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To Dorothy A Son
''To Dorothy a Son'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. Known in the U.S. as ''Cash on Delivery'', it is based on the 1950 play ''To Dorothy, a Son'' by Roger MacDougall which had enjoyed a lengthy run in the West End theatre, West End. It was shot at Elstree Studios near London with sets designed by the art director George Provis. It was distributed in America by RKO Pictures in January 1956. Premise In order to receive a large inheritance, an American woman travels to Britain to prevent her ex-husband having any more children. Cast * Shelley Winters as Myrtle La Mar * John Gregson as Tony Rapallo * Peggy Cummins as Dorothy Rapallo * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr Starke * Mona Washbourne as Midwife Appleby * Hal Osmond as Livingstone Potts * Hartley Power as Cy Daniel * Maurice Kaufmann as Elmer the Pianist * John Warren (actor), John Warren as Waiter * Fred Berger (actor), Fred Berger as Furrier * Doro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Box
Violette Muriel Box, Baroness Gardiner, (22 September 1905 – 18 May 1991) was an English screenwriter and director, Britain's most prolific female director, having directed 12 feature films and one featurette. Her screenplay for ''The Seventh Veil'' (co-written with husband Sydney Box) won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Life and career Born Violette Muriel Baker in Tolworth, Surrey, in 1905, and educated at Surbiton High School. After her attempts at acting and dancing proved fruitless, she accepted work as a continuity girl for Associated British Picture Corporation, British International Pictures. In 1935, she met and married journalist Sydney Box, with whom she collaborated on nearly forty plays with mainly female roles for amateur theatre groups. Their production company, Verity Films, first released short wartime propaganda films, including ''The English Inn'' (1941), her first directing effort, after which it branched into fiction. The couple achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Provis
George Provis (1901–1989) was a British art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He began his career working on quota quickies during the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures.Spicer p.99 Selected filmography * ''The Man Behind the Mask'' (1936) * '' One Good Turn'' (1936) * ''Cotton Queen'' (1937) * ''Sing as You Swing'' (1937) * ''Rhythm Serenade'' (1943) * ''He Snoops to Conquer'' (1944) * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) * ''Holiday Camp'' (1947) * ''A Boy, a Girl and a Bike'' (1949) * ''The Bad Lord Byron'' (1949) * '' Diamond City'' (1949) * ''So Long at the Fair'' (1950) * ''Madame Louise'' (1951) * '' The Beachcomber'' (1954) * ''The Black Tent'' (1956) * ''Two Letter Alibi'' (1962) * ''Night of the Prowler'' (1962) * ''Tarzan Goes to India'' (1962) * ''Hide and Seek'' (1963) * ''Do You Know This Voice?'' (1964) * ''The Eyes of Annie Jones'' (1964) * ''A Jolly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Oliver
Anthony Oliver (4 July 1922, Abersychan, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales—November 1995, London) was a Welsh film, television and stage actor. Selected filmography * ''Once a Jolly Swagman'' (1949) - Derek * ''All Over the Town'' (1949) - P.C. Butt * ''A Run for Your Money'' (1949) - Miner (uncredited) * '' Waterfront'' (1950) - Prison Warder (uncredited) * ''The Magnet'' (1950) - Policeman * ''The Clouded Yellow'' (1950) - Detective (uncredited) * '' The Happy Family'' (1952) - Fireman * ''Emergency Call'' (1952) - Police Constable * '' Gift Horse'' (1952) - Ship's Officer, Guns * ''Penny Princess'' (1952) - Selby's Valet (uncredited) * ''Cosh Boy'' (1953) - Doctor (uncredited) * '' Street Corner'' (1953) - Stanley Foster * ''The Runaway Bus'' (1954) - Duty Officer * ''Shetlandsgjengen'' (1954) - Narrator (voice) * ''To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) - Express Reporter * ''Mad About Men'' (1954) - Pawnbroker * ''To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) - Pawnbroker * ''They Can't Hang Me'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfie Bass
