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Bond Street (film)
''Bond Street'' is a 1948 British portmanteau drama film directed by Gordon Parry and based on a story by Terence Rattigan. It stars Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kathleen Harrison, and Derek Farr. The film depicts a bride's dress, veil, pearls and flowers purchased in London's Bond Street—and the secret story behind each item. Plot There is no overarching story, other than a series of short stories, each linking to Bond street. Stories include: a deliberately ripped dress; a man ripping his trousers, and getting a lunch-date with the seamstress; and a man trying to avoid a suddenly materialised love interest from Denmark. Cast * Jean Kent as Ricki Merritt * Roland Young as George Chester-Barrett * Kathleen Harrison as Ethel Brawn * Derek Farr as Joe Marsh * Hazel Court as Julia Chester-Barrett * Ronald Howard as Steve Winter * Paula Valenska as Elsa * Patricia Plunkett as Mary Phillips * Robert Flemyng as Frank Moody * Adrianne Allen as Mrs. Taverner * Kenneth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Parry (film Director)
Gordon Parry (24 July 1908 – 6 May 1981) was a British film director and producer. Early life He was born in Aintree, Liverpool, on 24 July 1908. Career He worked on the crew of such films as ''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) and was a key member of the team at Two Cities Films. He directed his first film ''Bond Street'' in 1948. He died on 6 May 1981.Round the British Studios WITH Mepean, Edith. Picture Show; London Vol. 57, Iss. 1496, (1 Dec 1951): 11. Personal life He had 2 daughters, the actress Natasha Parry, who was married to the director Peter Brook, and Nina. Selected filmography Non director *''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) - unit producer *''The Stoker'' (1937) - unit producer *''In Which We Serve'' (1942) - location manager *''The Demi-Paradise'' (1943) - assistant to producer *'' The Way to the Stars'' (1945) - associate producer * '' Night Was Our Friend'' (1951) - producer As director * ''Bond Street'' (1948) * '' Third Time Lucky'' (1948) *''Now Barabbas'' (1949) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Court
Hazel Court (10 February 1926 – 15 April 2008) was an English actress. She is known for her roles in British and American horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s, including Terence Fisher's ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957) and ''The Man Who Could Cheat Death'' (1959) for Hammer Film Productions, and three of Roger Corman's adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for American International Pictures: '' The Premature Burial'' (1962), ''The Raven'' (1963) and '' The Masque of the Red Death'' (1964). Early life Court was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Her father, G.W. Court, was a cricketer who played for Durham CCC. She attended Boldmere School and Highclare College, and later studied drama at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Alexandra Theatre. Career At the age of sixteen, Court met film director Anthony Asquith in London; the meeting gained her a brief part in '' Champagne Charlie'' (1944). Court won a British Critics Award for her role as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' is a 1964 British dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963). Apparently adapting an idea from ''In Those Days'', a 1947 German drama by Helmut Käutner that had its US premiere in March 1951, ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' uses a yellow 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom II to frame the story of three very different owners: an English aristocrat, a Miami gangster and a wealthy American widow. It is set in the years up to and including the start of World War II. Prompted by the production team's success with '' The V.I.P.s'', the film boasts a similar all-star cast, including Rex Harrison, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley MacLaine, Omar Sharif, George C. Scott, Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau. The soundtrack song " Forget Domani" by Riz Ortolani won Best Original Song at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards. Another tune, "Mae", for the Scott-MacLaine- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The V
The V (LG VX9800) is a CDMA smartphone. It was released under Verizon Wireless in 2005. Since then, it has been replaced by the enV (VX9900), enV2 (VX9100) and enV3 (VX9200), which are much slimmer and maintain most of the features of The V, while adding a 2.0-megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth support.''CNET ''CNET'' (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. ''CNET'' originally produced content for radio and televi ...''"LG enV VX9900"/ref> References External links LG VX9800 Product information VX9800 Mobile phones introduced in 2005 {{mobile-phone-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcy Conyers
Darcy Conyers (1919–1973) was a British screenwriter, actor, producer and film director. He is sometimes credited as D'Arcy Conyers. He was the founder and creator of Bistro Vino in South Kensington, London, in 1964 - possibly the first casual dining restaurant in London. He also opened The Reject China Shop in Beauchamp Place, London SW3. Selected filmography Actor * '' Bond Street'' (1948) * ''The Jack of Diamonds'' (1949) * '' Golden Arrow'' (1949) * ''Trottie True'' (1949) * '' Ha'penny Breeze'' (1950) * '' Wings of Danger'' (1952) * '' The Time of His Life'' (1955) * '' The Blue Peter'' (1955) Director * ''The Secret of the Forest'' (1956) * '' The Devil's Pass'' (1957) * ''The Night We Dropped a Clanger'' (1959) * '' The Night We Got the Bird'' (1961) * ''Nothing Barred ''Nothing Barred'' is a 1961 British black and white comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn and Naunton Wayne. Plot Penniless Lord Whitebait (Naunton Wayne) p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a well-known stage comedian, and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith. He had a sister called Polly who corresponded with Lewis Carroll in the 1890s. He adopted the stage name of Aubrey early in his acting career. Information is scant on Mallalieu's pre-film career, but he is believed to have had a lengthy stage career before making the move into films. Archive sources available in New Zealand indicate that he spent a considerable number of years touring with stage companies in that country and Australia in the 1900s and 1910s. In December 1912 Mallalieu was touring Australia with Leal Douglas in a piece called “Feed the Brute”.Public Notices in ''Townsville Daily Bulletin'', 11 December 1912, p. 1; “Direct from Harry Rickards's Theatres. AU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Gilbert Dwyer (28 August 1906 – 26 December 1986) was an English film and television actor. Career He was born in Catford, the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom '' Hi-de-Hi!''