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Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE (15 January 1879 - 14 January 1961) was an English stage and film actor. He is especially well-remembered for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
The grandson of the 1st Lord Chelmsford, Thesiger was born in London, England and was the first cousin once removed of the explorer and author Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), and the nephew of 2nd Lord Chelmsford, who, exactly a week after Ernest's birth, famously led his troops in battle against — and suffered a defeat at the hands of — a Zulu army at the Battle of Isandlwana.
Thesiger attended Marlborough College and the Slade School of Art with aspirations of becoming a painter, but quickly switched to drama, making his professional debut in a production of Colonel Smith in 1909. He enlisted in the armed forces at the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, allegedly hoping to be assigned to a Scottish regiment because he wanted to wear a kilt, but was wounded in the field and sent home. (At a dinner party shortly after his return, someone asked him what it had been like in France, to which he is supposed to have responded "Oh, my dear, the noise! and the people!") In 1917, he married Janette Mary Fernie Ranken (1877-1970), sister of his close friend and fellow Slade graduate William Bruce Ellis Ranken. In her biography of Thesiger's friend, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Hilary Spurling suggests that Thesiger and Janette wed largely out of their mutual adoration of William, who shaved his head when he learned of the engagement. Another source states more explicitly that Thesiger made no secret of his homosexuality.
Actors: Sam Irvin (producer), Stephen P. Jarchow (producer), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Jack Plotnick (actor), Clive Barker (producer), David Millbern (actor), Lolita Davidovich (actress), Ian McKellen (actor), David Dukes (actor), Curtis Harrington (actor), Jack Betts (actor), Brendan Fraser (actor), Jesse Long (actor), Bill Condon (writer), Paul Colichman (producer),
Plot: The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale is homosexual and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
Keywords: 1950s, actor, actress, art, bar, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bartender, based-on-novel, bathroomActor Ernest Thesiger who often plays murderers and madmen is also an expert embroiderer. Lots of good C/Us of Ernest and his craftwork. He has even written books on the subject of embroidery and we see him looking at one of his books in C/U. Another hobby is making pictures from paper (decoupage?) and we see some of these. Ernest shows the camera an ornate beaded creation and an embroidered chair. Lastly a paper model of Queen Elizabeth the I made by Ernest is shown to the camera. Unable to read name of cameraman on title. FILM ID:1289.16 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
In this scene from the 1938 British film 'They Drive by Night', Walter Hoover (Ernest Thesiger), explains to the others in the pub why Shorty Matthews could not be the killer, for the simple reason that of course he is himself
Dr Pretorius opens his magic box Ernest Thesiger vesves Colin Clive in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Directed by James Whale
Bride of Frankenstein movie clips: http://j.mp/1CMO9a7 BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/vf2H4F Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: The Bride of Frankenstein (Elisa Lanchester) rises from the table and walks. She's alive!! FILM DESCRIPTION: This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley's wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary adds tha...
Bride of Frankenstein movie clips: http://j.mp/1CMO9a7 BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/vf2H4F Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) tells The Monster (Boris Karloff) that he can make him a companion. FILM DESCRIPTION: This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley's wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary...
Wilfred Thesiger (2013): The Great Explorer: Writer and explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger was an outspoken expert on the Middle East. In this intimate film, featuring his last ever interview, he discusses the war on terror and the rapidly changing Arab world. For similar stories, see: Does The War On Terror Necessitate Abuses Of Human Rights? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-5p59Pkvy8 What was life really like in Saddam’s Iraq? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuN1AS5-1CY The Iraq War From The Frontline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWXkepwOD2s Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/film/5861/wilfred-thesiger-the-great-explorer Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jo...
Actor Ernest Thesiger who often plays murderers and madmen is also an expert embroiderer. Lots of good C/Us of Ernest and his craftwork. He has even written books on the subject of embroidery and we see him looking at one of his books in C/U. Another hobby is making pictures from paper (decoupage?) and we see some of these. Ernest shows the camera an ornate beaded creation and an embroidered chair. Lastly a paper model of Queen Elizabeth the I made by Ernest is shown to the camera. Unable to read name of cameraman on title. FILM ID:1289.16 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
Compilation of Thesiger's talks recorded by BBC4 with his photographs about his travels in Arbia.
London. Several shots of people carrying cat boxes into a building for the Kensington Kitten and Neuter Cat Club Show. Inside, we see several shots of people taking their cats and kittens out of boxes. The animals are groomed and put into cages. Good shots of extremely cute kittens and cats, including Siamese, Persian and a beautiful little black and white kitten who is examined by a judge. A dark Persian cat sits in a cage with a parrot. A woman sits with her little white Persian cat as an artist draws it. Mrs Gwen Duke, wife of Squadron Leader Neville Duke is mentioned in old record relating to this story. She is not referred to in commentary or text. Cuttings and notes on file. One of the patrons of the Kensington Kitten and Neuter Cat Club was actor Ernest Thesiger. ...
SIR WILFRED THESIGER, last of the great gentleman adventurers, was, in the words of David Attenborough, 'one of the very few people who in our time could be put on the pedestal of the great explorers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.' Born at the British Legation in 1910 in Addis Ababa, Thesiger spent his early years in Abyssinia. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and in 1930, aged twenty, attended the coronation of Haile Selassie at the Emperor's personal invitation. Throughout his life he journeyed through some of the remotest, most dangerous areas of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, witnessing and photographing fast-changing cultures to great acclaim. His many inspiring travels involved explorations in Ethiopia, wartime service with the SOE and the SAS, crossings of the Empt...
Bride of Frankenstein movie clips: http://j.mp/1CMO9a7 BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/vf2H4F Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: When The Monster (Boris Karloff) realizes that his Bride (Elsa Lanchester) hates him like everyone else, he blows up the castle. FILM DESCRIPTION: This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley's wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the...
Host James Day speaks with Ray Bradbury about his career, the importance of fantasizing, his aspirations as a young child, his dislike of college for a writer, his idea of thinking compared to really living, and his love of the library. CUNY TV is proud to re-broadcast newly digitized episodes of DAY AT NIGHT, the popular public television series hosted by the late James Day. Day was a true pioneer of public television: co-founder of KQED in San Francisco, president of WNET upon the merger of National Educational Television (NET) and television station WNDT/Channel 13, and most recently, Chairman of the CUNY TV Advisory Board. The series features fascinating interviews with notable cultural and political figures conducted in the mid 1970's. Tape Date: 1/21/1974 Watch more at http://www...
A reconstruction of Wilfred Thesiger's journeys in the desert. Wilfred Thesiger, author of Arabian Sands, is the last of England's great desert explorers. For five years he shared the life of the Bedouin in Southern Arabia, living and travelling the most desolate and arid desert in the world. The film is a reconstruction of his journeys, and seeks to show Thesiger's love for the desert and the hardship and austerity of the way of life. Made in 1967 this film reflects the cultural attitudes and language of the time it was made. Picture and sound quality of their time. Distributed by Concord Media Website: http://concordmedia.org.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/ConcordMedia Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ConcordMedia59
Actor Ernest Thesiger who often plays murderers and madmen is also an expert embroiderer. Lots of good C/Us of Ernest and his craftwork. He has even written books on the subject of embroidery and we see him looking at one of his books in C/U. Another hobby is making pictures from paper (decoupage?) and we see some of these. Ernest shows the camera an ornate beaded creation and an embroidered chair. Lastly a paper model of Queen Elizabeth the I made by Ernest is shown to the camera. Unable to read name of cameraman on title. FILM ID:1289.16 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
In this scene from the 1938 British film 'They Drive by Night', Walter Hoover (Ernest Thesiger), explains to the others in the pub why Shorty Matthews could not be the killer, for the simple reason that of course he is himself
Dr Pretorius opens his magic box Ernest Thesiger vesves Colin Clive in Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Directed by James Whale
Bride of Frankenstein movie clips: http://j.mp/1CMO9a7 BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/vf2H4F Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: The Bride of Frankenstein (Elisa Lanchester) rises from the table and walks. She's alive!! FILM DESCRIPTION: This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley's wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary adds tha...
Bride of Frankenstein movie clips: http://j.mp/1CMO9a7 BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/vf2H4F Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Dr. Pretorius (Ernest Thesiger) tells The Monster (Boris Karloff) that he can make him a companion. FILM DESCRIPTION: This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley's wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary...
Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger & Kathleen Harrison
The journey into the world of Gods and Monsters comes to it's conclusion. Mike brings you his commentary on the legendary 'Bride of Frankenstein'. Happy Halloween.
The Ghoul (1933) is a British horror film starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, and Ralph Richardson, making his film debut.
An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb. Stars: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
A British horro film from the 30s starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, and Ralph Richardson in his debut.
From: 'Quartet' (1948) Much to Colonel Peregrine's dismay his wife's book of poetry has been published.. Cecil Parker (Colonel George Peregrine) Nora Swinburne (Evie Peregrine) & Linden Travers (Daphne) Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ernest Thesiger, Henry Edwards, Felix Aylmer Directed by Ken Annakin
An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb. Director: T. Hayes Hunter Writers: Rupert Downing (adaptation), Leonard Hines (play), Stars: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
The Old Dark House is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror comedy film directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff. The film is based on the novel Benighted (1927) by J. B. Priestley.] The supporting cast includes Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton and Ernest Thesiger.
The Ghoul is a 1933 British Horror film starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger and Ralph Richardson, whose debut film this was. The plot centres around a Professor (Karloff) who is to be buried with an Egyptian jewel in order to attain eternal life.