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Harold Warrender
Harold John Warrender (15 November 1903 – 6 May 1953) was a British stage, film and television actor, and radio presenter. His father was Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet. His mother was Lady Ethel Maud Ashley Cooper, a singer and patron of music, and personal friend of the composer Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ... and his wife Caroline Alice Roberts. Warrender became well-known in the 1940s for his part in the popular radio variety show 'Merry-Go-Round' in which he conducted a cash quiz called 'Double or Quits.' The show started as a Forces entertainment which after the war continued in the BBC Light Programme. Family In 1942 Warrender married Constance Elizabeth Fowles, daughter of John Fowles vicar of Rye, Sussex. They had no children. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi (1935 Film)
''Mimi'' is a 1935 British romance film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gertrude Lawrence and Diana Napier. Set in nineteenth century Paris, the screenplay concerns a composer who becomes inspired by a young woman he encounters. The film is based on the 1851 novel '' La Vie de Bohème'' by Henri Murger. The score includes arrangements of Giacomo Puccini's music from the opera ''La bohème'', arranged by George H. Clutsam. The film was made at Elstree Studios, with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe. Cast * Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Rodolphe * Gertrude Lawrence as Mimi * Diana Napier as Madame Sidonie * Harold Warrender as Marcel * Carol Goodner as Musette * Richard Bird as Colline * Martin Walker as Schaunard * Austin Trevor as Lamotte * Laurence Hanray as Barbemouche * Paul Graetz as Durand * Jack Raine as Duke Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'', Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Bomb (1953 Film)
''Time Bomb'' is a 1953 British film noir thriller film directed by Ted Tetzlaff and starring Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon and Maurice Denham. It was produced by MGM at the company's Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Alfred Junge. In the United States it was released under the title ''Terror on a Train''. Plot In Birmingham, Railway Police Constable Charles Baron (John Horsley) is involved in a confrontation with a man believed to be a local vagrant. The man gets away, but he is soon found out to have been a saboteur, who has left a suitcase full of detonators and bomb-making components at the railway yard. Police realize that the man was attempting to sabotage a trainload of sea mines, destined for the Royal Navy Yard at Portsmouth. The train is stopped as soon as possible in case an explosion is imminent, but a residential area is nearby and the police have to evacuate local residents. The local authorities get in contact with former World War Two Royal Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanhoe (1952 Film)
''Ivanhoe'' is a 1952 British-American historical adventure epic film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was shot in Technicolor, with a cast featuring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Currie, and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay is written by Æneas MacKenzie, Marguerite Roberts, and Noel Langley, based on the 1819 historical novel ''Ivanhoe'' by Sir Walter Scott. The film was the first in what turned out to be an unofficial trilogy made by the same director, producer, and star (Robert Taylor). The others were ''Knights of the Round Table'' (1953) and '' The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' (1955). All three were made at MGM-British Studios at Borehamwood, Herts, near London. In 1951, the year of production, one of the screenwriters, Marguerite Roberts, was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and MGM received permission from the Screen Writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where No Vultures Fly
''Where No Vultures Fly'' is a 1951 British adventure film directed by Harry Watt and starring Anthony Steel and Dinah Sheridan. It was released under the title ''Ivory Hunter'' in the United States. The film was inspired by the work of the conservationist Mervyn Cowie.The New Pictures ''Time'', 1952-08-25. The film's opening credits state that "the characters in this film are imaginary, but the story is based on the recent struggle of Mervyn Cowie to form the National Parks of Kenya."Where No Vultures Fly British Film Institute. The title ''Where No Vultures Fly'' denotes areas where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Six Men
''The Six Men'' is a 1951 British crime film directed by Michael Law and starring Harold Warrender, Olga Edwardes and Peter Bull. It was made by the independent Vandyke Productions at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. It also used location shooting around London.Chibnall & McFarlane p.122 Premise With the assistance of his daughter, a Scotland Yard detective pursues and captures a gang of six criminals. Cast * Harold Warrender as Supt. Holroyd * Olga Edwardes as Christina Frazer * Peter Bull as Walkeley * Avril Angers as Herself * Desmond Jeans as Colonel * Michael Evans as Hunter * Ivan Craig as Wainwright * Reed De Rouen Reed De Rouen (10 June 1917 – 11 June 1986) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked mostly in the British film and television industry. He appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Gunfighters'' in 1966 as Pa Clanton, as well as writ ... as Lewis * Christopher Page as Johnny the Kid * Louis Wiechert as the Mole * Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandora And The Flying Dutchman
''Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'' is a 1951 British Technicolor romantic fantasy drama film directed by Albert Lewin and produced by Lewin and Joseph Kaufman from Lewin's own screenplay, based on the legend of the ''Flying Dutchman''. It was filmed mainly in Tossa de Mar, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The land record speed scenes were shot at Pendine Sands in Wales. The film stars James Mason and Ava Gardner, with Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, Mario Cabré and Marius Goring in supporting roles. In Tossa de Mar, a statue of Gardner was erected in 1996 on the hill overlooking the town's main beach. In the United States, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) delayed its release until Gardner's star-making performance in ''Show Boat'' (1951) could be seen. The tactic worked, and this film solidified her status as a rapidly rising star. The film is mostly spoken in English, but some characters speak Catalan (the local fishermen at the beginning of the film) and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conspirator (1949 Film)
''Conspirator'' is a 1949 British film noir, suspense, espionage, and thriller film directed by Victor Saville and starring Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. Based on the 1948 novel ''Conspirator'' by Humphrey Slater, the film is about a beautiful 18-year-old American woman who meets and falls in love with one of a British Guards, an officer who turns out to be a spy for the Soviet Union. After they are married, she discovers his true identity and forces him to choose between his marriage and his ideology. When his Soviet handlers order him to murder his young American wife, he is faced with the ultimate choice. The film was made for distribution by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot While visiting England, 18 year old Melinda Greyton (Elizabeth Taylor) attends a Regimental Ball where she meets handsome Major Michael Curragh (Robert Taylor). The attraction is mutual and a whirlwind courtship follows. After the honeymoon is over the young bride finds out her husband is actually a Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warning To Wantons
''Warning to Wantons'' is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Donald Wilson and starring Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon and David Tomlinson. The screenplay, written by art historian James Laver and the director, was based upon Mary Mitchell's 1934 novel ''A Warning to Wantons'', subtitled 'A fantastic romance - setting forth the not undeserved but awful fate which befell a minx.' The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection. Premise A young woman escapes her strict convent school and enters high society, where she has the time of her life. Cast Credited * Harold Warrender as Count Anton Kardak * Anne Vernon as Renee de Vaillant * David Tomlinson as Count Max Kardak * Sonia Holm as Maria * Hugh Cross as Pauli * Marie Burke as Therese * Judy Kelly as Mimi de Vaillant * Ellen Pollock as Baroness de Jammes * Andre Van Gyseghem as Oblensky * Bruce Belfrage as Archimandrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Of The Antarctic (film)
''Scott of the Antarctic'' is a 1948 British adventure film starring John Mills as Robert Falcon Scott in his ill-fated attempt to reach the South Pole. The film more or less faithfully recreates the events that befell the ''Terra Nova'' Expedition in 1912. The film was directed by Charles Frend from screenplay by Ivor Montagu and Walter Meade with "additional dialogue" by the novelist Mary Hayley Bell (Mills' wife). The film score was by Ralph Vaughan Williams, who reworked elements of it into his 1952 '' Sinfonia antartica''. The supporting cast included James Robertson Justice, Derek Bond, Kenneth More, John Gregson, Barry Letts and Christopher Lee. Much of the film was shot in Technicolor at Ealing Studios in London. Landscape and glacier exteriors from the Swiss Alps, Norway, and pre-war stock footage of Graham Land were used but no actual scenes were done in Antarctica. Plot Captain Scott is given the men, but not the funds, to go on a second expedition to the Antarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Frozen Falls
''Under the Frozen Falls'' is a 1948 British children's film directed by Darrell Catling and starring Harold Warrender, Jacques Brown and Ray Jackson. The original screenplay was written by Mary Cathcart Borer as a film for children. It was later adapted as a book by J. H. Martin Cross. The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection. Premise A party of boys collect lead from a disused lead mine in Somerset, for model making. They become involved with the kidnappers of a distinguished scientist. Lost secret plans and misadventures with dynamite add a thrill to the story. Cast * Harold Warrender as Mr. Carlington * Jacques Brown as Professor Bell-Wrighton * Ray Jackson as David Roseby * Peter Scott as Bob * Tony Richardson as Peter * Claude Hulbert as Riley * Ivan Brandt as Thompson * Mary Kerridge Mary Kerridge (3 April 1914 – 22 July 1999) was an English actress and theatre director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailors Three
''Sailors Three'' (released in the US as ''Three Cockeyed Sailors'') is a 1940 British war comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert and Carla Lehmann. This was cockney music hall comedian Trinder's debut for Ealing, the studio with which he was to become most closely associated. It concerns three British sailors who accidentally find themselves aboard a German ship during the Second World War. Detailed surveys published in Britain in the early years of the war by the "Mass-Observation" organisation, showed the popularity of comedy with wartime cinema audiences. Films with the war as a subject were particularly well received, especially those movies showing the lighter side of service life, largely because many in the audience would soon be finding themselves in uniform. John Oliver writes in BFI screenonline, " to prepare such potential recruits for their own possible riotous and fun-packed life in the Royal Navy, Sandy Powell had alread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
