"The Reluctant Debutante (film) The Reluctant Debutante is a 1958 American Metrocolor comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and William Douglas-Home based on Douglas-Home's play of the same name. The music score is by Eddie Warner and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. The film stars Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall — whom he had married in 1957 after they worked together on ""The Constant Husband"" (1955) — with featured performances by John Saxon, Sandra Dee, and Angela Lansbury. The setting is London's debutante season amidst"
"director who had previously adapted ""An Ideal Husband"" by Wilde, made the 2002 film; it stars Colin Firth (Jack), Rupert Everett (Algy), Judi Dench (Lady Bracknell), Reese Witherspoon (Cecily), Frances O'Connor (Gwendolen), Anna Massey (Miss Prism), and Tom Wilkinson (Canon Chasuble). Parker's adaptation includes the dunning solicitor Mr. Gribsby who pursues ""Ernest"" to Hertfordshire (present in Wilde's original draft, but cut at the behest of the play's first producer). Algernon too is pursued by a group of creditors in the opening scene. In 1960, ""Ernest in Love"" was staged Off-Broadway. The Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe Takarazuka Revue staged this"
"adaptation of ""Pride and Prejudice"", collaborated on the screenplays for the 2001 and 2004 ""Bridget Jones"" films, in which Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr. Bingley) and Lucy Robinson (Mrs. Hurst) appeared in minor roles. The self-referential in-joke between the projects convinced Colin Firth to accept the role of Mark Darcy, as it gave him an opportunity to ridicule and liberate himself from his ""Pride and Prejudice"" character. Working Title Films acquired the film rights of the novel in 1997 before it became a best-seller. Actresses who were considered for the role of Bridget Jones were Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, Emily Watson,"
"council she later served. Her daughter Beatie Edney is also an actress, and she is the aunt of musicians Nick and Alex Webb. In her second film, ""My Teenage Daughter"" (1954), she played Anna Neagle's troubled daughter. In 1958, she starred in the film ""Ice Cold in Alex"" (alongside John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews); that same year she appeared in the English Civil War film, ""The Moonraker"". She played opposite Dirk Bogarde in 1961 in the film ""Victim"", as the wife of a barrister who is a closet homosexual. The film was thought to have broadened the debate"
"The Lady Wants Mink The Lady Wants Mink is a 1953 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Dane Lussier and Richard Alan Simmons. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Hussey, Eve Arden, William Demarest, Gene Lockhart and Hope Emerson. The film was released on March 30, 1953, by Republic Pictures. Jim Connors buys his wife a new coat, but neighbor Harvey Jones tops him by buying his own wife Gladys a mink. Nora Connors doesn't mind a bit, but Jim, a debt collector for a department store, becomes self-conscious about his income. An off-hand remark"
"in 1958 for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act; Sharon Blackwood appears as Lola Loving, Richard's mother; Christopher Mann appears as Theoliver Jeter, Mildred's father; Winter-Lee Holland appears as Musiel Byrd-Jeter, the mother of Mildred; Michael Abbott Jr. appears as Deputy Cole, one of the law officers charged with arresting the couple; Chris Greene appears as Percy Fortune, a good friend of the Lovings, in particular, Richard; Will Dalton appears as Virgil, a very loyal friend to Richard. On April 6, 2009, while filming John Doyle's ""Main Street"" (2010) in Durham, North Carolina, Colin Firth had stumbled upon the story of"
"restore to the throne the rightful heir, a baby with a distinguishing birthmark, the purple pimpernel on his posterior. Danny Kaye plays Hubert Hawkins, an ex-carnival entertainer who becomes minstrel to the Black Fox, a Robin Hood-type character who leads a band of rebels in the forest in support of the true infant-king. The usurping King Roderick (Cecil Parker) wishes his daughter, Princess Gwendolyn (Angela Lansbury), to marry his neighbour, Sir Griswold of MacElwain (Robert Middleton), and to enlist Griswold's aid against the band of forest rebels. Princess Gwendolyn refuses, since she dreams of a more handsome, gallant lover, and"
"Chasing Liberty Chasing Liberty is a 2004 British-American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Cadiff and starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. Written by Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman, the film is about the eighteen-year-old daughter of the President of the United States whose rebellion against the constant presence of Secret Service agents in her life leads to a European adventure and an unexpected romance. ""Chasing Liberty"" was filmed on location in Prague, Venice, Berlin, London, and Washington, D.C. Anna Foster (Mandy Moore) is the daughter of President of the United States James Foster (Mark Harmon). After Secret Service agents"
"President's daughter; and ""One Fine Day"" playing George Clooney's daughter, Maggie Taylor. The same year, Whitman guest starred in the season three episode of ""Friends"", ""The One Where Rachel Quits"". In 1998, she was Sandra Bullock's daughter, Bernice Pruitt, in ""Hope Floats"". During several guest appearances from 1998 until 2001, Whitman played the role of Chloe Madison on ""JAG"". In 2001 and 2002, Whitman starred in the Fox Family series ""State of Grace"" in which she portrayed Grace, a girl from a Catholic background who befriends Hannah, a Jewish girl (Alia Shawkat). From 2004 to 2006, Whitman had a recurring"
"Hours"" with Scott Rudin, directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore; and ""Iris"" (Miramax/Mirage) directed by Richard Eyre starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent, both of which garnered Oscars in 2003. Other credits include Executive Producer on ""Another Country""; a television film of ""Suddenly, Last Summer"" with Maggie Smith; and ""A Month by the Lake"" for Miramax starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox and Uma Thurman. He co-produced ""Notes on a Scandal"" for Fox Searchlight starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Fox is married to Fiona Golfar, with whom he has two children. He"
"depicts Sheila's son Simon (Thomas Arnold) and daughter Jane (Georgina Sutcliffe)'s quest for justice, as they are aided by friend of the family, Angela Devlin (Nicola Redmond), whose real-life book on the case, first published in 1998, was the basis of the film. The film also co-starred David Calder as prosecution barrister Anthony Glass QC, alongside Malcolm Sinclair as Nicholas Purnell QC and William Armstrong as Jeremy Roberts QC, Bowler's defence lawyers. The initial broadcast of the film drew 9.11 million viewers. The film is often repeated on satellite and cable channels True Movies 1 and True Movies 2, with"
"Miss Potter Miss Potter is a 2006 British biographical fiction family drama film directed by Chris Noonan. It is a biographical film of children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, and combines stories from her own life with animated sequences featuring characters from her stories, such as Peter Rabbit. Scripted by Richard Maltby, Jr., the director of the Tony-winning Broadway revue, ""Fosse"", the film stars Renée Zellweger in the title role; Ewan McGregor as her publisher and fiancé, Norman Warne; and Lloyd Owen as solicitor William Heelis. Emily Watson stars as Warne's sister, Millie. Lucy Boynton also stars as the young"
"In particular the film script eliminated all references to heroin use, homosexuality and syphilis that were at the core of the tragedies involved. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, for Michael Arlen and Bess Meredyth's script. In 1934, MGM made a remake of the film starring Constance Bennett, titled ""Outcast Lady"". Diana Merrick (Greta Garbo), Neville (John Gilbert) and David (Johnny Mack Brown) were playmates as children, members of the rich British aristocracy. Diana and Neville are in love, but his father (Hobart Bosworth) opposes the match, disapproving the Merrick family's lifestyle. Neville is sent"
"were largely in constituencies where the Conservative party refused to stand for fear of splitting an established Liberal vote. Since then, many adaptations of the play have kept this brief mention of the obscure political party. However, in the 2002 film version which starred Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Rupert Everett and Reese Witherspoon - the lines were dropped yet episodes and characters in an earlier version of the play that Wilde had been encouraged to drop before the play's first performance were re-incorporated. Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886"
"""Undercover Brother"" (2002), ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" (2002), ""Kill Bill Vol. 1"" (2003), and ""Django Unchained"" (2012) feature pop culture nods to the blaxploitation genre. The parody ""Undercover Brother"", for example, stars Eddie Griffin as an afro-topped agent for a clandestine organization satirically known as the """"B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D."""". Likewise, ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" co-stars Beyoncé Knowles as the Tamara Dobson/Pam Grier-inspired heroine, Foxxy Cleopatra. In the 1977 parody film ""The Kentucky Fried Movie"", a mock trailer for ""Cleopatra Schwartz"" depicts another Grier-like action star married to a rabbi. In a famous scene in ""Reservoir Dogs"", the protagonists discuss ""Get Christie Love!"","
