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Tales That Witness Madness
''Tales That Witness Madness'' is a 1973 British anthology horror film produced by Norman Priggen, directed by veteran horror director Freddie Francis, written by actress Jennifer Jayne. The film was one of several in a series of anthology films made during the 1960s and 1970s which included '' Dr. Terror's House of Horrors'' (1965), '' Torture Garden'' (1967), '' The House That Dripped Blood'' (1970), '' Asylum'' (1972), '' Tales from the Crypt'' (1972), '' The Vault of Horror'' (1973) and ''From Beyond the Grave'' (1974). These portmanteau horror films were all produced by Amicus Productions. ''Tales That Witness Madness'' is sometimes mistaken for an Amicus production; however, it was actually produced by World Film Services.Ed. Allan Bryce, ''Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood'', Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 93 Plot In the Clinic link episodes, Dr Tremayne (Donald Pleasence), a psychiatrist in a modern mental asylum, reveals to colleague Dr Nicholas (Jack Hawkins) that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Francis
Frederick William Francis (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer. He started his career with British films such as Jack Cardiff's '' Sons and Lovers'' (1960), Jack Clayton's drama '' Room at the Top'' (1959) and psychological horror film '' The Innocents'' (1961). He became known for his collaborations with David Lynch with '' The Elephant Man'' (1980), ''Dune'' (1984), and '' The Straight Story'' (1999). He also earned acclaim for his work on ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' (1981) starring Meryl Streep, and Martin Scorsese's '' Cape Fear'' (1991). As a director, he was associated with the British production companies Amicus and Hammer in the 1960s and 1970s. Over his career he earned many accolades including two Academy Awards for '' Sons and Lovers'' (1960) and '' Glory'' (1989). He also earned five British Academy Film Award nominations, as well as an international achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vault Of Horror (film)
''The Vault of Horror'' (otherwise known as ''Vault of Horror'', ''Further Tales from the Crypt'' and ''Tales from the Crypt II'') is a 1973 British anthology horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker, and starring Terry-Thomas, Dawn Addams, Denholm Elliott, Curd Jürgens, Tom Baker, Michael Craig, Terence Alexander, Glynis Johns, Mike Pratt, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, Daniel Massey and Anna Massey. None of the film's stories are actually from '' Vault of Horror'' comics. All but one appeared in '' Tales from the Crypt'', the exception being from '' Shock SuspenStories''. The film omits the Vault Keeper character from the comics. Plot Intro Five strangers board a descending lift, one by one, in a modern office block in London. They reach the sub-basement, though none of them have pressed for that destination. There they find a large, elaborately furnished room that appears to be a gentlemen's club. The lift door has closed; there are no buttons to bring it bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm (22 March 1950 – 26 July 2012) was a British actress, who appeared in many British TV drama series and serials, and is best known for her role as Romana I in the BBC's science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', starring opposite Tom Baker in the 1978–1979 story arc ''The Key to Time''. Early life Tamm was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Estonian immigrant parents, and attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School. She was a graduate and an associate member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she studied from 1969–1971. Acting career Tamm began acting on the stage with the Birmingham Repertory Company in 1971. She moved to London in 1972 and appeared in the musical ''Mother Earth''. Her first TV role for the BBC was as Sally in ''The Donati Conspiracy'' shown in 1973. This was followed by an episode of ''Warship'' in 1974. In 1975, she featured in Muriel Spark's ''The Girls of Slender Means'' on BBC2. Before her association with ''Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Petrovich
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jayston
Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, is an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the '' Doctor Who'' serial ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' (1986) and appearing in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' episode " Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James. Early life and education Michael Jayston was born on 29 October 1935 in West Bridgford, Nottingham. His registered birth name was Michael A James. He is the only son of Aubrey Vincent James (1911–1937) and Edna Myfanwy Medcalfe (1904–1950). He attended the Becket RC School on Wilford Lane, West Bridgford. A former accountant, he trained in acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Career Stage Jayston began his stage career in 1962 and performed at the Bristol Old Vic and at Stratford-upon-Avon. Televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzy Kendall
Suzy Kendall (born Freda Harriet Harrison; 1 January 1937 ) is a British retired actress best known for her film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Personal life Born in Belper, Derbyshire, Kendall attended Derby & District College of Art where she studied painting and design. She was a fabric designer at British Celanese and then became a photographic model before becoming an actress. She initially appeared in supporting roles before progressing to female leads in a number of British films in the late 1960s. In the early 1970s, she appeared in several Italian ''giallo'' thrillers before returning to Britain and played supporting roles in a few more films until her retirement from screen acting in 1977. In 1968, Kendall married pianist, comedian and actor Dudley Moore, and though they divorced in 1972, they remained friends until Moore's death in 2002. Following the divorce she remarried shortly afterwards to musician Sandy Harper, whom Moore also befriended. Moore wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Farthing
The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds (owing to its travelling a large distance for every rotation of the legs) and comfort (the large wheel provides greater shock absorption). It became obsolete in the late 1880s with the development of modern bicycles, which provided similar speed amplification via chain-driven gear trains and comfort through pneumatic tires, and were marketed in comparison to penny-farthings as " safety bicycles" because of the reduced danger of falling and the reduced height to fall from. The name came from the British penny and farthing coins, the former being much larger than the latter, so that the side view resembles a larger penny (the front wheel) leading a smaller farthing (the rear wheel). Although the name "penny-farthing" is now the most common, it was probably not used until the machines w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Forsyth
Frank Forsyth (19 December 1905 – 2 May 1984), sometimes credited as Frank Forsythe, was an English actor, active from the 1930s. He was born on 19 December 1905 in London, England. He appeared in several TV programmes, including '' Department S'' (1969), '' The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1972) and '' Journey to the Unknown'' (1968), as well as numerous films including eight of the '' Carry On'' films. He died on 2 May 1984 in Poole, England. Filmography *''Dick Turpin'' (TV series – episode: "The Godmother") (1980) – Briggs *'' The Naked Civil Servant'' (TV film) (1975) – Family Doctor *''Love Among the Ruins'' (TV film) (1975) – Jessop *'' Craze'' (1974) – Man at Will Reading (uncredited) *'' The Carnforth Practice'' (TV series) (1974) – Jury Foreman *'' The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (TV series – episode: "The Challenge") (1973) – Old Tom *'' Tales That Witness Madness'' (1973) – Uncle Albert (segment "Penny Farthing") *'' And Now the Screaming Starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McEnery
Peter Robert McEnery (born 21 February 1940) is a retired English stage and film actor. Early life McEnery was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, to Charles and Ada Mary (née Brinson) McEnery. He was educated at Ellesmere College, Shropshire. His younger brothers are actor John and the photographer David. Career McEnery was notably featured in '' Victim'', a 1961 British neo noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden in which McEnery plays Barrett, a young working-class gay man who falls prey to blackmailers after he and the title character are photographed in an intimate embrace he film's makers claim the older man was merely comforting the younger one who was in tears; the whole premise of the film was that there was no actual intimacy McEnery was also recognized for having given Hayley Mills her first grown-up screen kiss in the 1964 film ''The Moon-Spinners''. In 1966 he took the lead in the Disney live action adventure film, ''The Fighting Prince of Donegal''. He play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Brown (English Singer)
Georgia Brown (21 October 1933 – 5 July 1992) was an English singer and actress. Early life Georgia Brown, born Lilian Claire Klot,Barron, James"Georgia Brown, An Actress, 57; Was in 'Oliver!'"''The New York Times'', 6 July 1992 was born and raised in the East End of London. The daughter of Mark and Annie (née Kirshenbaum) Klot, Brown grew up in a large, extended Jewish family of Russian descent. Her father worked in a textile factory and as a bookmaker. Brown attended the Central Foundation Grammar School. During the London Blitz, she was evacuated to the mining village of Six Bells, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales. Career During an initial performing career as a nightclub singer, she adopted the professional name Georgia Brown with reference to two of her favourite repertoire items: "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Georgia on My Mind". At the age of 17, she appeared at the Embassy Club in London in April 1951 to mixed reviews and she then went into a number of stage presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Houston
Donald Daniel Houston (6 November 1923 – 13 October 1991) was a Welsh actor whose first two films—'' The Blue Lagoon'' (1949) with Jean Simmons, and '' A Run for Your Money'' (1949) with Alec Guinness—were highly successful. Later in his career he was cast in military roles and in comedies such as the '' Doctor'' and '' Carry On'' series. Early life Houston was born in 10 Thomas Street, Tonypandy, on Tuesday 6 November 1923 in the village of Clydach Vale, near Tonypandy, Glamorgan and was the elder brother of actor Glyn Houston and a sister, Jean. His father Alexander Houston, was a professional football player from Scotland, and his mother Elsie M Jones, ran a milk round. Following the death of their mother at age 29, Donald and brother Glyn Houston were raised by their grandmother while their father had to leave Wales in order to find work. After leaving school he worked at a local colliery before deciding to start an acting career. In 1940 he performed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
