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John Warwick
John McIntosh Beattie (some sources give Beattle) (4 January 1905 – 10 January 1972), known professionally as John Warwick, was an Australian actor and television dramatist. who was also active in the United Kingdom. He was born at Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia. He took the name Warwick from his secondary school. Acting career Warwick had an extensive career over 40 years, he worked in theatre from the late 1920s and beginning his career in Australian cinema in the early 1930s (he is attributed with introducing Errol Flynn, a personal acquaintance in Sydney, to acting by bringing him along to a casting session when ''In the Wake of the Bounty'' was being filmed). After relocating to England he was trained as an actor at Harrogate theatre with the repertory company "The White Rose Players", afterwards moving into British cinema in the late 1930s–1940s, and television from the 1950s. In the 1960s he returned to Australia and ended his career in television drama and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Daily News
The ''Warwick Daily News'' is an online newspaper serving Warwick, Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is published by The Warwick Newspaper Pty Ltd and owned by News Corp Australia. The ''Warwick Daily News'' is circulated to the residents of Warwick, Queensland, Warwick Shire and surrounds to Inglewood, Queensland, Inglewood in the west, Killarney, Queensland, Killarney in the east, Clifton, Queensland, Clifton to the north and the New South Wales border to the south, including Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt. The circulation of the ''Warwick Daily News'' is 3,218 Monday to Friday and 3,439 on Saturday. The ''Warwick Daily News'' website is part of News Corp Australia's News Regional Media network. History Established circa 1864, the ''Warwick Examiner and Times'' was printed on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also established in 1864, the ''Warwick Argus'' published on opposing days i.e. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Ultimately, in 1919, an opportunity to combine and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catch As Catch Can (1937 Film)
''Catch as Catch Can'' (also known as ''Atlantic Episode'' and ''Crooked Passage'') is a 1937 British crime film directed by Roy Kellino and starring James Mason, Viki Dobson, Eddie Pola and Margaret Rutherford. On board a luxury liner, young Barbara Standish attempts to smuggle stolen jewels from France to America. Cast * James Mason as Robert Leyland * Vicky Dobson as Barbara Standish * Eddie Pola as Tony Canzari * Finlay Currie as Al Parsons * John Warwick as Eddie Fallon * Margaret Rutherford Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, film and television. Rutherford came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's ''Blithe Spirit (1945 f ... as Maggie Carberry * Paul Blake as Cornwallis * Jimmy Mageean as Ben * Paul Sheridan as Fournival * Zoe Wynn as Mrs Kendall References External links * 1937 films 1937 crime films British crime films British black-and-white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All At Sea (1940 Film)
''All at Sea'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh and John Warwick. It was written by Gerald Elliott and Reginald Long. Plot On his way to deliver a message, bumbling chemical factory worker Sandy Skipton accidentally enlists in the navy. There he stumbles on spies, but somehow manages to save the day. Cast * Sandy Powell as Sandy Skipton * Kay Walsh as Diana * John Warwick as Brown * Gus McNaughton as Nobby * George Merritt as Bull * Leslie Perrins as Williams * Franklin Dyall as Dr. Stolk * Robert Rendel as Sir Herbert * Aubrey Mallalieu as Prof. Myles Production It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Philip Bawcombe. Reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "This is a cheerful, inconsequent medley of slapstick, humour and one quite tuneful song. Sandy Powell skips blithely through the most awkward situations, Gus McNaughton is adequate as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 Days
''21 Days'' (also known as ''21 Days Together'', ''The First and the Last'' and ''Three Weeks Together'') is a 1940 British drama film based on the short 1919 play ''The First and the Last (play), The First and the Last'' by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and stars Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks. The film was renamed ''21 Days Together'' for the American market. Plot Larry Darrant, the black sheep of his family, returns home to London from an unsuccessful business venture in Kenya and embarks on an affair with a married woman, Wanda. When Wanda's long-absent Russian husband Henry appears, he tries to extort money from the couple and threatens Larry at knifepoint when he refuses to pay. In the ensuing fight, Henry is accidentally killed when he strikes his head. Larry places Henry's body in a quiet brick archway. He then visits his brother Keith, a successful barrister hoping to soon become a judge, for advice. Keith tells Larry to leave the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riding High (1937 Film)
''Riding High'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Claude Dampier, John Garrick, Kathleen Gibson and Helen Haye. It is very loosely based on the story of the inventor Thomas McCall, who came up with a radically new design for a bicycle A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered transport, human-powered or motorized bicycle, motor-assisted, bicycle pedal, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two bicycle wheel, wheels attached to a ... in Victorian Britain. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.96 Cast * Claude Dampier as Septimus Earwicker * Helen Haye as Miss Ada Broadbent * John Garrick as Tom Blake * Kathleen Gibson as Grace Meadows * John Warwick as George Davenport * Billy Merson as Popping * Mae Bacon as Mrs. Winterbottom * Peter Gawthorne as Sir Joseph Wilmot * Billy Holland as Jack Adamson * Billy Bray as Ted Rance * Aileen Latham as Fanny * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Fifty-Five
