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Rx Murder
''Rx Murder'' is a 1958 American crime film directed by Derek Twist and written by John W. Gossage and Derek Twist. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Deeds of Dr. Deadcert'' by Joan Fleming. The film stars Rick Jason, Lisa Gastoni, Marius Goring, Sandu Scott, Mary Merrall and Vida Hope. It was released on February 18, 1958 by 20th Century Fox. Plot Cast *Rick Jason as Jethro Jones *Lisa Gastoni as Kitty Mortlock *Marius Goring as Doctor Henry Dysert *Sandu Scott as Stella Dysert *Mary Merrall as Miss Bettyhill *Vida Hope as Louise *Helen Shingler as Charlotte *Phyllis Neilson-Terry Phyllis Neilson-Terry (15 October 1892 – 25 September 1977) was an English actress. She was a member of the third generation of the theatrical dynasty the Terry family. After early successes in the classics, including several leading William ... as Lady Lacy * Nicholas Hannen as Colonel *Kynaston Reeves as Mr. Sparrow *Avice Landone as Mrs. Motlock *Frederick Leister as Dr. Alexander *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Twist
Derek Norman Twist (26 May 190515 August 1979) was a British screenwriter, film editor and director. He was sometimes credited as Derek N. Twist. During the 1930s he worked at British Gaumont. Early life Twist was born in Paddington area of London on 26 May 1905 to Cecil and Catherine Twist, his father was a solicitor. 1911 Census of Paddington, RG13/73, Schedule Number 126, Derek Norman Twist, aged 5, 164 Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater, London. He was married to actress and stage director Vida Hope until her death in a road accident in December 1963. Selected filmography Editor * ''Sunshine Susie'' (1931) * '' After the Ball'' (1932) * ''Waltz Time'' (1933) * '' The Fire Raisers'' (1934) * '' Princess Charming'' (1934) * ''Orders Is Orders'' (1934) * ''Chu Chin Chow'' (1934) * ''Aunt Sally'' (1934) * '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) * '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) * ''The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1935) * '' Rhodes of Africa'' (1936) * ''The Edge of the World'' (1937) * ''Kic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avice Landone
Avice Landone (1 September 191012 June 1976) was an English actress who appeared in British television and film. She was born in Quetta, British India, and made her screen debut in the 1948 film '' My Brother Jonathon''. From 1961 she co-starred with Peggy Mount in the ITV sitcom '' Winning Widows''. Between 1970 and 1972 she played Margaret Brown in the television series '' Man at the Top''. She was married to the actor Bruno Barnabe (1905–1998). She retired from acting in 1972 and died in 1976, aged 65, from undisclosed causes. Filmography Selected theatre roles * '' Great Day'' (1945) by Lesley Storm * '' A Lady Mislaid'' (1950) by Kenneth Horne * '' And This Was Odd'' (1951) by Kenneth Horne * ''Not in the Book'' (1958) by Arthur Watkyn Arthur Watkins (1907–1965) was a British writer and public official who served as Secretary of the British Board of Film Censors The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s English-language Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Derek Twist
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CinemaScope Films
CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter. Its creation in 1953 by Spyros P. Skouras, the president of 20th Century Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal 2.55:1, almost twice as wide as the previously common Academy format's 1.37:1 ratio. Although the technology behind the CinemaScope lens system was made obsolete by later developments, primarily advanced by Panavision, CinemaScope's anamorphic format has continued to this day. In film-industry jargon, the shortened form, 'Scope, is still widely used by both filmmakers and projectionists, although today it generally refers to any 2.35:1, 2.39:1, 2.40:1, or 2.55:1 presentation or, sometimes, the use of anamorphic lensing or projection in general. Bausch & Lomb won a 1954 Oscar for its development of the CinemaScope le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox Films
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) distributes the films produced by 20th Century Studios in home media under the 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment banner. For over 80 years – beginning with its founding in 1935 and ending in 2019 (when it became part of Walt Disney Studios), 20th Century Fox was one of the then "Big Six" major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 from the merger of the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures and was originally known as the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (while owned by TCF Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Crime Films
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Films
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] |
American Crime Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Films
The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals '' South Pacific'' and '' Gigi'', the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – ''Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'' is an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. ''Le Beau Serge'' is credited as the first French New Wave feature. * February 16 – ''In the Money'' by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946. * February 27 – Harry Cohn, the remaining founder of Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies. * The second installment of Sergei Eisenstein's '' Ivan the Terrible'' is officially released, having previously been shelved for political reasons. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Hood
Margaret Noel Hood (25 December 1909 – 15 October 1979) was a British actress. She was married to the Irish-born actor Charles Oliver. Filmography Film * ''Crook's Tour'' (1940) as Edith Charters * ''Personal Affair'' (1953) as 4th Gossip (uncredited) * ''The Million Pound Note'' (1954) as Mrs. Waldron-Smythe (uncredited) * '' The Belles of St. Trinian's'' (1954) as Bilston School Mistress * ''The Constant Husband'' (1955) as Friends and Relations - Gladys * ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957) as Aunt Sophia * ''How to Murder a Rich Uncle'' (1957) as Aunt Marjorie * ''High Flight'' (1957) as Tweedy Lady * ''The Surgeon's Knife'' (1957) as Sister Slater * ''Rx Murder'' (1958) as Lady Watson * '' The Duke Wore Jeans'' (1958) as Lady Marguerite * ''The Inn of the Sixth Happiness'' (1958) as Miss Thompson * ''The Son of Robin Hood'' (1958) as Prioress * ''Idol on Parade'' (1959) as School Mistress * ''Bobbikins'' (1959) as Nurse * ''Devil's Bait'' (1959) as Mrs. Davies * ''Two Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totti Truman Taylor
Totti Truman Taylor, born Dorothy Leah Truman (7 September 1915 – 5 March 1981), was a British actress. Her mother’s 2nd husband’s surname was Taylor, and this is where her stage name came from. In 1953, she played Aunt Sally in the BBC television series '' Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective''. She was born in the Mapperley Park area of Nottingham and died at Denville Hall, Northwood, in Middlesex. She also played various roles in ''Hancock's Half Hour''. Selected filmography Passenger to Tokyo, Scotland Yard series (1954) Series 1 Ep 10 ...Headmistress * ''Eight O'Clock Walk'' (1954) ..... Miss Ribden-White * ''The Crowded Day'' (1954) ..... Ernest's Wife * ''The French, They Are a Funny Race'' (1955) ..... Miss Fyfyth, the nurse * '' Not So Dusty'' (1956) ..... Charlotte Duncan * ''Town on Trial'' (1957) * ''Rx Murder'' (1958) * ''Undercover Girl'' (1958) * ''Moment of Indiscretion'' (1958) * ''There Was a Crooked Man'' (1960) ..... Woman in a taxi * ''Compelled'' (1960) ..... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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