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The March Hare (1956 Film)
''The March Hare'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan, Martita Hunt and Cyril Cusack. The film follows the efforts in Ireland to turn a seemingly useless racing horse, called The March Hare, into a Derby-winner. Plot The film begins at Royal Ascot. Sir Charles Hare (Terence Morgan) is an Irish baronet who loses his ancestral home and its racing stables after someone fixes a race that Hare has gambled on. Forced to sell his estate, he decides to stay on when the new American owner's attractive daughter Pat (Peggy Cummins) mistakes him for a groom. Playing along with her mistake, romance develops between the two. Meanwhile, Hare's aunt Lady Anne (Martita Hunt) and his friend Col Keene (Wilfrid Hyde-White), save one colt from the sale, and rear it with the help of Mangan (Cyril Cusack), who is invariably drunk but has strong control over the horse by invoking the power of the fairies. Hare names the colt " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George More O'Ferrall
Edward George More O'Ferrall (4 July 1907 – 18 March 1982) was a pioneering British film and television producer and director, as well as an actor. Biography More O'Ferrall was born in Bristol, England, to an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. He was educated at Beaumont College in old Windsor, and the Central School of Dramatic Art. He joined Ben Greet's Shakespeare company, within which he acted in the West End and directed plays and worked as a stage manager; he then joined the BBC in 1936 as one of the first theatre personalities to turn to television in Britain. He presented ''Picture Page'', a magazine topical programme, both before and after the Second World War. He also produced plays, including ''Clive of India'', collaborating with screenwriter W. P. Lipscomb. In 1948 he was awarded the first Royal Television Society (RTS) Medal for his two-part production of ''Hamlet''. In 1964, he was awarded the RTS Baird Medal for his outstanding contribution to television. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |