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Walter Hudd
Walter Hudd (20 February 1897 – 20 January 1963) was a British actor and director. Stage career Hudd made his stage debut in ''The Manxman'' in 1919, and later toured as part of the Fred Terry Company; first attracting serious attention playing Guildenstern in a 1925 modern dress ''Hamlet''. He also later directed plays at Stratford-on-Avon, including ''Richard II'', ''Twelfth Night'' (also appearing as Malvolio) and '' Doctor Faustus'' (all 1947). His West End appearances included ''The Way Things Happen'' (Ambassadors Theatre 1923), '' The Ghost Train'' (Prince of Wales Theatre 1925), ''The Grain of Mustard Seed'' (Ambassadors Theatre 1930), '' Mile Away Murder'' (Duchess Theatre 1937), ''Geneva'' (Saville Theatre 1938), '' Thunder Rock'' (St Martin's Theatre 1941), '' A Month in the Country'' (New Theatre 1949), ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'' (Criterion Theatre 1956) and '' The Potting Shed'' (Globe Theatre 1958). He made his sole Broadway appearance in the Theatre Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Guild
The Theatre Guild is a theatrical society founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner, Philip Moeller, Helen Westley and Theresa Helburn. Langner's wife, Armina Marshall, then served as a co-director. It evolved out of the work of the Washington Square Players. History Its original purpose was to produce non-commercial works by American and foreign playwrights. It differed from other theaters at the time in that its board of directors shared the responsibility of choosing plays, management, and production. The Theatre Guild contributed greatly to the success of Broadway from the 1920s throughout the 1970s. The Guild has produced a total of 228 plays on Broadway, including 18 by George Bernard Shaw and seven by Eugene O'Neill. Other major playwrights introduced to theatre-going Americans include Robert E. Sherwood, Maxwell Anderson, Sidney Howard, William Saroyan, and Philip Barry. In the field of musical theatre, the Guild has promoted works by Richard Rodger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housemaster (film)
''Housemaster'' is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Otto Kruger, Diana Churchill and Phillips Holmes. It was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. When three young women come to stay at an elite public school, they cause disruption amongst the male students and teachers. It was based on the 1936 play of the same name by Ian Hay. Cast * Otto Kruger as Charles Donkin * Diana Churchill as Rosemary Faringdon * Phillips Holmes as Philip de Pourville * Joyce Barbour as Barbara Fane * Rene Ray as Chris Faringdon * Kynaston Reeves as The Rev. Edmund Ovington * Walter Hudd as Frank Hastings * Michael Shepley as Victor Beamish * John Wood as Flossie Nightingale * Cecil Parker as Sir Berkely Nightingale * Henry Hepworth as Bimbo Faringdon * Rosamund Barnes as Button Faringdon * Laurence Kitchin as Crump * Jimmy Hanley Jimmy Hanley (22 October 1918 – 13 January 1970) was an English actor who appeared in the popular Huggetts film series, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elephant Boy (film)
''Elephant Boy'' is a 1937 British adventure film starring Indian-born actor Sabu in his film debut. Documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty, who produced some of the Indian footage, and supervising director Zoltan Korda, who completed the film, won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival. The film was made at the London Films studios at Denham, and in Mysore, India, and is based on the story " Toomai of the Elephants" from Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Plot Toomai ( Sabu), a young boy growing up in India, longs to become a hunter. In the meantime, he helps his mahout (elephant driver) father with Kala Nag, a large elephant that has been in their family for four generations. Petersen ( Walter Hudd) hires the father and Kala Nag, among others, for a large annual government roundup of wild elephants to be tamed and put to work. Amused by Toomai and learning that he has no one but his father to look after him, Petersen allows the boy to come too. Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Banninck Cocq
Frans Banninck Cocq (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Banning), ''free lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam'' (February 23, 1605 – January 1, 1655) was a knight, burgemeester (mayor) and military person of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century, the Dutch Golden Age. He belonged to the wealthy and powerful Dutch patriciate, the regenten, and is best known as the central figure in Rembrandt's masterpiece ''The Night Watch''. Biography Background and Family Frans was born on February 23, 1605, as the son of Jan Jansz Cock (1575–1633), a local pharmacist of German descendant in the Warmoesstraat. His father, born in Bremen, moved around 1592 to Amsterdam. Nothing is known about his grandfather. He was married to Lysbeth Fransdr Banninck (1581–1623) of Amsterdam origin. In the Amsterdam patriciate of the 16th and 17th centuries, there were two families with very similar names, the Banning(h) family, also known as Benning(h), and the Banninck family, which were not closely related to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rembrandt (1936 Film)
