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Ruby Miller (actress)
Ruby Miller (14 July 1889 – 2 April 1976) was a British stage and film actress. Originally one of George Edwardes’ ‘Gaiety Girls’, she was the subject of TV's '' This is Your Life'' in 1962. In June 1966 she appeared in the final ABC production of the popular series Thank Your Lucky Stars with a rendition of the song "Stop and Think". Selected filmography * ''Little Women'' (1917) * ''Edge O' Beyond'' (1919) * '' The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown'' (1921) * ''The Mystery Road'' (1921) * ''Alimony'' (1924) * ''The Infamous Lady'' (1928) * '' Sorrell and Son'' (1933) * '' The Dictator'' (1935) * ''Gay Old Dog'' (1935) * ''The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) * ''Nothing Like Publicity'' (1936) * ''Double Exposures'' (1937) * ''Shadowed Eyes'' (1940) * '' Law and Disorder'' (1940) * '' Facing the Music'' (1941) * ''The Hundred Pound Window'' (1944) * ''Twilight Hour'' (1945) * ''Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bassano
Alexander Bassano (10 May 1829 – 21 October 1913) was an English photographer who was a leading royal and high society portrait photographer in Victorian London. He is known for his photo of the Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Earl Kitchener in the ''Lord Kitchener Wants You'' army recruitment poster during the First World War and his photographs of Queen Victoria. Biography Alessandro Bassano was the second youngest child of Italian Clemente Bassano, originally a fishmonger of Cranbourne Street, later an oilman and warehouseman of Jermyn Street, London, and his English wife, Elizabeth Browne. He later anglicised his first name to Alexander. Bassano received early artistic training with artists Augustus Egg and William Beverley. He opened his first studio in 1850 in Regent Street. The studio then moved to Piccadilly 1859–1863, to Pall Mall, London, Pall Mall and then to 25 Old Bond Street in 1877. There was also a Bassano branch studio at 132 King's Road, Brighto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dictator (1935 Film)
''The Dictator'' is a 1935 British historical drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Clive Brook, Madeleine Carroll, Emlyn Williams and Helen Haye. The film depicts a dramatic episode in Danish history: the tumultuous relationship between King Christian VII of Denmark and his English consort Caroline Matilda in 18th century Copenhagen and the Queen's tragic affair with the royal physician and liberal reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee. The film is loosely based on real events. In the United States the title was changed to “Loves of a Dictator”. Cast * Clive Brook – Doctor Struensee * Madeleine Carroll – Caroline Matilde of Denmark * Emlyn Williams – Christian VII of Denmark * Helen Haye – Queen Mother Juliana * Frank Cellier – Sir Murray Keith * Isabel Jeans – Elisabet von Eyben * Alfred Drayton – Count Brandt * Nicholas Hannen – Guldberg, the Prime Minister * Ruby Miller – Hilda * Heather Thatcher – Lady * James Carew – Minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Stage Actresses
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Deaths
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Karenina (1948 Film)
''Anna Karenina'' is a 1948 British film based on the 1877 novel of the same title by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and starred Vivien Leigh in the title role. It was produced by Alexander Korda (with Herbert Mason as associate producer) for his company, London Films, and distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was by Jean Anouilh, Julien Duvivier and Guy Morgan, music by Constant Lambert, decors by André Andrejew and deep focus cinematography by Henri Alekan. Plot Anna Karenina (Vivien Leigh) is married to Alexei Karenin (Ralph Richardson), a cold government official in St Petersburg who is apparently more interested in his career than in satisfying the emotional needs of his wife. Called to Moscow by her brother Stepan Oblonsky (Hugh Dempster), a reprobate who has been unfaithful to his trusting wife Dolly (Mary Kerridge) once too often, Anna meets Countess Vronsky (Helen Haye) on the night train. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Hour
''Twilight Hour'' is a 1945 British Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Mervyn Johns, Basil Radford, and Marie Lohr. It was shot at the British National Studios in Elstree. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was based on a novel of the same title by Arthur ValentineGoble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 471. . Cast References Bibliography * Halliwell, Leslie. ''Halliwell's Film Guide''. Scribner, 1987. External links * British drama films 1945 drama films Films directed by Paul L. Stein Films set in England British black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Jack Whittingham Films shot at British National Studios 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hundred Pound Window
''The Hundred Pound Window'' is a 1944 British crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Anne Crawford, David Farrar, Frederick Leister and Richard Attenborough. The film follows an accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, where he soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd. It was shot at Teddington Studios, the home of Warner Brothers's British subsidiary. Cast * Anne Crawford as Joan Draper * David Farrar as George Graham * Frederick Leister as Ernest Draper * Mary Clare as Millie Draper * Richard Attenborough as Tommy Draper * Niall MacGinnis as Chick Slater * David Hutcheson as Steve Halligan * Claud Allister as Hon. Freddie * Claude Bailey as John D. Humphries * Hazel Bray as Cabaret Singer * Peter Gawthorne as Van Rayden * Anthony Hawtrey as Evans * David Horne as Baldwin * Francis Lister as Capt. Johnson * Ruby Miller as Mrs. Remington * Brefni O'Rorke as Kennedy * John Salew as Walker * John Slater as O'Neil * C. Denier Warren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facing The Music (1941 Film)
''Facing the Music'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Bunny Doyle, Betty Driver, Chili Bouchier and H. F. Maltby. Plot An incompetent man struggles to hold down a series of jobs. Cast * Bunny Doyle - Wilfred Hollebone * Betty Driver - Mary Matthews * H. F. Maltby - Mr. Bulger * Chili Bouchier - Anna Braun * Wally Patch - Briggs * Gus McNaughton - Illusionist * Ruby Miller - Gloria Lynn * Eliot Makeham Harold Elliott Makeham (22 December 1882 – 8 February 1956) was an English film and television actor. Career Makeham was born in London, England. Between 1931 and 1956, Makeham appeared, primarily in character roles, in 115 films and in ... - Secretary * Gordon McLeod - Mr. Kelly References External links * 1941 films 1941 comedy films Films directed by Maclean Rogers British comedy films British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law And Disorder (1940 Film)
''Law and Disorder'' is a 1940 British comedy crime film directed by David MacDonald and starring Alastair Sim, Diana Churchill and Barry K. Barnes. The screenplay concerns a young solicitor who defends a number of petty criminals accused of sabotage. The film was made at Highbury Studios, with sets designed by art director James A. Carter. The film premiered at Gaumont Haymarket in London on 7 June 1940. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadowed Eyes
''Shadowed Eyes'' is a 1940 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Basil Sydney, Patricia Hilliard (actress), Patricia Hilliard and Stewart Rome. It was produced at Isleworth Studios in London as a quota quickie for distribution by RKO Pictures. Synopsis The screenplay involves a leading surgeon who murders his wife's lover. Partial cast * Basil Sydney as Doctor Zander * Patricia Hilliard (actress), Patricia Hilliard as Doctor Diana Barnes * Stewart Rome as Sir John Barnes * Ian Fleming as Doctor McKane * Tom Helmore as Ian * Dorothy Calve as Marjorie * Ruby Miller (actress), Ruby Miller as Mrs Clarke-Fenwick References External links * 1940 films Films directed by Maclean Rogers 1940 crime films British crime films British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films Quota quickies Films shot at Isleworth Studios RKO Pictures films {{1940s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Exposures
''Double Exposures'' (A.K.A. ''Alibi Breaker'') is a 1937 British crime film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring David Langton, Julien Mitchell and Ruby Miller. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie. (David Langton is credited under the name Basil Langton, his birth name being Basil Muir Langton-Dodds. He later changed his acting name to David as there was another actor called Basil Langton.) Plot Reporter Peter Bradfield (David Langton under the name Basil Langton) is fired from his newspaper for failing to deliver an interview with big businessman Hector Rodman (Julien Mitchell). Plucky Bradfield subsequently becomes a photographic equipment salesman, and accidentally takes photos of two men in conversation. Unbeknown to him, these men are the businessmen's lawyer and his secretary, and are plotting to embezzle a fortune in bonds from Rodman, and planning to frame his workshy son George (George Astley) for the crime. Cast * David Langton (under the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
