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G.G. Passion
''G.G. Passion'' is a 1966 British short drama film directed by David Bailey and starring Eric Swayne, Caroline Munro and Chrissie Shrimpton. It was written by Gérard Brach, and produced by Gene Gutowski and Roman Polanski. Plot G.G. Passion is an ageing pop star living a lavish Swinging Sixties London lifestyle, surrounded by beautiful women and devoted fans. But he is being watched and evaluated by a mysterious organisation, whose members are judging whether his fame and influence are beneficial for society, or not. They capture him and sentence him to death. Cast * Eric Swayne as G.G. Passion * Chrissie Shrimpton as G.G.'s main girlfriend * Caroline Munro * Rory Davis * Janice Hayes * Greta Rantwick * Angelo Muscat Reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "There is very little to be said about photographer David Bailey's cinema experiment other than that it is a bad case of would-be "significance" run riot. Some might agree that pop stars should be done away with, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey (born 2 January 1938) is an English photographer and director, most widely known for his fashion photography and portraiture, and role in shaping the image of the Swinging Sixties. Bailey has also directed several television commercials and documentaries. Early life David Royston Bailey was born at Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leytonstone, to Herbert Bailey, a tailor's cutter, and his wife Gladys, a machinist. From the age of three he lived in East Ham.Passed/Failed: An education in the life of David Bailey, photographer ", ''''. Bailey developed a love of natural history, and this led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Gutowski
Witold Bardach (July 26, 1925 – May 10, 2016), better known as Gene Gutowski, was a Polish-American film producer who produced many of Roman Polanski's films, including '' Repulsion'' (1965), ''Cul-de-Sac'' (1966), ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' (1967), and '' The Pianist'' (2002). Biography Early life Gutowski was born as Witold Bardach in Lwow (then Poland, now Ukraine) in 1925, the son of lawyer Juliusz Bardach and Anna Bardach née Garfunkel, a concert pianist. From 1933 until the beginning of the war in 1939, the Bardach family lived in Rawa Ruska. They then moved back to Lwow, where, under Soviet occupation, Witold began his studies as sculptor at the Institute of Fine Arts under Marian Wnuk. In 1941, the Germans occupied Lwow, and a year later his entire family, who had lived there for generations, was killed. Bardach escaped to Warsaw, where he first worked for a photographer and later as an employee of the Junkers factory at Okęcie Airport (Warsaw Chopin Airpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (; born 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French filmmaker and actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Roman Polanski, numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards, ten César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or. In 1977, Polanski was arrested for Roman Polanski sexual abuse case, drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Statutory rape, unlawful sex with a minor in exchange for a probation-only sentence. The night before his sentencing hearing in 1978, he learned that the judge would likely reject the proffered plea bargain, so he fled the U.S. to Europe, where he continued his career. He remains a fugitive from the U.S. justice system. Further allegations of abuse have been made by other women. Polanski's parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937.Paul Werner, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Brach
Gérard Brach (23 July 1927 – 9 September 2006) was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: ''La Maison'' and ''The Boat on the Grass, Le Bateau sur l'herbe''. Biography Brach was born in Montrouge, Paris, where he grew up in poverty.Lisa Nesselson (22 September 2006)"Gerard Brach" ''Variety''. Retrieved 7 December 2023. At the age of 16, he was persuaded by his family to enlist in the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne, Charlemagne division of the Waffen-SS, reportedly witnessing action at the Battle of Königsberg towards the end of World War II.Ariane Chemin, ''Fleurs et couronnes'' (Paris: Stock, 2009), p. 23. After the war, he contracted tuberculosis and ended up spending five years in a sanatorium, undergoing a series of operations that left him with only one lung.Laurence B. Chollet (18 December 1994)"The Man Who Wouldn’t Go Out: For 20 Years, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Munro
Caroline Jane Munro ( ; born 16 January 1949)McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. p. 538; is an English actress, model and singer known for her many appearances in horror, science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s. She gained prominence within Hammer and horror circles, starring in '' Dracula AD 1972'' and '' Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter'' (1974), garnering a cult following for the many films she starred in. She also acted in '' The Golden Voyage of Sinbad'' (1973) and '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977). In 2019, she was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame. Early life and education Born in Windsor, Berkshire, Munro was the youngest child of a lawyer and a housewife. As a young child, Munro and her family moved to Rottingdean, near Brighton where she attended a convent school. Career Munro's career began in 1966 when her mother and a phot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrissie Shrimpton
Chrissie Shrimpton (born ) is an English former 1960s model and actress. Personal life Shrimpton is model Jean Shrimpton's younger sister and was the girlfriend of the Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger from 1963 to 1966. According to the Stones biographer Stephen Davis, their 1966 album '' Aftermath'' was a source of embarrassment for Shrimpton, since "people generally identified her with the lbum'sscathing put-downs", and that it led to an argument she and Jagger had while attending a party hosted by Guinness heir Tara Browne Tara Browne (4 March 1945 – 18 December 1966) was an Irish socialite and heir to a part of the Guinness fortune. His December 1966 death in a car crash was referenced in the Beatles' song " A Day in the Life". Early life Browne was the yo ... in April 1966. Filmography *'' G.G. Passion'' (1966) as G.G.'s main girlfriend *'' Moon Zero Two'' (1969) as Boutique Attendant *'' My Lover My Son'' (1970) as Kenworthy's Friend * '' All the Right Noi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley A
Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series), an American situation comedy * ''Stanley'' (2001 TV series), an American animated series Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Stanley'' (play), by Pam Gems, 1996 * Stanley Award, an Australian Cartoonists' Association award * '' Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston'', a video game Businesses * Stanley, Inc., an American information technology company * Stanley Aviation, an American aerospace company * Stanley Black & Decker, formerly The Stanley Works, an American hardware manufacturer ** Stanley Hand Tools, a division of Stanley Black & Decker * Stanley bottle, a brand of food and beverage containers * Stanley Electric, a Japanese manufacturer of electric lights * Stanley Furniture, an American furniture manufacturer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swinging Sixties
The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London denoted as its centre. It saw a flourishing in art, music and fashion, and was symbolised by the city's "pop and fashion exports", such as the Beatles, as the multimedia leaders of the British Invasion of musical acts; the mod and psychedelic subcultures; Mary Quant's miniskirt designs; popular fashion models such as Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton; the iconic status of popular shopping areas such as London's King's Road, Kensington and Carnaby Street; the political activism of the anti-nuclear movement; and the sexual liberation movement. Music was an essential part of the revolution, with "the London sound" being regarded as including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks and the Small Faces, bands that were additionally the mainstay of pirate radio stations l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Muscat
Angelo Muscat (24 September 1930 – 10 October 1977) was a Maltese-born British character actor. He is primarily remembered for his role as the silent butler in the 1967 television series ''The Prisoner''. Life and career Muscat was born on 24 September 1930 in Malta to a policeman father. He was distinctly diminutive at only , although both his parents and his three brothers were over in height. Muscat initially found work as a kitchen porter and then as a stoker at an RAF base in Malta. After the death of his parents and finding himself largely alone, he moved to England where he worked in a zip-fastener factory. In 1961 Muscat joined a production of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' that was to tour the United Kingdom. Moving into television, he played a Chumbley robot in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Galaxy 4'' (1965), played the part of a clown in the ITV series '' Emergency – Ward 10'' and appeared as the Queen's Servant in the BBC television adaptation of ''Alice i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monthly Film Bulletin
The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a narrow arthouse release. History The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was edited in the mid-1950s by David Robinson, in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Peter John Dyer, and then by Tom Milne. By the end of the 1960s, when the character and tone of its reviews changed considerably with the arrival of a new generation of critics influenced by the student culture and intellectual tumult of the time (not least the overthrow of old ideas of "taste" and quality), David Wilson was the editor. It was then edited by Jan Dawson (1938 – 1980), for two years from 1971, and from 1973 until its demise by the New Zealand-born critic Richard Combs. In 1991, the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was merged with '' Sight & Sound'', which had until then be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Activities Purpose The BFI was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history, heritage and culture of the United Kingdom. Archive The BFI maintain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Long
Stanley A. Long (26 November 1933 – 10 September 2012) was an English exploitation cinema and sexploitation filmmaker. He was also a driving force behind the VistaScreen stereoscopic (3D) photographic company. He was a writer, cinematographer, editor, and eventually, producer/director of low-budget exploitation movies. Career Long began his career as a photographer with the RAF, and helped found the stereoscopic souvenir/collectible outfit VistaScreen with the Spring Brothers in 1956. Selling out to Weetabix in 1961, Long considered other outlets for his talents. He produced striptease shorts or "glamour home movies", as they were sometimes known, for the 8 mm market, under the banner of Stag Film Productions. Beginning in the late fifties, Long's feature film career would span the entire history of the British sex film, and as such exemplifies its differing trends and attitudes. Long was the cameraman on several British horror movies of the 1960s, including ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
