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Michael Martin-Harvey
Michael Martin Harvey (birth registered as Jack Seaforth Harvey, baptised as Jack Seaforth Elton Harvey, 18 April 1897 – 30 June 1975) was an English actor. He was the son of the stage actor/manager Sir John Martin-Harvey and brother of actress Muriel Martin-Harvey. As well as his theatre work, he had a number of small roles in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s such as '' Dark Journey'' (1937), '' The Drum'' (1938) and '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945). Larger parts came his way towards the late forties and early fifties including ''The Monkey's Paw'' (1948), ''The Third Visitor'' (1951) and ''The Long Memory'' (1952). In 1949, he took on his only lead role, that of real life criminal Charles Peace in ''The Case of Charles Peace''. He married children's book illustrator Hester Margetson in 1927 under the name Jack Seaforth Elton Martin-Harvey. Together, they formed a small ballet touring company, the Martin-Harvey Miniature Ballet. In the 1950s, he teamed with the composer Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Third Visitor
''The Third Visitor'' is a 1951 British crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Sonia Dresdel, Guy Middleton and Karel Stepanek. It was based on a play by Gerald Anstruther, and filmed at Merton Park Studios. Cast * Sonia Dresdel as Steffy Millington * Guy Middleton as Inspector Mallory * Hubert Gregg as Jack Kurton * Colin Gordon as Bill Millington * Karel Stepanek as Richard Carling * Eleanor Summerfield as Vera Kurton * John Slater as James Oliver * Cyril Smith as Detective Horton * Michael Martin Harvey Michael Martin Harvey (birth registered as Jack Seaforth Harvey, baptised as Jack Seaforth Elton Harvey, 18 April 1897 – 30 June 1975) was an English actor. He was the son of the stage actor/manager Sir John Martin-Harvey and brother of actress ... as Hewson References External links * 1951 films 1951 crime films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey Films set in London British crime films British black-and-white fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of Charles Peace
''The Case of Charles Peace'' is a 1949 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Michael Martin Harvey, Chili Bouchier and Valentine Dyall. It is based on the real-life Victorian murderer Charles Peace. Cast * Michael Martin Harvey as Charles Peace * Chili Bouchier as Katherine Dyson * Valentine Dyall as Storyteller Sir Clement Barnes KC * Bruce Belfrage as Prosecution counsel Foster * Ronald Adam as Defence counsel Lockwood * Roberta Huby as Sue Thompson * Peter Forbes-Robertson as William Habron * Kathleen Rooney as Mary * Richard Shayne as Arthur Dyson * Jean Shepeard as Hannah Peace * John Kelly as Father O'Brien * Peter Gawthorne as Mr. Justice Lopes * Hamilton Deane as Mr. Justice Hawkins * Robert McLachlan as Mr. Justice Lindley * Gordon Court as Inspector Phillips * Bartlett Mullins as Mr. Brion * Rose Howlett as Mrs. Brion * Liam Gaffney Liam Gaffney (22 June 1911 – July 1994) was an Ireland, Irish stage, film actor, film and television actor. His stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Deaths
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of ''Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the ''Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word ''computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Association is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Film Actors
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judgment Deferred
''Judgment Deferred'' is a 1952 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Joan Collins, Hugh Sinclair, Helen Shingler and Abraham Sofaer. The film is a remake of the director's earlier film, ''Doss House'' (1933). Production The film was shot at Southall Studios with sets designed by the art director Don Russell. It was the first production from Group 3 Films, a company formed to encourage new young British film-makers (which later produced ''The Brave Don't Cry'', ''Conflict of Wings'', ''The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' and several other low-budget features). Plot With the assistance of a journalist a group of refugees and down and outs try and unmask the criminal who has framed one of their number as a drug dealer. Selected cast * Hugh Sinclair as David Kennedy * Helen Shingler as Kay Kennedy * Abraham Sofaer as Chancellor * Leslie Dwyer as Flowers * Joan Collins as Lil Carter * Harry Locke as Bert * Elwyn Brook-Jones as Coxon * Marcel Poncin as Stran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torment (1950 British Film)
