Roger Livesey
Nacimiento : 1906-06-25, Barry, Wales, UK
Muerte : 1976-02-04
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Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 – 4 February 1976) was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going! and A Matter of Life and Death. Tall and broad with a mop of chestnut hair, Livesey used his highly distinctive husky voice, gentle manner and athletic physique to create many notable roles in his theatre and film work.
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The Artist
Entirely silent, with a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story revolves around a weekend gathering at the decaying country home of the eccentric and lewd General Futtock (Ronnie Barker) and the series of saucy mishaps between the staff (Michael Hordern plays the lecherous butler) and his guests.
First Player / Gravedigger
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Shepherd
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
Thorpe Athelny
Un estudiante de medicina pone en riesgo su futuro cuando se enamora de una camarera de clase baja
General Henry Barclay
A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.
Billy Rice
Durante una actuación en un hotel de playa, un showman intenta inútilmente atraer la atención de un público poco participativo. Pero su fracaso no es sólo profesional; tambien se está hundiendo su vida personal.
Mycroft
Un amargado coronel del ejército inglés, ya retirado, reúne a un grupo de siete compañeros, también jubilados, con la esperanza de ejecutar con precisión militar un atraco a un banco. (FILMAFFINITY)
Major Owens
A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti.
Ben Case
Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss's daughter after which he quickly rises through the studio ranks. Then the letters begin to appear from a lovesick American actress who wants to know why he has thrown her over.
Col. Francis Burke
Durante el siglo XVIII, dos hermanos enfrentados toman diferentes partidos en bandos opuestos que luchan por el trono de Inglaterra; el príncipe Carlos, heredero de los Estuardo, llama a las armas a sus compatriotas para derrocar al rey Jorge.
Capt. Cedric Biddle
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back to Henry III) to evade government-imposed import duties and taxes. And when the government decides to curb this right, the whole village quietly rises up in a comical rebellion. After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
Sir Brian Brooke
La esposa solitaria de un marido adicto al trabajo conoce a un joven atractivo y encantador en Capri. Su apasionada relación ha de llegar a su fin cuando el marido se entera y enferma. Entonces, la hija entra en escena...
Paul Bultitude
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.
Doctor Reeves
El aviador británico Peter Carter, en su avión en llamas y a punto de estrellarse se enamora de la voz femenina que contesta a su mensaje de socorro. Parece que se ha salvado milagrosamente y encuentra a su interlocutora. Pero un enviado del más allá le notifica que está entre la vida y la muerte y que si quiere sobrevivir, tendrá que defender su caso ante un tribunal celestial. Simultaneamente a esta situación sobrenatural, un equipo de médicos lucha en el quirófano para curar a Peter una lesión en el cerebro.
Torquil MacNeil
Joan siempre supo lo que quería desde que era una niña. Ahora está a punto de casarse con un millonario, pero las fuerzas de la naturaleza parecerán conspirar para que cambie de idea. (FILMAFFINITY)
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un anciano militar británico rememora su larga y excitante vida. Su larga amistad con un colega alemán o su desobediencia a las ordenanzas para ayudar a una bella compatriota en apuros sólo son dos episodios de una experiencia personal inolvidable. (FILMAFFINITY)
Bill Maher
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
Charles Houghton
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Capt. Carruthers
El sanguinario jefe de unos fanáticos guerreros se presenta en la India y pone en jaque al mismísimo ejército colonial británico. Pero, gracias a la valentía de un joven tamborilero, las tropas inglesas podrán salvarse y devolver el trono a su legítimo heredero.
Peter Bulba
During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son was sent to study under the Poles to learn how to defeat them in battle. However, the son falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman.
Bert Wattle
Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a legitimate booking.
Beggar Saul
Película biográfica sobre el célebre pintor holandés. En 1642, habiendo alcanzado la cima de la fama, muere repentinamente su adorada esposa. Desde entonces su pintura es más oscura, pesimista y dramática, lo que disgusta a sus mecenas. En 1656 Rembrandt está arruinado, pero se consuela con la compañía de la bella Hendrickje, con la que no llega a casarse. Sin embargo esta relación extraconyugal lo condena al ostracismo, aunque también le proporciona algunos momentos de felicidad.
Captain Wilson
Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Royal Navy. He is very keen to do well but luckily he has an understanding captain to pull him out of the various adventures he seems to get involved in.
Peter North
A young woman designer goes to London to further her career, but things are complicated when her invention is a success.
Gilbert Jackson
Una mujer es chantajeada por un criminal que descubrió que su hermano fue asesinado a tiros durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.
Tom Faggus
En 1673, Exmoor está bajo el poder de una familia de nobles terratenientes, los Doone. Pero, tras la muerte de Cromwell, caen en desgracia, sus tierras son expropiadas y se les declara proscritos. Sin embargo, los Doone se sienten lo bastante fuertes como para desafiar al rey. La primera víctima es un campesino, cuyo hijo, John, decidido a vengar la muerte de su padre, consigue entrar al castillo de los Doone. Una vez allí, conoce a Lorna, la nieta de Lord Doone. Años después, tras servir en el ejército, John regresa a Exmoor. El conflicto con los Doone continúa y también Lorna sigue allí. (1951)
Alfred
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
Sandy
During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic performance of the play East Lynne to entertain their comrades.
Harry as a child
When a British army officer, Harry Faversham, resigns his commission on the eve of his regiment's departure for service in the Sudan he is sent four white feathers of cowardice by his comrades and fiancee. In an attempt to redeem himself, Faversham travels out to the Sudan where he saves the lives of his former comrades.
