Bernard Knowles

Nacimiento : 1900-02-20, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

Muerte : 1975-02-12

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Knowles (20 February 1900 - 12 February 1975) was an English film director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter. Born in Manchester, Knowles worked with Alfred Hitchcock on numerous occasions before the director emigrated to Hollywood. He later graduated as a director and screenwriter and worked much on TV, including Fabian of the Yard, Dial 999, Ivanhoe and The Adventures of Robin Hood. He died shortly before his 75th birthday in Taplow, Buckinghamshire in 1975. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Knowles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Películas

The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
Director
El argumento gira alrededor de un lugar en el cielo más allá de las nubes, donde viven 4 ó 5 magos que por medio de fantásticos encantamientos convierten un ordinario viaje en autocar en el Magical Mystery Tour.
Hell Is Empty
Director
On the run from the police, a female thief and her band of robbers take refuge on a desert island where they discover a mansion inhabited by a family whom they take hostage. One of the robbers falls for the couple's daughter.
Spaceflight IC-1
Director
In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is stern and brutal in which one cadet, Steven, plots a revolt to turn the leadership of the command over to him.
Frozen Alive
Director
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder. a murder suspect.
Barbados Quest
Director
Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or her hands on the stamp, which puts a crimp in Duke's efforts to romance every beautiful woman he meets.
Park Plaza 605
Screenplay
Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
Park Plaza 605
Director
Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
The Reluctant Widow
Director
A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel.
The Lost People
Director
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
La Mujer Perfecta
Adaptation
Con la necesidad de obtener dinero en efectivo, Roger Cavendish y su mayordomo toman un trabajo que consiste en escoltar una noche a la mujer perfecta. Se trata de Olga, la creación robótica del profesor Belman; pero resulta que en realidad es Penelope, la sobrina de Belman, haciendo una buena imitación de la perfecta Olga.
La Mujer Perfecta
Director
Con la necesidad de obtener dinero en efectivo, Roger Cavendish y su mayordomo toman un trabajo que consiste en escoltar una noche a la mujer perfecta. Se trata de Olga, la creación robótica del profesor Belman; pero resulta que en realidad es Penelope, la sobrina de Belman, haciendo una buena imitación de la perfecta Olga.
Easy Money
Director
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
The White Unicorn
Director
In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
Jassy la adivina
Director
Drama ambientado en el siglo XIX, acerca de una joven gitana muy atractiva a la que acusan del asesinato de su marido.
The Man Within
Director
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
El arco mágico
Director
Biografía del famoso y controvertido compositor italiano Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840).
A Place of One's Own
Director
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
Historia de amor
Director of Photography
Una concertista de piano descubre que sufre graves problemas cardíacos, y decide disfrutar de la vida mientras pueda. Conoce a un piloto de permiso, que tal vez se quede ciego a consecuencia de una explosión que le alcanzó en el pasado. Ha de afrontar una operación que le impida quedar ciego, pero las probabilidades de e´xito son escasas...
English Without Tears
Director of Photography
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
The Demi-Paradise
Director of Photography
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
Secret Mission
Director of Photography
Tres espías británicos y un miembro de la Resistencia se infiltran en la Francia ocupada para reunir información sobre las fuerzas alemanas, en vistas a una invasión.
Unpublished Story
Director of Photography
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
The Day Will Dawn
Lighting Manager
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
Las vacaciones del Santo
Director of Photography
El Santo, tratando de alejarse de todo viaja a Suiza de vacaciones, pero será sólo un espejismo ya que Templar encuentra una pequeña caja de música que contiene un secreto muy valioso. El problema para Simon aún está por llegar, detrás de la caja anda una peligrosa organización de espías.
Quiet Wedding
Cinematography
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Freedom Radio
Director of Photography
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
Luz de gas
Director of Photography
En plena época victoriana un pianista se casa con una bella joven, y juntos se van a vivir a casa de una tía de ella misteriosamente asesinada años atrás. La felicidad de la mujer termina cuando empieza a oír ruidos que la aterrorizan.
French Without Tears
