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Marylebone Studios
Marylebone Studios was a British film studio in London. Established in the late 1930s, it had two stages in a converted church hall near the Edgware Road. The studio worked with Hammer Films on films, including the adaptations of the Dick Barton radio show. Production on additional films in the series ceased after the star was killed in a crash. Henry Halsted was the studio's owner and production supervisor. The studio eventually moved into advertisements and documentaries. '' The Bespoke Overcoat'' (1956), which was filmed at the studio, won an Academy Award at the 29th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Nicolas Roeg Nicolas Jack Roeg ( ; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing ''Performance (film), Performance'' (1970), ''Walkabout (film), Walkabout'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973) ... began his film career at Marylebone Studios as a tea boy before moving up to clapper-load ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Halstead
Henry Halstead (November 16, 1897 – March 19, 1984) was an American bandleader. His orchestra began in early 1922 and over the next twenty years had regular engagements at hotels in New York and California. Halstead had from 15 to 20 band members at any given time. His orchestra appeared in numerous short subjects on the screen and made over 100 records, mainly with Victor Records. He appeared in short films released by RKO Radio. After rising to fame on radio and on the west coast, his orchestra was named the Favorite Band of Movieland. His fans included Marion Davies, Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Kay Francis, Rudolph Valentino, Roscoe Arbuckle, Maurice Chevalier, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Clive Brook, Gary Cooper, Marian Nixon, Jack Oakie, Buddy Rogers, and Ruth Chatterton. Career Henry Halstead was born November 16, 1897, in El Paso, Texas, and died on March 19, 1984, in California. As a young boy, he learned to play violi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking On Air (1946 Film)
Walking on Air is a British musical film featuring jazz, songs, dance, tap dance, and variety comedy routines including several performances by African American performers. Starring performers include Johnny Worthy, Bertie Jarrett, Sonny Thomas, Ray Ellington, The Skating Avalons, singer Jill Allen singing "Honeysuckle Rose", Maudie Edwards, Myrette Moreven, Miki Hood, Jasmine Dee, Loderick Caton, Coleridge Goode, and Freddie Crump on drums. The Huntley Film Archives have extended clips from the film. Aveling Ginever directed. Ginever, Johnny Worth and Val Guest wrote the screenplay. An obituary for Peter Noble describes the film as having been virtually unseen. It debuted Susan Shaw, then known as Patsy Sloots. The film was made at Marylebone Studios in London. The film was described as having plenty of dancing but a thin storyline about an aspiring ballerina who is working in a variety show at a night club. History In 1942 Jarrett was on BBC radio with Maurice Winnick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam & Eve Mews
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam). According to Christianity, Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This action introduced death and sin into the world. This sinful nature infected all his descendants, and led humanity to be expelled from the Garden. Only through the crucifixion of Jesus, humanity can be redeemed. In Islam, Adam is considered ''Khalifa'' (خليفة) (successor) on earth. This is understood to mean either that he is God's deputy, the initiation of a new cycle of sentient life on earth, or both. Similar to the Biblical account, the Quran has Adam placed in a garden where he sins by taking from the Tree of Immortality, so loses his abode in the garden. When Adam repents from his sin, he is forgiven by God. This is seen as a guidance for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Run (1970 Film)
On the Run may refer to: * "On the run", a phrase often used to describe a fugitive, a person fleeing custody Literature * ''On the Run'' (novel), by Nina Bawden * '' On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City'', a non-fiction work by sociologist Alice Goffman * ''On the Run'', a novel series by Gordon Korman * ''On the Run'', a novel in the Sweet Valley High series * ''On the Run'', an autobiography by Philip Agee * ''On the Run'', the tenth book in the Left Behind: The Kids series Film and television * ''On the Run'' (1958 film), a British film starring William Hartnell * ''On the Run'' (1982 film), a U.S. drama featuring Ray Meagher * ''On the Run'' (1988 film), a Hong Kong film starring Yuen Biao * ''On the Run'' (1999 film), a U.S. crime comedy starring Michael Imperioli * ''On the Run'' (2003 film), or ''Cavale'', a French-Belgian film by Lucas Belvaux * "On the Run", an episode of ''Steven Universe'' * "On the Run", an episode of ''Animorphs'' * "On the Run", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunch Hour
''Lunch Hour'' is a 1962 British romantic comedy drama film directed by James Hill and starring Shirley Anne Field, Robert Stephens and Kay Walsh. Written by John Mortimer based on his 1960 one-act play of the same name, it is about a man and a woman who attempt to conduct their affair during their lunch hour, but are continually interrupted. Plot A recently graduated art school designer at a wallpaper manufacturing company catches the eye of a married middle manager. They begin a workplace affair during their lunchtime breaks but their attempts to find privacy are continually thwarted. The man eventually locates a small hotel where he books a room for just one hour, but feels the need to invent a hugely complicated tale to tell the hotel manageress about a troubled marriage and a wife travelling down from Scarborough for a heart-to-heart. The still-suspicious hotel manageress continually interrupts the couple and, as the man tells the same story to his would-be lover, she sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Shadows (1961 Film)
