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BAFTA Award For Best British Screenplay
The BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay was a British Academy Film Award from 1954 to 1967. 1950s 1954 '' The Young Lovers'' – George Tabori, Robin Estridge * ''The Divided Heart'' – Jack Whittingham * ''Doctor in the House'' – Nicholas Phipps * '' Hobson's Choice'' – David Lean, Norman Spencer, and Wynyard Browne * ''The Maggie'' – William Rose * '' Monsieur Ripois'' – Hugh Mills and René Clément * ''The Purple Plain'' – Eric Ambler * ''Romeo and Juliet'' – Renato Castellani 1955 '' The Ladykillers'' – William Rose * ''The Constant Husband'' – Sidney Gilliat and Val Valentine * '' The Dam Busters'' – R. C. Sherriff * '' The Deep Blue Sea'' – Terence Rattigan * '' Doctor at Sea'' – Nicholas Phipps and Jack Davies * ''The Night My Number Came Up'' – R. C. Sherriff * ''The Prisoner'' – Bridget Boland * '' Touch and Go'' – William Rose 1956 ''The Man Who Never Was'' – Nigel Balchin * ''The Battle of the River Plate'' – Michael Powell an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The ceremonies were initially held at the flagship Odeon cinema in Leicester Square in London, before being held at the Royal Opera House from 2007 to 2016. Since 2017, the ceremony has been held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The statue awarded to recipients depicts a theatrical mask. The first BAFTA Awards ceremony was held in 1949, and the ceremony was first broadcast on the BBC in 1956 with Vivien Leigh as the host. The ceremony was initially held in April or May; since 2001, it typically takes place in February. History The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell, Laurence Olivier, Emeric Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo And Juliet (1954 Film)
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a 1954 British-Italian film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was directed by Renato Castellani and stars Laurence Harvey as Romeo, Susan Shentall as Juliet, Flora Robson as the Nurse, Mervyn Johns as Friar Laurence, Bill Travers as Benvolio, Sebastian Cabot as Lord Capulet, Ubaldo Zollo as Mercutio, Enzo Fiermonte as Tybalt and John Gielgud as the Chorus. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was named the best foreign film by the National Board of Review, which also named Castellani as best director. Plot summary Cast * Laurence Harvey as Romeo * Susan Shentall as Juliet * Flora Robson as Nurse * Norman Wooland as Paris * Mervyn Johns as Friar Laurence * John Gielgud as Chorus * Bill Travers as Benvolio * Sebastian Cabot as Capulet * Lydia Sherwood as Lady Capulet * Ubaldo Zollo as Mercutio * Enzo Fiermonte as Tybalt * Ennio Flaiano as Prince of Verona * Giulio Garbinetto as Montague * Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Boland
Bridget Boland (13 March 1913 – 19 January 1988) was an Irish-British screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Life Bridget Boland was the daughter of Irish politician John Pius Boland and Eileen Querin Boland ( Moloney). Born in London, Bridget Boland was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton and at Oxford University, where she studied philosophy, politics, and economics, graduating B.A. in 1935. In 1937 she became a film writer. From 1941 to 1946 she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, producing plays for the troops to boost morale from 1943 to 1946. Ronald Hayman, 'Bridget Boland', in K. A. Berney, ed., ''Contemporary British Dramatists'', Gale, 1994, pp. 81-83 Boland reflected on her life and work in 1987: Works Selected filmography * '' Laugh It Off'' (1940) * ''Gaslight'' (1940) * ''Freedom Radio'' (1941) * ''He Found a Star'' (1941) * '' This England'' (1941) * ''Prelude to Fame'' (1950) * '' The Fake'' (1953) * ''The Prisoner'' (1955) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prisoner (1955 Film)
''The Prisoner'' is a 1955 British black and white psychological thriller film directed by Peter Glenville and based on the play by Bridget Boland. The film stars Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins. Although controversial upon release, the film did go on to be nominated for five 1956 British Academy Awards: best film, best actor (for Hawkins and Guinness), best director, and best adapted screenplay. Plot The film is set in post-war years, in an unnamed European country where communist tyranny has recently replaced Nazi tyranny (presumably East Germany), a Cardinal (Alec Guinness) is falsely accused of treason. The Cardinal had withstood torture when he opposed the Nazis, so the regime knows it will not be able to use force to get him to make a false confession. The Interrogator (Jack Hawkins), an old associate of the Cardinal's but now a Communist, is given the task of persuading him to make a public confession. He intends to do it by undermining the Cardinal's certainty in the rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night My Number Came Up
''The Night My Number Came Up'' is a 1955 British supernatural drama film directed by Leslie Norman with the screenplay written by R. C. Sherriff. The plot is based on a real incident in the life of British Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard; his journal was published in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' of 26 May 1951. The film stars Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim and Alexander Knox. This was Sim's final film before her retirement from acting. Plot A senior Royal Air Force officer is at a dinner party in Hong Kong at which one of those present, a naval commander, talks about a dream he had in which the air marshal and seven companions were flying in a Dakota which crashed on a rocky shore. The air marshal is due to fly to Tokyo the following day, but is not disturbed because many of the details differ from his planned voyage, including that a different aircraft is scheduled: a Consolidated Liberator. However, when problems ground the planned aircraft, it is replaced by a Douglas Dakota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davies (screenwriter)
John Bernard Henry Leslie Davies (25 November 1913 – 22 June 1994) was an English screenwriter with 49 writing credits to his name as well as the 12 episodes of ''The Pickwick Papers'' 1985 TV series. He was an associate producer for two of those credits, ''Crooks Anonymous'' and ''Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'', receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay on the latter. He was an assistant editor for the television film ''Dracula'' in 1974, and also an editor for ''Sheba, Baby'' in 1975. Three of his films were also books he wrote or co-wrote: ''Monte Carlo or Bust!'', ''Paper Tiger'', and ''North Sea Hijack''. Personal life Davies was married to Dorothy Holding from 12 June 1937 until his death on 22 June 1994. They had two children, John Howard Davies and his younger brother Legh. Filmography (As writer, except where indicated.) Films * ''Love at Second Sight'' (also known as ''The Girl Thief'') (1934) * '' Mister Cinders'' (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor At Sea (film)
''Doctor at Sea'' is a 1955 British comedy film, directed by Ralph Thomas, produced by Betty E. Box, and based on Richard Gordon's 1953 novel of the same name. This was the second of seven films in the ''Doctor'' series, following the hugely popular ''Doctor in the House'' from the previous year. Once again, Richard Gordon participated in the screenwriting, together with Nicholas Phipps and Jack Davies, and once again Dirk Bogarde played the lead character Dr Simon Sparrow. The cast also includes James Robertson Justice and Joan Sims from the first film, but this time playing different characters. This was Brigitte Bardot's first English-speaking film. Plot To escape his employers' daughter, who has amorous designs on him, Dr. Simon Sparrow (Bogarde) signs on as medical officer on a cargo ship, "SS ''Lotus''". The ship is commanded by the hot-tempered and authoritarian Captain Wentworth Hogg. Sparrow overcomes initial seasickness and settles into life on board. After arriving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Rattigan
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background.Geoffrey Wansell. ''Terence Rattigan'' (London: Fourth Estate, 1995); He wrote ''The Winslow Boy'' (1946), '' The Browning Version'' (1948), '' The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and ''Separate Tables'' (1954), among many others. A troubled homosexual who saw himself as an outsider, Rattigan wrote a number of plays which centred on issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships, or a world of repression and reticence. Early life Terence Rattigan was born in 1911 in South Kensington,Wansell, p. 13. London, of Irish extraction. He had an elder brother, Brian. They were the grandsons of Sir William Henry Rattigan, a notable India-based jurist and later a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for North-East Lanarkshire. His father was Frank Rattigan CMG, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deep Blue Sea (1955 Film)
''The Deep Blue Sea'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Vivien Leigh and Kenneth More, and produced by London Films and released by Twentieth Century Fox. The picture was based on the 1952 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. The movie tells the story of a woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaving her husband for a younger and more ardent lover. Production Kenneth More was the only key member of the original cast (who had also appeared in a BBC Television version in 1954) to be hired for the film, as Alexander Korda wanted to use names that were more recognisable to movie goers. More always felt this was a mistake, particularly the casting of Vivien Leigh rather than Peggy Ashcroft. More did not enjoy filming, feeling that the use of CinemaScope and changes made to the original play detracted from the intimacy of the story. He also felt he had poor chemistry with Leigh. Currently unavailable on DVD, the film was given a rare scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dam Busters (film)
''The Dam Busters'' is a 1955 British epic war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. It was directed by Michael Anderson. The film recreates the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe dams in Nazi Germany with Barnes Wallis's ''bouncing bomb''. The film was based on the books '' The Dam Busters'' (1951) by Paul Brickhill and '' Enemy Coast Ahead'' (1946) by Guy Gibson. The film's reflective last minutes convey the poignant mix of emotions felt by the characters – triumph over striking a successful blow against the enemy's industrial base is tempered by the sobering knowledge that many died in the process of delivering it. The film was widely praised and became the most popular motion picture at British cinemas in 1955. In 1999, the British Film Institute voted ''The Dam Busters'' the 68th greatest British film of the 20th century. Its depiction of the raid, along with a similar sequence in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Valentine
Val Valentine (1895–1971) was a British screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' The Vagabond Queen'' (1929) * ''Alf's Carpet'' (1929) * ''Elstree Calling'' (1930) * ''Why Sailors Leave Home'' (1930) * '' The Rocket Bus'' (1930) * ''The Compulsory Husband'' (1930) * ''The Yellow Mask'' (1930) * '' Almost a Honeymoon'' (1930) * ''Compromising Daphne'' (1930) * ''Song of Soho'' (1930) * '' Old Soldiers Never Die'' (1931) * ''The Love Habit'' (1931) * ''The Wife's Family'' (1931) * ''Poor Old Bill'' (1931) * ''Rich and Strange'' (1931) * ''Kiss Me Sergeant'' (1932) * ''Pyjamas Preferred'' (1932) * '' Get That Venus'' (1933) * ''Captain Bill'' (1936) * ''The Girl in the Taxi'' (1937) * ''Feather Your Nest'' (1937) * '' Cafe Colette'' (1937) * '' Keep Smiling'' (1938) * ''The High Command'' (1938) * '' Come on George!'' (1939) * ''Shipyard Sally'' (1939) * ''Gasbags'' (1941) * '' Waterloo Road'' (1945) * ''I'll Be Your Sweetheart'' (1945) * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) * ''This Was a W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Gilliat
Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was the son of George Gilliat, editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from 1928 to 1933. Sidney was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and ''Night Train to Munich'' (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama ''Millions Like Us'' (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with ''The Rake's Progress'', which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including ''Green for Danger'' (1946), '' London Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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