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Love Among The Ruins (film)
''Love Among the Ruins'' is a 1975 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier which premiered on ABC on March 6, 1975. Plot The story is set in 1911, at the end of the Edwardian period. Jessica Medlicott is an aging grande dame, formerly an actress of the London theatre, accused of having met, courted, promised marriage to, and then jilted and abandoned her suitor. The much-younger ex-fiancé then files suit, seeking £50,000 in damages for the breach of promise by her. She retains the greatest barrister in the empire, Sir Arthur Granville-Jones, to defend her. He is incidentally also a man she seduced and abandoned 40 years earlier, but who has remained hopelessly in love with her ever since. Cast * Katharine Hepburn as Jessica Medlicott * Laurence Olivier as Sir Arthur Granville-Jones * Colin Blakely as J. F. Devine * Richard Pearson as Druce * Joan Sims as Fanny Pratt * Leigh Lawson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Costigan
James Costigan (March 31, 1926 – December 19, 2007) was an American television actor and Emmy Award-winning television screenwriter. His writing credits include the television movies ''Eleanor and Franklin (miniseries), Eleanor and Franklin'' and ''Love Among the Ruins (film), Love Among the Ruins''. Early life Costigan was born on March 31, 1926 in Eastside Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, where his parents owned and operated a hardware store. He first achieved some level of success in the 1950s, when he came to write for television anthology series, such as ''Studio One (American TV series), Studio One'' and ''Kraft Television Theatre''. Career Costigan won his first Emmy for teleplay, original teleplay in 1959 for ''Little Moon of Alban'', a segment which appeared as part of the ''Hallmark Hall of Fame''. He earned a second Emmy nomination in 1959 for his Screenplay, script adaptation of ''The Turn of the Screw''. He did not win, but Ingrid Bergman won an Emmy for her performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrister
A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and giving expert legal opinions. Barristers are distinguished from both solicitors and chartered legal executives, who have more direct access to clients, and may do transactional legal work. It is mainly barristers who are appointed as judges, and they are rarely hired by clients directly. In some legal systems, including those of Scotland, South Africa, Scandinavia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, the word ''barrister'' is also regarded as an honorific title. In a few jurisdictions, barristers are usually forbidden from "conducting" litigation, and can only act on the instructions of a solicitor, and increasingly - chartered legal executives, who perform tasks such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media. The awards were conceived by the National Association of Broadcasters in 1938 as the radio industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. Programs are recognized in seven categories: news, entertainment, documentaries, children's programming, education, interactive programming, and public service. Peabody Award winners include radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals from around the world. Established in 1940 by a committee of the National Association of Broadcasters, the Peabody Award was created to honor excellence in radio broadcasting. It is the oldest major electronic media award in the United States. Final Peabody Award winners are selected unanimously by the prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Forsyth
Frank Forsyth (19 December 1905 – 2 May 1984), sometimes credited as Frank Forsythe, was an English actor, active from the 1930s. He was born on 19 December 1905 in London, England. He appeared in several TV programmes, including '' Department S'' (1969), ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1972) and ''Journey to the Unknown'' (1968), as well as numerous films including eight of the ''Carry On'' films. He died on 2 May 1984 in Poole, England. Filmography *''Dick Turpin'' (TV series – episode: "The Godmother") (1980) – Briggs *'' The Naked Civil Servant'' (TV film) (1975) – Family Doctor *''Love Among the Ruins'' (TV film) (1975) – Jessop *'' Craze'' (1974) – Man at Will Reading (uncredited) *''The Carnforth Practice'' (TV series) (1974) – Jury Foreman *''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (TV series – episode: "The Challenge") (1973) – Old Tom *''Tales That Witness Madness'' (1973) – Uncle Albert (segment "Penny Farthing") *''And Now the Screaming Starts!'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hewlett
Arthur Hewlett (12 March 1907 in Southampton, Hampshire – 25 February 1997 in London) was a British actor. Hewlett made his stage debut in 1930 at Plymouth Rep, and his theatre work included the original British production of Bernard Shaw's ''Buoyant Billions'' at the Malvern Festival in 1949. In 1954 he appeared in the West End in William Douglas Home's political comedy '' The Manor of Northstead''. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles on television, including '' Quatermass and the Pit'', '' Police Surgeon'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Saint'', ''No Hiding Place'', '' The Baron'', ''The Troubleshooters'', ''Follyfoot'', '' The Changes'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Doctor Who'' (in the serials ''State of Decay'' and ''Terror of the Vervoids''), '' Shoestring'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''The Black Adder'' and '' Moondial''. Arthur Hewlett also played Dr Grant in ''Emmerdale Farm ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blythe (actor)
John Blythe (31 October 1921 – 24 November 1993) was an English character actor. Career He entered films as a stage hand aged sixteen and made his film debut with ''Goodbye Mr. Chips'' in 1939 as one of the schoolboys (uncredited). His second film role was the much more substantial role of Reg Gibbons, son of Robert Newton's and Celia Johnson's Frank and Ethel, in Noël Coward's and David Lean's ''This Happy Breed'' (1944). He had a brief part, too, as ''Jane Hylton's boyfriend in ''Dear Murderer, in 1947. He went on to specialise in playing spivs and fast talking wide boys, particularly during the late 'forties and early 'fifties when he enjoyed memorable roles in films such as ''Holiday Camp'' (1947), ''A Boy, a Girl and a Bike'', '' Diamond City'', '' Boys in Brown'' (all 1949) and ''Lili Marlene'' (1950). He was also the garage owner Gowan in the three Huggett films, ''Here Come the Huggetts'' (1948), ''Vote for Huggett'' and ''The Huggetts Abroad'' (both 1949). He fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Harris (British Actor)
