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Roger Webb
Roger Webb (7 April 1934 – 19 December 2002) was a British songwriter and jazz pianist best known for leading Roger Webb's Trio (1963-1965) for television series and club performances, and Roger Webb's Orchestra. The Roger Webb Trio appeared regularly (1963-1965) at Harrison and Gibson's Trojan Room restaurant in Bromley, Kent. A Spanish waiter, Manuel Linares Alvaro, was often invited by Roger to sing with the trio. His songs were sung by Bette Davis, Rex Harrison, Johnny Mathis, Shirley Bassey, Danny Williams and others. His film work included music for movies such as ''One Brief Summer'' (1970), ''Bartleby'' (1970), '' Burke & Hare'' (1971), ''Au Pair Girls'' (1972), '' Bedtime with Rosie'' (1974), ''The Amorous Milkman'' (1975), ''Intimate Games'' (1976), ''What's Up Nurse!'' (1977), '' The Godsend'' (1980), '' Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story'' (1981), '' The Boy in Blue'' (1986), '' He's My Girl'' (1987), and '' Riders'' (1993). His TV work includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical films, suspense horror, and occasional comedies, although her greater successes were in romantic dramas. A recipient of two Academy Awards, she was the first thespian to accrue ten nominations. Bette Davis appeared on Broadway in New York, then the 22-year-old Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930. After some unsuccessful films, she had her critical breakthrough playing a vulgar waitress in '' Of Human Bondage'' (1934) although, contentiously, she was not among the three nominees for the Academy Award for Best Actress that year. The next year, her performance as a down-and-out actress in '' Dangerous'' (1935) did land Davis her first Best Actress nominati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dorothy Stratten Story
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickie Most
Michael Peter Hayes (20 June 1938 – 30 May 2003), known as Mickie Most, was an English record producer behind scores of hit singles for acts such as the Animals, Herman's Hermits, the Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu, Suzi Quatro, Hot Chocolate, Arrows, Racey, and the Jeff Beck Group, often issued on his own RAK Records label. Biography Early career Most was born as Michael Peter Hayes in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The son of a regimental sergeant-major, he moved with his parents to Harrow, Middlesex in 1951. He was influenced by skiffle and early rock and roll in his youth. Leaving school at 15, he worked as a singing waiter at London's The 2i's Coffee Bar where he made friends with future business partner Peter Grant, and formed a singing duo with Alex Wharton (aka Alex Murray) who billed themselves as the Most Brothers. They recorded the single "Takes A Whole Lotta Loving to Keep My Baby Happy" with Decca Records before disbanding. Wharton later went on to prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee Shipman
Dee Shipman (born Deanna Pauline Shenderey, September 1942 - 11 June 2020) was a songwriter who worked with Charles Aznavour and Petula Clark. Together with Clark, she wrote the 1990 West End musical '' Someone Like You''. Career Early acting and singing Shipman began her professional career as an actress and singer, both in the theatre, and on TV, where she appeared in series such as '' The Avengers'' (Propellant 23) and ''Emergency - Ward 10''. She then went on to a successful career in radio, including co-presenting a weekly series for the BBC ''Teen Scene'', and having two series of her own for Radio Luxembourg, ''Ready Steady Radio'' and ''Kids Like Us''. During this period, Shipman was signed to Decca Records, and released a cover of Mel Tormé’s hit "Comin' Home Baby" under the name Deanna Shenderey. She also wrote for the magazine ''Pop Weekly'', in which she had her own weekly column. As a singer, Shipman recorded a twelve track LP, produced by Norman Newell. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Will And Testament Of Jake Thackray
''The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray'' is the debut album by Jake Thackray. It was produced by Norman Newell in August 1967 and released on LP that year by EMI in the UK and Philips Records in the USA. The record company, unsure of how the public would respond to Thackray's lugubrious voice accompanied only by his guitar, added orchestral arrangements by Roger Webb and Geoff Love to many of the songs. The album is now out of print, but its songs, digitally remastered, are included in the four- CD retrospective '' Jake in a Box''. The fourth CD of the set also contains 26 songs recorded in April 1967, including the earlier version of the album (originally mono) and 13 other tracks. They include unreleased solo (vocal and guitar) versions of all the songs that are recorded with orchestral arrangements on the album, with the exception of "The Black Swan". The song "Lah-Di-Dah" has been covered as a duet by Petula Clark and Rod McKuen, and by the band Sky Larkin. Musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Love
Geoffrey Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991) was a prolific British arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes. He became famous in the late 1950s, playing under the pseudonym of Manuel and The Music of The Mountains. Early years Love was born in Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the only son and younger of two surviving children (an elder sister Cornelia) of African American Thomas Edward (Kidd) Love and his English wife, Frances Helen Maycock (1892–1975), an actress and singer. The Loves travelled around Britain as entertainers, but, following the death of his father, the family returned to their grandmother's house in Todmorden. Whilst at school, Love learned the trombone. After leaving school at 15, Love worked as a car mechanic and played trombone at dance halls in the evening. Having turned professional at 17, Love joined Freddie Platt's band. Later, in 1936, he joined Jan Ralfini's band playing in London and learned to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George And Mildred
''George and Mildred'' is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television and first aired between 1976 and 1979. It is a spin-off from '' Man About the House'', and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as constantly-sparring married couple George and Mildred Roper. The premise of the series had George and Mildred leaving their flat as depicted in ''Man About the House'' and moving to a modern, upmarket housing estate in Hampton Wick. Their arrival horrifies their snobbish neighbour Jeffrey Fourmile, a middle-class estate agent who fears the Ropers' presence will devalue his home. It was written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. Like many British sitcoms, ''George and Mildred'' was made into a film. The movie was dedicated to actress Yootha Joyce who died suddenly in August 1980, just as the cast were about to film a sixth and final series. Cast *Yootha Joyce as Mildred Roper * Brian Murphy as George Roper *Norman Eshley as Jeffrey Fourmile * Sheila Fearn as Ann F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise Postponed
''Paradise Postponed'' (1986) is a British 11-episode TV serial based on the 1985 novel by writer John Mortimer. The series covered a span of 30 years of postwar British history, set in a small village. Plot The series explores the mystery of why Reverend Simeon Simcox, a "wealthy Socialist rector", bequeathed the millions of the Simcox brewery estate to Leslie Titmuss, the son of Simcox's accountant George Titmus, who has risen from doing odd jobs for the rector to be a city developer and Conservative cabinet minister.JOHN J. O'CONNOR, "TV WEEKEND; 'PARADISE POSTPONED,' A NEW SERIES ON 'MASTERPIECE THEATER' " ''New York Times,'' 17 October 1986, accessed 29 February 2016 Simeon's sons Fred, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gentle Touch
''The Gentle Touch'' is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which began on 11 April 1980 and ran until 1984. The series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police officer as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series ''Juliet Bravo'' by four months. Series history The series starred Jill Gascoine as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes, who has worked her way up through the ranks of the police force and is based at the fictional Seven Dials police station in London. Maggie's husband, a police constable, is murdered during the first episode, leaving her to juggle her career with single parenthood, raising her teenage son. ''The Gentle Touch'' largely dealt with routine police procedures and offered a frank depiction of relevant social issues (including racism, sexism, homosexuality, mental health and euthanasia). It was relatively low on action and violence in comparison to previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer House Of Horror
''Hammer House of Horror'' is a British television series made in 1980. An anthology series created by Hammer Films in association with Cinema Arts International and ITC Entertainment, it consists of 13 hour-long episodes, originally broadcast on ITV. Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror. These vary from witches, werewolves and ghosts to devil-worship and voodoo, but also include non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers. In 2003 Channel 4 placed ''Hammer House of Horror'' at No. 50 in its "100 Scariest Moments" show. The clip shown was the children's party scene in "The House That Bled to Death". Episodes were directed by Alan Gibson, Peter Sasdy and Tom Clegg, among others, and the story editor was Anthony Read. Hammer regular Peter Cushing appears in his final Hammer production in episode 7, entitled ''The Silent Scream''. List of episodes Plot Summaries 1) Witching Time Film music composer David Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Report
''Strange Report'' is a British television crime drama series starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and first broadcast in 1969 on ITV In the United States, NBC broadcast ''Strange Report'' between 8 January and 10 September 1971. It aired on Fridays from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time throughout its American run. Plot Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases with the help of Hamlyn Gynt ( Kaz Garas), Evelyn McClean ( Anneke Wills) and sometimes Professor Marks ( Charles Lloyd-Pack). He employs the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertakes in his own laboratory in his flat in Warwick Crescent in the Maida Vale/ Little Venice area of London. Cast * Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange * Kaz Garas as Hamlyn Gynt * Anneke Wills as Evelyn McClean Production Development Unlike other ITC productions, which were created in order to be sold to the U.S. market, ''Strange Report'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riders (1993 Film)
''Riders'', also called ''Jilly Cooper's Riders'', is a British television film of 1993 based on Jilly Cooper's 1985 book of the same name in the Rutshire Chronicles series. With a length of 199 minutes, broadcasters usually divide the production into a miniseries. Outline Rupert Campbell-Black (played by Marcus Gilbert) is a rich and upper class Englishman at the top of the world of international show jumping, while his arch-rival Jake Lovell (Michael Praed) is a man of humble gipsy origins now funded by his Sloane Ranger heiress wife Tory (Caroline Harker). Lovell is driven by an intense hatred of Campbell-Black, who had bullied him mercilessly as a small boy at their English prep school, and their fights over riding prizes and women reach a climax at the Los Angeles Olympics. Production Anglia bought the film rights to the best-selling book and hired Charlotte Bingham and her husband Terence Brady to produce a script, giving the job of director to Gabrielle Beaumo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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