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Richard Molinas
Richard Molinas (17 November 1911 – 1975) was a British stage and film actor. A character actor, he appeared in a number of supporting role A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist, and appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just a minor character or a cameo ap ...s in postwar British cinema as well as occasional television appearances. Filmography References Bibliography * James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Hollywood on Hollywood''. Scarecrow Press, 1978. External links * 1911 births 1975 deaths British male film actors People from London {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Chance (1949 Film)
''Children of Chance'' is a 1949 British drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Patricia Medina, Yvonne Mitchell and Manning Whiley. It was shot on location in Ischia at the same time as an Italian version '' Alarm Bells'', also directed by Zampa but with a different cast. Michael Medwin adapted the original Italian screenplay for the English version. Synopsis Agostina has made some money in the black market of Rome during the Second World War and sent it back to her hometown priest for safekeeping. However, returning to the island intending to recover the money, she finds that the priest has died and his successor has used it to build an orphanage. Cast * Patricia Medina as Agostina * Manning Whiley as Don Andrea * Yvonne Mitchell as Australia * Barbara Everest as Francesca * Eliot Makeham as Vicar * George Woodbridge as Butcher * Frank Tickle as Mayor * Eric Pohlmann as Sergeant * Edward Lexy as Doctor * Carlo Giustini Carlo Giustini (born 4 May 1923), sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interpol (1957 Film)
''Interpol'' (known in the U.S. as ''Pickup Alley'') is a 1957 British Warwick Films crime film noir shot in CinemaScope and starring Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonar Colleano and Sid James. It concerns an Interpol effort to stamp out a major drug-smuggling cartel in numerous countries. Mature plays an American narcotics officer, with Howard as a drug baron. One review described the film as a "feeble thriller," although it praised Howard's performance. In the United States, the film was released as a double feature with '' The Brothers Rico''. Plot Charles Sturgis is an FBI agent on the trail of a drug-smuggling operation. The crazed criminal mastermind Frank McNally has strangled Sturgis' sister to death. Gina Broger is Frank's beautiful courier. Cast * Victor Mature as Charles Sturgis * Anita Ekberg as Gina Broger * Trevor Howard as Frank McNally * Bonar Colleano as Amalio * Dorothy Alison as Helen * André Morell as Commissioner Breckner * Martin Benso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spanish Gardener (film)
''The Spanish Gardener'' is a 1956 VistaVision and Technicolor film based on the 1950 eponymous novel by A. J. Cronin. The film, which stars Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley, was directed by Philip Leacock. The adaptation was filmed both at Pinewood Studios near London and in Palamós nearby Mas Juny estate, as well as in S'Agaro, on the Costa Brava, Catalonia. There were also two other adaptations of the story for Brazilian television: ''Nicholas'' (1958) and ''O Jardineiro Espanhol'' (1967). The film was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. The ending of the film differs from that of the book. Plot British diplomat Harrington Brande (Michael Hordern) takes up a minor provincial consular post in Spain. The appointment is a disappointment to Harrington, who was hoping for a more senior position. His abandonment by his wife may have adversely affected his career, as might his brusque manner. He is accompanied by his eleven-year-old son, Nicholas (Jon Whiteley) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Afrique
''Port Afrique'' is a 1956 British drama film based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Bernard Victor Dryer (1918–1995). The colour film was directed by Rudolph Maté and the adapted screenplay was written by John Cresswell. The film was made at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton. It was filmed on location in the Casbah in Algiers and in Tangiers and Morocco. Synopsis Set in July 1945, the film tells the story of a returning American pilot named Rip Reardon who lost his leg during the war and a young woman, Ynez, who is accused of the murder of Rip's wife. Cast * Pier Angeli as Ynez * Philip Carey as Rip Reardon * Dennis Price as Robert Blackton * Eugene Deckers a Colonel Moussac * James Hayter as Nino * Anthony Newley as Pedro * Richard Molinas as Captain * Christopher Lee as Franz Vermes * Guy De Monceau as Police Driver * Jacques Cey as Waiter * Dorothy White as Berber Girl * Denis Shaw as Grila * Marie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track The Man Down
''Track the Man Down'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen, and starring Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, and George Rose.Martin p. 207 The melodramatic crime caper centers on a robbery at a greyhound racetrack that results in the unintentional murder of a guard. The perpetrator leaves the loot with his girl friend, commandeers a motorcoach bound for Southampton, and holds hostage its diverse array of passengers, including an American newspaper reporter and the girl friend's resourceful sister. The film, the second made by Republic Pictures' British production company, makes good use of London's Victoria Station and locations along the banks of the River Thames. It was made at Walton Studios with sets designed by the art director John Stoll. Cast * Kent Taylor as John Ford * Petula Clark as June Dennis * George Rose as Rick Lambert * Kenneth Griffith as Ken Orwell * Ursula Howells as Mary Dennis * Walter Rilla as Austin Melford * Renée Houston as Pat She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Divided Heart
''The Divided Heart'' is a 1954 British black-and-white drama film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell and Armin Dahlen. The film is based on a true story of a child, whose father was a member of Slovenian Partisans executed by Nazis and whose mother was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, while little Ivan was, like other 300 babies and young children from Slovenia, whose parents were declared Banditen by Nazis, sent to Germany in a Nazi program known as Lebensborn. It was made at Ealing Studios with sets designed by the art director Edward Carrick. Location shooting took place around St. Johann in Tirol in Austria. The script was written by Jack Whittingham and Richard Hughes. It was produced by Michael Truman and edited by Peter Bezencenet, with cinematography by Otto Heller and music by Georges Auric. ''The Divided Heart'' was widely admired, and won three British Academy Film Awards. Plot During the Second World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Day To Remember (1953 Film)
''A Day to Remember'' is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring an ensemble cast including Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden, James Hayter and Bill Owen. Plot The darts team of a London public house go on a day trip to Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. On the eve of their visit to France, the members of the Hand & Flower pub darts team gather for a drink. The day trip has been organised by one of the team, Percy, who is a travel agent. For some of the team, it is their first ever trip abroad, while for others it is the first time they have returned to France since their service in World War I or World War II. Charley is looking forward to meeting some French ''mademoiselles'', but Fred, the pub's married landlord, says there'll be none of that sort of thing. Stan has a plan to buy watches in France and smuggle them back into Britain, avoiding customs duty. Jim is going through a rocky patch with his fiancée, whom he suspects considers him to be boring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sword And The Rose
''The Sword and the Rose'' is a family/adventure film produced by Perce Pearce and Walt Disney and directed by Ken Annakin. The film features the story of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England. Based on the 1898 novel '' When Knighthood Was in Flower'' by Charles Major, it was originally made into a motion picture in 1908 and again in 1922 as '' When Knighthood Was in Flower''. The 1953 Disney version was adapted for the screen by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The film was shot at Denham Film Studios and was the third of Disney's British productions after ''Treasure Island'' (1950) and ''The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men'' (1952). In 1956, it was broadcast on American television in two parts under the original book title. Plot Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She persuades her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moulin Rouge (1952 Film)
''Moulin Rouge'' is a 1952 British drama film, written and directed by John Huston, based on the 1950 novel by Pierre La Mure, and produced by John and James Woolf. The film follows artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 19th-century Paris's bohemian subculture in and around the Moulin Rouge, a burlesque palace. The film was screened at the 14th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion. The film stars José Ferrer (Toulouse-Lautrec), Zsa Zsa Gabor ( Jane Avril), Suzanne Flon, Eric Pohlmann, Colette Marchand, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Katherine Kath, Theodore Bikel, and Muriel Smith. Plot In 1890 Paris crowds pour into the Moulin Rouge nightclub as artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec finishes a bottle of cognac while sketching the club's dancers. The club's regulars arrive: singer Jane Avril teases Henri charmingly, dancers La Goulue and Aicha fight, and owner Maurice Joyant offers Henri free drinks for a month in exchange for painting a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandy For The Parson
''Brandy for the Parson'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Eldridge and starring Kenneth More, Charles Hawtrey, James Donald and Jean Lodge. It was based on a short story by Geoffrey Household from ''Tales of Adventurers'' (1952). The title is a reference to the refrain of the poem "A Smuggler's Song" by Rudyard Kipling. Plot Bill and Petronilla are a young couple on a yachting holiday. They agree to give a lift to friendly Tony and his cargo, who unbeknownst to them is a brandy smuggler. Before they know it, the couple are fleeing cross-country, chased by customs men. Main cast * James Donald as Bill Harper * Kenneth More as Tony Rackham * Jean Lodge as Petronilla Brand * Frederick Piper as Customs inspector * Charles Hawtrey as George Crumb * Michael Trubshawe as Redworth * Alfie Bass as Dallyn * Wilfrid Caithness as Mr. Minch * Lionel Harris as Mr. Frost * Richard Molinas as Massaud * Reginald Beckwith as Scoutmaster * Stanley Lemin as Customs office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Me To Paris
''Take Me to Paris'' is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Albert Modley, Roberta Huby and Bruce Seton. It was made at Walton Studios. Plot Mr. Armstrong's racing stable is preparing to send one of its top horses to run in Paris's Maisons Lafitte, when the thoroughbred is unexpectedly injured. Its replacement is Thunderhead, a much lowlier animal, but favourite of jockey and stable lad, Albert. Meanwhile, two crooked stable hands plot to use the cross channel trip to smuggle forged bank notes in the horse's blanket. Their plans are foiled however, by Albert, who also manages to win the big race riding his favourite horse. Cast * Albert Modley as Albert * Roberta Huby as Linda Vane * Bruce Seton as Gerald Vane * Claire Guibert as Annette * Richard Molinas as Pojo * Alfred Argus as Jules * Lottie Beck as Danseuse * George Bishop as Mr. Armstrong * Paul Bonifas as the Bistro Keeper (Cafe Proprietor) * Jim Gérald Jim Gérald (4 July 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
