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Hilary Mason
Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. Mason was born in Birmingham and trained at the London School of Dramatic Art, before performing with repertory theatres throughout Britain. She is probably best known internationally for her performance as the blind psychic in Nicolas Roeg's film ''Don't Look Now''. Mason had the starring role in ''Mistress of Hardwick'', a 10-part BBC series broadcast in 1972, which followed the life of Bess of Hardwick. Most of the episodes are now lost. She appeared in " Gunfight at the O.K. Laundrette", the pilot episode of ITV's critically acclaimed drama ''Minder''. She also made regular appearances in ''Z-Cars'' and ''Dixon of Dock Green'', and made an appearance in ''Ripping Yarns''. In the 1985 TV movie ''Marple: The Moving Finger'', she appeared as Emily Barton, and in 1986 she appeared as Mrs Gummidge in the BBC serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquila (TV Series)
''Aquila'' is a British children's television show which aired on the BBC from 1997 to 1998. An episode was aired once a week, and was based on the story of two boys, Tom Baxter and Geoff Reynolds, who find a spacecraft when digging in a field. The first series was based on the 1997 book ''Aquila'' by British author Andrew Norriss who novelised the second series though this was not published until 2010. Synopsis The two boys are on a weekend away with their mothers where they do some digging for treasure at a local moor. As Geoff is digging, he falls into a cavern followed cautiously by Tom. It is there they find the skeleton of a Roman Centurion, standing beside a large red object which looks like a giant boulder. One of the boys notices a hollowed out area in this 'boulder' which turns out to be a two-seat cockpit. The craft, which is called 'Aquila', soon turns out to be something more advanced than Roman technology, and by pressing the numerous coloured buttons in the cockp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Of The Five Towns (TV Series)
''Anna of the Five Towns'' is a 1985 British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2. It is an adaptation by John Harvey of the 1902 novel of the same title by Arnold Bennett.Baskin p.210 Cast * Lynsey Beauchamp as Anna Tellwright (4 episodes) * Anne Blackman as Beatrice Sutton (4 episodes) * Katie Carey as Agnes Tellwright (4 episodes) * Anna Cropper as Mrs. Sutton (4 episodes) * Peter Davison as Henry Mynors (4 episodes) * Emrys James as Ephraim Tellwright (4 episodes) * John Bott as Rev. Banks (3 episodes) * Edward Kelsey as Titus Price (3 episodes) * Anton Lesser as Willie Price (3 episodes) * Hilary Mason as Sarah Vodrey (3 episodes) * Barrie Cookson as Mr. Sutton (2 episodes) * Patricia Marks as Miss Dickinson (2 episodes * Iain Ormsby-Knox as Policeman (2 episodes) * Georgia Allen as Milkmaid (1 episode) * Wilfred Grove as Revivalist (1 episode) * John Lancaster as Searcher (1 episode) * Geoffrey Larder as Coroner (1 episode) * Michael Lees as Mr. Lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonfleet (1984 TV Series)
''Moonfleet'' is a British period television drama series which aired on BBC One in 1984. It is based on the classic 1898 adventure novel '' Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner, about smuggling on the Dorset coast in the eighteenth century, earlier made into a 1955 film of the same title directed by Fritz Lang.Goble p.150 Main cast * Victoria Blake as Grace Maskew * David Daker as Elzevir Block * Adam Godley as John Trenchard * Bernard Gallagher as Sexton Ratsey * David Gant as Reverend Glennie * Ewan Hooper as Magistrate Maskew * Stewart Harwood as Thomas * Hilary Mason Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. Mason was born in Birmingham and trained at the London School of Dramatic Art ... as Jane Arnold References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * {{DEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullshot (film)
''Bullshot'' is a 1983 British comedy film, based on the stage play '' Bullshot Crummond''. The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film ''Bulldog Drummond'' with the lead character having elements of Drummond and Biggles. Plot Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond is a World War I fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, and part-time sleuth. He must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary, and win the heart of the damsel in distress Rosemary Fenton. Cast * Alan Shearman as Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond * Diz White as Rosemary Fenton * Ronald E. House as Count Otto van Bruno * Frances Tomelty as Lenya von Bruno * Michael Aldridge as Professor Rupert Fenton * Christopher Good as Lord Binky Brancaster * Ron Pember as Dobbs * Mel Smith as Crouch * Billy Connolly as Hawkeye McGillicuddy * Geoffrey Bayldon as Colonel Hinchcliff Production The film was produced by George Harrison's company Handmade Films. Shearman and White reprised th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost In The Water
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a ''séance''. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul. The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to rest the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary, human-like essences, though stories of ghostly armies and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of The Soldier (film)
