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Nora Jones
Rosamund John (19 October 1913 – 27 October 1998), born Nora Rosamund Jones, was an English film and stage actress. Early life She was born and brought up in Tottenham in North London, the daughter of Frederick Henry Jones, a wine merchant's clerk, and his wife, Edith Elizabeth (née Elliott). She was educated at Tottenham high school before studying for the theatre at the Embassy School of Acting. Career At the age of nineteen, John was introduced to actor–director Milton Rosmer, who cast her in several minor stage roles before casting her in his film ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934). Following several more years of stage work she was cast opposite Leslie Howard in ''The First of the Few'' (1942).McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. p. 399; This led to her being cast in Howard's next film as a director, ''The Gentle Sex'' (1943).McFarlane, Brian (1997). ''An Autobiography of British Cinema'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthamstow, across the River Lea, to the east, and Stamford Hill to the south, with Wood Green and Harringay to the west. The area rapidly expanded in the late-19th century, becoming a working-class suburb of London following the advent of the railway and mass development of housing for the lower-middle and working classes. It is the location of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, founded in 1882. The parish of Tottenham was granted urban district status in 1894 and municipal borough status in 1934. Following the Second World War, the area saw large-scale development of council housing, including tower blocks. Until 1965 Tottenham was in the historic county of Middlesex. In 1965, the borough of Tottenham merged with the municipal boroughs of Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Upturned Glass
''The Upturned Glass'' is a 1947 British film noir psychological thriller directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring James Mason, Rosamund John and Pamela Kellino. The screenplay concerns a leading brain surgeon who murders a woman he believes to be responsible for the death of the woman he loved. It was made at Gainsborough Pictures' Islington Studios, with sets designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. It was made as an independent production overseen by Sydney Box, then head of Gainsborough. Plot Michael Joyce, a Harley Street brain specialist, unhappily married and separated from his wife, falls in love with Emma Wright when she brings her young daughter Ann for consultation. Unfortunately, neither is free to marry, so the affair ends almost as soon as it begins. Later, however, Emma dies after a fall from her country manor's second-story bedroom window. Upon hearing of the tragedy, Michael attends the coroner's inquest, where Ann and Emma's sister-in-law, Kate Howard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Murder
''Operation Murder'' is a 1957 British crime film. It was described by Allmovie as "another of the multitude of inexpensive Danzinger Brothers productions, released throughout the English-speaking world by United Artists." Premise A scheme by two doctors to establish an alibi for a killing by switching roles in the operating theatre is foiled by the insight of a detective and the chance action of a small boy. Cast *Dr. Wayne - Tom Conway *Dr. Bowen - Patrick Holt *Pat Wayne - Sandra Dorne *Inspector Price - John Stone *Julie - Virginia Keiley *Head Nurse - Rosamund John Rosamund John (19 October 1913 – 27 October 1998), born Nora Rosamund Jones, was an English film and stage actress. Early life She was born and brought up in Tottenham in North London, the daughter of Frederick Henry Jones, a wine merchant' ... *Sgt. Vine - Frank Hawkins *Larry Vinton - Robert Ayres *Garage Attendant - Gilbert Winfield *Harry Bright - Timothy Fitzgerald *Williams - Alastair Hunter Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Corner (1953 Film)
''Street Corner'' is a 1953 British drama film. It was written by Muriel and Sydney Box and directed by Muriel. It was marketed as ''Both Sides of the Law'' in the United States. While not quite a documentary, the film depicts the daily routine of women in the police force from three different angles. It was conceived as a female version of the 1950 film ''The Blue Lamp''. It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location around London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. Plot The three plotlines comprise a female army deserter guilty of bigamy, a toddler neglected and beaten by its stepmother and an 18-year-old married mother who's caught shoplifting and gets involved with a jewel thief. The film climaxes in a police dog attack on a criminal. Cast * Peggy Cummins as Bridget Foster * Terence Morgan as Ray * Anne Crawford as Susan * Rosamund John as Sergeant Pauline Ramsey * Barbara Murray as WPC Lucy * Sarah Lawson as Joyce * Ronald Howard as Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Look Back (film)
''Never Look Back'' is a 1952 British drama film directed by Francis Searle and starring Rosamund John, Hugh Sinclair and Guy Middleton. The screenplay concerns a newly appointed female barrister whose career is threatened by a former lover. It was made by Hammer Films at the Mancunian Studios in Manchester. Plot Anne Maitland is the King's Counsel who receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome (Middleton). When Ransome is then accused of murdering his mistress on the same night, Anne takes on his defense. In a court battle against Nigel Stewart, a barrister who is madly in love with her, Maitland clears Ransome of murder by disclosing her earlier relationship with him, and that he was staying in her flat on the night of the crime. However, when it is discovered that Ransome did commit the murder, Maitland's reputation is in tatters. But this failure leaves her finally able to marry Nigel Stewart when he is no longer a professional threat. Cast * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Shall Have Murder