Out of the Shadows may refer to: Films * ''Out of the Shadows'' (unfinished film), an unfinished 1931 film * ''Out of the Shadows'' (2012 film), a documentary film *'' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'', a 2016 film Music * ''Out of the Shadows'' (The Shadows album), a 1962 album by the British group The Shadows * ''Out of the Shadows'' (Dave Grusin album), a 1982 album by Dave Grusin * ''Out of the Shadows'' (Billy Joe Royal album), a 1990 album by Billy Joe Royal * "Out of the Shadows", a song on Iron Maiden's 2006 album '' A Matter of Life and Death'' * ''Out of the Shadows'' (Escape the Fate album), a 2023 album by Escape the Fate Video games * ''Out of the Shadows'' (video game), a 1984 video game *'' PK: Out of the Shadows'', a 2002 video game * ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'' (video game), a 2013 video game Other uses *''Out of the Shadows'', a video by the British group Hawkwind *'' Alien: Out of the Shadows'', a 2014 book by Tim Lebbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bespoke Overcoat
''The Bespoke Overcoat'' is a 1956 British black and white short film directed by Jack Clayton, based on a 1953 play of the same name by Wolf Mankowitz. The story is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's short story ''The Overcoat'' with the action moved from Russia to the East End of London. In this version the protagonists are poor Jews working in the clothing trade, played by Alfie Bass and David Kossoff. It won an Oscar at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Plot The film titles run as a funeral takes place. A coffin is placed in the grave. We then see an overcoat being thrown on the coffin, before the grave is infilled. Morrie a Jewish tailor, speaks to himself in the mirror. He is then joined by the dead Fender. They debate the art of tailoring. Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. He complains to his boss, Mr Ranting that it is cold, and he wishes he had a good coat. Ranting ridicules him and says ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tread Softly (1952 Film)
''Tread Softly'' is a 1952 British second feature ('B') crime film with musical overtones, directed by David MacDonald and starring Frances Day, Patricia Dainton and John Bentley. It was written by Gerald Verner based on his novel ''The Show Must Go On''. A chorus girl investigates a series of mysterious happenings at a derelict theatre. Plot Set in a theatre the film combines light musical numbers with a murder crime story. It includes several elaborate dance routines. Cast * Frances Day as Madeleine Peters * Patricia Dainton as Tangye Ward * John Bentley as Keith Gilbert * John Laurie as Angus McDonald * Olaf Olsen as Philip Defoe * Nora Nicholson as Isobel Mayne * Harry Locke as Nutty Potts * Betty Baskcomb as Olivia Winter * Robert Urquhart as Clifford Brett * Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Inspector Hinton * Michael Ward as Alexander Mayne * Nelly Arno * Hamilton Keene * Betty Hare * Colin Croft as dancer * Kenneth MacMillan as dancer * Kei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Barton At Bay
''Dick Barton at Bay'' is a 1950 British second feature ('B') spy film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Don Stannard. It was written by Ambrose Grayson and was intended to be the second of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the British agent Dick Barton, although it was the last one to be released, following '' Dick Barton: Special Agent'' (1948) and '' Dick Barton Strikes Back'' (1949). The film started production on March 4, 1948 (intended to be the 2nd film in a Dick Barton trilogy), but it was only trade shown on Sept. 2, 1950, and theatrically released on Oct. 2, 1950. The film's original working title was ''Dick Barton and the Ray of Death''. Plot Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his sidekick 'Snowey' White are quickly assigned to recover a kidnapped scientist and de-activate a death ray created by the evil foreign agent Volkoff, who wants to use it to bring down British planes. Cast * Don Stannard as Dick Barton * Tamara Desni as Anna * Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Barton Strikes Back
''Dick Barton Strikes Back'' is a 1949 British second feature ('B') spy film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Don Stannard. It was written by Elizabeth Baron and Ambrose Grayson and was the third of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about agent Dick Barton, although it was the second one to be released. The film was trade shown on March 7, 1949, and on July 9th, Don Stannard was killed in a car accident, after which the film was released on July 18th, 1949. The second film in the series, Dick Barton at Bay, had actually been completed earlier in 1948, but perhaps because of Stannard's untimely death, it was only released (as the third film in the series) in 1950. Plot Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his sidekick Snowey White, uncover a ring of international psychopathic spies with plans to dominate Great Britain, if not the world, using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction. Cast * Don Stannard as Dick Barton * Bruce Walker as Snowey White * Sebast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Agent
In the United States, a special agent is an official title used to refer to certain investigators or detectives of federal, military, tribal, or state agencies who primarily serve in criminal investigatory positions. Additionally, some special agents operate in criminal intelligence, counterterrorism, or counterintelligence-based roles as well, with one or all of these roles occasionally taking precedence over criminal investigatory tasks. Within the American federal law enforcement system, dozens of federal agencies employ federal law enforcement officers (LEOs), each with different criteria pertaining to the use of the titles ''special agent'' and ''agent''. Most criminal investigators employed by the U.S. Department of Defense and its component departments typically utilize the title of "special agent." Most people holding the title of "special agent" are LEOs under state and/or federal law (with some also being dual intelligence operatives such as with the FBI). These LE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
