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Francis Birch (cryptographer)
Francis Lyall "Frank" Birch, (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer and actor. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. During World War I, he served as a lieutenant commander with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and served in the Atlantic, the Channel and the Dardanelles before joining the Naval Intelligence Division (Room 40) from 1916-19. Birch wrote a satirical history of Room 40, ''Alice in ID25''. Birch was appointed an OBE in 1919. He was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, between 1915 and 1934 and a lecturer in history at Cambridge from 1921 until 1928. Birch left Cambridge to pursue an acting career in the 1930s, including the role of Widow Twankey in pantomime. In 1939, he was part of a BBC television production in a Teresa Deevy play "In Search of Valour". He joined the Naval section at Bletchley Park in September 1939, and later became Head of the (German) Naval Section. He had to face the shortage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love At Sea (1936 Film)
''Love at Sea'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Rosalyn Boulter, Carl Harbord and Aubrey Mallalieu. During production a major fire broke out at British and Dominions Elstree Studios where the film was being shot. Brunel moved production to the nearby Rock Studios and managed to complete the film on time. The screenplay concerns a woman travelling on a cruise ship who falls in love with a suspected thief on board. Main cast * Rosalyn Boulter as Betty Foster * Carl Harbord as Dick Holmes * Aubrey Mallalieu as John Brighton * Frank Birch Francis Lyall "Frank" Birch, (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer and actor. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. During World War I, he served as a lieutenant commander with the R ... as Mr. Godwin * Dorothy Dewhurst as Mrs. Hackworth Pratt * Maud Gill as Emily Foster * Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Katherine Foster * Billy Bray as Slippery Joe * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face The Music (film)
''Face the Music'' is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher, starring Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield and Paul Carpenter. It was produced by Hammer Films and shot at Bray Studios outside London with sets designed by the art director J. Elder Wills. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures under the title ''The Black Glove''. Synopsis An American trumpet player in Britain is accused of murdering a beautiful blues singer. Cast * Alex Nicol as James Bradley * Eleanor Summerfield as Barbara Quigley * John Salew as Maxie Maguilies * Paul Carpenter as Johnny Sutherland * Geoffrey Keen as Maurie Green * Ann Hanslip as Maxine Halbard * Fred Johnson as Detective Sergeant MacKenzie * Martin Boddey as Inspector Mulrooney * Arthur Lane as Jeff Colt * Paula Byrne as Gloria Lewis Colt * Leo Phillips as Dresser * Freddie Tripp as Stage manager * Ben Williams as Gatekeeper * Frank Birch as Trumpet Salesman * Jeremy Hawk as Recording ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Any Gentleman
Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will People and fictional characters * Will (comics) (1927–2000), a comic strip artist * Will (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Will or Wil * Will (surname) * Will (Brazilian footballer) (born 1973) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * '' Will: G. Gordon Liddy'', a 1982 TV film * ''Will'' (1981 film), an American drama * ''Will'' (2011 film), a British sports drama * ''Bandslam'', a 2008 film with the working title ''Will'' Literature * ''Will'' (novel), by Christopher Rush * ''Will'', an autobiography by G. Gordon Liddy Music * Will (band), a Canadian electronic music act * ''Will'' (Julianna Barwick album), a 2016 album by Julianna Barwick * ''Will'' (Leo O'Kelly album), a 2011 album by Leo O'Kelly *''W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady In The Fog
''Lady in the Fog'' is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell and Bernadette O'Farrell. It is based on a BBC serial by Lester Powell as scripted by Orville H. Hampton, . It was made by Lippert Productions and Hammer Films at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was released in the United States by Lippert under the alternative title ''Scotland Yard Inspector''. Plot An English woman asks for help from a visiting American detective to London to find out who has killed her brother. Cast * Cesar Romero as Philip 'Phil' O'Dell * Lois Maxwell as Margaret 'Peggy' Maybrick * Bernadette O'Farrell as Heather McMara * Geoffrey Keen as Christopher Hampden * Campbell Singer as Inspector Rigby * Alastair Hunter as Det. Sgt. Reilly * Mary Mackenzie as Marilyn Durant * Lloyd Lamble as Martin Sorrowby * Frank Birch as Boswell, the airport manager * Wensl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Villiers Diamond
''The Villiers Diamond'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers and Frank Birch. The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond. Cast * Edward Ashley as Captain Dawson * Evelyn Ankers as Joan Raymond * Frank Birch as Silas Wade * Liam Gaffney as Alan O'Connel * Leslie Harcourt as Henry Barker * Julie Suedo as Mrs Forbes * Sybil Brooke as Miss Waring * Bill Shine as Joe * Margaret Davidge as Mrs. Benson * Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mlle. Dulac Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or t ...'' dismissed it as "A vapid crime story." References External links * 1938 films 1938 crime films Films directed by Bernard Mainw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Challenge (1938 Film)
''The Challenge'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Luis Trenker and starring Robert Douglas and Luis Trenker. The film is about the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by Edward Whymper. This British film is one of two 1938 Trenker remakes of '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (german: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) in which Trenker acted in 1928, the other being the German '' The Mountain Calls'' (german: Der Berg ruft). Cast * Robert Douglas as Edward Whymper * Frank Birch as Rev. Charles Hudson * Geoffrey Wardwell as Lord Francis Douglas * Moran Caplat as Mr. Hadow * Lyonel Watts as F.K. Morris, Publisher * Luis Trenker as Jean Antoine Carrel * Mary Clare as Carrel's Mother * Fred Groves as Bruno Favre, Innkeeper * Joan Gardner as Felicitas Favre, Favre's Daughter * Laurence Baskcomb as The Podesta, Mayor * Ralph Truman as Signor Giordano * Reginald Jarman as Minister Sella * Tony Sympson as Luc Meynet * Cyril Smith as Cust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Goes Next?
