Janette Scott
Nacimiento : 1938-12-14, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Historia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is an English actress. She was born in Morecambe, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird. She started her acting career as a child actress, known as Janette Scott, and became a popular leading lady. Among her best known roles was as April Smith in the 1960 film School for Scoundrels, based on the "One-upmanship" books by Stephen Potter, in which Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas competed for her attention. Scott wrote her autobiography at the age of 14. Her role in the film The Day of the Triffids is referenced in the opening song of The Rocky Horror Show ("Science Fiction/Double Feature") which made references to many B-movie sci-fi and horror films.
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Self
The comedy pioneer behind the Goon Show, Dr Strangelove and the Pink Panther series is explored in depth in this film, surveying his meteoric rise to fame and troubled personal life.
Sidney's Mother
Basada en la verdadera historia de un verdadero idiota, “Nueva York Para Principiantes” es la crónica del declive de Sidney Young, un prometedor periodista británico que un día tiene la oportunidad de escribir en una de las revistas más prestigiosas de Nueva York, "Sharps". Young, un fracaso total sin vergüenza, sin tacto y sin control, se abrirá camino a través de Manhattan por los motivos más inoportunos, y sus malos modales y sus bromas de mal gusto le llevarán a percances monumentales con divertidas consecuencias... (FILMAFFINITY)
Title Designer
Cuando una pareja regresa de la boda de unos amigos, estalla una violenta tormenta y el coche se les avería. Así las cosas, no tienen más remedio que refugiarse en un castillo, donde el doctor Frank-N-Furter vive entregado a la fabricación de una especie de Frankenstein.
Rachel
Un par de oficiales de la Marina de los Estados Unidos están aislados en una isla del Pacífico Sur con un grupo de mujeres que quieren usarlos con fines matrimoniales y de apareamiento.
Dr. Maggie Sorenson
El doctor Sorensen, tratando de encontrar un combustible que sustituya al petróleo, prueba a lanzar un cohete que, tras penetrar la corteza de la Tierra, haga brotar magma. Pero con este experimento sólo consigue que una enorme grieta empiece a extenderse por el globo terrestre, amenazando con partirlo por la mitad. Sin embargo, A Sorensen no parece preocuparle la inminente catastrofe; la razón es que, además de tener cáncer, sospecha que su esposa siente una simpatía excesiva por un colega que siempre se opuso a sus experimentos con cohetes.
Shirley Freeman
A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.
Cecily Femm
Un turista que busca cobijo para pasar la noche va a parar a una tenebrosa mansión en la que vive una familia de seres espeluznantes.
Princess Katherine
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princess is ordered by the great wizard Merlin to remove the sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
Eleanor Ashby
Los Ashby son una familia marcada por la tragedia y un cierto grado de inestabilidad mental. Todo empezó con la muerte de sus padres once años antes, en un accidente de coche, y el posterior suicidio de su hermano pequeño. De repente, la aparición de un joven que afirma ser el hermano muerto desata una crisis en el inestable Simon y la depresiva Eleanor. (FILMAFFINITY)
Karen Goodwin
Una lluvia de meteoritos convierte en monstruos a unas plantas traídas del espacio y deja a la mayoría de la población totalmente ciega. Las pocas personas que conservan la visión son la única esperanza para la humanidad.
Irene
An US airman stationed in the UK strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he killed him, the airman goes on the run with a girl. They run into a couple that looks like them and a mix up happens.
Peggy Goddard
When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.
Fran Blake
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charles Lunton; it matters little that most of his experiences are wildly embellished or even entirely fictitious...
April Smith
Henry Palfrey se esfuerza mucho para impresionar a las chicas, pero siempre sale perdiendo. Entonces descubre un colegio especial dirigido por el profesor Potter que imparte cursos sobre los secretos del éxito.
Judith Anderson
Adaptación de una conocida obra teatral de Bernard Shaw basada en ciertos hechos ocurridos en 1777. Durante la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos (1775-1783), en la que los colonos de Nueva Inglaterra se sublevaron contra la metrópoli, surgió una estrecha amistad entre un colono americano y un pastor protestante inglés.
Joanna Baring
Neagle stars a Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.
Janet Royd
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.
Susie Dean
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
Janette Grant
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.
Cassandra
La ciudad de Troya resulta un obstáculo para la expansión comercial de los estados griegos. Por esta razón, Príamo, rey de Troya, con el fin de preservar la paz, envía a su hijo, el príncipe Paris, a Micenas, a negociar con los reyes helenos. Pero Paris se enamora de Helena, la esposa de Menelao, rey de Micenas, y la rapta. Así estalla la guerra de Troya.
Gwen Bentley
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
Jess Lomax
Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm.
Ethel Friese-Greene
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Elspeth Honey
Theodore, un ingeniero aeronáutico, debe someter a revisión un avión de su compañía. Después de examinarlo, detecta un cierto desgaste de los materiales que implicaría un riesgo lo bastante alto como para que le parezca oportuno advertir a la tripulación de un aparato que se encuentra en pleno vuelo.
Susan Hill
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.
Jennifer Parry
A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
Toby
Durante la Guerra Fría un oficial recién casado se enfrenta a una difícil elección a causa de su verdadera ocupación. Es un espía comunista que maneja información militar secreta. Cuando su mujer lo descubre le pide el divorcio, pero todo se complica cuando sus superiores le piden que acabe con ella.
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Homenaje a la importante labor de las enfermeras durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
