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Happy Go Lovely
''Happy Go Lovely'' is a 1951 British musical comedy film in Technicolor, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Vera-Ellen, David Niven, and Cesar Romero. The film was made and first released in the UK, and distributed in the US by RKO Radio Pictures in 1952. Plot When chorus girl Janet Jones is late for rehearsal in Edinburgh, Bates, the chauffeur for B. G. Bruno, gives her a ride in Bruno's limousine, starting rumours that she is engaged to the wealthiest man in Scotland. American producer John Frost, her employer, has just had the star of his next show, ''Frolics to You'', walk out on him because of his desperate financial situation. He replaces her with Janet, hoping that Bruno will back his revue, or at least that he can use Bruno's reputation to fend off impatient creditors. Her dressmaker, Madame Amanda, gives her more clothes, and sends the bill to Bruno. Janet's roommate, Mae Thompson, convinces her to continue the deception. When Bruno receives the bill, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Hellman
Marcel Hellman (31 May 1898 – 28 April 1986) was a Romanian-born British film producer, who worked closely with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Harold French. In 1936 he founded Criterion Film Productions together with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., which produced four films with Fairbanks in the lead, and in 1942 he started a production company known as ''Excelsior Films Ltd'', which in the late 1950s changed name to ''Marcel Hellman Productions''. Selected filmography * '' The Secret Courier'' (1928) * ''The Last Fort'' (1928) * ''Father and Son'' (1929) * ''The Green Monocle'' (1929) * '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) * ''The Son of the White Mountain'' (1930) * ''Headfirst into Happiness'' (1931) * ' (1932) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1932) * ''The Marathon Runner'' (1933) * ''The Amateur Gentleman'' (1936) * ''Accused'' (1936) * ''Crime Over London'' (1936) * ''Jump for Glory'' (1937) * '' Jeannie'' (1941) * ''Secret Mission'' (1942) * ''Talk About Jacqueline'' (1942) * ''They Met in the Dar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Howes
Bobby Howes (4 August 1895 – 27 April 1972) was a British entertainer who was a leading musical comedy performer in London's West End theatres in the 1930s and 1940s. Biography Born in Battersea, Surrey, his parents were Robert William Howes and Rose Marie Butler. He started his career in revues, but his career was interrupted for the First World War where he soldiered on the Western Front. He suffered a German mustard gas attack but recovered and returned to the stage. He gained a career break-through with the role-reversal comedy ''Mr. Cinders'', based on the ''Cinderella'' pantomime, also featuring Binnie Hale, with whom he appeared on many occasions subsequently. He reprised his title role in Mr. Cinders in several different productions. In the 1930s, he was with Van Phillips' Four Bright Sparks whose vocalists included Billy Milton. Four Bright Sparks recorded at least 60 sides. He was a leading musical comedy performer on the West End in the 1930s and 1940s. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Ambrosine Phillpotts (13 September 1912 – 12 October 1980) was a British actress of theatre, TV, radio and film. ''The Times'' wrote, "She was one of the last great stage aristocrats, a stylish comedienne best known for playing on stage and screen a succession of increasingly 'grandes dames' with an endearing mixture of Edwardian snobbery and eccentric absent-mindedness". Partial filmography * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) - Lady Daubney * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) - Lady Fielding * '' The Franchise Affair'' (1951) - Miss Spence * ''Happy Go Lovely'' (1951) - Lady Martin * ''Mr. Denning Drives North'' (1952) - Miss Blade * '' Angels One Five'' (1952) - Mother at Party (uncredited) * '' Stolen Face'' (1952) - Miss Patten - Fur Department Clerk * ''Father's Doing Fine'' (1952) - Nurse Pynegar (uncredited) * '' The Captain's Paradise'' (1953) - Marjorie (with the major) * '' Aunt Clara'' (1954) - Sylvia Levington (uncredited) * ''The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Ross
