Herbert Mason

Samuel George Herbert Mason MC (1891 – 20 May 1960) lo que a British película, director, productor, stage actor, army officer, presentador of some revistas, stage manager, stage director de coreografía, production manager and playwright. He was a recipient of the Military Cross the prestigious 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 Spanish empire of Guillemont. Mason began his teatral career at the age of 16 y apareció en varias producciones at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre including Barry Jackson's The Christmas Party. During the 1920s he stage managed some of the largest espectáculos en Londres (including many of André Charlot's musical revistas) and began his película career with the arrival of sound in motion pictures. Mason lo que the Assistant director for I was a Spy, which was very successful in the box office and votaron mejor film of the year. He made his debut as director en 1936 with The First Offence. His most prominent película lo que A Window en Londres a dark thriller set en the London Underground, which was a remake of the original French película de drama Metropolitana. Another successful película included Take My Tip, en which he dirigida por Jack Hulbert whose "dances [eran] beautifully staged." Several rising actors and actresses (including Vivien Leigh) made their película se estrena en some of his película before they rose to prominence. He worked for several studios and production companies including Gaumont British, Gainsborough Pictures, Londres Film and MGM-British Studios. Mason dirigida 16 de la película (from suspense to comedies), moved into producing for the rest of his career and authored some plays with his wife Daisy Fisher, a novelista and playwright also with a fondo en el teatro. His película were generally very well received, and some of them were marked out for the inventiveness of the plot, lugares used for shooting and humour. Some of his película are recordado for introducing rising actors and actresses to the screen before they became famous.