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Michael McCarthy (director)
Michael McCarthy (27 February 1917 – 7 May 1959) was a British screenwriter and television and film director. He died aged 42, survived by a wife and three children. A ''Variety'' obituary said he was "regarded as a director of considerable promise". Selected filmography *''Greek Testament'' (1943) (documentary) - assistant director *''My Learned Friend'' (1943) - assistant director *''San Demetrio London'' (1943) - assistant director *''The Halfway House'' (1944) - assistant director *'' While Nero Fiddled'' (1944) aka ''Fiddlers Three'' - assistant director *'' The Girl of the Canal'' (1945) aka ''Painted Boats'' (short feature) - story *''Johnny Frenchman'' (1945) - unit manager *''Feature Story'' (1949) (short feature) - director *''No Highway in the Sky'' (1951) - actor * ''Assassin for Hire'' (1951) - director * ''Mystery Junction'' (1951) - director, writer *''Road Sense'' (1951) (instructional film) - director *'' Hunted'' (1952) - idea * ''Crow Hollow'' (1952) - dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. Terminology In the silent era, writers now considered screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist and screen playwright.Steven Maras. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice.'' Wallflower Press, 2009. pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown and argues that they cannot be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to be a professional scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheel Of Fate (film)
''Wheel of Fate'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by Francis Searle and starring Patric Doonan, Sandra Dorne and Bryan Forbes. The screenplay concerns a man who turns to crime to raise the money he needs to spend time with a woman with whom he falls in love. It was produced as a second featureChibnall & McFarlane p.153 and shot at Riverside Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was released by Rank's General Film Distributors. Plot Two brothers working in their father's repair garage: quiet sensible Johnny (Patric Doonan) and the younger and wilder Ted (Bryan Forbes) fall out when Ted brings home Lucky (Sandra Dorne), a beautiful dance hall singer. The brothers feud when she unexpectedly falls for Johnny, and crime and mayhem ensue. Cast * Patric Doonan as Johnny Burrows * Sandra Dorne as Lucky Price * Bryan Forbes as Ted Reid * John Horsley as Detective Sergeant Simpson * Johnnie Schofield as Len Bright * Martin Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Of Fortune
''Sailor of Fortune'' is a 1955 British-Canadian TV series starring Lorne Greene. There were 26, 25 minute episodes film for this television series. Several episodes were directed by John Guillermin. It was filmed at New Elstree Studios and Nettlefold Studios, both near London. Greene would go on to star in the popular United States, American TV western series ''Bonanza''. Plot Grant ‘Mitch’ Mitchell is the skipper of the American motor freighter that is based in the Mediterranean. The captain take on jobs carrying cargo and “anything that is profitable and not too illegal” around North Africa. References External links *''Sailor of Fortune'' at CTVA 1955 Canadian television series debuts 1955 Canadian television series endings Canadian adventure television series British adventure television series Nautical television series Black-and-white British television shows Black-and-white Canadian television shows Television shows shot at New Elstree Studios {{Canada- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wire Service
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. A news agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire, or news service. Although there are many news agencies around the world, three global news agencies, Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Associated Press (AP), and Reuters have offices in most countries of the world, cover all areas of information, and provide the majority of international news printed by the world's newspapers. All three began with and continue to operate on a basic philosophy of providing a single objective news feed to all subscribers. Jonathan Fenby explains the philosophy: To achieve such wide acceptability, the agencies avoid overt partiality. Demonstrably correct information is their stock in trade. Traditionally, they report at a reduced level of responsibility, attributing their information to a spokesman, the pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Traitor (1957 Film)
''The Traitor'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Donald Wolfit, Robert Bray, Jane Griffiths and Anton Diffring. Premise A former resistance fighter tries to discover the traitor who has betrayed his colleagues in the German resistance during the Second World War. Cast * Donald Wolfit as Colonel Charles Price * Robert Bray as Major Shane * Jane Griffiths as Vicki Toller * Carl Jaffe as Professor Stefan Toller * Anton Diffring as Joseph Brezina * Christopher Lee as Doctor Neumann * Oscar Quitak as Thomas Rilke * Karel Štěpánek as Mayor Friederich Suderman * Frederick Schiller as Alfred Baum * Rupert Davies as Clinton, the butler * John Van Eyssen as Lieutenant Bobby Grant * Colin Croft as Theodore Dehmel Theme music The film's title music, "Prelude Without A Name", and incidental music were written and conducted by Jackie Brown. The solo pianist was Dennis Wilson. Critical reception '' Sky Movies''wrote, "The specially written musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assignment Foreign Legion
