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Lawrence Huntington
Lawrence Huntington (1900–1968) was a UK, British film director, screenwriter and film producer, producer. Huntington was born in London on 9 March 1900, he directed more than thirty films following his debut feature ''After Many Years'' (1930). He later worked in television before his death in 1968. His work on TV included directing ''Douglas Fairbanks Presents''. Partial filmography * ''After Many Years (1930 film), After Many Years'' (1930) * ''Romance in Rhythm'' (1934) * ''Cafe Mascot'' (1936) * ''The Bank Messenger Mystery'' (1936) * ''Two on a Doorstep'' (1936) * ''Strange Cargo (1936 film), Strange Cargo'' (1936) * ''Full Speed Ahead (1936 film), Full Speed Ahead'' (1936) * ''Passenger to London'' (1937) * ''Twin Faces'' (1937) * ''Dial 999 (1938 film), Dial 999'' (1938) * ''I Killed the Count (film), I Killed the Count'' (1939) * ''This Man Is Dangerous'' (1941) * ''Tower of Terror (1941 film), Tower of Terror'' (1941) * ''Suspected Person'' (1942) * ''Women Aren't Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Of Terror (1941 Film)
''Tower of Terror'' is a 1941 British wartime thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Michael Rennie and Movita. It was made at Welwyn Studios with location shooting on Flat Holm off the Welsh coast. The film makes no attempt at either German or even German accents and all German characters speak with an educated English accent. Plot Anthony Hale is a British secret agent in Germany who takes a job as assistant to lighthouse keeper Wolfe Kristan under the assumed name of Albers. He plans to return to Britain with some valuable papers. The plan is for him to be picked up by a British boat. He meets and befriends Marie, who has escaped from a concentration camp and pretends to be the keeper's niece. She had tried to evade capture by the local police by jumping into the sea but was rescued and taken to the lighthouse by the deranged Kristan, who sees in her the image of Marthe, his wife whom he killed 16 years earlier and buried in the basement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadly Record
''Deadly Record'' is a 1959 'B' feature British crime drama directed by Lawrence Huntington, and based on a novel by Nina Warner Hooke. It aired in the US as part of the ''Kraft Mystery Theatre''. ''Plot'': When airline pilot Trevor Hamilton's wife is murdered, he is wrongly accused of the crime. Cast *Lee Patterson as Trevor Hamilton *Barbara Shelley as Susan Webb *Jane Hylton as Ann Garfield *Peter Dyneley as Dr. Morrow *Geoffrey Keen as Supt. Ambrose * John Paul as Phil Gamage *Everley Gregg as Mrs. Mac *Edward Cast as Constable Ryder *George Pastell as Angelo *Ferdy Mayne as Ramon Casadas *April Olrich as Carmela * Percy Herbert as Belcher Critical reception ''DVD Beaver'' wrote "The film is better than most for this pleasurable genre of short Brit crime-thrillers. I will watch it again when the mood strikes." References External linksDeadly Recordat BFIDeadly Recordat Letterbox DVDDeadly Recordat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contraband Spain
''Contraband Spain'' is a 1955 crime film written and directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Richard Greene, Anouk Aimée and Michael Denison. Its Spanish title is ''Contrabando''. Plot A United States Department of the Treasury agent works against smugglers on the border between Spain and France. He has a personal interest as his brother who was part of the gang was murdered by them. The gang smuggles watches into Spain and brings counterfeit American money into England that is used to buy gold that is melted down and shipped to Continental Europe. Cast * Richard Greene as Lee Scott * Anouk Aimée as Elena Vargas * Michael Denison as Ricky Metcalfe * José Nieto as Pierre * Robert Ayres as Mr. Dean * Richard Warner as Inspector LeGrand * John Warwick as Bryant * Philip Saville as Martin Scott * Alfonso Estela as Henchman * Conrado San Martín as Henchman * Antonio Almorós as Lucien Remue * G. H. Mulcaster as Colonel Ingleby Christopher Lee provides uncredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Was A Young Lady
''There Was a Young Lady'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray and Sydney Tafler. It was made at Walton Studios and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Frederick Pusey. Huntington had been a prominent director in the 1940s but after this film he dropped into making second features. The film marked the screen debut of Geraldine McEwan as dim-witted secretary Irene. Plot Super-efficient secretary Elizabeth Foster effectively runs a diamond merchant firm. Her boss David Walsh (who inherited the firm from his grandfather, but knows nothing about diamonds) buys a diamond ring from a street vendor, planning to propose to her, but she tells him the diamond is actually paste, and far from worth the £25 he paid. His embarrassment over this causes him to forgo proposing. She tells him of her plan to rescue the firm from its dire financial position, by purchasing the family jewels of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadly Nightshade (film)
''Deadly Nightshade'' is a 1953 British crime drama film directed by John Gilling. It stars Emrys Jones, Zena Marshall and John Horsely. A convict on the run (Emrys Jones) switches identities with a lookalike, only to find himself in even deeper trouble. Cast * Emrys Jones as Matthews / Barlow *Zena Marshall as Ann Farrington * John Horsely as Inspector Clements *Joan Hickson as Mrs. Fenton *Hector Ross as Canning *Roger Maxwell as Col. Smythe *Lesley Deane as Mrs. Smythe *Marne Maitland as Heinz *Frederick Piper as Mr. Pritchard Critical reception ''TV Guide'' thought the idea was "done much better in Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni (, ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for directing his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and ''L'Eclisse'' (1962 ...'s '' The Passenger'' (1975)," but found the film, "still occasionally entertaining"; while the '' Radio Times'' wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Franchise Affair (film)
