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Richard Best (film Editor)
Richard Best (28 June 1916 – 19 December 2004) was a British film editor and television editor. He had about 50 feature film credits, and also edited the 1965-66 season of the television series ''The Avengers''. He is known particularly for three films: '' The Dam Busters'' (1955), '' Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958), and '' Look Back in Anger'' (1959), as well as for his long collaboration with director J. Lee Thompson. Selected filmography Feature films * '' Fame is the Spur'' ( Boulting-1947) * '' The Guinea Pig'' (Boulting-1948) * '' The Dancing Years'' (French-1950). The first of thirty-three films from Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) that Best edited. * ''The Magic Box'' (Boulting-1951) * '' The Yellow Balloon'' ( Thompson-1953) * '' The Weak and the Wicked'' (Thompson-1954). Released as ''Young and Willing'' in the U.S.. * '' The Dam Busters'' ( Anderson-1955). Film cited in 1999 as one of the hundred best British films. Kevin Brownlow considers it to be the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east of York, the historic county town. With a population of (), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region after Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford. The town of Wyke on Hull was founded late in the 12th century by the monks of Meaux Abbey as a port from which to export their wool. Renamed ''Kings-town upon Hull'' in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading centre, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. More than 95% of the city was damaged or destroyed in the blitz and suffered a perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Anderson (director)
Michael Joseph Anderson (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film director, best known for directing the World War II film '' The Dam Busters'' (1955), the epic ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) and the dystopian sci-fi film ''Logan's Run'' (1976). Early life and education Anderson was born in London, United Kingdom, to a theatrical family. His parents were the actors Lawrence (1893–1939) and Beatrice Anderson (1893–1977). His great-aunt was Mary Anderson of Louisville, Kentucky, who became one of the first US Shakespearean actresses; the Mary Anderson Theatre in Louisville was dedicated to her. He began working in the industry as an actor during the 1930s. By 1938, he had graduated to working behind the camera as an assistant director. During World War II, while serving in the British Army's Royal Signals Corps, he met Peter Ustinov and subsequently assisted him on two films. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Trees In The Street
''No Trees in the Street'' is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis, from his 1948 stage play of the same name. The film is set in the slums of London. It depicts the life of impoverished teenager Tommy, who becomes a criminal in an attempt at social mobility. He starts with minor thefts and progresses to murder. A subplot involves the romantic involvements of Tommy's sister Hetty, first with a racketeer and then with a policeman. The film is another example of British kitchen sink realism, but is mainly noted for its naturalistic depiction of slum life. Plot Initially, the film's story is told by Frank ( Ronald Howard) a local plain clothes policeman in love with Hetty ( Sylvia Syms), to a young tearaway Kenny ( David Hemmings). In the slums of London before World War II, Tommy (Melvyn Hayes) is an aimless teenager who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local racketeer Wilkie (He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David MacDonald (director)
David MacDonald (9 May 1904 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire – 22 June 1983 in London) was a Scottish film director, writer and producer. Career MacDonald was the son of a wealthy landowner. His intention was to become a doctor but changed his mind and aged 17 went to Malaya to work on a rubber plantation for seven and a half years. When he had leave to return to Scotland, he travelled via Hollywood and became interested in filmmaking.Macdonald, D. (1948)"David MacDonald"''The Tatler and Bystander'', 188(2439), 14. He returned to Malaya and worked at a plantation in Kedah. According to one story, while in Malaya he met Douglas Fairbanks who encouraged MacDonald to try his luck in Hollywood. Hollywood MacDonald broke into Hollywood by getting a job as technical adviser on a film ''Prestige''. After that he was out of work for nine months. He eventually gained a job working for Cecil B. DeMille. MacDonald worked as DeMille's assistant on '' The Sign of the Cross'' (1932), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moonraker
''The Moonraker'' is a British swashbuckler film made in 1957 and released in 1958 and set in the English Civil War. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, John Le Mesurier and Patrick Troughton."Moonraker, The", ''Monthly Film Bulletin''; London Vol. 25, Iss. 288, (1 January 1958): 62. It is based on the 1952 play of the same title by Arthur Watkyn. It was shot at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Robert Jones The film depicts a fictionalised account of the escape of Charles II, arranged by a foppish royalist nobleman, the Earl of Dawlish, who leads a double life as a roundhead-baiting highwayman called The Moonraker, who already has helped more than thirty royalists to escape to France. The film was one of the last productions made by the Robert Clarke regime at Associated British-Pathe. Synopsis After the Battle of Worcester at the end of the Second English Civil War, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman In A Dressing Gown
''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, and Carole Lesley. The film won four awards at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival including the first ever FIPRESCI Prize and a special mention for "Best Foreign Film". Mitchell won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. The film also won the 1958 Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film. The screenplay was written by Ted Willis and the cinematographer was Gilbert Taylor. The producer was Frank Godwin (film producer), Frank Godwin. The film concerns a man who is having an extramarital affair and considers divorce, and his wife's reaction to the affair. Scenes compare and contrast the man's relationship with his wife versus his relationship with his lover. These are not only very different in content, but very different in film style, shots with his lover being in extreme close-up and/or unusually framed shots. Shots o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Kellino
Roy Kellino (born Philip Roy Gislingham; 22 April 1912 – 18 November 1956) was an English film director, film producer, producer and cinematographer. Biography He was born Philip Roy Gislingham in Lambeth, South London, the son of the silent-era director W.P. Kellino. He directed his first film ''Concerning Mr. Martin'' in 1937. He worked primarily in the years during the Second World War, venturing into television in the 1950s, directing many episodes of popular anthology series ''Four Star Playhouse'', along with episodes of other anthologies like ''The Star and the Story''. Kellino was married to actress Pamela Mason, Pamela Kellino from 1932 to 1940. She then married actor James Mason and took his last name. Meanwhile, Kellino married ''Leave It to Beaver'' actress Barbara Billingsley. Their marriage lasted 3 years until his death in 1956 in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography Director * ''Concerning Mr. Martin'' (1937) * ''The Last Adventurers'' (1937) * ''Fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silken Affair
''The Silken Affair'' is a 1956 British romantic comedy, romantic comedy film directed by Roy Kellino and starring David Niven, Geneviève Page, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Joan Sims, Irene Handl and Ronald Squire. The screenplay concerns an accountant who is creative with his firm's books and uses the money to fund a romantic spree. Cast * David Niven as Roger Tweakham * Geneviève Page as Genevieve Gerard * Ronald Squire as Marberry * Beatrice Straight as Theora * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Sir Horace Hogg * Howard Marion-Crawford as Baggott * Dorothy Alison as Mrs. Tweakham * Miles Malleson as Mr. Blucher * Richard Wattis as Worthington * Joan Sims as Lady Barber * Irene Handl as Receptionist * Charles Carson (actor), Charles Carson as Judge * Harry Locke as Tobacconist * Martin Boddey as Detective Critical reception In the ''Radio Times'', David McGillivray (producer/screenwriter), David McGillivray called it a "frivolous romantic comedy," in which, "the theme was exploited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yield To The Night
''Yield to the Night'' (also titled ''Blonde Sinner'' in the US) is a 1956 British crime drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Diana Dors. The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Joan Henry. The storyline bears a superficial and coincidental resemblance to the Ruth Ellis case, which had occurred the previous year but subsequent to the release of Henry's novel. The film received much positive critical attention, particularly for the unexpectedly skilled acting of Dors, who had previously been cast solely as a British version of the typical "blonde bombshell". The movie was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Premise Mary Hilton (Diana Dors) has been convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, and she spends her last weeks in the condemned cell in a British women's prison. While there she remembers the events in her life leading up to the murder. Cast * Diana Dors as Mary Hilton * Yvonne Mitchell as Matron Hilda MacFarla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Zampi
Mario Zampi (1 November 19032 December 1963) was an Italian film producer and director. A co-founder of Two Cities Films, a British production company, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s. Biography Zampi began his career as an actor in Italy at the age of 17. By 1930, he was working for Warner Bros. as a film editor in London. In 1937, he and compatriot Filippo Del Giudice founded Two Cities Films. While the company was noted for such serious films as ''In Which We Serve'', ''Henry V'', and ''Hamlet'', Zampi is most remembered for comedies. He made his mark with such films as ''Laughter in Paradise'' (1951), ''The Naked Truth'' (1957), and ''Too Many Crooks'' (1959), often in the dual role of director and producer. Filmography Director and producer unless otherwise indicated. *'' Tredici uomini e un cannone'' (1936) producer *'' 13 Men and a Gun'' (1938) *''French Without Tears'' (1940) producer *'' Spy for a Day'' (1940) *''Freedom Radio'' aka ''A V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now And Forever (1956 Film)
''Now and Forever'' is a 1956 British drama film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Janette Scott, Vernon Gray and Kay Walsh. It is based on the play '' The Orchard Walls'' by R.F. Delderfield, and was Scott's first adult role after a career as a child star in Britain. The screenplay concerns an upper-class girl who becomes romantically involved with a garage mechanic, and they head for Gretna Green to elope. Plot Set in a market town in central England, Janette Grant is the 17 y.o. daughter of a wealthy, divorced couple who's lonely as her father rarely visits and her mother never finds time for her. She comes downstairs, ready to go to a musical performance at school. Expecting her mother to take her and give her support, Janette is upset that she decides to participate in a golf club competition as the slot just opened up. Mrs. Grant contacts Mellingham Motors to order a lift for Janette. When Mike Pritchard arrives to collect her, he overhears her begging her moral suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunting (1963 Film)
''The Haunting'' is a 1963 horror film directed and produced by Robert Wise, adapted by Nelson Gidding from Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel ''The Haunting of Hill House''. It stars Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn. The film depicts the experiences of a small group of people invited by a paranormal investigator to investigate a purportedly haunted house. Screenwriter Gidding, who had worked with director Wise on the 1958 film ''I Want to Live!'', began a six-month write of the script after reading the book, which Wise had given to him. He perceived the book to be more about mental breakdown than ghosts, and although he was informed after meeting author Shirley Jackson that it was very much a supernatural novel, elements of mental breakdown were introduced into the film. The film was shot at the MGM-British Studios near London, UK on a budget of US$1.05 million, with exteriors and the grounds shot at Ettington Park (now the Ettington Park Hotel) in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
