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Uncle Silas (film)
''Uncle Silas'' (US: ''The Inheritance'') is a 1947 British drama film directed by Charles Frank and starring Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou and Derrick De Marney. It is an adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1864 novel ''Uncle Silas'' in which an Beneficiary, heiress is pursued by her uncle, who craves her money following her father's death. The film was shot at Denham Studios with sets by the art director Ralph Brinton. The costumes were designed by Elizabeth Haffenden. Plot Caroline Ruthyn is the teenage niece of her elderly uncle Silas, a sickly and at one time unbalanced Rake (stock character), rake who becomes her guardian on the death of her father. The fact that Silas is broke and greedy and young Caroline is the heir to her father's vast fortune is reason enough for Caroline to be wary, but her fears increase when she meets Silas's brutal son, her cousin, and when she discovers that her fearsome former governess, Madame de la Rougierre, is working with her uncle... Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Somlo
Josef Somlo (1884–1973) was a Hungary, Hungarian film producer. Following the Nazi takeover in Germany, where he had worked for a number of years, Somlo went into exile in Britain. During his German period he was associated with Hermann Fellner (producer), Hermann Fellner with whom he co-produced a number of films for their Felsom Film company. Partial filmography * ''Sins of Yesterday'' (1922) * ''Dancing Mad (film), Dancing Mad'' (1925) * ''One Does Not Play with Love'' (1926) * ''Unmarried Daughters'' (1926) * ''The Ghost Train (1927 film), The Ghost Train'' (1927) * ''The Famous Woman'' (1927) * ''A Modern Dubarry'' (1927) * ''The Great Adventuress'' (1928) * ''The Bold Dragoon'' (1928) * ''Odette (1928 film), Odette'' (1928) * ''Number 17 (1928 film), Number 17'' (1928) * ''The Woman on the Rack'' (1928) * ''Strauss Is Playing Today'' (1928) * ''Land Without Women'' (1929) * ''The Fourth from the Right'' (1929) * ''The Wrecker (1929 film), The Wrecker'' (1929) * ''Storm in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncle Silas
''Uncle Silas'', subtitled "A Tale of Bartram Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery- thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike. It is an early example of the locked-room mystery subgenre, rather than a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish scientist, philosopher and Christian mystic. Like many of Le Fanu's novels, ''Uncle Silas'' grew out of an earlier short story, in this case "A Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" (1839), which he also published as "The Murdered Cousin" in the collection ''Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery'' (1851). While this earlier story was set in Ireland, the novel's action takes place in Derbyshire; the author Elizabet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laurie
John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in scores of feature films with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Michael Powell and Laurence Olivier, generally playing memorable small or supporting roles. As a stage actor, he was cast in Shakespearean roles and was a speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. He is also well known for his role in the sitcom ''Dad's Army'' (1968–1977) as Private Frazer, a member of the Home Guard. Early life Laurie was born on 25 March 1897 in Dumfries to William Laurie (1856–1903), a clerk in a tweed mill and later a hatter and hosier, and Jessie Ann Laurie (''née'' Brown; 1858–1935). He attended grammar school at Dumfries Academy, then abandoned a career in architecture to serve in the First World War as a member of the Honourable Artillery Company. Upon demobilisation he trained to become an actor under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Rhodes
Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Career One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bill Naughton's play ''All in Good Time (play), All in Good Time''. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965. She reprised the role in the 1966 film version, titled ''The Family Way''. Steptoe and Son,"A Box In Town" 1963. She was featured singing a track "The World Is for the Young" with Stanley Holloway in the Herman's Hermits 1968 film ''Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (film), Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter''. Her television appearances included ''The Army Game'' (as Edith Snudge), ''The Adventures of William Tell'' episode "The Boy Slaves" (1958), ''Dixon of Dock Green'' (1961–1962), the episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything (Randall and Hopkirk Deceased), For the Girl Who Has Everythi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manning Whiley
Manning Hedges Whiley (23 January 191529 January 1975) was a British actor. Partial filmography * '' Trunk Crime'' (1939) - Bentley * '' The Four Just Men'' (1939) - (uncredited) * '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1940) - Muller * ''Contraband'' (1940) - Manager of 'Mousetrap' * '' Pastor Hall'' (1940) - Vogel * '' The Flying Squad'' (1940) - Ronald Perryman * '' Saloon Bar'' (1940) - Evangelist * '' Sailors Three'' (1940) - German Commdr. * '' Freedom Radio'' (1941) - S.S. Trooper * '' Gasbags'' (1941) - O.P. Colonel * '' The Ghost of St. Michael's'' (1941) - Stock * '' Old Bill and Son'' (1941) - Chimp * '' The Saint's Vacation'' (1941) - Marko * '' "Pimpernel" Smith'' (1941) - Bertie Gregson * ''The Big Blockade'' (1942) - Naval officer (uncredited) * '' Penn of Pennsylvania'' (1942) - (uncredited) * '' This Was Paris'' (1942) - French Officer (uncredited) * '' The Dummy Talks'' (1943) - Russell Warren * '' Bell-Bottom George'' (1944) - Church * '' Meet Sexton Blake!'' (1945) - Rao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Tate
