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I'll Turn To You
''I'll Turn to You'' is a 1946 British drama film directed by Geoffrey Faithfull and starring Terry Randall, Don Stannard and Harry Welchman. A returning serviceman faces problems with his wife and his job. Although not a musical, the film has a lengthy concert segment at the end that allows the title song to wrap up the narrative. Plot Ex-pilot Roger Meredith returns to his wife Aileen, and to his pre-war job in an advertising agency, but finds settilng back into civilian life difficult. Despite an offer of a luxury apartment from Henry Browning, Aileen's rich admirer, Aileen prefers independence and instead finds dilapidated rooms for the family. Roger hates their low standard of living. He loses faith in himself, quits his job and leaves Aileen and their young child. Later Henry bumps into Roger, who is now a hotel porter, and persuades him to return to Aileen. They are reconciled. Cast * Terry Randall as Aileen Meredith * Don Stannard as Roger Meredith * Harry Welchman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Faithfull
Geoffrey Faithfull British Society of Cinematographers, B.S.C., (28 January 1893 – 1 December 1979) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 190 feature films from starting in the industry in the 1910s. Faithfull also directed two films: ''For You Alone'' (1945) and ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946). He worked on several films with Michael Powell and among his later work was responsible for the 1960 SF classic ''Village of the Damned (1960 film), Village of the Damned''. Selected filmography * ''Molly Bawn (film), Molly Bawn'' (1916) * ''What Next?'' (1928) * ''Wait and See (1928 film), Wait and See'' (1929) * ''Would You Believe It!'' (1929) * ''The Silent House (1929 film), The Silent House'' (1929) * ''Red Pearls'' (1930) * ''The Last Hour (1930 film), The Last Hour'' (1930) * ''You'd Be Surprised!'' (1930) * ''77 Rue Chalgrin '' (1931) * ''The Other Woman (1931 film), The Other Woman'' (1931) * ''The Professional Guest'' (1931) * ''Two Crowded Hours'' (1931) * ''Self ... [...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. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, known locally as Walton, is a market town on the bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames, Thames in northwest Surrey, England. It is in the Borough of Elmbridge, about southwest of central London. Walton forms part of the Greater London Built-up Area, and is served by a wide range of transport links. According to the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 Census, the town has a total population of 22,834. The town itself consists mostly of suburban streets, with a historic town centre of Celtic origin. It is one of the largest towns in Elmbridge, alongside Weybridge. History The name "Walton" is Old English, Anglo-Saxon in origin and is cognate with the common phonetic combination meaning "Briton settlement" (literally, "Welsh Town" – weal(as) tun). Before the Ancient Rome, Romans and the Saxons were present, a Celts, Celtic settlement was here. The most common Old English word for the Celtic inhabitants was the "Wealas", originally meaning "foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walton Studios
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England.hepworthfilm.org Retrieved 2011-12-28 Hepworth was a pioneering studio in the early 20th century and released the first film adaptation of '''' ('''', 1903). The decline of the British cinematic production industry in the mid-20th century led to a decline in work for the facility, and after failing to financially survive as a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Welling
Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) *Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter * Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive * Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer credited as "Sylvia" in Australia and the UK * Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial arts fighter * Colin Sylvia, Australian football player Places * Mount Sylvia, a former name of Xueshan on Taiwan Island * Mount Sylvia, Queensland, Australia * Sylvia, Kansas, a town in Kansas, United States * Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, New York City, New York, United States * Fort Sylvia, now Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysia Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Sylvia'' (comic strip), a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Nicole Hollander Films * ''Sylvia'' (1961 film), an Australian television play * ''Sylvia'' (1965 film), an American drama film * ''Sylvia'' (1985 film), a New Zealand film about New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner * ''Sylvia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Macpherson
Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (Iranian music band), Iranian singer, composer, arranger, and keyboard player *Sandy (Brazilian singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983) * Sandy (Egyptian singer), Arabic singer Sandy Adel Ahmed Hussein (born 1986) * (Sandy) Alex G, a former stage name of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexander Giannascoli (born 1993) * Sandy Mitchell, pen name of British writer Alex Stewart Places * Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, a market town and civil parish ** Sandy railway station * Sandy, Carmarthenshire, Wales * Sandy, Florida, an unincorporated area in Manatee County * Sandy, Oregon, a city * Sandy, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Sandy, Utah, a city * Sandy, Kanawha County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Sandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Laye
