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Mr. Love
''Mr. Love'' is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Roy Battersby and starring Barry Jackson, Maurice Denham and Margaret Tyzack. It was made by Goldcrest Films. Its budget was £486,000.Alexander Walker, ''Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984-2000'', Orion Books, 2005 p31 (Another account says £1.1 million.) Goldcrest Films invested the £486,000 and received £330,000, recording a loss of £156,000. Plot A mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him. Production The film was filmed at several notable locations in England, mainly in Southport, Merseyside and at Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley."Mr. Love", Turner Classic Moviesarticle Accessed 23 July 2020. Gallery Southport pier - scan02 (cropped).jpg, Southport pier (2000) Wayfarers Arcade - geograph.org.uk - 97554.jpg, Wayfarers Arcade Phoenix Auditorium.jpg, Phoenix Cinema Royal C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacki Piper
Jacqueline Crump (born 3 August 1946), known professionally by her stage name Jacki Piper, is an English actress, best known for her appearances as the female juvenile lead in the British film comedies '' Carry On Up the Jungle'' (1970), ''Carry On Loving'' (1970), ''Carry On at Your Convenience'' (1971), and ''Carry On Matron'' (1972). Career Born in Birmingham, she trained at the Birmingham Theatre School. Her career began on stage in the mid-1960s, playing in repertory theatre in Rhyl, Wales, where she was billed as Jackie Crump. Her film career began with an appearance with Roger Moore in the film ''The Man Who Haunted Himself'' in 1970. Her other film roles not already mentioned include ''Doctor in Trouble'' (1970) and ''The Love Ban'' (1973). For her film roles she decided to use a stage name, becoming Jacki Piper. Additionally she has had roles in several television series, including ''Z-Cars'', the situation comedy ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' (in which she p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comedy Films
British comedy films are comedy films produced in the United Kingdom. In the early 1930s, film adaptations of stage farces were popular. British comedy films are numerous, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s work of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the ''Doctor'' series, and the long-running Carry On films. Some of the best known British film comedy stars include Will Hay, George Formby, Norman Wisdom, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and the Monty Python team. Other actors associated with British comedy films include Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Rutherford, Irene Handl and Leslie Phillips. Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series. Recent successful films include the working-class comedies ''Brassed Off'' (1996) and ''The Full Monty'' (1997), the more middle class Richard Curtis-scripted films ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994) and ''Nottin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Comedy Films
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Context The year was considered an unsuccessful one for film. Despite a record number of film releases, many films failed at the box office, and ticket sales were down 17% compared with 1984. Industry executives believed the problem, in part, was a lack of original concepts. Films about fantasy and magic failed, as audiences leaned towards science-fiction. Janet Maslin said the fault for this lay partly with Steven Spielberg, who had created such a successful template with films like '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' and ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' that many fantasy films had imitated them. There was also a saturation of youth-oriented films targeted at those under 18. Executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Deakin
Julia Margaret Deakin (born 20 May 1952)Clarke, Gemma (5 September 2016)"GRAND RE-OPENING OF GAINSBOROUGH HERITAGE CENTRE" ''Gainsborough Heritage Association''. Retrieved 10 August 2021. is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the sitcoms ''So Haunt Me'' (1992–1994), '' Oh Doctor Beeching!'' (1996–1997) and ''Spaced'' (1999–2001). Her film appearances include ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007) and '' High-Rise'' (2015). Early life Deakin was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, where her parents Wyn and Bill were shopkeepers. She attended Gainsborough High School for Girls (became part of Queen Elizabeth's High School in 1983), a girls' grammar school. She started French and Drama teacher training near Manchester, then attended Mountview Theatre School. Career In theatre, she has played Mrs. Sowerberry in the West End cast of ''Oliver!'', singing the song "That's Your Funeral" with David Delve on a recording. On television, Deakin played Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lill Roughley
