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Ronald Ward (actor)
Ronald Ward (5 April 1901 – 31 March 1978) was a British actor who, alongside his stage work, appeared in more than twenty British films between 1931 and 1956. He was born in Eastbourne in 1901 as Ronald William Ward, and made his screen debut in the 1931 film ''Alibi''. One of his biggest roles was in the popular Vera Lynn vehicle ''We'll Meet Again'' (1943), where he was effectively the male lead (although he was billed fourth), co-starring with Lynn and Patricia Roc. His final marriage was to the actress Betty Baskcomb; and he was father of photographer Michael Ward. Partial filmography * ''Alibi'' (1931) - Ralph Ackroyd * ''Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1933) - Eric Kingslake * '' Brides to Be'' (1934) - George Hutton * '' Girls Will Be Boys'' (1934) - Bernard * '' The Broken Rosary'' (1934) - Jack * '' The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1935) - Chris Penny * '' The Man Behind the Mask'' (1936) - Jimmy Slade * '' East Meets West'' (1936) - Neville Carter * '' Strang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight (Casting Services Company)
Spotlight is a casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and voice over artists in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadcasters, advertisement agencies, and casting directors. It also hosts a publicContacts Listings section, which lists a variety of professionals which provide services to the entertainment industry. Spotlight has been at the forefront of film, television and theatre casting since 1927. History Spotlight was founded in 1927, when stage manager Keith Moss came up with the Spotlight Directory to connect theatre directors and casting directors with actors. His first directory featured 236 performers and 2 dogs. Rodney Millington joined Spotlight as the managing director, and thanks to his leadership, Spotlight was a casting staple by World War II. It was judged as so essential to this industry (which in itself was significant due to how it bolstered morale) that it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Meets West (1936 Film)
''East Meets West'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring George Arliss, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle and John Laurie. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's art direction was by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. Plot A small Middle Eastern state is coveted by the major powers for strategic reasons. Cast * George Arliss as Sultan of Rungay * Lucie Mannheim as Marguerite Carter * Godfrey Tearle as Sir Henry Mallory * Romney Brent as Doctor Shagu * Ballard Berkeley as Nazim * Ronald Ward (actor), Ronald Ward as Neville Carter * Norma Varden as Lady Mallory * John Laurie as Doctor Fergusson * O. B. Clarence as Osmin * Campbell Gullan as Veka * Eliot Makeham as Goodson * Peter Gawthorne as Stanton * Ralph Truman as Abdul * Patrick Barr as O'Flaherty * Peter Croft as Crowell Reception Writing for ''The Spectator'' in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a very poor review, succinctly warning readers "to avoid [it] like the plague". (reprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green For Danger (film)
''Green for Danger'' is a 1946 British thriller film, based on the 1944 detective novel of the same name by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Sidney Gilliat and stars Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Leo Genn, and Alastair Sim. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in England. The title is a reference to the colour-coding used on the gas cylinders used by anaesthetists. Plot Inspector Cockrill is typing a report to his chief at Scotland Yard on the "amazing events" beginning on 17th August 1944, with postman Joseph Higgins "the first to die". We see the operating theatre and the personnel in a rural hospital. "Two will be dead, one a murderer". The V-1 offensive sends flying bombs far from London. Higgins reports for duty as a warden, and a "doodlebug" hits. A wireless plays in the wreckage—an Englishwoman giving a Nazi propaganda broadcast. Higgins comes into the hospital unconscious, without identification. Mr. Eden commiserates with Nurse Sanson about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival (1946 Film)
''Carnival'' is a 1946 British drama film about a ballet dancer of the Edwardian era, directed by Stanley Haynes and starring Sally Gray, Michael Wilding, Stanley Holloway and Jean Kent. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie, which had previous been made into a 1932 film '' Dance Pretty Lady'' by Anthony Asquith. It was shot at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director Carmen Dillon. The title of the film is not explained as there is no carnival in the story. Plot Jenny is born. Her father is out at the theatre, watching a clown show - the clown is also his lodger. Three elderly women stand by the bed and lecture Mrs Raeburn on the follies of her daughter joining the stage. Later, Jenny is on stage as a ballerina, her father proudly and loudly pointing her out from the balcony, not that the audience wish to hear. Jenny takes the name of Pearl. She is attractive and easily draws the attention of men. At an art gallery one day, she t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Met In The Dark
