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Clifford Mollison
Clifford Lely Mollison (30 March 1897 – 4 June 1986) was a British stage, film and television actor. He made his stage debut in 1913. He was married to the actress Avril Wheatley. His younger brother was the actor Henry Mollison. Mollison acted in the West End on a number of occasions. In 1921 he appeared at the Strand Theatre in Ian Hay's '' A Safety Match''. In 1923 he was in Charles McEvoy's ''The Likes of Her''. In 1925 he starred in the play '' The River'' by Patrick Hastings. In 1953 he appeared in Peter Ustinov's ''The Love of Four Colonels ''The Love of Four Colonels'' is a play by the British writer Peter Ustinov, first performed in 1951. It is a fantasy set around military officers from the four Allied Occupation Powers (American, British, French and Soviet) of postwar Germany. ...''. Filmography References External links * 1897 births 1986 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors Male actors from London 20th-century English ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mollison
Evelyn Henry Mollison (21 February 1905 – 19 July 1985) was a British theatre and film actor. He was the brother of the actor Clifford Mollison. During World War II, he was held as a Prisoner of War for five years by the Nazis, after his ship was captured. During his time in the POW camp, he organized 56 shows for other prisoners. Following the war, he never completely returned to acting. He was married to actresses Jane Welsh from 1932 to 1934 and Lina Basquette from 1937 until their divorce in 1947. Partial filmography * '' Balaclava'' (1928) * ''Knowing Men'' (1930) * '' Third Time Lucky'' (1931) * '' The Face at the Window'' (1932) * ''Letting in the Sunshine'' (1933) * ''Out of the Past'' (1933) * ''Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) * ''Drake of England'' (1935) * ''Sing Me a Love Song'' (1935) * ''McGlusky the Sea Rover'' (1935) * '' Someday'' (1935) * '' The Great Impersonation'' (1935) * '' The Lone Wolf Returns'' (1935) * ''The Music Goes 'Round'' (1936) * ''Caught by Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give Her A Ring
''Give Her a Ring'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Clifford Mollison, Wendy Barrie, and Zelma O'Neal. The film was a remake of the 1932 German film '' Wrong Number, Miss'', and is sometimes known by the title ''Giving You the Stars''. Stewart Granger made an appearance in the film, early in his career. Plot In Copenhagen, a worker in a telephone exchange falls in love with her employer. Cast * Wendy Barrie as Karen Svenson * Clifford Mollison as Paul Hendrick * Zelma O'Neal as Trude Olsen * Bertha Belmore as Miss Hoffman * Erik Rhodes as Otto Brune * Olive Blakeney as Mrs. Brune * Syd Crossley as Gustav * Jimmy Godden as Uncle Rifkin * Richard Hearne as Drunk * Nadine March as Karen's friend * Pat Fitzpatrick as Boy * Stewart Granger Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock Holmes And Doctor Watson
''Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson'' is a television series created by Sheldon Reynolds and based on characters and storylines from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. It starred Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering and Patrick Newell in the title roles of Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson and Inspector Lestrade respectively. The series is considered rather obscure, and was filmed on a relatively low budget in Poland. The series combined adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's source stories with original screenplays that saw Holmes face brand new cases. Before the series finished production, British publisher Grandreams Ltd. prepared a printed, hard-cover volume titled ''Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson Annual'', which adapted the show's storylines in comic book form, with Holmes, Watson and Lestrade drawn to the likenesses of Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering, and Patrick Newell. The volume was eventually released in 1979, even though the series itself was not broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
''Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell'' is a 1974 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Peter Cushing, Shane Briant and David Prowse. Filmed at Elstree Studios in 1972 but not released until 1974, it was the final chapter in the Hammer ''Frankenstein'' saga of films as well as director Fisher's last film. The film was released on U.K. DVD+Blu-ray on 28 April 2014, with all previously censored scenes restored to the film. Plot Baron Victor Frankenstein, having survived the fire at the end of the previous film, lives and works in an insane asylum as a surgeon and is given a number of privileges, as he holds incriminating evidence on Adolf Klauss, the asylum's corrupt and perverted director. Frankenstein, using the alias of Dr. Carl Victor, uses his position to continue his experiments in the creation of man. When Simon Helder, a young doctor and an admirer of Frankenstein's work, arrives as an inmate for the crimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Thy Neighbour (1973 Film)
''Love Thy Neighbour'' is a 1973 British comedy film starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams and Nina Baden-Semper, spun off from the television series ''Love Thy Neighbour''. It also marked the last regular film appearance of James Beck as Cyril, prior to his sudden death on 6 August of that year. Plot Eddie and Joan Booth, a white couple, live next door to Bill and Barbie Reynolds, who are black. Although Joan and Barbie are best friends, Bill and Eddie are complete opposites. Without their husbands' knowledge, Joan and Barbie enter a "Love Thy Neighbour" competition to win a cruise, but must contend with the problem of their antagonistic husbands. To add to the problems, Joan's mother-in-law is coming to stay, and Barbie's father-in-law is coming from Trinidad. Cast * Jack Smethurst as Eddie Booth * Rudolph Walker as Bill Reynolds * Nina Baden-Semper as Barbie Reynolds * Kate Williams as Joan Booth * Bill Fraser as Mr. Granger * Charles Hyatt as Joe Reynold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Your Funeral
''That's Your Funeral'' was a BBC sitcom from 1971 about a North of England funeral director called Basil Bulstrode (Bill Fraser). Storylines used many urban legends about the funeral industry. It was cancelled after one series. A very similar theme was used far more successfully in the ITV sitcom '' In Loving Memory''. Film In 1972, the sitcom was adapted into a film version by Hammer Films. The plot concerns two rival undertakers whose firms are used as fronts for drug smuggling. Directed by John Robins, as well as the usual cast it featured numerous well known actors such as Roy Kinnear, Dennis Price, Sue Lloyd, Richard Wattis, John Ronane and Frank Thornton. However, the film performed poorly at the box office. See also * List of films based on British sitcoms This is a list of theatrically released feature films that are based on British television programmes. Comedy Drama Science fiction Documentary Children's television See also * List of films based on te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh! What A Lovely War
''Oh! What a Lovely War'' is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves. The film is based on the stage musical ''Oh, What a Lovely War!'', originated by Charles Chilton as the radio play ''The Long Long Trail'' in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop in 1963. The title is derived from the music hall song "Oh! It's a Lovely War", which is one of the major numbers in the film. Synopsis ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The V
The V (LG VX9800) is a CDMA smartphone. It was released under Verizon Wireless in 2005. Since then, it has been replaced by the enV (VX9900), enV2 (VX9100) and enV3 (VX9200), which are much slimmer and maintain most of the features of The V, while adding a 2.0-megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth support.''CNET ''CNET'' (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. ''CNET'' originally produced content for radio and televi ...''"LG enV VX9900"/ref> References External links LG VX9800 Product information VX9800 Mobile phones introduced in 2005 {{mobile-phone-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Had A Little
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam * Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. * Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement * Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baby And The Battleship
''The Baby and the Battleship'' is a colour 1956 British comedy film directed by Jay Lewis and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and André Morell. It is based on the 1956 novel by Anthony Thorne with a screenplay by Richard De Roy, Gilbert Hackforth-Jones and Bryan Forbes. The Royal Navy provided much cooperation with sequences filmed aboard HMS ''Birmingham'' and in Malta. Plot When a group of Royal Navy sailors go ashore on leave in Naples, they go to visit an old friend who is a baker. He is the father of 12 daughters and, to his great pride and relief, an infant son. So that one of them can take the eldest daughter out that night, they are required to take the son with them to an outdoor dance. 'Puncher' has a reputation for fighting and drinking and, despite his best efforts to live up to his pledge to reform his behaviour, he is provoked by two sailors from another ship and starts a fight while his friend 'Knocker' is dancing with the eldest daughter. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrooge (1951 Film)
''Scrooge'' (released as ''A Christmas Carol'' in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's ''A Christmas Carol'' (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. The film also features Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman. George Cole stars as the younger Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor; Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin, a role created for the film; Ernest Thesiger as Jacob Marley's undertaker; and Patrick Macnee as the younger Jacob Marley. Michael Hordern plays Jacob Marley's ghost, as well as the older Jacob Marley. Peter Bull serves as narrator, by reading portions of Charles Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film; he also appears on-screen as one of the businessmen talking with Scrooge (at the beginning of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Folly
''Blind Folly'' is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer, and Leslie Perrins. The screenplay concerns a man who inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang. It was made at Walton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.301 Cast * Clifford Mollison as George Bunyard * Lilli Palmer as Valerie * Leslie Perrins as Deverell * William Kendall as Raine * Gus McNaughton as Professor Zozo * Elliott Mason as Aunt Mona * David Horne as Mr Steel * Gertrude Musgrove as Agnes * Roland Culver as Ford * Anthony Holles as Louis * Michael Ripper Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor. He began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he was seldom credited. Along with Michael Gough ... References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
