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Jack Livesey
Jack Edwards Livesey (11 June 1901 – 12 October 1961) was a British film actor. He was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Sam Livesey, the brother of Barry Livesey, and the cousin and step-brother of Roger Livesey. He died in Burbank, California, aged 60. On stage he appeared in the hit West End theatre, West End musical ''The Lisbon Story (musical), The Lisbon Story'' from 1943 to 1944. Partial filmography * ''The Divine Gift'' (1918) * ''La mille et deuxième nuit'' (1933) - Prince Tahar (English version, voice) * ''The Wandering Jew (1933 film), The Wandering Jew'' (1933) - Godfrey - Duke of Normandy * ''Song of the Plough'' (1933) - Squire's Son * ''The Warren Case'' (1934) - Husband In Nightclub (uncredited) * ''The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1935) - Mr. Larkcom * ''Variety (1935 film), Variety'' (1935) - Matt Boyd * ''The Howard Case'' (1936) - Jerry * ''Rembrandt (1936 film), Rembrandt'' (1936) - Journeyman * ''It's Never Too Late to Mend'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Paradise
''Penny Paradise'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and starring Edmund Gwenn, Betty Driver and Jimmy O'Dea. It was an early directorial assignment for Reed, and along with many other British productions of the era such as the same year's better-known Reed-directed ''Bank Holiday'', is described as: "...belonging to a wider studio tradition of modest representation of ordinary British life." BFI Screen Online. ''Retrieved 31-07-2010'' Plot The film is set in , where tugboat captain Joe Higgins (), believing he has won £20,000 on the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Passing Of The Third Floor Back
''The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and starring Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, Rene Ray and Frank Cellier. The film is based on a 1908 play and short story by Jerome K. Jerome and depicts the various small-minded inhabitants of a building and ways they are affected by the arrival of a stranger who works to redeem them. The work had previously been adapted into a 1918 film version by Herbert Brenon. The film or play is referenced in Ngaio Marsh's 1941 novel, '' Death and the Dancing Footman''. Plot The film focuses on a run-down boarding house in London, home to assorted residents. Many of them cling precariously to their social positions with only one figure, the wealthy self-made businessman Mr Wright, being truly successful. The house is owned by the grasping Mrs Sharpe, who mistreats the maid, Stasia, a rehabilitated juvenile delinquent. The members of the household are miserable and openly sneering and rude towards e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patterns Of Power
''Patterns'', also known as ''Patterns of Power'', is a 1956 American "boardroom drama" film starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, and Ed Begley; and directed by Fielder Cook. The screenplay was by Rod Serling, who adapted it from his teleplay of the same name, which was originally broadcast January 12, 1955 on the ''Kraft Television Theatre'' with Sloane, Begley and Richard Kiley. Plot Ruthless Walter Ramsey runs Ramsey & Co., a Manhattan-based industrial empire he inherited from his father. He brings Fred Staples, a youthful industrial engineer whose performance at a company Ramsey has recently acquired has impressed him, in for a top executive job at the headquarters. Though Staples is initially clueless, Ramsey is grooming him to replace the aging Bill Briggs as the second in command at the company. Briggs has been with the firm for decades, having worked for and admired the company's founder, Ramsey's father. His concern for the employees clashes repeatedly with Ramsey's ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Temple's Triumph
''Paul Temple's Triumph'' is a 1950 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Jack Livesey. It was the third in the series of four Paul Temple films made at Nettlefold Studios, and was an adaptation of the Francis Durbridge radio serial ''News of Paul Temple'' (1939). Temple is on the trail of a gang of international criminals trying to steal atomic secrets. Cast Critical reception ''TV Guide'' called it "an uninvolving series entry", but the ''Radio Times ''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by J ...'' wrote, "perhaps too many scenes are staged in hotel rooms, but the plot rattles along, with Teutonic boffins, petrol smugglers, snooping reporters and French singers armed with doped cigarettes distracting the Temples from c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder At The Windmill
''Murder at the Windmill'', titled ''Mystery at the Burlesque'' in the United States, is a 1949 British crime film directed by Val Guest and featuring Garry Marsh, Jon Pertwee, and Peter Butterworth. It was shot at Walton Studios and was the first film to show footage inside the Windmill Theatre. Plot A spectator is shot during a performance at London's Windmill Theatre, causing the Metropolitan police to investigate. Cast * Garry Marsh as Detective Inspector * Jon Pertwee as Detective Sergeant * Jack Livesey as Vivian Van Damm * Eliot Makeham as Gimpy * Jimmy Edwards as Jimmy * Diana Decker as Frankie * Donald Clive as Donald * Jill Anstey as Patsy * Peter Butterworth as Police Constable * Margo Johns as Box Office Girl Critical reception In the ''Radio Times'', David McGillivray wrote, "partly filmed in situ, with performers and staff playing themselves, this creaky whodunnit is a valuable record, within the bounds of the strict censorship of the day, of the lowbrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Gentleman
''The First Gentleman'' is a 1948 British historical drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joan Hopkins, and Cecil Parker. It portrays the relationships and marriage of George, Prince Regent and his tense dealings with other members of his family such as his only child Princess Charlotte and his younger brother Frederick, Duke of York. It was also released as ''Affairs of a Rogue''.The film is based on a play, ''The First Gentleman'' by Norman Ginsbury, which was staged in London in 1945, starring Robert Morley as the Prince Regent and Wendy Hiller as Princess Charlotte. The film title is taken from the Prince Regent's nickname, the ''First Gentleman of Europe''. Plot The film traces the reign of the Prince Regent and his initial attempts to marry off his unruly daughter Charlotte to a number of acceptable nobles, attempts that fail because she falls for Leopold, a poverty-stricken German prince living in England. Charlotte's eventual marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Owes Me A Living
''The World Owes Me a Living'' is a 1945 British Second World War drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring David Farrar and Judy Campbell. The film is based on a novel by John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed in action in 1940 while serving in the Royal Air Force. Its credits acknowledged the assistance and co-operation of the Air Ministry and the de Havilland Aircraft Company. Plot In June 1944, Air Commodore Paul Collyer (Farrar) crash lands his plane on return from a reconnaissance mission. He appears to be suffering from amnesia and is unable to pass on the vital information he learned from the mission. The surgeon diagnoses no actual injury to the brain, but states that the memory loss is most likely attributable to shock, and in such cases memory is most often recovered through some mental jolt from the past. Moira Barrett (Campbell) is summoned to his bedside; he seems to recognise her, and his mind starts to go into flashback mode. Paul is seen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedtime Story (1938 Film)
''Bedtime Story'' is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jack Livesey, Lesley Wareing and Eliot Makeham. It was made as a quota quickie at Cricklewood Studios.Chibnall p.298 Plot summary Cast * Jack Livesey as Sir John Shale * Lesley Wareing as Judy * Eliot Makeham as Uncle Toby * Dorothy Dewhurst Dorothy Irene de Singleton Dewhurst (1886 – 12 December 1959) was an English stage and film actress. Born in 1886 in Sale, Cheshire, England, she was married to the actor George Bernard Copping, who predeceased her. She died on 12 December 1959 ... as Lady Blundell * Margery Morris as Isabel * Michel Bazalgette as Prince * Jonathan Field as Butler References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Bones Of The River
''Old Bones of the River'' is a comedy film released in 1938 starring British actor Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel, based on the characters created by Edgar Wallace. The film is a spoof of the 1935 movie ''Sanders of the River''. Synopsis Hay plays Professor Benjamin Tibbetts, representative of the Teaching & Welfare Institution for the Reformation of Pagans (otherwise known as T.W.I.R.P for short), and dedicated to spreading education amongst the natives of colonial Africa. Professor Tibbetts is the uncle of Wallace's character Lt Tibbetts, known as "Bones", so the Professor is referred to as "Old Bones". As he arrives (still trying to learn the native language via recordings), Professor Tibbetts is tricked into sneaking a pot still, gin still into the country by Prince M'Bapi, half-brother of Bosambo, chief of the Ochori tribe. The steamer that brings him takes Commissioner Sanders on leave, with Captain Hamilton taking over his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Tomorrow
''Murder Tomorrow'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Gwenllian Gill, Jack Livesey and Molly Hamley-Clifford. It was made at Cricklewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.Chibnall p.296 Cast * Gwenllian Gill as Jean Andrews * Jack Livesey as Peter Wilton * Molly Hamley-Clifford as Miss Fitch * Rani Waller as Miss Canning * Francis Roberts as Sergeant Enfield * Raymond Lovell Raymond Lovell (13 April 1900 – 1 October 1953) was a Canadian-born actor who performed in British films. He mainly played supporting roles, often somewhat pompous characters. Lovell initially trained as a physician at Cambridge University ... as Inspector Travers * Jonathan Field as PC Sanders References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Night (film)
''First Night'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jack Livesey, Rani Waller and Sunday Wilshin. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.294 Cast * Jack Livesey as Richard Garnet * Rani Waller as Judith Armstrong * Sunday Wilshin as Rosalind Faber * Ernest Mainwaring as Henry Armstrong * Margaret Damer as Elaine Armstrong * Ann Wilton as Ivy * Felix Erwin as Patterson Luke * Bill Shine (actor) Wilfred William Dennis Shine (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor. Shine was born into a family of theatre actors; among others, Shine's father, mother, grandmother, two uncles and an aunt had worke ... References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind Your Back
''Behind Your Back'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Jack Livesey, Dinah Sheridan and Betty Astell. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.293 Cast * Jack Livesey as Archie Bentley * Dinah Sheridan as Kitty Hogan * Betty Astell as Gwen Bingham * Stella Bonheur as Lady Millicent Coombe * Desmond Marshall as Leslie Woodford * Rani Waller as Mary Woodford * Kenneth Buckley as Albert Clifford * Toni Edgar-Bruce as Clara Bradley * Raymond Lovell as Adam Adams * Jimmy Mageean as Man from the Stalls * Molly Hamley-Clifford as Mrs. Cowell * Jonathan Field as Vivian Hooker * Dorothy Dewhurst Dorothy Irene de Singleton Dewhurst (1886 – 12 December 1959) was an English stage and film actress. Born in 1886 in Sale, Cheshire, England, she was married to the actor George Bernard Copping, who predeceased her. She died on 12 December 1959 ... as Hon. Mrs. Vealfield References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |