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William Fairchild
William Fairchild (sometimes credited as W. E. C. Fairchild) (1918–2000, aged 81-82) was an English author, playwright, director and screenwriter. He was married to actress Isabel Dean from 1953 to the early 1970s, and to producer, agent, and writer Robin Dalton from 1992 until his death. Selected filmography *''A Song for Tomorrow'' (1948) – story, script *'' Penny and the Pownall Case'' (1948) – story, script *''Colonel Bogey'' (1948) – script * '' Badger's Green'' (1949) – script * ''Morning Departure'' (1950) – script *'' The Long Dark Hall'' (1951) – additional dialogue * '' Outcast of the Islands'' (1951) – script *''The Man with the Gun'' (1952) – script *'' Gift Horse'' (1952) – script *'' The Net'' (1953) – script *'' Malta Story'' (1953) – script *''Front Page Story'' (1954) – script *''The Seekers'' (1954) – script *'' Passage Home'' (1955) – script *'' John and Julie'' (1955) – script, original play, director *'' Value for Money'' (1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Dean
Isabel Dean (born Isabel Hodgkinson, 29 May 1918 – 27 July 1997) was an English stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Aldridge, Staffordshire, Dean studied painting at Birmingham Art School. In 1937, she joined the Cheltenham Repertory Company as a scenic artist. She was soon involved in acting with some small parts. She appeared on stage in London in Agatha Christie's ''Peril at End House'' in 1940. Her stage appearances included '' The Deep Blue Sea'', ''Breaking the Code'' and John Osborne's ''The Hotel in Amsterdam'', at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 1949 she appeared in ''The Foolish Gentlewoman'' at the Duchess Theatre in London. By 1953, she was also appearing on British television in '' The Quatermass Experiment'' and over her career appeared in television series such as ''I, Claudius'' (1976) and ''Inspector Morse'' (1990). She appeared with Paul Scofield in an ''ITV Saturday Night Theatre'' production of ''The Hotel in Amsterdam'' broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Extra Day
''The Extra Day'' is a 1956 British comedy-drama film directed by William Fairchild and starring Richard Basehart, Simone Simon and George Baker. Plot After the final scene of a film is lost by the driver taking it to the printing lab, the cast and extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot. This proves to be quite an endeavour. The director, German exile Kurt Vorn sends several people out to gather the required actors, who are mainly in theatres. Meanwhile Ronnie, a new Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and ...-style crooner sings to crowds of adoring girls while his girlfriend Toni struggles to cope with this, until he announces to his adoring fans that he is going to marry her. The public proposal pushes Joe into also proposing which is met with a sla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Births
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invitation To The Wedding
Invitation or The Invitation may refer to: Films * ''Invitation'' (1952 film), an MGM film starring Dorothy McGuire and Van Johnson * ''The Invitation'' (1973 film), a Swiss film * ''The Invitation'' (2003 film), an American film starring Lance Henriksen * ''Invitation'' (2008 film), an Iranian film by Ebrahim Hatamikia * ''The Invitation'' (2015 film), an American thriller film * ''The Invitation'' (2022 film), an American horror film Television * "The Invitation" (''Daria'' episode), a 1997 episode of ''Daria'' *"The Invitation", a 2015 episode of ''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'' Music Albums * ''Invitation'' (Milt Jackson album), 1962 * ''Invitation'' (Andrew Hill album), 1974 * ''Invitation'' (Joanne Brackeen album), 1976 * ''Invitation'' (Norman Connors album), 1979 * ''Invitation'' (Kenny Barron album), 1991 * ''Invitation'' (Jaco Pastorius album), 1983 * ''Invitation'' (Joe Sample album), 1993 *''Invitation'' (Altaria album), by the band Altaria, 2003 * ''Invitatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sound Of Murder
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The MacKintosh Man
''The Mackintosh Man'' is a 1973 British Cold War neo noir Spy film, spy thriller film, directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda and James Mason. Huston called it "a spy thriller with some amusing moments" that was similar to his earlier ''The Kremlin Letter''. Plot Joseph Rearden, a British Intelligence agent, arrives in London and makes a rendezvous with Mackintosh, the head of his organisation, in a discreet office located just off Trafalgar Square. Mackintosh and his deputy, Mrs Smith, inform him of a simple way to steal diamonds which are transported via the Royal Mail, postal service to avoid attention. This he does, apparently getting successfully away after punching a postman, and making off with the diamond-filled parcel. However, that evening, in his hotel room he is paid a visit by two Metropolitan Police detectives who have received an anonymous phone call advising them about the robbery. They are unconvinced by Rearden's pretence to be an inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Darwin Adventure
''The Darwin Adventure'' is a 1972 British drama film directed by Jack Couffer and written by William Fairchild. The film stars Nicholas Clay, Susan Macready, Ian Richardson, Christopher Martin, Robert Flemyng and Philip Brack. The film was released on 27 September 1972, by 20th Century Fox. Premise During his 5-year voyage around the world aboard , a young Charles Darwin adventured into the farthest corners of creation in his search for the truth. A truth which at the time shocked and horrified the world.Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper; 29/04/1974; page 5 Plot Cast *Nicholas Clay as Charles Darwin * Susan Macready as Emma Wedgewood Darwin *Ian Richardson as Capt. Fitzroy *Christopher Malcolm as Sullivan *Robert Flemyng as Prof. Henslow *Philip Brack as Thomas Huxley * Michael Malnick as Hooker *Aubrey Woods Aubrey Harold Woods (9 April 1928 – 7 May 2013) was an English actor. Biography and career Woods was born on 9 April 1928 in Edmonton, Middlesex and grew u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embassy (film)
''Embassy'' is a 1972 British spy thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler, written by John Bird and William Fairchild, and with music scored by Biddu.McKay p.252 It is based on the 1969 novel of the same title by Stephen Coulter. It was shot on location in Beirut where the film is set, whereas the novel had been centred in Paris. The film starred Richard Roundtree as a CIA officer, Ray Milland as an Ambassador, Max von Sydow as a Russian defector taking refuge at the embassy, and Chuck Connors as a KGB assassin posing as a U.S. Air Force officer. Broderick Crawford played the embassy Regional Security Officer, Frank Dunniger, who had to capture and hide the KGB man while the CIA smuggled the defector out of town. Cast * Richard Roundtree as Richard 'Dick' Shannon * Chuck Connors as Kesten * Marie-José Nat as Laure * Ray Milland as Ambassador * Broderick Crawford as Frank Dunniger * Max von Sydow as Gorenko * David Bauer as Kadish * Larry Cross as Gamble * Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Shot You Hear
''The Last Shot You Hear'' is a 1969 British thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Hugh Marlowe, Zena Walker, Patricia Haines, and William Dysart. It was Marlowe's last film appearance. The film marked the end of the association between Robert L. Lippert and 20th Century Fox which produced over 200 films. Cast * Hugh Marlowe as Charles Nordeck * Zena Walker as Eileen Forbes * Patricia Haines as Anne Nordeck * William Dysart as Peter Marriott * Thorley Walters as Gen. Jowett * Lionel Murton as Rubens * Joan Young as Mrs. Jowett * Helen Horton as Dodie Rubens * John Nettleton as Det. Inspector Nash * John Wentworth as Chambers * Alister Williamson as CID Man * Job Stewart as Policeman * Julian Holloway as Brash Young Man Production The film is based on William Fairchild's play ''The Sound of Murder'' which premiered in 1959 in a production starring Peter Cushing Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star! (film)
''Star!'' (re-titled ''Those Were the Happy Times'' for its 1969 re-release) is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by William Fairchild is based on the life and career of British performer Gertrude Lawrence. Plot The film opens in 1940, with Lawrence in a screening room watching a documentary film chronicling her life, then flashes back to Clapham in 1915, when she leaves home to join her vaudevillian father in a dilapidated Brixton music hall. Eventually she joins the chorus in André Charlot's West End revue. She reunites with close childhood friend Noël Coward, who provides witty commentary on Gertie's actions. Charlot becomes annoyed with Gertie's efforts to stand out, literally, from the chorus. He threatens to fire her, but stage manager Jack Roper intercedes and gets her hired as a general understudy to the leads. She marries Jack, but it becomes clear she is more inclined to perform onstage tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Not Disturb (1965 Film)
''Do Not Disturb'' is a DeLuxe Color CinemaScope (1965) romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Levy and starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor as a married American couple living in England. Plot American couple Mike and Janet Harper move to England for Mike's work with a company that deals in textiles and fashions. Mike wants to live in a flat in the heart of London, but Janet instead finds a rural estate 30 miles outside London in Kent, and Mike must to commute into the city by train. For convenience, Mike often stays in a company's flat in London rather than returning to Kent, but his absence causes Janet to feel lonely and neglected. Janet believes that Mike may be having an affair with his assistant Claire Hackett, and the Harpers' busybody landlady Vanessa Courtwright encourages Janet to play Mike's game by entering into an affair of her own, even if it is fake. However, the affair may become a reality when the suave Italian antiques dealer Paul Bellari arrives to decorate the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
199 Park Lane
''199 Park Lane'' was a British soap opera that aired on BBC1 in 1965. Airing twice a week, the series was set in a luxury block of flats in London. A total of 18 episodes were broadcast, the first two with the titles "The New Tenant" and "Decision". The series was later wiping, wiped by the BBC and no episodes survive in the archives. References External links * 1965 British television series debuts 1965 British television series endings 1960s British television soap operas BBC television dramas British television soap operas Lost BBC episodes English-language television shows Black-and-white British television shows {{BBC-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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