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Facing The Music (other)
Facing the Music may refer to: * ''Facing the Music'' (1933 film), a British musical * ''Facing the Music'' (1941 film), a British comedy * ''Facing the Music'' (2001 film), an Australian documentary * ''Facing the Music'' (TV series), a 1998 Singaporean television series * ''Facing the Music'', a 1973 autobiography by Henri Temianka * ''Facing the Music'', a 1988 short-story collection by Larry Brown * ''Facing the Music'', a 2014 memoir by Jennifer Knapp See also * * Face the Music (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facing The Music (1933 Film)
''Facing the Music'' is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Stanley Lupino, Jose Collins and Nancy Burne. It is also known by the alternative title ''Jewel Song''. Production The film was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures. It was one of a series of films made by the company featuring the popular stage entertainer Stanley Lupino. The film's art direction was by David Rawnsley. Plot In order to promote his client a publicist organises a fake robbery of her jewels, but things soon begin to unravel. Cast * Stanley Lupino as Jack Foley * Nancy Burne as Nina Carson * Jose Collins as Calvini * Nancy Brown as Rivers * Doris Woodall as D'Ava * Lester Matthews as - Becker * Dennis Hoey as Capradossi * Morris Harvey as De Breen * Hal Gordon as Sim Critical reception TV Guide noted "a stiff opera-oriented production using ''Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facing The Music (1941 Film)
''Facing the Music'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Bunny Doyle, Betty Driver, Chili Bouchier and H. F. Maltby. Plot An incompetent man struggles to hold down a series of jobs. Cast * Bunny Doyle - Wilfred Hollebone * Betty Driver - Mary Matthews * H. F. Maltby - Mr. Bulger * Chili Bouchier - Anna Braun * Wally Patch - Briggs * Gus McNaughton - Illusionist * Ruby Miller - Gloria Lynn * Eliot Makeham Harold Elliott Makeham (22 December 1882 – 8 February 1956) was an English film and television actor. Career Makeham was born in London, England. Between 1931 and 1956, Makeham appeared, primarily in character roles, in 115 films and in ... - Secretary * Gordon McLeod - Mr. Kelly References External links * 1941 films 1941 comedy films Films directed by Maclean Rogers British comedy films British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facing The Music (2001 Film)
''Facing the Music'' (2001) is an Australian documentary film directed by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson about the wish of some staff members to keep the University of Sydney Department of Music alive in the face of budget overspending. The film features a music professor (Anne Boyd) struggling to run a dysfunctional department amidst budget pressures. She has no training or capacity for the fundraising that is required. The film won the Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2002 for best documentary or true drama, Film Critics Circle of Australia 2002 for Best Australian documentary, and the if Awards 2001 for Best Documentary. At the end of 2004, the Music Department was merged with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Box office ''Facing the Music'' grossed $182,901 at the box office in Australia. See also *Cinema of Australia The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facing The Music (TV Series)
''Facing the Music'' () is a 1998 Singaporean romantic drama series starring Ann Kok, Auguste Kwan, Ling Xiao, Hong Huifang, Michelle Chia, Vincent Ng and Lynn Poh. It premiered on Mediacorp Channel 8 on 2 March 1998 at 9pm local time. Cast * Ann Kok as Yu Kaidi * Auguste Kwan as Shuai Yibin * Michelle Chia as Xia Ni * Ling Xiao as Yu Chong * Hong Huifang as Ma Mimi * Vincent Ng as Huang Qiguang * Lynn Poh as Wu Lihua * Chen Huihui as Huang Yanyan * Hong Junrui as Yu Kaige * Dai Peng as Wu Guangzhou * Chen Zhiguang as Wu Darong * Hong Peixing as Xie Zijian * He Junjie as Wu Jincai * Chen Yiwen as Wu Aiqin * Magayson as Samy * Lakhjit Kaur as Rita * Amritraj Singh as Vasso * Fu Guoquan as Xie Junming * Anna Lim as Weng Lailai * Chen Meiguang as Dong A-hao * He Qitang as Li Zhanhong * Ding Lan as Cindy * Li Haijie as Shuai Zhili * Huang Peiru as Fang Lisheng * Sun Yuhui as Sally * Zhang Yunhong as May * Guan Xuemei as Neighbour A Production Some of the exterior scenes w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Temianka
Henri Temianka (19 November 19067 November 1992) was a virtuoso violinist, conductor, author and music educator. Early years Henri Temianka was born in Greenock, Scotland, to parents who were Polish emigrants. He studied violin with Carel Blitz in Rotterdam from 1915 to 1923, with Willy Hess at the National Conservatory in Berlin from 1923 to 1924, and with Jules Boucherit in Paris from 1924 to 1926. He then enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied violin with Carl Flesch, who reported of him in 1927, "Was brought over by me. First class technical talent, somewhat sleepy personality, has still to awake." In 1928, Flesch said, "His violinistic personality is for the moment still above his human one. Life shall be his best teacher in this regard."Archive of Henri Temianka's personal correspondence and papers, 1926 - 1992, owned by the author. Later he stated, "...he has made an intensive study of my method of teaching, of which I consider h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Brown (author)
William Larry Brown (July 9, 1951 – November 24, 2004) was an American novelist, non-fiction and short story writer. He won numerous awards, including the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for fiction, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award, and Mississippi, Mississippi's Governor's Award For Excellence in the Arts. He was also the first two-time winner of the Southern Book Award for Fiction. His notable works include ''Dirty Work (Larry Brown novel), Dirty Work'', ''Father and Son'', ''Joe'', and ''Big Bad Love''. The last of these was adapted for a 2001 film of the same name, starring Debra Winger and Arliss Howard. In 2013 a film adaptation of ''Joe (2013 film), Joe'' was released, featuring Nicolas Cage. Independent filmmaker Gary Hawkins has directed an award-winning documentary of Brown's life and work in ''The Rough South of Larry Brown'' (2011). Life and writing Larry Brown was born on July 9, 1951, and grew up near Oxford, Mississippi. He graduated fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
