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Whistle Down The Wind (film)
''Whistle Down the Wind'' is a 1961 British children's crime drama film directed by Bryan Forbes, adapted by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall from the 1959 novel of the same name by Mary Hayley Bell. The film stars her daughter Hayley Mills, who was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for this film. Unusually, almost all the main characters are children; the film attempts to show the world through the eyes of an innocent child. In 2005, the British Film Institute included it in its list of the 50 films that children should see by the age of 14. Plot Three Lancashire farm children discover a bearded fugitive (the Man/Arthur Blakey) hiding in their barn and mistake him for Jesus Christ. They come to this conclusion because of their Sunday School stories and Blakey's shocked exclamation of "Jesus Christ!" when Kathy, the eldest child, accidentally discovers him. In Sunday School the children quiz their teacher and become even more convinced in their belief. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Poster
A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature printed likenesses of the main actors. Prior to the 1980s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on film posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tagline, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, and other pertinent details to inform prospective viewers about the film. Film posters are often displayed inside and on the outside of movie theaters, and elsewhere on the street or in shops. The same images appear in the film exhibitor's pressbook and may also be used on websites, DVD (and historically VHS) packaging, flyers, advertisements in newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th British Academy Film Awards
The 15th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honoured the best films of 1961. Winners and nominees Best Film '' Ballad of a Soldier'' (TIE) ''The Hustler'' (TIE) * '' Apur Sansar'' * '' The Hole'' * '' The Innocents'' * ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' * '' The Long and the Short and the Tall'' * ''Rocco and His Brothers'' * '' The Sundowners'' * '' A Taste of Honey'' * '' Whistle Down the Wind'' Best British Film '' A Taste of Honey'' * '' The Innocents'' * '' The Long and the Short and the Tall'' * '' The Sundowners'' * '' Whistle Down the Wind'' Best British Actor Peter Finch in ''No Love for Johnnie'' * Dirk Bogarde in ''Victim'' Best Foreign Actor Paul Newman in ''The Hustler'' * Montgomery Clift in ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' * Vladimir Ivashov in '' Ballad of a Soldier'' * Philippe Leroy in '' The Hole'' * Sidney Poitier in ''A Raisin in the Sun'' * Maximilian Schell in ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' * Alberto Sordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Green (filmmaker)
Guy Mervin Charles Green Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE British Society of Cinematographers, BSC (5 November 191315 September 2005) was an England, English film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In 1948 in film, 1948, he won an Academy Awards, Oscar as cinematographer for the film ''Great Expectations (1946 film), Great Expectations''. In 2002, Green was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA, and, in 2004, he was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his lifetime contributions to British cinema. Biography Green was born in Frome, Somerset, England. He began working in film in 1929 and became a noted film cinematographer and a founding member of the British Society of Cinematographers. Green became a full-time director of photography in the mid-1940s, working on such films as David Lean's ''Oliver Twist (1948 film), Oliver Twist'' in 1948. About 1955 in film, 1955, Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Holder
Roy Trevor Holder (15 June 1946 – 9 November 2021) was an English film and television actor who appeared in various programmes including '' Ace of Wands'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Spearhead'', the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Caves of Androzani''. His first notable appearance on the screen was in the 1961 film '' Whistle Down the Wind'' and he then appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1967), and '' Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'' (1967). Career In 1968 he played Peter in Zeffirelli's ''Romeo and Juliet''. Appearances in '' The Virgin Soldiers'' (1969), '' Loot'' (1970), ''The Virgin and the Gypsy'' (1970), ''Psychomania'' (1973), '' The Land That Time Forgot'' (1974), and ''Trial by Combat'' (1976) followed, and he worked with Zeffirelli for a third time in the '' Jesus of Nazareth'' miniseries in 1977. He also played the recurring role of Frank Baker in the BBC TV series Sorry! from 1981 to 1988. Holder also appeared as Mr Callard in "Precious Bane", as Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Sim
Gerald Grant Sim (4 June 1925 – 11 December 2014) was an English television and film actor who is perhaps best known for having played the Rector in ''To the Manor Born''. Career Sim was born in Liverpool, Lancashire and made over a hundred film and television appearances, beginning with an uncredited role in the film '' Fame Is the Spur'' (1947). Film and TV roles include ''The L-Shaped Room'' (1962), ''Séance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964), '' King Rat'' (1965), '' The Avengers'' (1966), ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969), ''Ryan's Daughter'' (1970), ''Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde'' (1971), ''Frenzy'' (1972), ''Young Winston'' (1972), ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' (episode 7, as the Vicar - 1976), '' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977), '' The New Avengers'' (1977), '' Edward & Mrs. Simpson'' (1978), ''Gandhi'' (1982), as Dr George Bagster Phillips in ''Jack the Ripper'' (1988), ''Chaplin'' (1992) and ''Patriot Games'' (1992). Coincidentally playing a vicar, he appeared in one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Hines
