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Front Line Kids
''Front Line Kids'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Leslie Fuller.Chibnall & McFarlane p.8 It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. In wartime London an unruly group of boys assist an incompetent hotel porter to thwart a gang of criminals operating out of the building. Cast * Gerald Rex as Bert Wragg * Leslie Fuller as Nobby Clarkson * John Singer as Ginger Smith * John Tacchi as Front Line Gang Member * Marion Gerth as Elsa la Rue * David Keir as The Parson * George Pughe as Pinski * Anthony Holles as Hotelier * Ralph Michael as Paul * Ben Williams as Porter * Norman Pierce as P.C. Rozzer * Eric Clavering as Carl * Vi Kaley as Mrs. Lowther * Nora Gordon as Evacuee organiser * Brian Fitzpatrick as Front Line Gang Member * Derek Prendergast as Front Line Gang Member * Gerald Moore as Front Line Gang Member * Michael John as Front Line Gang Member * Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maclean Rogers
Maclean Rogers (13 July 1899 – 4 January 1962) was a British film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography Director * '' The Third Eye'' (1929) * '' The Mayor's Nest'' (1932) * ''Up for the Derby'' (1933) * '' The Crime at Blossoms'' (1933) * '' Trouble'' (1933) * '' Summer Lightning'' (1933) * ''It's a Cop'' (1934) * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1934) * ''The Scoop'' (1934) * '' The Feathered Serpent'' (1934) * ''The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) * '' Old Faithful'' (1935) * '' Marry the Girl'' (1935) * ''A Little Bit of Bluff'' (1935) * '' All That Glitters'' (1936) * ''Twice Branded'' (1936) * ''A Wife or Two'' (1936) * ''Nothing Like Publicity'' (1936) * '' Not So Dusty'' (1936) * ''Busman's Holiday'' (1936) * ''Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith'' (1937) * ''The Heirloom Mystery'' (1937) * '' Why Pick on Me?'' (1937) * ''Farewell to Cinderella'' (1937) * '' Racing Romance'' (1937) * '' Father Steps Out'' (1937) * '' His Lordship Regrets'' (1938) * ''Easy Riches'' (1938) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Michael
Ralph Michael (26 September 1907 – 9 November 1994) was an English actor. He was born as Ralph Champion Shotter in London. His film appearances included ''Dead of Night'', '' A Night to Remember'', ''Children of the Damned'', ''Grand Prix'', ''The Assassination Bureau'' and ''Empire of the Sun''. Television credits include: ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''A Tale of Two Cities'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' Danger Man'', ''Kessler'', '' The Forsyte Saga'', ''Man in a Suitcase'', ''The Avengers'', '' Colditz'', '' Doctor at Large'', '' Gazette'', ''Public Eye'', ''Sutherland's Law'', '' Softly, Softly'', ''The Professionals'', '' Rumpole of the Bailey'', '' A Tale of Two Cities'', '' Prince Regent'', ''Doctor Who'', '' Bergerac'', '' Miss Marple'', ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', '' Rockliffe's Babies'', '' Howards' Way'', '' A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' and '' Jeeves and Wooster''. In ''Dempsey and Makepeace'', Ralph Michael played the part of Lord Winfield, Harriet Makepeace's fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Percival Mackey
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Black-and-white Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Maclean Rogers
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In London
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of Film, motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens (o ..., is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Comedy Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comedy Films
British comedy films are comedy films produced in the United Kingdom. In the early 1930s, film adaptations of stage farces were popular. British comedy films are numerous, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s work of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the '' Doctor'' series, and the long-running Carry On films. Some of the best known British film comedy stars include Will Hay, George Formby, Norman Wisdom, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and the Monty Python team. Other actors associated with British comedy films include Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Rutherford, Irene Handl and Leslie Phillips. Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series. Recent successful films include the working-class comedies '' Brassed Off'' (1996) and '' The Full Monty'' (1997), the more middle class Richard Curtis-scripted films '' Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Holman
Vincent Holman (22 September 1886 – 7 April 1962) was a British stage, film and television actor. On stage, he was in the original cast of Arnold Ridley's '' The Ghost Train'' at Brighton's Theatre Royal and London's St. Martin's Theatre in 1925-1926. Selected filmography * ''These Charming People'' (1931) - Andrews (uncredited) * ''Stamboul'' (1931) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Holiday Lovers'' (1932) - Salesman (uncredited) * '' Follow the Lady'' (1933) - Parsons * ''Taxi to Paradise'' (1933) - Dunning * ''The Shadow'' (1933) - Wallis * ''Death at Broadcasting House'' (1934) - Detective (uncredited) * '' The Feathered Serpent'' (1934) - Inspector Clarke * ''The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) - (uncredited) * ''The Silent Passenger'' (1935) - Works Manager * ''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935) - Carruthers * ''A Fire Has Been Arranged'' (1935) - Ex-Detective (uncredited) * ''Prison Breaker'' (1936) - Jackman * ''A Touch of the Moon'' (1936) - (uncredited) * ''Gaol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Gordon
''Nora Gordon'' (29 November 1893, West Hartlepool, County Durham – 11 May 1970, London) was a British film and television actress. She was married to Leonard Sharp. Her daughter was the actress Dorothy Gordon. She also appeared in a number of British Ministry of Information films, notably during World War II. Selected filmography * '' Facing the Music'' (1941) * '' Danny Boy'' (1941) - Mrs. Maloney * ''Old Mother Riley's Circus'' (1941) - 1st Charwoman * '' Sheepdog of the Hills'' (1941) - Mrs. Weeks, Varney's housekeeper (uncredited) * '' Somewhere in Camp'' (1942) - Matron (uncredited) * '' Front Line Kids'' (1942) - Evacuee organiser * '' Green Fingers'' (1947) - Mrs. Green (uncredited) * '' Death in High Heels'' (1947) - Miss Arris * ''The Mark of Cain'' (1947) - Guard (uncredited) * '' Journey Ahead'' (1947) - Mrs. Deacon * '' My Brother Jonathan'' (1948) - Mrs. Stevens * '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948) - Waitress (uncredited) * '' Floodtide'' (1949) - Mrs. Dow (uncredit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vi Kaley
Vi Kaley, (19 November 1878, Lambeth - 1967, Marylebone), was a British actress. She was married to Alfred Artois. Partial filmography * ''Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' (1932) * '' A Royal Demand'' (1933) * '' Gay Old Dog'' (1935) * '' The Man Without a Face'' (1935) * '' I Live Again'' (1936) * '' Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * '' The Song of the Road'' (1937) * ''Auld Lang Syne'' (1937) * '' On Velvet'' (1938) * '' The Second Mr. Bush'' (1940) * '' Love on the Dole'' (1941) * ''Front Line Kids'' (1942) * '' Gert and Daisy's Weekend'' (1942) * '' Variety Jubilee'' (1943) * '' Fanny by Gaslight'' (1944) * '' I'll Turn to You'' (1946) * ''The Trojan Brothers ''The Trojan Brothers'' is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Patricia Burke, David Farrar and Bobby Howes.Murphy p.522 It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same title by Pamela Hansford Johnson. Sy ...'' (1946) * '' Code of Scotland Yard'' (1947) * '' The Fool and the Princess'' (1948) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
