Alfred Drayton — Actor (5)
Radio Parade of 1935 (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Radio Parade of 1935
director: Arthur B. Woods actor: Will Hay / Helen Chandler
One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not happy. However, when he discovers this he decides to take action and promotes Jimmy, his Head of the Complaints Department, to Programme Director. Jimmy decides that a series of variety spectaculars are what the public want and sets about hiring the acts. But obstacles are put in his way and he discovers that the NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars.
They Knew Mr. Knight (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
They Knew Mr. Knight
director: Norman Walker actor: Mervyn Johns / Nora Swinburne
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
Red Ensign (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Red Ensign
director: Michael Powell actor: Leslie Banks / Carol Goodner
other title: Le Pavillon Rouge / 红船旗
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.