''They Met in the Dark'' (also known as ''Dark End'' and ''Spionagering M'' ) is a 1943 British comedy thriller film directed by Karel Lamač and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young woman who join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a German spy ring. The film features a single song sung by Phyllis Stanley, "Toddle Along" (Ben Frankel, Moira Heath). The film is very loosely based on the 1941 novel '' The Vanishing Corpse'' by Anthony Gilbert. Plot Commander R. F. Heritage is dismissed from the Royal Navy during the Second World War after being found guilty of losing some top secret documents. He revisits his places of the previous few days – mainly involving a string of women. He starts with Mary, a manicurist, in Blackpool. They originally meet in the Hotel Monopole. She has something to impart but then arranges to reconvene in the Bell & Dragon public house outside town. She’s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape To Danger
''Escape to Danger'' is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and Victor Hanbury and starring Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak and Karel Stepanek. Plot During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade. Cast * Eric Portman as Arthur Lawrence * Ann Dvorak as Joan Grahame * Karel Stepanek as Franz von Brinkman * Ronald Ward as Rupert Chessman * Ronald Adam as George Merrick * Felix Aylmer as Sir Alfred Horton * Brefni O'Rorke as Security Officer * A. E. Matthews as Sir Thomas Leighton * Ivor Barnard as Henry Waud * David Peel as Lt. Peter Leighton * Charles Victor as Petty Officer Flanagan * George Merritt as Works Manager * Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Pickles * John Ruddock as Jim * Frederick Cooper as Gösta Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This England (film)
''This England'' (also known as ''Our Heritage'' ) is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring John Clements, Constance Cummings and Emlyn Williams. It was written by A.R. Rawlinson, Bridget Boland and Williams. Plot The film follows the small English village of Cleveley and its historic resistance against tyrannical invaders recounted by one of the inhabitants to a visiting American journalist. Partial cast * John Clements as John Rookeby *Constance Cummings as Ann *Emlyn Williams as Appleyard *Frank Pettingell as Gage *Roland Culver as Steward *Morland Graham as doctor * Leslie French as Johnny * Martin Walker as Seigneur * Ronald Ward as Lord Clavely *Hugh Wakefield as vicar *Esmond Knight as vicar's son *Amy Veness as Jenny *Roddy McDowall as Hugo *Dennis Wyndham as Martin Production The film was made for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. Its title comes from a speech by John of Gaunt in the play ''Richard II'' by W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turned Out Nice Again
''Turned Out Nice Again'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Lancashire-born comedian George Formby. Made at Ealing Studios, ''Turned Out Nice Again'' premiered at the London Pavilion Cinema on 29 June 1941. It was adapted from the 1939 play '' As You Are'' by Hugh Mills and Wells Root which had appeared in the West End in early 1940. Plot George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition. Cast *George Formby as George Pearson *Peggy Bryan as Lydia Pearson * Edward Chapman as Uncle Arnold * Elliott Mason as Mrs Pearson * Mackenzie Ward as Gerald Dawson * O. B. Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confidential Lady
''Confidential Lady'' is a 1939 British comedy drama film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ben Lyon and Jane Baxter. It is now classed as a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. .... British Pictures Article Archive. Plot Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story, in the hope that he will be able to dig up some dirt on Morp ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Proud Valley
''The Proud Valley'' is a 1940 Ealing Studios film starring Paul Robeson. Filmed in the South Wales coalfield, the principal Welsh coal mining area, the film is about an African American seaman who joins a mining community. It includes their passion for singing as well as the dangers and precariousness of working in a mine. Plot David Goliath is an African-American sailor who deserts his ship when it arrives in Wales. He climbs onto the back of a freight train and meets Bert, who is work-shy and scoffs at David's determination to seek employment. The train arrives at a small mining town and the two men briefly attempt to busk before being scolded by Mrs Parry for making unpleasant noise outside her shop. They stop outside a building where a male choir are rehearsing and David begins singing along. The choir conductor, Dick Parry, is determined to make David a member and offers him lodgings at his house. Despite his wife, Mrs Parry, objecting to the idea, her protests are m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidewalks Of London
''St Martin's Lane'', also known as ''Sidewalks of London'', ''London After Dark'', and ''Partners of the Night'', is a 1938 British black-and-white comedy drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ... starring Charles Laughton as a busker or street entertainer who teams up with a talented pickpocket, played by Vivien Leigh. The film co-stars Rex Harrison and Tyrone Guthrie in a rare acting appearance. It also features Ronald Shiner as the barman (uncredited). It was produced by Laughton's Mayflower Pictures Corporation. Plot Charles Staggers is a London street performer, or busker, with his partners, Arthur Smith and Gentry. He protects Liberty, known as Libby, a runaway and pickpocket, when she steals a gold cigarette case from successful song writer H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