Hector Ross (1914-1980) was a British stage, film and television actor. Partial filmography * '' Night Beat'' (1947) - Don Brady * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1948) - Glenaladale * '' The Man Who Disappeared'' (1951) - Dr. Watson * ''Happy Go Lovely'' (1951) - Harold * '' I'm a Stranger'' (1952) - Inspector Craddock * ''Deadly Nightshade'' (1953) - Canning * ''The Steel Key'' (1953) - Beroni * '' Ben-Hur'' (1959) - Officer (uncredited) * ''The Fur Collar'' (1962) - Roger Harding * ''Stranglehold'' (1962) * ''Delayed Flight'' (1964) - Styles * ''Ring of Spies'' (1964) - Supt. Woods Television roles * ''Father Brown Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English author G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intui ...'' (1974) - Doctor * '' Murder Most English'' (1977) - Marcus Gwill References External links * 1914 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Heal
Joan Heal (17 October 1922 – 12 April 1998) was an English actress and singer, known for her appearances in revue in the 1940s and 1950s. Life and career Heal was born in Vobster, Somerset, and educated at Bath High School and later the Old Vic School.Gaye, p. 720 She made her first professional appearance as Mrs Terence in Emlyn Williams' psycho-thriller ''Night Must Fall'' in 1940 at the Garden Theatre, Bideford, after which she was in the chorus of a revue at the Saville Theatre, London."Joan Heal", ''The Times'', 23 April 1998, p. 25 Her first prominent role in revue was at the Cambridge Theatre in ''Sauce Tartare'' in 1949. This was followed by ''Sauce Piquante'' at the same theatre in 1950. In 1951, she was in the ''Lyric Revue'' with Ian Carmichael, Dora Bryan and Graham Payn at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. The show transferred to the Globe Theatre in the West End, and was followed by a sequel in 1952. After further revue work, Heal was cast in the leading role of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson (6 February 1889 – 3 May 1966) (born John Wylie Robertson) was a British actor. Among his best-known roles were those of "Mr Memory", an amazing man who commits "50 new facts to his memory every day" in Alfred Hitchcock's film '' The 39 Steps'' (1935), and wily storekeeper Joseph Macroon in the Ealing comedy '' Whisky Galore!'' (1949). He emigrated to Australia in 1952, and made his final film appearance there in '' The Sundowners'' (1960). Complete filmography * '' It's a Great Life'' (1929) as Bit Role (uncredited) * '' For the Love of Mike'' (1932) as Rev. James * '' Leave It to Me'' (1933) as Rev. Potter * '' Hawley's of High Street'' (1933) as Client * '' Road House'' (1934) as Magician (uncredited) * '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) as Mr. Memory * ''The Black Mask'' (1935) as Jimmie Glass * ''Radio Lover'' (1936) as Joe Morrison * '' Please Teacher'' (1937) as Oswald Clutterbuck * '' Why Pick on Me?'' (1937) as Sam Tippett * '' Paradise for Two'' (1937) as Claren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laurie
John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor. In the course of his career, Laurie performed on the stage and in films as well as television. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in the sitcom ''Dad's Army'' (1968-1977) as Private Frazer, a member of the Home Guard. Laurie appeared in scores of feature films with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell, and Laurence Olivier, generally playing memorable small or supporting roles rather than leading ones. As a stage actor, he was cast in Shakespearean roles and was a speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. Early life John Paton Laurie was born on 25 March 1897 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire to William Laurie (1856–1903), a clerk in a tweed mill and later a hatter and hosier, and Jessie Ann Laurie (''née'' Brown; 1858–1935). Laurie attended Dumfries Academy (a grammar school at the time), before abandoning a career in architecture to serve in the First World War as a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Carey
