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New Elstree Studios
New Elstree Studios was a British film studio complex that was the main production centre for the Danziger Brothers from 1956 to 1962, and was one of several sites collectively known as "Elstree Studios". 60 B-movies and 350 half-hour TV episodes were filmed there, for both British and American markets. History Edward and Harry Danziger were American-born brothers who moved to Britain in 1952 and began making television films, using resources at various facilities including London's Riverside Studios, Shepperton, Borehamwood and Nettlefold. In 1955, the Danzigers decided to form their own studio base and founded the New Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. They converted a former wartime aero-engine testing factory, west of the Aldenham Reservoir near the village of Elstree, into a studio with six sound stages and exterior shooting facilities. The site employed 200 and was used mainly for second feature A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low-budget commercial moti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danziger Brothers
Edward J. Danziger (1909–1999) and Harry Lee Danziger (1913–2005) were American-born brothers who produced many British films and TV shows in the 1950s and 1960s. According to one profile "throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, their second features and TV series seemed to be on screens everywhere, their pervasive presence forming a part of virtually every British filmgoer's and television viewer's experience during those years." Career Edward and Harry Danziger were native New Yorkers. Edward studied law and had worked on the Nuremberg Trials while brother Harry had a musical background. They operated a sound studio in New York that specialised in the dubbing of foreign films for US release. Their first feature film as producers was '' Jigsaw'' (1949). In 1952, they moved to Britain and began making television films, using resources at various facilities including London's Riverside Studios, Shepperton, Borehamwood and Nettlefold. Among their first productions was the serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve classic horror characters such as Victor Frankenstein, Baron Victor Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and the Mummy (undead), Mummy, which Hammer reintroduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, Thriller film, thrillers, film noir and Comedy film, comedies, as well as, in later years, television series. During its most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution and considerable financial success. This success was, in part, due to its distribution partnerships with American companies such as United Artists, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, American Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Accused
''Man Accused'' is a 1959 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Mongomery Tully and starring Ronald Howard and Carol Marsh. The screenplay was by Mark Grantham. It was written by Mark Grantham and produced by The Danzigers. Plot Bob Jensen becomes engaged to Kathy, a baronet's daughter, but finds himself framed for murder and consequently imprisoned. He manages to break out of jail, and begins a search for the real killers. Cast * Ronald Howard as Bob Jensen * Carol Marsh as Kathy *Ian Fleming as Sir Thomas *Catharina Ferraz as Anna *Robert Dorning as Beckett * Stuart Saunders as Curran * Brian Nissen as Derek *Kenneth Edwardes as Hawkins the butler * Colin Tapley as Inspector * Howard Lang as Sergeant *Gordon Needham as constable *Graham Ashley as warder Critical reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "Variably acted and tamely presented, this conventional frame-up tale relies chiefly on the story line to hold the attention. In its un-exacting fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Jump (film)
''High Jump'' is a low budget 1959 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Richard Wyler and Lisa Daniely. It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard, and produced by The Danzigers. Plot A former trapeze artist becomes involved in a jewel robbery. Cast * Richard Wyler as Bill Ryan * Lisa Daniely as Jackie * Leigh Madison as Kitty * Michael Peake as Ray Shaw * Arnold Bell as Tom Rowton * Nora Gordon as Mrs. Barlow * Stuart Hillier as Tony * Tony Doonan as Frank * Robert Raglan as Inspector * Colin Tapley as guard Critical reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "An indifferently written and directed Danziger production along the usual lines, none too convincingly played, and marking the British debut, as Richard Wyler, of Hollywood actor Richard Stapley." In ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959'' David Quinlan (film critic), David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Uninteresting thriller." ''TV Guide'' wrote, "blase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Of Mystery
''A Woman of Mystery'' is a 1958 British crime film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, and Ferdy Mayne. It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers. The film features an early performance from Michael Caine in an uncredited role. Plot Ray Savage, reporter for a sensational magazine in London is assigned over his objections to investigate a pretty blonde hat-check attendant's suicide. Inquiring at Jane Hale's place of work he learns that someone from her past had recognized her, and she was afraid. Finding a luggage label on her suitcase, he follows the lead to a dubious hotel where the manager tells him someone had taken a shot at her while she was staying there. From there he goes to her former place of work, then to the home of her friend at work who tells him that Miss Hale regularly called her mother, long distance. Following the number to a sanatorium where questioning Mrs. Hale yields nothing, but the coo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vise (1955 TV Series)
''The Vise'' (later known as ''Saber of London'', also known as ''Mark Saber'') is a British detective TV drama series starring Donald Gray as Mark Saber. It was produced by the Danzigers and broadcast on ABC (1955–1957) and then moved to NBC (1957–1960). The series is a reboot of the ''ABC Mystery Theater'' radio and television series. It mostly ran during prime time in the late 1950s. Background ABC had originally broadcast a radio series called ''ABC Mystery Theater'' alongside a television series of the same name from 1951 to 1954. In the TV series, Mark Saber was portrayed by Tom Conway and his assistant Tim Maloney was portrayed by James Burke. Saber was a British detective working in an American homicide department. In the meantime in 1954, the Danzigers were developing a mystery anthology series called ''The Vise''. It was hosted by Australian actor Ron Randell and was broadcast on various ITV channels in the UK, as well as syndicated episodes of ''The Pendulum' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Five And Die
''Count Five and Die'' is a 1957 British war thriller film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Nigel Patrick and Annemarie Düringer. It was made by Zonic Productions and released in Britain and the US by Twentieth Century Fox. It was produced by Ernest Gartside with the screenplay by Jack Seddon and David Pursall, based on the non-fiction book of the same title by Barry Wynne. Plot In 1944 London, Major Julien Howard, a British MI6 intelligence agent, meets Captain Bill Ranson, his new American security officer. As Howard was previously picked up by German Abwehr counter-intelligence, Ranson soon realizes that their assignment is to feed misinformation to the Germans about the location of the D-Day landings; they are to make it look like it will be in the occupied Netherlands. Howard tells him the rest of the unit must not know the truth. One night, while on a date with Rolande Hertog, the unit's radio operator, Ranson becomes concerned and returns to the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Traitor (1957 Film)
''The Traitor'' (also known as ''The Accused'') is a 1957 British drama film directed and written by Michael McCarthy and starring Donald Wolfit, Robert Bray, Jane Griffiths and Anton Diffring. Premise A former resistance fighter tries to discover the traitor who has betrayed his colleagues in the German resistance during the Second World War. Cast * Donald Wolfit as Colonel Charles Price * Robert Bray as Major Shane * Jane Griffiths as Vicki Toller * Carl Jaffe as Professor Stefan Toller * Anton Diffring as Joseph Brezina * Christopher Lee as Doctor Neumann * Oscar Quitak as Thomas Rilke * Karel Štěpánek as Mayor Friederich Suderman * Frederick Schiller as Alfred Baum * Rupert Davies as Clinton, the butler * John Van Eyssen as Lieutenant Bobby Grant * Colin Croft as Theodore Dehmel Theme music The film's title music, "Prelude Without A Name", and incidental music were written and conducted by Jackie Brown. The solo pianist was Dennis Wilson. Critical reception ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Crooked Men
''Three Crooked Men'' is a 1958 British 'B' crime film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Gordon Jackson and Warren Mitchell. It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard. Plot Three crooks break into a shop, planning to gain access to the bank next door. The shopkeeper has remained in the rear of the store after a drunken argument with his wife, and the men take him hostage. A passer-by, a bank employee, hears him shout, knocks on the front door, tries to help, but he too is captured. The two kidnapped men are dumped in the countryside, eventually getting free, and are recognised and arrested as the "wanted men" described in news reports. Under questioning the police do not believe their account, and decide the shopkeeper and bank employee have committed the crime. While awaiting court the two men return to the shop and find a photo which had been dropped by one of the thieves during the break-in. They decide their best chance is to track down the thieves themsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Betrayal (1957 Film)
"The Betrayal" is the 164th episode of the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld''. This was the eighth episode for the ninth and final season. It aired on November 20, 1997. In this episode, Jerry betrays George by having sex with his girlfriend Nina, right before Elaine invites all three of them to come with her to India for the wedding of Sue Ellen Mischke, Elaine's longtime rival. The episode is colloquially referred to as the "backwards episode" due to its reverse chronology, starting with the final scene and playing in reverse order. Written collaboratively by Peter Mehlman (a major writer for ''Seinfeld'' seasons 2 through 8 who was no longer on staff) and David Mandel (one of the new wave of ''Seinfeld'' writers), the episode bridges ''Seinfeld''s final season to its past with scenes from George's engagement to Susan Ross and Jerry's moving in to his apartment, and with a format which evoked the series' early gimmick-based episodes like "The Chinese Restaurant" and " The Limo". Plot T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Sundays To Live
''Three Sundays to Live'' is a low budget 1957 second feature ('B')} film noir British film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Kieron Moore and Jane Griffiths. It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers. The title refers to the law of the period, which required that after a death sentence had been passed, three Sundays must elapse before the execution. Plot Young dance band leader, Frank Martin, is condemned to death for a murder he didn't commit. Desperate to prove his innocence, Frank escapes from jail, and with his girlfriend Judy, embarks upon the search for a blonde singer who was used to frame him for the killing. Using a contact who owes Frank a favour, they trace the singer, but the real killer shoots her through a window after she agrees to help them. However, Martin manages to trick the murderer into believing he's killed the wrong woman. When the killer returns to try again, Frank is waiting. Cast * Kieron Moore as Frank Martin * Jane Griffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
