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Hugh Pryse
Hugh Pryse (1910–1955) was a British character actor. He was born on 11 November 1910 with the name John Hwfa Pryse, and was billed as Hwfa Pryse in the films ''Penn of Pennsylvania'' and '' "Pimpernel" Smith. His stage work included Peter Brook's production of '' Dark of the Moon'' in 1948–9 at the Ambassadors Theatre; and John Gielgud's 1954 staging of ''The Cherry Orchard'' at the Lyric, Hammersmith. Selected filmography * ''School for Secrets'' (1946) * '' Jassy'' (1947) * ''The Woman in the Hall'' (1947) * '' Easy Money'' (1948) * ''The Story of Shirley Yorke'' (1948) * ''Calling Paul Temple'' (1948) * ''Christopher Columbus'' (1949) * '' Dark Secret'' (1949) * '' The Broken Horseshoe'' (1953) * ''Botany Bay'' (1953) * '' Marilyn'' (1953) * ''The Happiness of Three Women'' (1954) * ''Three Cases of Murder'' (1955) * ''Port of Escape ''Port of Escape'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Tony Young and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Cases Of Murder
''Three Cases of Murder'' is a 1955 British horror omnibus film comprising three stories: "The Picture," "You Killed Elizabeth," and "Lord Mountdrago." Eamonn Andrews introduces each. Alan Badel appears in all three.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 24-27 Cast Main cast * Orson Welles as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) * John Gregson as Edgar Curtain ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment) * Elizabeth Sellars as Elizabeth ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment) * Emrys Jones as George Wheeler ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment) * Alan Badel as Owen (segment "Lord Mountdrago") / Mr. X (segment "In the Picture") / Harry (segment "You Killed Elizabeth") * André Morell as Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) * Hugh Pryse as Jarvis ("In the Picture" segment) * Leueen MacGrath as Woman in the House ("In the Picture" segment) * Eddie Byrne as Snyder ("In the Picture" segment) * Helen Cherry as Lady Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In The Hall
''The Woman in the Hall'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker. The screenplay was written by Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple and Gladys Bronwyn Stern, from Stern's 1939 novel of the same title. It was made by Wessex Film Productions at Pinewood Studios, with sets designed by Peter Proud. It was the film debut of actress Susan Hampshire, as a young child. Plot Lorna Blake (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money, visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard ( Cecil Parker) proposes marriage to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay ( Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, Lorna refuses to help her. Cast *Ursula Jeans as Lorna Blake * Jean Simmons as Jay * Cecil Parker as Sir Halmar *Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Male Stage Actors
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1955 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Seventh Flee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 Births
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 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 Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Escape
''Port of Escape'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Tony Young and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr and Joan Hickson. Plot Two sailors, one Australian and one American, are kicked off their ship when it docks in London, and get involved in a fight outside a dockside pub that leads to a man's death. They go on the run and hide on a barge that belongs to three women. The two men plan to travel to Missouri, the home state of the American, but not all goes to plan. Cast * Googie Withers - Anne Stirling * John McCallum - Mitchell Gillis * Bill Kerr - Dinty Missouri * Joan Hickson - Rosalie Watchett * Wendy Danielli - Daphne Stirling * Hugh Pryse - Skinner * Alexander Gauge - Inspector Levins * Ingeborg von Kusserow - Lucy * Ewan Roberts - Sergeant Rutherford * Basil Dignam as Det. Sgt. Crawford * George Rose as Publican Hugh Pryse died in 1955, nine months before the film was released. Critical reception In a recent review Allen Eyles at the ''Radio Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happiness Of Three Women
''The Happiness of Three Women'' is a 1954 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Brenda de Banzie, Donald Houston and Petula Clark. The film was released on the Odeon Circuit as a double bill with ''The Crowded Day''.Chibnall & MacFarlane p.53 It was made at Walton Studios with sets designed by the art director John Stoll. It was adapted from Eynon Evans's Welsh-set play ''Wishing Well''. Cast * Brenda de Banzie as Jane Price * Eynon Evans as Amos Parry * Petula Clark as Delith * Donald Houston as John * Patricia Burke as Ann Murray * Patricia Cutts as Irene Jennings * Bill O'Connor as Peter Jennings * Gladys Hay as Amelia Smith * Glyn Houston as Morgan * Emrys Leyshon as David Miles * Hugh Pryse as The Minister * Jessie Evans as Blodwen * John Lewis John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn (1953 Film)
''Marilyn'', released in the United States as ''Roadhouse Girl'', is a 1953 British film noir directed by Wolf Rilla starring Sandra Dorne and Maxwell Reed. Plot Drifter mechanic Tom Price (Reed) lusts after seductive Marilyn (Dorne), the young wife of ill-tempered garage owner George Saunders (Dwyer). Assuming (correctly) that Marilyn is fooling around with his employee, Saunders angrily confronts him. Defending himself, Tom accidentally kills his boss. Marilyn helps him to cover up the crime - the inquest verdict is "accidental death" - and they begin a new life together. Several months later the couple are running a just-getting-by "American bar". Wealthy businessman Nicky Everton (Mayne) agrees to lend the couple some money, believing that Marilyn will offer her affections as repayment. Everton later changes his mind as he feels they won't be happy in the longer term; and Price also walks out, frustrated by her erratic behaviour and in particular her lack of lasting commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botany Bay (film)
''Botany Bay'' is a 1953 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, James Mason and Patricia Medina. It was based on a novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. While the story includes characters loosely based on real figures (Gilbert and Phillips) and the ship ''Charlotte'', it is a largely fictional telling of the First Fleet's arrival in Australia in 1788. Plot In 1787 a group of prisoners lodged in Newgate Jail receive notice that their death sentences are commuted to life imprisonment in New South Wales. They are boarded onto the and joined by a smaller group of female prisoners. Gilbert, the captain, offers one pretty female prisoner free run of the ship on certain conditions. One prisoner, Tallant, admits guilt but is expecting a pardon to arrive within hours. The captain declines to wait for word of the pardon and Tallant jumps overboard. When caught he is sentenced to 50 lashes with a cat-o-nine-tails. Recoveri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Broken Horseshoe (film)
''The Broken Horseshoe'' is a 1953 British crime film directed by Martyn C. Webster and starring Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter Coke, and Hugh Kelly. A surgeon is drawn into a murder case when he offers shelter to a woman who has witnessed a killing linked to a horse-doping syndicate. It was based on a six-part television series '' The Broken Horseshoe'', which had aired the previous year. Plot A hit-and-run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Beatty), but the patient is later murdered, and the doctor finds himself the prime suspect. The mysterious Della (Elizabeth Sellars), connected to a horse-doping ring, falls for the doctor and helps him clear his name and expose the villains. Cast * Robert Beatty as Dr. Mark Fenton * Elizabeth Sellars as Della Freeman * Peter Coke as Detective Inspector George Bellamy * Hugh Kelly as Dr. Craig * Janet Butler as Sister Rogers * Vida Hope as Jackie Leroy * Ferdy Mayne as Charles Constance * James Raglan as Superintendent Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Secret (film)
''Dark Secret'' is a 1949 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Dinah Sheridan, Emrys Jones and Irene Handl. It was a remake of the 1933 film ''The Crime at Blossoms'', also directed by Rogers. Plot Ex-pilot Chris and his wife Valerie move into an attractive country cottage, only to become obsessed with the murdered woman who used to live there. Cast * Dinah Sheridan as Valerie Merryman * Emrys Jones as Chris Merryman * Irene Handl as 'Woody' Woodman * Hugh Pryse as A Very Late Visitor * Barbara Couper as Mrs. Barrington * Percy Marmont as Vicar * Geoffrey Sumner as Jack Farrell * Mackenzie Ward as Artist * Charles Hawtrey as Arthur Figson * John Salew as Mr. Barrington * George Merritt as Mr. Lumley * Stanley Vilven as Mr. Woodman * Grace Arnold as Housewife * Esme Beringer as Elderly Lady * Edgar Driver as George - Barman * Molly Hamley-Clifford as Fat Woman * Laurence Naismith as Mr. Grossmith * Terry Randall as Daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Columbus (1949 Film)
''Christopher Columbus'' is a 1949 British biographical film starring Fredric March as Christopher Columbus and Florence Eldridge as Queen Isabella. It is loosely based on the 1941 novel ''Columbus'' by Rafael Sabatini with much of the screenplay rewritten by Sydney and Muriel Box. Plot Christopher Columbus, an explorer from Genoa, Italy, arrives in Spain with his son seeking funds for a trip to India. He obtains an introduction at court from Father Perez, the former confessor for Queens Isabella. Columbus is opposed by Francisco de Bobadilla, who uses Beatriz to distract Columbus, However eventually the Queen agrees to finance Columbus's ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, on its journey. On the trip over, the crew threaten mutiny. Columbus promises to turn back if no land is found in three days. On the third night, Columbus sees a light and they reach the New World. Columbus returns to Spain a hero but continues to face opposition at court, even as his discoveries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
