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Eric Clavering
Eric Clavering (1901–1989) was a British-born actor who spent much of his career in Canada. He played supporting roles in a number of British films during the Second World War. He later moved to Canada, and had a recurring role on the Canadian television series '' The Forest Rangers''. He is currently buried at Beechwood Cemetery in Vaughan, Ontario.https://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/en-CA/General-Information/Our%20Monthly%20Story/story-archives/Beechwood%20Cemetery/Clavering.aspx Selected filmography * ''Undercover Men'' (1934) - Madigan * ''Thoroughbred'' (1936) * '' Mr. Satan'' (1938) - Wilson * '' Where's That Fire?'' (1939) - Hank Sullivan * ''The Frozen Limits'' (1939) - Foxy * ''Neutral Port'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Sailors Three'' (1940) - Bartender * ''Gasbags'' (1941) - Scharffuehrer * '' The Patient Vanishes'' (1941) - Al Meason * ''The Saint's Vacation'' (1941) - Reporter at door (uncredited) * ''Facing the Music'' (1941) * '' Tower of Terror'' (1941) - Riemers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49th Parallel (film)
''49th Parallel'' is a 1941 British and Canadian war drama film. It was the third film made by the British filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was released in the United States as ''The Invaders''. The British Ministry of Information approached Michael Powell to make a propaganda film for them, suggesting he make "a film about mine-sweeping". Instead, Powell decided to make a film to help sway opinion in the then-neutral United States. Said Powell, "I hoped it might scare the pants off the Americans" and thus bring them into the war. Screenwriter Emeric Pressburger remarked, "Goebbels considered himself an expert on propaganda, but I thought I'd show him a thing or two". Powell persuaded the British and Canadian governments and started location filming in 1940, but by the time the film appeared, in March 1942, the United States, which had been trying to stay out of the war in Europe, had been drawn into taking sides against Germany. The original choice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Of Terror (1941 Film)
''Tower of Terror'' is a 1941 British wartime thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Michael Rennie and Movita. It was made at Welwyn Studios with location shooting on Flat Holm off the Welsh coast. The film makes no attempt at either German or even German accents and all German characters speak with an educated English accent. Plot Anthony Hale is a British secret agent in Germany who takes a job as assistant to lighthouse keeper Wolfe Kristan under the assumed name of Albers. He plans to return to Britain with some valuable papers. The plan is for him to be picked up by a British boat. He meets and befriends Marie, who has escaped from a concentration camp and pretends to be the keeper's niece. She had tried to evade capture by the local police by jumping into the sea but was rescued and taken to the lighthouse by the deranged Kristan, who sees in her the image of Marthe, his wife whom he killed 16 years earlier and buried in the basement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hard Part Begins
''The Hard Part Begins'' is a 1973 Canadian feature film that marked the directorial debut of Paul Lynch, starring Donnelly Rhodes and Linda Sorenson. Plot “King and Country” is a country and western group headed by a 40-something singer, Jim King, whose girlfriend, Jenny, is a backup singer with the band. They have been playing one-week stints in small-town bars in southwestern Ontario. They are appearing in King's fictional hometown of West Eden when he hears news that a recording company wants to talk to him. His past collides with his future when he reconnects with his bitter ex-wife, a troubled son and a dying friend who all have shared shattered dreams of success. King learns the company is interested in Jenny, not him, and he has to return to the road and accept his fate. Production Director Paul Lynch independently raised $40,000 and received a $60,000 loan from the Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) to finance the film. Reception Alistair Brown wrote in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Kill A Clown
''To Kill a Clown'' is a 1972 American psychological thriller film directed by George Bloomfield and written by George Bloomfield and I. C. Rapoport. The film stars Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Heath Lamberts and Eric Clavering. The film was released on August 23, 1972 by 20th Century Fox. Plot Timothy Frischer (Heath Lamberts) is a hippie artist/painter who has been married for four years to Lily (Blythe Danner) a fellow hippie. Their marriage is shaky, so they agree to spend the summer together as a trial period at an isolated beach house on Choke Cherry Bay. They quarrel shortly after arriving and, when Lily threatens to leave, Timothy throws her suitcase into the water. Frustrated with his childish immaturity, Lily gets in the car to drive away, but Timothy jumps onto the moving vehicle, hangs onto the windshield and cajoles her into stopping. Although she is weary of his antics, she is also amused and decides to remain. Their landlord and only neighbor for miles around is M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith!
''Smith!'' is a 1969 American Western film made by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Michael O'Herlihy, and starring Glenn Ford. Plot Native American Jimmyboy flees to a ranch owned by Smith, a white man raised by a Native American. Jimmyboy has been accused of a crime by a white man and fears he will not receive a fair trial. Smith helps Jimmyboy deal with a cruel sheriff and persuades him to surrender to the local authorities, promising him he will act as a defense witness during court proceedings. Cast *Glenn Ford as Smith * Nancy Olson as Norah Smith *Dean Jagger as Judge Brown *Warren Oates as Walter Charlie * Chief Dan George as Ol' Antoine *Frank Ramírez as Gabriel Jimmyboy * John Randolph as Mr. Edwards * Keenan Wynn as Vince Heber *Christopher Shea as Alpie *Roger Ewing as Donald Maxwell *Jay Silverheels as McDonald Lasheway *James Westerfield as Sheriff *Fred Aldrich as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) * William Bryant as Corporal/Court Bailiff (uncredited) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel (film)
''Isabel'' is a 1968 Canadian film written, directed and produced by Paul Almond. Synopsis Learning of her mother's serious illness, Isabel (Geneviève Bujold) returns to her family's farm on the Gaspé Peninsula. Her mother dies before she can get there, and when her aged uncle Matthew (Gerard Parkes) asks her to stay on and help him with the farm, she reluctantly agrees. She finds herself haunted by memories of early years (domestic violence, incest and the mysterious deaths of her grandfather, who died in a freak accident, and her father and brother, who both drowned at sea) in a house full of eerie sights and sounds. Cast Reception ''Isabel'' is the first film of Paul Almond's trilogy made with his then-wife Geneviève Bujold, it won four Canadian Film Award The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Journey (film)
''The Incredible Journey'' is a 1963 adventure film directed by Fletcher Markle and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Scottish writer Sheila Burnford, the film follows the adventure of Luath the Labrador Retriever, Bodger the Bull Terrier, and Tao the Siamese cat as they journey 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness to return to their home. The film's human cast consists of Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, and Sandra Scott, with Rex Allen providing narration. Released on November 20, 1963 by Buena Vista Distribution, the film received $4.2 million in overall rentals, and was mostly praised for its nature scenes and for Allen's narration. However, the human scenes, including the climactic ending, were criticized for disrupting the mood of the film. It was the final film to be scored by longtime Disney composer Oliver Wallace, who died two months prior to its release. Plot One night, deep in the fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush Pilot (film)
''Bush Pilot'' is a 1947 Canadian-American film directed by Sterling Campbell (director), Sterling Campbell. The film, produced by Campbell's Dominion Productions, was noted for being one of the first full-length feature films outside Quebec in which a Canadian production company held the primary role."Soaring into the stratosphere of nationalist melodrama". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 1, 1998. Plot summary Red North is a bush pilot in the village of Nouvelle, part of Canada's north. His half-brother, Paul Gerard decides to relocate his bush pilot business to the same lake, competing with Red's business and romantic interests. Cast * Rochelle Hudson as Hilary Ward * Jack La Rue as Paul Girard * Austin Willis as "Red" North * Florence Kennedy as Mrs. Ward * Frank Perry as Chuck Ward * Joseph Carr as Andy Moodie * Gordon Adam * Louise Campbell (actress), Louise Campbell * Charles Emerson * Gerald Rowan * James Peddie * Denis Murphy * Michael Lambert * Robert Christie (actor), Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Much Too Shy
''Much Too Shy'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley and Eileen Bennett. The cast includes radio star Jimmy Clitheroe (as George's brother), later " Carry On'" star Charles Hawtrey, Peter Gawthorne and Joss Ambler. Formby's featured songs are ''They Laughed When I Started to Play'' (Formby/Cliffe), ''Talking to the Moon About You'' (Day), ''Delivering the Morning Milk'' (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe) and ''Andy the Handy Man'', written by Eddie Latta. Plot summary A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them. Cast * George Formby – George Andy * Kathleen Harrison – Amelia Peabody * Hilda Bayley – Lady Driscoll * Eileen Bennett – Jackie Somers * Joss Ambler – Sir George Driscoll * Jimmy Clitheroe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspected Person
''Suspected Person'' is a 1942 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc and David Farrar. The film was made at Welwyn Studios by Associated British, one of the two leading British studios of the era. It was released in the United States in 1944 by Producers Releasing Corporation.Slide p.179 Synopsis A British associate of some American gangsters double-crosses them following a bank robbery and escapes with the loot. He heads to London where his sister keeps a boarding house. She is unaware of his criminal career, but becomes suspicious when both Scotland Yard and his former associates both turn up on his trail. Cast * Clifford Evans as Jim Raynor * Patricia Roc as Joan Raynor * David Farrar as Inspector Thompson * Anne Firth as Carol * Robert Beatty as Franklin * Eric Clavering as Dolan * Leslie Perrins as Tony Garrett * Eliot Makeham as Davis * John Salew as Jones * William Hartnell William Henry H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Line Kids
''Front Line Kids'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Leslie Fuller.Chibnall & McFarlane p.8 It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. In wartime London an unruly group of boys assist an incompetent hotel porter to thwart a gang of criminals operating out of the building. Cast * Gerald Rex as Bert Wragg * Leslie Fuller as Nobby Clarkson * John Singer as Ginger Smith * John Tacchi as Front Line Gang Member * Marion Gerth as Elsa la Rue * David Keir as The Parson * George Pughe as Pinski * Anthony Holles as Hotelier * Ralph Michael as Paul * Ben Williams as Porter * Norman Pierce as P.C. Rozzer * Eric Clavering as Carl * Vi Kaley as Mrs. Lowther * Nora Gordon as Evacuee organiser * Brian Fitzpatrick as Front Line Gang Member * Derek Prendergast as Front Line Gang Member * Gerald Moore as Front Line Gang Member * Michael John as Front Line Gang Member * David A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day Will Dawn
''The Day Will Dawn'', released in the US as ''The Avengers'', is a 1942 British war film set in Norway during World War II. It stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams and Griffith Jones, and was directed by Harold French from a script written by Anatole de Grunwald, Patrick Kirwan and Terence Rattigan, based on a story by Frank Owen. The music by Richard Addinsell was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Muir Mathieson. Plot Following the Invasion of Poland in September 1939, the former horse racing-correspondent Colin Metcalfe is placed as a foreign correspondent in neutral Norway. Eight months later he meets a Norwegian fisherman, Captain Alstad, in a sailors' bar, where a scuffle breaks out between British and Norwegian sailors (singing "Rule Britannia", egged on by Metcalfe) and German ones (singing the Nazi Party anthem the "Horst-Wessel-Lied"). Alstad takes him aboard his boat during a sea voyage in Norway's territorial waters, during wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |