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Gabrielle Daye
Gabrielle Daye (2 October 1911 – 5 January 2005) was an English stage, film and television actress, notable for her TV role as Mrs. Pring on '' Bless Me, Father''. Other television appearances include ''Coronation Street'' (as Beattie Pearson, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1983–84), '' The War of Darkie Pilbeam'' (1968), ''Persuasion'' (1971), ''Survivors'' (''Long Live The King'', 1977), '' Dear Enemy'' (1981), ''Juliet Bravo'' (''John the Lad'', 1983), ''Ever Decreasing Circles'' (''The Tea Party'' and ''The New Neighbour'', 1984), ''Bleak House'' (1985) and ''A Very British Coup'' (1988). She also appeared in the feature films ''10 Rillington Place'' (1971), ''Sunday Bloody Sunday'' (1971), ''Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!'' (1974), ''Cry Wolf'' (1980) and '' No Surrender'' (1985). On stage, she was in the original Royal Court production of David Storey's '' In Celebration'' in 1969 for director Lindsay Anderson; and she reprised her role in his film version in 1975. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Surrender (1985 Film)
''No Surrender'' is a 1985 British comedy film written by Alan Bleasdale, directed by Peter Smith and produced by Mamoun Hassan. Describing the commissioning process, Bleasdale said, "I went to the National Film Finance Corporation and told them I was never going to write ''Star Wars'' or ''Rambo Revisited'' or anything like that, so I just went ahead and wrote the film I wanted to write". The film is set in Liverpool during New Year's Eve. A man has been hired as the new manager of a function hall, and has to deal with the last arrangements made by his disgruntled predecessor. The hall has been simultaneously booked by rival groups of militant Catholics and Protestants, the entertainers hired for the night are inept and their acts are likely to infuriate the clients, and a marching band of the Orange Order starts playing sectarian tunes. When brawls break out within the hall, the manager has to find a way to defuse the situation. Plot On New Year's Eve in Liverpool, Michael b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Didn't Know You Cared
''I Didn't Know You Cared'' is a British television comedy set in a working-class household in South Yorkshire in the 1970s, written by Peter Tinniswood, loosely based upon his books ''A Touch of Daniel'', ''I Didn't Know You Cared'', and ''Except You're a Bird''. It was broadcast by the BBC in four series (seven episodes each in series 1, 3, and 4 and six in series 2) from 1975 to 1979. The main characters are: Carter Brandon (played by Stephen Rea and, in series 3 and 4, Keith Drinkel); his Uncle Mort (Robin Bailey); his mother Annie ( Liz Smith); his father Les (John Comer); his girlfriend (later wife) Pat Partington ( Anita Carey and, in series 3 and 4, Liz Goulding); and his other uncle, Uncle Staveley (Bert Palmer and, in series 4, Leslie Sarony). Auntie Lil (Gretchen Franklin), appears in the first two series. Other recurring characters, mostly from Carter's workplace, are: Linda Preston (Deirdre Costello); Mrs Partington, Pat's mother (Vanda Godsell); Sid Skelhorn ( Ray D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' is a 1968 children's film, children's Musical film, musical fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall (actor), Adrian Hall. The film is based on the 1964 children's novel ''Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car'' by Ian Fleming, with a screenplay co-written by Hughes and Roald Dahl. Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music for the film based on songs written by the Sherman Brothers, Richard M. Sherman, Richard and Robert B. Sherman, Robert, and the musical numbers were Choreography, staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (song), film's title song was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song, Best Original Song at the 41st Academy Awards. Plot In the 1910s in rural England, two young children, Jemima and Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beattie Pearson
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by writer Tony Warren, ''Coronation Street'' first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in the show's second year, by order of first appearance. Originally written by Warren, the series is produced by Stuart Latham until July and then by Derek Granger from July onwards. In January, Latham introduced four new regular characters, the first batch to arrive since Warren's initial creations at the start of the series a month earlier. These were factory workers Sheila Birtles (Eileen Mayers) and Doreen Lostock (Angela Crow), timid shop assistant Emily Nugent (Eileen Derbyshire) and an extension to the Walker family, Annie and Jack's son Billy Walker (Kenneth Farrington). Derbyshire departed from the role of Emily in 2016. January also saw the introduction of Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson), a character who would become one of the ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Saints And Sinners (1949 Film)
''Saints and Sinners'' is a 1949 British comedy drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Kieron Moore, Christine Norden and Sheila Manahan. Premise The film follows life in small Irish town, where a man is wrongly accused of theft. Cast * Kieron Moore as Michael Kissane * Christine Norden as Blanche * Sheila Manahan as Sheila Flaherty * Michael J. Dolan as Canon * Maire O'Neill as Ma Murnaghan * Tom Dillon as O'Brien * Noel Purcell as Flaherty * Pamela Arliss as Betty * Edward Byrne as Barney Downey * Sheila Ward as clothing woman * Eric Gorman as Madigan * Eddie Byrne as Norreys * Liam Redmond as O'Driscoll * Tony Quinn as Berry * Cecilia McKevitt as Maeve * Sheila Richards as Eileen O' Hara * Anita Bolster as Julia Ann Kermody Production It was filmed on location in and around Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland. There was some difficulty with Ireland's Actors' Equity over the hire of actors. Reception Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Hour
''Twilight Hour'' is a 1945 British drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Mervyn Johns, Basil Radford, and Marie Lohr. It was shot at the British National Studios in Elstree. The film's sets were designed by the art director 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 directo .... It was based on a novel of the same title by Arthur ValentineGoble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 471. . Cast References Bibliography * Halliwell, Leslie. ''Halliwell's Film Guide''. Scribner, 1987. External links * British drama films 1945 drama films Films directed by Paul L. Stein Films set in England British black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Jack Whittingham Films shot at British National Studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyric Theatre, London
The Lyric Theatre is a West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. It was built for the producer Henry Leslie, who financed it from the profits of the light opera hit, '' Dorothy'', which he transferred from its original venue to open the new theatre on 17 December 1888. Under Leslie and his early successors the house specialised in musical theatre, and that tradition has continued intermittently throughout the theatre's existence. Musical productions in the theatre's first four decades included '' The Mountebanks'' (1892), ''His Excellency'' (1894), ''The Duchess of Dantzig'' (1903), '' The Chocolate Soldier'' (1910) and '' Lilac Time'' (1922). Later musical shows included '' Irma La Douce'' (1958), '' Robert and Elizabeth'' (1964), '' John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert'' (1974), '' Blood Brothers'' (1983), '' Five Guys Named Moe'' (1990) and '' Thriller – Live'' (2009). Many non-musical productions have been staged at the Lyric, from Shakespeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Travers
Ben Travers (12 November 188618 December 1980) was an English writer. His output includes more than 20 plays, 30 screenplays, 5 novels, and 3 volumes of memoirs. He is most notable for his long-running series of farces first staged in the 1920s and 1930s at the Aldwych Theatre. Many of these were made into films and later television productions. After working for some years in his family's wholesale grocery business, which he detested, Travers was given a job by the publisher John Lane in 1911. After service as a pilot in the First World War, he began to write novels and plays. He turned his 1921 novel, '' The Dippers'', into a play that was first produced in the West End in 1922. His big break came in 1925, when the actor-manager Tom Walls bought the performing rights to his play '' A Cuckoo in the Nest'', which ran for more than a year at the Aldwych. He followed this success with eight more farces for Walls and his team; the last in the series closed in 1933. Most of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Celebration
''In Celebration'' is a 1975 British drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Gabrielle Daye, Bill Owen, James Bolam and Constance Chapman. It is based on the 1969 stage production of the same name by David Storey which was also directed by Anderson. The movie was produced and released as part of the American Film Theatre, which adapted theatrical works for a subscription-driven cinema series. It was meant to be shown theatrically with tickets sold in advance. Plot The film takes place in the Derbyshire mining town of Langwith. The Shaws' three sons have returned home to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Mr. Shaw has been a coal miner for 49 years, and has only one year left until retirement. Mrs Shaw is the daughter of a pig breeder, meaning she came from a higher social class. The parents urged their sons to abandon their father's trade in pursuit of professional careers, but the results have not been entirely positive. Andrew, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Anderson
Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film '' if....'', which won the ''Palme d'Or'' at Cannes Film Festival in 1969 and marked Malcolm McDowell's cinematic debut. He is also notable, though not a professional actor, for playing a minor role in the Academy Award-winning 1981 film ''Chariots of Fire''. McDowell produced a 2007 documentary about his experiences with Anderson, '' Never Apologize''. Early life Lindsay Gordon Anderson was born in Bangalore, South India, where his father was stationed with the Royal Engineers, on 17 April 1923. His father Captain (later Major General) Alexander Vass Anderson was a British Army officer who had come from Scotland. His mother Estelle Bell Gasson was born in Queenstown, South Africa, the daughter of a wool merchant. Linds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
