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Julian More
Julian Bensley More (15 June 1928 – 15 January 2010) was a British writer, best known for book and lyrics to musicals '' Expresso Bongo'', '' Songbook'' and the English version of '' Irma La Douce''. His screenwriting credits include the films '' Chanel Solitaire'' (1981), ''The Catamount Killing'' (1974) and '' Incense for the Damned'' (1971). More's later travel and food writing includes ''Views from a French Farmhouse'' (1985), ''A Taste of Provence'' (1988) and ''A Taste of Burgundy'' (1993). References {{DEFAULTSORT:More, Julian British lyricists British screenwriters English musical theatre lyricists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expresso Bongo
''Expresso Bongo'' is a 1958 West End musical and a satire of the music industry. It was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958. Its book was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More, with music by David Heneker and Monty Norman, also the co-lyricist with Julian More. The production starred Paul Scofield with Hy Hazell, Millicent Martin and James Kenney. Musical director was Burt Rhodes and director William Chappell. Film version The subsequent ''Expresso Bongo'' 1959 film version was directed by Val Guest and starred Laurence Harvey and Cliff Richard, the latter's second musical film after ''Serious Charge''. Plot Paul Scofield played Johnny, a slimy, small-time music promoter and talent scout who notices teenage girls going crazy for the singing and bongo playing of talentless and seemingly idiotic Herbert Rudge (played by James Kenney). Johnny rechristens Rudge as "Bongo Herbert" and signs him to a contract that gives J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songbook (musical)
''Songbook'' (New York title ''The Moony Shapiro Songbook'') is a musical with music by Monty Norman and book and lyrics by Monty Norman and Julian More. The musical tells the improbable life story of a fictional songwriter, born in Liverpool in 1908, who has a colourful career with extraordinary successes and setbacks, loves and losses, and brushes with celebrities and historic events; he dies celebrated. It premiered at the Gielgud Theatre in London on 25 July 1979, where it ran for 208 performances. Synopsis Through a series of witty pastiches, the musical tells the life story of a fictional songwriter, Mooney Shapiro, born Liverpool 1908, who emigrates to New York's Lower East Side, before finding Broadway and Hollywood success (cue Gershwin and deSylva/Brown/Henderson spoofs), marrying a Swedish film star and writing for early Busby Berkeley film musicals. Mooney flees the Depression for Europe, where he joins the expat Paris scene (cue Piaf spoof) and falls for an Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irma La Douce (musical)
''Irma la douce'' (, "Irma the Sweet") is a 1956 French musical with music by Marguerite Monnot and lyrics and book by Alexandre Breffort. The musical premiered in Paris in 1956, and was subsequently produced in the West End in 1958 and on Broadway, by David Merrick, in 1960. The English lyrics and book (1958) are by Julian More, David Heneker, and Monty Norman. Productions The musical premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Gramont in Paris on November 12, 1956, where it ran for four years. It was produced in the West End at the Lyric Theatre, opening on July 17, 1958, running for 1,512 performances, for three years."Sweet Irma in a Wicked World" ''Life Magazine'', November 14, 1960. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanel Solitaire
''Chanel Solitaire'' is a 1981 British- French- American historical drama film directed by George Kaczender and starring Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer, Brigitte Fossey, Karen Black, Lambert Wilson. The film's subject was Coco Chanel. Its budget was around £7 million. The film was based on the novel of the same title by Claude Delay.Goble p.137 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios and location shooting in Deauville and Le Meux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Saulnier. Cast * Marie-France Pisier as Coco Chanel * Timothy Dalton as Boy Capel * Rutger Hauer as Étienne Balsan * Karen Black as Émilienne d'Alençon * Brigitte Fossey as Adrienne * Leila Fréchet as Young Coco Chanel * Philippe Nicaud as Gabrielle's Father * Alexandra Stewart as Nathalie * Catherine Allégret as Gabrielle's Friend * Hélène Vallier as Aunt Louise * Jean-Marie Proslier as Poiret * Nicole Maurey as Grande Dame * Humbert Balsanas Robert * Cather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incense For The Damned
''Incense for the Damned'' (aka ''Bloodsuckers'', ''Freedom Seeker'' and ''Doctors Wear Scarlet'') is a 1971 British horror film.Senn, Bryan (2019). Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills! Horror and Science Fiction Double Features 1955-1974. Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company Inc. p. 354. . It was produced by Graham Harris in 1970. Director Robert Hartford-Davis, unhappy with the completed film, 'disowned' it, had his name removed and the fictitious Michael Burrowes credited as director. The film stars Patrick Macnee, Johnny Sekka, Madeleine Hinde and Alexander Davion with Peter Cushing and Edward Woodward in supporting roles. ''Incense for the Damned'' is based on the 1960 Simon Raven novel ''Doctors Wear Scarlet''. The film centres on Richard Fountain ( Patrick Mower), a scholar of Greek mythology at the University of Oxford, who has fallen under the influence of Chriseis (Imogen Hassall), a mysterious Greek woman who is a modern-day vampire. Fountain, upon his return to the UK, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Lyricists
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British Screenwriters
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) * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |