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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'' broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldridge
Aldridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It is historically, a village that was part of Staffordshire until 1974. The town is from Brownhills, from Walsall, from Sutton Coldfield and from Lichfield. The town is also the second-largest town in the Walsall Borough (by population, after Walsall). History The name "Aldridge" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ''alr'' or ''alre'' + ''wīc'' meaning 'alder (tree) + village'. Another suggestion is that the name "Aldridge" means "outlying farm among alder-trees", from the Old English ''alor'' and ''wīc''. It was recorded as ''Alrewic'' in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was valued at 15 shillings and had a population of seven households; the Lord was Robert (d'Oilly) and the tenant-in-chief was William son of Ansculf. The name was recorded as ''Alrewich'' and ''Allerwych'' in the 12th century. Aldridge began as a small agricultural settlement, with farming being the most commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Gilbert And Sullivan
''The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan'' (also known as ''Gilbert & Sullivan'' and ''The Great Gilbert and Sullivan'') is a 1953 British musical drama film dramatisation of the collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan. Librettist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, portrayed by Robert Morley and Maurice Evans, co-wrote fourteen extraordinarily successful comic operas, later referred to as the Savoy Operas, which continue to be popular today. The film, directed by Sidney Gilliat, is based on Leslie Baily's ''The Gilbert and Sullivan Book'', and Baily co-wrote the screenplay with Gilliat. Shot in Technicolor, it was produced by Gilliat and Frank Launder for London Films in time to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The film was a box-office failure. Description In addition to describing the ups and downs of the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan, and their relationships with their producer, Richard D'Oyly Carte, the movie depicts many of the people who perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransom (1974 Film)
''Ransom'', known in North America and some countries as ''The Terrorists'', is a 1975 British crime film starring Sean Connery and Ian McShane and directed by Finnish director Caspar Wrede. Plot A small group of terrorists have seized the British ambassador to the fictitious country of "Scandinavia", and are holding him hostage in his residence. Scandinavia's head of security, Col. Nils Tahlvik, wants to take an uncompromising position, but he is overruled by the governments of both Scandinavia and Britain, who insist that all of the terrorists' demands be met. A passenger aeroplane arriving at the airport of Scandinavia's capital city is hijacked by another small group of terrorists, led by Ray Petrie. The aeroplane ends up parked on an isolated taxiway, and Petrie demands that he be put in touch with Martin Shepherd, leader of the group holding the British ambassador hostage. Petrie, who is known by Shepherd, convinces Shepherd that his group and his hostages should leave o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Catch A Spy
''To Catch a Spy'' is a 1971 comedy film, comedy spy film directed by Dick Clement and starring Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert, Trevor Howard, Richard Pearson (actor), Richard Pearson, Garfield Morgan, Angharad Rees and Robert Raglan. It was written by Clement and Ian La Frenais. The story is based on the 1969 novel ''Catch Me a Spy'' by George Marton and Tibor Méray. It was a co-production (filmmaking), co-production between Britain, the United States and France, which was filmed in Bucharest, Romania. It was also part filmed on Loch Awe and Loch Etive, Scotland, where the gunboat scenes were filmed, and featured Kirk Douglas running through a herd of Highland cattle which were owned by David Fellowes. It was also released as ''Catch Me a Spy'' and ''Keep Your Fingers Crossed''. Plot Fabienne, a young French-born British schoolteacher marries and heads to Bucharest in the Eastern Bloc for their honeymoon. Her husband is arrested by secret police and soon turns out to have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inadmissible Evidence (film)
''Inadmissible Evidence'' is a 1968 British drama film directed by Anthony Page and starring Nicol Williamson and Jill Bennett. John Osborne wrote the screenplay, adapting his own 1964 play ''Inadmissible Evidence''. The film portrays the collapse of an angry but sad man who cannot maintain decent standards in his life and antagonises everybody. As with other Osborne plays, it is possible to see his descent as representative of his class, culture and nation. Plot The film follows a couple of days in the life of Bill Maitland, a 39-year-old Englishman who is head of small law firm in London and is tortured by his inadequacies as a lawyer, as an employer, as a husband, as a father, as a friend (he has none) and as a lover (for though women succumb quickly to him, he cannot maintain a relationship). Punctuated by interior monologues and imagined scenes, it shows him being abandoned by everybody as they come to realise that they cannot rely on him. He first loses his secretary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light In The Piazza (film)
''Light in the Piazza'' is a 1962 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, and Barry Sullivan. Based on the 1960 novel '' The Light in the Piazza'' by Elizabeth Spencer, the film is about a beautiful but mentally disabled young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother and the Italian man they meet during one leg of their trip. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ''Light in the Piazza'' features extensive location shooting in 1960s Florence and Rome by the cinematographer Otto Heller. At the Imdb article, accessed Jan 2012 at the Turner Classic Movie Movie database, accessed Jan 2012 Plot While taking a summer holiday in Florence with her mother Meg, 26-year-old Clara Johnson, an American who was kicked in the head by a pony during childhood and now mentally disabled, meets and falls in love with a young Italian named Fabrizio Naccarelli. Fabrizio is blinded by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Island (film)
''Virgin Island'' (U.S. title: ''Our Virgin Island British Virgin Islands, Report - Page 6 Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1958 GENERAL The Colony was the location for the film Virgin Island shot by Countryman Films Ltd. of London during the period September to November, 1957. The film was based on Robb White's book Our Virgin Island which had its setting on ...'') is a 1958 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell and Sidney Poitier. It was adapted by Ring Lardner Jr. from the 1953 memoir ''Our Virgin Island'' by Robb White. Premise A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island. Cast Production It was filmed on the British Virgin Islands. Freddie Francis said he was "pressured" into doing the film by producer Leon Clore. I don't think Pat Jackson particularly wanted me to do it. But Leon wanted me to do it. Not that there was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davy (film)
''Davy'' is a 1958 British comedy-drama film directed by Michael Relph and starring Harry Secombe, Alexander Knox and Ron Randell. It was written by WIlliam Rose. It was the last comedy to be made by Ealing Studios and was the first British film in Technirama. ''Davy'' was intended to launch the solo career of Harry Secombe, who was already a popular British radio personality on ''The Goon Show'', but it was only moderately successful. Secombe said it "was to be my big chance to score a success in films, something I had longed to do ever since I started in the business. My previous attempts at becoming a film star were pretty poor to put it mildly." Plot A young entertainer is conflicted over the chance of a big break. He has to decide whether to remain with his family's music hall act or to go solo. Main cast * Harry Secombe as Davy Morgan * Alexander Knox as Sir Giles Manning * Ron Randell as George * George Relph as Uncle Pat Morgan * Susan Shaw as Gwen * Bill Owe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Clouds
''Out of the Clouds'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty and James Robertson Justice. It was loosely based on the novel ''The Springboard'' by John Fores and was adapted by Rex Reinits, with a screenplay by Michael Relph and John Eldridge. An Ealing Studios production, the film is composed of small stories dealing with the passengers and crew on a day at London Airport (the name of Heathrow Airport 1946–1966). Plot During a day at an airport in London, many complications arise, involving both passengers and airline crew members. Pilot Gus Randall is a compulsive gambler who is caught up in a smuggling ring as well as a love triangle; Nick Millbourne is the chief duty officer who wants to get back in the sky and vies with Gus for the attention of stewardess Penny Henson and passengers Bill Steiner and German Leah Rosch cross paths on opposite journeys; after their flights are grounded by bad weather, they fall in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twice Upon A Time (1953 Film)
''Twice Upon a Time'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Emeric Pressburger and starring Hugh Williams, Elizabeth Allan, Yolande Larthe, and Charmian Larthe. It is based on the 1949 novel ''Lisa and Lottie'' by Erich Kästner.Goble p.252 ''Lotte and Lisa'' had already been adapted into the films '' Two Times Lotte'' (1950) and '' Hibari no komoriuta'' (1951). ''Twice Upon a Time'' was the first English-language film adaptation; the story was later twice adapted as '' The Parent Trap'' (1961 and 1998) and has been remade a number of times in English and many other languages. It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Arthur Lawson. The film is the only solo directing credit for Pressburger, whose other directing credits are in association with Michael Powell. Plot Twin sisters are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are sent to the same summer camp, and they hatch a plan to reunite their parents. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Hours Of A Woman's Life
''24 Hours of a Woman's Life'', also known as ''Affair in Monte Carlo'', is a 1952 British romantic drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Merle Oberon, Richard Todd and Leo Genn. It is loosely based on the 1927 novella by Stefan Zweig. Produced by ABPC, it was shot at the company's Elstree Studios and on location in Monaco. The film's sets were designed by the art director Terence Verity. Plot Monsieur Blanc, the middle-aged proprietor of a café in Antibes, is eagerly preparing for his wedding to Henriette. He is devastated, however, when Henriette runs away with a young man she apparently only met the day before. Robert Sterling, a writer and one of the café patrons, tells the other diners that he has seen the same thing before: someone falling in love with a complete stranger. He was playing host to Linda, a young widow whom he knew well, and three other guests aboard his yacht anchored in Monte Carlo. When he persuades her to visit the casino one night, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Douglas-Home
William Douglas Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician. Early life Douglas-Home (he later dropped the hyphen from his surname) was the third son of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and Lady Lilian Lambton, daughter of the 4th Earl of Durham. His eldest brother was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964. He was educated at Ludgrove School, Eton College and New College, Oxford, where he read history. His first play, ''Murder in Pupil Room'', was performed by his classmates at Eton in 1926 when he was only fourteen. On 26 July 1951, he married the Hon. Rachel Brand (who later inherited the barony of Dacre), the daughter of Thomas Brand, 4th Viscount Hampden and 26th Baron Dacre, and Leila Emily Seely. They had four children. Political career During the Second World War, Douglas-Home contested three parliamentary by-elections as an independent candidate opposed to Winston Churchill's war aim of an uncondition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
