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David Grant (producer)
David Hamilton Grant (born Willis Andrew Holt; 1939–1991) was an English porn producer during the late 1960s and 1970s. Biography Willis Andrew Holt was born in Uxbridge in 1939. He changed his name by Deed Poll on the 22 January 1982 to David Hamilton Grant. David Grant first film was ''Love Variations'' (1969) a sex education film that was based on a ‘marriage manual’ Grant had photographed/published a year earlier. Grant's sex film empire grew in the 1970s, he opened up a number of adult cinemas, the first being 'The Pigalle' in 1974, distributed foreign sex films through his "Oppidan" company, and produced his own featurette length British sex comedies ('' Girls Come First'', ''The Office Party'', '' Under the Bed'') He also produced ''Snow White and the Seven Perverts'' (1973), a pornographic animated short parodying ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. Grant's featurettes were often released on the lower half of cinema double-bills with popular European sex films in or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Briggs (actor)
John Ernest Briggs (5 September 1935 – 28 February 2021) was an English actor. He was known for his role as Mike Baldwin in the soap opera '' Coronation Street'', in which he appeared from 1976 to 2006. Early life Briggs was born in Battersea, south-west London, on 5 September 1935. His father was a master carpenter. He was evacuated from London during the Blitz campaign of World War II. He was awarded a scholarship to train at the Italia Conti Academy stage school when he was 12 years old. There, he learned alongside Millicent Martin, Nanette Newman and Anthony Newley. Career One of Briggs' first acting roles was in '' Quartet'' (1948), alongside George Cole. Briggs also worked as a stagehand at the Windmill Theatre, before completing two years of national service with the Royal Tank Regiment in Germany. Upon his return to acting in 1955, Briggs worked in theatre and made his television debut in ''The Younger Generation'' with John Thaw. He featured in the police dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last House On The Left (1972 Film)
''The Last House on the Left'' is a 1972 American exploitation horror film written and directed by Wes Craven in his directorial debut and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. It stars Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, and David Hess. The film is about Mari Collingwood, a hippie teenager who gets abducted, raped, and tortured by a fugitive family on her seventeenth birthday. When they unwittingly seek refuge in her home, the killers face the vengeance of her parents. The film was controversial upon release for its marketing—with a tagline "Can a movie go too far?," advertising its violence. Craven based the film on a Swedish film, ''The Virgin Spring'' (1960), directed by Ingmar Bergman, which in turn is an adaptation of a Swedish ballad, " Töres döttrar i Wänge." Craven developed the film with producer Sean S. Cunningham after working with him on ''Together'' (1971) and once the filmmakers obtained small funding from Hallmark Releasing to make another feature film. Craven wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Succubus (film)
''Succubus'' (german: Necronomicon – Geträumte Sünden, lit=Necronomicon – Dreamt Sins) is a 1968 West German horror film directed by Jesús Franco and starring Janine Reynaud, Jack Taylor, Adrian Hoven, and Michel Lemoine. It follows Lorna Green, a performer at a Lisbon nightclub who performs fictionalized acts that involve erotically charged sadomasochistic murders. As she begins to suffer violent, surreal nightmares, it is suggested that Lorna may be under mind control by a man who may be Satan incarnate. ''Succubus'' was Franco's first film made entirely outside of Spain. During production, the German backers for the film fell out, leading to the producer contacting Pier A. Caminnecci to finance the film. The film was released in West Germany in April 1968, and was subsequently acquired by American International Pictures, who distributed it in the United States beginning in April 1969. Plot In Lisbon, Lorna Green works as a nightclub dancer who performs sadomasochistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great McGonagall (film)
''The Great McGonagall'' is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Spike Milligan in the title role, Peter Sellers as Queen Victoria and Julia Foster as Mrs McGonagall. It is a humorous biopic of the Scottish poet William McGonagall that includes several of McGonagall's actual poems, his appearing in the title role of ''Macbeth'' and his "improvement" of the Bard's plot, his pilgrimage to Balmoral Castle, the attempted assassination of Queen Victoria by Roderick McLean and a tribute to McGonagall from Lt Frederick Rollo of the Royal Scots in Zululand. Principal cast * Spike Milligan – William McGonagall * Peter Sellers – Queen Victoria * Julia Foster – Mrs. McGonagall * John Bluthal * Victor Spinetti * Valentine Dyall * Clifton Jones * Julian Chagrin * Charlie Young Atom Production On the DVD commentary Joseph McGrath recounted the film was made in three weeks at Wilton's Music Hall in London, including one week of rehearsal. Peter Sellers w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Over-Amorous Artist
''The Over-Amorous Artist'', re-released in 1975 as ''Just One More Time'', is a 1974 British sex comedy short film, directed by Maurice Hamblin and starring John Hamill, Sue Longhurst and Hilary Pritchard. It was followed by two sequels, ''Girls Come First'' (1975) and ''Under the Bed'' (1977), which also starred Hamill in the role of Alan Street. Plot While his beautiful wife Sue (Sue Longhurst) is at work, Alan Street (John Hamill), a budding portrait artist, has to fend off the advances of his sex crazed female neighbours, including Bev (Hilary Pritchard), a middle-aged nymphomaniac, Carole (Claire Russell), a hippie girl, and married woman Fran (Geraldine Hart) and her daughter Barbara (Felicity Devonshire), Alan and Sue's babysitter. Cast * John Hamill ... Alan Street * Sue Longhurst ... Sue Street * John Bluthal ... Indian Salesman * Hilary Pritchard ... Bev * Claire Russell ... Carole * Felicity Devonshire ... Barbara * Geraldine Hart ... Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of A Door-to-Door Salesman
''Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman'' is a 1973 sex comedy film directed by Wolf Rilla.European Nightmares: Horror Cinema in Europe Since 1945' (2012). Columbia University Press. p. 65. Also known as ''Naughty Wives''. Plot The film is about a young man who gets a job as a vacuum salesman and finds that he has to fight off advances from female customers. Cast * Brendan Price – David Clyde * Sue Longhurst – Penny *Felicity Devonshire – Susanne *Victoria Burgoyne – Sally Cockburn *Graham Stark - Charlie Vincent *Chic Murray – Policeman *Bernard Spear Bernard Spear (11 September 1919 – 9 May 2003) was an English actor. Early life Spear was born on 11 September 1919 in Croydon, Surrey, to a Polish-Jewish father and a Russian-Jewish mother. He was educated at Central Federation School in ... - Jake Tripper *Jean Harrington – Martina *Steve Patterson – Anthony Clyde *Jacqueline Logan – Mrs. Donovan *Elizabeth Romilly – Nancy *Jan Servais – Jane *Jacque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au Pair Girls
''Au Pair Girls'' is a 1972 British sex comedy film directed by Val Guest. It stars Gabrielle Drake, Astrid Frank, Me Me Lai and Nancie Wait. Part of the British 1970s softcore sex comedy genre, the film also includes appearances by mainstream actors Trevor Bannister, Richard O'Sullivan, John Le Mesurier, Ferdy Mayne, Geoffrey Bayldon and Johnny Briggs. A sequel, ''Glamour Incorporated'', was also to have been directed by Guest but was never produced. Plot Four young female au pairs are seen arriving at Heathrow Airport. They are then taken to the offices of the Overseas Employment Agency in London, which has arranged placements for them. Anita Sector is assigned to Mr and Mrs Anderson. She does not prove popular with Mr Anderson as she manages to flood the house while taking a shower and then disappears on a date with Malcolm, a man who preyed on her at the airport. They visit a casino where Anita meets Sheik El Abab and disappears with him after Malcolm loses money at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Killing
Contract killing is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or persons. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of payment, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be a person, group, or organization. Contract killing has been associated with organized crime, government conspiracies, dictatorships, and vendettas. For example, in the United States, the Jewish-American organized crime gang Murder, Inc. committed hundreds of murders on behalf of the National Crime Syndicate during the 1930s and '40s. Contract killing provides the hiring party with the advantage of not having to carry out the actual killing, making it more difficult for law enforcement to connect the hirer with the murder. The likelihood that authorities will establish that party's guilt for the committed crime, especially due to lack of forensic evidence linked to the contracting party, makes the case more difficult to attribute to the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Robertson
Geoffrey Ronald Robertson (born 30 September 1946) is a human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship." 'Struggle for justice is theme of my life': Geoffrey Robertson QC takes Australia Day honour" by Ellen Whinnett, '''', 26 January 2018 Robertson is a founder and joint head of |
Nightmare (1981)
''Nightmare'' is a 1981 American psychological slasher film written and directed by Romano Scavolini, and starring Baird Stafford and Sharon Smith. Its plot follows a deranged man who, after undergoing an experimental medical procedure, is released from a New York City psychiatric hospital and embarks on a road trip to Florida with the intent of murdering his ex-wife and child. Scavolini, an Italian director who had previously worked making hardcore pornography films, developed the idea for ''Nightmare'' after reading newspaper articles about psychiatric patients who had been administered powerful drugs that altered their behavior. He completed the film's screenplay over a two-week period while vacationing in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where he chose to set the majority of the film. The film was shot on location in Florida and New York City in late 1980. Released by 21st Century Film Corporation in the fall of 1981, ''Nightmare'' was met by significant criticism for its graphic violen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Nasty
Video nasty is a colloquial term popularised by the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA) in the United Kingdom to refer to a number of films, typically low-budget horror or exploitation films, distributed on video cassette that were criticised for their violent content by the press, social commentators and various religious organisations in the early 1980s. These video releases were not brought before the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) due to a loophole in film classification laws that allowed videos to bypass the review process. The resulting uncensored video releases led to public debate concerning the availability of these films to children due to the unregulated nature of the market. Following a campaign led by Mary Whitehouse and the NVALA, prosecutions were commenced against individuals engaged in trades exploiting allegedly obscene videos. To assist local authorities in identifying obscene films, the Director of Public Prosecutions released a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
