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Murder Most Foul (film)
''Murder Most Foul'' is the third of four Miss Marple films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Loosely based on the 1952 novel ''Mrs McGinty's Dead'' by Agatha Christie, it stars Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Charles Tingwell as Inspector Craddock, and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's husband) as Mr Stringer. The story is ostensibly based on Christie's novel, but notably changes the action and the characters. Hercule Poirot is replaced by Miss Marple and most of the other characters are not in the novel. The film was released in 1964. It was directed by George Pollock, and David Pursall is credited with the adaptation. The music is by Ron Goodwin. The title is a quotation from ''Hamlet'' (I.v.27-28), where the Ghost comments about his own death: "Murder most foul as in the best it is/But this most foul, strange and unnatural." The third film in the MGM series, this was preceded by '' Murder, She Said'' and '' Murder at the Gallop'', and followed by ''Murder Ahoy!'', all wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pollock (director)
George Pollock (27 March 1907 – 22 December 1979) was a British people, British film director, best known for bringing Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie's detective Miss Marple to the big screen for the first time, starring Margaret Rutherford. Life and work Born in Leicester, England in 1907, Pollock began his professional career as an assistant director, assistant film director in 1936. He collaborated in the 1940s with David Lean on such films as ''Brief Encounter'' (1945), ''Great Expectations (1946 film), Great Expectations'' (1946), and ''Oliver Twist (1948 film), Oliver Twist'' (1948). His first film as director was ''Stranger in Town (1957 film), Stranger in Town'' in 1957. However, he is best remembered for bringing the Agatha Christie character Miss Marple to the big screen for the first time in 1961 with ''Murder She Said''. He directed three more Miss Marple adaptations: ''Murder at the Gallop'' (1963), ''Murder Most Foul (film), Murder Most Foul'' (1964), and ''Murde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Ahoy!
''Murder Ahoy!'' is the last of four Miss Marple films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that starred Margaret Rutherford. As in the previous three, the actress plays Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple, with Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as (Chief) Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's husband) playing Mr Stringer. The film was made in 1964 and directed by George Pollock, with David Pursall and Jack Seddon credited with the script. The music was by Ron Goodwin. Location shots included Denham Village and St Mawes, Cornwall. Unlike the previous three films that were adapted from Christie novels – ''The 4.50 from Paddington'' ('' Murder, She Said'' – the only Miss Marple novel used), ''After the Funeral'' (a Poirot mystery, adapted for Miss Marple with the title ''Murder at the Gallop'') and '' Mrs. McGinty's Dead'' (another Poirot novel, adapted as '' Murder Most Foul'') – this film used an original screenplay that was not based on any of Christie's stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Jameson
'Pauline Jameson' (5 June 1920 - 8 April 2007) was an English actress whose work encompassed stage and screen. ''The Times'' called her 'one of the most distinguished classical actresses of her generation.' After starting in Repertory_theatre#Weekly_rep, weekly rep at Colwyn Bay in 1937, she graduated from RADA in 1940, and made her West End theatre, West End debut as Lucy in ''The Rivals'' at the Criterion Theatre in 1945. She joined the The Old Vic, Old Vic Company for the 1948-49 season, with roles including Maria in ''Twelfth Night'', Marwood in ''The Way of the World'' and Dunyasha in ''The Cherry Orchard''. Other distinguished theatre work followed, including as Regan in Peter Brook's production of ''King Lear'' with Paul Scofield for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962. She also worked in the West End and at the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre. Jameson received the Clarence_Derwent_Awards#1950s, Clarence Derwent Award for her role as Mrs. Prest in the London st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Scott
Owen John "Terry" Scott (4 May 1927 – 26 July 1994) was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven of the ''Carry On films''. He is also best known for appearing in the BBC1 sitcom ''Terry and June'' with June Whitfield. Early life Scott was born and brought up in Watford, Hertfordshire and educated at Watford Field Junior School and Watford Grammar School for Boys. He was the youngest of three children, and the only surviving son after his brother Aubrey died when Scott was six.'' The Unforgettable'', ITV1, 22 September 2010 After National Service in the Navy at the end of World War II, he briefly studied accounting. Career Scott began his acting career with appearances on radio shows such as '' Workers Playtime'', which were followed by appearances on television. He gained an opportunity to perform in farce when he joined the Whitehall Theatre Company. With Bill Maynard he appeared at Butlin's Holiday Camp in Skegness, Lincolnshire and partnered him in the TV s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in '' Reckless'' (1998), ''Wives and Daughters'' (1999), ''Deceit'' (2000), and '' Cranford'' (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 1979 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the ITV serial '' Lillie''. Her film appearances include ''Krull'' (1983), ''Dune'' (1984), '' The Debt Collector'' (1999), and '' The Libertine'' (2004). Early life and education Annis was born in Kensington, London in 1945, to an English father, Lester William Anthony Annis (1914–2001) and a Brazilian-French mother, Mariquita (Mara) Purcell (1913–2009). Both were sometime actors and Mara a sometime singer. Mara was from a wealthy Brazilian family. The Annises moved to Brazil when Francesca was one year old, and spent six years there, returning to England when she was seven. In recollecting the years in Brazil, she described her parents as running "a nightclub on Copacabana beach", and her mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bolam
