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It! (1967 Film)
''It!'' (alternate titles: ''Anger of the Golem'' and ''Curse of the Golem'') is a 1967 British horror film made by Seven Arts Productions and Gold Star Productions, Ltd. that features the Golem of Prague as its main subject. Herbert J. Leder is the film's producer, screenwriter, and director. The film was made in the style of the Hammer Studios films both in sound and cinematography. ''It!'' stars Roddy McDowall as the mad assistant museum curator Arthur Pimm, who brings the Golem to life.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 174-177 Plot A London museum's warehouse burns down, leaving undamaged a statue that the museum curator, Mr. Grove, identifies as "Mid-European Primitive". Grove is mysteriously killed while inspecting the artifact when his assistant, Arthur Pimm, is sent to fetch a flashlight for him. This begins a series of unexplained deaths and calamities connected with the statue, which is later positively identified as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert J
Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket (''Great Expectations'' character), Pip's close friend and roommate in the Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey Richards
Aubrey Richards (6 June 1920 – 29 May 2000) was a Welsh actor who appeared in numerous film and television productions over a 40-year period, often portraying professors. He began his acting career in repertory theatre. His films included ''The Ipcress File'' (1965), '' It!'' (1967), ''The Man Who Haunted Himself'' (1970), ''Under Milk Wood'', '' Endless Night'' and '' Savage Messiah'' (all 1972). On television he had a major role as Samuel Evans in ''Carrie's War'' (1974), and recurring roles in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1975–76), as Mr. Elias, and in ''Emergency-Ward 10''. He also featured as Professor Parry in the ''Doctor Who'' adventure ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1967). Richards was married to the distinguished stage manager Diana Boddington Diana Boddington, (30 July 1921 – 17 January 2002) was an English stage manager. Career Born in Blackpool in 1921, Boddington's first worked as an assistant electrician for Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic in 1941. Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is perhaps best known for his book of film capsule reviews, ''Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide'', published annually from 1969 to 2014. Early life Maltin was born in New York City, the son of singer Jacqueline ( née Gould; 1923–2012) and Aaron Isaac Maltin (1915–2002), a lawyer and immigration judge. Maltin was raised in a Jewish family in Teaneck, New Jersey. He graduated from Teaneck High School in 1968. Career Maltin began his writing career at age 15, writing for ''Classic Images'' and editing and publishing his own fanzine, ''Film Fan Monthly'', dedicated to films from the golden age of Hollywood. After earning a journalism degree at New York University, Maltin went on to publish articles in a variety of film journals, newspapers, and magazines, including ''Variety'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shuttered Room
''The Shuttered Room'' (a.k.a. ''Blood Island'') is a 1967 British horror film directed by David Greene and starring Gig Young and Carol Lynley as a couple who move into a house with dark secrets. It is based on a short story of the same name by August Derleth, published as a so-called "posthumous collaboration" with H. P. Lovecraft. The film has also been re-released under the title ''Blood Island''. Although set in the U.S., the film was shot in England, in Kent and Norfolk. Plot Susannah Kelton, a newly married woman who was raised in foster care in the city, learns that her real parents have died and left their property to her. She and her husband Mike travel to the island of Dunwich off the coast of Massachusetts to inspect the property. They find a local culture that is clannish, backward and ignorant. The few friends whom they make among the locals, including Susannah's aunt Agatha, warn them that the family mill is cursed and urge the Keltons to leave immediately and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frozen Dead
''The Frozen Dead'' is a 1966 British science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Herbert J. Leder and starring Dana Andrews, Anna Palk and Philip Gilbert. In this film, Nazi scientist Dr. Norberg (Dana Andrews) attempts to revive a number of frozen Nazi soldiers at his English estate so that the Third Reich can arise anew 20 years after the end of World War II.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 178-180 Norberg is unsuccessful, however, as his thawed Nazis are only zombie-like creatures, including his vicious brother, Prisoner no. 3 ( Edward Fox), who attempts to strangle anyone who comes near. Norberg reduces Elsa ( Kathleen Breck), the best friend of his niece Jean (Anna Palk), to a living head as part of the Nazi plot. The film was released in the UK in 1966. In the U.S., ''The Frozen Dead'' was released in 1967 as a double feature with '' It!'', a film which Leder also wrote, produced and directed. Plot F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Feature
The double feature is a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatres would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown. Opera use Opera houses staged two operas together for the sake of providing long performance for the audience. This was related to one-act or two-act short operas that were otherwise commercially hard to stage alone. A prominent example is the double-bill of '' Pagliacci'' with ''Cavalleria rusticana'' first staged on 22 December 1893 by the Met. The two operas have since been frequently performed as a double-bill, a pairing referred to in the operatic world colloquially as "Cav and Pag". Origin and format The double feature originated in the later 1930s. Though the dominant presentation model, consisting of all or some of the following, continued well into the 1940s: * One or more live acts * An animated cartoon short subject * One or more live-action com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Adamson
Raymond John Adamson (7 July 1920 – 25 March 2002) was a British actor often on television. Born in Beckenham, then in Kent, he made his TV debut in 1956, playing a constable in ''David Copperfield''. He became typecast playing policemen or lawmen, also playing policeman in series such as '' Oliver Twist'' (1962), '' Out of This World'' (1962), ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1964), '' The Baron'' (1966), and ''New Scotland Yard'' (1972) and he also played a senator in '' Bergerac'' in the early 1980s. Other appearances include ''The Saint'' (1966), '' The Avengers'' (in the episodes ''The Decapod'' (1962), ''The Grandeur That Was Rome'' (1963), '' The Avengers'' (1969)), ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' (in the episode ''Murder Ain't What it Used to Be'') (1969), ''Within These Walls'' (1974-5) and the short film ''The Orchard End Murder'' (1980). His final appearance was as an auction porter in ''Seen a Ghost ''Seen a Ghost'' is an album by the American alternative rock band Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Burns (actor)
Mark Burns (30 March 1936 – 8 May 2007) was an English film and television actor. Biography Burns was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and educated at Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire. He originally planned to enter the priesthood, but after a short-service commission with the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars (1955–57), in which he served in Malaya and Northern Ireland, he became an actor. His career began in 1960 with the film ''Tunes of Glory'' followed by the TV series ''Lorna Doone'' (1963) and ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1964). One of his most prominent roles was as the male lead in the cult 1966 mystery film ''Death Is a Woman''. Burns also appeared in ''The Saint'' episode "The Scales of Justice", and ''The Prisoner'' episode "It's Your Funeral" as Number Two's assistant. He played William Morris in ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1968), Bernie in ''A Day at the Beach'' (1970), the pianist Alfred in ''Death in Venice'' (1971) and Hans von Bülow in '' Ludwig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Napier
Russell Gordon Napier (28 November 1910 – 19 August 1974) was an Australian actor. Biography Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor on the stage as early as 1936; on the screen, from 1947 to 1974, playing both comedic and dramatic roles in both cinema and television. He starred in a live BBC television production of H. G. Wells' ''The Time Machine'' in 1949; only still photographs of this production survive. Napier also acted on stage, and in 1936 appeared in a production of T.S. Eliot's ''Murder in the Cathedral'' at The Old Vic, which later transferred to Broadway. He was the most frequent star of the ''Scotland Yard'' series of short films originally released from 1953 to 1961 for screenings in British cinemas, playing Inspector Harmer in two films, and then DI (later Superintendent) Duggan in thirteen others. The series was aired in the United States by the American Broadcasting Company from 1957. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Chatto
Tom Chatto (born Thomas Chatto St George Sproule; 1 September 1920 – 8 August 1982) was an English actor who made numerous appearances on television, film, and stage between 1957 and his death in 1982. Early life and career Chatto is a great-grandson of Andrew Chatto (1840–1913) the founder of the publishers Chatto and Windus. According to a London Palladium souvenir brochure from a 1970 production of ''Aladdin'', he was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During the war he was commissioned in the Indian Army. After the war he maintained the family interest in books and became a director of the firm of booksellers Pickering and Chatto. Chatto appeared mostly in films, including ''Oscar Wilde'' (1960) in which he played the Clerk of Arraigns. He was well known for his role in the 1969 Guy Hamilton film ''Battle of Britain''. His work in the theatre includes ''Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be'', ''My Fair Lady'', ''Number 10'', ''The Young Visiters'' and ''Hushabye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic (167 BCE–73 CE) and Talmudic (70–640 CE) eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The title "rabbi" was first used in the first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian minister, hence the title " pulpit rabbis", and in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, all increased in importance. Within the various Jewish denominations, there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination, and differences in opinion regarding who is recognized as a rabbi. For ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Goolden
Richard Percy Herbert Goolden, OBE (23 February 1895 – 18 June 1981) was a British actor, most famous for his portrayal of Mole from Kenneth Grahame's ''Wind in the Willows'' in A A Milne's stage adaptation, ''Toad of Toad Hall''. Goolden took up the stage after serving in the army in the First World War. From the start of his career he was cast in character parts, usually elderly. He played more than 500 roles in a career that lasted more than fifty years, and embraced the classics, farce, opera bouffe, radio, films and television. He first played Mole in 1930 and took the part in numerous revivals until his retirement in 1980. He created roles in new plays by Samuel Beckett and Tom Stoppard, and, in his last year, in the radio series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Life and career Early years Goolden was born in London, the son of a barrister,"Mr Richard Goolden", ''The Times'', 20 June 1981, p. 14 Percy Pugh Goolden Goolden ic and his wife Margarida, ''née'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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