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Escapade (1955 Film)
''Escapade'' is a 1955 British comedy drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell and Alastair Sim. It was based on a long-running West End play of the same name by Roger MacDougall. The film was produced at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bernard Robinson. Plot summary A husband and father has become so preoccupied with a political cause that it leads him to neglect his familial responsibilities, leading to his children running away from home. Cast * John Mills as John Hampden * Yvonne Mitchell as Mrs. Stella Hampden * Alastair Sim as Dr. Skillingworth * Jeremy Spenser as L. W. Daventry * Andrew Ray as Max Hampden * Marie Lohr as Stella Hampden, Senior * Colin Gordon as Deeson, Reporter * Nick Edmett as Paton * Peter Asher as Johnny Hampden * Christopher Ridley as Potter * Sean Barrett as Warren * Colin Freear as Richard 'Young Skilly' Skillingworth * Kit Terrington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Leacock
Philip David Charles Leacock (8 October 1917 – 14 July 1990) was an English television and film director and producer. His brother was documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock. Career Born in London, England, Leacock spent his childhood in the Canary Islands. He began his career directing documentaries and later turned to fiction films. He was known for his films about children, particularly ''The Kidnappers'' (US: ''The Little Kidnappers'', 1953), which gained Honorary Juvenile Acting Oscars for two of its performers, and '' The Spanish Gardener'' (1956) starring Dirk Bogarde. He also directed ''Innocent Sinners'' (1958) with Flora Robson, ''The Rabbit Trap'' (1959) with Ernest Borgnine, and ''The War Lover'' (1962) with Steve McQueen, based on John Hersey's novel about a World War II pilot. He began to work mainly in Hollywood, where he made ''Take a Giant Step'' (1959) about a black youth's encounter with racism and ''Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' (1960) about an aspiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nettlefold Studios
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England.hepworthfilm.org Retrieved 2011-12-28 Hepworth was a pioneering studio in the early 20th century and released the first film adaptation of '''' ('''', 1903). The decline of the British cinematic production industry in the mid-20th century led to a decline in work for the facility, and after failing to financially survive as a televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosley Crowther
Francis Bosley Crowther Jr. (July 13, 1905 – March 7, 1981) was an American journalist, writer, and film critic for ''The New York Times'' for 27 years. His work helped shape the careers of many actors, directors and screenwriters, though his reviews, at times, were perceived as unnecessarily mean. Crowther was an advocate of foreign-language films in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly those of Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Ingmar Bergman, and Federico Fellini. Life and career Crowther was born Francis Bosley Crowther Jr. in Lutherville, Maryland, the son of Eliza Hay (née Leisenring, 1877–1960) and Francis Bosley Crowther (1874–1950). As a child, Crowther moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he published a neighborhood newspaper, ''The Evening Star''. His family moved to Washington, D.C., and Crowther graduated from Western High School in 1922. After two years of prep school at Woodberry Forest School, he entered Princeton University, where he majored in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rae (actor)
John Rae (21 June 1895 - 4 June 1977) was a Scottish actor. He appeared in films like ''I Know Where I'm Going!'' (1945), '' The Big Chance'' (1957), ''Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment'' (1966) and ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969). Selected filmography * ''Neutral Port'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''Tawny Pipit'' (1944) - Mr. Dougal * '' One Exciting Night'' (1944) - Scottish Official (uncredited) * ''Soldier, Sailor'' (1944) - Chief Engineer * ''He Snoops to Conquer'' (1945) - (uncredited) * ''I Know Where I'm Going!'' (1945) - Old Shepherd * ''Green for Danger'' (1947) - The Porter * ''So Well Remembered'' (1947) - Man in Street (uncredited) * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1948) - Duncan * ''The Brave Don't Cry'' (1952) - Donald Sloan * ''The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan'' (1953) - Ferguson * ''Johnny on the Run'' (1953) - Radio Salesman * ''The Heart of the Matter'' (1953) - Loder (uncredited) * ''The Kidnappers'' (US: ''The Little Kidnappers'', 1953) - Andrew McCleod * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dignam
Cuthbert Mark Dignam (20 March 1909 – 29 September 1989) was a prolific English actor. Born in London, the son of a salesman in the steel industry, Dignam grew up in Sheffield, and was educated at the Jesuit College, where he appeared in numerous Shakespearean plays. He learned his craft touring Britain and America with Ben Greet's Shakespeare company. His range extended from the Louis Macneice radio play, ''The Dark Tower'' in the 1940s to the TV thriller, ''The XYY Man'' in the late 1970s. Along with Philip Guard and John Bryning, Dignam can be heard on the fade-out of the Beatles' song "I Am the Walrus", during which is played a 1967 BBC radio broadcast of King Lear, with Dignam in the role of the Earl of Gloucester. Dignam was married three times, divorced twice (his character in ''The XYY Man'' frequently complains about the expense of maintaining multiple ex-wives). Family His brother Basil was also a well-known character actor and his sister-in-law was the actress M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Barrett (actor)