''Torment'' (also known as ''Paper Gallows''), is a 1950 British thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ... directed by John Guillermin and starring Dermot Walsh, Rona Anderson and John Bentley (actor), John Bentley. It was the first sole director credit for John Guillermin. He later called the film "a lemon" but it helped launch his career. Plot Brothers Cliff and Jim Brandon are a successful writing team specializing in murder mysteries, but Cliff and Jim are almost as disturbed as some of the characters they have created. Whilst researching their latest novel, one of the brothers commits murder, simply to experience the thrill. He then attempts to frame his secretary Joan for the crime. His reason this time is personal: both brothers are in love with Joan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedelia (film)
''Bedelia'' is a 1946 British melodrama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter and Barry K. Barnes. It is an adaptation of the 1945 novel '' Bedelia'' by Vera Caspary with events relocated from the United States, first to England and then to Monaco. Plot Bedelia is newly married and on her honeymoon in Monte Carlo with her husband, Charlie Carrington, in the autumn of 1938. She has a strong aversion to being photographed by her husband, claiming she is not photogenic. Spotting her in a sidewalk cafe, young painter Ben Chaney starts drawing a sketch of her; seeing this, she abruptly turns her head away. He encounters her husband and has a drink with the couple. When the husband notices a pearl ring, she claims it is a cheap piece of fake jewellery, though Chaney knows otherwise. He was speaking to a jewellery store proprietor when she picked up the ring; the expert offered her 100,000 francs for the flawless black pearl. Chaney begins probing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let The People Sing (film)
''Let the People Sing'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by John Baxter, and starring Alastair Sim, Fred Emney and Edward Rigby. The film's sets were designed by R. Holmes Paul. It was made at Elstree Studios. The screenplay concerns a small town that bands together to try to save their music hall from closure. It was based on the 1939 novel '' Let the People Sing'' by J. B. Priestley. Main cast Critical reception '' Time Out'' wrote "John Baxter was the British director probably least patronizing and most sympathetic to the working classes and their culture during the '30s and '40s, and even if his films now often seem naïve and simplistic, it's good at least to see an honest and humorous attempt to deal with life outside Mayfair. Less scathing than ''Love on the Dole ''Love on the Dole'' is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working-class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and a film. The novel Walter Greenwood's novel (1933) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mutiny Of The Elsinore (1937 Film)
''The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' is a 1937 British action film directed by Roy Lockwood and starring Lyn Harding, Paul Lukas and Kathleen Kelly. The screenplay concerns a mutiny on a ship against a brutal captain. It was an adaptation of the 1914 novel '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' by Jack London. It was shot at Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire.Wood p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. Plot summary Following a mutiny on a ship against a brutal captain, a writer who happens to be aboard as a passenger is asked to take over. Cast * Lyn Harding as Mr. Pike * Jiro Soneya as Wada * Paul Lukas as Jack Pethurst * Kathleen Kelly as Margaaret West * Graham Soutten as Sidney Waltham * Michael Martin Harvey as Charles Davis * Clifford Evans as Bert Rhyne * Conway Dixon as Captain West * Tony Sympson as Shorty Peabody * Pat Noonan as Murphy * Alec Fraser as Benson * Hamilton Keene Hamilton George Keene (15 November 1896, in Hampstead – 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Robber Symphony
''The Robber Symphony'' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Friedrich Feher. Cast * Hans Feher as Giannino * Magda Sonja as Giannino's mother * George Graves as Giannino's grandfather * Michael Martin Harvey as Man with straw hat * Webster Booth as Singer * Jack Tracy as Bassoon Player * Oscar Asche as Chief Gendarme * Alexandre Rignault as Black Devil * George André Martin as The Mayor Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ... gave the film a mixed reception. Despite characterizing the picture as "certainly the most interesting film of the last twelve months", Greene found the film to deliver a "priggish[] reprimand [with] a didactic note". Praising the story as "excellent" and dwelling on the "sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", " The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", " The Red Shoes", " The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", " The Little Match Girl", and " Thumbelina". His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. Early life Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. He had a stepsister named Karen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
