Lupino Lane

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Lupino Lane , born Henry William George Lupino , as a director also under the pseudonym Henry W. George (born June 16, 1892 in London , United Kingdom ; † November 10, 1959 ibid), was a British stage comedian and actor in the British like American film. He has also directed several films, written the scripts and occasionally produced these films.

Live and act

Henry William George Lupino, who came from a dynasty of harlequins and clowns, was already on stage as a child. He made his first appearance at the age of four as "Nipper Lane" - the pseudonym Lane goes back to the name of his acting great aunt Sara Lane - at the Prince of Wales Theater in his hometown of London. Later Lupino, who soon called himself Lupino Lane, was also seen at the Pavilion Theater, the Hippodrome, the Palace Theater and The Empire. Guest performances led him a. a. to Paris , Canada and New York City , where he first appeared in the fall of 1920 at the New York Century Theater (in the play Afgar ). In the winter of 1923/1924, the wiry, short Brit filmed in Hollywood and Berlin ( DW Griffiths Isn't life wonderful? ), The following spring he returned to Broadway and performed in the Ziegfeld Follies at the New Amsterdam Theater.

Lane celebrated his greatest stage successes as a variety artist, in musical comedy and as a pantomime. His harlequinads, which he repeatedly performed in the film, became celebrated examples of clownish, contorted, acrobatic comedy. Lupino Lane celebrated its greatest success from 1937 as Bill Snibson in the comedy musical Me and My Girl at London's Victoria Palace, in which Lane created the Lambeth Walk , which in the British Isles soon became the fashion dance of the last years before the Second World War should develop. A total of 1550 times he appeared en suite in this role that was to become that of his life. Lane ended his screen career in 1938 with the filming of this stage classic and of course took on the role of Snibson this time too. Lane then concentrated fully on the stage again, after the war, when he acquired the war ruins of London's Gaiety Theater in 1946 and wanted to stage plays there (which failed due to the impossibility of funding), with extremely little success. Most recently, in the 1950s, Lane also went on short trips to television and radio.

Familiar

Lupino Lane, who had been married to actress Violet Blythe (1892-1983) since February 1917, was the cousin of stage actors Barry Lupino (1884-1962) and Stanley Lupino (1893-1942) and Ida Lupino's uncle .

Filmography

as an actor, unless otherwise stated

  • 1915: His Cooling Courtship
  • 1915: The Man in Possession
  • 1915: Nipper's Busy Holiday
  • 1915: Nipper and the Curate
  • 1916: Nipper's Busy Bee Time (also production)
  • 1916: A Wife in a Hurry
  • 1916: The Dummy
  • 1917: The Missing Link
  • 1918: The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Unexpected Treasure
  • 1918: His Busy Day
  • 1918: His Salad Days
  • 1918: Love and Lobster
  • 1919: A Dreamland Frolic
  • 1919: Clarence, Crooks and Chivalry (also production)
  • 1920: A Lot About Lottery
  • 1920: A Night Out and a Day In
  • 1922: The Broker
  • 1922: The Reporter
  • 1923: A Friendly Husband
  • 1924: Isn't Life Wonderful? (Isn't Life Wonderful)
  • 1925: The Fighting Dude (short film)
  • 1927: Movieland (short film)
  • 1928: Hectic Days (short film)
  • 1929: The Show of Shows
  • 1929: The Love Parade (The Love Parade)
  • 1930: Bride of the Regiment
  • 1930: Golden Dawn
  • 1930: The Yellow Mask
  • 1931: Never Trouble Trouble (also direction and production)
  • 1931: No Lady (also director)
  • 1931: Love Lies (also director, co-script)
  • 1931: The Love Race (also co-director)
  • 1932: The Innocents of Chicago (director only, co-script)
  • 1932: The Maid of the Mountains (also director, co-script)
  • 1932: Old Spanish Customers (director only)
  • 1933: Letting in the Sunshine (only direction)
  • 1933: My Old Duchess (director only)
  • 1933: A Southern Maid
  • 1934: Who's Your Father? (also co-produced, co-written, and directed as Henry W. George)
  • 1935: The Deputy Drummer (also directed as Henry W. George)
  • 1935: Trust the Navy (also directed as Henry W. George)
  • 1936: Hot News
  • 1938: The Lambeth Walk
  • 1939: Me and My Girl (TV film, also director)

literature

  • Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. Revised by Fred Klein and Ronald Dean Nolen. New York 2001, p. 786

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personal data
SURNAME Lane, Lupino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lupino, Henry William George (maiden name); George, Henry W. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British stage comedian and actor in British and US films
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1959
Place of death London , UK