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The Adding Machine (film)
''The Adding Machine'' is a 1969 British fantasy comedy drama film produced, written, and directed by Jerome Epstein and starring Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller, Billie Whitelaw, Sydney Chaplin, and Raymond Huntley. It was based on a stage production of the 1923 Elmer Rice play '' The Adding Machine'' directed by Epstein in Los Angeles in the 1940s. It was distributed in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures. The action of the film takes place on Earth, in 1930s Manhattan during the Great Depression, and in Heaven. Plot Mr Zero is an accountant of twenty-five years standing whose job is about to be taken over by an adding machine. He murders his boss and is executed. He arrives in heaven and is put in charge of the heavenly adding machine. Thirty years pass and Zero is due to be sent back to earth, for the cycle to repeat. Cast * Milo O'Shea as Mr. Zero * Phyllis Diller as Mrs. Zero * Billie Whitelaw as Daisy Devore * Sydney Chaplin as Lieutenant Charles * Julian Glover a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Epstein (director)
Jerome Leonard Epstein (January 17, 1922 – November 16, 1991) was an American director, screenwriter and producer known for his nearly 30-year professional collaboration and friendship with Charlie Chaplin and his son Sydney Chaplin. Early life Epstein was born on January 17, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio. Epstein's father had come to America in 1905 to escape anti-Jewish pogroms in Vilkomir, Lithuania. Epstein's childhood was spent in Brooklyn, New York. During World War II, Epstein served in the Army Air Corps. After his military service, Epstein used the GI Bill to study drama at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he met Sydney Chaplin, the second son of English actor Charlie Chaplin. After UCLA, his first job was as road manager for close harmony singing group The Andrews Sisters. Career Circle Theater In 1946, Epstein, Sydney Chaplin, actress Kathleen Freeman, and several UCLA students founded the Circle Theatre, now known as El Centro Theatre, in Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression. Among the countries with the most unemployed were the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Weimar Republic, Germany. The Depression was preceded by a period of industrial growth and social development known as the "Roaring Twenties". Much of the profit generated by the boom was invested in speculation, such as on the stock market, contributing to growing Wealth inequality in the United States, wealth inequality. Banks were subject to laissez-faire, minimal regulation, resulting in loose lending and wides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shepperton Studios
Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England, with a history dating back to 1931. It is now part of Pinewood Group, the Pinewood Studios Group. During its early existence, the studio was branded as Sound City (not to be confused with the Californian recording studio of Sound City Studios, the same name). History 1930s–1960s Shepperton Studios was built on the grounds of Littleton Park, which was built in the 17th century by local nobleman Thomas Wood. The old mansion still stands on the site. Scottish businessman Norman Loudon purchased Littleton Park in 1931 for use by his new film company, Sound Film Producing & Recording Studios; the facility opened in 1932. The studios, which produced both short and feature films, expanded rapidly. Proximity to the Vickers-Armstrongs aircraft factory at Brooklands, which attracted German bombers, disrupted filming during the Second World War, as did the requisitioning of the studios in 1941 by the government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Boa
Andrew Bruce Boa (10 July 1930 – 17 April 2004) was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token American in British films and television, usually playing military types. Boa's most recognizable film role is in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) as General Carlist Rieekan. On television, his most notable role is probably as the brash, plain-speaking American guest, Mr. Harry Hamilton, in the ''Fawlty Towers'' episode "Waldorf Salad". Early life Bruce Boa was born on 10 July 1930 in Port Stanley, Ontario, the second of three children of Ila (née Phinn) and Andrew Boa, a clergyman. His older sister was Jungian analyst and author Marion Woodman, and his younger brother was Fraser Boa, also a Jungian analyst, who died in 1992. Boa attended the University of Western Ontario, graduating in 1952 with a degree in theology, then spent a brief period playing professional football for the Calgary Stampeders in 1952. After travelling through Central America and Europe, he beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Cleveland
Carol Cleveland (born Carol Gillian Frances on 13 January 1942) is an American-English actor, comedian, dancer, and model. She is particularly known for her work with Monty Python. Early life Born in East Sheen, London, she moved to the United States with her mother and U.S. Air Force stepfather at an early age. She was brought up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lubbock, Texas; and later Pasadena, California, where she attended John Marshall Junior High School and Pasadena High School. She is a former Miss California Navy and appeared as Miss Teen Queen in '' MAD Magazine'' at age 15. Cleveland was Miss Teen in the August 1958 issue of ''Dig'' magazine. Cleveland returned with her family to London in 1960, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career A stage actress and model, Carol Cleveland appeared in ''The Persuaders!'', in '' The Saint'' as a secretary, as a lover of Peter Wyngarde's character in '' The Avengers'' TV series episode "A Touch of Brimstone" (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Nagy (actor)
