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Earl St. John is a Executive Producer American born on 14 june 1892
Earl Sheffield St. John est un producteur de cinéma de nationalité américaine mais ayant surtout exercé au Royaume-Uni, né le 14 juin 1892 à Baton Rouge (Louisiane) et mort le 26 février 1968 à Torremolinos (Andalousie).
Au moment de la Première Guerre mondiale, il s'engage et arrive en Europe. Il est démobilisé à Liverpool et décide de rester au Royaume-Uni. Il ouvre des salles de cinéma et est bientôt recruté par Paramount. Plus tard, il est engagé par The Rank Organisation pour prendre la tête de Two Cities Films puis des studios de Pinewood. En 1951, il est placé à la tête de la société de production British Film Makers.
(1959)
(Executive Producer)
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Ne voulant pas suivre les désirs de son père de le voir devenir un soldat professionnel, à 17 ans il quitte l'école militaire de Mobile (Alabama). Peu après, il devient un homme à tout faire pour la compagnie de Sarah Bernhardt, alors en tournée aux États-Unis. Plus tard il montre des films religieux au Mexique au moment de la révolution.Au moment de la Première Guerre mondiale, il s'engage et arrive en Europe. Il est démobilisé à Liverpool et décide de rester au Royaume-Uni. Il ouvre des salles de cinéma et est bientôt recruté par Paramount. Plus tard, il est engagé par The Rank Organisation pour prendre la tête de Two Cities Films puis des studios de Pinewood. En 1951, il est placé à la tête de la société de production British Film Makers.
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A Stitch in Time (1963)
, 1h29Directed by Robert Asher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Edward Chapman, Norman Wisdom, Jerry Desmonde, Wanda Ventham, Marianne Stone, Glyn Houston
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68%
Norman Pitkin is the apprentice to Mr Grimsdale an old fashioned butcher. When the store is raided by a young thug (Johnny Briggs), Mr Grimsdale (at Norman's suggestion) puts his gold watch in his mouth for safe keeping. The result of which leads to Mr Grimsdale accidentally swallowing the watch and sent to hospital. Whilst visiting Mr Grimsdale, Norman (in his usual way) accidentally causes chaos around the hospital and meets a girl called Lindy who hasn't spoken since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. After Norman is unable to visit Lindy as he is banned from hospital he and Mr. Grimsdale join the St. John Ambulance Brigade which gives him the excuse to visit her, as usual chaos ensues, and in the end Lindy visits him at a charity ball where the St John Ambulance Brigade Band are performing, the ball descends into the inevitable chaos, caused entirely by Norman, but Norman redeems himself (and the reputation of the Brigade) as he addresses those attending the ball and everyone donates money for the charity.
In the Doghouse (1962)
, 1h35Directed by Darcy Conyers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Leslie Phillips, Hattie Jacques, Peggy Cummins, James Booth, Joan Hickson, Colin Gordon
Roles Executive Producer
Rating60%
A newly qualified vet with a heart of gold takes over an old practice and becomes rivals with another vet.
The Singer Not the Song (1961)
, 2h12Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Mylène Demongeot, Laurence Naismith, John Bentley, Leslie French
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62%
A priest, Father Michael Keogh (John Mills), is sent by Rome to Quantana, a remote Mexican town which is under the control of a ruthless bandito, Anacleto Komachi (Dirk Bogarde). Anacleto is educated and intelligent, and has a "down" on the Church, but he finds in Keogh a man he strangely admires and with whom he can have intelligent conversation. However, he does not allow this to distract him from his goal: to expunge the priest from his fiefdom at any cost.
Flame in the Streets (1961)
, 1h33Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, Théâtre, La précarité, Films based on plays
Actors John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda De Banzie, Earl Cameron, Wilfrid Brambell, Ann Lynn
Roles Executive Producer
Rating65%
Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of post-war Britain. Trades Union leader Jacko Palmer fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter, Kathie, is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the hysterical prejudice of his wife Nell.
No, My Darling Daughter (1961)
, 1h37Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Redgrave, Michael Craig, Roger Livesey, Juliet Mills, Ian Fleming, Peter Barkworth
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59%
Wealthy businessman and single parent Sir Michael Carr (Michael Redgrave) does not know how to deal with his daughter Tansy (Juliet Mills), at that awkward age between teenager and adult. His close friend and employee ex-General Henry Barclay (Roger Livesey) has the same kind of problem with his son. Thomas Barclay (Michael Craig) left the military and has now tendered his resignation from Carr's automobile company.
