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Confessions Of A Window Cleaner
''Confessions of a Window Cleaner'' is a 1974 British sex comedy film, directed by Val Guest.Leach, p.132 Like the other films in the ''Confessions'' series; ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'', '' Confessions of a Driving Instructor'' and ''Confessions from a Holiday Camp'', it concerns the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea, based on the novels written under that name by Christopher Wood. Each film features Robin Askwith and Antony Booth. Plot The optimistic and inept Timothy Lea is freshly employed by his brother-in-law Sid as a window cleaner. With Sid an impending father to be, he looks to Timmy to fully 'satisfy' his customers, little realising that Timmy's accident prone ways often stretch to his sex life with his clients. Timmy bed hops from unsatisfied housewives to even a lesbian love tryst, all the while with his main eye on successful police officer, Elizabeth Radlett, who will have none of Timmy's sexual advances. He proposes as a result, much to his family's upset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Guest
Val Guest (born Valmond Maurice Grossman; 11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was an English film director and screenwriter. Beginning as a writer (and later director) of comedy films, he is best known for his work for Hammer, for whom he directed 14 films, and science fiction films. He enjoyed a long career in the film industry from the early 1930s until the early 1980s. Reprinted from ''Reference Guide to British and Irish Film Directors'' Early life and career Guest was born to John Simon Grossman and Julia Ann Gladys Emanuel in Maida Vale, London. He later changed his name to Val Guest (officially in 1939). His father was a jute broker, and the family spent some of Guest's childhood in India before returning to England. His parents divorced when he was young, but this information was kept from him. Instead he was told that his mother had died. He was educated at Seaford College in Sussex, but left in 1927 and worked for a time as a bookkeeper. Guest's initial career was as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Booth (actor)
Anthony George Booth (9 October 1931 – 25 September 2017) was an English actor, best known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series '' Till Death Us Do Part''. He was the father-in-law of former Prime Minister Tony Blair and the widower of '' Coronation Street'' star Pat Phoenix, marrying her a few days before her death in 1986. Early life Booth was born into a working-class family in Jubilee Road, Liverpool, in 1931 and raised Catholic. His mother was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent, and his father was a merchant seaman during World War II and Catholic convert. Tony Booth attended St Edmund's Infants School and spent a year in hospital as a child with diphtheria. He then passed the Eleven-plus examination and attended St Mary's College, Crosby, where he was awarded a bursary to cover the cost of his books. His hopes of going to university were dashed when he had to leave school and get a job after his father was badly injured in an industrial accident. He then work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic. Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century in such forms as pamphlets, yellowbacks, dime novels, and airport novels. Modern paperbacks can be differentiated from one another by size. In the United States, there are "mass-market paperbacks" and larger, more durable "trade paperbacks". In the United Kingdom, there are A-format, B-format, and the largest C-format sizes. Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Lower-quality paper, glued (rather than stapled or sewn) bindings, and the lack of a hard cover may contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperback can be the preferred medium when a book is not expect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erotic Literature
Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of eros (passionate, romantic or sexual relationships) intended to arouse similar feelings in readers. This contrasts erotica, which focuses more specifically on sexual feelings. Other common elements are satire and social criticism. Much erotic literature features erotic art, illustrating the text. Although cultural disapproval of erotic literature has always existed, its circulation was not seen as a major problem before the invention of printing, as the costs of producing individual manuscripts limited distribution to a very small group of wealthy and literate readers. The invention of printing, in the 15th century, brought with it both a greater market and increasing restrictions, including censorship and legal restraints on publication on the grounds of obscenity.Hyde (1964); pp. 1–26 Because of this, much of the production of this type of material became clandestine. Erotic verse Early periods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Longden (actor)
Robert Longden (born 5 October 1951) is a British composer, librettist, director and film, stage and television actor whose career has spanned four decades. In 1974 he took over the role of Riff Raff from Richard O'Brien in the original production of ''The Rocky Horror Show''; later with Hereward Kaye he wrote the West End musical ''Moby Dick''. Early life Longden attended The King's School in his native Macclesfield before receiving a scholarship to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (1969 to 1974) where he was awarded the Diploma of Speech and Drama and the John Gielgud Award for comedy. Stage career Longden's theatre career started with the Royal Shakespeare Company before taking over the role of Riff Raff from Richard O'Brien in the original production of ''The Rocky Horror Show'' in 1974 aged 24. Theatre roles include ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' for the Young Vic; ''In the Boom Boom Room'' for American Repertory Theater; Cholly in ''Major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Hall (actor)
Brian Charles Hall (20 November 1937 – 17 September 1997) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his role as hotel chef Terry Hughes in the British sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''. Career Hall played many hard-boiled tough guy Cockney roles: his role as the amiable chef Terry in ''Fawlty Towers'' was a casting against type. He played leading roles in police drama '' Softly, Softly: Taskforce'' (1971–72), crime drama '' McVicar'' (1980), and sitcom '' You Must Be The Husband'' (1987). He also had several guest-starring roles in '' The Professionals'', '' The Long Good Friday'', ''The Bill'', '' London's Burning'', ''The Sweeney'' and ''Minder'' in Series 1 episode '' You Gotta Have Friends''. He also played the Dad in Billy Webb's Amazing Story by Steve Attridge (1991 BBC)Billy Webb's Amazing Story, BBC Drama, by Steve Attridge Personal life Hall became friends with John Cleese when they appeared together in ''Fawlty Towers''. Some years after the series had finished, Cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Graham
Anita Graham (born 15 February 1948) is a British film, stage and television actress and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Graham's first television role was in an episode of '' Crossroads'' (1964). She went on to appear in '' The New Avengers'' (1976), ''The Benny Hill Show'' (1977), ''Within These Walls'' (1978), in four episodes of ''Terry and June'' (1979–80) as Tina Pillbeam, ''Tom, Dick and Harriet'' (1982), '' Let There Be Love'' (1983), '' The Morecambe & Wise Show'' (1983), six episodes of '' Keep It in the Family'' (1982-3), ''Full House'' (1985), '' Dempsey and Makepeace'' (1986), as Bollit in the ''Delta and the Bannermen'' episodes of '' Doctor Who'' (1987), Zelda in four episodes of '' Moon and Son'' (1992), '' EastEnders'' (1996), ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (2001),Graham on the |
Sue Longhurst
Sue Longhurst is an English actress who appeared in several X-rated sex comedies in the 1970s. Personal life Born on 27 January 1943, Sue trained at the Royal Academy of Music, and was initially a music teacher, but was soon posing for magazines, record sleeves, book covers & TV commercials, as well as spending 18 months advertising Player's cigarettes. Career She made her acting debut, aged 27, in 1971, in Hammer Horror's ''Lust for a Vampire'', playing a schoolgirl at a boarding school. Longhurst also made an appearance in the 1971 film '' Straw Dogs'', as an uncredited stunt double for actress Susan George during the dramatic fire scene. Her second major movie role came in the 1973 production ''Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman'', followed by ''Keep It Up, Jack'', directed by Derek Ford. Longhurst's first film of 1974 was '' The Over-Amorous Artist'', but she also had supporting roles in comedy sketch shows with Dick Emery and Charlie Drake as well as small parts in si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katya Wyeth
Katya Wyeth (born 1 January 1948) is a former model and actress notable for her roles in several classic horror films of the early 1970s. She was married to British actor Michael Bangerter, with whom she had two children. Credited early on as Kathja Wyeth, she began her theatre career as a stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Windsor from 1966-67. In 1968 she made her West End debut as Lucienne in a revival of the Alan Melville play ''Dear Charles'', then in 1971 she appeared in ''Rabelais'' at the London Roundhouse, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault.'Barrault Rabelais in London', ''The Stage'', 25 February 1971, page 1. On screen, she frolicked with Alex ( Malcolm MacDowell) in the 'Ascot fantasy' sequence that closes '' A Clockwork Orange''. She also appeared in two first season episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus, as a hostess on the TV quiz show '' The Sky's the Limit'', in the 1973 Play for Today ''Shakespeare or Bust'', and in episodes of both '' Special Branch'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Murton
William Lionel Murton (2 June 1915 – 26 September 2006) was an English character actor. Born in Wandsworth, London, he was resident at Little Orchard, Weston Road, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, before his death at age 91. He was cremated at Basingstoke Crematorium on 6 October 2006. He is commemorated with his wife, Anita, in Upton Grey Churchyard, Grave 1 E-3. Having grown up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he most often played Americans and Canadians in films and in various television series, from the late 1940s. He also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including ''The Persuaders!'' and ''Danger Man'' and was a regular cast member of the '' Dickie Henderson Show'', playing Dickie's friend Jack. Selected filmography * ''Meet the Navy'' (1946) - Johnny * '' Brass Monkey'' (1948) - Detective Mann * '' Badger's Green'' (1949) - Albert * ''The Girl Is Mine'' (1950) * '' Dangerous Assignment'' (1950) - Joe Wilson * ''The Long Dark Hall'' (1951) - Jefferson (Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Kydd
Samuel John Kydd (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British-Irish actor. His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in '' Crane'' and its sequel ''Orlando''. He also played a recurring character in ''Coronation Street''. Kydd's first film was '' The Captive Heart'' (1946), in which he played a POW. He made over 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952. Early life and career An army officer's son, Kydd was born on 15 February 1915 in Belfast, Ireland, and moved to London as a child. He was educated at Dunstable School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. During the mid-1930s Kydd was an MC for the Oscar Rabin Band and one of his "Hot Shots". He would warm up audiences with jokes and impressions (Maurice Chevalier was a favourite) and even some tap dance routines then introduce the other singers and attractions on the bill. During the late 1930s he had joined the Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Stribling
Melissa Stribling (7 November 1926 – 22 March 1992) was a Scottish film and television actress, who began her acting career as part of a professional group who presented a different stage play each week at the Croydon 'Grand' theatre. She is best known for playing the role of Mina Holmwood in the horror film '' Dracula'' (1958). Career Born in Gourock, Scotland as Melissa Stribling Smith, her career began with a small role in the film ''The First Gentleman'' (1948). Stribling is known for playing the role of Mina Holmwood in the horror film '' Dracula'' (1958) starring Christopher Lee in the title role. In the 1960s and 1970s, she guest-starred in the TV series ''Benny Hill'' (1963), ''ITV Play of the Week'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Persuaders!'', ''The Dick Emery Show'', and '' The New Avengers''. Her last appearance was in the film '' Paris by Night'' (1988) with Charlotte Rampling. In the film ''Dracula'', her character was the victim of a vampire in what can be seen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
