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Violet Farebrother
Violet Farebrother (22 August 1888 – 27 September 1969) was an English actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1911 and 1965, including three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and died in Eastbourne, Sussex. On stage from 1907, her theatre work included touring with Frank Benson's company, and playing Gertrude opposite Donald Wolfit's Hamlet on Broadway. Selected filmography * ''Downhill'' (1927) * '' Easy Virtue'' (1928) * ''Murder!'' (1930) * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''Enemy of the Police'' (1933) * '' This Acting Business'' (1933) * ''Nine Forty-Five'' (1934) * '' The Office Wife'' (1934) * ''It's a Bet'' (1935) * '' Where's Sally?'' (1936) * '' Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk'' (1936) * ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * ''Change for a Sovereign '' (1937) * '' It's Not Cricket'' (1937) * ''The Voice Within'' (1946) * '' Cup-tie Honeymoon'' (1948) * '' The Woman for Joe'' (1955) * '' Man of the Moment'' (1955) * ''Fortun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight (company)
Spotlight is the largest Casting (performing arts), casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has over 70,000 actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and stunt performers in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadcasters, advertisement agencies, and casting directors. Clients range from large organisations such as the BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV, and Channel 4 to smaller production companies. It publishes its "Contacts" handbook both in hard copy and as an e-book. It includes listings for over 5,000 companies, services, and individuals across all branches of film, television, stage, video games, and voice acting. Spotlight is one of the most successful companies in casting, generating over £10 million per year. Although established since 1927, it only registered as a limited company in 2010. It does not disclose its profits publicly. References External links Spotlight website Directories 1927 establishments in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Forty-Five
''Nine Forty-Five'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George King and starring Binnie Barnes, Donald Calthrop and Violet Farebrother. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.79 A quota quickie, it is based on a play by Sewell Collins. Cast * Binnie Barnes as Ruth Jordan * Donald Calthrop as Dr. Venables * Violet Farebrother as Mrs. Randall * Malcolm Tod as James Everett * James Finlayson as P.C. Doyle * George Merritt as Inspector Dickson * Ellis Irving as Turner * Cecil Parker as Robert Clayton * Janice Adair as Molly Clayton * Margaret Yarde as Margaret Clancy * René Ray Irene Lilian Brodrick, Countess of Midleton (née Creese, known as Rene Ray, 22 September 1911 – 28 August 1993) was a British stage and screen actress of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and also a novelist. Acting career Ray made her screen début ... as Mary Doane References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Deaths
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 ** Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Births
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortune Is A Woman
''Fortune Is a Woman'' is a 1957 black and white British-American film noir crime film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Jack Hawkins and Arlene Dahl. Its plot concerns an attempted insurance fraud that goes badly wrong. In the United States, it was released as ''She Played With Fire''. The film is based on Winston Graham's novel ''Fortune Is a Woman'' (1953). Plot In a dream sequence, a ticking metronome transforms into the sweeping windscreen wiper of a sports car travelling at night in heavy rain. The car pulls up before a large Gothic mansion; the dreamer enters and walks to where a painting of the same house hangs above the mantelpiece; the camera zooms in on the door in the painting. The dreamer, Oliver Branwell, awakes with a start. Branwell is an insurance investigator with a London firm of adjusters, Anderson & Son. Though it is Christmas Eve, he is sent north to Lowis Manor to probe a recent fire. Mr. Tracey Moreton lives there with his mother and wife Sarah. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of The Moment (1955 Film)
''Man of the Moment'' is a 1955 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom, Belinda Lee, Lana Morris and Jerry Desmonde. The film includes songs sung by the Beverley Sisters, including, "Dreams for Sale" (Arthur Groves, Peter Carroll), "Beware" (Norman Wisdom), "Yodelee Yodelay", and "Man of the Moment" (Jack Fishman). Plotline Norman, a file clerk in the (fictional) British Ministry of Overseas Affairs, becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference in Geneva, as there is no one else available. He accidentally votes against a motion that would allow intervention in the affairs of the (fictional) peaceful Pacific island nation of Tawaki. This earns him the gratitude of the Queen of Tawaki, who leaves all matters concerning her nation's future in the hands of 'Honourable Sir Norman'. The furious governments, including America, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, which want to establish a military base on one of Tawaki's outlying islands, shower honours on Norman to persuad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman For Joe