''Flying Fifty-Five'' is a 1939 British sports-drama film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring, John Warwick and Peter Gawthorne. It was made by Admiral Films at Welwyn Studios. The film is based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace which had previously been made into a 1924 silent film '' The Flying Fifty-Five''. Plot After being disinherited by his wealthy father, an amateur jockey, Bill Urquhart goes to work under an assumed name (Bill Hart) at a rural racing stables owned and run by Stella Barrington and her drunken brother, Charles, who is an old friend of Bill's. Confusion arises when Bill is mistakenly reported to have been murdered. Partial cast * Derrick De Marney as Bill Urquhart * Nancy Burne as Stella Barrington * Marius Goring as Charles Barrington * John Warwick as Jebson * Peter Gawthorne as Jonas Urquhart * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Jacques Gregory * Amy Veness as Aunt Eliza * Ronald Shiner as Scrubby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face At The Window (1939 Film)
''The Face at the Window'' is a 1939 British horror film directed by George King. It was the second sound film adaptation of the 1897 stage melodrama by F. Brooke Warren after the 1932 version. Plot In Paris in 1880, a series of murders involving a grotesque face appearing at victims' windows, is attributed to a mysterious Wolf Man. After being accused of being the perpetrator, bank clerk Lucien Cortier (John Warwick) seeks to uncover the true identity of the murderer. Chevalier Lucio del Gardo seems determined to successfully prosecute Cortier for the murders. Cast * Tod Slaughter – Chevalier Lucio del Gardo * Marjorie Taylor – Cecile de Brisson * John Warwick – Lucien Cortier *Leonard Henry – Gaston, the Cook * Aubrey Mallalieu – M. de Brisson * Robert Adair – Police Inspector Gouffert *Wallace Evennett – Professor LeBlanc *Kay Lewis – Babette, the Maid * Bill Shine – Pierre, Babette's Beau * Margaret Yarde – La Pinan * Harry Terry – The Face at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mind Of Mr
''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] |
Dead Men Are Dangerous
''Dead Men are Dangerous'' is a 1939 British noir crime film directed by Harold French and starring Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, John Warwick, and Peter Gawthorne. It was released in the U.S. as ''Dangerous Masquerade''. Its plot concerns an unsuccessful writer who is wrongly accused of a murder. Plot Penniless and debt ridden writer Aylmer Franklyn happens upon a dead man lying under the branch of a tree, apparently killed during a violent storm. Swapping clothes and identities with the corpse seems like a way out of his troubles, and Franklyn even attends his own inquest; but little does he know the man had a criminal history and he soon finds the police on his trail. Cast * Robert Newton as Aylmer Franklyn * Betty Lynne as Nina * John Warwick as Goddard * Peter Gawthorne as Conray * Merle Tottenham as Gladys * John Turnbull as Inspector Roberts * Aubrey Mallalieu as Coroner * Kynaston Reeves as James T. Franklyn * Winifred Oughton as Mrs Blagden * Cyril Chamberlain as G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me And My Pal (1939 Film)
''Me and My Pal'' is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood and George Moon. The screenplay concerns two lorry drivers who become mixed up with criminals who trick them into an insurance swindle that ends up with them being sent to prison. It was the second and last feature film made by Willis who had also appeared with Kirkwood in the 1938 comedy film '' Save a Little Sunshine''. It was made at Welwyn Studios. Cast * Dave Willis – Dave Craig * Pat Kirkwood – Peggy * George Moon – Hal Thommson * A. Giovanni – Giovanni * John Warwick – Charlie * Arthur Margetson – Andrews * Aubrey Mallalieu – Prison governor * Eliot Makeham – Cripps * O. B. Clarence – Judge * Ernest Butcher – Webb * Hugh Dempster – Joe * Gerry Fitzgerald – Singing convict * Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Man Is News
''This Man is News'' is a 1938 British comedy film, comedy mystery film directed by David MacDonald (director), David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim and Edward Lexy. The screenplay concerns a journalist who solves a crime of which he himself is suspected . A "Cinematograph Films Act 1927, quota quickie", it was made for a mere £6,000, but "was among the highest grossing films of 1938". It was loosely modelled on the American ''The Thin Man, Thin Man'' series of films. A sequel, ''This Man in Paris'', was made in 1939. Plot Simon Drake (Barnes) has predicted the death of a prominent man in advance, which makes him Scotland yard's top suspect for his murder; the only one who believes in his innocence is his loyal wife Pat (Hobson). Meanwhile, Macgregor (Sim) is Drake's beleaguered city editor, who hires and fires him multiple times depending on how guilty or innocent he looks at the moment. Cast * Barry K. Barnes as Simon Drake * Valerie Hob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Halifax (film)
''John Halifax'' aka ''John Halifax, Gentleman'' is a 1938 British second feature ('B') historical drama film directed by George King and starring John Warwick, Nancy Burne and Roddy McDowall. It was written by A. R. Rawlinson based on the 1856 novel '' John Halifax, Gentleman'' by Dinah Craik. Cast * John Warwick as John Halifax * Nancy Burne as Ursula March * Ralph Michael as Phineas Fletcher * D.J. Williams as Abel Fletcher * Brian Buchel as Lord Luxmore * Billy Bray as Tully * Elsie Wagstaff as Jael * W.E. Holloway as Mr. Jessop * Hugh Bickett as Doctor Grainger * Roddy McDowall as boy Production It was made at Shepperton Studios. The film's sets were designed by Philip Bawcombe Reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "The direction is slow and inclined to be uneven, while the crowd scenes are rarely convincing. The acting is fairly good. D. J. Williams gives a good study of the stern Abel Fletcher. Brian Buchel as Luxmore seems uncomfortable in his part, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