James Christopher Bolam (born 16 June 1935) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in ''The Likely Lads'' and its sequel ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', Jack Ford in ''When the Boat Comes In'', Roy Figgis in '' Only When I Laugh'', Trevor Chaplin in ''The Beiderbecke Trilogy'', Arthur Gilder in ''Born and Bred'', Jack Halford in ''New Tricks'' and the title character of Grandpa in the CBeebies programme '' Grandpa in My Pocket''. Early life Bolam was born on 16 June 1935 in Sunderland, County Durham, England. His father, Robert Alfred Bolam, was from Northumberland, and his mother, Marion Alice Drury, from County Durham. After attending Bede Grammar School, Sunderland, Bolam attended Bemrose School in Derby. Bolam trained as an articled clerk to chartered accountant, before becoming an actor, and formally trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, where he won the gold medal and the Margaret Rawlings Cup. Lacking fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Michael
Ralph Michael (26 September 1907 – 9 November 1994) was an English actor. He was born as Ralph Champion Shotter in London. His film appearances included ''Dead of Night'', ''A Night to Remember (1958 film), A Night to Remember'', ''Children of the Damned'', ''Grand Prix (1966 film), Grand Prix'', ''The Assassination Bureau'' and ''Empire of the Sun (film), Empire of the Sun''. Television credits include: ''The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series), The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''A Tale of Two Cities'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Danger Man'', ''Kessler (TV series), Kessler'', ''The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series), The Forsyte Saga'', ''Man in a Suitcase'', ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'', ''Colditz (1972 TV series), Colditz'', ''Doctor at Large (TV series), Doctor at Large'', ''Gazette (TV series), Gazette'', ''Public Eye (TV series), Public Eye'', ''Sutherland's Law'', ''Softly, Softly (TV series), Softly, Softly'', ''The Professionals (TV series), The Profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Price
Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) was an English actor, best remembered for his role as Louis Mazzini in the film ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (1949) and for his portrayal of the omnicompetent valet Jeeves in 1960s television adaptations of P. G. Wodehouse's stories. Biography Early life Price was born in Ruscombe in Berkshire. He had distant Welsh family connections, and was the son of Brigadier-General Thomas Rose Caradoc Price (1875–1949) CMG DSO (who was a great-grandson of Sir Rose Price, 1st Baronet and, through his mother, a descendant of the Baillie baronets of Polkemmet, near Whitburn, West Lothian) and his wife Dorothy, née Verey, daughter of Sir Henry Verey, Official Referee of the Supreme Court of Judicature."Mr Dennis Price – An actor of style", ''The Times'', 8 October 1973, p. 19Gaye, p. 1076 He attended Copthorne Prep School, Radley College and Worcester College, Oxford. He studied acting at the Embassy Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megs Jenkins
Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins (21 April 1917 – 5 October 1998) was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes. Life and career Jenkins was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the daughter of a construction engineer. She originally trained to be a ballet dancer. Although born in England, she often played Welsh characters. She made her noticeable film debut in ''Millions Like Us'' (1943) as the Welsh room-mate and confidante of the main character (played by Patricia Roc). She went on to appear in such films as ''Green for Danger'' (1946), '' The History of Mr. Polly'' (1949), '' The Cruel Sea'' (1953), and ''Oliver!'' (1968). She played the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose, in two adaptations of Henry James's ''The Turn of the Screw'': the film '' The Innocents'' (1961) and a 1974 television adaptation. She also frequently played comedic roles, and in later life was a regular in the sitcom ''Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt'', and the children's series ''Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank (25 December 1907 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire29 April 1988 in London) was a Scottish actor, most famous for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in the long-running UK BBC television series ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'', which ran for 191 episodes from 1962 until 1971. Life and career Andrew Cruickshank (Junior) was born to Andrew and Annie Cruickshank (Cadger),Stage performances (1930–1987) and other biography: ''Filmreference.com'' website. and was educated at . He was to have entered the profession of |
Angel Investor
An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital for a business or businesses start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. Angel investors usually give support to start-ups at the initial moments (where risks of the start-ups failing are relatively high) and when most investors are not prepared to back them. In a survey of 150 founders conducted by Wilbur Labs, about 70% of entrepreneurs will face potential business failure, and nearly 66% will face this potential failure within 25 months of launching their company. A small but increasing number of angel investors invest online through equity crowdfunding or organize themselves into angel groups or angel networks to share investment capital, as well as to provide advice to their portfolio companies. Over the last 50 years, the number of angel investors has greatly increased. Etymology and origin T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder She Said
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.") This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Manslaughter is killing committed in the absence of ''malice'',This is "malice" in a technical legal sense, not the more usual English sense denoting an emotional state. See malice (law). brought about by reasonable provocation, or diminished capacity. ''Involuntary'' manslaughter, where it is recognized, is a killing that lacks all but the most attenuated guilty intent, recklessness. Most societies consider murder to be an extremely serious crime, and thus that a pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
