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Shipyard Sally
''Shipyard Sally'' is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden. The film is notable for the song "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye", which became a major hit. Plot Sally, a failed music hall performer, and her father take over a pub near the John Brown & Company shipyard at Clydebank. When the closure of the yard threatens to put many out of work she leads a campaign to persuade the government to reconsider the decision. Production Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film. It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.Wood p.101 Cast * Gracie Fields as Sally Fitzgerald * Sydney Howard as Major Fitzgerald * Morton Selten as Lord Alfred Randall * Norma Varden as Lady Patricia Randall * Oliver Wakefield as Forsyth * Tucker McGuire as Linda Marsh * MacDonald Parke as Diggs * Richard Cooper as Sir John Treacher * Joan Cowick as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monty Banks
Montague (Monty) Banks (18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950), born Mario Bianchi, was a 20th century Italian-born American comedian, film actor, director and producer who achieved success in the UK and the United States. Career Banks was born Mario Bianchi in Cesena, Italy. In 1914, Bianchi emigrated to the United States, first trying his luck on the New York stage. By 1918, he was an actor in Hollywood with the Roscoe Arbuckle, Arbuckle Company, performing in over 35 silent short comedies by the early 1920s, and then, starring in feature-length action comedy-thrillers as ''Play Safe (1927 film), Play Safe'' (1927). (A large excerpt from this movie is included in Robert Youngson's compilation film ''Days of Thrills and Laughter'' (1961) and the car-to-train transfer stunt explained in the 1980 documentary series ''Hollywood (British TV series), Hollywood''). Like Harold Lloyd, the comedy-thrillers he produced were popular but became increasingly risky and Banks was seriously injure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public House
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was used to differentiate private houses from those which were, quite literally, open to the public as "alehouses", "taverns" and "inns". By Georgian times, the term had become common parlance, although taverns, as a distinct establishment, had largely ceased to exist by the beginning of the 19th century. Today, there is no strict definition, but CAMRA states a pub has four characteristics:GLA Economics, Closing time: London's public houses, 2017 # is open to the public without membership or residency # serves draught beer or cider without requiring food be consumed # has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals # allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e., not only table service) The history of pubs can be traced to Roman taverns in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s English-language Films
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British Musical Comedy Films
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1939 Films
The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten Best Picture-nominated films that year include classics in multiple genres. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1939 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events Film historians often rate 1939 as "the greatest year in the history of Hollywood". Hollywood films produced in Southern California were at the height of their Golden Age (in spite of many cheaply made or undistinguished films also being produced, something to be expected with any year in commercial cinema), and during 1939 there are the premieres of an outstandingly large number of exceptional motion pictures, many of which become honored as all-time classic films. ** June 10 – MGM's first successful animated character, Barney Bear, made his debut in ''The Bear That Couldn't Sleep''. ** August 15 – ''The Wizard of Oz'' premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. ** October 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cooper (actor)
Richard Cooper (16 July 189318 June 1947) was a British actor who starred in twenty eight films between 1930 and 1941. He was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1893. He started his stage work as a comedy actor in 1913 before later graduating to films. Cooper played Captain Hastings in the 1930s series of Hercule Poirot films. He worked frequently with the director Leslie S. Hiscott for whom he made his screen debut in '' The House of the Arrow''. Filmography * '' The House of the Arrow'' (1930) * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1930) * '' The Last Hour'' (1930) * ''Lord Richard in the Pantry'' (1930) * '' Kissing Cup's Race'' (1930) * ''Enter the Queen'' (1930) * ''Bed and Breakfast'' (1930) * ''The Officers' Mess'' (1931) * ''Rodney Steps In'' (1931) * '' Black Coffee'' (1931) * '' The Other Mrs. Phipps'' (1932) * '' Once Bitten'' (1932) * '' The First Mrs. Fraser'' (1932) * '' Double Dealing'' (1932) * '' Home, Sweet Home'' (1933) * ''Mannequin'' (1934) * ''The Four Masked Men'' (1934) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacDonald Parke