''Who Goes Next?'' is a 1938 British war drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart and Jack Hawkins. The story was inspired by the real-life escape of 29 officers through a tunnel from Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony, Germany, in July 1918. Premise During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp. Main cast * Barry K. Barnes as Maj. Hamilton * Sophie Stewart as Sarah Hamilton * Jack Hawkins as Capt. Beck * Charles Eaton as Capt. Royde * Andrew Osborn as F/O Stevens * Frank Birch as Capt. Grover * Roy Findlay as Lt. Williams * Alastair Macintyre as Lt. Mackenzie * Meinhart Maur as Commandant Production The film was made at Wembley Studios by Twentieth Century Fox. It was a more expensive production than the quota quickie The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V'') was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Academy Decides
''The Academy Decides'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring April Vivian, Henry Oscar, John Oxford and Wensley Russell. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.292 Cast * Henry Oscar as Kyle * April Vivian as Mary * John Oxford * Wensley Russell * Boris Ranevsky * Frank Birch Francis Lyall "Frank" Birch, (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer and actor. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. During World War I, he served as a lieutenant commander with the R ... *Walter Tobias References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * * 1937 films 1930s English-language films 1937 drama films British drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Hale (film)
''Jennifer Hale'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring René Ray, Ballard Berkeley and John Longden. It was made as a quota quickie at Wembley Studios by the British subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox. Its plot follows a London showgirl who is wrongly accused of murdering her manager and goes on the run to try to prove her innocence. After establishing a new life as a taxi dancer in Birmingham, and falling in love with one of her clients, her past life comes back to haunt her. Cast * René Ray as Jennifer Hale * Ballard Berkeley as Richard Severn * John Longden as Police Inspector Merton * Paul Blake as Norman Ives * Frank Birch as Sharman * Richard Parry as Jim Watson * Ernest Sefton as Police Sergeant Owen * Patricia Burke Patricia Burke (23 March 191723 November 2003), was an English singer and actress in cinema, stage and TV. She was the daughter of actress Marie Burke and British operatic tenor Thomas Burke. On stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria The Great
''Victoria the Great'' is a 1937 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook and Walter Rilla. When Laurence Housman's play ''Victoria Regina'' was banned by the Lord Chamberlain (in 1935 the royal family could not be shown on the British stage), its subsequent Broadway success prompted King Edward VIII to commission producer Herbert Wilcox to turn it into a film, commemorating the centenary of Victoria's reign. The film biography of Queen Victoria concentrates initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861. It was released in the year of King George VI's coronation, which was also the centennial of Victoria's own accession to the throne. The movie was so successful that a sequel appeared the following year, ''Sixty Glorious Years''. Plot In June 1837, 18-year-old Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent ascends the throne as Queen Victoria following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Faces
''Twin Faces'', also known as ''Press Button B'', is a 1937 British crime film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Anthony Ireland, Francesca Bahrle and Frank Birch. The film was made at Highbury Studios as a quota quickie for release by the Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures.Wood p.97 Cast * Anthony Ireland as Jimmy the Climber * Francesca Bahrle as Judy Strangeways * Frank Birch as Ben Zwigi * Paul Neville as Cmdr. Strangeways * Victor Hagen as Inspector Coates * George Turner as Maurice * Ivan Wilmot as Levenstein * Frank Tickle as John Cedar References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ..., 2007. *Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
