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You're Only Young Twice (film)
''You're Only Young Twice'' is a 1952 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Duncan Macrae, Joseph Tomelty, Patrick Barr, Charles Hawtrey and Diane Hart. It was written by Reginald Beckwith, Bishop and Lindsay Galloway based on the 1939 play ''What Say They?'' by James Bridie. Premise A young woman visiting a Scottish university in search of her uncle, who is in hiding from the authorities, is mistaken for the principal's secretary, so she pursues the impersonation. Cast * Duncan Macrae as Professor Hayman * Joseph Tomelty as Dan McEntee / Connell O'Grady (writer) * Patrick Barr as Sir Archibald Asher * Charles Hawtrey as Adolphus Hayman, President of Temperance Society * Diane Hart as Ada Shore / posing as "Miss Lamplighter" (pending new principal's secretary) * Robert Urquhart as Sheltie * Edward Lexy as Lord Carshennie * Roddy McMillan as Mr Milligan, President of Students' Union Council * Jacqueline Mackenzie as Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Bishop
Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. Career In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including '' Daybreak in Udi'' (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film. From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including ''The Adventures of William Tell'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Sword of Freedom'', ''Danger Man'', and ''Sir Francis Drake''. Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including '' Cover Girl Killer'' (1959), featuring future ''Steptoe and Son'' star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models. Director credits (film) * ''The Western Isles'' (1941) – documentary short (as Terence Egan Bishop) * ''Kill That Rat!'' (1941) – public information short (for the Ministry of Agriculture/ Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Prévert
Pierre Prévert (26 May 1906 – 5 April 1988) was a French film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is the brother of Jacques Prévert, who is the subject of his documentary ''Mon frère Jacques''. He is the father of screenwriter Catherine Prévert. Filmography Film * 1928 : ''Souvenir de Paris'', collaboration with Jacques Prévert and Marcel Duhamel * 1932 : '' L'affaire est dans le sac'' * 1933 : '' Monsieur Cordon'', story by Jean Aurenche * 1935 : '' Le commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié'', collaboration with Jacques Becker * 1943 : '' Adieu Léonard'' * 1947 : '' Mystery Trip'' * 1958 : '' Paris mange son pain'' * 1960 : '' Paris la belle'' Television * 1961 : ''Mon frère Jacques'' * 1963 : '' Le Perroquet du fils Hoquet'' * 1964 : '' Le Petit Claus et le Grand Claus'' * 1965 : '' La Maison du passeur'' * 1966 : '' À la Belle Étoile'' * 1966 : '' Les Compagnons de Baal'' Assistant director * 1929 : '' Le Petit Chaperon rouge'', by Al ... [...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] |
John Grierson
John Grierson (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert J. Flaherty's '' Moana''. Ann Curthoys, Marilyn Lakebr>Connected worlds: history in transnational perspective, Volume 2004p.151. Australian National University Press In 1939, Grierson established the all-time Canadian film institutional production and distribution company The National Film Board of Canada controlled by the Government of Canada. Early life Grierson was born in the old schoolhouse in Deanston, near Doune, Scotland, to schoolmaster Robert Morrison Grierson from Boddam, near Peterhead, and Jane Anthony, a teacher from Ayrshire. His mother, a suffragette and ardent Labour Party activist, often took the chair at Tom Johnston's election meetings. The family moved to Cambusbarron, Stirling, in 1900, when the children were still young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Simm
Ray Simm was a British art director. He was nominated three times for the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for ''The Slipper and the Rose'', '' The Wrong Box'' and '' Darling'', for which he won. Selected filmography * ''The Faithful City'' (1952) * '' Brandy for the Parson'' (1952) * '' You're Only Young Twice'' (1952) * '' The Wedding of Lilli Marlene'' (1953) * '' Laxdale Hall'' (1953) * ''Conflict of Wings'' (1954) * ''A Yank in Ermine'' (1955) * ''The Extra Day'' (1956) * '' The Rising of the Moon'' (1957) * ''Bonjour Tristesse'' (1958) * ''Idol on Parade'' (1959) * '' Killers of Kilimanjaro'' (1959) * '' Jazz Boat'' (1960) * ''The Angry Silence'' (1960) * '' Tarzan the Magnificent'' (1960) * '' The Hellfire Club'' (1961) * '' Whistle Down the Wind'' (1961) * '' The Mark'' (1961) * '' All Night Long'' (1962) * ''The Dock Brief'' (1962) * ''The L-Shaped Room'' (1962) * '' A Kind of Loving'' (1962) * ''Billy Liar'' (1963) * '' Seance on a Wet Afternoon'' (1964) * '' A Ha ... [...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] |
Southall Studios
Southall Studios was a film studio located in Southall, Middlesex (now West London) which operated between 1924 and 1958. The studio was a vibrant and productive part of Southall's cultural history. At its peak – in the early 1950s – the film-making facility employed almost 100 permanent staff. Some of England's best-known actors worked at Southall Studios: Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Joan Collins, and horror legend Boris Karloff. History Early years: 1924-1935 In 1924, film pioneer G. B. Samuelson converted an old aircraft hangar in Gladstone Road, Southall into a film-making facility. Following some short films, Samuelson directed the studio's first feature film in 1928. Silent comedy '' Two Little Drummer Boys'' starred Alma Taylor – a major British star in the 1920s – and variety entertainer Wee Georgie Wood. Converted for sound in the early 1930s, Southall's most significant film in the studio's early years was ''Children of the Fog'' (1935), made b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour Corbett (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show ''The Two Ronnies''. He achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme '' The Frost Report'' (with Barker) and subsequently starred in sitcoms such as '' No – That's Me Over Here!'', '' Now Look Here'', and '' Sorry!''. Corbett began his acting career after moving from Edinburgh to London; he had early roles in the TV series ''Crackerjack'' and ''The Saint'', and appeared in the films ''You're Only Young Twice'', '' Rockets Galore!'', ''Casino Royale'', '' Some Will, Some Won't'', and ''No Sex Please, We're British''. He first worked with Ronnie Barker in the BBC TV series '' The Frost Report'' in 1966, and the two of them were given their own show by the BBC five years later. ''The Two Ronnies'' ran as a comedy sketch show from 1971 to 1987, and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Urquhart
Molly Sinclair Urquhart (6 January 1906 – 6 October 1977) was a Scottish actress. Early life Urquhart was born in Glasgow as Mary Sinclair Urquhart. She was the daughter of post office clerk Ann McCallum and sea-going engineer William Urquhart. She grew up in the West End of Glasgow where she attended Dowanhill Primary School and Church Street School. After school, she worked in a shop and took the exam to work for the GPO. She had no formal training in theatre, coming to the profession through the "amateur movement". While a teenager in the late 1920s, she joined the St. George Players, an amateur club. In 1931, she became a member of the Tron Theatre Club in Glasgow, followed by Glasgow's Curtain Theatre in 1932. She adopted the name Molly Urquhart for her stage name. Career Theatre In 1932, Urquhart joined the Howard and Wyndham company, becoming a professional actress. Her first professional role was in the melodrama '' Jeannie Deans'' at Theatre Royal, Glasgow in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Woodburn
Eric Woodburn (''né'' Eric Melville Reis; 9 March 189425 October 1981) was a Scottish stage, film and television actor. Prior to this he had a long career on the stage and was also a noted baritone singer. His most important role was as Doctor Alexander Snoddie in '' Doctor Finlay's Casebook''. He also played the father of Lance Corporal Jones in the Museum Piece episode of ''Dad's Army ''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Crof ...''. Theatre Filmography References External links * 1894 births 1981 deaths Scottish male stage actors Scottish male film actors Scottish male television actors Male actors from Glasgow 20th-century Scottish male actors {{Scotland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Forster
Jackie Forster (née Jacqueline Moir Mackenzie; 6 November 1926 – 10 October 1998) was an English news reporter, actress and lesbian rights activist.p.270 From the Closet to the Screen – Jill Gardner Early life Forster's father was a colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps and she spent her early years in British India. When she was six, she was sent to boarding school in Britain at Wycombe Abbey and then to St Leonards School in Fife. During the Second World War, she played lacrosse and field hockey for Scotland. Forster became an actress and joined the Wilson Barrett repertory company in Edinburgh, before moving to London in 1950. She attended the Arts Theatre Club, as well as being was in various West End productions and films, before developing a successful career as a TV presenter and news reporter under the name of Jacqueline MacKenzie. For her coverage of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier's wedding, Forster won the Prix d'Italia award in 1956. In 1957, she was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