''The Franchise Affair'' is a 1951 British thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Anthony Nicholls and Marjorie Fielding. It is a faithful adaptation of the novel '' The Franchise Affair'' by Josephine Tey. Plot In a quiet English town, 14-year-old schoolgirl Betty Kane (Ann Stephens) claims that the owners of an isolated house ("The Franchise"), spinster Marion Sharpe (Dulcie Gray) and Marion's mother (Marjorie Fielding), kidnapped and beat her. The police believe Betty's story, but local lawyer Robert Blair (Michael Denison), a bachelor, is sceptical. Risking ostracism from the community, Blair quietly sets about proving the innocence of the two women. The community begin to shun the women as they have already effectively been tried by the local press. Attacks on the house begin: breaking windows and painting graffiti on the walls. A local garage mechanic (Kenneth More) offers to help guard the house. It eventually emerges tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man On The Run
''Man on the Run'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey. Plot An army deserter, still a fugitive in post-war Britain, wanders into a pawn shop robbery and finds himself mistakenly wanted for murder. Forced to go on the run while attempting to prove his innocence, he meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals. Cast * Derek Farr as Sergeant Peter Burden, alias Brown * Joan Hopkins as Jean Adams * Edward Chapman as Chief Inspector Mitchell * Laurence Harvey as Detective Sergeant Lawson * Howard Marion-Crawford as 1st Paratrooper * Alfie Bass as Bert the Barge Mate * John Bailey as Dan Underwood, burglar * John Stuart as Detective Inspector Jim McBane * Edward Underdown as Slim Elfey, Burglar Missing Fingers * Leslie Perrins as Charlie the Fence * Kenneth More as Corporal Newman the Blackmailer * Martin Miller as Tony, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Upturned Glass
''The Upturned Glass'' is a 1947 British film noir psychological thriller directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring James Mason, Rosamund John and Pamela Kellino. The screenplay concerns a leading brain surgeon who murders a woman he believes to be responsible for the death of the woman he loved. It was made at Gainsborough Pictures' Islington Studios, with sets designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. It was made as an independent production overseen by Sydney Box, then head of Gainsborough. Plot Michael Joyce, a Harley Street brain specialist, unhappily married and separated from his wife, falls in love with Emma Wright when she brings her young daughter Ann for consultation. Unfortunately, neither is free to marry, so the affair ends almost as soon as it begins. Later, however, Emma dies after a fall from her country manor's second-story bedroom window. Upon hearing of the tragedy, Michael attends the coroner's inquest, where Ann and Emma's sister-in-law, Kate Howard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Bough Breaks (1947 Film)
''When the Bough Breaks'' is a 1947 film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Patricia Roc and Rosamund John. It is an adaptation of an original storyline by Herbert Victor on adoption and the competing ties of one child's birth and foster family. Plot After learning that her husband is a bigamist who already had a wife, new mother Lily Gardner (Patricia Roc) resolves to raise her baby, Jimmy, on her own under her maiden name of Lily Bates rather than give him up for adoption. Each day Lily leaves Jimmy at a day nursery while she works as a shopgirl at a department store, and then cares for Jimmy herself at night. Frances Norman (Rosamund John), a middle-class married woman who works at the day nursery to be around children after losing her own baby, is drawn to Jimmy. When Lily, under stress from her demanding schedule, becomes ill with flu, Frances persuades Lily to let her and her husband look after Jimmy temporarily. When Lily recovers, she visits Jimmy at the Normans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted For Murder (film)
''Wanted for Murder'' is a 1946 British crime film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr, and Roland Culver. Plot Anne Fielding is delayed on the London Underground, making her late for a meeting with her friend Victor James Colebrooke. She meets Jack Williams who is also delayed. The two take an immediate liking to each other. After they emerge from the Underground Jack helps her to locate Victor. Victor, the grandson of a notorious hangman, is gradually becoming insane and unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death. He is in love with Anne, but he does not know how much longer he can prevent himself from killing her. Inspector Conway investigates Victor's murders and pieces together the evidence that Victor leaves behind. Cast *Eric Portman as Victor James Colebrooke *Dulcie Gray as Anne Fielding *Derek Farr as Jack Williams *Roland Culver as Chief Inspector Conway *Stanley Holloway as Sergeant Sullivan *Barbara Everest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Boat To Dublin
''Night Boat to Dublin'' is a 1946 British thriller film directed and co-written by Lawrence Huntington. It stars Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow and Herbert Lom. Plot During the Second World War, a captured German spy (Marius Goring) is executed at the Tower of London, without revealing the whereabouts of Professor Hansen, a refugee Swedish scientist in Britain. He is believed to be unwittingly passing information on the atomic bomb to Germany through the neutral Irish Free State. British intelligence attempts to locate him and break this link. Two intelligence officers, Captain Grant and Captain Wilson, travel incognito on the overnight ferry to Dublin. They observe the German contact, Keitel, and their suspicion falls on lawyer Paul Faber. Grant manages to get a clerical job in Faber's London office, using a false identity. He allows himself to be exposed as an ex-army officer who's gone AWOL, and allows himself to be blackmailed by Faber into doi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