Alfie Bass (born Abraham Basalinsky, 10 April 1916 – 16 July 1987) was an English actor. He was born in Bethnal Green, London, the youngest in a Jewish family with ten children; his parents had left Russia many years before he was born. He appeared in a variety of stage, film, television and radio productions throughout his career. Personal life Alfie Bass was born Abraham Basalinsky in Bethnal Green in London's East End. He was the youngest of ten children of Jacob Basalinsky, who had fled Jewish persecution in Russia, and his wife, Ada Miller. After leaving school, he worked in his father's trade as a cabinet-maker. During this time he took part in amateur dramatics at a local boys' club. He was active in the labour movement and often attended union meetings. In 1936 he took part in the Battle of Cable Street, in which activists attempted to prevent a march through the East End by the British Union of Fascists. At the outbreak of World War II, he was rejected by the RAF, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Miller (actor)
Martin Miller, born Johann Rudolph Müller (2 September 1899 – 26 August 1969) was a Czech-Austrian character actor who played many small roles in British films and television series from the early 1940s until his death. He was best known for playing eccentric doctors, scientists and professors, although he played a wide range of small, obscure rolesincluding photographers, waiters, a pet store dealer, rabbis, a Dutch sailor and a Swiss tailor. On stage he was noted in particular for his parodies of Adolf Hitler and roles as Dr. Einstein in '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' and Mr. Paravicini in ''The Mousetrap''. Miller appeared in several notable films, including '' Squadron Leader X'' (1943), ''English Without Tears'' (1944), ''The Third Man'' (1949), ''The Gamma People'' (1956), ''Peeping Tom'' (1960), ''55 Days at Peking'' (1963), '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963), ''The Pink Panther'' (1963), and ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' (1964). His most substantial roles include George II of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Adam (actor)
Ronald George Hinings Adams (31 December 1896 – 28 March 1979), known professionally as Ronald Adam, was a British officer of the RFC and RAF, an actor on stage and screen, and a successful theatre manager. Early life Adam was born in Bromyard, Herefordshire on 31 December 1896, the son of Blake Adams and his wife Mona Robin. His parents and grandparents were all in the theatrical profession. He was educated at University College School. First World War When still only 17 years old Adams volunteered to join the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War. On 2 December 1914 he was commissioned as a temporary Second Lieutenant in the 15th (Reserve) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. Adams soon transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and served as an observer with No. 18 Squadron in France, before returning home to re-train as a pilot. Once qualified as a pilot, Adams remained in Britain and flew Sopwith Camels with No. 44 Squadron on Home Defence duties. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Parsons
Christopher Nicholas Parsons (10 October 1923 – 28 January 2020) was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show '' Just a Minute'' and hosted the game show ''Sale of the Century'' during the 1970s and early 1980s. Parsons was born and grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and was educated at St Paul's School, London. He became a full-time actor following the Second World War and began appearing in various theatre, film and television roles, including support to Arthur Haynes as his straight man. He began presenting ''Just a Minute'' in 1967 and never missed a show until 2018. In addition to his well-known roles on this and ''Sale of the Century'', he appeared as a guest on other television shows, including ''Doctor Who'' and '' Have I Got News for You''. Early life Christopher Nicholas Parsons was born on 10 October 1923 at 1 Castlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire; he was the middle child of the fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Bramhall
Dorothy Bramhall (1911-2004) was a British actress and former model. Selected filmography * '' Love Story'' (1944) * ''I See a Dark Stranger'' (1946) * '' Take My Life'' (1947) * ''The White Unicorn'' (1947) * ''The Clouded Crystal'' (1948) * ''A Run for Your Money'' (1949) * ''Encore'' (1951) * '' Wide Boy'' (1952) * Inspector Morley: Late of Scotland Yard (1952) - (TV Series) - (with ''Patrick Barr''; ''Tod Slaughter''; ''Arthur Howard''; '' Johnny Briggs (actor))'' * ''Murder at Scotland Yard'' (1953) * ''To Dorothy a Son ''To Dorothy a Son'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. Known in the U.S. as ''Cash on Delivery'', it is based on the 1950 play ''To Dorothy, a Son'' by Roger MacDo ...'' (1954) References External links * 1911 births 2004 deaths British film actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Berger (actor)
Friedrich Berger (5 December 1894, in Vienna, Austria – ?) was an Austrian-born actor. He settled in London and also worked for an advertising agency's art filing department during the 1970s and 1980s. Filmography * '' Auf den Trummern des Paradieses'' (1920) – Obeidullah * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) – Det. James Clifford * '' Swifter Than Death'' (1925) – Eric Holsen * '' The Perfect Woman'' (1949) – Farini * ''Cordula'' (1950) * ''One Wild Oat'' (1951) – Samson * ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951) – Mr Green * ''The Woman's Angle'' (1952) – (uncredited) * ''Top Secret'' (1952) – Russian Doctor * '' No Time for Flowers'' (1952) – Anton Novotny * ''The Case of Gracie Budd'' (1953) – Hermann Schneider * ''To Dorothy a Son ''To Dorothy a Son'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. Known in the U.S. as ''Cash on Delivery'', it is based on the 1950 play ''To Dorothy, a Son'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Warren (actor)
John Warren (1916–1977) was the stage and pen name of a British screenwriter and support actor. Specialising in comedy writing, he worked with several figures at the forefront of British comedy, such as Tommy Cooper, Peter Sellers, Dick Emery and Mike and Bernie Winters. He had several screenwriting projects with film director Val Guest whom he first encountered as an actor in 1948. Life He was born John (Jack) Warner in England on 13 November 1916. In the Second World War he served in the Royal Navy. Following discharge he pursued a career in films but only served in minor roles. He did however make many contacts and moved into scriptwriting in the late 50s, having considerably more success in this field. He died on 9 February 1977 in Kingston upon Thames. Film Scripts * Up The Creek (1958) *Further Up the Creek (1959) *Two-Way Stretch (1960) * Life is a Circus (1960) *Operation Snatch (1962) *The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) * Rotten to the Core (1965) *Ooh… You Are Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Kaufmann
Maurice Harington Kaufmann (29 June 1927 – 21 September 1997) was a British actor of stage, film and television, who specialised in whodunits and horror films, from 1954 to 1981, when he retired. Personal life He was married to Honor Blackman from 1961 to 1975; they appeared together in the film, '' Fright'' (1971). They adopted two children, daughter Lottie and son Barnaby, before divorcing in 1975. Death Maurice Kaufmann died in 1997 in London from cancer, aged 70. He was nursed, on his deathbed, by his ex-wife, Honor Blackman. Selected filmography * ''Appointment in London'' (1953) as Raf Officer (uncredited) * ''The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' (1954) as Reg * ''Beau Brummell'' (1954) as Lord Alvanley (uncredited) * ''To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) as Elmer the Pianist * ''Companions in Crime'' (1954) as Arnold Kendall * ''Three Cases of Murder'' (1955) as Pemberton (segment "You Killed Elizabeth") * ''The Love Match'' (1955) as Harry Longworth * ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartley Power
Hartley Power (14 March 1894 – 29 January 1966) was an American-born British film and television actor, who made his Broadway debut in ''Dolly Jordan'' in 1922. He is best remembered for two roles: "Sylvester Kee" the ventriloquist who is shot and almost killed by "Maxwell Frere" (Michael Redgrave) as a rival for his dummy's "affections" in ''Dead of Night'' and Mr. Hennessy, the chief of the news agency that Gregory Peck worked for in ''Roman Holiday ''Roman Holiday'' is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress f ...''. He died in a Brighton nursing home on 29 January 1966 aged 71. Filmography Film References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Hartley 1894 births 1966 deaths 20th-century American male actors American emigrants to the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
