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Charles Saunders (director)
Charles Joel Saunders (8 April 1904 – 20 April 1997) was an English film director and screenwriter who began in the industry as a film editor, and who also contributed to television. He was the brother of the theatrical producer Sir Peter Saunders. Career Educated at Bedales, Saunders entered the film industry in 1927 and acted as assistant director and editor with such companies as Gaumont-British. His directorial debut was a romantic comedy called ''No Exit'' (which he wrote, produced and directed), about a publisher's daughter who wrongly believes that a humble staff writer of her father's is secretly a best-selling author. '' |
Paddington, London
Paddington is an List of areas of London, area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. A medieval parish then a Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, metropolitan borough of the County of London, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. London Paddington station, Paddington station, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel opened in 1847. It is also the site of St Mary's Hospital, London, St Mary's Hospital and the former Paddington Green Police Station. Paddington Waterside aims to regenerate former railway and canal land. Districts within Paddington are Maida Vale, Westbourne, London, Westbourne and Bayswater including Lancaster Gate. History The earliest extant references to ''Padington'' (or "Padintun", as in the ''Saxon Chartularies'', 959), Historic counties of England, historically a part of Middlesex, appear in the documentation of purported tenth-century land grants to the monks of Westminster by Edgar the Peaceful as conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawny Pipit (film)
''Tawny Pipit'' is a British comedy film produced by Prestige Productions in 1944. It tells of how the residents of a small English village collaborate when the nest of a pair of rare tawny pipits is discovered there. It is one of the first films to have a nature conservation theme: with one scene featuring a girl standing in front of a line of Covenanter tanks to prevent military training from disturbing the birds. Balanced against the conservation themes it also includes now-illegal practices, such as collecting rare bird eggs. A secondary theme is criticism of government interference with farming practices, such as enforced ploughing, in areas where the farmers themselves generally know best. Plot During the Second World War, Jimmy Bancroft (Niall MacGinnis), a fighter pilot just released from hospital, and his nurse (now his girlfriend) Hazel Broome ( Rosamund John) are on a walking tour through the countryside. They arrive at the (fictional) village of Lipsbury Lea and, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Jump Ahead (film)
''One Jump Ahead'' is a 1955 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Paul Carpenter, Diane Hart, Jill Adams and Freddie Mills. The screenplay was by Doreen Montgomery based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Robert H. Chapman. A journalist helps police track down the killer of a female blackmailer. Plot Reporter Paul Banner, a Canadian "noozeman", works at the ''Daily Comet'' in England. When a young boy witnesses a murder, the killer mistakenly tracks down the boy's friend and kills him, thinking he was the only witness to the crime. Banner becomes interested in getting to the bottom of the murders but complications arise when Judy, his ex-love, becomes involved. Banner sets out to find the killer, and has the help of Maxine, a reporter with whom he works at the paper; the two are also on the verge of a relationship. Together, they ferret out who the mystery killer is, keeping "one jump ahead" of the police. Cast * Paul Carp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hornet's Nest (1955 Film)
''The Hornet's Nest'' is a 1955 British B movie, second feature ('B') crime comedy film directed by Charles Saunders (director), Charles Saunders and starring Paul Carpenter (actor), Paul Carpenter, June Thorburn, and Marla Landi. It was written by Allan MacKinnon. Plot Thief Posh Peterson hides his loot of £20,000 worth of jewels under the floor boards of an abandoned scow (named ''The Hornet's Nest'') moored in London's Chelsea Embankment, but he is captured and thrown in jail after assaulting someone. Two young models, Pat and Terry, rent the vessel as a houseboat#United Kingdom, houseboat through Bob Bartlett, a friendly local salvage dealer acting as an intermediary for the rental agency. Upon his release, Posh and his accomplices, headed by Mr Arnold, attempt to recover the loot, but it is no longer under the floor boards. After several plot twists, Bartlett eventually brings the crooks to justice. Having observed all these events from their vantage point, two neighbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Mr
Meet may refer to: People with the name * Janek Meet (born 1974), Estonian footballer * Meet Mukhi (born 2005), Indian child actor Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Meet'' (TV series), an Australian television series * '' Meet: Badlegi Duniya Ki Reet'', an Indian television series * Meet Bros, music director duo from Gwalior * "Meet", an episode of '' Heartstopper'' Convention or meeting * Track meet, a competitive event in track and field athletics ** All-comers track meet, usually small local track and field competitions * Swap meet (or flea market), a type of bazaar that rents or provides space to people who want to sell or barter merchandise * Train meet, a railroad term referring to the event of the meeting of two trains * Google Meet, a video communication service developed by Google Other uses * Meet (mathematics), the greatest lower bound of a subset * Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (MEET), a program that brings together young Palestinian and Israeli leaders th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Link
''The Golden Link'' is a 1954 British police drama film directed by Charles Saunders, starring André Morell, Patrick Holt, Thea Gregory and Jack Watling. It was produced by Guido Coen under his Kenilworth Film Productions, featuring a screenplay by Allan MacKinnon and soundtrack by Eric Spear. The story concerns the death of a young woman, having fallen to her demise inside an apartment building. A policeman neighbour, Superintendent Blake, conducts an unofficial investigation, which initially seems to implicate his own daughter in a murder plot. Filmed at Riverside Film Studios in London, the picture was one of several second feature thrillers made in partnership by Saunders and Coen. Restricted by a meagre budget and minor distributors in Archway, production of ''The Golden Link'' still stood out for its rich cast and cinematography by Harry Waxman. The film was generally well received after its release on 24 August 1954. Contemporary reviews broadly characterised it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated United States Navy, naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as ''The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film), The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), ''Gunga Din (film), Gunga Din'' (1939), and ''The Corsican Brothers (1941 film), The Corsican Brothers'' (1941). He was the son of Douglas Fairbanks and the stepson of Mary Pickford, and his first marriage was to actress Joan Crawford. Early life Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. was born in New York City in 1909. He was the only child of actor Douglas Fairbanks and Anna Beth Sully, the daughter of wealthy industrialist Daniel J. Sully. Fairbanks' father was one of cinema's first icons, noted for such swashbuckling adventure films as ''The Mark of Zorro (1920 film), The Mark of Zorro'', ''Robin Hood (1922 film), Robin Hood'', and ''The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film), The Thief of Bagdad''. Fairbanks had small role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Fairbanks Presents
''Douglas Fairbanks Presents'' is a 1953–1956 syndicated half-hour dramatic anthology series. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was the host, and he sometimes starred in episodes. It was also known as ''Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents''. A total of 157 episodes were filmed. The program was also broadcast in at least seven TV markets in Canada. Actors The series offered Buster Keaton in his first dramatic role in the episode entitled "The Awakening". British actor Christopher Lee appeared in various roles in sixteen episodes, including " Destination Milan". Production Fairbanks was executive producer for the program, which was filmed at the British National Studios, Elstree, England and on location in England and in other parts of Europe. NBC Films was the original distributor, but by mid-1954, it had begun distributing a package titled ''Paragon Playhouse'', while Interstate TV distributed episodes with the original title. Herman Blaser was the production supervisor, and Lawrence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Series
An anthology series is a written series, radio, television, film, or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as '' Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as '' Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek (, "flower-gathering"), from (, "I gather flowers"), from (, "flower") + (, "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60BCE, originally as ( (, "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn ( Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema, inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List, and is one of a few entertainers who have won competitive Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards. Born into an aristocratic family in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn spent parts of her childhood in Belgium, the UK, and the Netherlands. She attended boarding school in Kent from 1936 to 1939. With the outbreak of World War II, she returned to the Netherlands. During the war, Hepburn studied ballet at the Arnhem Conservatory, and by 1944 she was performing ballet to raise money to support the Dutch resistance. She studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell in Amsterdam beginning in 1945 and with Marie Rambert in London from 1948. Hepburn began performing as a chorus girl in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Wild Oat
''One Wild Oat'' is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Stanley Holloway, Robertson Hare and Sam Costa with pre-stardom appearances by Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore as extras. The screenplay was by Vernon Sylvaine and Lawrence Huntington based on Sylvaine's 1948 play of the same title. Plot Barrister Humphrey Proudfoot attempts to discourage his Cherrie's infatuation for Fred, a philanderer, by revealing Fred's past. The plan backfires when Alfred Gilbey, the daughter's would-be father-in-law, threatens to reveal the barrister's own shady background. Cast * Robertson Hare as Humphrey Proudfoot * Stanley Holloway as Alfred Gilbey * Sam Costa as Mr. Pepys * Andrew Crawford as Fred Gilbey * Vera Pearce as Mrs. Gilbey * June Sylvaine as Cherrie Proudfoot * Robert Moreton as Throstle * Constance Lorne as Mrs. Proudfoot * Gwen Cherrell as Audrey Cuttle #1 * Irene Handl as Emily Pepys (Audrey Cuttle #2) * Ingeborg von Kusserow as Gloria Samson (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Unicorn
''The White Unicorn'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood, Ian Hunter and Dennis Price. Kyra Vayne appeared as the singer. It was made at Walton Studios by the independent producer John Corfield, and released by General Film Distributors. The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold. It was also known as ''Milkwhite Unicorn'' and ''Bad Sister'' (its title in the US). Plot At a home for delinquent girls, a troublesome girl swaps reminiscences with the warden, who recounts her own unhappy marriage, divorce and the tragic death of her second husband. Cast * Margaret Lockwood as Lucy * Joan Greenwood as Lottie Smith * Ian Hunter as Philip Templar * Dennis Price as Richard Glover * Eileen Peel as Joan * Guy Middleton as Fobey * Catherine Lacey as Miss Cater * Paul Dupuis as Paul * Bryl Wakely as Matron of Remand home * Joan Rees as Alice Walters * Mabel Constanduros as Nurse * Lily Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
