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Little Big Shot (1952 Film)
''Little Big Shot'' is a 1952 British comedy film, comedy crime film by Jack Raymond, and starring Ronald Shiner, Marie Löhr, and Derek Farr. It was film producer, produced by Henry Halsted's Byron Film and distributed by Associated British. It was the final film of Raymond, who had begun his career in the silent era. Plot summary Henry Hawkwood, the bumbling son of a recently deceased crime boss, does his best to follow in his father's footsteps, but to little avail. In the end, he accidentally switches sides and helps to bring in the crooks. Cast Production The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. The movie was known as ''Treble Chance'' and filming began February 1952. Critical reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: " A farce with poor script, hack direction and Marie Lohr unfairly miscast. The imbecilic policeman played by Derek Farr is conceived on a childish comic level. Ronald Shiner performs as energetically as ever, but no amount o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English people, English actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in ''A Detective for a Day''. In 1921, he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in 1953. He was associated with the Hepworth Pictures, Hepworth Studios of Walton on Thames, since his portrait appears on a studio publicity postcard when he was probably in his early twenties. He had a major success in 1930 with ''The Great Game (1930 film), The Great Game'', one of the earliest films devoted to association football, football and followed it up with ''Up for the Cup (1931 film), Up for the Cup'' a year later. He remade ''Up for the Cup (1950 film), Up for the Cup'' in 1950. Partial filmography Director *''The Vicar of Wakefield (1913 film), The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1913) *''Red, White and Blue Blood'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Stewart (actress)
Marjorie Frances Esclairmonde Stewart (Lady Marling) (18 May 19129 November 1988) was a British actress and a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Early life and career Stewart was born on 18 May 1912 in Kensington, London, the daughter of Sir Frances Stewart. She started her acting career at a young age and by the age of five, made her theatrical debut and continued to perform in various West End plays West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu .... Her early exposure to the stage set the foundation for her later career in acting. World War II service In 1939, Stewart's career took a pivotal turn when she joined the SOE. Initially employed as a lift operator, she quickly rose to the position of secretary to SOE Controller Patrick Howarth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Films
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International Events *January 10 – Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, '' The Greatest Show on Earth'', is premièred at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. * March 27 – The MGM musical '' Singin' in the Rain'' premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. *May 26 – Decision reached in Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson determining that certain provisions of the New York Education Law allowing a censor to forbid the commercial showing of any non-licensed motion picture film, or revoke or deny the license of a film deemed to be "sacrilegious," was a "restraint on freedom of speech" and thereby a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. * September 19 – While Charlie Chaplin is at sea on his way to the United Kingdom, the United States Attorney-General, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (often simply referred to as ''Laugh-In'') is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for six seasons from January 22, 1968, to July 23, 1973, on the NBC television network. The show, hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, originally aired as a one-time special on September 9, 1967, and was such a success that it was brought back as a series, replacing ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' on Mondays at 8 pm (ET). It quickly became the most popular television show in the United States. The title of the show was a play on the 1960s Hippie culture "love-ins" or the Counterculture "Central Park be-ins, be-ins", terms derived from the "sit-ins" common in protests associated with Civil rights movement, civil rights and List of protests against the Vietnam War, antiwar demonstrations of the time. In the pilot episode, Dan Rowan explained the show's approach: "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to television's first Laugh-In. Now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Movies
Sky Cinema is a British subscription film service owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema on demand content are available through these as well as via Now, EE TV and TalkTalk TV. In 2016, Sky rebranded its television film channel operations under one single branding on 8 July, the channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland were rebranded from Sky Movies to Sky Cinema; on 22 September in Germany and Austria, the Sky Cinema brand (originally used for the flagship network) was extended to the German channels in the group formerly known as Sky Film; the Italian Sky Cinema channels followed suit on 5 November by adopting the brand packages introduced in the United Kingdom and Ireland earlier. Output includes movie premieres from Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, and Sky original fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reluctant Heroes
