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John Harlow (director)
John Harlow (19 August 1896 – 1977) was an English film director, active from the 1930s to the 1950s. Harlow worked for smaller studios, mainly in crime/thriller genre potboilers, with his better known films including ''Candles at Nine'' (1944), the Sexton Blake thrillers ''Meet Sexton Blake'' and ''The Echo Murders'' (both 1945), ''Appointment with Crime'' (1946) and the 1947 reincarnation drama ''While I Live''. He also directed two late entries in the popular, if critically unappreciated, Old Mother Riley series. Filmography (director) *1933: '' My Lucky Star'' *1934: '' Master and Man'' *1941: '' Spellbound'' *1942: '' This Was Paris'' *1943: '' The Dark Tower'' *1944: ''Candles at Nine'' *1944: ''Headline'' *1945: ''The Agitator'' *1945: ''Meet Sexton Blake'' *1945: ''The Echo Murders'' *1946: ''Appointment with Crime'' *1947: ''Green Fingers'' *1947: ''While I Live'' *1949: ''Old Mother Riley's New Venture'' *1950: ''Old Mother Riley Headmistress'' *1953: '' Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: ''Rhosan ar Wy'') is a market town in England, near the border with Wales. It had a population of 10,582 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 11,309 in 2019. It lies in south-eastern Herefordshire, on the River Wye and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean. History The name "Ross" is derived from the Welsh or Celtic for a "promontory". It was renamed "Ross-on-Wye" in 1931 by the General Post Office, due to confusion with other places of the same or similar name (such as Ross in Scotland). Ross-on-Wye promotes itself as "the birthplace of British tourism". In 1745, the rector, Dr John Egerton, started taking friends on boat trips down the valley from his rectory at Ross. The Wye Valley's attraction was its river scenery, its precipitous landscapes, and its castles and abbeys, which were accessible to seekers of the "picturesque". In 1782, William Gilpin's book ''Observations on the River Wye'' was published, the first illustrated tour guide to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Was Paris
''This Was Paris'' is a 1942 British Second World War spy film directed by John Harlow and starring Ann Dvorak, Ben Lyon and Griffith Jones. It was shot at Teddington Studios. Plot British Captain Bill Hamilton meets and is attracted to American fashion designer Ann Morgan in Paris during the Phoney War stage of hostilities. He also makes the acquaintance of ''Sydney-Chronicle'' reporter Butch. Later, he is assigned by MI5 The Security Service, also known as MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), G ... to investigate Ann. The fashion house where she works is a center of German fifth columnists, headed by Van Der Stuyl and Madame Florien. MI5 suspects Ann herself is a spy, but Bill is certain she is innocent. Her friend, Count Raul De La Vague, however, has been gulled by Van Der Stuyl and Madame Florien i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delayed Action
''Delayed Action'' is a 1954 British film noir mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Ayres, June Thorburn and Alan Wheatley. It was produced as a second feature for release by General Film Distributors. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. Plot Two criminals do a deal with a suicidal man, who will confess to crimes they have committed before killing himself. However he subsequently has a change of heart. Cast * Robert Ayres as Ned Ellison * June Thorburn as Anne Curlew * Alan Wheatley as Mark Cruden * Bruce Seton as Sellars * Michael Balfour as Honey * Michael Kelly as Lobb * John Horsley as Worsley * Olive Kirby as Angela Bentley * Ballard Berkeley as Insp. Crane * Ian Fleming as Dr. Jepson * Myrtle Reed as Jackie * Dennis Chinnery as Bank cashier * Charles Lamb as Bank clerk * Arthur Hewlett as Battersby (uncredited) * Frederick Leister as Sir Francis Henry (uncredited) Critical recepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Cargo
''Dangerous Cargo'' is a 1954 British second feature crime film directed by John Harlow starring Jack Watling, Susan Stephen and Karel Stepanek. The film was produced by Stanley Haynes for ACT Films. ''Daily Express'' crime reporter Percy Hoskins provided the story. Plot Security man Tim Matthews works at London Airport. His wartime friend Harry, now a criminal working for master crook Pliny, forces him to reveal the details of the next gold shipment through the airport. Matthews' wife tells the police, who let the robbery plan unfold. When the gang get to the airport to steal the gold, the police are waiting. Cast * Jack Watling as Tim Matthews * Susan Stephen as Janie Matthews * Karel Stepanek as Pliny * Richard Pearson as Noel * Terence Alexander as Harry * John Le Mesurier as Luigi * Ballard Berkeley as Findley * Genine Graham as Diana * John Longden as Worthington * Trevor Reid as Watson * Arthur Rigby as Feathers * John H. Watson as Tomkins * Arthur Mullard as thug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Parrot
''The Blue Parrot'' is a low budget 1953 British crime film directed by John Harlow and starring Dermot Walsh, Jacqueline Hill, Ballard Berkeley, Richard Pearson, and John Le Mesurier. The film was produced by Stanley Haynes for Act Films Ltd. Jacqueline Hill later became well known for playing Barbara, one of the original companions of BBC TV's ''Doctor Who''. Ballard Berkeley found fame in later life playing Major Gowen in ''Fawlty Towers''. British crime reporter Percy Hoskins provided the story. Premise Soho night club the Blue Parrot is at the centre of murder and racketeering investigations, and the police go undercover. Cast * Dermot Walsh as Bob Herrick * Jacqueline Hill as Maureen Maguire * Ballard Berkeley as Superintendent Chester * June Ashley as Gloria * Richard Pearson as "Quinny" * Ferdy Mayne as Stevens * Victor Lucas as Rocks Owen * Edwin Richfield as Taps Campelli * John Le Mesurier as Henry Carson * Arthur Rigby as Charlie * Valerie White as E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those People Next Door
''Those People Next Door'' is a 1953 British second feature comedy film directed by John Harlow and starring Jack Warner, Charles Victor and Marjorie Rhodes. Plot In Second World War era Britain, working-class Sam Twigg (Jack Warner) and his wife Mary (Marjorie Rhodes) are raising their family in the shadow of the Blitz. Their next door neighbours Joe (Charles Victor) and Emma (Gladys Henson) practically live in the Twiggs’ house, borrowing cups of sugar or using their Anderson shelter. Controversy arises when Sam's pretty daughter Anne (Patricia Cutts) becomes romantically involved with RAF officer Victor Stevens (Peter Forbes-Robertson). There is disapproval from Victor's wealthy parents, Sir Andrew and Lady Stevens (Garry Marsh and Grace Arnold), who object to the match on grounds of class. Lady Stevens even offers money to the Twigg family to call off the relationship, which enrages father Sam. However, when RAF man Victor is reportedly shot down in action, parental atti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Mother Riley Headmistress
''Old Mother Riley, Headmistress'' is a low budget black and white 1950 British comedy film, starring Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. The 13th film in the Old Mother Riley series, it features the Luton Girls Choir playing many of Mother Riley's pupils. Plot summary Daughter Kitty is sacked from her job as music teacher at an exclusive girls school, but Mother Riley unexpectedly comes into an inheritance, and decides to buy the girls finishing school and give Kitty her job back. Mother Riley soon establishes herself as headmistress at St. Mildred's School for Young Ladies, and throws herself into her new role with vigour, whether it's taking P.E. lessons, brazenly cheating on Sports Day, or confronting the haunted school piano. Cast * Arthur Lucan as Daphne Snowdrop Bluebell Riley * Kitty McShane as Kitty Riley * The Luton Girls Choir as School choir * Willer Neal as Bill Travers * Cyril Smith as Maltby * C. Denier Warren as Clifton Hill * Enid Hewitt as Miss Helen Carruthers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
''Old Mother Riley's New Venture'' is a low-budget black-and-white 1949 British comedy film, starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Chili Bouchier. It is the twelfth in the long-running Old Mother Riley films, and was the first of the series to play in London's West End. In addition, it was the first to be released in the US, where it opened in 1952, as ''Old Mother Riley'', (and was re-released there as ''A Wild Irish Night''). Plot summary The owner of a five star London hotel leaves for a holiday, and to everyone's surprise promotes Old Mother Riley from kitchen dishwasher to manageress. Chaos ensues, and Mother Riley and Kitty are suddenly suspects in the theft of the Royal Hula Diamond, but somehow along the way also manage a trip to a beauty parlour, a banquet with Arab royalty, some Saint Patrick's Day celebrations, and a climactic custard pie fight. Cast * Arthur Lucan as Old Mother Riley * Kitty McShane as Kitty Riley * Chili Bouchier as Cora Gayne * Willer Neal as D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Fingers
''Green Fingers'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Beatty, Carol Raye and Nova Pilbeam. The film title does not use the term green fingers in its normal context, alluding to an untaught and natural skill at growing plants, but rather applies it to the world of alternative medicine and the ancient concept of individuals being natural "healers". Plot Thomas Stone, a seaman on a fishing trawler, discovers that he has what appear to be healing powers when a crewmate is injured. He shows a natural aptitude as a healer. He begins training formally as an osteopath, but his natural flair in combination with human sympathy causes him to treat the daughter of the family where he lodges two months before he is due to qualify. He cures her, enabling her to walk, but is thrown out of his studies as a result. He does, however, marry the girl. He also gets much press coverage for his cure - attracting many clients. During his studies, he had waited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Agitator (1945 Film)
''The Agitator'' is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel ''Peter Pettinger'' by William Riley. It was made by British National Films at the company's Elstree Studios, with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. Cast * William Hartnell as Peter Pettinger * Mary Morris as Lettie Shackleton * John Laurie as Tom Tetley * Moore Marriott as Ben Duckett * J.H. Roberts as Mr. Ambler * George Carney as Bill Shackleton * Frederick Leister as Mark Overend * Joss Ambler as Charles Sheridan, Manager of Overend Works * Elliott Mason as Mrs. Pettinger * Cathleen Nesbitt as Mrs. Montrose * Joyce Heron as Helen Montrose * Edward Rigby as Charlie Branfield * Philip Godfrey as Bert Roberts * Moira Lister as Joan Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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