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John Glyn-Jones
John Glyn-Jones (28 August 1908 – 21 January 1997) was a British stage, radio, television and film actor. His father, William Glyn-Jones, was a Member of Parliament and he was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Oxford University. He began his acting career in repertory theatre in Oxford and with the BBC Drama Repertory Company, with whom he played Organ Morgan in the original recording of ''Under Milk Wood'' in 1954. As well as acting he was also a producer and director for the BBC, during 1947–51. Selected filmography * ''Save a Little Sunshine'' (1938) - Impressionist (uncredited) * ''Inspector Hornleigh'' (1939) - Alfred (uncredited) * '' They Came by Night'' (1940) - Llewellyn Jones * ''The Proud Valley'' (1940) - Mr. Howes - Collector (uncredited) * ''Convoy'' (1940) - Mate * ''Sailors Three'' (1940) - Best Man * ''Vice Versa'' (1948) - Bindabun Doss * ''The Long Memory'' (1952) - Gedge * ''Valley of Song'' (1953) - Ebenezer Davies * ''The Final Test'' (1953) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smokescreen (film)
''Smokescreen'' is a 1964 British crime drama film, written and directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Peter Vaughan. Plot Mr Roper, an insurance investigator, travels to Brighton to assess the apparent death of a businessman after his burning car was seen crashing over a cliff into the sea. The insurance company is suspicious, as the man had only recently taken out life insurance for a large sum. The car is recovered and no body is found. Roper and the police have to find out whether they are dealing with an accident, an insurance fraud or a murder. Cast * Peter Vaughan as Roper * John Carson as Trevor Bayliss * Yvonne Romain as Janet Dexter * Gerald Flood as Graham Turner * Glynn Edwards as Inspector Wright * John Glyn-Jones as Player * Sam Kydd as Hotel waiter * Deryck Guyler as Station master (as Derek Guyler) * Penny Morrell as Helen, Turner's secretary * David Gregory as the Smudger * Jill Curzon as June * Barbara Hicks as Miss Breen * Bert Palmer as Barman * Tom Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Memory
''The Long Memory'' is a black-and-white 1953 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Clewes. Filmed at locations such as London Waterloo railway station, the North Kent Marshes on the Thames Estuary, and the dingy backstreets of Gravesend, Kent, mainly Queen Street, its bleak setting and grim atmosphere have led to its acclaim as a British example of film noir. Plot Phillip Davidson boards a boat and embraces Fay Driver. Then he goes down below to try to convince her alcoholic father, Captain Driver, not to involve Fay in his criminal activity. However, Boyd brings aboard Delaney (a man he has agreed to smuggle out of the country) and two henchmen. When Boyd demands that Delaney pay him £500, rather than £200, a fight erupts, and Boyd knocks Delaney out. A broken oil lamp starts a fire, attracting the attention of the authorities, and Philip is fished out of the water. A charred corpse is found in the sunken boat. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm All Right Jack
''I'm All Right Jack'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting from a script by Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney based on the 1958 novel ''Private Life'' by Alan Hackney. The film is a sequel to the Boultings' 1956 film ''Private's Progress'' and Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, Terry-Thomas and Miles Malleson reprise their characters. Peter Sellers played one of his best remembered roles as the trades union shop steward Fred Kite, and won a BAFTA Best Actor Award. The rest of the cast included many well-known British comedy actors of the time. The film is a satire on British industrial life in the 1950s. The title is a well-known English expression indicating smug and complacent selfishness. The trade unions, workers and bosses are all seen to be incompetent or corrupt. The film is one of the satires made by the Boulting Brothers between 1956 and 1963. Plot Stanley Windrush chats with his father at the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Of Evidence
''Beyond This Place'' (released in the United States as ''Web of Evidence'') is a 1959 British crime mystery film based on the 1950 novel of the same title by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Jack Cardiff and stars Van Johnson and Vera Miles. Plot The opening credits roll over images of a father playing with his young son in a wood and sailing a toy yacht on a pond. We then jump to Liverpool during the Blitz in the Second World War. A woman (it is implied she is a prostitute) tells a man she is pregnant, then he goes home to see his wife and children. The police arrive at his door and ask what he knows of the murder of the prostitute. The story jumps to 1959 and the man's son (Paul) is sailing back into Liverpool "to clear things up". He is shocked when a local shopkeeper tells him that Mr Oswald saved his father's life: "that is why he wasn't hanged... for the murder". He knows nothing of any of this. He heads to the library and starts reading through old newspapers from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Hal 5
''The Adventures of Hal 5'' is a 1958 British adventure film from the Children's Film Foundation (CCF).ADVENTURES OF HAL 5, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 25, Iss. 288, (Jan 1, 1958): 152. It was an early directorial effort from Don Sharp. Premise ''Hal 5'', an old car, is discovered by two children and purchased by their uncle, a vicar ( William Russell). The garage proprietor, Goorlie, conceals Hal's faulty transmission. Cast * William Russell as the vicar *John Glyn-Jones as Mr. Goorlie *David Morrell as Mr. Dicey *Edwin Richfield as Cooper *Kathleen Williams as Grannie *Peter Godsell as Charles *Janina Faye as Moira *Michael Maguire as Ginger *Ian Higginson as Titch *Martin Boddey as the doctor *Bartlett Mullins as Ben Production The film was made by Don Sharp who had previously directed ''The Stolen Airliner ''The Stolen Airliner'' is a 1955 British Children's Film Foundation production, directed by Don Sharp and starring Fella Edmonds, Diana Day, and Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of A Child
''Heart of a Child'' is a 1958 British drama (film and television), drama film adapted from the 1940 Heart of a Child (novel), novel of the same title by Phyllis Bottome, directed by Clive Donner. It stars Jean Anderson and Donald Pleasence. Plot During wartime rationing, Karl, a young Austrian boy, is beaten by his father, Spiel, who threatens to sell the boy's St. Bernard (dog), St. Bernard dog to the butcher to pay for food for the family. However, much to the father's fury, Karl sells the dog himself to a kindly Veterinary physician, veterinarian. The dog, with the help of Maria, a spinster, then rescues Karl after he is trapped in a snowstorm. Maria ends up marrying the vet, and Karl's father ends up letting Karl keep the dog. Cast * Jean Anderson as Maria * Donald Pleasence as Spiel * Richard Williams (actor born 1946), Richard Williams as Karl * Carla Challoner as Elsa * Maureen Pryor as Frau Spiel * Norman Macowan as Heiss * John Glyn-Jones as Priest * Willoughby Goddard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Truth About Women
''The Truth About Women'' is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Mai Zetterling and Diane Cilento. Plot When his son-in-law comes to him with a woeful tale of an unhappy relationship and a belief that all women are impossible to love, elderly Sir Humphrey Tavistock calmly puts him straight. Tavistock regales him with decades-old anecdotes of found lovers and lost love. We meet in flashback the free-thinking Ambrosine Viney, an independent woman ahead of her time, and the sophisticated Louise Tiere, a diplomat's wife. There are others as well, including one whom Tavistock adores and marries, only to lose her forever during childbirth. Cast * Laurence Harvey as Sir Humphrey Tavistock * Julie Harris as Helen Cooper * Diane Cilento as Ambrosine Viney * Mai Zetterling as Julie * Eva Gabor as Louise * Michael Denison as Rollo * Derek Farr as Anthony * Elina Labourdette as Comtesse * Roland Culver as Charles Tavistock * Wilfrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Value For Money
In economics, economic value is a measure of the benefit provided by a good or service to an economic agent. It is generally measured through units of currency, and the interpretation is therefore "what is the maximum amount of money a specific actor is willing and able to pay for the good or service"? Among the competing schools of economic theory there are differing theories of value. Economic value is ''not'' the same as market price, nor is economic value the same thing as market value. If a consumer is willing to buy a good, it implies that the customer places a higher value on the good than the market price. The difference between the value to the consumer and the market price is called " consumer surplus". It is easy to see situations where the actual value is considerably larger than the market price: purchase of drinking water is one example. Overview The economic value of a good or service has puzzled economists since the beginning of the discipline. First, eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrington V
Carrington and Carington are surnames originating from one of the Carringtons in England, or from the town of Carentan in Normandy, France. It is also rarely a given name. Surname Scientists *Alan Carrington (1934–2013), British chemist *Benjamin Carrington (1827–1893), British botanist *Richard Christopher Carrington (1826–1875), British astronomer Soldiers, politicians, diplomats and jurists *Charles Carrington (British Army officer) (1897–1990), soldier, professor, and biographer of Rudyard Kipling *Codrington Edmund Carrington (1769–1849), English barrister, 1st Chief Justice of Ceylon and Member of Parliament *Edward Carrington (1748–1810), American soldier and statesman *Edwin Carrington, ambassador to and former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (1992-2010) from Trinidad and Tobago * Harold Carrington (1882-1964) British Army General * Henry B. Carrington (1824–1912), American Civil War brigadier general, lawyer, professor and author * James M. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Lottery
''The Love Lottery'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and starring David Niven, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon and Herbert Lom. Produced by Ealing Studios it was one of several Ealing Comedies that veered away from the standard formula. The film examines celebrity and fan worship with an international setting including Lake Como, ambitious dream sequences, and an uncredited cameo appearance at the end by Humphrey Bogart as himself. It was shot in Technicolor. Interiors were shot at Ealing in West London with location shooting around Como in Italy standing in for the fictional town of Tremaggio. The film's sets were designed by the art director Thomas N. Morahan and the costumes by Anthony Mendleson. It was released by General Film Distributors as part of a long-standing agreement with Ealing. Plot A celluloid heart-throb, who is haunted by dreams and hounded by fans, is manipulated by a gambling syndicate into being the prize in a lottery to find him a wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Day To Remember (1953 Film)
''A Day to Remember'' is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring an ensemble cast including Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden, James Hayter and Bill Owen. Plot The darts team of a London public house go on a day trip to Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. On the eve of their visit to France, the members of the Hand & Flower pub darts team gather for a drink. The day trip has been organised by one of the team, Percy, who is a travel agent. For some of the team, it is their first ever trip abroad, while for others it is the first time they have returned to France since their service in World War I or World War II. Charley is looking forward to meeting some French ''mademoiselles'', but Fred, the pub's married landlord, says there'll be none of that sort of thing. Stan has a plan to buy watches in France and smuggle them back into Britain, avoiding customs duty. Jim is going through a rocky patch with his fiancée, whom he suspects considers him to be boring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |