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Encore (1951 Film)
''Encore'' is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: * "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; * "Winter Cruise" (from the 1947 collection of Maugham stories '' Creatures of Circumstance''), directed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; * "Gigolo and Gigolette" (from the 1940 collection of Maugham stories '' The Mixture as Before''), directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. Maugham introduces each part of the film with a piece to camera from his garden on the French Riviera. ''Encore'' was the final film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by ''Quartet'' and '' Trio''. The film was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Plot summary "The Ant and the Grasshopper" Idle Tom Ramsay continually borrows from his hard-working brother George. George later puts up the Ramsay estate for sale so he can buy out his business partner, despite Tom's protests. Shortly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Jackson
Patrick Douglas Selmes Jackson (26 March 1916 – 3 June 2011) was an English film and television director. Biography Born in Eltham to a formerly affluent family which was severely affected by the Wall Street crash in 1929, Jackson's formal education was ended by his father's long-term illness and early death. He joined the GPO Film Unit on his 17th birthday as a messenger boy after his mother persuaded her MP, Sir Kingsley Wood, then also postmaster general, to find work for her son. Rising to production assistant, he was part of the crew for the short film '' Night Mail'' (1936). The voice narrating the poem by W.H. Auden ("This is the Night Mail crossing the border, bringing the cheque and the postal order.") was Jackson himself. He directed a number of documentaries, the first being ''The Horsey Mail'' (1938) about the rural postal service in Suffolk. ''The First Days'' (1939), co-directed by Harry Watt and Humphrey Jennings, was the first of the wartime documentarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Film Distributors
General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British Empire, British film distribution company based in London. It was active between 1935 and 1996, and from 1937 it was part of the Rank Organisation. General Film Distributors was created in 1935 by the British film distributor C. M. Woolf (1879–1942) after he had resigned from Gaumont British and closed his distribution company Woolf & Freedman Film Service.The Independent 1 July 1999: Obituary: Sir John Woolf Retrieved 2011-09-02 In 1936, J. Arthur Rank and the paper magnate Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal, Lord Portal, convinced him to make it a daughter company to their General Cinema Finance Corporation, which had ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Leggatt
Alison Joy Leggatt (7 February 1904 – 15 July 1990) was an English character actor, character actress. Career Born in the Kensington district of London, Leggatt trained under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Leggatt spent the early part of her career primarily on the stage. Her performance in Miles Malleson's ''The Fanatics'' in 1927 launched her, according to ''The New York Times'', as "one of the most promising theatrical newcomers of her generation". Other stage work included the original 1931 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Drury Lane production of ''Cavalcade (play), Cavalcade'' by Noël Coward. Her first major film credit was as Aunt Sylvia in ''This Happy Breed (film), This Happy Breed'' (1944), Noël Coward's homage to the UK, British working class. She was known for playing a variety of disapproving in-laws, motherly landladies, nosy neighbours and helpful housekeepers. She played opposite Petula Clark thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves
Peter George Wellesley Graves, 8th Baron Graves (21 October 1911 – 6 June 1994) was an English actor. Born in London, Graves was the son of Henry Algernon Claude Graves, 7th Baron Graves. Admiral Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves, was his great-great-great-grandfather. He was educated at Harrow School. Biography Known during his acting career as Peter Graves, he specialised in light comedies and musicals, often cast as dapper young men about town. His career peaked in the mid-to-late 1940s, beginning with the films of director/writer Val Guest, including ''Miss London Ltd.'' (1943) and ''Bees in Paradise'' (1944), opposite Arthur Askey; and ''Give Us the Moon'' (1944) and ''I'll Be Your Sweetheart'' (1945), opposite Margaret Lockwood. Other roles included the lead in ''Spring Song (1946 film), Spring Song'' (1946), and George IV of the United Kingdom, George IV in both ''The Laughing Lady'' (1946) and ''Mrs. Fitzherbert'' (1947). He also appeared in a number of films by Herbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo ( ; ; or colloquially ; , ; ) is an official administrative area of Monaco, specifically the Ward (country subdivision), ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located. Informally, the name also refers to a larger district, the Monte Carlo Quarter (corresponding to the former municipality of Monte Carlo), which besides Monte Carlo/Spélugues also includes the wards of Saint Roman, Monaco, La Rousse/Saint Roman, Larvotto, Larvotto/Bas Moulins and Saint Michel, Monaco, Saint Michel. The permanent population of the ward of Monte Carlo is about 3,500, while that of the quarter is about 15,000. Monaco has four traditional quarters, from west to east they are: Fontvieille, Monaco, Fontvieille (the newest), Monaco City, Monaco-Ville (the oldest), La Condamine, and Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo is situated on a prominent escarpment at the base of the Maritime Alps along the French Riviera. Near the quarter's western end is the "world-famous Place du Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Steward
A chief steward is the senior crew member working in the steward's department of a ship. Since there is no purser on most ships in the United States Merchant Marine, the steward is the senior person in the department, whence its name. In the British Merchant Navy, a steward is a junior member of the department (referred to as a steward's assistant in the United States), and so the term "chief steward" is always used for the senior member. The chief steward directs, instructs, and assigns personnel performing such functions as preparing and serving meals, ensuring that they are both delicious and nutritious. Moreover, the steward oversees cleaning and maintaining officers' quarters and steward department areas; and receiving, issuing, and inventorying stores. The chief steward also plans menus, compiles supply, overtime, and cost control records. The steward may also requisition or purchase stores and equipment. Other duties may include baking bread and pastries. A chief stew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and southeast of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory). With million people, Jamaica is the third most populous English-speaking world, Anglophone country in the Americas and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston is the country's capital and largest city. The indigenous Taíno peoples of the island gradually came under Spanish Empire, Spanish rule after the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of Africans to Jamaica as slaves. The island remained a possession of Spain, under the name Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Cannes Film Festival
The 5th Cannes Film Festival took place from 23 April to 10 May 1952. French author Maurice Genevoix served as jury president for the main competition. The Grand Prize of the Festival was awarded, as the highest prize, to ''Othello'' by Orson Welles and '' Two Cents Worth of Hope'' by Renato Castellani. The festival opened with ''An American in Paris'' by Vincente Minnelli. Jury Main Competition * Maurice Genevoix, French author - Jury President * Tony Aubin, French composer * Pierre Billon, French filmmaker * Suzanne Borel, French diplomat *Chapelain-Midy, French artist * Louis Chauvet, French journalist *Evrard De Rouvre, French producer *Guy Desson, French MP official * Gabrielle Dorziat, French actress * Jean Dréville, French filmmaker *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French producer *André Lang, French journalist *Jean Mineur, French CNCF official * Raymond Queneau, French poet and writer *Georges Raguis, French union official * Charles Vildrac, French writer Official Sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trio (1950 Film)
''Trio'' (also known as ''W. Somerset Maugham's Trio'') is a 1950 British anthology film based on three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Verger", "Mr Know-All" and "Sanatorium". Ken Annakin directed "The Verger" and "Mr Know-All", while Harold French was responsible for "Sanatorium". ''Trio'' is the second of a film trilogy, all consisting of adaptations of Maugham's stories, preceded by the 1948 '' Quartet'' and followed by the 1951 '' Encore''. Production budget of the film was shared by the J. Arthur Rank Organization and Paramount. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording ( Cyril Crowhurst) and was the final one released under the Gainsborough Pictures banner. Plot The Verger The new vicar at St Peter's Church is astonished to learn that the long-serving verger, Albert Foreman, is illiterate. Foreman is too set in his ways to want to learn to read and write, and the vicar feels he has no choice but to sack him. Foreman's savi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (1948 Film)
''Quartet'' is a 1948 British anthology film with four segments, each based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham. The author appears at the start and end of the movie to introduce the stories and comment about his writing career. It was successful enough to produce two sequels, '' Trio'' (1950) and ''Encore'' (1951), and popularised the compendium film format, leading to films such as '' O. Henry's Full House'' in 1952. The screenplays for the stories were all written by R. C. Sherriff. The Facts of Life Based on "The Facts of Life", included in the 1940 collection of Maugham stories '' The Mixture as Before''. * Director: Ralph Smart * Cinematographer: Ray Elton Cast * Basil Radford as Henry Garnet * Naunton Wayne as Leslie * Mai Zetterling as Jeanne * Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Garnet * Jack Watling as Nicky * Nigel Buchanan as John * James Robertson Justice as Branksome * Ian Fleming as Ralph * Jack Raine as Thomas * Jean Cavall as Cabaret Artist Plot Despite their reservations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Riviera
The French Riviera, known in French as the (; , ; ), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is considered to be the coastal area of the Alpes-Maritimes department, extending from the rock formation Massif de l'Esterel to Menton, at the France–Italy border, although some other sources place the western boundary further west around Saint-Tropez or even Toulon. The coast is entirely within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. The Principality of Monaco is a semi-enclave within the region, surrounded on three sides by France and fronting the Mediterranean. The French Riviera contains the seaside resorts of Cap-d'Ail, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Cannes, and Théoule-sur-Mer. ''Riviera'' is an Italian word that originates from the ancient Ligurian territory of Italy, wedged between the Var and Magra rivers. ''Côte d'Azur'' is origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mixture As Before
''The Mixture as Before'' is a collection of 10 short stories by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, first published by William Heinemann in 1940. British Library, accessed 6 November 2016. In the foreword, Maugham writes, "When my last volume of short stories was published ''The Times'' headed their review of it with the title ''The Mixture as Before''. This of course was meant in a depreciatory sense, but I did not take it as such.... The writer has his special communication to make.... there is in his personality a certain abundance he may continue for a long time to produce work which is varied and characteristic; but the time comes at last... when, having given what he has to give, his po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