"by Gladys gives an idea to Nora to buy a couple of actual minks and bring them home. Although the animals are caged, they create problems with neighbors and with the city, which wants assurances Nora is not starting a fur business. She decides the family should move to the country and do exactly that. The Lady Wants Mink The Lady Wants Mink is a 1953 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Dane Lussier and Richard Alan Simmons. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Hussey, Eve Arden, William Demarest, Gene Lockhart and Hope Emerson. The"
"production of Alan Bennett's ""The Old Crowd"", directed by Lindsay Anderson and Stephen Frears. Roberts was married twice and had no children. She first married actor Alan Dobie in 1955. They divorced in 1960. The following year, Roberts married actor Rex Harrison in Genoa, Italy. The marriage was tumultuous; Roberts and Harrison both drank excessively and engaged in public fights. Harrison later left Roberts and they divorced in 1971. Later that year, Harrison married British socialite Elizabeth Rees-Williams, Roberts's former best friend. Roberts was known in the entertainment industry as a legendary alcoholic, with a history of eccentric behaviour. She"
"finds temporary contentment with a married politician who acts as a sugar daddy. The latter is killed by either the IRA or the Ulster Defence Volunteers, leaving Braden alone once again. She moves to London, becomes a prostitute in Piccadilly Circus, and later is arrested on suspicion of an IRA bombing, only to be released in few days later. She later embarks on a search to find her mother. Director Neil Jordan's 2005 film adaptation of the same name starred Cillian Murphy in the central role. In the film, the main character is called ""Kitten"", not ""Pussy"", and there are"
"film was remade in 1999, starring Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore. This film has been made available on a DVD-video and was released on 16 May 2000. It contains both the 1955 and 1999 adaptations together with supporting material about their making. The End of the Affair (1955 film) The End of the Affair is a black and white 1955 film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, Peter Cushing and John Mills. It is based on the novel ""The End of the Affair"" by Graham Greene. It was filmed largely on location in London, particularly in"
"Mary, the good-natured but flighty and susceptible Kitty, and frivolous and headstrong Lydia. Being 10 years older than 15-year-old Lydia, Julia Sawalha, of ""Absolutely Fabulous"" fame, had enough acting experience to get the role without screen tests. Joanna David and Tim Wylton appeared as the Gardiners, Elizabeth's maternal aunt and uncle. David Bamber played the unctuous clergyman, Mr Collins, a cousin of Mr Bennet. Lucy Scott portrayed Elizabeth's best friend and Mr Collins's wife, Charlotte Lucas, and David Bark-Jones portrayed Lt. Denny. The producers found Crispin Bonham-Carter to have the best physical contrast to Firth's Darcy and gave him his"
"Gregory Peck's ten-year-old daughter in ""The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"". In 1956, she played June Allyson's daughter Debbie in ""The Opposite Sex"", a musical remake of ""The Women"" (1939). She appeared in another movie with Van Johnson that year, ""The Bottom of the Bottle"" (1956). Around this time she guest starred with Ann Doran in the western series ""My Friend Flicka"", and on the Cold War drama series, ""Crusader"". Her last movie, at the age of 12, was the cult favorite ""Space Children"" (1958), wearing, to her embarrassment, a bathing suit. In 1959, she appeared in the episode"
"years before the bomb hit reveal that ""Outpost 3"" was an all-boys warlock school led by John Henry Moore (Cheyenne Jackson) that unknowingly harbored the Antichrist, in hopes that he would rise as the first ever male supreme. The witches' council: Cordelia Goode (Paulson), Zoe Benson (Taissa Farmiga) and Myrtle Snow (Frances Conroy) are summoned about this and quickly discover how dangerous Michael is to their coven when faced with his evident powers of resurrecting deceased witches Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe) and Madison Montgomery (Emma Roberts). The coven, along with the aid of the warlocks, attempt to save humanity by discovering"
"child and teen actress through leading parts in numerous comedy and family feature films. In 1991, she starred with Ethan Embry in the comedy ""All I Want for Christmas"", as a girl who plans to get her divorced parents back together for Christmas. The film received mediocre reviews and moderate attention from audiences upon its theatrical release, but developed a following on television and on home video in subsequent years. In 1992, she played the daughter of Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) in the spy thriller ""Patriot Games"", which was a commercial success, grossing US$178 million at the worldwide box office."
"by many Limerick natives, including Richard Harris. McCourt's own mother had denied the accuracy of his stories shortly before her death in 1981, shouting from the audience during a stage performance of his and his brother Malachy's recollections that it was ""all a pack of lies."" In 1999 a film version was released. It was co-written and directed by Alan Parker starring Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge, as the Young, Middle and Older Frank McCourt respectively and Emily Watson as McCourt's mother Angela, Robert Carlyle as the father. The film begins when the McCourt family move back to"
"Prime Minister Alec Beasley's (Ralph Fiennes) corrupt dealings with Stirling Rogers (Rupert Graves) and his Bridge Foundation. Margot secretly keeps in touch with Johnny's pregnant daughter Julianne (Felicity Jones). In London, Acting Director General Jill Tankard (Judy Davis) contacts Deputy Prime Minister Anthea Catcheside (Saskia Reeves) and offers her services in aiding Catcheside's embattled husband. Johnny and Margot separate on their way back into Britain in order to confound their pursuers. While Johnny successfully disappears and travels via the English Channel, an errant MI5 agent runs into Margot on a train and alerts his superiors. Rollo aids Margot's escape and"
"My Fair Lady (film) My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical film adapted from the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1913 stage play ""Pygmalion"" by George Bernard Shaw. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak ""proper"" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London. The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as"
"by Sir Donald Sinden), fellow High Court Judges Mr Justice (Sir Monty) Everard (played by Simon Ward) and Mr Justice (Sir Michael) Niven (played by Trevor Bowen), the Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department (LCD, later Department of Constitutional Affairs) Sir Ian Rochester (played by Simon Chandler); and later the Home Secretary Neil Haughton MP (played by Nick Reding and later Aneirin Hughes). Other recurring characters include Deed's rebellious, animal rights activist daughter Charlie (played by Louisa Clein), who is initially a law student but later progresses to the courts; Deed's police friend, deputy assistant commissioner Row Colemore (played"
"which proved to be futile; she committed suicide that same year. Harrison then married Elizabeth Rees-Williams, divorcing in 1975, and finally in 1978, Mercia Tinker, who would become his sixth and final wife. Harrison's eldest son Noel Harrison became an Olympic skier, singer and occasional actor; he toured in several productions including ""My Fair Lady"" in his father's award-winning role. Noel died suddenly of a heart attack on 19 October 2013 at age 79. Rex's younger son Carey Harrison is a playwright and social activist. Harrison's sister Sylvia was married to David Maxwell Fyfe, a lawyer, Conservative politician and judge"
"Christina Ricci and Ben Affleck. 200 Cigarettes is also the first film to star Goldie Hawn's daughter, Kate Hudson (who played a very similar role to her real life mother). Beers served as President of director Mike Newell’s Dogstar Films, where she produced the films ""200 Cigarettes"", starring Ben Affleck, Dave Chappelle, and Kate Hudson, and ""Best Laid Plans"", starring Reese Witherspoon. She also developed such films as ""High Fidelity"", directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack, as well as ""Pushing Tin"", starring Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie. She also served as Executive Producer on the"
"copy was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire. As described in a film magazine, Betsy O'Hara (Barrymore) marries Lord Frederick Berolles (Ratcliffe) to please her parents, and while now is Lady Frederick, she finds herself miserable when her husband constantly insults her after discovering that she loves another. It does not help that Sir Paradise Fuldes (Herbert), the man she would have married except for his poverty, soon thereafter comes into a fortune. Her sister Kitty (Childers), while married to a man of position, has foolishly compromised herself with Robert Montgomery (Kilgour), a cad who forces her to visit"
"and nudity. Mitchum was 60 at the time of filming, far older than Chandler's 33-year-old Marlowe (or the 1946 film's 38-year-old Marlowe played by a 44-year-old Bogart). In 1970s England, private detective Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is asked to the stately home of General Sternwood (James Stewart), who hires Marlowe to learn who is blackmailing him. While at the mansion, he meets the general's spoiled and inquisitive daughter Charlotte (Sarah Miles) and wild younger daughter Camilla (Candy Clark). Marlowe's investigation of the homosexual pornographer Arthur Geiger (John Justin) leads him to Agnes Lozelle (Joan Collins), an employee of Geiger, and"
"national television. The episode received very positive reviews. It was later compared to Piggate, a real-life scandal which occurred in 2015. British prime minister Michael Callow is woken during the night to learn that Princess Susannah (Lydia Wilson), a much-loved member of the Royal Family, has been kidnapped. For her safe return, the kidnappers demand that the Prime Minister must have live sexual intercourse with a pig on national television, following a list of technical specifications designed to make it impossible to fake. Callow adamantly opposes fulfilling the demand. His team, led by Home Secretary Alex Cairns (Lindsay Duncan), reluctantly"
"She gradually moved on to more mature parts, and appeared as Mrs Gardiner in the acclaimed 1995 BBC TV series of ""Pride and Prejudice"", (in which her daughter Emilia Fox had her first major television role). In 2009 she appeared in Alan Ayckbourn's ""Woman in Mind"". Her film appearances have included roles in ""The Smashing Bird I Used to Know"" (1969), the horror short ""Sleepwalker"" (1984), ""Comrades"" (1986), ""Secret Friends"" (1991), ""Rogue Trader"" (1999), ""Cotton Mary"" (1999), ""The Soul Keeper"" (2002, as the mother of her real-life daughter Emilia Fox), and ""These Foolish Things"" (2006). She is vice-president of the"