MacDonald Parke (1891 – 1960) was a Canadian film and television actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite .... He frequently portrayed American characters in British films such as '' No Orchids for Miss Blandish''.Keaney p.137 Filmography References Bibliography * Michael F. Keaney. ''British Film Noir Guide''. McFarland, 2008. External links * 1891 births 1960 deaths People from Cornwall, Ontario British male film actors British male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom {{Canada-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker McGuire
Anne Tucker McGuire (29 January 1913 in Winchester, Virginia, USA - 3 August 1988 in London, England) was an American-born actress who appeared largely in British films and television. She married actor Tom Macaulay. She appeared in the 1949 West End musical ''Her Excellency''. In 1952 she played ''Patrick Barr'' 's assistant and secretary in the seven-part British television series, 'Inspector Morley: Late of Scotland Yard', which also starred ''Dorothy Bramhall''; ''Arthur Howard''; ''Tod Slaughter''; and '' Johnny Briggs''. In 1958, she appeared as Margaret "Molly" Brown in the film '' A Night to Remember'', about the infamous ocean liner ''Titanic''. According to director Roy Ward Baker Roy Ward Baker (born Roy Horace Baker; 19 December 1916 – 5 October 2010) was an English film director. His best known film is ''A Night to Remember (1958 film), A Night to Remember'' (1958) which won a Golden Globe for Golden Globe Award for ..., McGuire was the only cast member who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Wakefield
Oliver Wakefield (29 May 1909 – 30 June 1956) was a popular British actor and comedian, born in South Africa, who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1956. Often billed as "The Voice of Inexperience", Wakefield is best known for his idiosyncratic satirical monologues. Biography Born in Mahlabathini, Natal, Wakefield was educated in South Africa, then traveled to England, where he began acting with a Shakespearean repertory company. He then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts for further study, where he developed his distinctive style of humorous monologue. Wakefield created the stage persona of a nervous upper class young man, customarily dressed in full dinner suit and habitually carrying a cigarette. He developed a distinctive stuttering mode of speech featuring tortuous syntax, malapropisms, spoonerisms, dropped words and unfinished sentences which he used to disguise his satirical observations, wry sarcasm and clever double entendres. In his early caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton Selten
Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Biography At birth, Selten was given the name Morton Richard Stubbs and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, a lawyer who died in 1877. It is said that Selten was widely believed to be an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII). However, there was no truth in the story; his parents had married on 9 December 1859, and he was born a month later, some time prior to the Prince's first sexual experiences in 1861 Selten began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, he played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's '' Our Flat'' at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in ''Shenandoah'', Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic. Selten would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began with his portrayal of the Marquis of Shelford in ''Brand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Vetchinsky
Alex Vetchinsky ( Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904 - 4 March 1980) was a BAFTA nominated British film art director and production designer. He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974. Vetchinsky was employed for many years at Gainsborough Pictures. He later worked frequently for Rank, including on several Carry On films. Selected filmography * '' Balaclava'' (1928) * '' Symphony in Two Flats'' (1930) * ''Sunshine Susie'' (1931) * '' The Faithful Heart'' (1932) * ''The Lucky Number'' (1932) * '' Marry Me'' (1932) * '' The Man from Toronto'' (1933) * '' It's a Boy'' (1933) * ''Soldiers of the King'' (1933) * ''Aunt Sally'' (1934) * '' Stormy Weather'' (1935) * '' The Phantom Light'' (1935) * ''Tudor Rose'' (1936) * '' All In'' (1936) * ''Good Morning, Boys'' (1937) * '' Said O'Reilly to McNab'' (1937) * ''Convict 99'' (1938) * ''Shipyard Sally'' (1939) * '' A Girl Must Live'' (1939) * ''Night Train to Munich'' (1940) * ''Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islington Studios
Islington Studios, often known as Gainsborough Studios, were a British film studio located on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London between 1919 and 1949. The studios are closely associated with Gainsborough Pictures which was based there for most of the studio's history. During its existence Islington worked closely with its sister Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush and many films were made partly at one studio and partly at the other. Amongst the films made at the studios were Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, Will Hay comedies and Gainsborough Melodramas. History The studios were originally built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway, and were acquired by the major American company Famous Players-Lasky which wanted to set up a British subsidiary. The building was converted into a two-stage studio, and production began in 1920. During this era Alfred Hitchcock made his start in fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