Joyce Carey, OBE (30 March 1898 – 28 February 1993) was an English actress, best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noël Coward. Her stage career lasted from 1916 until 1987, and she was performing on television in her 90s. Although never a star, she was a familiar face both on stage and screen. In addition to light comedy, she had a large repertory of Shakespearean roles. Career Joyce Carey was born Joyce Lilian Lawrence, the daughter of actor Gerald Lawrence, a matinée idol who had been a juvenile in Henry Irving's Shakespeare company, and his wife, actress Lilian Braithwaite,''Gaye'', pp 426–427 a major West End star."Obituary", ''The Times'', 3 March 1993, p. 17 Carey was educated at the Florence Etlinger Dramatic School. Carey made her stage debut in 1916, aged 18, as Princess Katherine in an all-female production of ''Henry V''. She joined Sir George Alexander's company at the St James's Theatre playing Jacqueline, a French countess, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Dorne
Sandra Dorne (born Joan Smith; 19 June 1924 – 25 December 1992) was a British actress. Career Also known as Sandra Holt, Dorne was often known in the 1950s as the B-film Diana Dors. As a platinum blonde, she was a regular female lead in B-films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school". Film roles dried up as she grew older, but she still found work and acted mainly in British television, appearing in such series as ''Z-Cars'', '' The Avengers'' and ''The Third Man''. Personal life Married to the actor Patrick Holt from 1954 until her death, Dorne died on Christmas Day 1992 at Paddington Community Hospital, Westminster, London. The cause of death was kidney cancer. Partial filmography * ''Eyes That Kill'' (1947) – Joan * ''Saraband for Dead Lovers'' (1948) – (uncredited) * '' A Piece of Cake'' (1948) – Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Once a Jolly Swagman'' (1949) – Kay Fox * ''All Over the Town'' (1949) – Marlene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Dempster
Hugh Dempster (3 August 1900 – 30 April 1987) was a British theatre and film actor. Born in London, Dempster made his stage debut in 1920, and began his screen career in the silent film era. His credits included ''Vice Versa'', ''Anna Karenina'', ''The Winslow Boy'', '' The Fan'', '' Scrooge'', '' The House Across the Lake'' and ''The Ghost Train'' (short film). Thirty-six years separated Dempster's first and last appearances on Broadway. He debuted in the 1929 melodrama ''Rope's End'' by Patrick Hamilton and in 1965 replaced Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes-inspired musical ''Baker Street''. Dempster died in Chicago, Illinois. Selected filmography * ''The Great Well'' (1924) * ''Lord Babs'' (1932) * ''Music Hath Charms'' (1935) * '' The Student's Romance'' (1935) * '' Crackerjack'' (1938) * '' Marigold'' (1938) * ''Three Silent Men'' (1940) * ''Candles at Nine'' (1944) * ''Waltz Time'' (1945) * ''The Trojan Brothers'' (1946) * ''Anna Karenina'' (1948) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladys Henson
Gladys Henson (27 September 1897 – 21 December 1982) was an Irish actress whose career lasted from 1932 to 1976 and included roles on stage, radio, films and television series. Among her most notable films were ''The History of Mr. Polly (film), The History of Mr Polly'' (1949) and ''The Blue Lamp'' (1950). Life and career Henson was born Gladys Hilda Barbara Kate Gunn at 4 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of John Gunn, the director of the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Gaiety Theatre, and Hilda Killock. She married English actor Leslie Henson in 1926 (they had a son Joe Henson, Joe in 1932). In 1932, she appeared in the premiere of Noël Coward's ''Design for Living'' on Broadway, appearing in several other London and Broadway shows, including Coward's ''Set to Music'' (1939). After her divorce from Henson, she appeared in numerous well-known post-war films, often alongside Jack Warner (actor), Jack Warner, whose wife she played in both ''Train of Events'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Charles Hewitt (actor)
Henry Charles Hewitt (28 December 1885 – 23 August 1968) was an English stage, film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... and television actor. He made his stage debut in 1905. Filmography References External links * 1885 births 1968 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{England-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