. Film roles included '' In Which We Serve'' (1942), '' The Way Ahead'' (1944), the 1952 remake of '' Hindle Wakes'', '' Act of Love'' (1953) in which he played a two hander scene opposite the young Brigitte Bardot, ''Room in the House'' (1955), the 1959 remake of Hitchcock's '' The 39 Steps'', and ''Die, Monster, Die!'' (1966). He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's play '' Flare Path''. He played Drinkwater in the 1953 television production of George Bernard Shaw's 'Captain Brassbound's Conversion'. His most notable television role was as Mr Partridge, the miserable, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Goldner
Charles Goldner was an Austrian-born actor who appeared in a number of British films during the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Vienna, Austria, on 7 December 1900, he made his screen debut in the 1940 film '' Room for Two'' and went on to appear in '' Brighton Rock'', '' No Orchids for Miss Blandish'', ''Bond Street'' and ''The Captain's Paradise''. His stage work included starring in the 1954 Broadway musical ''The Girl in Pink Tights''. He died on 15 April 1955 in London, England. Partial filmography * '' Room for Two'' (1940) - (uncredited) * ''The Seventh Survivor'' (1942) - Tony Anzoni * ''Mr. Emmanuel'' (1944) - Committee Secretary * ''Flight from Folly'' (1945) - Ramon * ''The Laughing Lady'' (1946) - Robespierre * '' Brighton Rock'' (1948) - Colleoni * '' No Orchids for Miss Blandish'' (1948) - Louis—Headwaiter * '' One Night with You'' (1948) - Fogliati * ''Bond Street'' (1948) - Waiter * ''Bonnie Prince Charlie'' (1948) - Capt. Ferguson * '' Third Time Lucky'' (1949) - Fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Dowling
Joan Dowling (6 January 1928 – 31 March 1954) was a British character actress. Life and career Dowling was the illegitimate daughter of Vera Dowling. A piece in ''The Laindon and District Times'', on 23 June 2015, written by her cousin John Strickland, says she was born in the house called 'Carlyle', which is one of the turreted bungalows in Laindon High Road North, and brought up by her great-grandmother, Elizabeth Dowling, in Uxbridge. She had a passion for acting, although she was never formally trained, and took roles in small plays, pantomimes and other productions whenever she could. At the age of 14 she approached a London acting agency and was given her first 'proper' part in a small production (title unknown). Her major acting debut came when producer Anthony Hawtrey cast her in the role of Norma Bates in the Joan Temple play ''No Room at the Inn''. The play's first performance was at the Embassy Theatre in July 1945. Subsequently, the play transferred under pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Griffith
Kenneth Griffith (born Kenneth Reginald Griffiths, 12 October 1921 – 25 June 2006) was a Welsh actor and documentary filmmaker. His outspoken views made him a controversial figure, especially when presenting documentaries which have been called "among the most brilliant, and controversial, ever made in Britain". Early life He was born Kenneth Griffiths in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. His parents separated and left Tenby six months after his birth, leaving him with his paternal grandparents, Emily and Ernest, who adopted him. His grandparents were staunch Wesleyan Methodists who taught him to question everything; he attended the local Wesleyan Methodist chapel three times every Sunday, and became a lively rugby union scrum-half. He passed the 11-plus and attended Greenhill Grammar School in Tenby, where he met English literature teacher Evelyn Ward, who recognised his writing and acting talent. Before Kenneth left school, his headmaster J. T. Griffith suggested that he dro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrianne Allen
Adrianne Allen (7 February 1907 – 14 September 1993) was an English stage actress. Most often seen in light comedy, Allen played Sybil Chase in the original West End production of ''Private Lives'' and Elizabeth Bennet in the 1935 Broadway production of ''Pride and Prejudice''. She appeared in several films and was the mother of actors Daniel and Anna Massey. Life and career Allen was born in Manchester on 7 February 1907 to John and Margaret Allen. After her education in France and Germany, she trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where her 1926 graduation performance caught the attention of Basil Dean, who cast her as Nina Vansittart in the Noël Coward play '' Easy Virtue'', when it arrived to London from Broadway. In 1929, she married Raymond Massey, after he had cast her for a part in Noël Coward's play ''The Rat Trap''. Her first West End appearance followed in July 1930, where she played the role of Sibyl in Noël Coward's ''Private Lives' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Flemyng
Benjamin Arthur Flemyng (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995), known professionally as Robert Flemyng, was a British actor. The son of a doctor, and originally intended for a medical career, Flemyng learned his stagecraft in provincial repertory theatre. In 1935 he appeared in a leading role in the West End, and the following year had his first major success, in Terence Rattigan's comedy '' French Without Tears''. Between then and the Second World War he appeared in London and New York in a succession of comedies. On the outbreak of war in 1939 Flemyng volunteered for the Royal Army Service Corps, and served with distinction, winning the Military Cross. After the war he continued to appear in light comedies, but also took on more serious roles in plays by T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, John Whiting and others. He toured Australia, Britain, Canada, India, South Africa and the US in a wide range of parts, from comedy to classic drama. Flemyng's broadcasting was principally in two tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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