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Hugh Latimer (actor)
Hugh Alexander Forbes Latimer (12 May 1913 – 12 June 2006) was an English actor and toy maker. He was educated at Oundle and Caius College, Cambridge, where he joined Footlights. He briefly attended the Central School of Speech and Drama, before appearing in ''White Cargo'' at the Brixton Theatre in 1936. Noted for his skill in light comedy, Latimer made his West End debut in ''Pride and Prejudice'' in 1937. After being called up in 1940, he was commissioned to the 34th Light AA Regiment and saw active service in the Middle East and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ... between 1941 and 1945. He was married to Sheila Gairns. The couple had two daughters. Filmography References External links * 1913 births 2006 deaths Alumni of Gonville and Cai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haslemere
The town of Haslemere () and the villages of Shottermill and Grayswood are in south west Surrey, England, around south west of London. Together with the settlements of Hindhead and Beacon Hill, they comprise the civil parish of Haslemere in the Borough of Waverley. The tripoint between the counties of Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex is at the west end of Shottermill. Much of the civil parish is in the catchment area of the south branch of the River Wey, which rises on Blackdown in West Sussex. The urban areas of Haslemere and Shottermill are concentrated along the valleys of the young river and its tributaries, and many of the local roads are narrow and steep. The National Trust is a major landowner in the civil parish and its properties include Swan Barn Farm. The Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is to the north of the town and the South Downs National Park is to the south. Haslemere is thought to have originated as a planned town in the 12th century a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Ship (1952 Film)
''Ghost Ship'' is a 1952 British horror thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh and Hazel Court. It was written by Vernon Sewell and Philip Thornton. This was one of four attempts by Vernon Sewell to adapt and film an obscure Pierre Mills and Celia de Vilyars Grand Guignol stage play, called '' L'Angoisse''. It was shot at Merton Park Studios as a second feature. The 2002 film of the same title is completely unrelated and not considered a remake. Plot Guy and Margret, a newly-wed couple, meet a broker in the hopes of buying the steam yacht ''Cyclops'' to fix it up as a floating home. Before they make the purchase the Yard Manager tells them about the ship's previous owners. He explains that after the war the yacht was bought by Professor Martineau, an atomic scientist who installed a number of gadgets including automatic gyro steering. Martineau, his wife, and their engineer and friend Peter, set sail on a pleasant day for Doville, however they neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Eyre (1970 Film)
''Jane Eyre'' is a 1970 British television film directed by Delbert Mann, starring George C. Scott and Susannah York. It is based on the 1847 novel ''Jane Eyre'' by Charlotte Brontë. The film had its theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in 1970 and was released on television in the United States in 1971. Plot Jane Eyre is an orphan, who is raised by her abusive aunt and cousins until she is sent to the cruel school institution of Lowood School. Her best friend, who had a severe cough, was forced to stand outside in the rain and died the next day. On leaving, Jane takes a position as governess to a girl named Adele at Thornfield Hall. Fully aware of her low rank and plain countenance, she makes the best of her situation. But Thornfield holds many secrets and despite mysterious occurrences that Jane cannot comprehend, she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfield and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, a dark secre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School For Sex
''School for Sex'' is a 1969 British sex comedy film directed, produced and written by Pete Walker. Cast * Derek Aylward as Giles Wingate * Rose Alba as Duchess of Burwash * Bob Andrews as Sgt. Braithwaite * Vic Wise as Horace Clapp * Hugh Latimer as Berridge * Nosher Powell as Hector * Amber Dean Smith as Beth Villiers * Françoise Pascal as Sally Reagan * Cathy Howard as Sue Randall * Sylvia Barlow as Judy Arkwright * Sandra Gleeson as Jenny * Maria Frost as Polly * Cindy Neal as Marianne * Gilly Grant as striptease artist * Jackie Berdet as Ingeborg * Nicole Austen as Tania * Edgar K. Bruce as Fred * Robert Dorning as Civil Sergeant * Julie May as Ethel * Alec Bregonzi as Harry * Wilfred Babbage as Judge * Dennis Castle as Colonel Roberts Production The film was shot on location in Kent, Sussex and London, England. Reception Box office In France it there were 72,000 admissions in its opening week.Simon Sheridan, ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train To Paris
''Night Train to Paris'' is a 1964 British-American spy film starring Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur and Dorinda Stevens. Plot Former OSS officer Alan Holiday is visited by Catherine Carrel on New Year's Eve, Carrel says she's a close friend of Jules Lemoine also a former OSS officer who served with Holiday during the war. Lemoine wants Holiday to go to Paris on a secret mission: to deliver a reel of tape, containing defense information, while Lemoine keeps a fake reel himself to deceive enemy agents. When Lemoine is killed and the fake tape stolen Holiday decides to go to Paris. He poses as an assistant to photographer Louis Vernay, and they take three models along to further the ruse. Cast * Leslie Nielsen as Alan Holiday * Aliza Gur as Catherine Carrel * Dorinda Stevens as Olive Davies * Eric Pohlmann as Krogh * Edina Ronay as Julie * André Maranne as Louis Vernay * Cyril Raymond as Insp. Fleming * Hugh Latimer as Jules Lemoine * Jack Melford as PC inspector * Simon Oates as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl In The Headlines
''Girl in the Headlines'' (AKA ''The Model Girl Murder Case'') is a 1963 British detective film directed by Michael Truman and starring Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Jeremy Brett, and Jane Asher. It is based on the 1961 novel ''The Nose on my Face'' by actor Laurence Payne. Plot Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders are called in to investigate the murder of a glamorous model. It becomes apparent that the girl had led a chequered life and her acquaintances included drug dealers. Jordan and Hammond Barker are reluctant to help but when the police finally make an arrest, another murder occurs in a seedy Soho jazz café. But are the two murders connected? Cast * Ian Hendry – Inspector Birkett * Ronald Fraser – Sergeant Saunders * Margaret Johnston – Mrs Gray * Natasha Parry – Perlita Barker * Jeremy Brett – Jordan Barker * Kieron Moore – Herter * Peter Arne – Hammond Barker * Jane Asher – Lindy Birkett * Rosalie Crutchley – Maude Klein * Robert Harris – Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sink The Bismarck!
''Sink the Bismarck!'' is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the 1959 book ''The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck'' by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert.Weiler, A.H"Movie Review – Sink the Bismarck – Of Men and Ships."''The New York Times''. To date, it is the only film made that deals directly with the operations, chase and sinking of the battleship by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Although war films were common in the 1960s, ''Sink the Bismarck!'' was seen as something of an anomaly, with much of its time devoted to the "unsung back-room planners as much as on the combatants themselves". Its historical accuracy, in particular, met with much praise despite a number of inconsistencies. ''Sink the Bismarck!'' was the inspiration for Johnny Horton's popular 1960 song, " Sink the Bismarck".Polmar and Cavas 2009, p. 251. The film had its Royal World Premiere in the presence of the Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up The Creek (1958 Film)
''Up the Creek'' is a 1958 British comedy film written and directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge and Lionel Jeffries. Plot Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather, a well-meaning but accident-prone naval officer with a passion for rockets, is posted where he can (so the navy hopes) cause no further damage. He is given command of a mothballed Royal Navy vessel, HMS ''Berkeley'', which has had no commanding officer for several years. She is moored at a wharf on the Suffolk coast near the (fictional) village of Meadows End. He discovers that the ship is woefully under strength and is forced to contend with the schemes of his bosun, Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Sellers). He and the crew are running several profitable businesses, including a same-day laundry, selling naval rum and cigarettes to the local pub, the ''Pig and Whistle'', and making pies and pastries for sale to the villagers. They also keep pigs and hens. After the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strange World Of Planet X (film)
''The Strange World of Planet X'' (a.k.a. ''Cosmic Monsters'' in the United States) is an independently made 1958 British science fiction horror film, produced by George Maynard and John Bash, directed by Gilbert Gunn, that stars Forrest Tucker and Gaby André. The film was distributed in the UK in February, 1958 by Eros Films. It was released in the US on July 7, 1958 by Distributors Corporation of America as a double feature with ''The Crawling Eye'', also starring Tucker. A monomaniacal scientist creates ultra-sensitive, disruptive magnetic fields, which have unexpected side effects, while also attracting unidentified flying objects from outer space. Strange things begin to happen, including a freak storm, blasts of cosmic radiation that penetrates the Earth's normally protective magnetic shield, and insects and spiders mutating into giant flesh-eating monsters. The film, meant as a cautionary tale about science, was adapted by Paul Ryder and Joe Ambor from the 1957 Rene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue's Yarn
''Rogue's Yarn'' is a 1957 British crime drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Nicole Maurey, Derek Bond and Elwyn Brook-Jones. It was shot as a second feature at Brighton Studios.Chibnall & McFarlane p.125 The film's sets were designed by the art director Bernard Sarron. It was distributed by the independent Eros Films. Synopsis John Marsden is conducting a passionate affair with Frenchwoman Michele Cartier, but their hopes that his wealthy invalid wife will soon die are thwarted by her recovery. Pressured by his love Marsden begins planning a perfect crime to murder his wife at the family home while he is supposed to be sailing on his yacht between Newhaven and Le Havre in Normandy. However, his hopes of getting clean away from the crime are threatened by the persistent investigations of Detective Inspector Walker. Cast * Nicole Maurey as Michele Cartier * Derek Bond as John Marsden * Elwyn Brook-Jones as Inspector Walker * Hugh Latimer as Sergeant Adams * John Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Man To Hang?
''The Last Man to Hang?'' is a 1956 crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Tom Conway and Elizabeth Sellars. The film was produced by John Gossage for Act Films Ltd. Plot Music critic Sir Roderick Strood is having an affair with a beautiful singer, Elizabeth Anders. In a storyline which appears partly in flashback and partly in real time, his wife Daphne refuses to give him a divorce and subsequently tries to shoot herself, but after apparently becoming reconciled to the situation tells Roderick to leave the country with the singer and that she shall see him on the other side. Sir Roderick gives his wife a strong sedative, given him by his mistress, not knowing that his wife's housekeeper, Mrs Tucker, has already given her a sedative. Daphne apparently dies of an overdose, though an early scene of her arrival at hospital has in fact made it clear that she is still alive, and that Mrs Tucker has deliberately mis-identified the body of another woman, brought to hospital a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Narrowing Circle
''The Narrowing Circle'' is a 1956 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Paul Carpenter, Hazel Court and Russell Napier. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Julian Symons.Goble p.451 The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. Synopsis The screenplay concerns a crime writer who finds himself accused of murder, and has to clear his name. Cast * Paul Carpenter as Dave Nelson * Hazel Court as Rosemary Speed * Russell Napier as Sir Henry Dimmock * Trevor Reid as Inspector 'Dumb' Crambo * Paula Byrne as Laura Martin * June Ashley as Christy * Ferdy Mayne as Bill Strayte * Basil Dignam as George Pacey * Ronnie Stevens as Jimmy * James Booth in a minor role * Hugh Latimer Hugh Latimer ( – 16 October 1555) was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. In 1555 under the Catholic Queen Mary I he was burned at the s .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
