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The Hundred Pound Window
''The Hundred Pound Window'' is a 1944 British Comedy film, comedy crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Anne Crawford, David Farrar (actor), David Farrar, Frederick Leister and Richard Attenborough. An accountant has to take a second job working at a racetrack, where he soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd. It was shot at Teddington Studios, the home of Warner Brothers's British subsidiary. Cast * Anne Crawford as Joan Draper * David Farrar (actor), David Farrar as George Graham * Frederick Leister as Ernest Draper * Mary Clare as Millie Draper * Richard Attenborough as Tommy Draper * Niall MacGinnis as Chick Slater * David Hutcheson as Steve Halligan * Claud Allister as Hon. Freddie * Claude Bailey as John D. Humphries * Hazel Bray as Cabaret Singer * Peter Gawthorne as Van Rayden * Anthony Hawtrey as Evans * David Horne (actor), David Horne as Baldwin * Francis Lister as Capt. Johnson * Ruby Miller (actress), Ruby Miller as Mrs. Remington * Brefni O'Rork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Desmond Hurst
Brian Desmond Hurst (12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was an Irish people, Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director by BBC film critic Mike Catto.Screening will honour 'NI's best film director' News Letter 12 February 2015 Mike Catto, film critic, BBC and Radio Ulster He is perhaps best known for the 1951 ''A Christmas Carol'' adaptation Scrooge (1951 film), ''Scrooge''. Early life Hurst was born at 23 Ribble Street, Belfast, into a working-class family. He attended the New Road School, a public elementary school in East Belfast.Theirs is the Glory- 65th Anniversary of the making of the film, Ministory number 106, author Allan Esler Smith, published by Friends of the Airborne Museum Oosterbeek, November 2010. Hurst's father, Robert senior, and brother, Robert junior, were iron-workers in the Harland and Wolff shipyard. In August 1914, at the outbreak of World War I, Hurst enlisted as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Clare
Mary Clare Absalom (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television. Biography Daughter of George Alfred Absalom, Clare was educated at Wood Green secondary school, first worked in an office but a loan of £50 allowed her to train at a dramatic school and she began her thespian career on the London stage at the age of 18 in 1910, following which she spent two years touring the provinces to appear back in London in "A Posy on a Ring" at the Earl's Court Exhibition Theatre. She made her London West End debut in '' Turandot'' at the St James's Theatre in 1913, following which she appeared in many West End productions. In the theatre, she became one of Noël Coward's "leading ladies" appearing in several of his plays, in particular, '' Cavalcade'' in 1931. In September 1936 she played the leading role in the play ''Laura Garnett'', by Leslie and Sewell Stokes, at the Arts Theatre Club, London and played the lead role of the victim in Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Films About Horse Racing ...
The following is a list of films featuring horse racing. List See also *List of films about horses * List of highest grossing sports films * List of sports films References {{Horse topics * Films about animals playing sports Horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Slater (actor)
John Slater (22 August 1916 – 9 January 1975) was an English character actor who usually portrayed lugubrious, amiable cockney types. Biography Slater's father was an antiques dealer. After attending St Clement Danes Grammar School in Hammersmith, Slater began acting in farce at the Whitehall Theatre. He first appeared on film in 1938, remaining active in the industry up to his death. He was a familiar face in British films of the 1940s and appeared in many classic films of the period, including ''The Day Will Dawn'' (1942, US title ''The Avengers''), '' Went the Day Well?'' (1942), '' We Dive at Dawn'' (1943), '' A Canterbury Tale'' (1944), '' The Seventh Veil'' (1945), '' It Always Rains on Sunday'' (1947) and ''Passport to Pimlico'' (1949). He was also a singer, and made three solo 78rpm records for Columbia in 1953 and 1954. The first of these was a cover of " (How Much is) That Doggie in the Window?", followed by "Travelling Alone", his own composition. The latter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Salew
John Rylett Salew (28 February 1902 (some sources state 1 January 1897)14 September 1961) was an English stage film and TV actor. Salew made the transition from stage to films in 1939, and according to Allmovie, "the manpower shortage during WWII enabled the stout, balding Salew to play larger and more important roles than would have been his lot in other circumstances. He usually played suspicious-looking characters, often Germanic in origin." His screen roles included William Shakespeare in the comic fantasy '' Time Flies'' (1944), Grimstone in the Gothic melodrama '' Uncle Silas'' (1947), and the librarian in the supernatural thriller'' Night of the Demon'' (1957). He played Colonel Wentzel in the Adventures of William Tell "The Shrew" episode (1958). John Salew was active into the TV era, playing the sort of character parts that John McGiver played in the US Selected filmography * '' It's in the Air'' (1938) – RAF Radio Operator (uncredited) * '' Dead Men are Dangerou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brefni O'Rorke
