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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 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampstead, London
Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the London Borough of Camden, a borough in Inner London which for the purposes of the London Plan is designated as part of Central London. Hampstead is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical, and literary associations. It has some of the most expensive housing in the London area. Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.Wade, David"Whatever happened to Hampstead Man?" ''The Daily Telegraph'', 8 May 2004 (retrieved 3 March 2016). History Toponymy The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon words ''ham'' and ''stede'', which means, and is a cognate of, the Modern English "homestead". To 1900 Early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unready to the monastery of St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) BFI Screenonline. was a Hungarian-British film director, producer and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company. Born in Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary, where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of silent films, before being based in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from 1926 to 1930 for the first of his two brief periods there (the other was during World War II). The change led to a divorce from his first wife, the Hungarian film actress María Corda, who was unable to make the transition from silent films to "talkies" because of her strong Hungarian accent. From 1930, Korda was active in the Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspected Person
''Suspected Person'' is a 1942 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc and David Farrar. The film was made at Welwyn Studios by Associated British, one of the two leading British studios of the era. It was released in the United States in 1944 by Producers Releasing Corporation.Slide p.179 Synopsis A British associate of some American gangsters double-crosses them following a bank robbery and escapes with the loot. He heads to London where his sister keeps a boarding house. She is unaware of his criminal career, but becomes suspicious when both Scotland Yard and his former associates both turn up on his trail. Cast * Clifford Evans as Jim Raynor * Patricia Roc as Joan Raynor * David Farrar as Inspector Thompson * Anne Firth as Carol * Robert Beatty as Franklin * Eric Clavering as Dolan * Leslie Perrins as Tony Garrett * Eliot Makeham as Davis * John Salew as Jones * William Hartnell as Saunders * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife's Family (1941 Film)
''My Wife's Family'' is a 1941 British domestic comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Charles Clapham, John Warwick, David Tomlinson and Patricia Roc. The film is notable as one of five film versions based on the popular stage farce of the same name by Fred Duprez. There was a '' previous British version'' in 1931; a Swedish version '' Mother-in-Law's Coming'', in 1932; a 1933 Finnish film ''Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee''; and a British remake in 1956. Plot A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at the same time. Cast *Doc Knott - Charles Clapham *Jack Gay - John Warwick *Peggy, his Wife - Patricia Roc *Noah Bagshott - Wylie Watson *Sally the Maid - Peggy Bryan *Rosa Latour - Chili Bouchier *Mrs Bagshott - Margaret Scudamore *Policeman - Leslie Fuller *Second Maid - Davina Craig *Irma - Joan Greenwood *Willie - David Tomlinson Critical reception ''TV G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farmer's Wife (1941 Film)
''The Farmer's Wife'' is a 1941 British comedy drama film directed by Norman Lee and Leslie Arliss and starring Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson and Nora Swinburne. It is based on the play ''The Farmer's Wife'' by Eden Phillpotts which had previously been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for a 1928 film of the same name.Strauss p.123 It was produced by ABPC at Welwyn Studios, at a time when the company's main Elstree Studios had been requisitioned for wartime use. Synopsis Farmer Samuel Sweetland, a widower with two daughters, buys a large neighbouring farm that he has coveted all his life. Now convinced that he needs to remarry to provide his new estate with a proper mistress he draws up a list of three possible candidates with the assistance of his housekeeper Araminta Grey. They are Louisa Windeatt, a wealthy and spirited fox-hunting widow, Thirza Tapper, a prim unmarried lady who owns a nearby cottage and Mary Hearne, an attractive barmaid from London. Meanwhile Sweetland's daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Happened To One Man
''It Happened to One Man'' is a 1940 British drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne and Marta Labarr. The screenplay was scripted by Paul Merzbach and Nina Jarcis, based on the play of the same name by John Hastings Turner and Roland Pertwee. Produced by Victor Hanbury's British Eagle Productions, It was distributed in the United States by RKO Pictures, and premiered in New York City at the Little Carnegie Playhouse on 22 February 1941. Cast * Wilfrid Lawson as Felton Quair * Nora Swinburne as Alice Quair * Marta Labarr as Rita * Ivan Brandt as Leonard Drayton * Reginald Tate as Ackroyd * Brian Worth as Jack Quair * Edmund Breon as Adm. Drayton * Patricia Roc as Betty Quair * Thorley Walters as Ronnie * Athole Stewart as Lord Kenley * Ruth Maitland as Lady Rapscombe * Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer who is best known for his postwar ''James Bond'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Silent Men
''Three Silent Men'' is a 1940 British crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc and Arthur Hambling. The screenplay concerns a pacifist surgeon who must operate to save the life of the inventor of a deadly weapon of war. When the inventor dies the surgeon becomes prime suspect. Plot Pacifist surgeon Sir James Quentin (Sebastian Shaw) operates on Zaroff (Meinhart Maur), the inventor of a lethal weapon to be used against the Allies in the war. When Zaroff is discovered dead from an excess of ether, Quentin is immediately suspected. To clear her father's name, Quentin's daughter Pat (Patricia Roc), and her boyfriend Captain Mellish (Derrick De Marney), search for the real murderer. Cast * Sebastian Shaw as Sir James Quentin * Derrick De Marney as Captain John Mellish * Patricia Roc as Pat Quentin * Arthur Hambling as Ginger Brown * Meinhart Maur as Karl Zaroff * John Turnbull as Inspector Gill * Peter Gawthorne as Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pack Up Your Troubles (1940 Film)
''Pack Up Your Troubles'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Reginald Purdell, Wylie Watson and Patricia Roc. It takes its name from the First World War marching song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag". Plot Garage owner Tommy (Reginald Purdell) and ventriloquist friend Eric (Wylie Watson) join the army and travel to France, where they are captured by the Nazis. However, Eric's voice-throwing skills come in handy in engineering their escape and in obtaining top secret information. Cast * Reginald Purdell as Tommy Perkins * Wylie Watson as Eric Sampson * Patricia Roc as Sally Brown * Wally Patch as Sgt. Barker * Muriel George as Mrs. Perkins * Ernest Butcher as Jack Perkins * Manning Whiley as Muller * G. H. Mulcaster as Col. Diehard Critical reception ''TV Guide'' called it a "Lightweight comedy worth watching for Purdell's and Watson's nice comic performances." and ''Sky Cinema'' similarly approved of the pair, "They're p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Window In London
''A Window in London'' is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Michael Redgrave, Patricia Roc, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas and Hartley Power. It is a remake of the French film ''Metropolitan'' (1939). The plot focuses on a man who becomes drawn to the wife of a jealous magician - after spotting what appears to be a murder in their flat. The film is set in London, and was made when Waterloo Bridge was still under construction. It was released in the US in 1942 under the title ''Lady in Distress''. Plot Pat (Patricia Roc) is a hotel switchboard operator at an exclusive London apartment block (the exterior location is actually Dolphin Square). She completes her night shift exhausted and has forgotten to give a client his 6am alarm call. She walks cheerfully home to her new husband, Peter (Michael Redgrave) a crane operator. They are a happy, well-meaning couple. However, because of their different shifts during the day they have no time for each other. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing People
''The Missing People'' is a 1940 British, black-and-white, mystery film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner as Sam Hackett and Will Fyffe as Mr. J. G. Reeder. It was produced by Jack Raymond Productions. Ronald Shiner, Will Fyffe and Jack Raymond were also all involved in another Mr. Reeder film, ''The Mind of Mr. Reeder''. The film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. Synopsis Mr. Reeder (comedian Will Fyffe) begins solving the disappearance of 27 people, after they had each received large sums of money from their respective families. Is the criminal-featured Joseph Bronstone (Lyn Harding), the guilty party? Cast *J. G. Reeder - Will Fyffe *Peggy Gillette - Kay Walsh *Joseph Bronstone - Lyn Harding *Sam Hackett - Ronald Shiner *Doris Bevan - Patricia Roc *Ernest Bronstone - Anthony Holles *Harry Morgan - Reginald Purdell *Housekeeper - Maire O'Neill Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mind Of Mr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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