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Hunted In Holland
''Hunted in Holland'' is a Great Britain, British children's film/crime film from 1961 directed by Derek Williams (filmmaker), Derek Williams and starring Sean Scully (actor), Sean Scully, Jacques Verbrugge and Sandra Spurr. The script was written Ian Dalrymple and Williams. ''Hunted in Holland'' was shot in Eastmancolor. Plot Tim visits his penfriend Piet van Helder in Holland. Piet has a kid sister named Aanike. Tim throws away a raw herring, which lands in the megaphone of a man guiding British tourists in a channel boat. Confused he drops his walking stick into the water. When the children later fishes it up, they discover a valuable diamond bracelet hidden inside. The guide actually belongs to a gang of diamond thieves. Tim conceals the bracelet inside a hollow cheese. Cast *Sean Scully (actor), Sean Scully - Tim *Walter Randall - The guide *Thom Kelling - van Helder *Jacques Verbrugge - Piet van Helder *Sandra Spurr - Aanike van Helder *Riek Schagen - Mrs. van Helder *J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple (26 August 190328 March 1989) was a British screenwriter, film director, film editor and film producer. Biography Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at Rugby School, Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked in advertising then went into the film industry. Editor Initially, he worked as an editor at Gainsborough Pictures working his way up to head editor. He then went to become head editor at Gaumont British Picture Corporation, Gaumont-British pictures from ''Rome Express'' onwards. Screenwriter He went into screenwriting with great success. He was nominated for an Oscar for his contribution to the script of ''Pygmalion''. Dalrymple went to work on Alexander Korda's propaganda film ''The Lion Has Wings'' (1939). One of its directors, Michael Powell, called Dalrymple "an extremely able and very nice man and a wonderful organiser." Crown Film Unit During World War II, from 1940-43 he was a producer for the Crown Film Unit, the government r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riek Schagen
Geertruida Hendrika (Riek) Schagen (15 November 1913 – 14 July 2008) was a Dutch stage, television and film actress well known for her role as housekeeper Saartje in the children's television series '' Swiebertje''. Schagen was also an artist, who specialized in painting and had her own gallery, named GaleRiek. She appeared in the 1958 film '' Fanfare''. Schagen died in Vorden, Gelderland, the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ..., on 14 July 2008 at the age of 94. Filmography References External links * 1913 births 2008 deaths Dutch actresses People from Amersfoort Dutch women painters 20th-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch women artists {{Netherlands-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Films
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with ''West Side Story'' winning 10 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1961 films from countries outside of North America. Events * May 13 – Legendary actor Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as ''Wings'', ''Meet John Doe'', '' Sergeant York'', ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' and '' High Noon'', Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. * June 28 – Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sign a multi-picture deal with United Artists to produce a series of films based on the novels of Ian Fleming starting with either '' Dr. No'' or '' Diamonds Are Forever''. The series goes on to become the highest-grossing film series of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Children's Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a proven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Arroseur Arrosé
''L'Arroseur Arrosé'' (; also known as ''The Waterer Watered '' and ''The Sprinkler Sprinkled'') is an 1895 in film, 1895 France, French Short subject, short black-and-white silent film, silent comedy film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière, Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc (actor), François Clerc and Benoît Duval. It was first screened on June 10, 1895. It is the earliest known instance of film comedy, the first use of film to portray a fictional story, and the first use of a promotional film poster. The film was originally known as ''Le Jardinier'' ("The Gardener") or ''Le Jardinier et le petit espiègle'', and is sometimes referred to in English as ''The Tables Turned on the Gardener'', and ''The Sprinkler Sprinkled''. Plot Shot in Lyon in the spring of 1895, the film portrays a simple practical joke in which a gardener is tormented by a boy who steps on the Garden hose, hose that the gardener is using to water his plants, cutting off the water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Lumière
Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 Besançon – 6 June 1948, Bandol) was a French engineer and industrialist who played a key role in the development of photography and cinema. Early life and education Lumière was one of four children of Claude-Antoine Lumière, a photographer and painter, and his wife Jeanne-Joséphine (née Costille). At the Martinière Technical School he gained highest marks in his class. Career At age 17, Lumière invented a new process for film development using a dry plate. This process was significantly successful for the family business, permitting the opening of a new factory with an eventual production of 15 million plates per year. Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope inspired his and his brother's subsequent work on the cinematograph. Louis Lumière is most often associated with the name of his brother, Auguste Lumière, under the name of the Lumière brothers. This comparison is a little excessive with regard to the invention of the cinematograph, si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rowden
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Kokshoorn
Frans Kokshoorn (The Hague, 18 June 1920 - Oegstgeest, 25 November 2007) was a Dutch television actor, known for his roles in '' Q & Q'' and ''Bassie & Adriaan Bassie & Adriaan was a television programme series focusing on the adventures and lives of a circus duo consisting of clown Bassie and acrobat Adriaan, played by real-life circus duo Bas and Aad van Toor. Written by Aad van Toor and originally ...''. References 1920 births 2007 deaths Dutch male television actors Male actors from The Hague 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Doting
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo ( Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo ( Portuguese); Gherardo ( Italian); Gherardi ( Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid ( Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης ( Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacco Van Der Made
Gerard Johannes "Sacco" van der Made (4 April 1918, Rotterdam – 21 December 1997, Rotterdam) was a Dutch actor. He provided the voice of Scrooge McDuck in the Dutch version in the television show ''DuckTales''. His last big TV role was that of Bert Jansen in the comedy show '' Het zonnetje in huis'', the Dutch version of ''Tom, Dick and Harriet ''Tom, Dick and Harriet'' is a British sitcom that was broadcast for two series from 1982 to 1983. It was created by the sitcom writing team of Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, and it starred veteran actor Lionel Jeffries in one of his few te ...''. His last role was that of Gerard Krol in the crime series '' Baantjer''. He died at the age of 79 and is buried at a general burial site in Nisse. Family His son, Guus van der Made, is a TV producer who has worked on ''Het zonnetje in huis''. His brother, Jan van der Made, was a writer and a member of the NSB. He died in 1981. Filmography References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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