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I'll Turn To You
''I'll Turn to You'' is a 1946 British drama film directed by Geoffrey Faithfull and starring Terry Randall, Don Stannard and Harry Welchman. It was one of a number of films dealing with the problems of returning servicemen.Spicer p.91 Whilst not a musical it has a long concert section at the end allowing the title song to close the story. It was shot at the Walton Studios west of London. The film's sets were designed by the art director George Paterson. It was made by Butcher's Film Service as a higher budget film than usual, and like many of the company's output is named after a traditional song of the same title. Cast * Terry Randall as Aileen Meredith * Don Stannard as Roger Meredith * Harry Welchman as Mr. Collins * Ann Codrington as Mrs. Collins * Ellis Irving as Henry Browning * Irene Handl as Mrs. Gammon * George Merritt as Cecil Joy * Nicolette Roeg as Flora Fenton * Anthony Pendrell as Dick Fenton * Leslie Perrins as Mr. Chigwell * Grace Arnold as Nurse * Hal Go ...
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Geoffrey Faithfull
Geoffrey Faithfull B.S.C., (28 January 1893 – 1 December 1979) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 190 feature films from starting in the industry in the 1910s. Faithfull also directed two films: '' For You Alone'' (1945) and ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946). He worked on several films with Michael Powell and among his later work was responsible for the 1960 SF classic '' Village of the Damned''. Selected filmography * '' Molly Bawn'' (1916) * ''What Next?'' (1928) * '' Wait and See'' (1929) * ''Would You Believe It!'' (1929) * '' The Silent House'' (1929) * '' Red Pearls'' (1930) * '' The Last Hour'' (1930) * '' You'd Be Surprised!'' (1930) * '' 77 Rue Chalgrin '' (1931) * '' The Other Woman'' (1931) * ''The Professional Guest'' (1931) * ''Two Crowded Hours'' (1931) * '' Self Made Lady'' (1932) * '' Little Waitress'' (1932) * '' C.O.D.'' (1932) * '' Above Rubies'' (1932) * '' His Lordship'' (1932) * '' Hotel Splendide'' (1932) * ''My Friend the King'' (1932) * ' ...
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Leslie Perrins
Leslie Perrins (7 October 1901 – 13 December 1962) was an English actor who often played villains. After training at RADA, he was on stage from 1922, and in his long career, appeared in well over 60 films. Hobbies Perrins and wife Violet were dog lovers, and he was a judge at Crufts in 1957, and president of the Welsh Corgi League from 1956 until his death. Their annual award, "The Leslie Perrins Memorial Trophy," is named after him. He wrote a book called 'Keeping a Corgi'. It was published in 1958. Filmography * ''The Sleeping Cardinal'' (1931) as Ronald Adair (film debut) * '' The House of Unrest'' (1931) as Cleaver * '' The Rosary'' (1931) as Ronald Overton * '' The Calendar'' (1931) as Henry Lascarne * ''Betrayal'' (1932) as Clive Wilson * ''White Face'' (1932) as Louis Landor * ''The Lost Chord'' (1933) as Count Carol Zara * ''Leave It to Smith'' (1933) as Duke of Bristol * ''Early to Bed'' (1933) as Mayer * '' The Pointing Finger'' (1933) as Honorable James Mallory ...
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Sandy Macpherson
Roderick Hallowell "Sandy" MacPherson (3 March 1897 – 3 March 1975) was a Canadian-born theatre organist in Britain. As the second official BBC Theatre Organist, in succession to Reginald Foort, he achieved considerable broadcasting time during and after World War II. Early life and career MacPherson was born in Paris, Ontario, Canada. He worked in the United States before travelling to England with his wife in 1928. From 1928 to 1938 MacPherson was the resident organist at the Empire, Leicester Square.Denis Gifford, ''The Golden Age of Radio'', B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1985, , p.162 He was appointed BBC Theatre Organist in 1938, in succession to Reginald Foort, the first holder of that position. During the war years, MacPherson instituted parents speaking to their evacuee children in America live on the radio. He ran a number of request programmes, for instance 'From My Postbag' and 'At Your Request', and on a Sunday evening 'The Twilight Hour'. He also put out progra ...
