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Peggy Simpson
Peggy Simpson (4 July 1913 in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire – 1 January 1994 in London) was a British actress. She appeared twice for director Alfred Hitchcock in '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) and '' Young and Innocent'' (1937). Partial filmography * ''Sleeping Car'' (1933) - (uncredited) * '' My Old Dutch'' (1934) - (uncredited) * '' The Camels Are Coming'' (1934) - Tourist * '' Temptation'' (1934) - Piri * ''Fighting Stock'' (1935) - Maid * '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) - Maid * '' Everything Is Thunder'' (1936) - Mizi * ''Where There's a Will'' (1936) - Barbara Stubbins * ''Jack of All Trades'' (1936) - Typist * ''Darby and Joan Darby and Joan is a proverbial phrase for a married couple content to share a quiet life of mutual devotion. Usage ''The Nuttall Encyclopædia'' defined the phrase as "a married couple celebrated for their mutual attachment", the ''Random House ...'' (1937) - Joan Templeton * '' Young and Innocent'' (1937) - Alice - Bathing Girl (uncredited) * '' Denti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 39 Steps (1935 Film)
''The 39 Steps'' is a 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is very loosely based on the 1915 adventure novel '' The Thirty-Nine Steps'' by John Buchan. It concerns a Canadian civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organisation of spies called "The 39 Steps" from stealing British military secrets. After being mistakenly accused of the murder of a counter-espionage agent, Hannay goes on the run to Scotland and becomes tangled up with an attractive woman while hoping to stop the spy ring and clear his name. Since its initial release, the film has been widely acknowledged as a classic. Filmmaker and actor Orson Welles referred to it as a "masterpiece." Screenwriter Robert Towne remarked, "It's not much of an exaggeration to say that all contemporary escapist entertainment begins with ''The 39 Steps''." Plot At a London music hall theatre, Richard Hannay is watching a demonstra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Stock
''Fighting Stock'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also features Robertson Hare, Lesley Wareing and Herbert Lomas. its plot involves a Brigadier who retires to a country cottage for some quiet fishing, but it soon overtaken by madcap events. The screenplay is by Ben Travers based on his earlier stage play of the same name, and the cast included cast members from Travers's Aldwych Farces. It was filmed at Islington Studios with sets by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. Cast * Tom Walls as Brig. Gen. Sir Donald Rowley * Ralph Lynn as Sydney Rowley * Robertson Hare as Duck * Marie Lohr as Mrs. Barbara Rivers * Herbert Lomas as Murlow * Lesley Wareing as Eileen Rivers * Veronica Rose as Diana Rivers * Hubert Harben as Mr. Rivers * Margaret Davidge as Mrs. Fenton * Peggy Simpson as Maid * Mary Jerrold as Emmie * Sybil Grove as Mrs. Peacock * Norah Howard as Ada Critical reception ''Sky Movies'' gave the film three out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Leeds
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 400 Rwandan genocide rect 300 200 600 400 Nelson Mandela rect 0 400 200 600 1994 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Josip Broz Tito, Tito alongside Alban Berg, Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AusStage
AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up until the present day. The only repository of Australian performing arts in the world, it is managed by a consortium of universities, government agencies, industry organisations and arts institutions, and mostly funded by the Australian Research Council. Created in 2000, the database contained more than 250,000 records by 2018. History The AusStage project was instigated by the Australasian Drama Studies Association in 1999, with Flinders University in South Australia leading the project, funded by a grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Other collaborating universities were La Trobe University (Vic), University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, University of Western Australia, University of New England (NSW), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Kidding (film)
''No Kidding'' is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas featuring Leslie Phillips, Geraldine McEwan and Irene Handl, Noel Purcell and Julia Lockwood. The film is adapted from Verily Anderson's 1958 memoir ''Beware of Children'', under which title the film was released in the US. Anderson also wrote the screenplay. The film has been interpreted by film scholar Wheeler Dixon as "a gentle critique of A. S. Neill's Summerhill, whose theories were published in America in the same year as the film's release, by the Hart Publishing Company. ''Harrison's Reports'' gave it a good review, calling it an "uneven but well-enacted comedy by the ' Carry On ...' series film-makers.... Unobjectionable for all." Elsewhere it is described as "surprisingly sophisticated fare that also scores a number of interesting points about greed, privilege and class." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dentist In The Chair
