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Francis Birch (cryptographer)
Francis Lyall "Frank" Birch, (5 December 1889 – 14 February 1956) was a British cryptographer and actor. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. During World War I, he served as a lieutenant commander with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and served in the Atlantic, the Channel and the Dardanelles before joining the Naval Intelligence Division (Room 40) from 1916 to 1919. Birch wrote a satirical history of Room 40, ''Alice in ID25''. Birch was appointed an OBE in 1919. He was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, between 1915 and 1934 and a lecturer in history at Cambridge from 1921 until 1928. Birch left Cambridge to pursue an acting career in the 1930s, including the role of Widow Twankey in pantomime. In 1939, he was part of a BBC television production in a Teresa Deevy play "In Search of Valour". He joined the Naval section at Bletchley Park in September 1939, and later became Head of the (German) Naval Section. He had to face the short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love At Sea (1936 Film)
''Love at Sea'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Rosalyn Boulter, Carl Harbord and Aubrey Mallalieu. During production a major fire broke out at British and Dominions Elstree Studios where the film was being shot. Brunel moved production to the nearby Rock Studios and managed to complete the film on time. The screenplay concerns a woman travelling on a cruise ship who falls in love with a suspected thief on board. Main cast * Rosalyn Boulter as Betty Foster * Carl Harbord as Dick Holmes * Aubrey Mallalieu Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a ... as John Brighton * Frank Birch as Mr. Godwin * Dorothy Dewhurst as Mrs. Hackworth Pratt * Maud Gill as Emily Foster * Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Katherine Foster * Billy Bray as Slippery Joe * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face The Music (film)
Face the Music may refer to: Film and television * ''Face the Music'' (film), a 1954 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher * ''Face the Music'', a 1993 film starring Molly Ringwald and Patrick Dempsey * ''Face the Music'', a 2000 film featuring Tyler Christopher * ''Face the Music'' (American game show), a 1980–1981 music quiz show * ''Face the Music'' (British game show), a 1967–1984 music quiz show * ''Face the Music'' (New Zealand game show), a 1992–1994 music quiz show * '' Bill & Ted Face the Music'', the third film of the Bill & Ted franchise (2020) Literature * ''Face the Music'', a 1954 novel by Ernest Bornemann, basis for the 1954 film * ''Face the Music'', a 2014 novel by Greg Anton * ''Face the Music'', a ''Hannah Montana'' television series novelization * ''Face the Music: A Life Exposed'', a 2014 memoir by Paul Stanley Music * Face the Music (music ensemble), a classical youth ensemble from New York City * ''Face the Music'' (musical), a 1932 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Any Gentleman
Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will People and fictional characters * Will (comics) (1927–2000), a comic strip artist * Will (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Will or Wil * Will (surname) * Will (Brazilian footballer) (born 1973) * Will (singer), Italian singer-songwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Films * '' Will: G. Gordon Liddy'', a 1982 TV film * ''Will'' (1981 film), an American drama * ''Will'' (2011 film), a British sports drama * ''Will'', a Japanese documentary film featuring Masahiro Higashide * ''Bandslam'', a 2008 film with the working title ''Will'' Literature * ''Will'' (novel), by Christopher Rush * ''Will'' (Will Self memoir), 2019 * ''Will'' (Will Smith memoir), 2021 * ''Will'', an autobiography by G. Gordon Liddy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady In The Fog
''Lady in the Fog'' (U.S. title: ''Scotland Yard Inspector'') is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell and Bernadette O'Farrell. It was written by Orville H. Hampton based on the 1947 BBC radio serial ''A Lady in the Fog'' by Lester Powell. The film began production on 24 March 1952, was trade shown on 10 Sept. 1952, and was released on 13 Oct. 1952. It was made by Lippert Productions and Hammer Films at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. The film was unusual for a British movie since it had an American director, an American writer and an American actor in the lead. Plot In London an English woman, Heather McMara, asks for help from a visiting American writer, Philip 'Phil' O'Dell, to find out who has killed her brother, Danny, who was run over in a heavy nighttime fog. Having no evidence, the police will take no action. O'Dell and McMara visit Peggy's n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Villiers Diamond
''The Villiers Diamond'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers and Frank Birch. The screenplay concerns a man who is threatened with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond. Cast * Edward Ashley as Captain Dawson * Evelyn Ankers as Joan Raymond * Frank Birch as Silas Wade * Liam Gaffney as Alan O'Connel * Leslie Harcourt as Henry Barker * Julie Suedo as Mrs Forbes * Sybil Brooke as Miss Waring * Bill Shine as Joe * Margaret Davidge as Mrs. Benson * Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mlle. Dulac Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, vi ...'' dismissed it as "A vapid crime story." References External links * 1938 films 1938 crime films Films directed by Bernard Mainw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Challenge (1938 Film)
''The Challenge'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Milton Rosmer and Luis Trenker and starring Robert Douglas and Luis Trenker. The film is about the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by Edward Whymper. This British film is one of two 1938 Trenker remakes of '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' () in which Trenker acted in 1928, the other being the German '' The Mountain Calls'' (). Cast * Robert Douglas as Edward Whymper * Frank Birch as Rev. Charles Hudson * Geoffrey Wardwell as Lord Francis Douglas * Moran Caplat as Mr. Hadow * Lyonel Watts as F.K. Morris, Publisher * Luis Trenker as Jean Antoine Carrel * Mary Clare as Carrel's Mother * Fred Groves as Bruno Favre, Innkeeper * Joan Gardner as Felicitas Favre, Favre's Daughter * Laurence Baskcomb as The Podesta, Mayor * Ralph Truman as Signor Giordano * Reginald Jarman as Minister Sella * Tony Sympson as Luc Meynet * Cyril Smith as Customs Officer * Lloyd Pearson as Alexander Seiler, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Goes Next?
''Who Goes Next?'' is a 1938 British war drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart and Jack Hawkins. The story was inspired by the escape of 29 officers through a tunnel from Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony, Germany, in July 1918. Premise During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp. Main cast * Barry K. Barnes as Maj. Hamilton * Sophie Stewart as Sarah Hamilton * Jack Hawkins as Capt. Beck * Charles Eaton as Capt. Royde * Andrew Osborn as F/O Stevens * Frank Birch as Capt. Grover * Roy Findlay as Lt. Williams * Alastair Macintyre as Lt. Mackenzie * Meinhart Maur as Commandant Production The film was made at Wembley Studios by Twentieth Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Academy Decides
''The Academy Decides'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring April Vivian, Henry Oscar, John Oxford and Wensley Russell. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.292 Cast * Henry Oscar as Kyle * April Vivian as Mary * John Oxford * Wensley Russell * Boris Ranevsky * Frank Birch *Walter Tobias References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links *''The Academy Decides''at the British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ... 1937 films 1930s English-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Hale (film)
''Jennifer Hale'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring René Ray, Ballard Berkeley and John Longden. The film was made as a quota quickie at Wembley Studios by the British subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox. Plot A London showgirl is wrongly accused of murdering her manager and goes on the run to try to prove her innocence. After establishing a new life as a taxi dancer in Birmingham, and falling in love with one of her clients, her past life comes back to haunt her. Cast * René Ray as Jennifer Hale * Ballard Berkeley as Richard Severn * John Longden as Police Inspector Merton * Paul Blake (actor, born 1904), Paul Blake as Norman Ives * Francis Birch (cryptographer), Frank Birch as Sharman * Richard Parry as Jim Watson * Ernest Sefton as Police Sergeant Owen * Patricia Burke as Maisie Brewer References External links * 1937 films 1937 crime films Films directed by Bernard Mainwaring 20th Century Fox films Films with screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria The Great
''Victoria the Great'' is a 1937 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook and Walter Rilla. When Laurence Housman's play '' Victoria Regina'' was banned by the Lord Chamberlain (in 1935 the royal family could not be shown on the British stage), its subsequent Broadway success prompted King Edward VIII to commission producer Herbert Wilcox to turn it into a film, commemorating the centenary of Victoria's reign. The film biography of Queen Victoria concentrates initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861. It was released in the year of Victoria’s great-grandson King George VI's coronation, which was also the centennial of Victoria's own accession to the throne. The movie was so successful that a sequel appeared the following year, ''Sixty Glorious Years''. Plot In June 1837, 18-year-old Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent ascends the thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Faces
''Twin Faces'', also known as ''Press Button B'', is a 1937 British crime film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Anthony Ireland, Francesca Bahrle and Frank Birch. The film was made at Highbury Studios as a quota quickie for release by the Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures.Wood p.97 Cast * Anthony Ireland as Jimmy the Climber * Francesca Bahrle as Judy Strangeways * Frank Birch as Ben Zwigi * Paul Neville as Cmdr. Strangeways * Victor Hagen as Inspector Coates * George Turner as Maurice * Ivan Wilmot as Levenstein * Frank Tickle as John Cedar References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ..., 2007. *Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