Robert Harris (28 March 1900 – 18 May 1995) was a British actor. He graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1925, and his stage work included seasons at Stratford, the Old Vic, and on Broadway as Marchbanks in Bernard Shaw's '' Candida'' in 1937, opposite Katharine Cornell; He also appeared in more than sixty films from 1930 to 1982. He was the castaway on ''Desert Island Discs ''Desert Island Discs'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a " castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usu ...'' on 10 February 1955. Filmography References External links * * * 1900 births 1995 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors People from Weston-super-Mare Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Nelson
Gwendoline Alexandra Nelson (30 June 1901 – 15 October 1990) was an English actress who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre Company. Born in Muswell Hill, London, she originally intended to be a singer, and made her West End musical debut in ''Tough at the Top'' at the Adelphi Theatre in July 1949. She went on to act in Eleanor Farjeon's ''The Silver Curlew'' at London's Arts Theatre (1949), ''And So To Bed'' at the New Theatre (1951), ''Oh, My Papa'' at the Garrick Theatre (1957), ''Virtue in Danger'' (1963), '' All in Love'' at The May Fair Theatre (1964), and '' Saved'' at the Royal Court Theatre (1965). In 1976 she appeared in a revival of Arnold Ridley's '' The Ghost Train'' at the Old Vic Theatre in London with Wilfrid Brambell, James Villiers, Geoffrey Davies, Allan Cuthbertson and Judy Buxton. In 1981 she acted in ''Rose'' by Andrew Davies at the Richmond Theatre in Surrey with Honor Blackman and Hilda Braid. Her television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Lawson
Allan Leigh Lawson (born 21 July 1945) is an English actor, director and writer. Life and career Lawson was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire. He initially studied at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts before training further at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Lawson has acted in film and television since the early 1970s, and has directed plays in the West End and on Broadway. He has worked with the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and with film directors such as Roman Polanski and Franco Zeffirelli. He has been quoted as saying that the only time in his career when he didn't feel he should be somewhere else doing something else was when he was with the RSC. Lawson's portrayals in films include Bernardo in ''Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' (1972) and Alec d'Urberville in ''Tess'' (1979). He played the leading role as Alan Lomax in the television drama series '' Travelling Man'' (1984–85), and guest starred in television series such as ''The Duchess of Duke Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Sims
Irene Joan Marion Sims (9 May 1930 – 27 June 2001) was an English actress, best remembered for her roles in the ''Carry On'' franchise, appearing in 24 of the films (the most for any actress). On television, she is known for playing Gran in ''Till Death Us Do Part'' (1967–1975), Madge Kettlewell in ''Sykes'' (1972–1978), Mrs Wembley, the cook with a liking for sherry, in '' On the Up'' (1990–1992), and Madge Hardcastle in '' As Time Goes By'' (1994–1998). Early life and education Sims was born on 9 May 1930, the only child of John Henry Sims (1888-1964), Station Master of Laindon railway station in Essex, and his wife Gladys Marie Sims, '' née'' Ladbrook (1896-1981). Sims's early interest in being an actress came from living at the railway station. She would often put on performances for waiting passengers. She decided that she wanted to pursue show business during her teens, and soon became a familiar face in a growing number of amateur productions locally. One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pearson (actor)
Richard de Pearsall Pearson (1 August 1918 – 2 August 2011) was an English character actor who appeared in numerous film, television and stage productions over a period of 65 years. He played leading roles in several London West End plays and also supported Maggie Smith, Robert Morley and others in long-running West End stage productions. His many screen appearances included character parts in three Roman Polanski films. Private life Richard Pearson was born and brought up in Monmouth. He was educated at Aymestrey Court,Former schoolRetrieved 31 August 2018./ref> Worcester, and at Monmouth School, where his father, Cyril Pearson (1888–1946), taught French. Richard Pearson's early stage career was interrupted by military service in the Second World War with the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. He was mentioned in dispatches and left the army with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He married the actress Patricia Dickson (1927–2014) in 1949. They lived until the late 1950s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Blakely
Colin George Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish actor. He had roles in the films '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966), ''The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'' (1970), ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (1974), and '' Equus'' (1977). Early life Born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, Blakely attended Sedbergh School in Yorkshire (now Cumbria), England. At the age of 18 he started work in his family's sports goods shop in Belfast, before going on to work as a timber-loader on the railways. In 1957, after a spell of amateur dramatics with the Bangor Drama Club, he turned professional with the Group Theatre, Belfast. Career In 1957, at the age of 27, Blakely made his stage debut as Dick McCardle in ''Master of the House''. He also appeared in several Ulster Group Theatre productions, including Gerard McLarnon's ''Bonefire'' (1958) and Patricia O'Connor's ''A Sparrow Falls'' (1959). From 1957 to 1959 he was at the Royal Court Theatre, appearing in ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
