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Gerald Harper
Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929) is a retired English actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' (1966–67) and '' Hadleigh'' (1969–76). He then returned to his main love, the theatre. His classical work includes playing on Broadway with the Old Vic company, playing Iago at the Bristol Old Vic and Benedick at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Other plays in London included ''Crucifer of Blood'' at the Haymarket Theatre, ''House Guest'', ''A Personal Affair'', ''Suddenly at Home'' and ''Baggage''. He has directed many plays, amongst them a production of '' Blithe Spirit'' in Hebrew at the Israeli National Theatre. Early life Harper was born in Middlesex, and originally wanted to be a doctor, but became interested in acting while still at school. He was educated at Haileybury. After two years of national service in the British Army, he decided to abandon his medicine course at Cambridge University and successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Haileybury And Imperial Service College
Haileybury is a co-educational public school (fee-charging boarding and day school for 11- to 18-year-olds) located in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire. It is a member of the Rugby Group and enrols pupils at the 11+, 13+ and 16+ stages of education. Over 890 pupils attend Haileybury, of whom more than 550 board. The campus occupies over of Hertfordshire countryside, approximately from London. Academic Haileybury was judged 'Excellent in all areas' in its 2022 Inspection Report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). In 2022, 90% of A Level/IB grades were awarded at A*-B, or the equivalent. In 2023, the school saw 43.9% of its candidates score A*/A Model United Nations Haileybury hosts its own Model United Nations Conference every year, for over a thousand pupils, making it the largest MUN conference in the UK. The conference is typically held the weekend before the Easter holiday. History The Haileybury campus originally belonged to, and was occupied by, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cambridge University
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, world's third-oldest university in continuous operation. The university's founding followed the arrival of scholars who left the University of Oxford for Cambridge after a dispute with local townspeople. The two ancient university, ancient English universities, although sometimes described as rivals, share many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. In 1231, 22 years after its founding, the university was recognised with a royal charter, granted by Henry III of England, King Henry III. The University of Cambridge includes colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 semi-autonomous constituent colleges and List of institutions of the University of Cambridge#Schools, Faculties, and Departments, over 150 academic departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gazette (TV Series)
''Gazette'' is a British television series which first aired on ITV in 1968. It starred Gerald Harper as James Hadleigh, a millionaire who relocates from London to Yorkshire and buys a local newspaper founded by his father many years before. The cast also included Jon Laurimore, Ralph Michael and Gillian Wray. Harper had just come off his starring role in the BBC series '' Adam Adamant Lives''. The show was made by Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ... and was popular with audiences. Although a second series of ''Gazette'' was initially planned, it was instead decided to launch a follow-up called '' Hadleigh'' which focused on the title character in his role as a local landowner. This ran for four series between 1969 and 1976.Vahimagi p.173 Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Lady Vanishes (1979 Film)
''The Lady Vanishes'' is a 1979 British mystery comedy film directed by Anthony Page and written by George Axelrod, based on the screenplay of 1938's ''The Lady Vanishes'' by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, in turn based on Ethel Lina White's 1936 novel ''The Wheel Spins''. The film stars Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, and Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael. A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film of the same name, the plot follows two Americans travelling by train across 1939 Germany. Together, they investigate the mysterious disappearance of an English nanny also travelling on the train. The remake's setting is essentially similar to Hitchcock's, but is openly set in pre-Second World War Germany rather than in the original fictional country. The Austrian fountain of Oberdrauburg by Hellmuth Marx is part of the setting. In addition, both leads have their nationality changed from British to American. The film was the last production by Hammer Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Shoes Of The Fisherman (movie)
''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' is a 1968 American epic political drama film directed by Michael Anderson, based on Morris West’s 1963 novel about Vatican and Cold War politics. The film stars Anthony Quinn, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 14, 1968. It received mixed reviews, but received Oscar nominations for Best Original Score and Best Production Design. Composer Alex North won a Golden Globe for his score, and the film was nominated for Best Motion Picture Drama. Plot During the height of the Cold War, Kiril Pavlovich Lakota, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Soviet Union, is unexpectedly set free after 20 years in a Siberian labour camp by his former gaoler Piotr Ilyich Kamenev, now the Premier of the Soviet Union. He is sent to Rome, where the pope makes him a cardinal, assigned titulus of the Church of St. Athanasius. Lakota is reluctant, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Punch And Judy Man
''The Punch and Judy Man'' is a 1963 black and white British comedy film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Tony Hancock, Sylivia Syms, Ronald Fraser and Barbara Murray. It was written by Hancock from a script by Philip Oakes, and made by Elstree Studios for the Associated British Picture Corporation. It was Hancock's second and last starring role in a film, following '' The Rebel'' (1961). Plot Wally Pinner is a Punch and Judy man working on the beach in the (fictional) seaside town of Piltdown. He works with his assistant who also makes and repairs the puppets. Wally and the other individuals who have beach businesses, including the Sandman who makes sand sculptures and Nevil the photographer, are a friendly community of people who pride themselves on their independence. This community is, however, frowned upon by the mayor and council, who consider it a social blight. Wally's wife, Delia, runs a seaside curios shop below their flat, and is socially ambitious for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Young Ones (1961 Film)
