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The Chiltern Hundreds (film)
''The Chiltern Hundreds'' (released in the U.S. as ''The Amazing Mr. Beecham'') is a 1949 British politically-themed comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs, adapting William Douglas Home's 1947 play of the same name and starring Lana Morris, David Tomlinson and Cecil Parker. Synopsis Viscount Pym ( David Tomlinson) – whilst on National Service – gets leave from the British Army on the pretext of standing for Parliament as a Conservative Party candidate in his home constituency, held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancée June Farrell (Helen Backlin) while she is still in England and before she has to return home to America. His master plan backfires when he finds himself swept into the election campaign and beaten by the more politically experienced Mr Cleghorn ( Tom Macaulay), the Labour Party candidate. After losing the election, his family take the news calmly, but his fiancée is mortified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Pulford
Eric William Pulford (8 August 1915 – 30 July 2005)Eric Pulford by Sim Branaghan, theguardian.com, 15 September 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2014. . was a British commercial artist who, in a career of over 50 years, was responsible for over 1000 cinema poster designs. Early life Eric William Pulford was born in Beeston, Leeds, Beeston, a suburb of Leeds, in August 1915, the eldest of five children of a butcher father, and was educated there at Cockburn School, Cockburn High School, until he left aged 14.Early career His career began in 1940 when Pulford, who was then doing freelance engineering illustration, began painting posters for Rank Organisation, Rank cinemas in the Leeds area. His work included ''Gaslight'', ''The Bluebird'', and ''T ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Ann Clifford
Peggy Ann Clifford (23 March 1921 in Poole, Dorset – 26 May 1986, in Kensington), was an English film, stage, and television character actress. She was born Peggy Anne Hamley Champion. Her mother's maiden name was Clifford. She appeared in two of the forty-seven episodes of 'The Children's Television Caravan', (1956-'60), under her own name. Her stage appearances, although fewer than her films, included rep, in the West End, and the original Royal Court production of John Arden's ''Live Like Pigs'' in 1958. Selected filmography * '' One Exciting Night'' (1944) - Bessie (uncredited) * ''The History of Mr. Polly'' (1949) - Mother (uncredited) * '' Forbidden'' (1949) - Millie * ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (1949) - Maud Redpole * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) - Mother * '' Chance of a Lifetime'' (1950) - Worker * '' I Believe in You'' (1952) - Mrs. Tyson (uncredited) * '' The Yellow Balloon'' (1953) - Cafe Owner (uncredited) * ''Personal Affair'' (1953) - 3rd Gossip (uncre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Chamberlain
Cyril Chamberlain (8 March 1909 – 5 December 1974) was an English film and television actor. He appeared in a number of the early '' Carry On'', ''Doctor'' and '' St. Trinian's'' films. Chamberlain was born on 8 March 1909 in London and died in Builth Wells in Wales on 5 December 1974 aged 65. He spent his final five years in retirement restoring antique furniture. He was married to actress Lisa Lee and they had one child. He appeared in 139 films between 1938 and 1966. His first film appearance was in the 1939 Will Hay comedy film ''Ask a Policeman''; his role was uncredited. His film roles were often quite small. However, he did have notable parts, with third and fourth billing respectively, as the main villain in both the crime drama '' The Embezzler'' (1954) and the crime thriller '' Tiger by the Tail'' (1954). Partial filmography *'' Crackerjack'' (1938) as Bit Role (uncredited) *'' Stolen Life'' (1939) (uncredited) *''Dead Men are Dangerous'' (1939) as George Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cawdron
Robert Cawdron (29 December 1921 – 14 September 1997) was a French-born British film and television actor. Often cast as police officers, he had a long-running role on ''Dixon of Dock Green'' as Detective Inspector Cherry.The Guinness Book of Classic British TV p.217 Selected filmography Film * '' Night Beat'' (1947) - Police Recruit (uncredited) * '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) - Sergeant * ''Stage Fright'' (1950) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' State Secret'' (1950) - State Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Elusive Pimpernel'' (1950) - Doorman at the French Embassy (uncredited) * '' Highly Dangerous'' (1950) - Soldier at Barrier During Fire (uncredited) * '' Captain Horatio Hornblower'' (1951) - French Mate on 'Witch of Endor' (uncredited) * '' Trent's Last Case'' (1952) - Police Constable (uncredited) * '' Down Among the Z Men'' (1952) - Sergeant Bullshine * '' Street of Shadows'' (1953) - Det. Sgt. Hadley * '' Five on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Brennan (actor)
Michael Brennan (25 September 1912 – 29 June 1982) was an English film and television actor. Born in London, Brennan was married to actress Mary Hignett. He appeared in such films as '' Tom Brown's Schooldays'', ''Ivanhoe'', '' Thunderball'', ''Tom Jones'', '' The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' and '' Doomwatch''. On television, he made guest appearances on '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (which featured his wife) and ''Dixon of Dock Green''. Partial filmography *''"Pimpernel" Smith'' (1941) - Camp Guard with Lantern (uncredited) *'' They Made Me a Fugitive'' (1947) - Jim *''Captain Boycott'' (1947) - Jim O'Rourke (uncredited) *'' Brighton Rock'' (1947) - Crabbe (uncredited) *'' Blanche Fury'' (1948) - Farmer *'' Escape'' (1948) - Truck Driver (uncredited) *''My Brother's Keeper'' (1948) - Police Constable at Roadblock (uncredited) *'' Noose'' (1948) - Ropey (uncredited) *'' Brass Monkey'' (1948) - Wilks *'' Cardboard Cavalier'' (1949) - Brother Barebones *'' For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Carey
Joyce Carey, OBE (30 March 1898 – 28 February 1993) was an English actress, best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noël Coward. Her stage career lasted from 1916 until 1987, and she was performing on television in her 90s. Although never a star, she was a familiar face both on stage and screen. In addition to light comedy, she had a large repertory of Shakespearean roles. Career Joyce Carey was born Joyce Lilian Lawrence, the daughter of actor Gerald Lawrence, a matinée idol who had been a juvenile in Henry Irving's Shakespeare company, and his wife, actress Lilian Braithwaite,''Gaye'', pp 426–427 a major West End star."Obituary", ''The Times'', 3 March 1993, p. 17 Carey was educated at the Florence Etlinger Dramatic School. Carey made her stage debut in 1916, aged 18, as Princess Katherine in an all-female production of '' Henry V''. She joined Sir George Alexander's company at the St James's Theatre playing Jacqueline, a French countess, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Fielding
Doris Marjorie Fielding (known as Marjorie) (17 February 1892, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire – 28 December 1956, in London) was a British stage and film actress. Marjorie Fielding was the second daughter of John & Ellen Fielding (née Miles). She was born on 17 February 1892 in Gloucester. The family were well to do and her father was a partner in the engineering firm Fielding and Platt. She attended Cheltenham Ladies College and then obtained a place as an actor in the Liverpool Playhouse as part of the Liverpool Repertory Company. She then went on to play in West End productions such as Quiet Wedding, Quiet Weekend and Modern Triangle. She lived in London during the 1940s and '50s acting in a number of British films. Most of her roles were as elderly women with an aristocratic demeanour. Marjorie Fielding never married. She was friends with the young Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud who attended her memorial service. She died of cancer on 28 December 1956 at St Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiltern Hundreds
The Chiltern Hundreds is an ancient administrative area in Buckinghamshire, England, composed of three " hundreds" and lying partially within the Chiltern Hills. "Taking the Chiltern Hundreds" refers to one of the legal fictions used to effect resignation from the British House of Commons. Since Members of Parliament are not permitted to resign, they are instead appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown", which requires MPs to vacate their seats. The ancient office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, having been reduced to a mere sinecure by the 17th century, was first used by John Pitt (of Encombe) in 1751 to vacate his seat in the House of Commons. Other titles were also later used for the same purpose, but only those of the Chiltern Hundreds and the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead are still in use. Three Chiltern Hundreds A hundred is a traditional division of an English county: the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' says th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peerage Of The United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain. New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until 1898 (the last creation was the Barony of Curzon of Kedleston). The House of Lords Act 1999 reformed the House of Lords. Until then, all peers of the United Kingdom were automatically members of the House of Lords. However, from that date, most of the hereditary peers ceased to be members, whereas the life peers retained their seats. All hereditary peers of the first creation (i.e. those for whom a peerage was originally created, as opposed to those who inherited a peerage), and all surviving hereditary peers who had served as Leader of the House of Lords, were offered a life peerage to allow them to continue to sit in the House should they wish. Peers in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of Social democracy, social democrats, Democratic socialism, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition (United Kingdom), Official Opposition. There have been six Labour List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom, prime ministers and thirteen Labour Cabinet of the United Kingdom, ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the Labour movement, trade union movement and History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom, socialist List of political parties in the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Macaulay
Tom Macaulay (17 March 1906 - 19 June 1979) was a British actor. Born Chambré Thomas MacAulay Booth, and Harrow educated, he was married to the actress Tucker McGuire. Selected filmography * '' I See a Dark Stranger'' (1946) - Lieut. Spanswick * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) - Cleghorn * ''The Woman in Question'' (1950) - Flashy Man (uncredited) * ''The Long Dark Hall ''The Long Dark Hall'' is a 1951 British mystery, suspense, courtroom-drama, crime film directed by Reginald Beck and Anthony Bushell and starring Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer and Raymond Huntley. It was based on the 1947 novel ''A Case to Answer ...'' (1951) - Ironworks manager * '' Mother Riley Meets the Vampire'' (1952) - Robot Mark 1 * '' Penny Princess'' (1952) - Grieves (uncredited) * '' The Planter's Wife'' (1952) - Jack Bushell * '' Murder at Scotland Yard'' (1953) - Insp. Grant * '' Skid Kids'' (1953) - (uncredited) References External links * 1906 births 1979 deaths British male film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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