Daphne Courtney Movies
- 1948
This French WW II film chronicles the invasion of France by scores of English paratroopers who have come to bedevil the Nazi troops before D-Day. Much of the story centers on the preparation of the troops and upon the planning of the invasion. The rest follows the paratroopers as they team-up with French fighters and fulfill their missions. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pierre Blanchar
- 1946
Le Batailon du Ciel (Sky Batallion) is a monumental undertaking, especially for the financially strapped postwar French film industry. Running nearly three hours, the film is a meticulous re-creation of but one aspect of the 1944 Normandy Invasion. Director Alexander Esway concentrates on the French paratroopers who participated in the invasion, with several of the actual battalion members appearing in minor roles. Throughout, the acting and direction is realistic, arguably even more so than in the larger-scale D-Day epic The Longest Day. Le Batailon du Ciel was filmed with the joint cooperation of the French Army and Britain's RAF. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Janine Crispin, Daphne Courtney, (more)
- 1936
Popular British stage and screen actor Percy Marmont served as director of the 1936 mystery The Captain's Table. Marmont plays a passenger on a luxury liner who falls under suspicion when another passenger is murdered. With no authorities on board, Marmont is forced to prove his innocence on his own. He is aided by lowly ship's steward Mark Daly, who as luck would have it is an incognito detective. Running less than an hour, The Captain's Table effectively filled many a double-feature lower berth when it was distributed by MGM British. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1935
Leslie Henson stars as Lord Pye, a pompous member in good standing of his local Purity League. Lord Pye would not be so complacently puritanical if he knew that his stepdaughter Benita (Frances Day), whom he has never met, is a saucy cabaret dancer. Briefly stranded in London when he misses his train, His Lordship wanders into the very nitery where his stepdaughter is performing. Still unaware of Benita's identity, he loosens up and begins outrageously (but harmlessly) flirting with the girl. Meanwhile, the new Lady Pye (Marie Lohr), Benita's mother, shows up in London unannounced to visit her daughter. Oh Daddy, indeed! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leslie Henson, Frances Day, (more)
- 1934
The father in Father and Son is played by Edmund Gwenn; the son is played by Esmond Knight. Dad is an ex-convict who, once sprung, seemingly can't shake his larcenous instincts. The son gallantly shoulders the blame for the father's latest misdeed. All is well when it turns out that Dad was innocent all along. Father and Son was based on Barber John's Boy, a novel by Ben Ames Williams (of Leave Her to Heaven fame). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1933
In this comedy, a chimney sweep is swept into a political campaign and finds himself not only supporting the Labour Party, but also running against the elitist incumbent. When the sweep's son falls for the opposition's daughter, trouble ensues, but the sweep wins anyway. Later he realizes that he is not cut out for the job and backs out. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
