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Elven Webb is a Assistant Art Director and Art Direction British born on 29 august 1910
Elven Webb (August 29, 1910 – September 1979) was an American art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction.
(1963)
(Art Direction)
(1948)
(Assistant Art Director)
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Elven Webb
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 august 1910
Death 1 september 1979 (at 69 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 29 august 1910
Death 1 september 1979 (at 69 years) at London (United-kingdom)
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(1963)(Art Direction)
(1948)(Assistant Art Director)
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The Kremlin Letter (1970)
, 2h1Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Nigel Green, Dean Jagger, Patrick O'Neal, George Sanders
Roles Art Direction
Rating61%
Late in 1969, a brilliant young United States Navy intelligence officer named Charles Rone (Patrick O'Neal) finds his commission revoked so that he can be recruited into an espionage mission. Rone is told that the mission is being undertaken independently of governmental intelligence agencies, as was commonplace prior to World War II, when espionage operations were handled by a small community of agents operating on a freelance basis.
Play Dirty (1969)
, 1h58Directed by André de Toth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green, Harry Andrews, Patrick Jordan, Daniel Pilon
Roles Art Direction
Rating66%
In North Africa in World War II, Captain Douglas (Caine) is a BP employee seconded to the Royal Engineers to oversee handling incoming fuel supplies for the British 8th Army. A Popski's Private Army-style colonel (Green) is told he must have a regular officer to lead one of his units on a dangerous mission to destroy an Afrika Korps fuel depot.
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
, 2h2Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Cyril Cusack
Roles Art Direction
Rating70%
À Padoue, le signore Baptista désespère de trouver un mari qui puisse résister au caractère colérique de sa fille aînée Catharina. Car d'autre part il se refuse à chercher un mari pour sa fille cadette Bianca avant d'avoir trouvé un mari pour la première des deux sœurs. L'un des soupirants de Bianca, Hortensio, reçoit bientôt la visite de Petruccio, un marchand ruiné originaire de Vérone qui lui confie qu'il est venu à Padoue chercher richesse et femme. Hortensio lui met alors dans la tête de conquérir le cœur de Catharina, ce qui lui donnerait l'occasion de mettre la main sur une dot de 20 000 couronnes d'or.
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 Set Decoration
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.
Cleopatra (1963)
, 4h8Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck, Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Hume Cronyn
Roles Art Direction
Rating69%
After the Battle of Pharsalus where Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) has defeated Pompey, Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor). The Romans hold, and the armies of Mithridates arrive on Egyptian soil. The following day, Caesar passes judgment. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra. Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. She dreams of ruling the world with Caesar. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.
Beat Girl (1960)
, 1h25Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors David Farrar, Christopher Lee, Noëlle Adam, Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Shirley Anne Field
Roles Art Direction
Rating59%
Paul Linden (David Farrar), a wealthy and prominent architect, returns home to London bringing his new wife, beautiful 24-year-old Nichole (Noelle Adam), whom he has just married in Paris. Paul is anxious to introduce Nichole to his teenage daughter Jennifer (Gillian Hills), but Jennifer appears less than happy about her father's remarriage and coldly rejects all of Nichole's friendly overtures all evening. After Paul and Nichole go to bed, Jennifer sneaks out to the local beatnik club for an evening of rock music and dancing with her friends, including Dave (Adam Faith), a youth from a working-class background who plays guitar and writes songs; Tony (Peter McEnery) , a general's son whose mother was killed in the Blitz and who has a drinking problem, although beatniks frown on alcohol; and Dodo (Shirley Anne Field), Tony's well-bred girlfriend. Dave and Jennifer are attracted to each other.
Up the Creek (1958)
, 1h23Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Vera Day, Michael Goodliffe, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather, a well-meaning but accident-prone naval officer with a passion for rockets, is posted where he can (so the navy hopes) cause no further damage. He is given command of a mothballed Royal Navy vessel, HMS Berkeley, which has had no Commanding Officer for several years. She is moored at a wharf on the Suffolk coast near the (fictional) village of Meadows End.
Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
, 1h27Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Katie Boyle, Griffith Jones, Fabia Drake, Michael Brennan
Roles Art Direction
Rating54%
The Scamp (1957)
, 1h27Directed by Wolf Rilla
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison, Colin Petersen, Terence Morgan, Jill Adams, Maureen Delany
Roles Art Direction
Rating64%
A schoolteacher and his wife take in the tempestuous child of an abusive drifter. When the father returns their lives become complicated by issues of corporal punishment, physical abuse, strained relations and various crimes.
, 1h22Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Claude Rains, Marius Goring, Märta Torén, Herbert Lom, Anouk Aimée, Ferdy Mayne
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating62%
Kees Popinga est fondé de pouvoir chez un marchand hollandais de fourniture de bateaux à Groningue avec une femme et deux enfants il s'est peu à peu enfoncé dans l'ennui. Un soir, son patron lui apprend que son entreprise va déposer son bilan pour faillite frauduleuse. Se voyant ruiné, Kees Popinga voit son petit univers s'effondrer. Il décide de fuir son univers un peu mesquin et de faire des avances à Pamela, la maîtresse de son patron. Celle-ci ne l'accueillant qu'avec un rire moqueur, Kees, blessé dans son amour propre, la tue en voulant la faire taire. Il n'a alors plus d'autre solution que de quitter la Hollande, il s'enfuit donc à Paris. Ce sera pour lui l'occasion de vivre une vie en complète opposition avec son existence petite-bourgeoise qu'il a connu jusqu'alors. Il côtoie prostituées et petits malfrats, jusqu'à se faire dévaliser par un pick-pocket. Après une tentative de suicide manquée qui le livre nu aux mains de la police, il se retrouve interné en hôpital psychiatrique.
The Red Shoes (1948)
, 2h14Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann, Ludmila Tcherina
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating80%
Victoria 'Vicky' Page (Moira Shearer) is a young, unknown dancer from an aristocratic background. At an after-ballet party, arranged by her aunt as a surreptitious audition, she meets Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), the ruthless but charismatic impresario of the Ballet Lermontov. Lermontov takes her on as a student, where she is taught by, among others, Grisha Ljubov (Léonide Massine), the company's chief choreographer.
Brief Encounter (1945)
, 1h26Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Noel Coward
Actors Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Alfie Bass, Sydney Bromley
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating79%
In the latter months of 1938, Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson), a respectable middle-class British woman in an affectionate but rather dull marriage, tells her story while sitting at home with her husband, imagining that she is confessing her affair to him.
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The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
, 2h2Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Cyril Cusack
Roles Art Direction
Rating70%
À Padoue, le signore Baptista désespère de trouver un mari qui puisse résister au caractère colérique de sa fille aînée Catharina. Car d'autre part il se refuse à chercher un mari pour sa fille cadette Bianca avant d'avoir trouvé un mari pour la première des deux sœurs. L'un des soupirants de Bianca, Hortensio, reçoit bientôt la visite de Petruccio, un marchand ruiné originaire de Vérone qui lui confie qu'il est venu à Padoue chercher richesse et femme. Hortensio lui met alors dans la tête de conquérir le cœur de Catharina, ce qui lui donnerait l'occasion de mettre la main sur une dot de 20 000 couronnes d'or.