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Evelyn Laye
Evelyn Laye (n̩e Elsie Evelyn Lay; 10 July 1900 Р17 February 1996) was an English actress who was active on the London light opera stage, and later in New York and Hollywood. Her first husband, actor Sonnie Hale, left her for Jessie Matthews, earning much public sympathy for Laye. Her second husband was actor Frank Lawton, with whom she often appeared in stage productions. Early years Laye was born as Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London, and known informally as Boo. Her parents were both actors and her father a theatre manager. Career Lay made her first stage appearance in August 1915 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton as Nang-Ping in ''Mr. Wu'', and her first London appearance at the East Ham Palace on 24 April 1916, aged 15, in the revue ''Honi Soit'', in which she subsequently toured. For the first few years of her career she mainly played in musical comedy and operetta, including ''The Beauty Spot'' in 1917 and '' Going Up'' in 1918. Among her successes dur ...
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Hamilton Keene
Hamilton George Keene (15 November 1896, in Hampstead – 4 October 1975, in Chelsea). He was a British stage and film actor.Edwards p.188 He appeared in more than thirty British films, originally in more prominent roles during the early 1930s and later in smaller, often uncredited parts. They included: The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film); It's Not Cricket; Burnt Evidence; and nearly thirty others. Selected filmography * '' Lost Patrol'' (1929) * '' The Middle Watch'' (1930) * ''Suspense'' (1930) * '' The New Hotel'' (1932) * ''Illegal'' (1932) * ''Leave It to Blanche'' (1934) * '' The Blue Squadron'' (1934) * '' The Office Wife'' (1934) * '' Little Stranger'' (1934) * '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1937) * ''Mountains O'Mourne'' (1938) * '' The Body Vanished'' (1939) * ''The Briggs Family'' (1940) * ''Contraband'' (1940) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) * ''The Trial of Madame X'' (1948) * '' It's Not Cricket'' (1949) * ''The Second Mate'' (1950) * ''Night and the City'' (1950 ...
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Vi Kaley
Vi Kaley, (19 November 1878, Lambeth - 1967, Marylebone), was a British actress. She was married to Alfred Artois. Partial filmography * '' Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' (1932) * '' A Royal Demand'' (1933) * ''Gay Old Dog'' (1935) * ''The Man Without a Face'' (1935) * ''I Live Again'' (1936) * ''Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * ''The Song of the Road'' (1937) * ''Auld Lang Syne'' (1937) * ''On Velvet'' (1938) * ''The Second Mr. Bush'' (1940) * ''Love on the Dole'' (1941) * ''Front Line Kids'' (1942) * ''Gert and Daisy's Weekend'' (1942) * ''Variety Jubilee'' (1943) * '' Fanny by Gaslight'' (1944) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) * ''The Trojan Brothers'' (1946) * ''Code of Scotland Yard'' (1947) * ''The Fool and the Princess'' (1948) * '' Woman Hater'' (1948) * ''My Brother Jonathan'' (1948) * ''The Mudlark'' (1950) * ''Something in the City'' (1950) * '' Scrooge (1951) * ''My Wife's Lodger'' (1952) * ''Cosh Boy ''Cosh Boy'' (released in the United States as ''The Slasher'') is a 1953 British ...
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Jack Vyvyan
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963-2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore Animals and plants Fish *Carangidae generally, including: **Almaco jack **Amberjack **Bar jack ** Black jack (fish) **Crevalle jack **Giant trevally or ronin jack ** Jack mackerel ** Leather jack **Yellow jack *Coho sa ...
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David Keir
David Keir (1884–1971) was a British film actor, who also appeared on stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Sta .... Selected filmography References External links * 1884 births 1971 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors 20th-century British male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ...
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Cameron Hall (actor)
Cameron Hall (6 January 1897 – 19 December 1983) was an English actor. He was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and died, aged 86, in Sidmouth, Devon Selected filmography * ''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (1935) * ''First a Girl'' (1935) - Cast Member (uncredited) * '' Dark World'' (1935) * ''The Man Behind the Mask'' (1936) - Cast Member (uncredited) * ''This'll Make You Whistle'' (1936) - Furnishings Salesman (uncredited) * ''Conquest of the Air'' (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''The Lilac Domino'' (1937) - Arnim * ''Adventure's End'' (1937) - Slivers * ''The Citadel'' (1938) - Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited) * ''Yes, Madam?'' (1939) - Catlett * ''The Stars Look Down'' (1940) - Cinema Commissionaire (uncredited) * '' Contraband'' (1940) - Naval Officer (uncredited) * ''A Window in London'' (1940) - Hotel Doorman (uncredited) * ''Three Silent Men'' (1940) - Badger Wood * ''Neutral Port'' (1940) - Charlie Baxter * '' Spellbound'' (1941) - Mr. Nugent * ''East of P ...
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Davina Craig
Davina Whitehouse (born Eileen Eliza Smith; 16 December 1912 – 25 December 2002), also known by the stage name Davina Craig before her marriage, was an English-born actress, acclaimed for her roles on stage and film in her native land in the 1930s and early 1940s and in New Zealand from the 1950s where she continued her career as an actress. She was also a radio and stage producer and director, and from the early 1970s she worked in Australia primarily in television serials. Early life and family Born Eileen Eliza Smith in London on 16 December 1912, Whitehouse was the daughter of Scottish-born David Smith and Florence Smith (née King). Her father died when she was two years old, and she was renamed Davina in his memory. Her mother remarried an ex-soldier 10 years later. In 1941 she married John Henry Archibald Whitehouse, and in 1952 they and their children emigrated to New Zealand. Davina Whitehouse became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1977. Career Britain (1929†...
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Lesley Osmond
Lesley Osmond (23 November 1921 – March 1987) was a British actress. She appeared in the 1953 West End musical '' The Glorious Days''. Selected filmography * ''Asking for Trouble'' (1942) * ''In Which We Serve'' (1942) * ''We'll Meet Again'' (1943) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) * '' The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson'' (1947) * '' House of Darkness'' (1948) * ''This Was a Woman'' (1948) * ''The Story of Shirley Yorke'' (1948) * ''Let's Have a Murder'' (1950) * ''Chelsea Story'' (1951) * ''Death Is a Number ''Death Is a Number'' is a 1951 British horror film directed by Robert Henryson and starring Terence Alexander, Lesley Osmond and Peter Gawthorne. Plot A racing driver is persecuted by the number 9. Cast * Terence Alexander - Alan Robert * L ...'' (1951) References External links * 1921 births 1987 deaths Actresses from London English film actresses 20th-century English actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub ...
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Hilda Bayley
Hilda Christabel Bailey (29 June 1888 – 26 May 1971) was a British theatre and film actress. On stage from 1913, she was in both stage and film versions of ''Carnival'' in 1918 and 1921, respectively; and in the controversial crime film ''Cocaine'' in 1922. Partial filmography * '' Sisters in Arms'' (1918, Short) - WAAC Girl * ''The Soul of Guilda Lois'' (1919) * '' Under Suspicion'' (1919) - Countess Nada * '' The Barton Mystery'' (1920) - Ethel Standish * ''Carnival'' (1921) - Simonetta * ''Cocaine'' (1922) - Madge Webster * ''Flames of Passion'' (1922) - Kate Watson * ''The Scandal (1923 film)'' (1923) - Charlotte * ''The Woman Who Obeyed'' (1923) - Marion Dorchester * ''The Secret Adversary'' (1929) - Rita van den Meer * '' Head Office'' (1936) - Mrs. Braham * '' Under a Cloud'' (1937) - Rosalyn Forbes * '' Room for Two'' (1940) - Dressmaker * ''The Farmer's Wife'' (1941) - Mrs. Rundle * '' Jeannie'' (1941) - Mrs. Jansen * ''Much Too Shy'' (1942) - Lady Driscoll * ''Went t ...
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