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Anthony Nelson Keys
Anthony Nelson Keys (13 November 1911 – 19 March 1985) was a British film producer, best known of his work with Hammer Film Productions. His father was Nelson Keys and his brother John Paddy Carstairs. at Select Filmography *'''' (1957) *'''' (1957) *'' |
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve classic horror characters such as Baron Victor Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and the Mummy, which Hammer reintroduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies, as well as, in later years, television series. During its most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution and considerable financial success. This success was, in part, due to its distribution partnerships with American companies United Artists, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, American International Pictures and Seven Arts Productions as well as fellow European fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Keys
Nelson Keys (7 April 1886 in London, England – 26 April 1939 in London) was a British stage and film actor, a star in musical comedy and stage revue, including the 1924 ''Ziegfeld Follies''. He was the father of film producer Anthony Nelson Keys and director John Paddy Carstairs John Paddy Carstairs (born John Keys; 11 May 1910, in London – 12 December 1970, in London) was a British film director (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter. He was also a comic novelist and ..., who wrote his biography, ''Bunch'' in 1941. Filmography References External links * 1886 births 1939 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male silent film actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paddy Carstairs
John Paddy Carstairs (born John Keys; 11 May 1910, in London – 12 December 1970, in London) was a British film director (1933–62) and television director (1962–64), usually of light-hearted subject matter. He was also a comic novelist and Painting, painter. Biography The son of actor Nelson Keys, Carstairs changed his name in order to avoid the appearance of nepotism. He directed 37 films in total. He had a long association with the character of Simon Templar (the character's creator, Leslie Charteris, dedicated the 1963 book, ''The Saint in the Sun'' to Carstairs). Aside from directing the 1939 ''Saint'' film, ''The Saint in London'', he also directed two episodes of ''The Saint (TV series), The Saint'' in the 1960s, making him the only individual (other than Charteris himself) to be connected to both the Hollywood film and British series of ''The Saint''. Carstairs directed many British comedies including many of Norman Wisdom's films. Death Carstairs died of heart att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BFI Screenonline
Screenonline is a website about the history of British film, television and social history as documented by film and television. The project has been developed by the British Film Institute and funded by a £1.2 million grant from the National Lottery New Opportunities Fund The National Lottery Community Fund, legally named the Big Lottery Fund, is a non-departmental public body responsible for distributing funds raised by the National Lottery for "good causes". Since 2004 it has awarded over £9 billion to .... Reviews featured on the site are usually of significant film or television topics, including production companies, films and television programmes. The site also offers downloads of clips or full episodes of television programmes, although these are only viewable in registered libraries and educational institutions. References External links * website Film organisations in the United Kingdom Film archives in the United Kingdom British Film Institute Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curse Of Frankenstein
''The Curse of Frankenstein'' is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, loosely based on the 1818 novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus '' by Mary Shelley. It was Hammer's first colour horror film, and the first of their ''Frankenstein'' series. Its worldwide success led to several sequels, and it was also followed by new versions of ''Dracula'' (1958) and ''The Mummy'' (1959), establishing "Hammer Horror" as a distinctive brand of Gothic cinema.Sinclair McKay (2007)'' A Thing of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films'' The film was directed by Terence Fisher and stars Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee as the Creature, with Hazel Court and Robert Urquhart. Professor Patricia MacCormack called it the "first really gory horror film, showing blood and guts in colour". Plot In 19th century Switzerland, Baron Victor Frankenstein is awaiting execution for the murder of his maid Justine. He tells the story of his life to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quatermass 2
''Quatermass 2'' (retitled ''Enemy From Space'' in the United States and Canada) is a 1957 black-and-white British science fiction horror film drama from Hammer Film Productions. It was originally released in the UK as ''Quatermass II'' and was produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, and stars Brian Donlevy with co-stars John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, Vera Day, and William Franklyn. ''Quatermass 2'' is a sequel to Hammer's earlier film ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' (1955). Like its predecessor, it is based on the BBC Television serial ''Quatermass II'' written by Nigel Kneale. Brian Donlevy reprises his role as the eponymous Professor Bernard Quatermass, making him the only actor to play the character twice in a film. It is considered as the first film sequel to use the ‘2’ / ‘II’ suffix within the title. The film's story concerns Quatermass's investigation of reports of hundreds of meteorites landing only in the Winnerden Flats area of the UK. His i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steel Bayonet
''The Steel Bayonet'' is a 1957 British war film directed by Michael Carreras and starring Leo Genn, Kieron Moore and Michael Medwin. Michael Caine also had a small role in the film, early in his career. It is set during the Second World War, in the Tunisian desert when a small British observation force are surrounded in a farm by overwhelming forces of the German Afrika Korps. Filming took place on Salisbury Plain, which doubled for North Africa. Plot ''Tunisia 1943'' As the North African Campaign draws to a close, and the German and Italian forces are being pushed back on Tunis, a company of British Infantry are tasked with holding a small Arab farm against an expected last-ditch counter-attack; the farm's water tower will be used as an observation point by a few Royal Artillery spotters. To defend the farm British Lt. Colonel Derry picks a company led by Major Alan Gerrard; these men have been in the thick of the fighting around Tunis and are greatly reduced in number (desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Of Dracula
''Dracula'' is a 1958 British gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the film also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. In the United States, the film was retitled ''Horror of Dracula'' to avoid confusion with the U.S. original by Universal Pictures, 1931's ''Dracula''. Production began at Bray Studios on 17 November 1957 with an investment of £81,000.* As Count Dracula, Lee fixed the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture. Christopher Frayling writes, "''Dracula'' introduced fangs, red contact lenses, décolletage, ready-prepared wooden stakes and – in the celebrated credits sequence – blood being spattered from off-screen over the Count's coffin." Lee also introduced a dark, brooding sexuality to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenge Of Frankenstein
''The Revenge of Frankenstein'' is a 1958 Technicolor British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film stars Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews (actor), Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn and Eunice Gayson. In the United States, it was released in June, 1958 with ''Night of the Demon, Curse of the Demon'' on the lower half of the double bill. ''The Revenge of Frankenstein'' was a sequel to ''The Curse of Frankenstein'', the studio's 1957 adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel ''Frankenstein, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' and the second instalment in Frankenstein (Hammer film series), their ''Frankenstein'' series. Plot In 1860, Baron Victor Frankenstein, sentenced to death, escapes execution by the guillotine by having a priest beheaded and buried in his place with the aid of a hunchback named Karl. Three years later, Victor, now going by the alias Doctor Stein, has become a successful physician in Carlsbrück, catering to the weal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates Of Blood River
''The Pirates of Blood River'' is a 1962 British adventure film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed. Plot While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standing (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche ( Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there. Cast * Kerwin Mathews ... Jonathon Standing * Glenn Corbett ... Henry * Christopher Lee ... Captain LaRoche * Peter Arne ... Hench, a pirate * Marla Landi ... Bess Standing * Desmond Llewelyn ... Tom Blackthorne * Oliver Reed ... Brocaire, a pirate * Andrew Keir ... Jason Standing * Michael Ripper ... Mack, a pirate * David Lodge ... Smith * Dennis Waterman ... Timothy Blackthorne * Jack Stewart ... Godfrey Mason * Marie Devereux as Maggie * Lorraine Clewes ... Martha Blackthorne * Jerold Wells Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 – 19 July 1999) was an English actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Ship Pirates
''The Devil-Ship Pirates'' is a 1964 British pirate adventure film directed by Don Sharp. The film was the first of several collaborations between Don Sharp and star Christopher Lee. Plot A pirate ship, involved in 1588 battles on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers extensive damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated. The Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumours and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt. Cast * Christopher Lee as Captain Robeles * Andrew Keir as Tom * John Cairney as Harry * Duncan Lamont as The Bosun * Michael Ripper as Pepe * Ernest Clark as Sir Basil * Barry Warren as Manuel * Suzan Farmer as Angela * Natasha Pyne as Jane * Annette Whiteley as Meg * Charles Houston as Antonio * Philip Latham as Miller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil Rides Out (film)
''The Devil Rides Out'', known as ''The Devil's Bride'' in the United States, is a 1968 British horror film, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley. It was written by Richard Matheson and directed by Terence Fisher. The film stars Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Niké Arrighi and Leon Greene. It is considered one of Terence Fisher's best films. It is the final film to be produced by Seven Arts Productions after the company was merged with Warner Bros. to become Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on July 15, 1967. Plot Set in London and the south of England in 1929, the story finds erudite Nicholas, Duc de Richleau (Christopher Lee), investigating the strange actions of his protegé, the son of a late friend, Simon Aron (Patrick Mower), who has a house replete with strange markings and a pentagram. He quickly deduces that Simon is involved with the occult. De Richleau and his friend Rex Van Ryn (Leon Greene) manage to rescue Simon and another young initiate, Tani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