Ronald Charles Andrew Hines (20 June 1929 – 28 March 2017) was a British television actor. He had a lengthy career, but possibly his most prominent roles were as Henry Corner in three of the four series of ''Not in Front of the Children'', and as William Cecil in ''Elizabeth R''. After graduating from RADA in 1950, Hines started on stage at Stratford, and made many theatrical appearances throughout his career, including at the Royal Court, the Old Vic and the National Theatre. On television, he starred in the 1959–60 sitcom '' Tell It to the Marines''. In 1966, Hines played Eric Redman in the 11th episode of the 5th series of the popular British action adventure ''The Saint'' (episode entitled " Paper Chase"). He also appeared on ''Jackanory'' several times, usually narrating stories about the Wombles. Hines appeared as John Copeland in the crime drama series ''The Professionals'' (episode " The Acorn Syndrome") in 1980. In 1988 he played Home Secretary Henry Matthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Dyce
Hamilton Dyce (14 March 1912 – 8 January 1972) was an English stage, film and television actor. His television work included the 1970 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Spearhead from Space'', where he played General Scobie. Selected filmography * ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down the Wind'' (1961) - Mr. Reeves * ''Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (film), Mrs. Gibbons' Boys'' (1962) - PC Draper * ''Master Spy'' (1963) - Airport Controller * ''Dr. Crippen (1962 film), Dr. Crippen'' (1963) - Dr. Rogers * ''Becket (1964 film), Becket'' (1964) - Bishop of Chichester * ''The Comedy Man'' (1964) - Burial Minister (uncredited) * ''King Rat (film), King Rat'' (1965) - The Padre * ''Sky West and Crooked'' (1966) - Bill Slim - grave digger * ''The Wrong Box'' (1966) - Derek Lloyd Peter Digby * ''Two Gentlemen Sharing'' (1969) - Dickson Senior * ''Unman, Wittering and Zigo (film), Unman, Wittering and Zigo'' (1971) - Mr. Winstanley * ''On the Run'' (1971) - Removal Man * ''The Pied Piper (1972 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Wagstaff
Elsie Wagstaff (1 July 1899 – 16 July 1985) was an English actress. Educated at the Guildhall School of Music, her stage work began in the chorus in 1919, and one of her first leading roles was as Sadie Thompson in an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's ''Rain''. In 1928, she appeared on Broadway in John Van Druten's ''Diversion'', and in Arnold Ridley and Bernard Merivale's '' The Wrecker''. She also worked sporadically in films, and with some regularity on television. Selected filmography * ''Cotton Queen'' (1937) as Emily (uncredited) * '' John Halifax'' (1938) as Jael * ''Lassie from Lancashire'' (1938) as Aunt Hetty * '' Trouble Brewing'' (1939) as Mrs. Hopkins * ''Crimes at the Dark House'' (1940) as Mrs. Catherick * '' The Dark Tower'' (1943) as Eve * ''Headline'' (1944) as Mrs Daly * '' Welcome, Mr. Washington'' (1944) as Miss Jones * ''Meet Sexton Blake'' (1945) as Mrs. Baird * ''Old Mother Riley at Home'' (1945) as Mrs. Ginochie * ''Appointment with Crime'' (1946) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arnatt
John Edwin Arnatt (9 May 1917 – 21 December 1999) was a British actor. Early life and education John Arnatt was born in Petrograd, Russia on 9 May 1917. His parents were Francis and Ethel Marion (née Jephcott) Arnatt. He attended Epworth College. Arnatt trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career One of Arnatt's most high-profile roles was as "The Deputy Sheriff of Nottingham" in the fourth and final season of 1955-60 TV series ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' starring Richard Greene. His character filled in for Alan Wheatley, who played the regular sheriff. Arnatt's character was introduced and interacted with Wheatley's character in the episode "The Devil You Don't Know". In the 1962 film ''Dr Crippen'', starring Donald Pleasence (who also had a recurring role in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" as Prince John), Arnatt played Chief Inspector Walter Dew. Arnatt also played an imitation "M" to Tom Adams' imitation James Bond in two films, '' Licen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Clare
Diane Clare (born Diane Dirsztay; 8 July 1938 – 21 June 2013) was an English film and television actress. Career Clare started acting at a very young age playing uncredited baby parts in films such as ''The Ghosts of Berkeley Square'' and ''The Silver Fleet'', and for a time was one of the most highly paid babies in British films. Names to watch: Diane Clare. At the age of three, Clare was too old to continue playing babies so her career came to a standstill. "I'd been longing to play in pictures from the time I was dropped all those years ago because I'd become too old to play baby parts", Diane Clare Devotees. she told an interviewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Bird
John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor. Early life Bird was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. A RADA graduate, he made his West End theatre, West End debut in Peter Brook's production of ''The Winter's Tale'' at the Phoenix Theatre in 1951. He was also a member of the BBC's Radio Drama Company."Radio and audio book companies", in Lloyd Trott, ed., ''Actors and Performers Yearbook 2016'', pp. 353-354 His first film appearance was as the foreman in ''An Inspector Calls'' (1954). Film career He was a familiar face to British cinema audiences of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in nearly 50 films such as ''The Angry Silence'' (1960), ''The League of Gentlemen (film), The League of Gentlemen'' (1960), ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down the Wind'' (1961), ''Victim (1961 film), Victim'' (1961) and ''Term of Trial'' (1962) with Laurence Olivier and The Hill (film), The Hill with Sean Connery (1965). Television a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday School
A Sunday school is an educational institution, usually (but not always) Christian in character. Other religions including Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism have also organised Sunday schools in their temples and mosques, particularly in the West. Sunday school classes usually precede a Sunday church service and are used to provide catechesis to Christians, especially children and teenagers, and sometimes adults as well. Churches of many Christian denominations have classrooms attached to the church used for this purpose. Many Sunday school classes operate on a set curriculum, with some teaching attendees a catechism. Members often receive certificates and awards for participation, as well as attendance. Sunday school classes may provide a light breakfast. On days when Holy Communion is being celebrated, however, some Christian denominations encourage fasting before receiving the Eucharistic elements. Early history Sunday schools were first set up in the 18th century in England to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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