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The Woman In The Hall
''The Woman in the Hall'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker. The screenplay was written by Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple and Gladys Bronwyn Stern, from Stern's 1939 novel of the same title. It was made by Wessex Film Productions at Pinewood Studios, with sets designed by Peter Proud. It was the film debut of actress Susan Hampshire, as a young child. Plot Lorna Blake (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money, visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard ( Cecil Parker) proposes marriage to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay ( Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, Lorna refuses to help her. Cast *Ursula Jeans as Lorna Blake * Jean Simmons as Jay * Cecil Parker as Sir Halmar *Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lee (film Director)
Wilfred John Raymond Lee (27 January 1913 – 15 October 2002) was a British film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer, who directed a number of postwar films on location in Australia for The Rank Organisation. Biography Early life Lee was born in the village of Slad near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the eldest brother of Laurie Lee, author of ''Cider with Rosie''. In childhood, the two boys were close but fell out in later life. Natural rivals, Jack gained a place at the grammar school (Marling School in Stroud), an advantage not granted to Laurie who went to Stroud Central School for Boys. Career He directed and co-wrote the screenplay of the pioneering motorcycle speedway film ''Once a Jolly Swagman ''(1949) which starred Dirk Bogarde. Among Jack Lee's other films are ''The Wooden Horse'' (1950), a popular Second World War POW escape film; ''Turn the Key Softly'' (1953), a realistic drama; ''A Town Like Alice'' (1956), starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, based o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Buchanan
Nigel ( ) is an English masculine given name. The English ''Nigel'' is commonly found in records dating from the Middle Ages; however, it was not used much before being revived by 19th-century antiquarians. For instance, Walter Scott published ''The Fortunes of Nigel'' in 1822, and Arthur Conan Doyle published ''Sir Nigel'' in 1905–06. As a name given for boys in England and Wales, it peaked in popularity from the 1950s to the 1970s (see below). ''Nigel'' has never been as common in other countries as it is in Britain, but was among the 1,000 most common names for boys born in the United States from 1971 to 2010. Numbers peaked in 1994 when 447 were recorded (it was the 478th most common boys' name that year). The peak popularity at 0.02% of boys' names in 1994 compares to a peak popularity in England and Wales of about 1.2% in 1963, 60 times higher. Etymology The name is derived from the church Latin '. This Latin word would at first sight seem to derive from the classical L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Denbeigh-Russell
Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Laclede County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Grace, Montana, an unincorporated community * Grace, Hampshire County, West Virginia * Grace, Roane County, West Virginia Elsewhere * Grace (lunar crater), on the Moon * Grace, a crater on Venus People with the name * Grace (given name), a feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Grace (surname), a surname, including a list of people with the name Religion Theory and practice * Grace (prayer), a prayer of thanksgiving said before or after a meal * Divine grace, a theological term present in many religions * Grace in Christianity, the benevolence shown by God toward human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer (born Jacob Kobel Singer; 16 March 1909 – 16 February 1976) was a British character actor who featured in a number of stage, film and television roles during his long career. He was also a playwright and dramatist. Life He was born in London in 1909 Singer was a regular in British post-war comedy films, often playing policemen. He first appeared on television in 1946, making regular appearances in the following three decades including several episodes of 'Hancock's Half Hour', and played the lead, John Unthank, in the BBC drama series 'Private Investigator' in 1958/59. From the early 1960s he appeared more consistently on television. He played several roles in the 1966 Doctor Who story ''The Celestial Toymaker'', and made two appearances in different roles in the popular television series ''Dad's Army'', including as corrupt politician Sir Charles McAllister. He also featured as Mr Finney in a ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' Christmas Special, and played a lodger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Miller (actor)
Hugh Miller (22 May 18891 November 1976) was a British stage and film actor. He was instrumental in founding the original LondoFilm Societyin 1925, but left soon afterwards to work in America. He found success on Broadway, as Mr. Jingle in '' Pickwick'' in 1927; and in Hollywood, in the Gloria Swanson film ''The Love of Sunya'', that same year. Miller was cast as dialogue coach for ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962), and was mentor to actor Peter O'Toole from early in his career, and recommended Miller to Lean. Miller, who was one of several members of a David Lean film crew to be given bit parts, was hired again as dialogue coach in ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965), his last screen effort before his death in 1976. Miller married Olga Katzin, a satirical poet who published under the name Sagittarius, in 1921; they had three children. Filmography * ''In His Grip'' (1921) as Alec Vicars (film debut) * ''The Puppet Man'' (1921) as Alcide le Beau * ''Darkness'' (1923) as Keever * ''Bonnie Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis France
Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977), French comics artist * Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character) * Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea * Alexis, a fictional character from ''Transformers:Unicron Trilogy'' Given name * Alexis (given name) Surname *Aaron Alexis (1979–2013), perpetrator of the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting *Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 1947), former prime minister of Haiti *Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961), Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist *Paul Alexis (1847–1901), French novelist, dramatist, and journalist *Stephen Alexis (1889–1962), Haitian novelist and diplomat *Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player *Willibald Alexis or Georg Wilhelm He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everley Gregg
Everley Gregg (26 October 1903, in Bishopstoke, Hampshire – 9 June 1959, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire) was an English actress. Early in her career, she became associated especially with plays of Noël Coward. She began making films in the 1930s and added television roles in her last decade; she acted until her last year. Life and career Gregg was the daughter of Richard Russell Gregg and his wife Gertrude Everley, ''née'' Pope. She was educated at Badminton School, Bristol, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Parker, pp. 710–711 She made her professional stage debut as the maid in Noël Coward's '' Easy Virtue'' at the Duke of York's Theatre, London. Engagements in minor parts followed in ''The Constant Nymph,'' tours in ''Easy Virtue'' and ''Hit the Deck,'' and a repertory season at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. In the West End in 1929, she succeeded Phyllis Konstam as Val Power in ''The Matriarch''. Her association with the plays of Coward was renewed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Pryse
Hugh Pryse (1910–1955) was a British character actor. He was born on 11 November 1910 with the name John Hwfa Pryse, and was billed as Hwfa Pryse in the films ''Penn of Pennsylvania'' and '' "Pimpernel" Smith. His stage work included Peter Brook's production of '' Dark of the Moon'' in 1948–9 at the Ambassadors Theatre; and John Gielgud's 1954 staging of ''The Cherry Orchard'' at the Lyric, Hammersmith. Selected filmography * ''School for Secrets'' (1946) * '' Jassy'' (1947) * ''The Woman in the Hall'' (1947) * '' Easy Money'' (1948) * ''The Story of Shirley Yorke'' (1948) * ''Calling Paul Temple'' (1948) * ''Christopher Columbus'' (1949) * '' Dark Secret'' (1949) * '' The Broken Horseshoe'' (1953) * ''Botany Bay'' (1953) * '' Marilyn'' (1953) * ''The Happiness of Three Women'' (1954) * ''Three Cases of Murder'' (1955) * ''Port of Escape ''Port of Escape'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Tony Young and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr and ... [...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] |
Martin Walker (actor)
Martin Walker (27 July 1901 – 18 September 1955) was a British stage and screen actor. Walker appeared in films for over thirty years from 1922 onwards, largely in supporting roles but occasionally as a lead such as in ''Help Yourself'' (1932). He also wrote and directed a short film ''Hide and Seek'' in 1922. Walker's final film appearance was '' The Belles of St. Trinian's'' in 1954. Selected filmography * '' A Bill of Divorcement'' (1922) * '' The Flying Fool'' (1931) * ''Help Yourself'' (1932) * '' Mimi'' (1935) * '' Lieut. Daring R.N.'' (1935) * ''Sanders of the River'' (1935) * '' The Drum'' (1938) * ''Murder in Soho'' (1939) * ''Hell's Cargo'' (1939) * ''Love on the Dole'' (1941) * '' This England'' (1941) * ''The Night Invader'' (1943) * '' Lisbon Story'' (1946) * ''The Woman in the Hall ''The Woman in the Hall'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker. The screenplay was written by Jack Lee, Ian Dalry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Shaw (actress)
Barbara Ramsay Shaw is the William T. Miller Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Duke University. She is known for her work on how DNA reacts with other compounds. Education and career Shaw earned her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1965. She has an M.S. (1967) and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry (1973) from the University of Washington. Her Ph.D. advisors were Michael Schurr, professor of chemistry at the University of Washington and Walter Kauzmann, professor of chemistry and member of the National Academy of Sciences at Princeton University. Shaw received her post-doctoral training from Kensal van Holde, professor of biochemistry and member of the National Academy of Sciences at Oregon State University. In 1975 Shaw moved to Duke University as an assistant professor, and by 1992 she had been promoted to full professor. In 2006 Shaw was named the William T Miller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Duke University. Research In her graduate work, Shaw synthesiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Khan
Lily Hertha Kann 26th. October, 1893, Peitz – 2nd. November, 1978, Sussex, was a German-born, British actress. (Though the BFI website claims that she was born in Berlin, and died in Horsham). She appeared in the West End theatre, West End in the play ''Background (play), Background'' by Warren Chetham-Strode (1950). Selected filmography * ''The Flemish Farm (film), The Flemish Farm'' (1943) as Farm Wife * ''Escape to Danger'' (1943) as Karin Möller * ''Latin Quarter (1945 film), Latin Quarter'' (1945) as Maria * ''Woman to Woman (1947 film), Woman to Woman'' (1947) as Concierge * ''The Woman in the Hall'' (1947) as Baroness von Soll * ''The White Unicorn'' (1947) as Shura * ''Mrs. Fitzherbert'' (1947) as Queen Charlotte * ''Now Barabbas'' (1949) as Woman * ''I Was a Male War Bride'' (1949) as Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited) * ''The Third Man'' (1949) as Nurse (uncredited) * ''The Clouded Yellow'' (1950) as Minna Cesare * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) as Charlady - (US: 'A Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |