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Phil Grindrod
Phil Grindrod born 1907, died 1967 was a British cinematographer. Selected filmography * ''The Indiscretions of Eve'' (1932) * '' His Wife's Mother'' (1932) * '' A Southern Maid'' (1933) * '' The Great Defender'' (1934) * ''Love at Second Sight'' (1934) * ''Give Us the Moon'' (1944) * '' I'll Be Your Sweetheart'' (1945) * ''George in Civvy Street'' (1946) * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) * ''Dusty Bates'' (1947) * ''The Clouded Crystal'' (1948) * ''A Boy, a Girl and a Bike'' (1949) * ''My Wife's Lodger'' (1952) * ''My Death Is a Mockery'' (1952) * '' Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?'' (1953) * ''Confession'' (1955) * ''Port of Escape'' (1956) * '' The Key Man'' (1957) * ''The Diplomatic Corpse'' (1958) * ''Violent Moment'' (1959) * '' A Question of Suspense'' (1961) * ''The Telegoons ''The Telegoons'' is a comedy puppet show, adapted from the highly successful BBC radio comedy show of the 1950s, ''The Goon Show'' produced for BBC television and first shown during 1963 and 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife's Lodger
''My Wife's Lodger'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane and Leslie Dwyer. The screenplay concerns a who soldier returns home after the Second World War only to find a spiv lodger has established himself in his place. It was based on the play ''My Wife's Lodger'' written by Roche. Cast * Dominic Roche as Willie Higginbotham * Olive Sloane as Maggie Higginbotham * Leslie Dwyer as Roger the Lodger * Diana Dors as Eunice Higginbotham * Alan Sedgwick as Tex * Vincent Dowling as Norman Higginbotham * Vi Kaley as Mother-in-Law * Martin Wyldeck as Policeman * David Hannaford as Vernon * Ilena Sylva as Vernon's Mother * Ronald Adam as Doctor * Wally Patch as Sergeant * Derek Tansley as Deserter * Alastair Hunter as Lance Corporal * Toke Townley as Soldier * Fred Griffiths as Driver * Harry Locke as Passer-by Production The film was based on a 1951 play. Filming took place in May 1952. Dors was appearing in a revue ''Rendezvou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Unknown
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Telegoons
''The Telegoons'' is a comedy puppet show, adapted from the highly successful BBC radio comedy show of the 1950s, ''The Goon Show'' produced for BBC television and first shown during 1963 and 1964. Two series of 13 episodes were made. The series was briefly repeated immediately after its original run, and all episodes are known to have survived. Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan reprised their original voice roles from the radio series and appeared in promotional photos with some of the puppets from the series. Among the puppeteers were Ann Field, John Dudley, and Violet Phelan. The original radio scripts were adapted by Maurice Wiltshire, who had previously co-written a number of radio episodes with Larry Stephens. The only official broadcasts of any ''Telegoons'' material since the 1960s were a short excerpt, claimed to have been newly printed from the original negative, shown on the 1980s BBC archive series ''Windmill'', and a brief excerpt during the quiz program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Question Of Suspense
''A Question of Suspense'' is a low budget 1961 British black and white crime drama "B" film directed by Max Varnel, based on a story by Roy Vickers, starring Peter Reynolds, Noelle Middleton and Yvonne Buckingham. Plot Tellman Drew is a businessman who has deposited £30,000 worth of forged bonds with his bank. When his chief clerk and childhood friend Frank Brigstock discovers the fraud, Drew offers him a partnership in his business, but lures him to a lonely spot by the coast and murders him and buries his body. Drew persuades the police that it was Frank who had been behind the scam and has absconded. Rose Marples, who has been living with Frank as his wife, and has known both men since her youth, is not convinced. She begins her own investigation, ultimately discovering the burial site and bringing about Drew's demise. Cast * Peter Reynolds as Tellman Drew * Noelle Middleton as Rose Marples * Yvonne Buckingham as Jean Forbes * Norman Rodway as Frank Brigstock * James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violent Moment
''Violent Moment'' is a 1959 British drama film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Lyndon Brook, Jane Hylton and Jill Browne. It was made as a B film for release on the lower-half of a double bill. It was the film editor Hayers' first film as director. It also marked the debut of Moira Redmond. It was released in the United States as ''Rebound''. The film was released with its own credits, in the cinema. Later, it was released in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries, with that shows credits, of Wallace's statue, surrounded by whirling cigarette smoke. The film is based on a story by Roy Vickers, from his 'Department of Dead Ends' series, originally published from 1934. These stories were ‘inverted’ mysteries: the reader knows the identity of the criminal, but the interest lies in how the detective solves the case and featured detectives dusting off cold cases. As with many of the criminals in Vickers’ stories, the protagonist Doug, is sympathetically depicted. Premise A dese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Diplomatic Corpse
