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Arnold Marlé
Arnold Marlé (15 September 1887 – 21 February 1970) was a German actor who appeared largely in British films and television programmes. Stage work His theatre work included appearances on the West End theatre, London stage, and a year-and-a-half-long run on Broadway theatre, Broadway in Paddy Chayefsky's ''The Tenth Man (Chayefsky play), The Tenth Man'' from 1959 to 1961. Family In 1917 Marlé married actress Lily Freud, daughter of Sigmund Freud's sister Maria "Mitzi" Moritz-Freud and her husband (and cousin), Moritz Freud. They adopted Angela Seidmann-Freud when her mother, Tom Seidmann-Freud died in 1930. Partial filmography * ''Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' (1919) — René Cardillac, Goldschmied * ''George Bully'' (1920) * ''The Drums of Asia'' (1921) * ''Night of the Burglar'' (1921) * ''The Shadow of Gaby Leed'' (1921) * ''Maciste and the Javanese'' (1922) * ''The Malay Junk'' (1924) * ''Dood Water'' (1934) — Dirk Brak * ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' (1942) — P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
''The Man Who Could Cheat Death'' is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, and Christopher Lee. Jimmy Sangster adapted the screenplay from the play '' The Man in Half Moon Street'' by Barré Lyndon, which had been previously filmed in 1945. ''The Man Who Could Cheat Death'' was produced by Michael Carreras and Anthony Nelson Keys for Hammer Film Productions. It was released in the US in June 1959 and in the UK on 30 November 1959. John Peverall was assistant director, Roy Ashton handled Makeup and Bernard Robinson was Production Designer. The film was supposed to star Alan Ladd and Peter Cushing, but Cushing was unavailable so Anton Diffring got the lead role. There was a European version of the film that featured a partial nude scene of Hazel Court. Filming began Nov. 17, 1958 and concluded on December 30, 1958. It was trade shown on June 4, 1959. The film was released in the UK on November 30, 1959 on a doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarak
''Zarak'' is a 1956 CinemaScope adventure film directed by Terence Young with assistance from John Gilling and Yakima Canutt. Set in the Northwest Frontier (though filmed in Morocco), the film stars Victor Mature, Michael Wilding and Anita Ekberg and features Patrick McGoohan in a supporting role. It was written by Richard Maibaum based on the 1949 book ''The Story of Zarak Khan'' by A.J. Bevan. Plot Zarak Khan is the son of a chief who is caught embracing one of his father's wives, Salma. Zarak's father sentences both to torture and death but they are saved by an imam. The exiled Zarak becomes a bandit chief and an enemy of the British Empire. Cast * Victor Mature as Zarak Khan * Michael Wilding as Maj. Michael Ingram * Anita Ekberg as Salma * Bonar Colleano as Biri, Zarak's brother * Eunice Gayson as Cathy Ingram * Finlay Currie as The Mullah * Peter Illing as Ahmad * Bernard Miles as Hassu the one-eyed * Eddie Byrne as Kasim, Zarak's brother * Patrick McGoohan as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Can't Hang Me
''They Can't Hang Me'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by Val Guest and starring Terence Morgan, Yolande Donlan and Anthony Oliver. It was written by Guest and Val Valentine based on the 1955 novel of the same title by Leonard Mosley. Plot A senior civil servant, Pitt has been convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. Days before his execution, Pitt reveals that he has been passing on top secret information to an agent of a foreign power and offers to reveal the identity of his handler in exchange for a reprieve. With only five days before Pitt's execution, debonair Special Branch Inspector Ralph Brown takes on the task of identifying the spy before he flees the country. Cast * Terence Morgan as Inspector Ralph Brown * Yolande Donlan as Jill Wilson * Anthony Oliver as Inspector Newcombe * André Morell as Robert Isaac Pitt * Reginald Beckwith as Harold * Ursula Howells as Antonia Pitt * Guido Lorraine as Pietr Revski * Basil Dignam as Wing Commander Riddle * John H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Channel (film)
''Cross Channel'' is a 1955 drama film, directed by R. G. Springsteen, and written by Rex Rienits. The film stars Wayne Morris, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Allen, June Ashley, Carl Jaffe and Peter Sinclair. The film, made in 1954, was filmed in England and Northern France, with British and European actors, (save for its American star), by a British subsidiary of Republic Pictures. It was released on September 29, 1955. Only the fact that the male romantic lead's profession is not that of a ''private eye'' precludes this picture from being categorised as a traditional ''noir film''. Its fast pace, high body-count, and thriller-genre subject matter, (even the traditional romance sub-plot), are all elements of what's now thought of as a ''film noir'', Plot Crime drama. 61 minutes, made in black-and-white. 1954. A criminal gang is operating a smuggling racket, bringing stolen jewellery into England across the English Channel. Gary Parker, an American from Texas, known informally as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Red Monkey
''Little Red Monkey'' (U.S. title: ''The'' ''Case of the Red Monkey'') is a 1955 British thriller film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Richard Conte, Rona Anderson and Russell Napier. The screenplay was by Hughes and James Eastwood, based on the 1953 BBC Television series of the same name written by Eric Maschwitz. Detectives from Scotland Yard investigate a series of murders of leading nuclear scientists, and are intrigued by strange reports received about the crimes. The film was an international hit, and along with ''Confession'' (1955) proved a breakthrough for Anglo-Amalgamated. After its success the company began making more expensive productions, often hiring American stars for international appeal. Cast * Richard Conte as Bill Locklin * Rona Anderson as Julia Jackson * Russell Napier as Superintendent John Harrington * Sylva Langova as Hilde Heller, chief spy * Colin Gordon as Harry Martin, reporter * Donald Bisset as Editor Harris * John King-Kelly as spy h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break In The Circle
