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Vernon Sylvaine
Vernon Sylvaine (1896–1957) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known for writing several popular stage farces. He began working in film in 1937 when his stage hit ''Aren't Men Beasts!'' was turned into a film of the same title starring Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton. Hare and Drayton starred in two further adaptations of his plays ''A Spot of Bother'' (1938) and ''Women Aren't Angels'' (1943). He adapted his own play for the 1943 comedy-thriller ''Warn That Man'' Murphy p.309 starring Gordon Harker, Basil Radford and Judy Kelly. His 1948 play ''One Wild Oat'' was turned into a 1951 film of the same title. He was the father of the actress June Sylvaine. Selected filmography * ''Aren't Men Beasts!'' (1937) * ''Make It Three'' (1938) Selected plays * ''Aren't Men Beasts!'' * ''A Spot of Bother'' * ''Nap Hand'' (1940) * ''Women Aren't Angels'' (1941) * ''Warn That Man!'' (1941) * ''Madame Louise'' (1945) * ''One Wild Oat'' (1948) * ''Will Any Gentleman?'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Kelly
Julie Aileen Kelly (1 November 1913 – 22 October 1991), known professionally as Judy Kelly, was an Australian-born British actress. She arrived in Britain in 1932 after winning a competition organised by the Australian British Empire Films, which included 3 months tuition at the British International Studios at Elstree. She appeared in a number of films for British International Pictures during the 1930s. She was sometimes cast as a love interest for the comedian Leslie Fuller, and also appeared alongside the musical stars Gene Gerrard and Stanley Lupino. She appeared in the 1941 stage musical '' Lady Behave''. Other wartime stage roles include Vernon Sylvaine's ''Women Aren't Angels'' and '' Warn That Man''. Her final film was a supporting role in the comedy ''Warning to Wantons'' in 1949. Partial filmography * ''Adam's Apple'' (1928) - Vamp * '' Money Talks'' (1932) - His Daughter Rosie * ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933) - Lady Rochford (uncredited) * ''Crime on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Male Screenwriters
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Theatre People From Greater Manchester
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre artist Patrice Pav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Deaths
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Long As They're Happy (play)
''As Long as They're Happy'' is a comedy play by the British writer Vernon Sylvaine which was first staged in 1953. A successful hit, it ran at the Garrick Theatre in the West End theatre, West End for 370 performances between July 1953 and May 1954. Veteran entertainer Jack Buchanan directed and starred as a stockbroker trying to cope with the extravagant behaviour of his daughters. Other members of the cast included Dorothy Dickson, Nigel Green, David Hutcheson and Stephen Hancock. Film In 1955 it was made into a musical film directed by J. Lee Thompson and with Buchanan reprising his starring role.Chibnall p.117-18 References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''J. Lee Thompson''. Manchester University Press, 2000. * Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 1953 plays British plays adapted into films Plays by Vernon Sylvaine Plays set in London Comedy plays West End plays {{1950s-play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Any Gentleman?
''Will Any Gentleman?'' is a 1950 stage farce by the British writer Vernon Sylvaine. The play was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool in July 1950. It then went on to the West End, running for 364 performances at the Stand Theatre between September 1950 and July 1951.Wearing p.42 It starred Robertson Hare, who appeared in several plays by Sylvaine. Hare plays a mild-mannered bank clerk who, after a night out, is hypnotized into a much more assertive lifestyle. Original cast *Mendoza - Norman Scace *Alfred Boyle - Wilfred Boyle *Henry Stirling - Robertson Hare *Dr. Smith - Charles Groves *Detective-Inspector Martin - Henry Caine *Charley Stirling - Arthur Riscoe *Stanley Jackson - Hugh Metcalfe *Montague Billing - Gerard Clifton *Dancer - Patricia Dare *Angel - Thelma Grigg Thelma Grigg (born Thelma Emerson, 13 September 1911 – 29 May 2003) was an Australian actress. She was first hired as an extra for Cinesound Productions in 1937. She made her stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Louise (play)
''Madame Louise'' is a 1945 comedy play by the British writer Vernon Sylvaine. It premiered at His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen and then went on to a long West End run at the Garrick Theatre, lasting for 410 performances between February 1945 and February 1946. The original cast included Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton and Paul Demel. Film adaptation In 1951 the play served as a loose basis for a film adaptation made at Walton Studios Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Aren't Angels (play)
''Women Aren't Angels'' is a 1941 play by the British writer Vernon Sylvaine and featured Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton and Judy Kelly in its original cast. It ran at the Strand Theatre in London for only 65 performances, considerably shorter than other Sylvaine farces featuring Hare and Drayton during the decade. On Broadway it was known as ''All Men Are Alike''. Synopsis The proprietors of a music shop try to conceal the presence of a young woman at one of their homes from their domineering wives. They also become involved in a German espionage plot while serving with the Home Guard. Film adaptation In 1943 the play was turned into a film, directed by Lawrence Huntington at Welwyn Studios Welwyn Studios was a British film studio located at Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, in Hertfordshire. The facility operated between 1928 and 1950. The studios were first constructed by British Instructional Films, and converted to make sou ... with both Hare and Drayton reprising t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nap Hand (play)
''Nap Hand'' is a 1940 comedy play by Vernon Sylvaine and Guy Bolton. The title refers to the sporting term, a nap hand. The farce revolves around quintuplets. After premiering at the Manchester Opera House, it ran for 83 performances at the Aldwych Theatre in London between 2 March and 11 May 1940. The cast included Ralph Lynn, Kay Walsh, William Hartnell, Marjorie Corbett, Francis de Wolff, Frederick Piper and Bertha Belmore Bertha Belmore (22 December 1882 – 14 December 1953) was an English stage and film actress. Part of the Belmore family of British actors through her marriage to actor Herbert Belmore, she began her career as a child actress in British pantomim .... It was produced by Austin Melford.Wearing p.9 References Bibliography * Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 1940 plays Comedy plays West End plays Plays set in England Plays by Vernon Sylvaine Plays by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Spot Of Bother (play)
''A Spot of Bother'' is the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, who is best known for his prize-winning first novel '' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''. Like ''Curious Incident'', ''A Spot of Bother'' examines mental health issues from the perspective of the patient. An excerpt from ''A Spot of Bother'' (at that point titled ''Blood and Scissors'') was published in the book ''New Beginnings'', the proceeds from which were donated to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The book was adapted by Michel Blanc into a French film in 2009 ('' Une petite zone de turbulences''). Plot The novel follows George Hall, a 57-year-old hypochondriac, and his family following George's retirement from a career manufacturing playground equipment. George has hypochondria, an excessive phobia for one's physical health. Certain that a skin lesion on his hip is a fatal cancer, George rejects Dr Barghoutian's diagnosis of eczema due to his previous misdiagnosis of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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