Ian Dalrymple
Nacimiento : 1903-08-26, Johannesburg, South Africa
Muerte : 1989-03-28
Historia
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Ian Dalrymple (26 August 1903 – 28 March 1989) was a British screenwriter, film director, film editor and film producer. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Initially, he worked as an editor at Gaumont-British pictures and Gainsborough Pictures, later turning to screenwriting. During World War II, he was a producer for the Crown Film Unit, the government run agency for information and propaganda films, in particular working, and forming a close friendship, with Humphrey Jennings. Later, Dalrymple worked for MGM-Korda as a producer. He formed Wessex Productions as his own company, making his films at Pinewood Studios.
He died in London on 28 March 1989.
Producer
English schoolboy and his Dutch pen friend chase a diamond smuggling gang in Holland.
Writer
English schoolboy and his Dutch pen friend chase a diamond smuggling gang in Holland.
Producer
Historia agridulce sobre los niños no deseados de Londres y las buenas personas que intentan ayudarlos. Ann es trabajadora social, mientras que Bill es un electricista cuyo contrato con el hogar de cuidado local le presenta a los niños y a Ann. Los eventos comienzan a escalar fuera de control cuando un niño toma posesión de un arma cargada.
Producer
Tras un naufragio, una familia de la alta sociedad inglesa va a parar a una isla desierta. A pesar de las circunstancias, el mayordomo (Kenneth More) intentará seguir ejerciendo su profesión con la mayor corrección y eficacia posibles.
Writer
Infierno en Corea fue la primera gran producción sobre la acción de tropas británicas en la Guerra de Corea. La película relata los infortunios de una pequeña patrulla de combate que, tras reconocer un tranquilo poblado, se encuentra atrapada entre una gran cantidad de tropas chinas. La patrulla intentará romper el cerco, pero no hay brecha posible y las tropas enemigas parecen estar por todos los lugares. Acorralados, los supervivientes encontrarán refugio en un antiguo templo donde lucharán hasta su última bala. Basada en hechos reales, supuso el debut cinematográfico de Michael Caine.
Producer
Narra tres relatos en clave fantástico de tema sobrenatural: una fantasma regresa a una galería de arte, en la segunda una chica es asesinada y en el último un Lord es castigado por el recuerdo de un hombre al que humilló.
Writer
Narra tres relatos en clave fantástico de tema sobrenatural: una fantasma regresa a una galería de arte, en la segunda una chica es asesinada y en el último un Lord es castigado por el recuerdo de un hombre al que humilló.
Producer
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.
Screenplay
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.
Producer
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
Script
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
Producer
In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nation's place in the world and of their own places within that nation. Illustrative scenes of farming, science, political, and social life are juxtaposed to present a familiar and reassuring image of Britain.
Producer
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how to cope with sudden personal wealth.
Writer
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how to cope with sudden personal wealth.
Producer
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...
Director
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's daughter. Left alone to bring up the child, Esther manages and after 7 years has a chance at happiness. Then William turns up again...
Screenplay
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
Producer
Aunque la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) separa a un matrimonio, su amor se fortalece todavía más durante la contienda.
Producer
Un nuevo hombre se incorpora a las filas de una brigada de bomberos de Londres durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Pronto conocerá a sus compañeros e intenta disfrutar del tiempo libre cuando llega su primera alarma y debe unirse al grupo para acudir a un almacén situado en la calle Trinidad, cerca de los puertos, donde las explosiones están haciendo mucha mella. (FILMAFFINITY)
Producer
Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and U-boats, all done by the actual men & women of the RAF.
Producer
A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.
Producer
A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.
Producer
Short WW II documentary
Screenplay
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
Director
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
Producer
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.
Writer
The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.
Director
The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.
Writer
A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.
Writer
It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in France, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates. Alan (Ray Milland), one of the students, successfully resists Diana's charms-meaning of course that Alan and Diana will be in each other's arms by fadeout time. (AllMovie)
Associate Producer
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
Story
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
Writer
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
Writer
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.
Screenplay
Andrew Manson, un joven médico que consigue su primer empleo en una población minera de Gales, se entrega al cuidado de trabajadores enfermos y gentes oprimidas. Las circunstancias, sin embargo, acabarán poniendo a pruebo sus principios morales.
Screenplay
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
Scenario Writer
Tras asistir a un baile benéfico en un hotel, Leslie Steele, una joven de buena familia, se ve obligada a pasar la noche en el mismo, debido a la densa niebla de Londres. Las circunstancias le harán compartir habitación con un apuesto y cínico abogado divorcista, Everard Logan.
Additional Dialogue
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Writer
El despótico alcalde de un pequeño pueblo británico maltrata a una pobre vendedora ambulante, cuya perrita le ha sido confiscada por no haber pagado las tasas municipales. Un periodista que presencia la escena y la publica en su periódico será llamado a declarar en el juicio como testigo.
Director
El despótico alcalde de un pequeño pueblo británico maltrata a una pobre vendedora ambulante, cuya perrita le ha sido confiscada por no haber pagado las tasas municipales. Un periodista que presencia la escena y la publica en su periódico será llamado a declarar en el juicio como testigo.
Writer
Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal.
Scenario Writer
'Foreman of Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.' (British Film Catalogue)
Editor
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
Editor
Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era mysteriously disappears on the eve of her wedding. Years later she reappears on the stage as young looking and beautiful as ever.
Editor
El egiptólogo británico Profesor Morlant encuentra una joya mágica en la tumba de un ídolo oriental. Se supone que este talismán otorga inmortalidad a quienes están enterrados con él. Así que Morlant hace arreglos para que lo pongan en su tumba cuando muera. Y ¡ay de aquellos que podrían traicionarlo, porque el espíritu de Morlant surgirá para vengarse de sus traidores ...
Writer
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
Editor
Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show utilizing ship-board talent. Her fiancé shows up, and romantic complications ensue.
Editor
The wife of a diplomat in Geneva pretends to be a maid in order to continue her flirting with a handsome young courier.
Editor
En un tren expreso un grupo variopinto de personas se ve envuelto en una trama de ladrones y chantajistas, tan rápida como el mismo tren. El grupo, entre otros, está formado por una estrella de Hollywood y su publicista, una pareja adúltera, un filántropo, un obsesionado golfista, un aprensivo y dos bandidos que persiguen a otro.
Editor
A British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele
Editor
A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
Editor
With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.
Editor
Herbert Marshall and Edna Best, husband and wife in 1933, star in the British drama Faithful Hearts. Best plays the daughter of Marshall, who years earlier had run out on his family. When Edna re-enters Marshall's life, it causes him to reassess his values-and to end his engagement to his judgmental fiancee. When Faithful Hearts was released in the US, all the voices were redubbed by American actors; even Herbert Marshall, a fixture in Hollywood films since the dawn of the talkie era, was submitted to this electronic augmentation. Original titled The Faithful Heart (Americans must have more of everything!), the film was based on a play by Monckton Hoffe.
Editor
A steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
Editor
Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film The Private Secretary, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller who starred in the original, was again cast as the country girl seeking fame and fortune in the big city. She takes a secretarial job at a bank, and sets about catching the heart of her boss, Herr Hasel (Jack Hulbert).
Editor
A young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....
Editor
The Ghost Train is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd. It is based on the play The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley. The film's art direction is by Walter Murton. Only five reels of picture and two reels of soundtrack survive.
Editor
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound.
Editor
An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.
Editor
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
Editor
A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition. He believes he's won, but doesn't know that his wife couldn't bear to tell him that he didn't. Complications ensue.
Editor
'International spy seeks documents hidden in old inn.' (British Film Catalogue)
Editor
A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