''The Return of the Soldier'' is a 1982 British drama film starring Alan Bates as Baldry and co-starring Julie Christie, Ian Holm, Glenda Jackson, and Ann-Margret about a shell-shocked officer's return from the First World War. It was directed by Alan Bridges and written by Hugh Whitemore based on the 1918 novel of the same name by Rebecca West. The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film was the first to be given a PG certificate by the British Board of Film Classification. Plot In 1914, a group of British soldiers is preparing to leave England to fight in the Western Front in France, led by Captain Chris Baldry. He appears at one final farewell party thrown by his wife, Kitty, appearing withdrawn and distant throughout. The story moves on to 1916. Chris's cousin, Jenny, who lives with Kitty, is concerned because they have heard nothing from Chris's regiment, but Kitty dismisses her fears, more concerned by rising grocery prices and food rationing. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolution (1978 Film)
''Absolution'' is a 1978 British thriller film directed by Anthony Page and written by playwright Anthony Shaffer. The film stars Richard Burton as a priest who teaches at a boys' school and finds one of his favourite students is playing a nasty practical joke on him. He sets out to investigate the prank and stumbles upon a dead body, leading to his life spiralling out of control. Plot The film centres on schoolboy Benjamin Stanfield and his unpopular friend, Arthur Dyson; their form master, Father Goddard and a travelling motorcyclist named Blakey. The film opens with Blakey, arriving at the school. He asks Fr. Goddard if there are any odd jobs that he can do but is told there are none available. Later Fr. Goddard is watching Dyson rehearse in a school of the operetta ''Patience''. It appears he does not like Arthur while he fawns on Stanfield. In the meantime Blakey has set up camp in the woods near the school. His camp is discovered the next day by Stanfield and some other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Nickleby (1977 TV Series)
''Nicholas Nickleby'' is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1977. It is based on the novel ''Nicholas Nickleby'' by Charles Dickens.Pointer p.91-92 Cast * Nigel Havers as Nicholas Nickleby * Peter Bourke as Smike * Derek Godfrey as Ralph Nickleby * Robert James as Newman Noggs * Kate Nicholls as Kate Nickleby * Hilary Mason as Mrs. Nickleby * Malcolm Reid as Mr. Alfred Mantalini * Derek Francis as Wackford Squeers * Patricia Routledge as Madame Mantalini * Patsy Smart as Miss La Creevy * Anthony Ainley as Sir Mulberry Hawk * Nigel Hughes as Lord Frederick Verisopht * Denis Gilmore as Wackford Jnr * Raymond Mason as Charles Cheeryble * David Griffin as Frankie Cheeryble * Preston Lockwood as Tim Linkinwater * Andrew McCulloch as John Browdie * John Hewer as Edwin Cherryble * Ron Pember as Mr. Snawley * Isabelle Amyes as Miss Fanny Squeers * Hetty Baynes as Matilda Price * Patricia Brake as Madeline Bray * Edward Burnham as Mr. Lilly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Hostages (film)
''The Three Hostages'' is a 1977 British television film directed by Clive Donner, produced by Mark Shivas, and starring Barry Foster as Richard Hannay, a retired British soldier who works occasionally for the British intelligence services, Diana Quick as Mary Hannay, John Castle as Dominick Medina, and David Markham as Greenslade. It was based on the 1924 John Buchan thriller novel ''The Three Hostages''. The story follows Hannay's attempt to recover three hostage A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized, such as a relative, employer, law enforcement or government to act, or refr ...s taken prisoner by a shadowy criminal organisation. References External links * 1977 television films 1977 films British television films 1970s action thriller films Spy television films Films based on works by John Buchan Films directed by Clive Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brother's Keeper (TV Series)
''My Brother's Keeper'' is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV in 1975 and 1976.Walker p.23 George Layton and Jonathan Lynn wrote and starred in the programme about two twin brothers, one a policeman and the other anti-establishment student, with sharply contrasting worldviews. Main cast * George Layton as Brian Booth * Jonathan Lynn as Pete Booth * Tenniel Evans as Sergeant Bluett * Hilary Mason Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. Mason was born in Birmingham and trained at the London School of Dramatic Art ... as Mrs. Booth References Bibliography * Walker, Craig. ''On The Buses: The Complete Story''. Andrews UK Limited, 2011. External links * {{IMDb title, id=0072548 1975 British television series debuts 1976 British television series endings 1970s British comedy television series English-language televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Want To Be Born
''I Don't Want to Be Born'' is a 1975 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Eileen Atkins, and Donald Pleasence. Its plot follows a woman who gives birth to a child that appears to be demonically possessed. The film was originally marketed as a straight-faced and serious product, and as such was comprehensively mauled by critics of the time. However it later gained a reputation as a cult film favourite due to its perceived shortcomings, absurdities and unintentional camp comedy appeal. It was released in the United States under the alternate title ''The Devil Within Her''. Other alternate titles include ''The Monster'' and ''Sharon's Baby''. Plot Lucy (Collins) is working as a dancer in a sleazy strip joint. Her stage act includes a routine with a dwarf named Hercules (George Claydon). One night after the show, she invites Hercules into her dressing room for a drink. He declines the drink but starts to rub Lucy's neck and sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
