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Diane Clare
Diane Clare (born Diane Dirsztay; 8 July 1938 – 21 June 2013) was an English actress. Career Clare started acting at a young age playing uncredited baby parts in films such as '' The Ghosts of Berkeley Square'' and '' The Silver Fleet'', and for a time was one of the most highly paid babies in British films. Names to watch: Diane Clare. At the age of 3, Clare was too old to continue playing babies so her career came to a standstill. "I'd been longing to play in pictures from the time I was dropped all those years ago because I'd become too old to play baby parts", Diane Clare Devotees. she told an interviewer in the late 1950s, after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Coleman
Esther Coleman (8 October 1900 – 28 February 1989), who also performed under the stage name Diana Clare, was a British singer who appeared in numerous radio shows including ''Band Waggon''. She sang with a contralto voice. She used the name Diana Clare for her performances of blues songs. She performed with Jack Hylton and his orchestra, and had her own radio show, ''Come to Sunday Afternoon at Diana Clare's'', broadcast on Radio Luxembourg, sponsored by Lux Toilet Soap. She also appeared on television, and took part in some of the earliest tests of British television. References British contraltos 1900 births 1989 deaths {{UK-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Helmet
''The Green Helmet'' is a 1961 British drama film directed by Michael Forlong starring Bill Travers, Ed Begley and Sid James. The film is centred on a British motor racing team. It is based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Australian author Jon Cleary. Plot outline At France's 24-hour Le Mans race when British champion racing driver Greg Rafferty crashes his car. The plot then follows Rafferty as he continues to race while also concealing his fears. Cast * Bill Travers as Rafferty * Ed Begley as Bartell * Sid James as Richie Launder * Nancy Walters as Diane * Ursula Jeans as Mrs. Rafferty * Megs Jenkins as Kitty Launder * Jack Brabham as himself * Sean Kelly as Taz Rafferty * Tutte Lemkow as Carlo Zaraga * Gordon Tanner as Hastrow * Ferdy Mayne as Rossano * Peter Collingwood as Charlie * Roland Curram as George * Diane Clare as Pamela * Harold Kasket as Lupi Production Film rights were bought by MGM, who hired Cleary to adapt his own novel. He said, "They bought it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hand Of Night
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns 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 pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vulture (1967 Film)
''The Vulture'' is a 1967 horror film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Robert Hutton, Akim Tamiroff, Broderick Crawford, and Diane Clare. Plot One stormy night in Cornwall, schoolteacher Ellen West ( Annette Carell) takes a shortcut across a graveyard, and witnesses a large bird with a human head emerging from a grave, seeing it fly away laughing maniacally and carrying a box in its talons. Ellen’s hair has turned white overnight after the shock of her experience but, perhaps unsurprisingly, nobody believes her story. The grave from which the creature emerged is that of Francis Real, an 18th-century seaman. A recently discovered parchment has suggested that Real had been buried alive with the corpse of a large ‘loathsome’ bird he kept as a pet, and that he had sworn vengeance on all descendants of Squire Stroud, the man who ordered his interment. Two of these descendants, brothers Brian and Edward Stroud, live locally and their niece Trudy (Diane Clare) happen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trygon Factor
''The Trygon Factor'' (German title: ''Das Geheimnis der weißen Nonne'' / ''Mystery of the White Nun'') is a 1966 British-West German crime film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire and Robert Morley. It is based on the 1917 Edgar Wallace novel '' Kate Plus Ten''. Plot A Scotland Yard inspector is called to investigate a series of unsolved robberies. Inspector Cooper-Smith arrives at the country manor of a respectable English family. He discovers Livia Emberday, the mistress of the house, has turned to crime in order to bolster the family's flagging fortunes. With assistance from an order of bogus nuns, stolen goods end up in the warehouse of Hamlyn, purportedly a respectable businessman. Cast * Stewart Granger as Superintendent Cooper-Smith * Susan Hampshire as Trudy Emberday * Robert Morley as Hubert Hamlyn * Cathleen Nesbitt as Livia Emberday * Brigitte Horney as Sister General * Sophie Hardy as Sophie * Diane Clare as Clare O'Connor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrong Box
''The Wrong Box'' is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and a large ensemble cast. The screenplay was by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel '' The Wrong Box'' by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. It was made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot In the early 19th century, a lawyer explains to a group of young boys that a form of tontine has been organised; £1,000 has been invested for each child (£20,000 in total), but only the last survivor will receive all the capital and earned interest. Sixty-three years later, elderly brothers Masterman and Joseph Finsbury, who live next to each other in Victorian London, are the last surviving members of the tontine. Masterman is attended by his unpromising medical student grandson Michael Finsbury, and, although Masterman has not talked to his despised brother in many years, he sends Michael ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plague Of The Zombies
''The Plague of the Zombies'' is a 1966 British horror film directed by John Gilling and starring André Morell, John Carson, Jacqueline Pearce, Brook Williams, and Michael Ripper. Plot In a Cornish village in August 1860, the inhabitants of the town are dying from a mysterious plague that seems to be spreading at an accelerated rate. Even the local doctor, Peter Tompson, cannot combat the disease. Alarmed, Tompson sends for outside help from his friend and former mentor, Sir James Forbes. Accompanying Sir James is his daughter Sylvia, a childhood friend of Peter's wife, Alice. As Sir James and Sylvia arrive in the village, Sylvia deters a group of rowdy fox hunters from killing a fox. Shortly after, Sir James and Sylvia encounter a funeral procession in town, which is interrupted by the fox hunters, who come to harass Sylvia for intentionally misleading them. In the melee, the pallbearers drop the casket over the side of a bridge, revealing the corpse of John Martinus, a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witchcraft (1964 Film)
''Witchcraft'' (also known as ''Witches and Warlocks'') is a 1964 British horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley and Jill Dixon. The script was written by Harry Spalding. Plot In the 17th century, in order to take over the Whitlock family's properties, the rival Lanier family accused Vanessa Whitlock of witchcraft and had her buried alive. As a consequence, the Whitlocks still maintain a bitter hatred of the Laniers to the present day. However, two young descendants, Amy Whitlock and Todd Lanier, fall in love with each other regardless of the objections of Amy's stern uncle, Morgan Whitlock. Todd is a business associate of his older brother Bill Lanier. They are building developers who plan to transform and renovate the old Whitlock estate. Without their knowledge, their business partner Myles Forrester instructs his workers to bulldoze over headstones and graves in the old Whitlock Cemetery, enraging Morgan Whitlock. From an exhumed grave em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamahine
''Tamahine'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Nancy Kwan, Dennis Price and John Fraser. It was written by Denis Cannan. A Polynesian woman who believes she can change the culture of Hallow School, a British boys' boarding school. Plot When her father dies, orphan teenager Tamahine is sent from her South Pacific island home to live with Charles Poole, her father's cousin and the headmaster of Hallow, a prestigious all-male school in England. Richard, Charles' son and school student, falls in love with her, but she considers him tabu because of the closeness of their family relationship. Another suitor is the art master, Clove, after he breaks up with Charles' daughter Diana. Meanwhile, Tamahine has trouble adjusting to the puzzling social mores of her new home, exasperating Charles, but making him start to question his own joyless existence. In the end, Richard convinces Tamahine that their connection is distant enough that marrying him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The L-Shaped Room
''The L-Shaped Room'' is a 1962 British drama romance film written and directed by Bryan Forbes, based on the 1960 novel by Lynne Reid Banks. It tells the story of Jane Fosset, a young French woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a cheap London boarding house, befriending a young man, Toby, in the building. The work is considered part of the kitchen sink realism school of British drama. The film reflected a trend in British films of greater frankness about sex and displays a sympathetic treatment of outsiders "unmarried mothers, lesbian or black" as well as a "largely natural and non-judgmental handling of their problems". As director, Forbes represents "a more romantic, wistful type of realism" than that of Tony Richardson or Lindsay Anderson. Caron's performance earned her the Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress, as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Cicely Courtneidge gave what she considered her finest film performance, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go To Blazes (1962 Film)
''Go to Blazes'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Michael Truman and starring Dave King, Robert Morley, Norman Rossington, Daniel Massey, Dennis Price, Maggie Smith, and David Lodge. It also features Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier, both later to star in ''Dad's Army''. Plot Somewhere in London a refined gent in a bowler hat walks along the road with flowers and chocolates, seemingly on his way to a date. He stops at a jeweller's window and looks at the rings. Suddenly he throws the box (containing a brick) through the window, and grabs the jewels. A Citroen DS rushes up and he gets inside to join his two friends. The police give chase and they are doing well until stopped at a junction for a fire engine to pass. They are caught and sent to Wormwood Scrubs. The trio decide that a fire engine is the least likely form of transport to be delayed by traffic. Following release, the incompetent criminals go to a fire engine salesroom where the salesman extols the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunch Hour
''Lunch Hour'' is a 1962 British romantic comedy drama film directed by James Hill and starring Shirley Anne Field, Robert Stephens and Kay Walsh. Written by John Mortimer based on his 1960 one-act play of the same name, it is about a man and a woman who attempt to conduct their affair during their lunch hour, but are continually interrupted. Plot A recently graduated art school designer at a wallpaper manufacturing company catches the eye of a married middle manager. They begin a workplace affair during their lunchtime breaks but their attempts to find privacy are continually thwarted. The man eventually locates a small hotel where he books a room for just one hour, but feels the need to invent a hugely complicated tale to tell the hotel manageress about a troubled marriage and a wife travelling down from Scarborough for a heart-to-heart. The still-suspicious hotel manageress continually interrupts the couple and, as the man tells the same story to his would-be lover, she sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