Director of Photography
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)
La Posada de Jamaica
Director of Photography
Última película inglesa de Hitchcock, antes de su etapa americana. A finales del siglo XVIII, Mary (Maureen O'Hara), una joven huérfana irlandesa, va a Cornuailles para reunirse con su tía Patience, cuyo marido tiene una posada en la costa. Se trata de un lugar sórdido, cuyos huéspedes son bandidos que se dedican al saqueo de barcos y gozan de una impunidad total porque el cabecilla de la banda es un hombre respetable, un juez de paz (Charles Laughton) que les proporciona la información necesaria sobre el paso de las naves.
The Mikado
Director of Photography
Adaptación cinematográfica de la célebre opereta de Gilbert y Sullivan. Nanki-Poo, hijo del Mikado del Japón, huye de la Corte para escapar de las atenciones amorosas de una señora de buena posición.
Inocencia y juventud
Director of Photography
Robert Tisdall encuentra en la playa el cuerpo sin vida de una joven. Corre en busca de ayuda, pero dos muchachas lo ven y, creyendo que es el asesino, lo denuncian a la policía. Robert se ve obligado a huir, a pesar de su inocencia. En su desesperado intento de probar que no es el culpable, sólo contará con la ayuda de una chica.
Sabotaje
Director of Photography
Karl Anton Verloc y su esposa poseen un pequeño cine en un tranquilo suburbio de Londres donde viven aparentemente felices. Pero la Sra. Verloc no sabe que su marido tiene un secreto que afectará a su relación y amenazará la vida de su hermano adolescente.
East Meets West
Director of Photography
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
Rhodes of Africa
Director of Photography
Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.
El agente secreto
Director of Photography
Durante la Primera Guerra Mundual, a tres agentes secretos ingleses se les asigna la misión de asesinar a un misterioso espía alemán. A dos de ellos se les planteará el conflicto entre el deber de cumplir la misión y sus conciencias.
39 escalones
Director of Photography
Richard Hannay está en un music-hall londinense. De repente, suena un disparo y comienza una pelea. En medio del tumulto, una chica asustada le pregunta si puede ir con él. Richard accede y la lleva a su apartamento...
Brown on Resolution
Director of Photography
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
Falling for You
Director of Photography
In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They find her in Switzerland. One of the journalists falls in love with her and saves her from marrying an aristocrat. His rival gets to write the story as a consolation prize.
The Good Companions
Director of Photography
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
El rápido de Roma
Visual Effects
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.
White Face
Director of Photography
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
The Calendar
Director of Photography
Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations. He decides to get his own back with the help of Hillcott, an ex-burglar. Jill is the love interest
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Director of Photography
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.
Canaries Sometimes Sing
Director of Photography
Over the course of their marriage, Geoffrey Lymes has become increasingly exasperated by the shallowness and superficiality of his wife Anne. He despairs of her ridiculous affectations, social-climbing aspirations and constant embarrassing attempts in company to show herself as an elegant, cultured sophisticate. He feels trapped in a relationship where, as he observes, a wife "does nothing to entitle her husband to divorce her, but a thousand things that entitle him to murder her".
The School for Scandal
Director of Photography
Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles.
French Leave
Director of Photography
During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy.
The Nipper
Director of Photography
A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.
Rookery Nook
Director of Photography
A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Auld Lang Syne
Director of Photography
A British musical film directed by George Pearson
The Broken Melody
Director of Photography
An exiled Prince living in Paris, begins a dalliance with an opera singer before returning to his wife.
Dawn
Director of Photography
Resumen: Edith Cavell fue una enfermera establecida en Bruselas que, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, refugió y ayudó a escapar a decenas de soldados del bando de los aliados. Éste es el relato de sus acciones, del posterior juicio y de su fusilamiento. (Eddie Constanti) Comentario Esto es historia. Un día, en plena Gran Guerra, a una eficaz enfermera inglesa asentada en la capital belga se le ocurrió hacer "su" guerra contra la guerra, escondiendo y repatriando a soldados aliados por distintos medios. Era su respuesta a la sinrazón de una contienda bélica mundial. Cuando la descubrieron ya había salvado a un buen puñado de hombres (doscientos diez) que, por lógica, al llegar a la neutral Holanda volvían a convertirse en soldados contra Alemania.