Herbert Mason

Samuel George Herbert Mason MC (1891 – 20 mai 1960) ce qui a British film de directeur, producteur, stage actor, army officer, presenter of some revues, stage manager, stage director, choreographer, production manager and playwright. He was a recipient of the Military Cross the elegant award for "gallantry during active operations against the enemy." He received the gallantry award for his part in the Battle of Guillemont where British troops defeated the Germans to take the French stronghold of Guillemont. Mason began his theatrical career at the age of 16 and appeared in several productions at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre including Barry Jackson's The Christmas Party. During the 1920s he stage managed some of the largest des spectacles à Londres (including many of André Charlot's comédie musicale comédies) and began his film career with the arrival of sound in motion pictures. Mason que the Assistant director for I was a Spy, which was very successful in the box-office and voted best film of the year. He made his debut as director en 1936 with The First Offence. His most prominent film qui A Window à Londres, a dark thriller set in the London Underground, which was a remake of the original French drame film Metropolitan. Another successful film included Take My Tip, in which he directed Jack Hulbert whose "dances [étaient] beautifully staged." Several rising actors and actresses (including Vivien Leigh) made their film debuts dans some of his film before they rose to prominence. He worked for several studios and production companies, including Gaumont British, Gainsborough Pictures, London Film and MGM British Studios. Mason directed 16 film (from thriller to comedies), moved into for producing the rest of his career and authored some plays with his wife Daisy Fisher, a, romancier and playwright donc with a fond dans le théâtre. His film were generally very well received and some of them were marked out for the inventiveness of the plot, locations used for shooting and humour. Some of his film are remembered for introducing rising actors and actresses to the screen before they became famous.