Bill Nagy (1921–1973) was a Hungarian-born Canadian film and television actor who settled and worked in Britain. He began working on the London stage, appearing in the West End production of ''South Pacific. Selected filmography Film * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) - G.I. at Table (uncredited) * '' River Beat'' (1954) - Eddie * '' Hands of Destiny'' (1954) - Captain Scott * '' The Brain Machine'' (1955) - Charlie * '' Shadow of a Man'' (1955) - Paul Bryant * '' Joe MacBeth'' (1955) - Marty * '' The Stolen Airliner'' (1955) - Luiz * '' Cloak Without Dagger'' (1956) - Mario Oromonda * '' Fire Maidens from Outer Space'' (1956) - U.S.Officer (uncredited) * '' Assignment Redhead'' (1956) - Marzotti * ''The Eternal Question'' (1956) * '' High Tide at Noon'' (1957) - Sandy McNab (uncredited) * ''Confess, Killer'' (1957) - John Digby * '' Across the Bridge'' (1957) - Paul Scarff * ''A King in New York'' (1957) - Television Announcer (uncredited) * '' The Mark of the Hawk'' (1957) - F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh McDermott (actor)
Hugh Patrick McDermott (20 March 1906 – 29 January 1972) was a Scottish professional golfer turned actor, who made a number of film, stage, and television performances between 1936 and 1972. He specialised in playing Americans, so much so that most British film fans had no idea that he was actually Scottish. Biography He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1906, and was educated in Davidson's Mains. Initially an instructor at the Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh, he later toured South and Central America and won the Central America Open and later helped design a course in Guatemala. A trip to the United States kindled his interest in the film industry, and he made his screen debut in '' Well Done, Henry'' and followed it up with an appearance as HM Stanley in ''David Livingstone''. In 1939, he appeared in the West End in N.C. Hunter's comedy ''Grouse in June''. He made his final appearance in '' Chato's Land'' on film, and in '' The Amorous Prawn'' on stage in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libby Morris
Libby Morris (born 1932, Winnipeg) is a Canadian singer, comedienne and actress. She appeared in several CBC radio shows of the 1950s and moved into TV and film from the 1960s onward after she moved to London, England. She became a very well known theatre actor and cabaret performer as well as starring in her own TV show. Family Morris and her husband Murray Kash raised their daughter, Marcia Kash, in London, where they lived for many years. In the 80s she and Kash separated and he returned to Canada where he remained until he died in March 2009. They often participated in fundraising shows for the Stars Foundation for Cerebral Palsy. Libby has a number of recordings available on vinyl and CD including her show "Edith Piaf Je Vous Aime". Radio appearances *1955 ''The Jack Jackson (British radio), Jack Jackson Show'' *1956 ''Meet Libby Morris'' *1956 ''Two's Company'' Filmography Film TV appearances External links * * Libby Morris - It's My Life (1967-London) http://www.bazb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddie O'Neil
Paddie O'Neil OBE (born Adalena Lillian Nail, 1 May 1926 – 31 January 2010) was a British actress and singer.Obituary '' London Independent'', 27 April 2010. The daughter of circus and fairground performers and herself born on a caravan at Leominster, Herefordshire, O'Neil spent her childhood travelling and performing at fairgrounds. While at stage school in London she was spotted and signed up by the BBC. She was a singer on the radio during the Second World War years, and presented the variety show ''Navy Mixture''. Paddie met the actor Alfred Marks while performing in Brighton, and they were married in 1952. They had two children. Also a writer of comedy material, Paddie was the first female writer-producer to be hired by Independent Television at its inception in 1954. She was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1976. Filmography * '' Penny Points to Paradise'' (1951) * ''The Early Bird'' (1965) * '' The Adding Machine'' (1969) * ''Fanny Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Brown (actor)
Philip Mortimer Brown (April 30, 1916 – February 9, 2006) was an American actor. Early life Brown was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1916. He majored in dramatics at Stanford University, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Career Brown played some of his first roles on stage when he joined the Group Theatre in New York City. The Group Theatre eventually closed, and many of its members relocated to Hollywood, where Brown helped found the Actors' Laboratory Theatre. He found his first cinema roles here, making his motion picture debut in Mitchell Leisen's 1941 war movie, '' I Wanted Wings''. In 1946, he played Ernest Hemingway's protagonist Nick Adams in Robert Siodmak's version of '' The Killers'', alongside William Conrad and Charles McGraw as the titular "killers". In 1948, he played Tom in Tennessee Williams's '' The Glass Menagerie'', at the Haymarket Theatre London, in a production directed by John Gielgud. His association with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
