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William C. Andrews (art Director)
William C. Andrews (1901–1986) was a British art director who designed film sets for a number of productions.McFarlane p.187 During the 1940s he frequently worked for producer Herbert Wilcox. Later in his career he was generally credited as Bill Andrews. Selected filmography * ''The Day Will Dawn'' (1942) * ''Squadron Leader X'' (1943) * ''Escape to Danger'' (1943) * ''Yellow Canary'' (1943) * ''Hotel Reserve'' (1944) * ''It Happened One Sunday'' (1944) * ''Great Day (1945 film), Great Day'' (1945) * ''I Live in Grosvenor Square'' (1945) * ''Gaiety George'' (1946) * ''Piccadilly Incident'' (1946) * ''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (1947) * ''Mine Own Executioner'' (1947) * ''Spring in Park Lane'' (1948) * ''Elizabeth of Ladymead'' (1948) * ''Maytime in Mayfair'' (1949) * ''The Black Rose'' (1950) * ''Into the Blue (1950 film), Into the Blue'' (1950) * ''Odette (1950 film), Odette'' (1950) * ''The Lady with a Lamp'' (1951) * ''Derby Day (1952 film), Derby Day'' (1952) * ''Tren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, England
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courtneys Of Curzon Street
''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (also titled ''The Courtney Affair'' or Kathy's Love Affair, in the U.S.) is a 1947 British drama film starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding. It is a study of class division and snobbery in Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The film is one of the most seen British films of all time, with 15.9 million tickets sold at the cinema. Plot Edward Courtney, the son of a baronet shocks class-conscious 1900 British society by marrying Kate, his Irish servant. The film chronicles 45 years in their lives together and apart, through the Boer War and World War I and World War II. The family live on Curzon Street, a high class street in the Mayfair district of London. Kate begins to feel the awkwardness at a musical recital before Queen Victoria, where all the "true ladies" are staring at her. Later she hears gossip about herself. Edward is an officer in the Horse Guards but Kate does not realise he cannot return her wave when he is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouble In The Glen
''Trouble in the Glen'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker and Victor McLaglen. It is loosely based on Maurice Walsh's 1950 novel of the same name. It was filmed in Trucolor for Republic Pictures. Plot summary After moving from South America to the Scottish Highlands, millionaire Sanin Cejador y Mengues (Welles) reassumes the title of laird of Glen Easan, which he inherited from his grandfather, Sandy Menzies. Obstinate in nature, Mengues soon finds the climate inhospitable, and the language and customs of the Highland people exasperating. While fishing on the loch with his equally stubborn, distantly related cousin Angus, who works as a fishing or hunting guide for the estate, Mengues hooks and then loses a large trout, and the confrontation escalates from Gaelic epithets and an overturned boat to Mengues firing Angus. When the locals then refuse to work for him and his cattle roam unmanaged over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laughing Anne
''Laughing Anne'' is a 1953 British adventure film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker, and Ronald Shiner. It was adapted from Joseph Conrad's short story, " Because of the Dollars" and from his 1923 two-act play, ''Laughing Anne''. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director William C. Andrews and costumes were by Elizabeth Haffenden. Production In 1952 Herbert Wilcox announced he had signed a co-production deal with Herbert Yates of Republic Pictures to make films together starring Anna Neagle and John Wayne, to be shot in colour and aimed at international markets. The projects would include an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's '' The King's General'' and Joseph Conrad's ''Laughing Anne''. ''Laughing Anne'' would instead be made with Margaret Lockwood, who had signed a long-term contract with Wilcox, and two Hollywood names: Forrest Tucker and Wendell Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beggar's Opera (film)
''The Beggar's Opera'' is a 1953 British historical musical film, a Technicolor adaptation of John Gay's 1728 ballad opera of the same name. The film, directed by Peter Brook in his feature film debut, stars Laurence Olivier (in his sole musical), Hugh Griffith, Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Holloway, Daphne Anderson and Athene Seyler. Olivier and Holloway provide their own singing, but Tutin and others were dubbed. With additional dialogue and lyrics by Christopher Fry, the film expands on some elements in the opera, such as giving Mrs Trapes a larger role and adding dramatic action sequences to Macheath's escape. The framing device is also changed: the Beggar is himself a prisoner in Newgate with the real Macheath, who escapes at the end under cover of the confusion created when the Beggar decides that his fictional Macheath should be reprieved. Plot In the 1700s, a beggar is tossed into London's Newgate jail, along with a pile of papers upon which his unfinished opera is scribbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trent's Last Case (1952 Film)
''Trent's Last Case'' is a 1952 British detective film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Michael Wilding, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles and John McCallum (actor), John McCallum. It was based on the 1913 novel ''Trent's Last Case'' by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, E. C. Bentley, and had been filmed Trent's Last Case (1920 film), previously in the UK with Clive Brook in 1920, and in Trent's Last Case (1929 film), a 1929 US version. It was also the film debut of actor Kenneth Williams, best known for his roles in the ''Carry On (franchise), Carry On'' comedy film series. Plot A major international financier is found dead at his Hampshire home. ''The Record'' newspaper assigns its leading investigative reporter, Phillip Trent, to the case. In spite of the police cordon, he manages to gain entry to the house by posing as a relative. While there he manages to pick up some of the background to the case from Inspector Murch, the Irish detective leading the investigation. Despite Murc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
