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Donald M. Ashton is a Production Design and Art Direction British born on 26 june 1919 at London (United-kingdom)
Donald M. Ashton (26 June 1919 – 25 August 2004) was a renowned Academy Award nominated and BAFTA-winning English art director most noted for his work on such films as Billy Budd (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) and Young Winston (1972).
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Donald M. Ashton
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 june 1919 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 25 august 2004 (at 85 years) at Somerset (United-kingdom)
Birth 26 june 1919 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 25 august 2004 (at 85 years) at Somerset (United-kingdom)
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Young Winston (1972)
, 2h37Directed by Richard Attenborough, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Jack Hawkins, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm
Roles Production Design
Rating66%
Le scenario est largement inspiré du livre de Winston Churchill, My Early Life (Mes Aventures de Jeunesse) film raconte la jeunesse du futur Premier Ministre britannique .
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
, 1h46Directed by Roddy McDowall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis, Cyril Cusack, Stephanie Beacham, Fabia Drake
Roles Production Design
Rating57%
La richissime Michaela a peur de la vieillesse, aussi vit-elle entourée d'un groupe de jeunes gens devant se soumettre à ses moindres caprices. Son amant , Tom, lassé de jouer le rôle d'un gigolo, l'abandonne pour la jeune Janet. Elroy, le fondé de pouvoir de Michaela, met en garde le jeune homme: tous ceux qui ont tenté de rompre ont disparu dans de mystérieux accidents. Tom ne veut pas prendre cette révélation au sérieux...
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
, 2h24Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Phyllis Calvert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Colin Farrell, John Clements, John Gielgud
Roles Production Design
Rating69%
Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won.
The Magus (1968)
, 1h57Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina, Julian Glover, Jerome Willis
Roles Production Design
Rating56%
Nicholas Urfe is a young Englishman who has taken a teaching position on the Greek island of Phraxos following the previous instructor's suicide. For Nicholas it is a chance for different surroundings, and it is also an attempt to escape his relationship with his emotionally unstable lover, Anne.
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
, 2hDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Scoular
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Ogden Mears (Marlon Brando) sails back to America after touring the world. He meets Natasha, a Russian countess (Sophia Loren, in Hong Kong after she sneaks aboard in evening dress to escape her life at a dance hall for sailors. A refugee, she has no passport and is forced to stay in his cabin during the voyage.
Masquerade (1965)
, 1h42Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Bill Fraser, Charles Gray
Roles Production Design
Rating55%
An Arab heir plots his own kidnapping in a desperate bid for peace in the Middle East.
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
, 1h47Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Martita Hunt, Anna Massey, Finlay Currie
Roles Production Design
Rating72%
American single mother Ann Lake (Carol Lynley), who recently moved to London from New York, arrives at the Little People's Garden preschool to collect her daughter, Bunny. The child has mysteriously disappeared. An administrator recalls meeting with Ann but claims never to have seen the missing child. Ann and her brother Stephen (Keir Dullea) search the school and find a sinister woman living upstairs, who claims she collects children's nightmares. In desperation, the Lakes call the police and Superintendent Newhouse (Laurence Olivier) arrives on the scene.
Mr. Topaze (1961)
, 1h37Directed by Peter Sellers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Leo McKern, Nadia Gray, Martita Hunt, Michael Gough
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy Baroness (Martita Hunt). Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
The Savage Innocents (1960)
, 1h50Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini, Lee Montague, Marco Guglielmi
Roles Art Direction
Rating67%
Inuk, an Eskimo hunter, kills a priest who rejects his traditional offer of food and his wife's company. Pursued by white policemen, Inuk saves the life of one of them, resulting in a final confrontation in which the surviving cop must decide between his commitment to law enforcement and his gratitude to Inuk.
Count Your Blessings (1959)
, 1h42Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens, Tom Helmore, Patricia Medina
Roles Art Direction
Rating50%
While visiting Grace Allingham in wartime London at the behest of Hugh Palgrave, his friend, Charles is charmed by her and abruptly proposes marriage. They marry, but during the honeymoon Charles reports back to military duty.
Indiscreet (1958)
, 1h40Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, John Welch (Welsh), David Kossoff
Roles Art Direction
Rating66%
Anna Kalman is an accomplished London-based actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. Through her brother-in-law she meets a handsome economist, Philip Adams, and they fall in love.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
, 2h41Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Pont, Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Évasion
Actors William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Percy Herbert
Roles Art Direction
Rating80%
In World War II, British prisoners arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), reminds Saito that the Geneva Conventions exempt officers from manual labour.
Charley Moon (1956)
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Actors Max Bygraves, Dennis Price, Michael Medwin, Florence Desmond, Shirley Eaton, Patricia Driscoll
Roles Art Direction
Rating57%
Charley Moon (Max Bygraves) is a small-time music-hall performer, who with a few lucky breaks manages to make it big on the stage in London. Initially successful, Moon soon finds himself back where he started.
Wicked as They Come (1956)
, 1h34Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall, Michael Goodliffe, David Kossoff, Sid James
Roles Art Direction
Rating65%
Poor girl from the slums Katherine Allenbourg trades on her looks. She enters a beauty contest, then charms the elderly gentleman running it, Sam Lewis, into fixing it so she will win first prize, a trip to Europe. She promptly abandons Sam.
The End of the Affair (1955)
, 1h45Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills, Peter Cushing, Michael Goodliffe, Charles Goldner
Roles Art Direction
Rating65%
The writer Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson) recalls his time in London toward the end of World War II, and following its conclusion, when he meets at a sherry party Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr), the wife of his London acquaintance Henry Miles (Peter Cushing). They become lovers. During their affair his rooms on the square are bombed, she quits their relationship and he suffers from the loss and delayed shock from the bombing. It is after their break-up and the end of the war that Bendrix encounters Henry on the square, who invites him for a drink at his home especially as Sarah will not be there. He admits that he suspects the infidelity of his wife, has looked into a private investigator and approaches Bendrix to act on his behalf--but retracts the idea. Sarah returns home before Bendrix has left and she is curt in her exchange with him. Bendrix follows through with hiring a private detective agency. They come across information that the portrayal of Bendrix's housing situation being bombed did not disclose some facts about what happened to Bendrix and Sarah's wish that he be alive. Sarah had to resolve her infidelity with Bendrix, her prayer for Bendrix to be alive, her relationship with God and her marriage during discussions, sometimes extended, she had at all times of the day with a priest.