Sean Barrett may refer to: *Seán Barrett (actor) (born 1940), British actor whose credits include Z-Cars *Sean Barrett (economist) (born 1944), Irish transport economist and Senator *Seán Barrett (politician) Seán Barrett (born 9 August 1944) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2011 to 2016, Minister for Defence and Minister for the Marine from 1995 to 1997, Government Chief Whip from 1982 ... (born 1944), Irish Fine Gael TD * Sean Barrett (writer) (born 1959), American writer, nucleonicist, member of the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Sean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Gordon
Colin Gordon (27 April 1911 – 4 October 1972) was a British actor born in Ceylon. Biography He was educated at Marlborough College and Christ Church, Oxford. He made his first West End appearance in 1934 as the hind legs of a horse in a production of ''Toad of Toad Hall''. From 1936 to 1939 he was a director with the Fred Melville Repertory Company in Brixton. He served in the army during the Second World War for six years. Film career Gordon had a long career in British cinema and television from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing government officials. His films include ''The Pink Panther'' and '' Casino Royale'' (both with Peter Sellers, alongside whom he made five films). In the ITC series ''The Prisoner'' (1967) he portrayed Number Two twice, in " A. B. and C." and later in " The General". Gordon was a regular in another ITC production, '' The Baron'', playing civil servant Templeton-Green opposite Steve Forrest. He also starred in ''The Invisible Man (1958 TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Lohr
Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Trois-Rivières, New France * ''Marie'', Biblical reference to Holy Mary, mother of Jesus * Marie Curie, scientist Surname * Jean Gabriel Marie (other) * Peter Marié (1826–1903), American socialite from New York City, philanthropist, and collector of rare books and miniatures * Rose Marie (1923–2017), American actress and singer * Teena Marie (1956–2010), American singer, songwriter, and producer Places * Marie, Alpes-Maritimes, commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department, France * Lake Marie, Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, Winchester Bay, Oregon, U.S. * Marie, Arkansas, U.S. * Marie, West Virginia, U.S. Art, entertainment, and media Music * "Marie" (Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys song), 1969 * "Marie" (Johnny Hally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ray
Andrew Ray (31 May 193920 August 2003) was an English actor who was best known as a child star. Biography He was born Andrew Olden (Ray was his father's stage name) in Southgate, Middlesex, the son of the radio comic Ted Ray and his wife, showgirl Dorothy Sybil (née Stevens). Ray's life was transformed at the age of 10 when he was cast in the title part of ''The Mudlark'', a 20th Century Fox film starring Alec Guinness and Irene Dunne. He played a street urchin who ends up meeting Queen Victoria. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance in 1950. He was featured in numerous films during the next few years, including '' The Yellow Balloon'' (1953), '' Escapade'' (1955), ''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' (1957), ''The Young and the Guilty'' (1958), ''Serious Charge'' (1959) with Cliff Richard, ''Twice Round the Daffodils'' (1962), and '' The System'' (1964). He also portrayed Herbert Pocket in the ITC remake of Charles Dickens's '' Great Expectations'' (1974) opposite M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Spenser
Jeremy Spenser (born Jeremy John Dornhurst de Saram 16 July 1937) is a British actor who made his screen debut aged 11 in ''Anna Karenina'' (1948). The following year he played in the black comedy ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' as the young Louis Mazzini. He played the young King Nicolas in ''The Prince and the Showgirl'' with Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe and in ''Ferry to Hong Kong'' with Orson Welles. In the 1960s, the role offers began to slow down. His last film role was in 1966's ''Fahrenheit 451'' directed by François Truffaut. A little later Spenser retired from acting. Personal life Jeremy Spenser is the brother of British actor, director, producer and writer David Spenser. Selected filmography * ''Anna Karenina'' (1948) - Giuseppe * ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (1949) - Young Louis (uncredited) * '' The Spider and the Fly'' (1949) - Jacques, boy in church * ''Prelude to Fame'' (1950) - Guido Ferugia * ''The Dancing Years'' (1950) - Maria's Son * '' Portrait of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Robinson (production Designer)
Bernard Robinson (born 1912 in Liverpool, England, died 1970) designed sets for several of Hammer Film Productions, Hammer's films in their heyday, including ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957), ''Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas'' (1957), ''Dracula (1958 film), Dracula'' (1958), ''Curse of the Werewolf'' (1960), ''The Phantom of the Opera (1962 film), The Phantom of the Opera'' (1962), ''The Gorgon'' (1964) and ''Quatermass and the Pit (film), Quatermass and the Pit'' (1968). He was known for giving the Hammer films a lavish, expensive look while working on a restricted budget. The association ended with his premature death in 1970. Career Bernard Robinson designed some of Hammer's greatest productions. His widow, the puppeteer Margaret Robinson, also worked on many Hammer films. The knack that Bernard possessed was that he managed to give Hammer's films a very expensive look working from a tiny budget. Both space and materials were extremely limited at Bray Studios. Robinson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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