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Kathleen Gibson
Kathleen Gibson (born Kitty Stride, 1915-1974) was a British actress who developed her craft in repertory theatre. In 1932, Gibson played one of the friends of the character D'Recamier (Pearl Argyle) in the Frederick Ashton ballet "Magic Nights". Gibson was discovered by C. B. Cochran, who made her one of ''Cochran's Young Ladies''. On 30 November 1933, she played Ena Hawkins in a production of ''Mr. Whittington'' at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, starring alongside Jack Buchanan. A review published in ''The Stage'' in December 1933 said that Gibson "looks pretty in the part of Ena and performs some very neat dancing". The show went on tour and included some weeks at the London Hippodrome Theatre. This led to a film contract. Gibson died in Paddington, London in 1974. Filmography *''Mr Stringfellow Says No'' (1934) * '' Born That Way'' (1936) *''The Last Rose of Summer'' (1937) *''The Heirloom Mystery'' (1937) *'' Cross My Heart'' (1937) *'' Bells of St. Mary's'' (1937) *''Rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Argyle
Pearl Argyle (born Pearl Wellman; 7 November 1910 – 29 January 1947) was a South African ballet dancer and actress. Remembered today primarily for her extraordinary beauty, she appeared in leading roles with English ballet companies in the 1930s and later performed in stage musicals and in films. Early life and training Argyle was born in Johannesburg, the daughter of Ernest James Wellman and Mary Wellman. She first enters dance history in the mid-1920s, when she appeared in London and enrolled in ballet classes at the schools of Nikolai Legat, in Colet Gardens, and Dame Marie Rambert, in Notting Hill Gate. There she was known as Pearl Argyle by other students and members of Rambert's Ballet Club, the performing group from which Ballet Rambert was to evolve. Among other club members at the time was the emerging choreographer Frederick Ashton, who would play a significant role in her career on the ballet stage. Ballet At the time that Argyle studied at the Rambert Ballet Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heirloom Mystery
''The Heirloom Mystery'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Edward Rigby, Mary Glynne and Gus McNaughton. After being secretly commissioned by a man to create a replica piece of furniture so he can sell the valuable original without his wife knowing, Charles Marriott's firm find themselves under investigation. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton, as a quota quickie for distribution by RKO Pictures.Chibnall p.289 Cast * Edward Rigby as Charles Marriott * Mary Glynne as Lady Benton * Gus McNaughton as Alfred Fisher * Marjorie Taylor as Mary * John Robinson as Dick Marriott * Martin Lewis as Sir Arthur Benton * Kathleen Gibson as Doris * Louanne Shaw as Millie * Bruce Lester as Alf Dene * H. F. Maltby as Mr. Lewis * Michael Ripper Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor. He began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Actresses
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1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Old Days (UK TV Series)
''The Good Old Days'' is a BBC television light entertainment programme produced by Barney Colehan which ran for 30 years from 20 July 1953 to 31 December 1983. It was performed at the Leeds City Varieties and recreated an authentic atmosphere of the Victorian–Edwardian music hall with songs and sketches of the era performed in the style of the original artistes. The audience dressed in period costume and joined in the singing, especially "Down at the Old Bull and Bush" which closed the show each week. The show was compered throughout its whole run (except for the first two shows) by Leonard Sachs, who introduced the acts from a desk situated at the side of the stage. In the course of its run it featured about 2,000 performers. Each show was up to an hour long. The orchestra pit was deliberately visible in front of the main stage. The orchestra leader for many years was Bernard Herrmann (not the American film composer, but a flautist and later conductor with the BBC Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riding High (1937 Film)
''Riding High'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Claude Dampier, John Garrick, Kathleen Gibson and Helen Haye. It is very loosely based on the story of the inventor Thomas McCall, who came up with a radically new design for a bicycle in Victorian Britain. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.96 Cast * Claude Dampier as Septimus Earwicker * Helen Haye as Miss Ada Broadbent * John Garrick as Tom Blake * Kathleen Gibson as Grace Meadows * John Warwick as George Davenport * Billy Merson as Popping * Mae Bacon as Mrs. Winterbottom * Peter Gawthorne Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upo ... as Sir Joseph Wilmot * Billy Holland as Jack Adamson * Billy Bray as Ted Rance * Aileen Latham as Fanny * The Georgian Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The High Command
''The High Command'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim and James Mason. It was shot at Ealing Studios and on location on the Gold Coast. The film's sets were designed by the art director Holmes Paul. It is an adaptation of the 1936 novel ''The General Goes Too Far'' by Lewis Robinson. Plot This is the tale of an English officer who murders a man in Ireland for chivalrous reasons. Years later, he has risen to the rank of Major-General, and is stationed in West Africa. There, his old crime is discovered, and he allows himself to be murdered rather than involve his daughter in his own disgrace.Greene, Graham. The Graham Greene Film Reader: Reviews, Essays, Interviews & Film Stories', p. 208 (Hal Leonard Corporation, 1994). Cast *Lionel Atwill as Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye, VC *Lucie Mannheim as Diana Cloam * Steven Geray as Martin Cloam * James Mason as Capt. Heverell *Leslie Perrins as Maj. Carson *Allan Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember When (1937 Film)
Remember When may refer to: Music * "Remember When" (Alan Jackson song), 2003 * "Remember When (We Made These Memories)", a 1965 song by Wayne Newton * "Remember When (Push Rewind)", a 2012 song by Chris Wallace * "Remember When", a song by Color Me Badd * "Remember When", a song by Avril Lavigne from ''Goodbye Lullaby'' * "Remember When", a song written by Richard Marx and performed by LeAnn Rimes for Disney's Happiest Homecoming on Earth * "Remember When" (The Platters song), a 1959 song written by Buck Ram * ''Remember When'' (The Orwells album), 2012 * '' Remember When: The Anthology'', a DVD of live performances by Harry Chapin * "Remember When" (Bad Wolves song), a song by Bad Wolves on their 2018 album ''Disobey'' Other media * '' Remember When...'', a 1980s TV series hosted by Dick Cavett * Remember When, an imprint of the publisher Pen and Sword Books * ''Remember When'' (film), a 1974 film with a screenplay by Herman Raucher * '' Remember When: Reflections on a Changi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bells Of St
Bells may refer to: * Bell, a musical instrument Places * Bells, North Carolina * Bells, Tennessee * Bells, Texas * Bells Beach, Victoria, an internationally famous surf beach in Australia * Bells Corners, Ontario Music * Bells, directly struck percussion instruments * Glockenspiel, also known as bells * The Bells (band), a Canadian rock band from the 1970s * ''Bells'' (album), an album by Albert Ayler * ''The Bells'' (Lou Reed album), an album by Lou Reed * The Bells (symphony), or in Russian "Kolokola," a choral work by Rachmaninov based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe *"Bells", a song by Fred Wesley and Horny Horns from the album ''The Final Blow'' Film and television * "Bells" (''Blackadder''), an episode of the British sitcom ''Blackadder II'' * "Bells", an episode of '' New Girl'' * ''Bells'', a 1982 Canadian-American film also known as '' Murder by Phone'' Brands and enterprises * Bell's Brewery, a brewery in Michigan, United States * Bell's whisky, a blended whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross My Heart (1937 Film)
''Cross My Heart'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Kathleen Gibson, Kenne Duncan and Tully Comber. It was made at Pinewood Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures.Chibnall p.288 Plot A woman turns a boarding house into a nightclub, but faces problems when it is raided by the police. Cast * Kathleen Gibson as Sally Nichols * Kenne Duncan as Steve King * Tully Comber as Chesty Barlow * Aubrey Fitzgerald as The Major * Robert Field as Mabardi * Muriel Johnston as Miss Bly * Eric Hales Eric Hales (1901–1993) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''The Second Mate'' (1928) * '' The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929) * ''Chelsea Life'' (1933) * '' Anne One Hundred'' (1933) * '' The Secret of the Loch'' (1934) * '' Lucky D ... as Mr. Bland * Sylvia Coleridge as Alice * Sam Blake as Snowball * Frank Tickle as Henry References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The British of the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Rose Of Summer
"The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He wrote it in 1805, while staying at Jenkinstown Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was said to have been inspired by a specimen of Rosa 'Old Blush'. The poem is set to a traditional tune called "Aisling an Óigfhear", or "The Young Man's Dream", which was transcribed by Edward Bunting in 1792, based on a performance by harper Denis Hempson ( Donnchadh Ó hAmhsaigh) at the Belfast Harp Festival. The poem and the tune together were published in December 1813 in volume 5 of Thomas Moore's ''A Selection of Irish Melodies''. The original piano accompaniment was written by John Andrew Stevenson, several other arrangements followed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Poem Musical settings Classical The following is an incomplete selection of "theme and variations" created during the 19th and 20th centuries. *Ludwig van Beethoven used "The Last Rose of Summer" twice: **as no. 6 "Sad and Luckless was the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Ashton
Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 190418 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue. Determined to be a dancer despite the opposition of his conventional middle-class family, Ashton was accepted as a pupil by Léonide Massine and then by Marie Rambert. In 1926 Rambert encouraged him to try his hand at choreography, and though he continued to dance professionally, with success, it was as a choreographer that he became famous. Ashton was chief choreographer to Ninette de Valois, from 1935 until her retirement in 1963, in the company known successively as the Vic-Wells Ballet, the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Royal Ballet. He succeeded de Valois as director of the company, serving until his own retirement in 1970. Ashton is widely credited with the creation of a specifically English genre of ballet. Among his best-known works are ''Façade'' (1931), '' Symphonic Varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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