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John Stafford (producer)
John Stafford (1893–1967) was a British film producer and director. Selected filmography Producer * '' Where Is This Lady?'' (1932) * ''No Funny Business'' (1933) * '' There Goes Susie'' (1934) * ''Spring in the Air'' (1934) * '' Admirals All'' (1935) * ''The Crouching Beast'' (1935) * '' Ball at Savoy'' (1936) * '' Beloved Imposter'' (1936) * ''Wings Over Africa'' (1936) * ''The Avenging Hand'' (1936) * '' Second Bureau'' (1936) * '' Wake Up Famous'' (1937) * ''The Wife of General Ling'' (1937) * '' Return of a Stranger'' (1937) * '' Tomorrow We Live'' (1943) * '' Candlelight in Algeria'' (1944) * ''Teheran'' (1946) * '' The Golden Madonna'' (1949) * '' Call of the Blood'' (1949) * '' The Woman with No Name'' (1950) * '' The Planter's Wife'' (1952) * '' The Stranger's Hand'' (1954)) * ''Loser Takes All'' (1956) * '' Across the Bridge'' (1957) Director * '' The Inseparables'' (1929) * ''Dick Turpin'' (1933) Screenwriter * ''The Beggar Student ''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Is This Lady?
''Where Is This Lady?'' is a 1932 British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury and Ladislao Vajda and starring Mártha Eggerth, Owen Nares and Wendy Barrie. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.76 An operetta film, it is a remake of the German film ''Once There Was a Waltz'' which was adapted from a stage work by Franz Lehár. Cast * Mártha Eggerth as Steffi Piringer * Owen Nares as Rudi Muller * Wendy Barrie as Lucie Kleiner * George K. Arthur as Gustl Linzer * Gibb McLaughlin as Dr. Schilling * Ellis Jeffreys as Frau Kleiner * Robert Hale as Herr Piringer * O. B. Clarence Oliver Burchett Clarence (25 March 1870, Hampstead, London – 2 October 1955, Hove, Sussex) was an English actor. Following his education at Dover College and University College Hospital, he made his stage debut in 1890. His experience includ ... as Dr. Peffer References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran (film)
''Teheran'' is a 1946 British-Italian thriller film co-directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and William Freshman. It stars Derek Farr as Pemberton Grant, a British intelligence officer who discovers a plot to assassinate the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference during the Second World War. It also featured Marta Labarr, Manning Whiley and Pamela Stirling. It was also released under the alternative titles ''Appointment in Persia'' and ''The Plot to Kill Roosevelt'' and ''Conspiracy in Teheran''. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. Plot In 1943, Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet at the Tehran conference to agree plans for the Allied invasion of Europe. Whilst attempting to trace ballerina Natalie Trubetzin (Marta Labarr), who he met before the outbreak of war, British journalist Pemberton Grant (Derek Farr) uncovers a deadly conspiracy. The plot, led by Paul Sherek (Manning Whiley), involves international arms dealers, who can't af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch '' Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species '' Kenyapithecus africanus''. ** American football: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1893 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; the charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison. * January 13 ** The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom has its first meeting. ** U.S. Marines from the ''USS Boston'' land in Honolulu, Hawaii, to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. * January 15 – The ''Telefon Hírmondó'' service starts with around 60 subscribers, in Budapest. * January 17 – Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii: Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety in Hawaii, with the intervention of the United States Marine Corps, overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani. * January 21 ** The Cherry Sisters first perform in Marion, Iowa. ** The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beggar Student (1931 British Film)
''The Beggar Student'' is a 1931 British operetta film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Harvel and starring Shirley Dale, Lance Fairfax and Jerry Verno. It was based on the 1882 operetta ''The Beggar Student'' composed by Carl Millöcker. A separate The Beggar Student (1931 German film), German film was made the same year. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. p. 263. The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold. Cast *Shirley Dale as Tania *Lance Fairfax as Carl Romaine *Jerry Verno as Jan Janski *Frederick Lloyd (actor), Frederick Lloyd as Colonel Ollendorff *Mark Daly (actor), Mark Daly as Sergeant *Jill Hands as Broni *Margaret Halstan as Countess Novalska *Edward Ashley as Nicki References Bibliography *Rachael Low, Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. *Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927–1939'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Turpin (1933 Film)
''Dick Turpin'' is a 1933 British historical drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Stafford it starred Victor McLaglen, Jane Carr, Frank Vosper, James Finlayson and Cecil Humphreys. The film depicts the adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York. It is based on a historical novel by Harrison Ainsworth. It was made at Cricklewood StudiosWood p.77 with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was the last film made by Stoll Pictures which had once been the dominant producer in Britain during the silent era. Cast * Victor McLaglen as Dick Turpin * Jane Carr as Eleanor Mowbray * Frank Vosper as Tom King * James Finlayson as Jeremy * Cecil Humphreys as Sir Luke Rookwood * Gillian Lind as Nan * Gibb McLaughlin as Governor of Newgate * Alexander Field as Weazel Jones * Roy Findlay as Dan Smollet * Helen Ferrers as Lady Rookwood * Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inseparables
''The Inseparables'' is a 1929 British silent romance film directed by Adelqui Migliar and John Stafford and starring Elissa Landi, Patrick Aherne and Annette Benson. It was filmed at the Whitehall Studios at Elstree. Plot A smuggler falls in love with a gypsy girl he meets, but she seems to prefer his companion. Cast * Elissa Landi as Velda * Patrick Aherne as Laurie Weston * Annette Benson as Adrienne * Jerrold Robertshaw as Sir Reginald Farleigh * Gabriel Gabrio as Pietro * Fred Rains Frederick William Rains (c. 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director. He was the father of the actor Claude Rains. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Broken Melody'' (1916) * '' The New Clown'' (1916) * ''The Marriag ... as Alexander Figg References Bibliography * Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997. External links * 1929 films British romance films British silent feature films 1920s roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across The Bridge (film)
''Across the Bridge'' is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Rod Steiger, David Knight and Bernard Lee. It is based on the 1938 short story " Across the Bridge" by Graham Greene. According to his obituary, it was director Annakin's favourite film. Plot Carl Schaffner (Rod Steiger) is a widowed British businessman, born in Germany, who flees to Mexico with the police hot on his heels after stealing company funds. He has a fortune stashed in a Mexican bank to keep it out of reach of the British authorities. While traveling by train, Schaffner drugs and switches identities with fellow train passenger Paul Scarff (Bill Nagy), who looks like him and has a Mexican passport. He throws Scarff off the train, injuring Scarff. As part of the ruse, Carl is forced to take possession of Scarff's dog. The plan seems foolproof, but it backfires when Carl, discovers that Scarff is a wanted political assassin. Carl tracks down Scarff, who is incapacitated by his inj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loser Takes All (film)
''Loser Takes All'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin, starring Glynis Johns, Rossano Brazzi, and Robert Morley, with a screenplay by Graham Greene based on his 1955 novella of the same name. Synopsis Tony Bertrand, an assistant accountant in a London firm, discovers a flaw in the accounting system. His boss, Dreuther, the powerful director and major shareholder of his company, arranges for Bertrand and his wife-to-be, Cary, to marry and honeymoon in Monte Carlo. Dreuther will meet the couple in Monte Carlo and be their witness, on board his private yacht. Dreuther does not show up, and the couple marry anyway; after two days at an expensive hotel, they are broke. With his last remaining cash, Bertand buys a 'system' from a tout that will guarantee winning at the casino. He starts to win large sums, and, fascinated by the mathematics of gambling, spends all his time in the casino. Out of pique, Cary takes up with Tony, a fellow guest. Dreuther finally arrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stranger's Hand
''The Stranger's Hand'' (Italian: ''La mano dello straniero'') is a 1954 British-Italian thriller drama film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Trevor Howard, Alida Valli and Richard Basehart. An international co-production, it is based on the draft novel with the same name written by Graham Greene. The plot follows the son of a British MI5 agent kidnapped in Venice by agents of Yugoslavia as he searches for his father. The first two chapters of ''The Stranger's Hand'' had been entered by Greene anonymously under a pseudonym to a competition in the ''New Statesman'' to write a book in the style of Graham Greene – a competition in which Greene was amused to win second prize. Soldati had seen the chapters and persuaded Greene to complete the novella to make the basis for a film. Greene expanded it to 30 pages of a "film story", on which Giorgio Bassani and Guy Elmes completed the screenplay.The Guardian/ref> Cast * Trevor Howard as Major Roger Court * Alida Valli as R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Planter's Wife (1952 Film)
''The Planter's Wife '' is a 1952 British war drama film directed by Ken Annakin, and starring Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins and Anthony Steel. It is set against the backdrop of the Malayan Emergency and focuses on a rubber planter and his neighbours who are fending off a campaign of sustained attacks by Communist insurgents while also struggling to save their marriage. The film was retitled ''Outpost in Malaya'' in the United States. Plot During the Malayan Emergency, communist terrorists attack an isolated rubber plantation, killing the manager. This concerns neighbouring planter Jim Frazer, who is struggling to produce rubber under constant attacks. Jim is having domestic difficulties with his American wife Liz, who is planning to take their son Mike to England and not return. British Inspector Hugh Dobson urges Liz to come clean with Jim. Jim gives a lift to Wan Li, a Chinese man, the uncle of a little servant girl injured in the attack on Jim's neighbour. After Wan Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman With No Name
''The Woman with No Name'' is a 1950 British drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Phyllis Calvert, Edward Underdown, Helen Cherry, Richard Burton and James Hayter. In the United States it was released as ''Her Panelled Door''. Plot Yvonne Winter is an amnesiac, a victim of the wartime bombing of the London hotel where she is staying. At a country hospital she meets the pilot, Nick Chamerd, who saved her life. They fall in love and plan to marry, but he is killed on active duty. Yvonne's real husband hires detectives to find her. She is brought home and starts to piece together her past, but not everything she finds there brings her happiness. Cast * Phyllis Calvert as Yvonne Winter * Edward Underdown as Lake Winter * Helen Cherry as Sybil * Richard Burton as Nick Charmerd * Anthony Nicholls as Doctor * James Hayter as Captain Bradshawe * Betty Ann Davies as Beatrice * Amy Veness as Sophie * Andrew Osborn as Paul Hammond * Patrick Troughton as Colin * Leslie P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