''Rembrandt'' is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Bíró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by Geoffrey Toye and the cinematography by Georges Périnal. Plot Cast * Charles Laughton as Rembrandt van Rijn * Gertrude Lawrence as Geertje Dircx * Elsa Lanchester as Hendrickje Stoffels * Edward Chapman as Carel Fabritius * Walter Hudd as Frans Banning Cocq * Roger Livesey as Beggar Saul * John Bryning as Titus van Rijn * Sam Livesey as Auctioneer * Herbert Lomas as Gerrit van Rijn * Allan Jeayes as Dr. Tulp * John Clements as Govert Flinck * Raymond Huntley as Ludwick * Abraham Sofaer as Dr. Menasseh * Laurence Hanray as Heertsbeeke * Austin Trevor as Marquis de Grand-Coeur * Edmund Willard as Van Zeeland * Henry Hewitt as Jan Six * Gertrude Musgrove as Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All Happening (film)
''It's All Happening'' (also known as ''The Dream Maker'') is a 1963 British musical film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin and Angela Douglas. It was written by Leigh Vance. Premise A talent scout for a record company is frustrated by his lack of progress with his career. When the orphanage where he was brought up is threatened with closing, he decides to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands. Selected cast * Tommy Steele as Billy Bowles * Michael Medwin as Max Catlin * Angela Douglas as Julie Singleton * Jean Harvey as Delia * Bernard Bresslaw as Parsons * Walter Hudd as J.B. Magdeburg * John Tate as Julian Singleton * Janet Henfrey as April * Richard Goolden as Lord Sweatstone * Keith Faulkner as Mick * Edward Cast as Hugh * Anthony Dawes as Cyril Bong Production Produced for $430,000, the film was shot and ready for release in cinemas in only six weeks. Director Don Sharp had made a similar musical ''The G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punch And Judy Man
''The Punch and Judy Man'' is a 1963 black and white British comedy film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Tony Hancock, Sylivia Syms, Ronald Fraser and Barbara Murray. It was written by Hancock from a script by Philip Oakes, and made by Elstree Studios for the Associated British Picture Corporation. It was Hancock's second and last starring role in a film, following '' The Rebel'' (1961). Plot Wally Pinner is a Punch and Judy man working on the beach in the (fictional) seaside town of Piltdown. He works with his assistant who also makes and repairs the puppets. Wally and the other individuals who have beach businesses, including the Sandman who makes sand sculptures and Nevil the photographer, are a friendly community of people who pride themselves on their independence. This community is, however, frowned upon by the mayor and council, who consider it a social blight. Wally's wife, Delia, runs a seaside curios shop below their flat, and is socially ambitious for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) BFI Screenonline. was a Hungarian–born British film director, producer, and screenwriter, who founded his own film production studios and film distribution company. Born in , where he began his career, he worked briefly in the Austrian and German film industries during the era of silent films, before being based in Hollywood from 1926 to 1930 for the first of his two brief perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Nights (1935 Film)
''Moscow Nights'' (released as ''I Stand Condemned'' in the United States) is a 1935 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Harry Baur. The screenplay concerns a wounded officer who falls in love with his nurse. Based on a novel by Pierre Benoit, it is a remake of the 1934 French film of the same title. Harry Baur was the only actor to reprise his role from the original. It was shot at Denham and Isleworth Studios, both controlled by Alexander Korda's London Films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vincent Korda. It was released in the United States by United Artists. Plot During the First World War, a wounded Russian officer, Captain Ignatoff, falls in love with his nurse. Matters are complicated by the fact that she is already engaged to a wealthy merchant. Cast * Harry Baur as Brioukov * Penelope Dudley-Ward as Natasha * Laurence Olivier as Captain Ignatoff * Athene Seyler as Madame Sabline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Asquith
Anthony Asquith (; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and '' The Browning Version'' (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include '' Pygmalion'' (1938), ''French Without Tears'' (1940), '' The Way to the Stars'' (1945) and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest''. Life and career Born in London, he was the son of H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916, and Margot Asquith, who was responsible for 'Puffin' as his family nickname.Anthony Asquith biography at BFI Screenonline He was educated at Eaton Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