''Assignment Foreign Legion'' is an American TV series made in Britain that ran for 26 episodes from 1956 to 1957. It was hosted by Merle Oberon and financed by CBS. Directors included Don Chaffey, Michael McCarthy and Lance Comfort. Premise A female journalist (played by Merle Oberon seeks the stories behind the men of the foreign legion. Production The series was shot on location in Algeria and Morocco with the co operation of the French Foreign Legion. Eventually it became too dangerous and filming was completed at Beaconsfield Studios in London. Its average cost was $26,000 an episode. Reception ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' said "Stories, acting, and production are of good quality. One week the show was among the top ten shows in Britain. References External linksAssignment Foreign Legionat IMDbAssignment Foreign Legionat CTVAReview of episode "The Outcast" at Variety 1956 American television series debuts 1950s American drama television series 1957 American telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Never Too Late (1956 Film)
''It's Never Too Late'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Phyllis Calvert, Patrick Barr, Susan Stephen and Guy Rolfe. It was based on a 1952 play of the same name by Felicity Douglas. Plot Feeling her combative family has long taken her for granted, genteel British housewife Laura Hammond somehow finds time to write a film script amidst the chaos of her home life. Her work catches the attention of a Hollywood producer, and Laura unexpectedly finds herself the author of a hit film. She also finds she can only write when she's surrounded by her dysfunctional family. Eventually, Laura must choose between being a highly paid writer and celebrity or a housewife. Cast * Phyllis Calvert as Laura Hammond * Patrick Barr as Charles Hammond * Susan Stephen as Tessa Hammond * Guy Rolfe as Stephen Hodgson * Jean Taylor Smith as Grannie * Sarah Lawson as Anne Hammond * Delphi Lawrence as Mrs Madge Dixon * Peter Hammond as Tony * Richard Leech as John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of The Scarlet Pimpernel
''The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel'' is a British television series based on the 1905 adventure novel of the same name by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The series was created by writer Michael Hogan and produced by the Towers of London for Incorporated Television Programmes. It was first screened in Britain in 1955 to 1956 in an eighteen-episode run beginning on 28 September 1955. It was one of the first drama series shown on the fledging network, which had only begun transmission in London the week before. Cast and characters *Marius Goring as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel *Stanley Van Beers as Chauvelin *Patrick Troughton as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes *Anthony Newlands as Lord Richard Hastings *Alexander Gauge as George, Prince of Wales *Lucie Mannheim as Countess la Valliere Production notes *Lucie Mannheim was married to Marius Goring *Filming was at Elstree Studios, London *The series' sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. *Marius Goring previo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of A Man
''Shadow of a Man'' is a 1955 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson and Jane Griffiths. . Archived from th original on 22 October 2012. Premise After a brawl in a a man is found dead at his home the following morning. American hero an old friend of the deceased finds his old chum w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Awakening (1954 Film)
''The Awakening'' is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat". The Man is a first dramatic role of Buster Keaton. Fairbanks says, "It struck me as a beautiful idea — a novel idea — to put him in a straight part, because he was such a beautiful actor and a great talent. It worked out very well; he gave a marvelous performance". The original plot of Gogol's story is significantly changed. There are allusions to George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' dystopia in the film. Cast * Buster Keaton — ''The Man'' * James Hayter — ''The Chief'' * Carl Jaffe — ''The Tailor'' * Lynne Cole — ''The Girl'' * Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many films. He is well known for playing British Defence Minister Sir Frederick Gray in the ''James Bond'' films. Biography Early lif ... — ''The Supervisor'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), '' Gunga Din'' (1939) and ''The Corsican Brothers'' (1941). The son of Douglas Fairbanks and stepson of Mary Pickford, he was first married, briefly, to actress Joan Crawford. Early life Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. was born in New York City; he was the only child of actor Douglas Fairbanks and his first wife, Anna Beth Sully, the daughter of wealthy industrialist Daniel J. Sully. Fairbanks' father was one of cinema's first icons, noted for such swashbuckling adventure films as '' The Mark of Zorro'', ''Robin Hood'' and '' The Thief of Bagdad''. Fairbanks had small roles in his father's films ''American Aristocracy'' (1916) and ''The Three Musketeers'' (1921). His parents divorced when he was nine years old, and both remarried. He lived with his mother in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of The Fair
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