''Dentist in the Chair'' is a 1960 British comedy film, directed by Don Chaffey and starring Bob Monkhouse, Ronnie Stevens (actor), Ronnie Stevens, Eric Barker and Vincent Ball. The screenplay was written by Val Guest, and based on a novel by Matthew Finch. Additional scenes were written by Bob Monkhouse and George Wadmore. ''Dentist on the Job'' (1961), a sequel, followed. Plot Two dental students, David Cookson (Monkhouse) and Brian Dexter (Ronnie Stevens) become mixed up in the misadventures of a thief, Sam Field (played by Kenneth Connor), when he tries to sell them stolen dental equipment. Cast *Bob Monkhouse as David Cookson *Peggy Cummins as Peggy Travers *Kenneth Connor as Sam Field *Eric Barker as The Dean *Ronnie Stevens (actor), Ronnie Stevens as Brian Dexter *Vincent Ball as Michaels *Eleanor Summerfield as Ethel *Reginald Beckwith as Mr. Watling *Stuart Saunders (actor), Stuart Saunders as Inspector Richardson *Ian Wallace (singer), Ian Wallace as Dentist *Peggy S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby And Joan (1937 Film)
''Darby and Joan'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Syd Courtenay and starring Peggy Simpson, Ian Fleming, Tod Slaughter and Mickey Brantford. The film is a quota quickie, made at Rock Studios, Elstree, for release by MGM. Cast * Peggy Simpson - Joan Templeton * Ian Fleming - Sir Ralph Ferris * Mickey Brantford - Yorke Ferris * Tod Slaughter Norman Carter Slaughter (19 March 1885 – 19 February 1956), also known as Tod Slaughter, was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas. Early life Slaughter was born ... - Mr Templeton * Audrene Brier - Connie * Pamela Bevan - Darby Templeton * Ella Retford - Nurse * Harvey Braban - Coroner Alternate version * As of 2018, a cropped and shortened down to 45 minutes 16 mm version entitled "She's My Darling" released in 1949 is known to still exist.https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=25657 References Bibliography * Chibnall, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Of All Trades (1936 Film)
''Jack of All Trades'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert and starring Hulbert, Gina Malo and Robertson Hare. It is based on the 1934 play '' Youth at the Helm''. The film was made at Islington Studios, with sets designed by Alex Vetchinsky. Plot Jack, out of work and responsible for an aged mother, takes a succession of jobs, bluffing his way through them all. Cast *Jack Hulbert as Jack Warrender * Gina Malo as Frances Wilson *Robertson Hare as Lionel Fitch * Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Warrender *Cecil Parker as Sir. Chas Darrington * Athole Stewart as Bank Chairman *Felix Aylmer as Managing Director * Ian McLean as The Fire Raiser * H. F. Maltby as Bank Director * Fewlass Llewellyn as Bank Director * Marcus Barron as Williams * C. M. Hallard as Henry Kilner * Peggy Simpson as Typist * Betty Astell as Dancer * Arnold Bell * Harry Crocker * Henry B. Longhurst as Party Guest * Frederick Piper as Jimmy, Employment Clerk * Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where There's A Will (1936 Film)
''Where There's a Will'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt and Norma Varden. It features an incompetent solicitor who unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery. The film marked the first appearance of Graham Moffatt in a Will Hay film. Moffatt acted as a straight man to Hay, along with Moore Marriott, beginning in the film Windbag the Sailor. Plot Will Hay plays the penniless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy ( Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, that Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality, however, they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Is Thunder
''Everything Is Thunder'' is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Constance Bennett, Douglass Montgomery and Oskar Homolka. Its plot concerns a British officer who attempts to escape from a German Prisoner of War camp during the First World War. Production The film was based on a novel by Jocelyn Lee Hardy. It was made at Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's art direction was by Alfred Junge Alfred Junge (29 January 1886, Görlitz, Silesia (now Saxony), Germany – 16 July 1964, London) was a German-born production designer who spent a large part of his career working in the British film industry. Junge had wanted to be an artis .... Cast * Constance Bennett as Anna von Stucknadel * Douglass Montgomery as Hugh McGrath * Oskar Homolka as Detective Schenck Götz * Roy Emerton as Kostner * Frederick Lloyd as Muller * Peggy Simpson as Mitzi * George Merritt as Webber * Robert Atkins as Adjutant * Terence Downing as Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
