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Leslie Parkyn
Leslie Parkyn (1918–1983) was a British film producer. He helped run Independent Artists, with Julian Wintle. Select credits * '' It Started in Paradise'' (1952) * '' The Little Kidnappers'' (1953) * '' The Woman for Joe'' (1955) * '' Tiger in the Smoke'' (1956) * ''Tiger Bay'' (1959) * '' The White Trap'' (1959) * '' Devil's Bait '' (1959) * ''Circus of Horrors ''Circus of Horrors'' is a 1960 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers, and starring Anton Diffring, Yvonne Monlaur, Erika Remberg, Kenneth Griffith, Jane Hylton, Conrad Phillips, Yvonne Romain, and Donald Pleasence. Set in 1947, it ...'' (1960) * '' Play It Cool'' (1962) * '' The Fast Lady'' (1962) * '' Bitter Harvest'' (1963) * '' Father Came Too!'' (1963) References External links * * 1918 births 1983 deaths British film producers {{UK-film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Artists (company)
Independent Artists was a British production company of the 1950s and 1960s. It specialised in making second features. The company was strongest from 1958-63 when Julian Wintle ran it with Leslie Parkyn out of Beaconsfield Film Studios. Their films '' Waltz of the Toreadors'' (1962) and ''Tiger Bay'' (1959) were BAFTA nominated and BAFTA winning; while '' This Sporting Life'' (1963) was Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning. Filmography *''The Dark Man'' (1951) *'' The Stranger in Between'' (1952) aka ''Hunted'' - directed by Charles Crichton *''Death Goes to School'' (1953) *''Bachelor of Hearts'' (1958) *''Tiger Bay'' (1959) *'' Breakout'' (1959) *'' Rebound'' (1959) aka ''Violent Moment'' *''Deadly Record'' (1959) *'' Chance Meeting'' (1959) aka ''Blind Date'' - directed by Joseph Losey *'' The White Trap'' (1959) *''Devil's Bait'' (1959) *'' Never Let Go'' (1960) -directed by John Guillermin with Richard Todd, Peter Sellers *'' The Big Day'' (1960) *''October Moth'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil's Bait
''Devil's Bait'' is a 1959 black and white British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Geoffrey Keen, Jane Hylton and Gordon Jackson. It was written by Peter Johnston and Diana Watson, and made by the Rank Organisation. Plot Local baker Joe Frisby calls the Town Hall to make another complaint about rats eating his flour. The council rat catchers are not available, and the switchboard girl gives Frisby a lead on a cheap rat-catcher – Mr Love, who in fact has no qualifications whatsoever. At the bakery Love uses a loaf tin for mixing his rat poison. The tin is distinctive, having a side split which causes the bread to be mis-shapen. When Mrs Frisby runs out of intact loaf tins she uses the split tin and inadvertently bakes a poisoned loaf. Love drinks his payment and is killed in an accident as he staggers home. His landlady tells the police he was carrying cyanide which he used at Frisby's bakery. Frisby, having found the empty cyani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Births
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Soviet Russia, Sweden, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) is formed in the Russian SFSR and Soviet Union. * January 18 - The Historic Concert for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Came Too!
''Father Came Too!'' is a 1964 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter. It is a loose sequel to '' The Fast Lady''. It was produced by the Independent Artists company for distribution by Rank. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios with sets designed by the art director Harry Pottle. The village of Turville in Buckinghamshire was used for filming the pageant scenes. The film's dresses were designed by Julie Harris. Plot Dexter (Stanley Baxter) and Juliet ( Sally Smith) Munro are a young newly married couple who move to a run-down country cottage in hopes of escaping from Juliet's overbearing father, Sir Beverly Grant (James Robertson Justice). However, the couple is soon confronted by their new home's battered structure. Juliet's father offers help from a reputable building firm, but this help is refused by Dexter, who wants to remain independent of Juliet's father. Dexter sees an ad in the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Harvest (1963 Film)
''Bitter Harvest'' is a 1963 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Janet Munro and John Stride. The plot is about a young woman who rejects marriage to become a kept woman. The film is based on ''The Siege of Pleasure'', the 1932 second volume in the trilogy ''20,000 Streets Under the Sky'' by Patrick Hamilton. Plot A beautiful but intoxicated woman, Jennie Jones (Janet Munro), returns to her London apartment late one night and begins to destroy its contents in a rage, throwing her purse, keys and many of her expensive gowns out into the street. Her story is then told in flashback. As a young girl, Jennie lives in an economically depressed, former mining town in Wales, where she works in her father's shabby general store and dreams of a more glamorous life. The store is doing poorly, and Jennie is horrified to discover that her father wants her to move to Cardiff and live with her elderly aunts as a companion and caregiver. While walkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fast Lady
''The Fast Lady'' is a 1962 British comedy film, directed by Ken Annakin. The screenplay was written by Henry Blyth and Jack Davies, based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Keble Howard. Don Sharp directed second unit. "The Fast Lady" is the name of a vintage Bentley. The film opened at the Odeon Marble Arch in London in December 1962. A loose sequel, ''Father Came Too!'', was released in February 1964. Plot Murdoch Troon (Stanley Baxter) is a proud Scot living and working for a local government authority somewhere in south London. A shy young man, his main excitement comes from cycling. After he's forced off the road by an impatient car driver, he tracks down the owner, only to find that he is Commander Chingford (James Robertson Justice), the domineering and acerbic owner of a sports car distributorship. Chingford reluctantly pays for the damage to Murdoch's cycle, but more significantly, Murdoch meets Claire (Julie Christie), Chingford's beautiful blonde daughter, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play It Cool (film)
''Play It Cool'' is a 1962 British musical film directed by Michael Winner and starring Billy Fury, Michael Anderson Jr., Helen Shapiro, Bobby Vee, Shane Fenton, Danny Williams, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis, Maurice Kaufmann and Anna Palk. It was one of several pop musicals released around this time. Plot Struggling singer Billy Universe (Billy Fury) and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father (Dennis Price), is searching for her lover whom she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope. The main characters visit a succession of nightclubs where other stars are performing. There are guest appearances by Lionel Blair and Bernie Winters, as well as by record producer Norrie Paramor. The only hit from the songs featured in the film was Fury's rendition of " Once Upon a Dream". Cast *Billy Fury - Billy Universe * Michael Anderson, Jr. - Alvin *Helen Shapiro - Herself *Bobby Vee - Himself *Dennis Price - Sir Charles Bryant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Of Horrors
''Circus of Horrors'' is a 1960 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers, and starring Anton Diffring, Yvonne Monlaur, Erika Remberg, Kenneth Griffith, Jane Hylton, Conrad Phillips, Yvonne Romain, and Donald Pleasence. Set in 1947, it follows a deranged plastic surgeon who changes his identity after botching an operation, and later comes to gain control of a circus that he uses as a front for his surgical exploits. The original screenplay was written by American screenwriter George Baxt. It was released in the United States by American International Pictures as a double feature with ''The Angry Red Planet''. Plot In 1947 England, plastic surgeon Dr. Rossiter is wanted by police after performing a botched operation on socialite Evelyn Morley. However, believing himself to have brilliant abilities as a surgeon, he and his assistants, Martin and Angela, evade capture and escape to France. To avoid capture, Rossiter changes his name to Dr. Schüler. Schüler sees a girl sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Trap
''The White Trap'' is a 1959 British second feature thriller film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Lee Patterson. The screenplay is by playwright Peter Barnes, who went on to write the cult stage and film comedy '' The Ruling Class'' (1972); and the Oscar nominated screenplay for '' Enchanted April'' (1991). Plot Escaped convict Paul Langley tries to reach his wife who is about to have a baby. Cast *Lee Patterson as Paul Langley *Conrad Phillips as Sgt. Morrison *Michael Goodliffe as Inspector Walters *Yvette Wyatt as Ann Fisher *Felicity Young as Joan Langley *Trevor Maskell as Dr. Lucas *Harold Siddons as Maitland *Charles Leno as Padre *Ian Colin as Governor *Helen Towers as Hilda Maxwell * Jack Allen as Dr. Hayden *Gillian Vaughan as Wendy *John Abineri as Bernie, a Photographer (uncredited) Critical reception ''TV Guide'' wrote "The suspense builds up towards the end, but the plot is unrelentingly downbeat" whereas ''Classic Movie Ramblings'' called it "a very well- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Wintle
Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (other), several Christian saints * Julian (given name), people with the given name Julian * Julian (surname), people with the surname Julian * Julian (singer), Russian pop singer Places * Julian, California, a census-designated place in San Diego County * Julian, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Stanton County * Julian, Nebraska, a village in Nemaha County * Julian, North Carolina, a census-designated place in Guilford County * Julian, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Centre County * Julian, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Boone County Other uses * ''Julian'' (album), a 1976 album by Pepper Adams * ''Julian'' (novel), a 1964 novel by Gore Vidal about the emperor * Julian (geology), a substage of the Carnian stage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay ( cy, Bae Teigr) was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks. Following the building of the Cardiff Barrage, which dams the tidal rivers, Ely and Taff, to create a body of water, it is referred to as Cardiff Bay. Tiger Bay is Wales’ oldest multi-ethnic community, with sailors and workers from over 50 countries settling there from the mid-19th century onwards. Background Cardiff Docks played a major part in Cardiff's development as it was the means of exporting coal from the South Wales Valleys to the rest of the world, helping to power the Industrial Age. The coal mining industry helped fund the growth of Cardiff to become the capital city of Wales, and contributed towards making the docks' owner, the 3rd Marquess of Bute, the richest man in the world at the time. In 1794, the Glamorganshire Canal was completed, linking Cardiff with Merthyr, and in 1798 a basin was built, connecting the canal to the sea. Increasing agi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger In The Smoke
''Tiger in the Smoke'' is a 1956 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker (billed as Roy Baker) and starring Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright, Bernard Miles and Christopher Rhodes. It is based on the 1952 novel '' The Tiger in the Smoke'' by Margery Allingham, although the film omits the principal character of Albert Campion. The film is set in a noirish smog-shrouded London and briefly in Brittany, France, and combines the genres of mystery, thriller, crime and drama. The cinematography was by Geoffrey Unsworth. Except for the omission of Campion, the film follows the plot of the book very closely.Mayer p.124 It was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Jack Maxsted. Plot Having been sent a picture of her husband, a war hero reported missing in action in France, Meg Elgin, now engaged to her fiancé Geoffrey Leavitt, is led to believe he is still alive and arranges a meeting at a London railway station. When she arrives there with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