''Reluctant Heroes'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner, Derek Farr and Christine Norden. It is based on the popular farce of the same title by Colin Morris. The play, which had its West End premiere at the Whitehall Theatre in September 1950, was the first of the Brian Rix company's Whitehall farces. The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith in West London. Its sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. Plot summary This comedy is set in an army boot camp. It displays a drill sergeant who must somehow turn an inept group of recruits into real soldiers. Cast * Ronald Shiner as Sergeant Bell * Derek Farr as Michael Tone * Christine Norden as Gloria Dennis * Brian Rix as Horace Gregory * Larry Noble as Trooper Morgan * Betty Empey as Pat Thompson * Angela Wheatland as Penny Roberts *Anthony Baird as Sgt. McKenzie * Colin Morris as Captain Percy - * Elspet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worm's Eye View
''Worm's Eye View'' is a 1951 British Technicolor comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner and Diana Dors. Based on the 1945 play of the same name by R.F. Delderfield, it was produced by Henry Halsted and Byron Films. Plot The film is set in a family home during World War II. Their bitter landlady is not pleased by five fighters from the Royal Air Force who are staying there and she re-directs unjustly her frustrations against the family. Part of the film appears in the 1948 Rise and Shiner. Cast * Ronald Shiner as Sam Porter * Garry Marsh as Pop Brownlow * Diana Dors as Thelma * John Blythe as Duke * Bruce Seton as Squadron Leader Briarly * Digby Wolfe as Corporal Mark Trelawney * Eric Davies as Taffy * Everley Gregg as Mrs. Bounty * Christina Forrest as Bella Bounty * Jonathan Field as Sydney * William Percy as Mr Bounty Original play The play was first staged in October 1944 by Basil Thomas, of the Wolverhampton Repertory Company. It went o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picturegoer
''Picturegoer'' was a fan magazine published in the United Kingdom between 1911 and 23 April 1960. Background The magazine was started in 1911 under the name ''The Pictures'' and in 1914 it merged with ''Picturegoer''. Following the merge it was renamed ''Pictures and The Picturegoer'', which continued until 1920. The same year it was renamed as ''Pictures for the Picturegoer''. It began publication with the name ''Picturegoer'' in January 1921. Odhams Press was the publisher of the magazine during the early years. It was initially published monthly through May 1931, switching to weekly publication on 30 May 1931 as ''Picturegoer Weekly''.British Library- Cinema and Film Periodicals: British and Irish, Picturegoer Retrieved 12 Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picture Show (magazine)
''Picture Show'' was a weekly film magazine, published in the United Kingdom between 3 May 1919 and 31 December 1960. Retrieved 12 November 2012 It was one of the longest-running film entertainment magazines in Britain. Overview ''Picture Show'' was launched in 1919. It was published throughout its run by the / Fleetway Publications as a weekly magazine.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kine Weekly
''Kinematograph Weekly'', popularly known as ''Kine Weekly'', was a trade paper catering to the British film industry between 1889 and 1971. Etymology The word Kinematograph was derived from the Greek ' Kinumai ', (to move, to be in motion, to go); and, from ' Grapho ', (to write, to inscribe); in the sense of meaning of ' writing ' in light and in motion. History ''Kinematograph Weekly'' was founded in 1889 as the monthly publication ''Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger''. In 1907 it was renamed ''Kinematograph Weekly'', containing trade news, advertisements, reviews, exhibition advice, and reports of regional and national meetings of trade organisations such as the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association and the Kinema Renters' Society. It was first published by pioneering film enthusiast, industrialist and printing entrepreneur E. T. Heron. In 1914 it published its first annual publication for the film industry, the ''Kinematograph Yearbook, Program Diary and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monthly Film Bulletin
The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a narrow arthouse release. History The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was edited in the mid-1950s by David Robinson, in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Peter John Dyer, and then by Tom Milne. By the end of the 1960s, when the character and tone of its reviews changed considerably with the arrival of a new generation of critics influenced by the student culture and intellectual tumult of the time (not least the overthrow of old ideas of "taste" and quality), David Wilson was the editor. It was then edited by Jan Dawson (1938 – 1980), for two years from 1971, and from 1973 until its demise by the New Zealand-born critic Richard Combs. In 1991, the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was merged with '' Sight & Sound'', which had until then be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Arnold
Wilfred Arnold (1903–1970), also known as C. Wilfred Arnold, was a British art director.Ryall p.98 He was a prolific contributor to British films, designing the sets for more than a hundred. His brother Norman Arnold was also an art director. Selected filmography * '' The Rat'' (1925) * '' The Sea Urchin'' (1926) * '' The Lodger'' (1927) * '' The Silver Lining'' (1927) * '' The Ring'' (1927) * '' The Farmer's Wife'' (1928) * ''Champagne'' (1928) * '' The First Born'' (1928) * '' The Manxman'' (1929) * ''Blackmail'' (1929) * ''Under the Greenwood Tree'' (1929) * '' Rich and Strange'' (1931) * '' The Outsider'' (1931) * '' Number Seventeen'' (1932) * ''Lord of the Manor'' (1933) * '' Sorrell and Son'' (1933) * '' One Precious Year'' (1933) * '' Dick Turpin'' (1934) * '' Girls Please!'' (1934) * '' I Spy'' (1934) * ''Brewster's Millions'' (1935) * '' Escape Me Never'' (1935) * '' The Mad Hatters'' (1935) * '' The Hope of His Side'' (1935) * '' Talk of the Devil'' (1936) * '' W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
