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Alfred Roome
Alfred Wallace Roome (22 December 1908 – 19 November 1997) was an English film editor and occasional director. Biography Born in London, in 1908, he first worked in the film industry as a film editor on the 1932 British comedy film '' Thark''. He went on to edit mostly comedies over the next forty years including many of the Aldwych Farces films, and Will Hay films such as '' Boys Will Be Boys''. He directed crime film ''My Brother's Keeper'' (1948) and comedy film '' It's Not Cricket'' (1949). In the latter years of his career he edited the Carry On series of films alongside the director, Gerald Thomas. He retired in 1975 after editing '' Carry on Behind''. Personal life Roome married the actress Janice Adair on 20 February 1936; they remained married until her death in 1996. The couple had two children, a daughter and a son Christopher who was killed in the King's Cross tube station fire of 1987. Alfred Roome died on 19 November 1997, in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire ... [...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] |
Carry On Behind
''Carry On Behind'' is a 1975 British comedy film, the 27th release in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). It was the first entry in the series not to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell since ''Carry On Cruising'' 13 years previously. Also missing was series stalwart Sid James. James was busy touring in a play, while Rothwell's health prevented him from writing. The regular actors present are Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Joan Sims and Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw and Patsy Rowlands. ''Carry On Behind'' was the final picture in the series for Bresslaw (in his 14th appearance), Liz Fraser (in her fourth) and Rowlands (in her ninth) as well as Carol Hawkins (in her second). It saw the only appearances of Elke Sommer, Adrienne Posta, Sherrie Hewson and Ian Lavender in a ''Carry On'' film, and was the first of two entries in the series for Windsor Davies. Plot Frustrated butcher Fred Ramsden (Windsor Davies) and his dim electrician friend Ernie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'll Be Your Sweetheart
''I'll Be Your Sweetheart'' is a 1945 British historical musical film directed by Val Guest and starring Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver and Michael Rennie. It was the first and only musical film produced by Gainsborough Studios. Commissioned by the British Ministry of Information, it was set at the beginning of the 20th century, and was about the composers of popular music hall songs fighting for a new copyright law that will protect them from having their songs stolen. Copyright scholar Adrian Johns has called the film "propaganda" and "a one-dimensional account of the piracy crisis sheet_music.html" ;"title="bout sheet music">bout sheet music in the early 20th centuryfrom the publishers' perspective", but also highlighted its value as historical document, with large parts of the dialogue "closely culled from the actual raids, court cases, and arguments of 1900-1905." Plot In 1900 Bob Fielding arrives in London from the north of England determined to make it as a song publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterloo Road (film)
''Waterloo Road'' is a 1945 British film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring John Mills, Stewart Granger, and Alastair Sim. It is based on the Waterloo area of South London. According to the British Film Institute database, it is the third in an "unofficial trilogy" by Gilliat, preceded by ''Millions Like Us'' (1943) and ''Two Thousand Women'' (1944). Premise A soldier, Jim Colter (Mills), goes AWOL to return to his home in south London to save his wife from the advances of Ted Purvis (Granger), a philandering conscription-dodger. Cast * John Mills as Jim Colter * Stewart Granger as Ted Purvis * Alastair Sim as Dr. Montgomery * Joy Shelton as Tillie Colter * Alison Leggatt as Ruby * Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Colter * George Carney as Tom Mason * Leslie Bradley as Mike Duggan * Jean Kent as Toni * Ben Williams as Corporal Lewis * Anna Konstam as May * Vera Frances as Vera Colter * George Merritt as Air Raid Warden Production The film was originally known as ''Blue for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipyard Sally
''Shipyard Sally'' is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Norma Varden. The film is notable for the song " Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye", which became a major hit. Plot Sally, a failed music hall performer, and her father take over a pub near the John Brown & Company shipyard at Clydebank. When the closure of the yard threatens to put many out of work she leads a campaign to persuade the government to reconsider the decision. Production Made shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Fields' last British film. It was shot at Islington Studios with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky.Wood p.101 Cast * Gracie Fields as Sally Fitzgerald * Sydney Howard as Major Fitzgerald * Morton Selten as Lord Alfred Randall * Norma Varden as Lady Patricia Randall * Oliver Wakefield as Forsyth * Tucker McGuire as Linda Marsh * MacDonald Parke as Diggs * Richard Cooper as Sir John Treacher * Joan Cowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf's Button Afloat
''Alf's Button Afloat'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. In the film, the Crazy Gang go to sea, where one of them discovers a button on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. The film parodies the 1920 novel '' Alf's Button'' by W.A. Darlington and its subsequent film adaptations. Cast * Bud Flanagan as Alf Higgins * Chesney Allen as Ches * Jimmy Nervo as Cecil * Teddy Knox as Teddy * Charlie Naughton as Charlie * Jimmy Gold as Jimmy * Alastair Sim as Eustace * Wally Patch as Sergeant Hawkins * Peter Gawthorne as Captain Driscol * Agnes Lauchlan as Lady Driscol * Glennis Lorimer as Frankie Driscol * James Carney as Lieutenant John Hardy * Wilson Coleman Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor. He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said O'Reilly To McNab
''Said O'Reilly to McNab'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Will Mahoney, Will Fyffe and Ellis Drake. It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.Wood p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Leslie Arliss and Marriott Edgar wrote the screenplay. Plot American confidence trickster Timothy O'Reilly has to flee New York with the law after him for his dubious business activities. He goes with his loyal, quick-thinking secretary across the Atlantic to Scotland where his son Terence is living. He finds Terence is in love with the daughter of Malcolm McNab, a tight-fisted local businessman. The two engage in a certain amount of rivalry while O'Reilly tries to find a way to refresh his financial fortune and get McNab's permission for their children to marry. These include a game of golf at which both try to cheat and a miracle new dieting pill which is in fact just a caramel sweet. Cast * Will Mah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh, Mr Porter!
''Oh, Mr Porter!'' is a 1937 British comedy film starring Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt and directed by Marcel Varnel. While not Hay's commercially most successful (although it grossed £500,000 at the box office – equal to about £34,000,000 at 2020 value), it is probably his best-known film to modern audiences. It is widely acclaimed as the best of Hay's work, and a classic of its genre. The film had its first public showing in November 1937 and went on general release on 3 January 1938. The plot of ''Oh, Mr Porter'' was loosely based on the Arnold Ridley play '' The Ghost Train''. The title was taken from '' Oh! Mr Porter'', a music hall song. Plot William Porter (Will Hay) is an inept railway worker who – due to family connections – is given the job of stationmaster at a remote and ramshackle rural Northern Irish railway station in the (fictitious) town of Buggleskelly, situated on the border with the then Irish Free State. After taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All In (film)
''All In'' is a 1936 British sports comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Ralph Lynn, Gina Malo and Garry Marsh. The owner of a racing stables has high hopes of winning The Derby, but fate intervenes. It is also known by the alternative title ''Tattenham Corner'', from the play on which it is based. The film was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was based on a play, ''Tattenham Corner'', by Philip Merivale and Brandon Fleming, which takes its name from a sharp bend on Epsom Racecourse, where the Derby is run. Cast * Ralph Lynn as Archie Slott * Gina Malo as Kay Slott * Jack Barty as Tingaling Tom * Claude Dampier as Toop * Sydney Fairbrother as Genesta Slott * Garry Marsh as Lilleywhite * Robert Nainby as Eustace Slott * O. B. Clarence as Hemingway * Gibb McLaughlin as Reverend Cuppleditch * Glennis Lorimer as Kitty * Fewlass Llewellyn Fewlass Llewellyn (5 March 1886 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Changed His Mind
''The Man Who Changed His Mind'' is a 1936 British science fiction horror film starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and was produced by Gainsborough Pictures. The film was also known as ''The Brainsnatcher'' or ''The Man Who Lived Again''.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 198 Plot Dr. Laurience (Karloff), a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origins of the mind and soul in an isolated manor house, aided only by the promising surgeon Clare Wyatt (Lee) and a wheelchair-using confederate named Clayton (Donald Calthrop). The scientific community rejects his theories and Laurience risks losing everything for which he has worked so obsessively. To save his research, Laurience (pronounced "Lorenz") begins to use his discoveries in brain transference for his own nefarious purposes, replacing the mind of philanthropist Lord Haslewood ( Frank Cellier) with the personality of the crippled, causti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pot Luck (1936 Film)
''Pot Luck'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. The screenplay is by Ben Travers based loosely on his 1930 stage play '' A Night Like This''. It also featured Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Diana Churchill and Martita Hunt. The cast included members of the regular Aldwych Farce company. Plot A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds. Cast * Tom Walls as Inspector Patrick Fitzpatrick * Ralph Lynn as Reggie Bathbrick * Diana Churchill as Jane Bathbrick * Robertson Hare as Mr Pye * Peter Gawthorne as Chief Constable * Gordon James as Cream (the butler) * Martita Hunt as Mrs Cream (the cook) * J.A. O'Rourke as Kelly * Cyril Smith as Miller Criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stormy Weather (1935 Film)
''Stormy Weather'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare. Plot Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them. Back in London, Mrs. Craggs is horrified to discover she is still married to the White Russian Count Polotsky, whom she had thought was dead. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
