Cyril J. Mockridge is a Sound and Additional Music American born on 6 august 1896 at London (United-kingdom)
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge participated to
159 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
12 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Sound

, 2h3
Directed by John FordOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
WesternActors John Wayne,
James Stewart,
Vera Miles,
Lee Marvin,
Edmond O'Brien,
Woody StrodeRoles Original Music Composer
Rating80%




Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) arrive by train in the frontier town of Shinbone, in an unnamed western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). As they make their way toward the undertaker's establishment to pay their respects to the deceased, a reporter (Joseph Hoover) and his editor, Maxwell Scott (Carleton Young) approach and ask Stoddard to explain why a United States Senator would make the long journey from Washington just to attend the funeral of a local rancher.
, 2h23
Directed by Joseph L. MankiewiczOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Action,
Musical,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicalsActors Marlon Brando,
Jean Simmons,
Frank Sinatra,
Vivian Blaine,
Robert Keith,
Stubby KayeRoles Music Arranger
Rating70%




Although there are detail differences between the stage and movie versions, the plot is essentially based on the activities of New York petty criminals and professional gamblers in the late 1940s.
, 1h59
Directed by George Cukor,
David S. HallOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Marilyn Monroe,
Yves Montand,
Tony Randall,
Frankie Vaughan,
Wilfrid Hyde-White,
David BurnsRoles Original Music Composer
Rating63%




The plot revolves around billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Montand) who learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue. After going to the theatre, he sees Amanda Dell (Monroe) rehearsing the Cole Porter song "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", and by accident the director thinks him an actor suitable to play himself in the revue. Clement takes the part in order to see more of Amanda and plays along with the mistaken identity, going by the name Alexander Dumas.
, 1h31
Directed by Jean Negulesco,
Otto PremingerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
Musical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Children's films,
L'OrActors Robert Mitchum,
Marilyn Monroe,
Tommy Rettig,
Rory Calhoun,
Murvyn Vye,
Douglas SpencerRoles Original Music Composer
Rating66%




Set in the Northwestern United States in 1875, the film focuses on taciturn widower Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum), who recently has been released from prison after serving time for killing a man while defending another one. He arrives in a tent city in search of his ten-year-old son Mark (Tommy Rettig), who was left in the care of dance hall singer Kay (Marilyn Monroe) during his absence. Matt promises Mark, a virtual stranger to him, the two will enjoy a life of hunting, fishing and farming on their homestead. 
, 1h36
Directed by George SeatonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
FantasyThemes Christmas films,
Children's films,
Santa Claus in filmActors Maureen O'Hara,
John Payne,
Natalie Wood,
Edmund Gwenn,
Porter Hall,
Gene LockhartRoles Original Music Composer
Rating78%




Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) is indignant to find that the person (Percy Helton) assigned to play Santa in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is intoxicated. When he complains to event director Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara), she persuades Kris to take his place. He does such a fine job that he is hired as the Santa for Macy's flagship New York City store in Macy's Herald Square.
, 1h43
Directed by Irving CummingsOrigin USAGenres Biography,
Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Rita Hayworth,
Victor Mature,
Carole Landis,
John Sutton,
James Gleason,
Phil SilversRoles Original Music Composer
Rating60%




Sally Elliott (Rita Hayworth), a musical star meets up with Indiana boy Paul Dresser (Victor Mature), a runaway who after a brief stopover with a medicine show arrives in Gay Nineties New York. He composes the title tune for the fair lady and becomes the toast of Tin Pan Alley.
, 1h34
Directed by Walter LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Alice Faye,
Betty Grable,
Jack Oakie,
John Payne,
Allen Jenkins,
Esther RalstonRoles Original Music Composer
Rating63%






, 53minutes
Directed by Frank Capra,
Anatole LitvakOrigin USAGenres War,
Documentary,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Political films,
Documentary films about World War IIActors Walter HustonRoles Music
Rating69%




In an edit added to the film before public release, a comment by Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of War at the time, was quoted to create trust with the audience, “the purpose of these films is to give factual information as to the causes, the events leading up to our entry into the war and the principles for which we are fighting.”
, 1h52
Directed by Lloyd BaconOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Political films,
Children's filmsActors Anne Baxter,
Thomas Mitchell,
Selena Royle,
Trudy Marshall,
John Alvin,
Roy RobertsRoles Original Music Composer
Rating74%




The Irish-American, Catholic Sullivan brothers are introduced through a progression of baptisms: George Thomas in 1914, Francis "Frank" Henry in 1916, Joseph Eugene in 1918, Madison "Matt" Abel in 1919, and Albert Leo in 1922 in their hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. There is also sister Genevieve, nicknamed "Gen", making the Sullivans a happy family of eight. As the boys grow, they are doted upon by their mother and sister Genevieve and given stern but loving guidance by their father, who is a railroad freight conductor. Each day, the boys climb the water tower by the tracks and wave to their father as he passes by on the train. The brothers are shown getting into their fair share of trouble growing up: a fight, a near drowning (after which their mother makes them promise not to set foot on a boat again until they are adults), and accidentally flooding the kitchen.
, 1h25
Directed by Henry KingOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Dana Andrews,
Jean Peters,
Dean Stockwell,
Cesar Romero,
Anne Revere,
Ed BegleyRoles Original Music Composer
Rating66%




Because he has given up his study of architecture to become a fisherman, State of Maine social worker Ann Freeman breaks her engagement to Hod Stillwell, explaining that she could never bear being constantly concerned about his safety. In this same period, she convinces her friend Mary McKay to take in 11-year-old orphan Donny Mitchell, whose father and uncle died at sea. Longing for the sea, Donny has run away several times. Ann hopes the tough but fair Mary will bring some discipline into his life.
, 1h39
Directed by Henry KosterOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceActors Tyrone Power,
Anne Baxter,
Lee J. Cobb,
Cecil Kellaway,
Jayne Meadows,
J. M. KerriganRoles Music
Rating65%




Stephen Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power), a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun (Cecil Kellaway) and a beautiful young woman (Anne Baxter) while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée (Jayne Meadows) and her wealthy father (Lee J. Cobb) in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well. Stephen is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland.