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Bindle (One Of Them Days)
''Bindle (One of Them Days)'', also known as ''Bindle'' and ''One of Them Days'' is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Peter Saunders and starring Alfie Bass. It was written by Glyn Jones based on the ''Bindle'' books by Herbert Jenkins. The film concerns the adventures of an accident-prone furniture remover and his mate. The ''Bindle'' books had been previously brought to the screen in the 1926 series of two-reeler shorts ''Bindle Introduced, Bindle at the Party'', ''Bindle in Charge'', ''Bindle's Cocktail'', ''Bindle, Millionaire,'' and ''Bindle, Matchmaker''; and later in '' The Temperance Fête'' (1931)''.'' Plot Joseph Bindle is an ageing furniture remover and antique seller. In a dream he relives a day in the 1920s when he and his workmate Ginger are hired to move the furniture of Mr. Fawcett. One thing after another goes wrong. Cast * Alfie Bass as Joseph Bindle * Johnny Wade as Ginger * Carmel McSharry as Mrs. Bindle * Janina Faye as Millie * Patrick Newell as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Jones (South African Writer)
Glyn Idris Jones (27 April 1931 – 2 April 2014) was a South African actor, writer and director. Early years Glyn Idris Jones, actor, director, writer, and teacher, born in Durban, South Africa on 27 April 1931, of Italian and Welsh parentage, died at his home Vamos, Crete, Greece on 2 April 2014. In a career spanning almost sixty years, his theatrical career encompassed work in the UK, on the continent, and in the United States. After university and drama school he toured South Africa as an actor with the National Theatre of South Africa before hitch-hiking and working his passage to London. On arriving in England in 1953 he took a job with The Sunday Times, then Kemsley Newspapers, and starting writing plays in his spare time. His first acting engagement in the UK was in a summer season of weekly rep at the old Tivoli Theatre, New Brighton; extra work on television and a second summer season, this time on the Isle of Wight followed. Out of work periods saw him worki ... [...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] |
British Black-and-white Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Films
The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. '' A Man for All Seasons'' won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films North America The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America. Events * October 19 – Gulf and Western Industries acquire Paramount Pictures. * November – Seven Arts Productions reach agreement to acquire Warner Bros. for $32 million, later forming a new company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * December 15 – Entertainment pioneer Walt Disney, best known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, breakthroughs in the field of animation, filmmaking, theme park design and other achievements, dies at the age of 65. He died while he was producing ''The Jungle Book'', ''The Happiest Millionaire'', and ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day''; the last three films under his personal supervision. Awards Academy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steptoe And Son
''Steptoe and Son'' is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and white from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974 in colour. The lead roles were played by Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett. The theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 poll by the BBC to find '' Britain's Best Sitcom''. It was remade in the United States as '' Sanford and Son'', in Sweden as '' Albert & Herbert'', in the Netherlands as ''Stiefbeen en zoon'', in Portugal as ''Camilo & Filho'', and in South Africa as ''Snetherswaite and Son''. Two film adaptations of the series were released in cinemas, '' Steptoe and Son'' (1972) and '' Steptoe and Son Ride Again'' (1973). The series focused on the inter-generational conflict of father and son. Albert Steptoe, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Gillett
John Gillett MBE (1925–1995) was a British film critic and researcher whose career at the British Film Institute spanned over 44 years. He was also a programmer for the National Film Theatre on the works of Buster Keaton, early Russian cinema and Japanese cinema, to name a few.John Gillett BFI Collections Access Database. Retrieved 8 October 2016 He wrote film reviews for ''''. With Ian Christie, he edited ''Futurism/Formalism/FEKS: 'Eccentrism' and Soviet Cinema 1918-1936.'' He was also an editor of ... [...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] |
Bill Shine (actor)
Wilfred William Dennis Shine (20 October 1911 – 24 July 1997) was a British theatre, film and television actor. Biography Shine was born into a family of theatre actors; among others, Shine's father, mother, grandmother, two uncles and an aunt had worked in theatre.Benedick, Adam ''The Independent'', 14 August 1997. Retrieved 20 February 2009. His father Wilfred Shine was a theatre actor who also appeared in films during the 1920s and the 1930s. Bill Shine made his film debut in 1929, since which he appeared in over 160 films and television series. Towards the end of his career, he was best known for playing Inventor Black on children's television series '' Super Gran''. In series two, episode four of Mrs Thursday, "The Duke and I" (1967), he played the Duke of Midlothian. Selected filmography * '' The Flying Scotsman'' (1929) – barman (uncredited) * ''High Seas'' (1929) – minor role (uncredited) * ''Under the Greenwood Tree'' (1929) – Leaf * '' The Loves of Robert Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Gilbert
Pat or PAT may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Pat (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a gardener * Pat (''Saturday Night Live''), an androgynous character * Postman Pat, a British children's TV character * Pat, from the Czech series ''Pat & Mat'' * Pat the Dog, a character from the TV show of the same name * Pat, or Lucky's Dad, a ''Bluey'' character * Pat, daughter-in-law of Jake the Dog in ''Adventure Time'' Other uses in arts, entertainment and media * ''"Pat"'' (album), by Pat Boone, 1957 * , in Bolivia Businesses and organisations * Pakistan Awami Tehreek, a political party * Polish Telegraphic Agency, the official news agency of Poland 1918–1991 * Port Authority of Thailand * Professional Association of Teachers, later Voice, a former British trade union * PAT (), a type of Ukrainian legal entity, equivalent to plc People * Patrick (given name), including a list of people with the name, sometimes known as Pat * Patricia, a feminine g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