''Break in the Circle'' is a 1955 British crime film directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Arnold Marle and Guy Middleton. It was written by Guest based on the 1951 novel ''Break in The Circle'' by Robin Estridge (as Philip Loraine), and produced by Michael Carreras for Hammer Films. This was Hammer's second color film, following ''Men of Sherwood Forest'' and James Carreras had high hopes for its success, but the film did not perform up to his expectations at the box office. Doreen Carwithen composed the score for the film, Jimmy Sangster was Production Manager, J. Elder Wills was Production Designer and Phil Leakey handled Makeup. Filming began Aug. 22, 1954, and it was trade shown on Feb. 10, 1955 and released in the UK on Feb. 28, 1955. It was only released much later in the US in 1957. Val Guest later directed Forrest Tucker again in Hammer's later sci-fi epic ''The Abominable Snowman''. Plot An adventurer Skip Morgan (Forrest Tucke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Cage (1955 Film)
''The Glass Cage'' (American title: ''The Glass Tomb'') is a 1955 British B movie, second feature mystery film, directed by Montgomery Tully and starring John Ireland (actor), John Ireland, Honor Blackman and Sid James. It was made by Hammer Film Productions. The screenplay was by Richard H. Landau based on the 1945 novel ''The Outsiders'' (a.k.a. ''Common People'') by A. E. Martin. J. Elder Wills was the art director. Filming began on July 19, 1954, and it was trade shown a year later. The film's original working title was supposed to be ''The Outsiders'', but it was changed to ''The Glass Cage'' instead. Plot Showman Pel Pelham (who works contracting sleazy acts for a freakshow carnival) is contacted by an old friend Tony who has received a blackmail letter signed "Delores". Pel agrees to check her out as she lives near a friend of his. Reaching her apartment, he discovers she is an old pal of his named Rena Meroni, who has fallen on hard times and gotten mixed up with someone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Carnation (film)
''The Green Carnation'' (also known as ''The Green Buddha'') is a 1954 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by John Lemont and starring Wayne Morris, Mary Germaine and Marcia Ashton. It was written by Paul Erickson and distributed by Republic Pictures Plot A criminal gang steal a priceless green Buddha statuette from a London exhibition. When nightclub singer Vivien Blake's boyfriend Gary Holden is assaulted by one of the gang, they go in search of the thieves. Vivien is kidnapped, and the chase leads to Battersea Pleasure Gardens where two of the villains are killed. Gary and Vivien receive a reward. Cast Production The film's sets were designed by John Stoll. Reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "An involved but exuberant penny-dreadful thriller." ''Kine Weekly'' wrote: "Nutshell crime melodrama, describing a desperate fight among crooks for a rare Buddha. Its leading characters occasionally trip over each other, but a wide variety of London and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Floating Dutchman
''The Floating Dutchman'' (U.S. TV title: ''Clue for a Corpse'') is a 1954 British second feature crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler and Mary Germaine. It is based on a 1950 novel ''The Floating Dutchman'' by Nicholas Bentley. A Scotland Yard detective goes undercover amongst jewel thieves after a dead Dutchman is found floating in the river. The title is a pun on the legendary ghost ship, the ''Flying Dutchman''. Plot A dead Dutchman is found floating in the Thames. The police know he has been missing for a week and was connected to a notorious London fence. Philip Reid, a musician, is ejected from a club owned by Mr Skinner for being drunk on the job, and put in a taxi. Mr James who had been talking to Skinner follows him out and joins him in the taxi with his sister Rose, who is a hostess at the club. At his flat he informs Philip that he was flashing a stolen cigarette case in the club. Back in the club Skinner opens his wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Mountain (1949 Film)
''The Glass Mountain'' is a 1949 black and white British romantic film drama directed by Henry Cass. It starred Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray and Valentina Cortese. The film was a popular success of its day, and was re-released in the UK in 1950 and 1953. It features acclaimed classical vocalists Elena Rizzieri as herself and Tito Gobbi as himself, with the orchestra and chorus of the Venice Opera House. The theme music by Nino Rota is memorable, and was also a contemporary hit. It was mainly filmed on location in the Dolomites and at Venice's La Fenice Opera House. Co-producer Joseph Janni also co-produced another film shot in Italy, the comedy '' Honeymoon Deferred'', in 1951. ''The Guardian'' wrote, "most reference books now deride the film, but at a time when Britain was emerging from the war into a period of grey austerity, The Glass Mountain and movies like it were a popular tonic. Set in the beautiful Dolomite mountains, with graceful performers and a nostalgically slow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait From Life
''Portrait from Life'' (also known as ''Lost Daughter'' and ''Journey into Yesterday''; U.S. title: ''The Girl in the Painting'') is a 1948 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty and Guy Rolfe. Plot A British Army officer, Major Lawrence, is on leave from being stationed in occupied Germany just after WW2 when he sees a painting of a beautiful young girl called Hildegard in a London art gallery. While viewing the painting he is approached by an old man, Professor Franz Menzel, who escaped from Nazi Germany in the 1930s leaving his family behind and claims to be the young girl's father. Major Lawrence agrees to search for the young girl when he returns to Germany. On returning to Germany and after a long search Major Lawrence eventually tracks down the young girl but she is suffering from amnesia and living with a German couple who claim to be her parents. As Lawrence investigates, the circumstances of the young girl's past become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |