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Desert Mice
''Desert Mice'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Michael Relph and starring Alfred Marks, Sid James, Dora Bryan, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier and Liz Fraser. The screenplay was by David Climie. A group of ENSA entertainers with the British army in the North Africa desert during the Second World War thwart a Nazi plan. The title is a play on the Desert Rats. It was a Welbeck Presentation released through Rank. Plot An ENSA group tours around North Africa entertaining British troops. One night, Bert hears the tune (with no words) for "Lily Marlene". He sets about writing a variety of lyrics to the tune. Attached to an intelligence unit they realise that when singing their words to the well-known tune some in the audience are singing in German, exposing them as spies. Cast * Alfred Marks as Major Poskett * Sid James as Bert Bennett * Dora Bryan as Gay Bennett * Dick Bentley as Gavin O'Toole * Joan Benham as Una O'Toole * Reginald Beckwith as Fred * Irene Handl as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Relph
Michael Leighton George Relph (16 February 1915 – 30 September 2004) was an English film producer, art director, screenwriter and film director. He was the son of actor George Relph. Films Relph began his film career in 1933 as an assistant art director under Alfred Junge at Gaumont British then headed by Michael Balcon. In 1942, Relph began work at Ealing as chief art director, where his designs included the influential 1945 supernatural anthology '' Dead of Night''. He worked mainly on Basil Dearden's films, and in 1949 was nominated for an Academy Award for art direction for his work on the Stewart Granger vehicle '' Saraband for Dead Lovers'' (1948). Theatre Michael Relph also designed for the theatre, particularly the West End in the 1940s, including '' The Doctor's Dilemma'', '' A Month in the Country'', and '' The Man Who Came to Dinner''. Producer Relph is largely known as a film producer. He served as associate producer on the Ealing comedy ''Kind Hearts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Marlene
"Lili Marleen" (also spelled "Lili Marlen'", "Lilli Marlene", "Lily Marlene", "Lili Marlène" among others; ) is a German love song that became popular during World War II throughout Europe and the Mediterranean among both Axis and Allied troops. Written in 1915 as a poem, the song was published in 1937 and was first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939 as "Das Mädchen unter der Laterne" ("The Girl under the Lantern"). The song is also well known in a version performed by Marlene Dietrich. In 2005, Bear Family Records released a 7-CD set ''Lili Marleen an allen Fronten'' ("Lili Marleen on all Fronts"), including nearly 200 versions of "Lili Marleen" with a 180-page booklet. Creation The words were written in 1915 as a poem of three verses by Hans Leip (1893–1983), a school teacher from Hamburg who had been conscripted into the Imperial German Army. Leip reportedly combined the nickname of his friend's girlfriend, Lili, with the name of another friend, Marleen, who was a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conscience Bay
''Conscience Bay'' is a 1964 British film. It was made through Welbeck Films, one of the companies of producer Sydney Box Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis. He produced and co- .... Premise In a Nova Scotian fishing village, Nelly and Fred, childhood sweethearts, discover that Ben, a hunchbach fisherman, has been stealing the lobster catch. Nelly also discovers that Ben is the illegitimate son of Aunt Boo, Nelly's adoptive mother, married to Caleb. Nelly and Ben become friends and then lovers. Cast *Rosemarie Anderson *Mark Dignam *Catherine Willmer *John Bone Production The film was from an American playwright living in England, Norman Vane. He raised £5,000 and attempted to make the film independent in Ireland but ran into union difficulties.Lassally p 113 Rank agreed to distribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faces In The Dark
The face is the front of the head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may affect the psyche adversely. Structure The front of the human head is called the face. It includes several distinct areas, of which the main features are: *The forehead, comprising the skin beneath the hairline, bordered laterally by the temples and inferiorly by eyebrows and ears *The eyes, sitting in the orbit and protected by eyelids and eyelashes * The distinctive human nose shape, nostrils, and nasal septum *The cheeks, covering the maxilla and mandible (or jaw), the extremity of which is the chin *The mouth, with the upper lip divided by the philtrum, sometimes revealing the teeth Facial appearance is vital for human recognition and communication. Facial muscles in humans allow expression of emotions. The face is itself a highly sensitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Young To Love (film)
''Too Young to Love'' is a 1960 British drama film set in New York. It was directed by Muriel Box and starring Pauline Hahn, Joan Miller, and Austin Willis. It was based on the play ''Pickup Girl'' by Elsa Shelley. An adaptation of the story was broadcast on British TV on 6 December 1957 in the '' ITV Television Playhouse'' series. Plot In New York, a policeman and a neighbour watch as a middle-aged man and a young man enter a house where a young girl can be seen getting ready for bed. After the young man leaves, the policeman enters the house to make an arrest. In a juvenile court hearing, it emerges that the 15-year-old Elizabeth has been found in a compromising position in her bedroom with a 47-year-old man, Mr Elliot. Elizabeth is one of four children in a struggling working-class family, her mother a hard-working cook, her father ran into debt while he was unemployed and found a job working in California. In the evenings, at the home of an older girl Ruby Lockwood, teena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night We Dropped A Clanger
''The Night We Dropped a Clanger'' (released in the US as ''Make Mine a Double''), is a 1959 black and white British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell and Leslie Phillips. It was written by John Chapman. The title comes from the British expression "to drop a clanger", meaning to make a big mistake. It links in the title to the secondary meaning of "clang", the noise of a metallic object hitting the floor. A British secret agent is sent on a secret operation in occupied France during the Second World War but a diversionary tactic turns into a farcical tale of mistaken identity. Andrew Sachs made his film debut in a minor role. Plot When mysterious, unpiloted, midget aircraft start landing in southern England during the Second World War, secret agent Wing Commander Blenkinsop, VC and bar, is chosen for a top-secret mission to occupied France to investigate. Meanwhile, as a diversionary tactic to deceive the Germans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welbeck Film Distributors
Welbeck Film Distributors Ltd was a British film production company associated with the Rank Organisation. Sidney Box was a director until he quit in September 1959, being replaced by Peter Rogers. The company later made films with Rogers' wife Betty Box. Select films *'' To Dorothy, A Son'' (1954) *''Desert Mice'' (1959) *'' Too Young to Love'' (1960) *'' Beyond the Curtain'' (1960) *''Faces in the Dark'' (1960) *'' How to Undress in Public without Undue Embarrassment'' (1965) *''Doctor in Trouble'' (1970) *'' Percy'' (1971) *'' It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World'' (1973) aka ''The Love Ban'' *''Percy's Progress'' (1974) *''Pop Pirates'' (1984) References External linksWelbeck Filmsat IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ...Welbeck Filmsat BFI Film production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Tilvern
Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 – 17 December 2003) was an English actor. He was known for usually playing "tough-guy" roles. Life Tilvern was born 5 November 1918 in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, to Lithuanian-Jewish parents, who changed their name from Tilevitch. War and film career After leaving school, he became a barrow boy in Brick Lane. In the Second World War, he served in the Army but was invalided out before its end in 1945. A year later, he began an acting career ('' Danger by My Side'' being a good example), that lasted until the late 1980s. He is possibly best known for his role as R. K. Maroon in his last film, ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...''. Death Tilvern died on 17 December 2003, at the age of 85. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rose (actor)
George Walter Rose (19 February 1920 – 5 May 1988) was an English actor and singer in theatre and film. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for roles in ''My Fair Lady'' and '' The Mystery of Edwin Drood''. Early life Born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the son of a butcher, Rose studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After graduation, he was briefly a farmer and secretary. After wartime service and studies at Oxford, he made his Old Vic stage debut in 1946. Career Rose spent four years with the Old Vic company and made his Broadway debut in a 1946 production of '' Henry IV, Part I'' and continued to play in New York City and London's West End for the remainder of the decade. He spent most of the 1950s appearing in broad comedy roles in the UK, later joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. He returned to Broadway to portray Dogberry in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in 1959. Two years later, he co-starred to much acclaim in Robert Bolt's '' A Man for All Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Bushell
Anthony Arnatt Bushell (19 May 1904 – 2 April 1997) was an English film actor and director who appeared in more than 50 films between 1929 and 1961. He played Colonel Breen in the BBC serial ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1958–59), and also appeared in and directed various British TV series such as ''Danger Man''. Early life Bushell was born in Westerham, Kent and was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, Magdalen College School, and then Hertford College, Oxford, where he was the stroke on the college rowing eight, and belonged to the Hypocrites' Club. After Oxford, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and got his start on stage from Sir Gerald du Maurier, making his theatrical debut in Victorien Sardou, Sardou's ''Diplomacy (play), Diplomacy'' at the Adelphi Theatre in 1924. Career He worked in the U.S. for a time in 1927–28, touring in ''Her Cardboard Lover#Production, Her Cardboard Lover'' with Jeanne Eagels. In 1928, he met American actress Zelma O'Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Goring
Marius Re Goring (23 May 191230 September 1998) was an English stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for the four films he made with Powell and Pressburger, Powell & Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in ''A Matter of Life and Death (film), A Matter of Life and Death'' and as Julian Craster in ''The Red Shoes (1948 film), The Red Shoes''. He is also known for playing the titular role in the long-running TV drama series, ''The Expert (TV series), The Expert''. He regularly performed French and German roles, and was frequently cast in the latter because of his name, coupled with his red-gold hair and blue eyes. However, in a 1965 interview, he explained that he was not of German descent, stating that "Goring (surname), Goring is a completely English name." Life and career Goring was born in Newport, Isle of Wight, the son of the eminent physician and researcher Dr Charles Buckman Goring (1870-1919), the author of ''The English Convict'', and Kate Winifred (née Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Bredin
Patricia Bredin (14 February 1935 – 13 August 2023) was an English actress and one-time singer. She is best known as the first representative of the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957. Career In 1957 Bredin took the part of Molly, the island girl, in the original cast of the musical '' Free as Air'' , in which she starred with Gillian Lewis. Bredin took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 in Frankfurt and finished in seventh place out of ten entries with the song " All", the first-ever song sung in English at Eurovision. At 1:52, "All" was for a long time the shortest performance in the history of the contest. The record was broken in 2015 when Finland's Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät performed " Aina mun pitää", which was only 1:27 long. In 1959, she starred in the British comedy film '' Left Right and Centre'' with Ian Carmichael. This saw British exhibitors vote her one of the most promising British new stars along with Peter Sellers and Hayley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
