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Mario Fabrizi
Mario Edgio Pantaleone Fabrizi (25 June 1924 – 5 April 1963) was an English comedian and actor of Italian descent, noted for his luxuriant moustache. He was active in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. Life Fabrizi was born to Italian parents in Holborn, London, England, in 1924, his mother's maiden name being Pisani. His father was a Vicomte (Italian: ''visconte''), a title that Mario inherited on his father's death in 1959.Daily Mirror 27 May 1960 p26 "Mush Takes a (Real-Life) plunge!" He married Katherine Boyne of Leeds on 28 May 1960. They had a son, Anthony, in 1961. On 5 April 1963 Fabrizi died of an stress-related illness at his home in Neasden, London; his wife and son survived him. A week before his death, he had announced that he was leaving show business to become an advertising executive because he had not had a job in four months. His son Anthony is now a businessman based in the City of London. Career On ITV, Fabrizi was well known for his role in Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holborn
Holborn ( or ), an area in central London, covers the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part (St Andrew Holborn (parish), St Andrew Holborn Below the Bars) of the Wards of the City of London, Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. The area has its roots in the civil parish#Ancient parishes, ancient parish of Holborn, which lay on the west bank of the now buried River Fleet; the district takes its name from an alternative name for the river: the Holbourne (or Oldbourne). The area is sometimes described as part of the West End of London or of the wider West London area. The River Fleet also gave its name to the streets ''Holborn'' and ''High Holborn'' which extend west from the site of the former Newgate in the London Wall, over the Fleet, through Holborn and towards Westminster. The district benefits from a central location which helps provide a strong mixed economy. The area is particularly noted for its links to the legal profession, for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Milligan
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Raj, British India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones, Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg. Milligan was the co-creator, main writer, and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme ''The Goon Show'', performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles (character), Eccles and Minnie Bannister. He was the earliest-born and last surviving member of The Goons (The Goon Show), the Goons. He took his success with ''The Goon Show'' into television with ''Q... (TV series), Q5'', a surreal sketch show credited as a major influence on the members of ''Monty Pytho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Beat (1962 Film)
''On the Beat'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher (director), Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne and Raymond Huntley. It was written by John McKimson, Wisdom and Eddie Leslie. Plot Norman Pitkin works at Scotland Yard as a car cleaner, but dreams of becoming a policeman as his late father was. The police reject his request to join the force, but later recruit him to work undercover in disguise. He has turned out to be the double twin of a suspected jewel thief, an Italian crime boss in London. In addition to his criminal activities, this man is a ladies' hairdresser. Norman disguises himself as the suspect and gains entry to his salon. Once inside, after some inevitable mishaps, he manages to find the stolen goods, knock out the suspect, wrap him up in a curtain/wall rug, and bring him to justice. As a reward, he is offered a permanent position in the police and marries his love, the ex-girlfriend of the man he brought to justice (who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carry On Cruising
''Carry On Cruising'' is a 1962 British comedy film, the sixth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). It was based on an original story by Eric Barker. P&O – Orient Lines were thanked in the credits. Regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Connor appear in the film, whereas Joan Sims and Charles Hawtrey do not. Sims took ill shortly before filming began and was replaced by Dilys Laye, making her ''Carry On'' debut, at four days' notice. Hawtrey was dropped for demanding star billing and more money, but returned for the next entry, making this the only entry during Hawtrey's 23-film run which he missed. Sims returned two years later in ''Carry On Cleo''. Liz Fraser notches up the second of her four appearances here. Lance Percival makes his only appearance in the series in ''Carry On Cruising'', playing the ship's chef, the role originally designated for Hawtrey. The Australian actor Vincent Ball also makes his first, of two, ''Carry On'' appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Trad, Dad!
''It's Trad, Dad!'' (U.S. title: ''Ring-A-Ding Rhythm'') is a 1962 British musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester in his feature directorial debut. It stars singer and actress Helen Shapiro alongside Craig Douglas, John Leyton, the Brook Brothers, and Chubby Checker, among other rock-and-roll singers, as well as several Dixieland jazz bands. The film was one of the first produced by Amicus Productions, a company known predominantly for horror films. Plot Craig and Helen are teenagers who enjoy the latest trend of traditional jazz along with their friends. The local mayor and a group of adults dislike the trend and move to have the jukebox in the coffee shop silenced. With the help of an omniscient narrator, Craig and Helen try to find a disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Snatch
''Operation Snatch'' (also known as ''Top Secret'' ) is a 1962 British comedy film starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders and directed by Robert Day (director), Robert Day. It was written by Alan Hackney, Len Heath and John Warren (actor), John Warren from a story by Paul Mills. Plot The story takes place in Gibraltar, and is based on a local legend: if the resident Barbary apes were ever to leave, the British would lose Gibraltar. This wartime comedy has Terry-Thomas as the keeper of the apes. When one of the apes goes missing, he is required to go behind enemy lines to capture another one, or be personally responsible for the loss of Gibraltar. Cast * Terry-Thomas as Lieutenant Wigg * George Sanders as Major Hobson * Lionel Jeffries as Evans * Jocelyn Lane as Bianca Tabori * Mark Eden as Mosquito pilot * Mario Fabrizi as Tall Man * John Gabriel as Major Frink * Gerard Heinz as Colonel Waldock * Bernard Hunter as Captain Baker * Dinsdale Landen as Captain Wellington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postman's Knock (film)
''Postman's Knock'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Robert Lynn starring Spike Milligan, Barbara Shelley, John Wood and Warren Mitchell. The screenplay, by John Briley and Jack Trevor Story, concerns a country postman who is transferred to London, where he manages to foil a major robbery. According to MGM the film made a loss of $31,000.. Plot Harold Petts is a conscientious village postman who receives a promotion that takes him to London to be trained at London's busiest post office. However, after his first day in the big city, he is soon in trouble. In the main sorting office, he succeeds in beating the new mail sorting machine at pigeonholing letters for delivery (the machine blows up in the process). As a result, he is placed safely out of the way in the parcels department, but sorts parcels at such speed that he puts everyone else in the department out of work. This leads him to a meeting with the staff psychiatrist, and then to Jean, an ambitious art stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rebel (1961 Film)
''The Rebel'' (US title: ''Call Me Genius'') is a 1961 British satirical comedy film directed by Robert Day and starring Tony Hancock. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The film concerns the clash between bourgeois and bohemian cultures. Plot Tony, a disaffected London office clerk, catches the train to Waterloo Station every morning. Each commuter wears a bowler hat and carries an umbrella. In the City, Tony is one of many identical clerks in a dull office. One day his boss catches him drawing faces instead of working, and he is asked to produce his ledgers, which are full of poor quality caricatures. Back at his mid-terraced Victorian house lodgings, Tony dons his artist's smock, and resumes work on "Aphrodite at the Waterhole", a horrendous and huge sculpture. His landlady Mrs Crevatte complains about the hammering noise. He explains he cannot afford a model and it represents "women as he sees them". She threatens to evict him if he does not remove the statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-Way Stretch
''Two-Way Stretch'', also known as ''Nothing Barred'', is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Day and starring Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lionel Jeffries and Bernard Cribbins. The screenplay is by Vivian Cox, John Warren and Len Heath. A group of prisoners plan to break out of jail, commit a robbery, and then break back into their jail again, thus giving them the perfect alibi – that they were behind bars when the robbery occurred. However, their plans are disrupted by the arrival of a strict new Chief Prison Officer. Plot Three prisoners nearing the end of their jail sentences, "Dodger" Lane, "Jelly" Knight and "Lennie the Dip", are visited by a vicar seeking to find employment for them. He is actually conman "Soapy" Stevens, who proposes a big diamond robbery. They will also all have alibis, because they will break out of prison, commit the robbery and then break back in. With the assistance of Dodger's girlfriend Ethel and Lennie's mother the trio smu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
''The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film'' is a 1959 British experimental sketch comedy short film directed by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers, in collaboration with Bruce Lacey. It was filmed over two Sundays in 1959, at a cost of around £70 () (including £5 for the rental of a field). It was a favourite of The Beatles, especially John Lennon, which led to Lester being hired to direct '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964), ''Help!'' (1965), and ''How I Won The War'' (1966), which starred Lennon. In ''Help!'', Lacey makes a guest appearance as George Harrison's gardener in the sequence where the group arrive at their "home". Synopsis The short consists of a series of surreal vignettes which transpire in the English countryside and involve a rotating array of protagonists. It begins with a man watching through a telescope how an old woman cleans a meadow with a rag and bucket. Other examples are a photographer who tries to develop a film in the water of a lake after wrapping a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