Brefni O'Rorke (26 June 1889 – 11 November 1946) was an Irish actor, both on the stage and in movies. Early life O'Rorke was born as William Francis Breffni O'Rorke at 2 Esplande Villas in Dollymount, Clontarf, Dublin on 26 June 1889, and baptised at Clontarf Parish Church on 1 August 1889. His father, Frederick O'Rorke, was a cork merchant, and his mother, Jane Caroline O'Rorke, née Morgan, was an actress. He had an older brother, Frederick, who was twelve years older than him. Career O'Rorke began studying acting with his mother and made his professional début in 1912 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in a production of Shaw's '' John Bull's Other Island''. While still living in Dublin, he met and married in 1916 Alice Cole, a chorus-girl turned actress, who had divorced her first husband and immigrated from South Africa with her young son. Thus O'Rorke became the stepfather of Cyril Cusack. Other theatre roles included the title role in '' Finn Varra Maa'' (1917), a musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Miller (actress)
Ruby Miller (14 July 1889 – 2 April 1976) was a British stage and film actress. Originally one of George Edwardes' ‘ Gaiety Girls’, she was the subject of TV's '' This is Your Life'' in 1962. In June 1966 she appeared in the final ABC production of the popular series Thank Your Lucky Stars with a rendition of the song "Stop and Think". Selected filmography * ''Little Women'' (1917) * ''Edge O' Beyond'' (1919) * '' The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown'' (1921) * '' The Mystery Road'' (1921) * ''Alimony'' (1924) * ''The Infamous Lady'' (1928) * '' Sorrell and Son'' (1933) * '' The Dictator'' (1935) * '' Gay Old Dog'' (1935) * ''The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) * '' Nothing Like Publicity'' (1936) * '' Double Exposures'' (1937) * '' Shadowed Eyes'' (1940) * '' Law and Disorder'' (1940) * '' Facing the Music'' (1941) * ''The Hundred Pound Window'' (1944) * '' Twilight Hour'' (1945) * ''Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Lister
Francis Lister (2 April 1899 – 28 October 1951) was a British actor. He was married to the actresses Nora Swinburne (1924–32) and Margot Grahame (1934-36). Filmography References External links * * *ThFrancis Lister Collectionis held by the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ... Theatre and Performance Department. 1899 births 1951 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male silent film actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Horne (actor)
David Edgar Alderson Horne (14 July 1898 in Balcombe, Sussex – 15 March 1970 in Marylebone, London) was an English film and stage actor. Biography Horne began his film career in the 1930s, after a distinguished early career in the theatre. He was generally seen portraying pompous, self-satisfied characters. He never managed to rise to the "star" level in his silver screen acting career, but he was an indispensable character actor, and played many utility parts such as desk clerks, newspaper editors, police officials, lawyers and doctors. He continued his theatre work until his death in 1970. In 1924 he married the former actress Renée Mayer. The marriage was later dissolved.Marriage of Renée Mayer and David A. E. Horne in the England and Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index 1916-2005 Filmography Film * ''Lord of the Manor'' (1933) as General Sir George Fleeter (film debut) * '' General John Regan'' (1933) as Maj. Kent * '' Badger's Green'' (1934) as Major Forres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hawtrey
Anthony John Hawtrey (22 January 1909 – 18 October 1954) was an English actor and theatre director. He began his acting career in 1930 and had begun directing by 1939. As director of the Embassy Theatre in London, several of his productions transferred to the West End. During his theatre career, Hawtrey also acted in television and on film. He was a member of the Terry family of actors. Life and career Hawtrey was born in Claygate, Surrey, the illegitimate son of the actors Sir Charles Hawtrey and Olive Morris (daughter of Florence Terry), and was educated at Bradfield College prior to studying for the stage under Bertha Moore. From 1930 Hawtrey worked as an actor in London, on tour in South Africa, and with the Liverpool Repertory Company. He appeared as the King of France in the Old Vic's production of ''King Lear'' in 1931, when his cousin John Gielgud played Lear. In 1939 he was director of productions at the Embassy Theatre in north London, subsequently becoming d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upon supporting actors during this period. Early life and career He was born in 1884 in Queen's County (now County Laois) in Ireland, but spent most of his career in England. After two years at the ''Academy of Dramatic Art'', Gawthorne began a career on the London stage, eventually running up over twenty years experience there. His debut was in 1906, a walk-on part at His Majesty's Theatre, London. He was featured in the role of Albany Pope, receiving good notices, in the hit musical '' The Boy'' in 1917. He also studied singing. He then toured Australia, South Africa and America, making his film debut in Hollywood before returning to Britain, where he worked for a number of film companies but predominately Gainsborough Studios. He wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Bailey
Claude Bailey (19 November 1895 – 22 March 1950) was a British actor. He was born and died in London. Partial filmography * ''Little Waitress'' (1932) * ''The Unholy Quest'' (1934) * ''The Saint Meets the Tiger'' (1941) * ''Hatter's Castle (film), Hatter's Castle'' (1942) * ''Unpublished Story'' (1942) * ''The Saint Meets the Tiger'' (1943) * ''He Snoops to Conquer'' (1944) * ''Don't Take It to Heart'' (1944) * ''The Hundred Pound Window'' (1944) * ''Bedelia (film), Bedelia'' (1946) * ''The Calendar (1948 film), The Calendar'' (1948) * ''Elizabeth of Ladymead'' (1948) References External links * 1895 births 1950 deaths Male actors from London English male film actors 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |