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Hue And Cry (film)
''Hue and Cry'' is a 1947 British film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler and Joan Dowling. It is generally considered to be the first of the Ealing comedies, although it is better characterised as a thriller for children. Shot almost entirely on location, it is now a notable historic document due to its vivid portrait of a London still showing the damage of the Second World War. London forms the backdrop of a crime-gangster plot which revolves around a working class children's street culture and children's secret clubs. Plot Following church choir practice in 1946 east London, Joe Kirby (Harry Fowler) reads aloud to his gang (The Blood and Thunder Boys) from the Trump boys' comic, but finds a page missing. He then buys a copy so he can follow the adventures of fictional detective Selwyn Pike. While reading one part of the latest story, Joe finds the comic adventure being repeated exactly in real life when he comes across two men carrying a crat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Crichton
Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-year career editing and directing many films and television programmes. For his final film, the acclaimed comedy '' A Fish Called Wanda'' (1988), Crichton was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (along with the film's star John Cleese). Early life and education Crichton, one of six siblings, was born on 6 August 1910 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England. He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire, followed by New College at the University of Oxford where he read History. Career Editing In 1931, Crichton began his career in the film industry as a film editor. His first credit as editor was '' Men of Tomorrow'' (1932). He edited over fifty films, such as '' Things to Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Street Culture
Children's street culture refers to the cumulative culture created by young children. Collectively, this body of knowledge is passed down from one generation of urban children to the next, and can also be passed between different groups of children (e.g. in the form of crazes, but also in intergenerational mixing). It is most common in children between the ages of seven and twelve. It is strongest in urban working-class industrial districts where children are traditionally free to " play outside" in the streets for long periods without supervision. Difference from mass media culture Children's street culture is invented and largely sustained by children themselves, although it may come to incorporate fragments of media culture and toys in its activities. It is not to be confused with the commercial media-culture produced ''for'' children (e.g., comics, television, mass-produced toys, and clothing), although it may overlap. Location and play materials Young children's street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Crime Comedy Films
Year 194 (Roman numerals, CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus, Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus (194), Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the Defensive wall, city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tivoli Theatre Of Varieties
The Tivoli Theatre of Varieties was a popular English theatre based in the Strand, West London. It was designed by Charles Phipps and was built during 1889–90 at a cost of £300,000. It was constructed on the former site of the Tivoli Beer Garden and Restaurant.The Tivoli Theatre of Varietiesl, 65-70½ The Strand, London ArthurLloyd.com, accessed 13 April 2013. In the consortium that financed the project was the actor ."TIVOLI, Strand" Overthefootlights.org, accessed 15 April 2013. The hall ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Arnold
Grace Arnold (19 September 1894 – 26 February 1979) was an English actress. Selected filmography * ''Guilt'' (1931) * ''Men Without Honour'' (1939) - Mrs. Hardy * ''Crimes at the Dark House'' (1940) - Maid (uncredited) * ''Spare a Copper'' (1940) - Music Shop Customer (uncredited) * ''Went the Day Well?'' (1942) - Mrs. Owen * ''The Gentle Sex'' (1943) - Restaurant attendant (uncredited) * ''The Bells Go Down'' (1943) - Canteen Lady (uncredited) * ''The Lamp Still Burns'' (1943) - Sister Grace Annie Sprock (uncredited) * ''The Way Ahead'' (1944) - Mrs. Fletcher * ''Give Me the Stars'' (1945) - Mrs. Gossage * ''Johnny Frenchman'' (1945) - Mrs. Matthews * ''Painted Boats'' (1945) - His Sister * ''The Trojan Brothers'' (1946) - Mrs. Johnson * '' They Knew Mr. Knight'' (1946) - Isabel Blake * ''The Captive Heart'' (1946) - Official (uncredited) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) - Nurse (uncredited) * ''Hue and Cry'' (1947) - Dicky's Mother * ''The Loves of Joanna Godden'' (1947) - Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Belfrage
Bruce Belfrage (30 October 1900 – August 1974) was an English actor and BBC radio newsreader.Obituary in ''The Times'', ''Mr Bruce Belfrage'', 17 August 1974, p.14 He was casting director at the BBC between 1936 and 1939, and founded the BBC Repertory Company in 1939. Early life Bruce Belfrage was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Sydney Henning Belfrage and Frances Grace (née Powley). His younger brother was the author and journalist Cedric Belfrage. He was educated at Gresham's School before taking an honours degree in modern languages at St John's College, Oxford. Career Belfrage is reported as performing on stage in London with The Strolling Players in February 1923. He played in a notable triumph—''A Sleeping Clergyman''—with Robert Donat in 1933 and in BBC radio plays in 1934. He appeared in his first film in 1932. He was a broadcaster in the early days of 2LO at Savoy Hill, and in 1935 joined the BBC as a casting director and later became a news reade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hughes (actor)
Robin Hughes (7 June 192010 December 1989) was a British film and television actor. Life and career Robin Hughes was born on 7 June 1920 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to English parents, Rosa Violet (Pitt) and Harold William Hughes. His father was head of the British Royal Wheat Commission, and Hughes spent his childhood moving from country to country as his father was transferred in government service; consequently, his early schooling was acquired in South America, Canada, Mozambique, East Africa and other places. At the age of 18, he joined the Royal Navy as a signalman and at the end of the Second World War, he left the service as lieutenant commander. Robin Hughes addressed in an episode of the 1950s' television programme ''One Step Beyond'' that he was supposed to be assigned to on the morning of 24 May 1941, when it sank under enemy attack by the German battleship '' Bismarck''. Robin had received officer's papers, however, the day before ''Hood'' set to sea, and was sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Demel
Paul Demel (4 May 1903 – 31 August 1951) was an actor born in Brno, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He is most notable for his cameo appearances in films, particularly the British Ealing comedies ''Hue and Cry'' (1947), ''Passport to Pimlico'' (1949), ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' (1951) and ''His Excellency'' (1952). His other film appearances include ''English Without Tears'' (1944) for Two Cities Films. His stage work included West End roles in '' The Doctor's Dilemma'' at the Haymarket with Vivien Leigh in 1942, and ''Madame Louise'' at the Garrick in 1945. He died in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu .... Filmography References External links * *http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp55288/paul-demel *http://www.biographies.net/bio/m/0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vida Hope
Vida Hope (16 December 1910 – 23 December 1963) was a British stage and film actress, who also directed stage productions. Life and career Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, to theatrical parents, she travelled widely as a child.Some of the Company – Vida Hope (autobiographical note). In : ''Late Joys at The Players' Theatre''. T V Boardman & Co Ltd, London, New York, 1943., p83 She was "forbidden to go on the stage", so at age 16, became a typist in an advertising office, going on to write copy. At this time, however, she took every chance she got to take part in amateur dramatics, managing to get the lead roles in plays by Shaw, Ibsen, and Chekhov. Following the role of the Fairy Wish-Fulfilment in the pantomime ''The Babes in the Wood'' at the Unity Theatre, London, she was, in 1939, offered a role by Herbert Farjeon in ''The Little Revue'' and worked in his revues for over three years. In 1940, she gave much support to and formed a strong friendship with Dirk Bogarde, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Piper
Frederick Piper (23 September 1902 – 22 September 1979) was an English actor of stage and screen who appeared in over 80 films and many television productions in a career spanning over 40 years. Piper studied drama under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Never a leading player, Piper was usually cast in minor, sometimes uncredited, parts although he also appeared in some more substantial supporting roles. Piper never aspired to star-status, but became a recognisable face on the British screen through the sheer volume of films in which he appeared. His credits include a number of films which are considered classics of British cinema, among them five 1930s Alfred Hitchcock films; he also appeared in many Ealing Studios productions, including some of the celebrated Ealing comedies. Stage career Born in London, England in September 1902, Piper worked as a tea merchant before starting his acting career on the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lambert (British Actor)
Jack Lambert (29 December 1899 – 13 March 1976) was a British film and television actor. Selected filmography * ''A Honeymoon Adventure'' (1931) - Chauffeur * '' Sorrell and Son'' (1933) - (uncredited) * '' Red Ensign'' (1934) - Police Inspector (uncredited) * ''The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) - Son of MacLaggen (uncredited) * '' House Broken'' (1936) - Jock Macgregor * ''The Last Adventurers'' (1937) - (uncredited) * ''Premiere'' (1938) - Stage Manager * '' Thistledown'' (1938) - (uncredited) * ''The Terror'' (1938) - Warder Joyce (uncredited) * '' Marigold'' (1938) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Outsider'' (1939) - (uncredited) * ''The Spy in Black'' (1939) - Passport Official (uncredited) * ''The Four Feathers'' (1939) - (uncredited) * ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939) - Padre (uncredited) * ''The Spider'' (1940) - Smith * ''Nine Men'' (1943) - Sergeant Watson * ''The Captive Heart'' (1946) - Padre * ''Meet Me at Dawn'' (1947) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Dear Murderer'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