''She Shall Have Murder'' is a 1950 British drama film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Rosamund John, Derrick De Marney and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay concerns a law office clerk who becomes a detective. Premise A law office clerk who aspires to be a crime writer, turns into a detective when someone at her work is murdered. Cast * Rosamund John as Jane Hamish * Derrick De Marney as Dagobert Brown * Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Robjohn * Felix Aylmer as Mr. Playfair * Joyce Heron as Rosemary Proctor * Jack Allen as Maj. Stewart * Henryetta Edwards as Sarah Swinburne * Harry Fowler as Albert Oates * John Bentley as Douglas Robjohn * Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Hawthorne * June Elvin as Barbara Jennings * Jack McNaughton as Barman * Olaf Pooley as Mr. White * Dennis Val Norton as Pub Landlord * Francis de Wolff as Police Inspector * Jonathan Field as Darts Player * Jimmy Rhodes as Racing Man * Tony Hilton as Steward * Frances Leak as Shooting Gallery Attendant * Wand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Place For Jennifer
''No Place for Jennifer'' is a 1950 British film directed by Henry Cass and starring Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Guy Middleton and Janette Scott. It was based on the novel ''No Difference to Me'' by Phyllis Hambleton. Plot In the film, a young girl experiences trauma when her parents divorce. Cast * Leo Genn as William * Rosamund John as Rachel Kershaw * Beatrice Campbell as Paula * Guy Middleton as Brian Stewart * Janette Scott as Jennifer * Anthony Nicholls as Baxter * Jean Cadell as Aunt Jacqueline * Megs Jenkins as Mrs Marshall * Philip Ray as Mr Marshall * Edith Sharpe as Doctor * Ann Codrington as Miss Hancock * Brian Smith as Martin Marshall * André Morell as Counsel *Anthony Wager as Ted *William Simons as Jeremy Critical reception Bosley Crowther wrote in ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky To Me
''Lucky to Me'' is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show ''So This is Love'' which he had co-written with actor Arthur Rigby. The film was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. It was the last film of Lupino who had made a string of successful musical comedies during the Thirties.Low p.233 Cast * Stanley Lupino as 'Potty' Potts * Phyllis Brooks as Pamela Stuart * Barbara Blair as Minnie 'Mousey' Jones * Gene Sheldon as Hap Hazard * Antoinette Cellier as Kay Summers * David Hutcheson as Peter Malden * Bruce Seton as Lord 'Tiny' Tyneside * Geoffrey Sumner as Fanshaw * Rosamund John as Girl * Gordon McLeod as Doherty * Julien Mitchell as Butterworth * Edward Underdown Charles Edward Underdown (3 December 190815 December 1989) was an English theatre, cinema and television actor. He was born in London and educated at Eton College in Berkshire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Entertainment History Project
The British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) records and preserves interviews with the men and women who have worked in British film, television, radio and theatre industries over the last 100 years "to ensure that their lives and experiences are preserved for future generations". History Founded in 1987 by Roy Fowler, the History Project started as an independent volunteer project by members of the industry trade union, ACTT, who wanted to preserve the stories and memories of the lives of the men and women who had been working in the various film and television industries. The organisation was originally called the ''ACTT History Project'', reflecting the fact that though it was an entirely separate project run by volunteers, it was nevertheless supported by the ACTT union. In 1991, the ACTT merged with the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance, to form BECTU (Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union) and the ACTT History Project became known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Bough Breaks (1947 Film)
''When the Bough Breaks'' is a 1947 film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Patricia Roc and Rosamund John. It is an adaptation of an original storyline by Herbert Victor on adoption and the competing ties of one child's birth and foster family. Plot After learning that her husband is a bigamist who already had a wife, new mother Lily Gardner (Patricia Roc) resolves to raise her baby, Jimmy, on her own under her maiden name of Lily Bates rather than give him up for adoption. Each day Lily leaves Jimmy at a day nursery while she works as a shopgirl at a department store, and then cares for Jimmy herself at night. Frances Norman (Rosamund John), a middle-class married woman who works at the day nursery to be around children after losing her own baby, is drawn to Jimmy. When Lily, under stress from her demanding schedule, becomes ill with flu, Frances persuades Lily to let her and her husband look after Jimmy temporarily. When Lily recovers, she visits Jimmy at the Normans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Roc
Patricia Roc (born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold; 7 June 1915 – 30 December 2003) was an English film actress, popular in the Gainsborough melodramas such as ''Madonna of the Seven Moons'' (1945) and ''The Wicked Lady'' (1945), though she only made one film in Hollywood, ''Canyon Passage'' (1946). She also appeared in ''Millions Like Us'' (1943), '' Jassy'' (1945), '' The Brothers'' (1947) and '' When the Bough Breaks'' (1947). She was employed by the studio of J. Arthur Rank, who called her "the archetypal British beauty". She achieved her greatest level of popularity in British films during the Second World War in escapist melodramas for Gainsborough Studios. She did little acting work after the death of her second husband in 1954, making only a few television appearances including the first episode of ''The Saint''. Early life Born in Hampstead, London, to apparently unmarried parents, the daughter of Felix Herold, a paper merchant, and Miriam (née Angell). In 1922, her half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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