''The Young Ones'' (US title: ''Wonderful to Be Young!'') is a 1961 British comedy musical film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Cliff Richard, Robert Morley as his character's father, Carole Gray as his love interest, and the Shadows as his band. The screenplay was written by Peter Myers and Ronald Cass, who also wrote most of the songs. Herbert Ross choreographed the dance scenes. Its soundtrack spawned numerous hits, including the title track. Although Richard had appeared in two pictures prior, ''The Young Ones'' was his first major film in a string of musical films including '' Summer Holiday'' and '' Wonderful Life''. The film was produced by the Associated British Picture Corporation and shot at their Elstree Studios. It had its World Premiere on 13 December 1961 at the Warner Theatre in London's West End. Plot The story is about a youth club member, and aspiring singer, Nicky and his friends, who try to save their youth club in London's West End from an u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tunes Of Glory
''Tunes of Glory'' is a 1960 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame, starring Alec Guinness and John Mills, featuring Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, John Fraser, Duncan MacRae, Gordon Jackson and Susannah York. It is based on the 1956 novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. The film is a psychological drama focusing on events in a wintry Scottish Highland regimental barracks in the period immediately following the Second World War. Writer Kennaway served with the Gordon Highlanders, and the title refers to the bagpiping that accompanies every important action of the battalion. Plot In January 1948, at the officers' mess of a Highland battalion, Jock Sinclair announces that this is his last day as acting commanding officer. Sinclair, who is still only a substantive major despite having been in command (as an acting lieutenant-colonel) since the battalion's commanding officer died during the North Africa Campaign, is to be replaced by Lieutenant-Colonel Basil Barrow. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The League Of Gentlemen (film)
''The League of Gentlemen'' is a 1960 British heist action comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey and Richard Attenborough. It is based on John Boland's 1958 novel of the same name, and features a screenplay written by Bryan Forbes, who also co-starred in the film. In the film, former officers of the British Army plan a bank robbery in the City of London. They raid an army training camp in Dorset to get the weapons they need, and frame the Irish Republican Army (IRA) for the raid. Plot A manhole opens at night in an empty street, and out climbs Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hyde in a dinner suit. He gets into a Rolls-Royce and drives home. There, Hyde prepares seven envelopes, each containing an American crime paperback titled ''The Golden Fleece'', one half of each of ten £5-notes, and an invitation to a lunch at the Cafe Royal hosted by "Co-Operative Removals Ltd." Hyde sends the envelopes to former army officers, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Night To Remember (1958 Film)
''A Night to Remember'' is a 1958 British historical disaster film, directed by Roy Ward Baker. Its screenplay by Eric Ambler was based on the 1955 book by Walter Lord, depicting the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912, after it struck an iceberg. The film recounts the events of that night in a documentary-style fashion in considerable detail. It stars Kenneth More as the ship's Second Officer Charles Lightoller and features Michael Goodliffe, Laurence Naismith, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum and Tucker McGuire. ''A Night to Remember'' was filmed at Pinewood Studios from October 1957 to March 1958. The production team, supervised by producer William MacQuitty, used blueprints of the ship to create authentic sets, while Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall and ex- Cunard Commodore Harry Grattidge worked as technical advisors on the film. Its estimated budget of up to £600,000 made it the most expensive film ever made in Britain up to that time. The film's sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Admirable Crichton (1957 Film)
''The Admirable Crichton'' is a 1957 British south seas adventure comedy romance film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes. The film was based on J. M. Barrie's 1902 stage comedy of the same name. It was released in the United States as ''Paradise Lagoon''. Plot In 1905 William Crichton is the efficient butler in the London household of the Earl of Loam and his family. Crichton knows his place in the highly class-conscious English society. The earl insists that all men are equal, and to prove it, he orders his daughters to treat the staff as guests during an uncomfortable afternoon tea. Lady Brocklehurst arrives and strongly disapproves of the arrangement, as does Crichton. When Lady Catherine, one of the Earl's daughters, is arrested at a suffragette protest, Crichton recommends the family take a trip on the Earl's steam yacht to the South Seas until the scandal dies down. When the yacht's motors explode dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Frankie Howerd
Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian. Early life Howerd was born the son of a soldier Francis Alfred William (1887–1934)England & Wales, Death Index: 1916–2005 and Edith Florence Howard (née Morrison, 1888–1962), at the City Hospital in York, England, in 1917 (not 1922 as he later claimed). His mother worked at the Rowntree's factory. The family lived in Hartoft Street, which he later described as ''"a poorish area of the city near the River Ouse, Yorkshire, River Ouse"''. He retained an affection for his home city, to which he often returned. When his father was posted to Woolwich Garrison, Woolwich, the family moved to Eltham, London while he was a young child, and he was educated at Shooters Hill Sixth Form College, Shooter's Hill Grammar School in Shooter's Hill.Howerd, Frankie (1976) ''On the Way I Lost It'', W.H. Allen, Career His first stage appearance was at ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
