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The Navy Lark (film)
''The Navy Lark'' is a 1959 British comedy film based on ''The Navy Lark'' radio series broadcast on the BBC Light Programme. It featured Cecil Parker, Ronald Shiner and Leslie Phillips, Gordon Jackson and Hattie Jacques. It was filmed mainly at West Bay, Bridport, Dorset. Only Phillips had appeared on the radio version – all other parts were recast.''Hello: The Autobiography'', Leslie Phillips, Orion, 2006 The film was produced at Walton-on-Thames. Plot Captain Povey has built a reputation for shutting down redundant naval bases, and now has his eye on the minesweeping detachment on Boonsey (a fictional Channel Island, off Portsmouth). Arriving on inspection, he is told tales of finding many mines in the sea there and, not believing them, goes out in the minesweeper HMS ''Compton'' (played by HMS '' Reedham''). The crew were supposed to find "Bessy", a mine-shaped object used to collect Lifeboat funds but found a real mine instead, which Pouter bashes about in an effo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Parry (film Director)
Gordon Parry (24 July 1908 – 6 May 1981) was a British film director and producer. Early life He was born in Aintree, Liverpool, on 24 July 1908. Career He worked on the crew of such films as ''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) and was a key member of the team at Two Cities Films. He directed his first film ''Bond Street (film), Bond Street'' in 1948. He died on 6 May 1981.Round the British Studios WITH Mepean, Edith. Picture Show; London Vol. 57, Iss. 1496, (1 Dec 1951): 11. Personal life He had 2 daughters, the actress Natasha Parry, who was married to the director Peter Brook, and Nina. Selected filmography Non director *''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) - unit producer *''The Stoker (1935 film), The Stoker'' (1937) - unit producer *''In Which We Serve'' (1942) - location manager *''The Demi-Paradise'' (1943) - assistant to producer *''The Way to the Stars'' (1945) - associate producer * ''Night Was Our Friend'' (1951) - producer As director * ''Bond Street (film), Bond Street'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bay, Dorset
West Bay, originally known as Bridport Harbour, is a small harbour settlement and resort on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, sited at the mouth of the River Brit approximately south of Bridport. The area is part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour at West Bay is not a natural landscape feature and it has a long history of having been silted up, blocked by shingle and damaged by storms, and each time repairs, improvements and enlargements have subsequently been made. The harbour has been moved twice: it was originally inland, then was moved to the coast beside the East Cliff, then was moved again along the coast to the west, where it is located today. The previous main commercial trade of the harbour—exporting Bridport's ropes and nets—declined in the second half of the 19th century. When the railway arrived in 1884, attempts were made to provide the settlement with the facilities of a resort, and today West Bay has a mixed economy of to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardew Robinson
Douglas John Cardew Robinson (14 August 1917 – 28 December 1992) was a British comic, whose career was rooted in the music hall and Gang Shows. Early life and career Born in Goodmayes, Essex, Robinson was educated at Harrow County School for Boys. He enjoyed acting in school productions and loved the books of Frank Richards, featuring Billy Bunter of Greyfriars and the weekly magazine ''The Gem'' with the adventures of Ralph Reckness Cardew of St Jim's. In the early 1930s, while at Harrow County School, he wrote for the school magazine, the 'Gaytonian'. On leaving school, he took a job with a local newspaper, but it folded and he then joined Joe Boganny's touring Crazy College Boys, which opened at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London. However, Robinson knew that he required a more traditional training and went into repertory theatre, where one of his roles was as the monster in an adaptation of ''Frankenstein''. It was while serving in the RAF during the Second World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