''The Diplomatic Corpse'' is a 1958 British comedy thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Robin Bailey, Susan Shaw and Liam Redmond. It was produced as a second feature by ACT Films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph Bato. Plot A crime reporter, assisted by his girlfriend, a fashion reporter at the same newspaper, investigates a dead body taken out of the River Thames. They are soon able to link it with a foreign embassy, making it a sensitive diplomatic matter. Cast * Robin Bailey as Mike Billings * Susan Shaw as Jenny Drew * Liam Redmond as Inspector Corcoran * Harry Fowler as Knocker Parsons * André Mikhelson as Hamid * Bill Shine as Humphrey Garrad * Charles Farrell Charles David Farrell (August 9, 1900 – May 6, 1990) was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor ... as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Key Man (1957 Film)
''The Key Man'' (released in the USA as ''Life at Stake'') is a 1957 British B movie. The film was shot in black and white during a three week period in 1957 in response to an initiative by Anglo-Amalgamated to increase the number of British made B movies available. Directed by Montgomery Tully, the screenplay was adapted from his own original story by Julian MacLaren-Ross. MacLaren-Ross had been persuaded by producer Alec C. Snowden to write a script in late 1956 and after some doubts about the project delivered a screenplay to Snowden in January 1957, filming was started and completed the next month. The film was subsequently released in the USA by United Artists under the title ''Life at Stake''. The story was adapted as a radio play and broadcast on the BBC Home Service in August 1960. Plot and reception The film starts with footage of VE Day and crowds singing the Hokey Cokey and Auld Lang Syne. Lee Patterson plays the lead character, Lionel Hulme, a radio reporter who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Escape
''Port of Escape'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Tony Young and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr and Joan Hickson. Plot Two sailors, one Australian and one American, are kicked off their ship when it docks in London, and get involved in a fight outside a dockside pub that leads to a man's death. They go on the run and hide on a barge that belongs to three women. The two men plan to travel to Missouri, the home state of the American, but not all goes to plan. Cast * Googie Withers - Anne Stirling * John McCallum - Mitchell Gillis * Bill Kerr - Dinty Missouri * Joan Hickson - Rosalie Watchett * Wendy Danielli - Daphne Stirling * Hugh Pryse - Skinner * Alexander Gauge - Inspector Levins * Ingeborg von Kusserow - Lucy * Ewan Roberts - Sergeant Rutherford * Basil Dignam as Det. Sgt. Crawford * George Rose as Publican Hugh Pryse died in 1955, nine months before the film was released. Critical reception In a recent review Allen Eyles at the ''Radio Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confession (1955 Film)
''Confession'', released in the United States as ''The Deadliest Sin'', is a 1955 British drama film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton and John Bentley. Production The film was made at Merton Park Studios by Anglo-Amalgamated. Along with ''Little Red Monkey'', released the same year, the film was an international hit and led to the company producing films with a higher production quality than they had previously, often importing American stars to give the films more international appeal. Plot A man stands in a large church. He enters a confessional box and tells the priest: "I have killed a man, Father". After the title sequence, Mike Nelson arrives at an idyllic English country cottage in a chauffeur-driven car. He has an American accent as he has been in the USA working in the oil business for many years. He is greeted enthusiastically by his sister, but his elderly father is more reserved. His sister, Louise, shows him to his old room. Her fia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
''Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey. The film was based on Vivian Tidmarsh's 1944 West End hit play by the same name. Plot When US Navy airman Commander Laurie Vining takes up his new posting in London with his new wife Gillian he has no idea that his first wife Candy Markham will turn up and threaten his marital bliss by claiming they are still married. Faithful confidant Hank Hanlon continually stirs things up and tries to keep order. Other lives that are changed forever by the intervention include lawyer Frank Betterton. Cast *Bonar Colleano as Cmdr. Laurie Vining *Diana Dors as Candy Markham *David Tomlinson as Frank Betterton *Diana Decker as Gillian Vining *Sid James as Hank Hanlon *Audrey Freeman as Lucy *Hubert Woodward as Hicks *MacDonald Parke as Adm. Fields *Lou Jacobi as Capt. Noakes Production The play debuted in 1944 in London, originally starring Ralph Lynn, and ran for almost three years. Film rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Death Is A Mockery
My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * My (album), ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * My (EP), ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Marketing year, variable period * Model year, product identifier Transport * Motoryacht * Merchant vessel#Name prefixes, Motor Yacht, a name prefix for merchant vessels * Midwest Airlines (Egypt), IATA airline designation * MAXjet Airways, United States, defunct IATA airline designation Other uses * ''My'', the genitive form of I (pronoun), the English pronoun ''I'' * Malaysia, ISO 3166-1 country code ** .my, the country-code top level domain (ccTLD) * Burmese language (ISO 639 alpha-2) * Megalithic Yard, a hypothesised, prehistoric unit of length * Million years See also * MyTV (other) * µ ("mu"), a letter of the Greek alphabet * Mi (other) * Me (other) * Myself (other) {{Disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
