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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] |
Actress Tucker McGuire
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), 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 (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers On Honeymoon
''Strangers on Honeymoon'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair and Noah Beery, based on the 1926 novel ''The Northing Tramp'' by Edgar Wallace. Much of the film takes place in Canada. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernö Metzner. Wallace's son (Bryan Edgar Wallace) also contributed to the film's screenplay, along with 5 other writers. Plot Young orphan October (Constance Cummings) flees from an arranged marriage with Wilfred (James Arnold), to wed gentleman tramp Quigley (Hugh Sinclair) for a bet. However, Quigley is secretly an English nobleman on the run for a murder he did not commit. Events escalate when a cousin of the jilted Wilfred hires a pair of hoodlums (Noah Beery & David Burns) to bump off Quigley. Cast * Constance Cummings as October Jones * Hugh Sinclair as Elliott Quigley * Noah Beery as R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revolutionary (1970 Film)
''The Revolutionary'' is a 1970 American political drama film directed by Paul Williams. The screenplay was written by Hans Koning (credited as Hans Koningsberger), based on his novel of the same name. It was the film debut for actor Jeffrey Jones. Plot The film deals with the evolution of a revolutionary from student to bomber, in a timeless and placeless locale, sometime in the twentieth century. Main cast * Jon Voight as A * Seymour Cassel as Leonard II * Robert Duvall as Despard * Jennifer Salt as Helen * Collin Wilcox as Ann * Alan Tilvern as Sid * Lionel Murton as Professor See also * List of American films of 1970 This is a list of American films released in 1970. ''Patton'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The top-grossing film at the U.S. box office was ''Airport''. __TOC__ A–B C–F G–I J–M N–S T–Z See also * 1970 in ... References External links * * 1970 films 1970s political drama films 1970 independent films A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sheriff Of Fractured Jaw
''The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw'' is a 1958 British-American Western comedy directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Kenneth More and Jayne Mansfield. Mansfield's singing voice is dubbed by Connie Francis. It was one of the first Westerns to be shot in Spain. Plot summary Jonathon Tibbs (Kenneth More), son of a family of English gunsmiths, has no interest in the business and prefers inventing gadgets, in particular a steam-powered horseless carriage. Threatened with disinheritance if he does not report for work, he discovers that the company is not doing very well, and concludes that someone must expand their sales. He reads in his newspaper about the wide use of guns in the American West of the 1880s, and decides to go there himself to sell firearms to the locals. He ends up at the small lawless town of Fractured Jaw and inadvertently acquires a reputation for quickness on the draw, due to his wrist-mounted Derringer style weapon. He is innocently drawn into a range war between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Brown
Margaret Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist. She unsuccessfully encouraged the crew in Lifeboat No. 6 to return to the debris field of the 1912 sinking of RMS ''Titanic'' to look for survivors. During her lifetime, her friends called her "Maggie", but even by her death, obituaries referred to her as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown". The reference was further reinforced by a 1960 Broadway musical based on her life and its 1964 film adaptation which were both entitled ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown''. Early life Margaret Tobin is believed by scholars to have been born on July 18, 1867, in a cottage near the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, on Denkler's Alley. The three-room cottage is now the Molly Brown Birthplace and Museum on 600 Butler Street in Hannibal. Her parents were Irish Catholic immigrants John Tobin (1821–1899), an abolitionist who supported t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Esther Costello
''The Story of Esther Costello'' is a 1957 British drama film starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, and Heather Sears. The film is an exposé of large-scale fundraising. ''The Story of Esther Costello'' was produced by David Miller and Jack Clayton, with Miller directing. The screenplay by Charles Kaufman was based on the 1952 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot With her marriage to womaniser Carlo Landi (Rossano Brazzi) in ashes, wealthy and childless Margaret Landi (Joan Crawford) finds an emotional outlet in patronizing a 15-year-old deaf, dumb, and blind Irish girl named Esther Costello (Heather Sears). Esther's disabilities are the result of a childhood trauma and are psychosomatic rather than physical. As Costello makes progress with Braille and sign language, she is seen as an example of triumph over adversity. Carlo gets wind of Margaret's new life and re-enters the scene. He views Esther as a source of cheap financial gain an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reluctant Bride
''Reluctant Bride'' (released in the U.S. as ''Two Grooms for a Bride'') is a 1955 British comedy film. Plot summary Jeff Longstreet and Laura Weeks are paired together to take care of a group of wild children whose parents are lost on an African safari. The children make attempts to press Jeff and Laura into a romantic relationship while breaking them away from their fiancees. Partial cast *John Carroll as Jeff Longstreet *Virginia Bruce as Laura Weeks * Brian Oulton as Professor Baker *Kay Callard as Lola Sinclair * Donald Stewart as Cadwell * Arthur Lowe as Mr. Fogarty Critical reception The '' Radio Times'' called it a "Far-fetched comedy" and rated it two out of five stars; while ''Sky Cinema Sky Cinema is a British subscription film service owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema o ...'' wrote "Hollywood stars Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Orchid (1953 Film)
''Black Orchid'' is a 1953 British mystery film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Ronald Howard, Olga Edwardes, and John Bentley. The screenplay concerns a physician who is implicated in the death of his wife which allowed him to marry her sister. Cast * Ronald Howard ... Dr. John Winnington * Olga Edwardes ... Christine Shaw * John Bentley ... Eric Blair * Mary Laura Wood ... Sophie Winnington * Patrick Barr ... Vincent Humphries * Sheila Burrell ... Annette * Russell Napier ... Inspector Markham * Mary Jones ... Mrs. Humphries * Alan Robinson ... Solicitor * Ian Fleming ... Coroner * Tom Gill ... Travel Agent Clerk * Tucker McGuire ... American Woman * Richard Shaw ... Lorry Driver * Daniel Wherry ... Padre Critical reception Sky movies wrote, "following his success in the title parts of the Paul Temple and Toff films, John Bentley starred in this murder melodrama which is very typical of British second feature A B movie or B film is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder At Scotland Yard
''Murder at Scotland Yard'' is 1953 British crime film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr and Tucker McGuire. It is a sequel to the 1952 film ''King of the Underworld (1952 film), King of the Underworld''Richards p.158 and depicts the continuing battle between the master criminal Terence Reilly and Inspector Morley of Scotland Yard. Reilly has escaped from prison and Morley is called in to recapture him. It was made at Bushey Studios. It was Slaughter's last feature film. Cast * Tod Slaughter as Terence Reilly * Patrick Barr as Inspector Morley * Tucker McGuire as Eileen Trotter * Dorothy Bramhall as Maria Flame * Tom Macaulay as Inspector Grant References Bibliography * Richards, Jeffrey (ed.) ''The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929-1939''. I.B. Tauris, 1998 External links * 1953 films 1953 crime films 1950s English-language films Films set in London Films directed by Victor M. Gover British sequel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of The Underworld (1952 Film)
''King of the Underworld'' is a 1952 British crime film directed by Victor M. Gover and starring Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr and Tucker McGuire. It was followed by a sequel ''Murder at Scotland Yard''. It was made at Bushey Studios with sets designed by the art director Don Chaffey. Plot summary A master criminal is hunted by the police after committing a series of crimes. Cast * Tod Slaughter as Terence Reilly * Patrick Barr as Inspector Morley * Tucker McGuire as Eileen Trotter * Ingeborg von Kusserow as Marie * Frank Hawkins as Inspector Cranshaw * Leonard Sharp as Mullins * Anne Valery Anne Valery ( Firth) (24 February 1926 – 29 April 2013) was an English screenwriter, author and actress noted for co-writing episodes for the BAFTA-nominated drama ''Tenko'' in the early 1980s. The daughter of actress Doriel Paget, she join ... as Susan References External links * * 1952 films 1952 crime films Films directed by Victor M. Gover British crime films British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Has Eyes
''The Night Has Eyes'', released in the United States as ''Terror House'' by Producers Releasing Corporation and re-released in the US by Cosmopolitan Pictures in 1949 as ''Moonlight Madness'', is a 1942 British thriller film directed by Leslie Arliss starring James Mason, Joyce Howard, Wilfrid Lawson, Mary Clare. and Tucker McGuire. It is based on the 1939 novel of the same title by Alan Kennington. Plot Two young female teachers travel to the Yorkshire Moors where their friend had disappeared a year before, and it is not long before they encounter a man they believe to be her murderer. That night, a violent storm breaks out, and they become stranded in the house where they are staying. Cast * James Mason as Stephen Deremid * Wilfrid Lawson as Jim Sturrock * Joyce Howard as Marian Ives * Mary Clare as Mrs. Ranger * Tucker McGuire as Doris * John Fernald as Doctor Barry Randall * Dorothy Black as Miss Fenwick * Amy Dalby Amy Mary Dalby (3 January 1888 – 10 March 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
