and kills him. The incident affects Jim deeply and he becomes a pacifist.
This Land Is Mine (1943)
, 1h43Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Kent Smith, George Sanders, Walter Slezak, Una O'Connor
Roles Professor Sorel
Rating74%
People in an unnamed Nazi-occupied country face various ethical dilemmas and react in different ways.
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
, 2h14Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Arno Frey, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart
Rating73%
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda (Brian Donlevy), a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski), but his getaway car is discovered and therefore his planned safe house must reject him. When a woman he doesn't know, named Mascha (Anna Lee), deliberately misdirects German soldiers close to finding him, he seeks her home as an alternative safe house. This turns out to be the home of her father, history professor Stephen Novotny (Walter Brennan), whom the Nazis have banned from teaching. This plan works. But because the assassin now can't be found, the Nazi leaders in Prague decide to create an incentive for him to turn himself in or for others to do so. They arrange–with the help of fifth-columnist Emil Czaka (Gene Lockhart), a wealthy brewer–for 400 citizens, including Professor Novotny, to be executed, forty at a time, until the assassin is named. Through a complex series of events, however, the resistance manages to frame Czaka himself for the murder, but not before the Nazis have executed many of the hostages.
Lost Angel (1943)
, 1h31Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill, Donald Meek
Roles Professor Peter Vincent
Rating71%
The professors of the Institute of Child Psychology raise a foundling baby, whom they name "Alpha", as an experiment to see if a scientific upbringing can create a genius. By the time she is six years old, Alpha can speak Chinese, play chess and the harp, and has studied algebra and the campaigns of Napoleon, among other things.
This Above All (1942)
, 1h58Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Philip Merivale
Roles Dr. Roger Cathaway
Rating65%
Spending leave together on the South Coast during the Battle of Britain and the beginning of the blitz, Clive and Prudence have an affair. Having survived Dunkirk, but having a crisis of conscience over what the war is being fought for and disgusted at the incompetence of the ruling elite, Clive decides not to return to the Army and to go absent without leave.
Crossroads (1942)
, 1h23Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone, Margaret Wycherly, Felix Bressart
Roles Commissaire
Rating66%
In 1935, French Diplomat David Talbot (William Powell) and his bride Lucienne (Hedy Lamarr) are enjoying their third month of marriage in Paris when Talbot is confronted by extortionist Carlos Le Duc (Vladimir Sokoloff) who demands money in exchange for not turning him in to the police.
Lady for a Night (1942)
, 1h27Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Wayne, Joan Blondell, Montagu Love, Ray Middleton, Philip Merivale, Carmel Myers
Roles Stephen Alderson
Rating59%
Social climber Jenny Blake owns of the casino steam boat Memphis Belle, together with the influential Jack Morgan. Most of the customers are from the upper layers of the city's social life, but they have little respect for Jenny and her - in their opinion - vulgar occupation.
Pacific Blackout (1941)
, 1h16Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Robert Preston, Martha O' Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Eva Gabor, Louis Jean Heydt, Thurston Hall
Roles John Runnell
Rating70%
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
, 1h35Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, Lucile Watson
Roles Mr. Custler
Rating62%
Ann (Carole Lombard) and David Smith (Robert Montgomery) are a married couple living in New York who, though happy, often have fights that last for days before they lovingly reconcile. One morning, Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her disappointment, although he is very happy with her now and wouldn't marry someone else, he answers that he would not. Later that day, Harry Deever (Charles Halton), an Idaho county official informs David that due to a jurisdictional mishap, their three-year-old marriage license from Idaho is not valid. Since Deever is a family acquaintance of Ann's from Idaho, he stops by their apartment to tell Ann and her mother (Esther Dale) the same thing. Ann does not mention this to David, and thinks he will remarry her that very night, as he just invited her out to a romantic dinner at the fancy restaurant they ate at before they were married. When they arrive at the restaurant, however, they realize that the restaurant has turned into a seedy joint, and they head home. When Ann feels she has given David long enough to propose and leave to get married, she confronts him and accuses him of not wanting to marry her again. While David protests and says he was going to ask her shortly, Ann dismisses that and kicks him out of their apartment.
Rage in Heaven (1941)
, 1h25Directed by Richard Thorpe, W. S. Van Dyke, Robert B. Sinclair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Lucile Watson, Oskar Homolka, Philip Merivale
Roles Mr. Higgins
Rating62%
The film opens with the following quote: "Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned." which is incorrectly attributed to Milton (quote is from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride).