Sir John Martin-Harvey now appearing in "The Only Way"

Series

Series Name

Around The Town

Issue

Issue No.

105

Date Released

1 Dec 1921

Length of issue (in feet)

750

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1At Home with Gregory Brown, the famous poster artist
2. 2The Jolly Dutch Girl
3. 3H. Grindell-Matthews, inventor of the new speaking and musical film
4. 4Fashions of All Nations
5. 5Sir John Martin-Harvey now appearing in "The Only Way"
6. 6We are all trying to economise these days, even the fair-sex have gone as far as to go without stockings, and now paint their legs instead ...

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

Summary - Sir John Martin Harvey screen interview from the Lyceum Theatre, London.
NoS synopsis: ‘Sir John Martin-Harvey now appearing in "The Only Way"' intertitle with a cartoon of a man standing before a gallows with a crowd underneath. ‘This play was first produced in 1899 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, with Martin-Harvey in the character of Sydney Carton, which part he has now played several thousand times in all parts of the world -'. Close up of Martin-Harvey dressed in a three piece suit in front of a black curtain. He turns his head slowly then looks right and smiles. ‘Two of his well-known character studies - Sydney Carton in "THE ONLY WAY"; and "THE BURGOMASTER OF STILEMONDE".' Martin-Harvey sits draped in a chair wearing 17th century dress. He pours a liquid from a bottle into a glass on the table amidst scattered papers. He drinks then takes up a quill and writes. Dissolve to the same chair and table, but now the actor is in modern dress with a hat and beard. He looks closely at a basket of fruit. He takes a bunch of grapes, stands and then takes another. He eats a grape, then puts the bunch back.

Researcher Comments

NoS - Sir John Martin-Harvey was born in 1863, the son of an Essex yacht-builder. His biggest success was in the play featured here, which was first produced in 1899 at the Lyceum Theatre. It was adapted from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. Martin-Harvey’s wife also starred in the play, the music for which was written by Hamilton Clarke.

Keywords

Performing arts

Locations

London; England

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   8 December 1921, p58.
Viewing Copy - bfi   Used for Synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Around the Town Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

126

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