Make Mine Mink (1960)
, 1h41Directed by Robert Asher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, Elspeth Duxbury, Billie Whitelaw, Jack Hedley
Roles Producer
Rating69%
A group of lodgers - Major Rayne, Nanette and Pinkie - staying at the home of Dame Beatrice, a formerly wealthy old lady, express boredom with their humdrum lives. A chance for some excitement comes when Lily, Dame Beatrice's beautiful, young housekeeper, one day gives in to temptation and lifts a brand new mink coat from their neighbours. She does this in a misguided attempt to thank Dame Bea by replacing a moth-eaten, and thoroughly worn-out old fur. Dame Bea is at first delighted, but upon learning how Lily came by the coat she, and her lodgers, spring into action with a plan to replace the coat without anyone knowing.
Whirlpool (1959)
, 1h31Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Juliette Gréco, O.W. Fischer, William Sylvester, Muriel Pavlow, Marius Goring, Geoffrey Bayldon
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59%
En Allemagne, la Française Lora, pour échapper à l'emprise de son amant et mauvais génie Herman, a trouvé un emploi de serveuse dans une brasserie de Cologne. Mais Herman la retrouve et lui demande de faciliter le rendez-vous qu'il a pris dans la brasserie pour une louche transaction monétaire. Les tractations se passent mal à cause de faux billets ; Herman poignarde son interlocuteur et entraîne Lora dans sa fuite.
Sapphire (1959)
, 1h25Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about racism
Actors Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Earl Cameron, Bernard Miles, Olga Lindo
Roles Executive Producer
Rating71%
The film is about a pregnant girl found stabbed on Hampstead Heath. Although she appears to be white, her brother (Earl Cameron) arrives at the police station to give evidence and he is black. It then becomes evident to the police officers that this girl has been passing for white. This film reveals the underlying insecurities and fears of ordinary people that exist towards another race.
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
, 1h52Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Curd Jürgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Jeremy Spenser, Noel Purcell, Roy Chiao
Roles Executive Producer
Rating55%
Mark Conrad, a debonair Anglo-Austrian former playboy and junk owner, now an alcoholic down-and-out, is expelled from Hong Kong. He is placed on an ancient ferry boat, the Fa Tsan (known to its crew as the Fat Annie), despite the protests of the pompous owner, Captain Cecil Hart.
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, James Robertson Justice, Claudia Cardinale, Sid James
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61%
Richard Barry marries Kate, daughter of his boss, Mansfield. Mansfield tells Richard he needs to take over the entertaining for their film so Richard decides to hire a servant.
The Heart of a Man (1959)
, 1h32Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frankie Vaughan, Anne Heywood, Tony Britton, Michael Medwin, Anthony Newley, Harry Fowler
Roles Executive Producer
Rating49%
On propose à Frankie, un ancien marin, 1 000 Livres s'il arrive à gagner honnêtement 100 £ en une semaine. Après plusieurs essais comme boxeur ou videur de boîte de nuit, il réussira en tant que chanteur.
North West Frontier (1959)
, 2h9Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White, I. S. Johar, Ian Hunter
Roles Executive Producer
Rating70%
North West Frontier, British India, 1905: a Hindu maharajah asks British Army Captain Scott (Kenneth More) to take his son, Prince Kishan, to the safety of the Governor's Residence in Haserabad because a Muslim uprising has begun in his province. Accompanying them is a widow, Mrs Wyatt (Lauren Bacall), the prince's American nanny/governess. Soon after they leave, the rebels storm the palace and kill the maharajah.
A Night to Remember (1958)
, 2h3Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, David McCallum, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman, Michael Goodliffe
Roles Executive Producer
Rating78%
The Titanic was the largest vessel afloat, and was widely believed to be unsinkable. Her passengers included the cream of American and British society. The story of her sinking is told from the point of view of her passengers and crew, principally Second Officer Charles Lightoller (Kenneth More).
Rockets Galore (1958)
, 1h34Directed by Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden, Roland Culver, Noel Purcell, Catherine Lacey, Ronnie Corbett
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59%
In the cold-war era of post-WW2 Britain, the government decides to establish a guided missile base on the Hebridean isle of Todday. The inhabitants are not happy with this disruption of their way of life, and hamper construction as much as they can.
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
, 1h59Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Denise Grey, Jack Warner, Maurice Ronet, Billie Whitelaw
Roles Executive Producer
Rating71%
Violette Bushell is a young woman whose father is English and mother is French, living in London during World War II. She meets French Army officer Etienne Szabo, stationed in the city, and within three days they become engaged to be married. They have a daughter, Tania, but Etienne never sees the child as he is killed fighting in North Africa; Violette Szabo and her daughter move into her parents' home.