Lilian Roughley (born 1949), best known as Lill Roughley, is an English actress who has appeared on British television since the 1970s. Her notable roles include Alice in the first series of ''Mulberry (TV series), Mulberry'', and as Ella Dawkins in ''My Hero (British TV series), My Hero''. In the 1980s and 1990s, Roughley also worked often with Victoria Wood, playing a variety of roles in Wood's various comedy series for the BBC. Career Lilian Roughley was born 1949 in Prescot, Lancashire. She had minor roles in the 1970s and 1980s in programmes including ''All the Fun of the Fair'', ''Tales of the Unexpected (TV series), Tales of the Unexpected'', ''Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'', ''Bergerac (TV series), Bergerac'' and ''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse''. She worked with Victoria Wood again in 1989, appearing in four of her Victoria Wood (1989 TV series), six comedy plays for television, and again in 1992's ''Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast''. Also in 1992 she pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Melody
Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby league footballer * Tony (footballer, born 1983), full name Tony Heleno da Costa Pinho, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Tony (footballer, born 1986), full name Antônio de Moura Carvalho, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Tony (footballer, born 1989), full name Tony Ewerton Ramos da Silva, Brazilian football right-back Film, theater and television * Tony Awards, a Broadway theatre honor * ''Tony'' (1982 film), a Kannada film * ''Tony'' (2009 film), a British horror film directed by Gerard Johnson * ''Tony'' (2013 film), an Indian Kannada thriller film * "Tony" (''Skins'' series 1), an episode of British comedy-drama ''Skins'' * "Tony" (''Skins'' series 2), an episode of ''Skins'' Music * Tony T., stage name of British s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Stonham
Kay Stonham is a British actress, writer and academic. Background Stonham attended William Morris Senior High School in Walthamstow, East London, leaving in 1974. She then graduated from Rose Bruford College in 1977. Stonham has a master's degree in Screenwriting for Film and Television from Royal Holloway, University of London. She was a member of the regular cast of Jasper Carrott's BBC TV comedy sketch show ''Carrott's Lib'' in 1982. She co-created and co-wrote series one and two of the BBC Radio 4 series '' Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends'', and was sole writer on series three and four. She took the part of Wendy Mayfield opposite collaborator on the first two series Simon Greenall as Robin Mayfield. Career She created the series ''Audio Diaries'' for Radio 4 which ran for three series from 1998 to 2001. This innovative mockumentary was ahead of its time in style and content. As a performer she appeared in another mock documentary series '' People Like Us'' both in its Radio 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy Byrne
Patricia Anne Thirza Byrne (13 July 1933 – 17 June 2014) was an English actress, best known for her role as "Nursie" in ''Blackadder II'' as well as Malcolm's domineering Mother, Mrs Stoneway in all seven series of the ITV comedy '' Watching''Slide, Anthony (1996) ''Some Joe You Don't Know: American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities'', Greenwood Press; , p. 11 between 1987 and 1993. Biography Byrne was educated at Ashford County Grammar School. She studied drama at Rose Bruford College before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company playing parts such as Maria in ''Twelfth Night'' and Gruscha in ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' at the Aldwych Theatre in the early 1960s. In the 1980s she also worked at Chichester Festival Theatre. Byrne starred alongside Tony Robinson in a Series 3 episode of ''Maid Marian and her Merry Men''. She played Betty the Tea Lady on the BBC children's programme ''Playdays''. Other roles included appearances in ''I, Claudius'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donal McCann
Donal McCann (7 May 1943 – 17 July 1999) was an Irish stage, film, and television actor best known for his roles in the works of Brian Friel and for his lead role in John Huston's last film, '' The Dead''. In 2020, he was listed as number 45 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Biography Early life McCann was born in Terenure in Dublin. His father was John J. McCann, a playwright and politician who served twice as Dublin's Lord Mayor. Although Donal had acted in a production of his father's ''Give Me a Bed of Roses'' at Terenure College in 1962, he briefly studied architecture before taking a job as a trainee sub-editor at the ''Evening Press'' which allowed him to pursue part-time acting classes at the Abbey School of Actors at the same time. He joined the Abbey Players in the late 1960s. Career Among his most important early roles were '' Cuchulainn'' in W. B. Yeats's '' On Baile Strand'' (1966), and as Estragon in a seminal production of Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Battersby
Roy Battersby (born 20 April 1936) is a British television director, known for his work in drama productions such as '' Between The Lines'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' Cracker'' and ''A Touch of Frost.'' Early in his career, he made documentary features for the BBC programmes ''Tomorrow's World'' and ''Towards Tomorrow''. In 2005, his film ''Red Mercury'' was shown at the Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat .... He is married to actress Judy Loe and is the stepfather of actress Kate Beckinsale. Battersby was a Trotskyism, Trotskyist for some years, becoming a full-time organiser for the now defunct Workers Revolutionary Party (UK), Workers Revolutionary Party. The association had ended by 1981, but the connection led to his being blacklisted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