Evelyn Laye (''née'' Elsie Evelyn Lay; 10 July 1900 – 17 February 1996) was an English actress and singer known for her performances in operettas and musical theatre, musicals. Born into a theatrical family, she made her professional début in 1915 aged fifteen and quickly established herself in Edwardian musical comedy, musical comedy. By 1920 she was starring in leading roles in the West End theatre, West End at Daly's Theatre, Daly's and other theatres, becoming London's highest-paid star. Her first marriage, in 1926, to the performer Sonnie Hale was brief and ended in divorce after he abandoned her for the singer Jessie Matthews. Laye made her American debut in 1929 starring in Noël Coward's musical ''Bitter Sweet (operetta), Bitter Sweet''. In the 1930s she divided her time between the West End and Broadway theatre, Broadway, and starred in American and British films. She entertained Royal Navy, naval personnel during the Second World War. Afterwards, when fashion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Keene
Hamilton George Keene (15 November 1896 – 4 October 1975) was a British stage actor, stage and film actor.Edwards p.188 He appeared in more than thirty British films, originally in more prominent roles during the early 1930s and later in smaller, often uncredited parts. They included: The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film), ''The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1937), It's Not Cricket (1949 film), ''It's Not Cricket'' (1949), ''Burnt Evidence'' (1964) and nearly thirty others. Selected filmography * ''Lost Patrol (1929 film), Lost Patrol'' (1929) * ''The Middle Watch (1930 film), The Middle Watch'' (1930) * ''Suspense (1930 film), Suspense'' (1930) * ''The New Hotel'' (1932) * ''Illegal (1932 film), Illegal'' (1932) * ''Leave It to Blanche'' (1934) * ''The Blue Squadron (1934 film), The Blue Squadron'' (1934) * ''The Office Wife (1934 film), The Office Wife'' (1934) * ''Little Stranger (film), Little Stranger'' (1934) * ''The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937 film), The Mutiny of the Elsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vi Kaley
Vi Kaley, (19 November 1878, Lambeth – 1967, Marylebone), was a British actress. Violet Kaley married the gymnast Alfred Lilley Artois (1874-1933) in 1899. Partial filmography * '' Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' (1932) * '' A Royal Demand'' (1933) * '' Gay Old Dog'' (1935) * ''The Man Without a Face'' (1935) * '' I Live Again'' (1936) * '' Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * ''The Song of the Road'' (1937) * ''Auld Lang Syne'' (1937) * '' On Velvet'' (1938) * '' The Second Mr. Bush'' (1940) * ''Love on the Dole'' (1941) * '' Front Line Kids'' (1942) * '' Gert and Daisy's Weekend'' (1942) * '' Variety Jubilee'' (1943) * '' Fanny by Gaslight'' (1944) * ''I'll Turn to You'' (1946) * '' The Trojan Brothers'' (1946) * '' Code of Scotland Yard'' (1947) * ''The Fool and the Princess'' (1948) * '' Woman Hater'' (1948) * '' My Brother Jonathan'' (1948) * ''The Mudlark'' (1950) * '' Something in the City'' (1950) * '' Scrooge (1951) * ''My Wife's Lodger'' (1952) * ''Cosh Boy ''Cosh Boy'' (released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Vyvyan
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963–2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore * Jack (hero), an archetypal Cornish and English hero and stock character Animals and plants Fish *Carangidae generally, including: **Almaco jack **Amberjack **Bar jack ** Black jack (fish) ** Crevalle jack **Giant trevall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Keir
David Keir (1884–1971) was a British film actor, who also appeared on stage Stage, stages, or staging may refer to: Arts and media Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly Brit .... Selected filmography References External links * 1884 births 1971 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors 20th-century British male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Hall (actor)
Cameron Hall (6 January 1897 – 19 December 1983) was an English actor. He was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and died, age 86, in Sidmouth, Devon. Selected filmography * ''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (1935) * '' First a Girl'' (1935) - Cast Member (uncredited) * '' Dark World'' (1935) * '' The Man Behind the Mask'' (1936) - Cast Member (uncredited) * ''This'll Make You Whistle'' (1936) - Furnishings Salesman (uncredited) * '' Conquest of the Air'' (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Lilac Domino'' (1937) - Arnim * ''Adventure's End'' (1937) - Slivers * ''The Citadel'' (1938) - Man Who Buys Microscope (uncredited) * ''Yes, Madam?'' (1939) - Catlett * ''The Stars Look Down'' (1940) - Cinema Commissionaire (uncredited) * ''Contraband'' (1940) - Naval Officer (uncredited) * '' A Window in London'' (1940) - Hotel Doorman (uncredited) * '' Three Silent Men'' (1940) - Badger Wood * '' Neutral Port'' (1940) - Charlie Baxter * '' Spellbound'' (AKA ' Passing Clouds '. Rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