''The Woman for Joe'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Diane Cilento, George Baker, Jimmy Karoubi and David Kossoff. The screenplay concerns the owner of a circus sideshow and his prize attraction (a midget), who become romantically involved with the same woman. The film was made at Pinewood Studios. The sets were designed by the art director Maurice Carter. Plot Midget George Wilson pulls strings to obtain a job in the circus for Mary, a Hungarian lady he's fallen madly in love with. Mary is happy to have the job, singing to the lions, but although she likes George, her feelings for circus owner Joe Harrop are stronger. The jealousy and tensions caused affect the running of the circus. Cast Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cup-tie Honeymoon
''Cup-tie Honeymoon'' was the first motion picture to be filmed at the Dickenson Road Studios by the Mancunian Film Corporation in 1948, themed around football. Plot summary A business man's son (Powell) has to choose between playing for his father's team and their rivals in a football match. He does the right thing and romantically impresses his father's secretary. Cast * Sandy Powell as Joe Butler * Dan Young as Cecil Alistair * Betty Jumel as Betty * Pat McGrath as Eric Chambers * Violet Farebrother as Mary Chambers * Frank Groves as Jimmy Owen * Joyanne Bracewell as Pauline May * Vic Arnley as Grandad * Harold Walden as himself * Barry K. Barnes as Grumpy customer * Pat Phoenix as Mrs. Butler (credited as Patricia Pilkington) * Bernard Youens as Coalman (uncredited) * David Edwin Vivian Coker Callan as Policeman Production Filmed in Rusholme, Manchester, much of the shooting took place on local streets and at the nearby Maine Road Maine Road was a foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice Within (film)
''The Voice Within'' is a 1946 British crime drama film directed by Maurice J. Wilson and starring Barbara White, Kieron Moore and Brefni O'Rorke. It was the film debut of Moore who went on to appear in several major roles over the following years. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Cast * Barbara White as Kathleen *Kieron Moore as Denis O'Shea *Shaun Noble as Roy O'Shea *Violet Farebrother as Grandma *Olive Sloane as Fair Owner's Wife *Brefni O'Rorke as Sergeant Sullivan * George Merritt as McDonnell *Paul Merton as Constable Patrick O'Day *Hay Petrie as Fair Owner *Johnnie Schofield as Lorry Driver *Philip Godfrey as Elderly Smuggler *Norman Pierce as Publican *Henry Wolston as Constable Rowley *Jack Vyvyan as Constable O'Kelly *Clifford Buckton as 1st I.R.A. Man *Charles Rolfe as 2nd I.R.A. Man * Frank Atkinson as Farmer See also * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Not Cricket (1937 Film)
''It's Not Cricket'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Claude Hulbert, Henry Kendall, Betty Lynne and Clifford Heatherley. The film depicts a Frenchwoman married to a cricket-mad Englishman. It was shot as a quota quickie at Teddington Studios. Cast * Claude Hulbert as Willie * Henry Kendall as Henry * Betty Lynne as Yvonne * Sylvia Marriott as Jane * Clifford Heatherley as Sir George Harlow * Violet Farebrother as Lady Harlow * Frederick Burtwell Augustus Frederick Burtwell (23 December 1894 – 16 November 1948) was an English actor, on stage from 1914, who featured in supporting roles in over 40 British films of the 1930s and 1940s. Partial filmography * ''Other People's Sins'' ( ... as Morton References External links * 1937 films 1937 comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Ralph Ince British black-and-white films British comedy films Lost British films Films shot at Teddington Studios Quota quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change For A Sovereign
''Change for a Sovereign'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Seymour Hicks, Chili Bouchier and Bruce Lester. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Wood p.94 Cast * Seymour Hicks as King Hugo * Chili Bouchier as Countess Rita * Bruce Lester as Prince William * Violet Farebrother as Queen Agatha * Aubrey Mallalieu as Baron Breit * Ralph Truman as Archduke Paul * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Charles * C. Denier Warren as Mr. Heller * Florence Vie as Mrs. Heller * Daphne Raglan Daphne (; ; el, Δάφνη, , ), a minor figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in whi ... as Katrina Heller References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pearls Of The Crown
''The Pearls of the Crown'' (french: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Martin investigates the history of seven pearls, four of which end up on the crown of England, while the other three initially go missing. It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris with location shooting at a variety of sites including the Abbaye de Royaumont, the Château de Louveciennes and aboard the S.S. Normandie. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Perrier. Plot Tracing the history of seven valuable pearls of the English Crown from the time of Henry VIII of England to the present day (1937). Writer Jean Martin (Sacha Guitry) attempts to track down three of the missing pearls by tracing their previous owners, with events seen in flashback, involving Napoleon, King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I of England amongst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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