Reginald Tate (13 December 1896 – 23 August 1955) was an English actor and a veteran of many roles on stage, in films and on television. He is remembered best as the first actor to play the television science-fiction character Professor Bernard Quatermass, in the 1953 BBC Television serial ''The Quatermass Experiment''. Early life Reginald Tate was born in Garforth, near Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and went to school in York. During the First World War he served with the Northamptonshire Regiment and later with the Royal Flying Corps.Pixley, p. 6. He left the armed forces after the end of the war and studied acting at Leeds College of Music and Drama. He made his first professional acting appearance at Leeds Art Theatre in 1922, and for the next four years was a resident performer both there and at the city's Little Theatre. In 1926, Tate moved to London, with his first major role being in a production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Strand Theatre. He had pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmond Knight
Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half-blind. He had been badly wounded in 1941 while on active service on board HMS ''Prince of Wales'' when she fought the ''Bismarck'' at the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and remained totally blind for two years, though he later regained some sight in his right eye. Childhood Knight was born on 4 May 1906 in East Sheen, Surrey, the third son of Francis and Bertha Knight. His father was involved in the family cigar import business. In 1917, Knight and his older brother, Robert, alleged that the writer Norman Douglas indecently assaulted them during a 1916 visit to the Natural History Museum in London. Robert identified Douglas amongst a group of men at the Westminster Police Court. Douglas provided an alibi of being overseas at the time and it was proven to be a case of mistaken identity. Knig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Stewart
Sophie Stewart (5 March 1908 – 6 June 1977) was a British actress of stage and screen. Biography She was born as Sophia Lyal Drummond Stewart in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland in March 1908 and died in June 1977 at the age of 69, in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. In 1937 she starred in ''Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel'' as Lady Blakeney. Her West End stage appearances included James Bridie's '' A Sleeping Clergyman'' (1933), Aimée Stuart's ''Lady from Edinburgh'' (1945), J. Lee Thompson John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. Initially an exponent of social realism, he became known as a versatile and prolific director of thrillers, action, and adventure fil ...'s '' The Human Touch'' (1948) and Michael Clayton Hutton's '' Dead Secret'' (1952). She was married to the actor Ellis Irving. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Sophie 1908 births 1977 deaths 20th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Bond
Derek William Douglas Bond MC (26 January 1920 – 15 October 2006) was a British actor. He was President of the trade union Equity from 1984 to 1986. Life and career Bond was born on 26 January 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hampstead, London.Gavin GaughanObituary: Derek Bond ''The Guardian'', 8 November 2006 Bond enlisted in the Coldstream Guards of the British Army soon after the outbreak of the Second World War, where his education marked him out for officer training, and he was duly sent to Sandhurst. As an officer cadet Bond trained alongside Patrick Leigh Fermor and Iain Moncreiffe. Opting to transfer to the Grenadier Guards, he was invited, with other hopefuls, to dinner by the Adjutant, Captain E.H. Goulburn. After being plied with drinks and subjected to a grilling, at which most of the cadets managed to maintain a suitable air of sycophancy, Bond was asked "So, Bond, you were an actor! Aren't all actors sh*ts?" After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rake (stock Character)
In a historical context, a rake (short for rakehell, analogous to " hellraiser") was a man who was habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanizing. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women, and song, and incurring lavish debts in the process. Cad is a closely related term. Comparable terms are " libertine" and "debauché". The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of King Charles II. They were typified by the " Merry Gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members John Wilmot, George Villiers, and Charles Sackville, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy. After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the cultural perception of the rak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Haffenden
Elizabeth Haffenden (18 April 1906 – 29 May 1976) was a British costume designer. She is recognized for her prolific work across stage and screen. She is best known for creating costumes for most of the Gainsborough melodramas. Haffenden received two Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design, for ''Ben-Hur'' (1959) and '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966), winning both times. Education and Career Elizabeth Haffenden was born in Croydon to wholesale draper James Wilson-Haffenden and Edith Carruthers. Elizabeth Haffenden trained at Croydon School of Art and the Royal College of Art. After working as a commercial artist she entered theatre costume design working with Laurence Irving. Haffenden's first film costume designs were for '' Colonel Blood'' (1933, working alongside art directors Laurence Irving and John Bryan. In 1939 she joined Gaumont British film studios, and from 1942–1949 she was in charge of the costume department for the popular cycle of Gainsborough me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Brinton
Ralph W. Brinton (1895–1975) was a British art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Tom Jones''. Selected filmography * '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) * ''Late Extra'' (1935) * ''Sleeping Car to Trieste'' (1948) * ''I'll Get You for This'' (1951) * ''Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer *Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fielding published in 1 ...'' (1963) References External links * 1895 births 1975 deaths British art directors British film designers {{artdirector-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
