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John Wooldridge is a Story and Music British born on 18 july 1919
John (De Lacy) Wooldridge, né le 18 juillet 1919 à Yokohama (Japon) et mort le 27 octobre 1958 dans le Hertfordshire (Angleterre), est un compositeur et dramaturge britannique.
Après sa démobilisation sur blessure fin 1945, il se tourne vers le cinéma et s'intéresse à la musique de film. On lui doit ainsi des partitions pour treize films britanniques (ou en coproduction) sortis entre 1947 et 1958, dont Guet-apens de Victor Saville (1949), La Femme en question d'Anthony Asquith (1950) et Cinq secondes à vivre de Victor Vicas (1957).
Par ailleurs, alors encore actif à la RAF, il compose en 1944 le poème symphonique The Constellations et la pièce d' orchestre A Solemn Hymn to Victory. Parmi ses autres compositions classiques, suivent notamment un concerto pour hautbois (destiné à Léon Goosens), un concerto pour violoncelle (destiné à Maurice Eisenberg), une musique de scène pour La Tempête de William Shakespeare (présentée en 1951 à Stratford-upon-Avon, avec Michael Redgrave et Richard Burton), ou encore la suite pour orchestre The Elizabethans (1953).
En outre, occasionnellement dramaturge, il est l'auteur des deux pièces Three Steps to Heaven (1955) et Life with the Girls (1956).
John Wooldridge meurt prématurément fin 1958, à 39 ans, dans un accident de la route.
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Birth name John De Lacy Wooldridge
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 july 1919
Death 27 october 1958 (at 39 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 july 1919
Death 27 october 1958 (at 39 years)
Biography
Éduqué à Londres, John Wooldridge apprend en particulier la musique auprès d'un disciple de Jean Sibelius. En 1938, il intègre la Royal Air Force (RAF) et sert durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale au sein de la RAF Bomber Command, comme pilote et instructeur.Après sa démobilisation sur blessure fin 1945, il se tourne vers le cinéma et s'intéresse à la musique de film. On lui doit ainsi des partitions pour treize films britanniques (ou en coproduction) sortis entre 1947 et 1958, dont Guet-apens de Victor Saville (1949), La Femme en question d'Anthony Asquith (1950) et Cinq secondes à vivre de Victor Vicas (1957).
Par ailleurs, alors encore actif à la RAF, il compose en 1944 le poème symphonique The Constellations et la pièce d' orchestre A Solemn Hymn to Victory. Parmi ses autres compositions classiques, suivent notamment un concerto pour hautbois (destiné à Léon Goosens), un concerto pour violoncelle (destiné à Maurice Eisenberg), une musique de scène pour La Tempête de William Shakespeare (présentée en 1951 à Stratford-upon-Avon, avec Michael Redgrave et Richard Burton), ou encore la suite pour orchestre The Elizabethans (1953).
En outre, occasionnellement dramaturge, il est l'auteur des deux pièces Three Steps to Heaven (1955) et Life with the Girls (1956).
John Wooldridge meurt prématurément fin 1958, à 39 ans, dans un accident de la route.
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Appointment in London (1953)
, 1h36Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan, Bryan Forbes, Walter Fitzgerald, Bill Kerr
Roles Story
Rating64%
Wing Commander Tim Mason (Dirk Bogarde) is nearing the end of his third tour of operations, meaning he has flown nearly 90 missions over Germany. Having twice volunteered to continue operational flying, Mason is keen to make it a round 90 "ops", but just as he is nearing the end of his tour he receives orders banning him from further flying. Meanwhile, losses are mounting and several raids are being seen as failures, so that some of the members of his crews, Brown (Bill Kerr) and "The Brat" Greeno (Bryan Forbes) among them, are thinking that there must be a "jinx" at work. Soon afterwards, "The Brat" is caught sending unauthorised telegrams off the station. These turn out to be written to his wife, Pam (Anne Leon), rather than anything more sinister; however, Mason reprimands Greeno for the lapse in security. A few days later, Greeno's aircraft fails to return from a raid and Mason agrees to meet Pam, who has asked to see him.
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Appointment in London (1953)
, 1h36Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan, Bryan Forbes, Walter Fitzgerald, Bill Kerr
Roles Music
Rating64%
Wing Commander Tim Mason (Dirk Bogarde) is nearing the end of his third tour of operations, meaning he has flown nearly 90 missions over Germany. Having twice volunteered to continue operational flying, Mason is keen to make it a round 90 "ops", but just as he is nearing the end of his tour he receives orders banning him from further flying. Meanwhile, losses are mounting and several raids are being seen as failures, so that some of the members of his crews, Brown (Bill Kerr) and "The Brat" Greeno (Bryan Forbes) among them, are thinking that there must be a "jinx" at work. Soon afterwards, "The Brat" is caught sending unauthorised telegrams off the station. These turn out to be written to his wife, Pam (Anne Leon), rather than anything more sinister; however, Mason reprimands Greeno for the lapse in security. A few days later, Greeno's aircraft fails to return from a raid and Mason agrees to meet Pam, who has asked to see him.
Angels One Five (1952)
, 1h38Directed by George More O'Ferrall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Gregson, Harold Goodwin, Veronica Hurst
Roles Music Director
Rating64%
The film begins with a replacement, Pilot Officer T. B. "Septic" Baird (John Gregson), landing his Hawker Hurricane at "Pimpernel" Squadron's airfield. Just as he touches down however, a straggler from an earlier mission taxis across his path. Septic's quick reactions allow him to "leapfrog" the other Hurricane, averting a costly disaster. However, this causes him to crash his replacement plane into the bungalow of Squadron Leader Barry Clinton (Cyril Raymond) at the end of the runway.
Blackmailed (1951)
, 1h25Directed by Marc Allégret
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Fay Compton, Robert Flemyng, Michael Gough, James Robertson Justice
Roles Music
Rating71%
Le maître-chanteur est assassiné et ceux qui ont assisté à la scène s'accordent pour ne rien dire, mais il y a eu un autre témoin, un jeune artiste, lui aussi victine de chantage...
Torment (1950)
, 1h8Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Dermot Walsh, Rona Anderson, John Bentley, Michael Martin Harvey, Dilys Laye
Roles Conductor
Rating54%
Brothers Cliff and Jim Brandon are a successful writing team specializing in murder mysteries, but Cliff and Jim are almost as disturbed as some of the characters they've created. Whilst researching their latest novel, one of the brothers commits murder, simply to experience the thrill. He then attempts to frame his secretary Joan for the crime. His reason this time is personal: both brothers are in love with Joan, but she prefers one over the other. The saner of the two brothers races against time to save Joan from the gallows and to bring his sibling to justice.
The Woman in Question (1950)
, 1h28Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, Susan Shaw, Hermione Baddeley, Charles Victor, John McCallum
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating67%
Agnes Huston, an English widow, is found murdered at her house. Superintendent Lodge, the detective on the case, and Inspector Butler start questioning people closely associated with her. Her neighbour Mrs. Finch, tells Lodge that Agnes is a gentlewoman, and throughout her rendition Agnes is shown in a pleasant looking, smart and well-mannered light. She explains that Agnes’ sister Catherine Taylor is a rude, obnoxious woman.
Conspirator (1949)
, 1h27Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng, Honor Blackman, Harold Warrender, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60%
Edward, My Son (1949)
, 1h52Directed by George Cukor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter, James Donald, Mervyn Johns, Felix Aylmer
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64%
Canadian Arnold Boult and his wife Evelyn are celebrating the first birthday of their son Edward with their friend, physician Larry Woodhope, in their London home shortly after World War I. Arnold is about to embark upon a new career in finance with Harry Simpkin, who has been released from prison after serving time on fraud charges.
The Guinea Pig (1948)
, 1h37Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about education, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Bernard Miles, Robert Flemyng, Edith Sharpe, Joan Hickson
Roles Music
Rating67%
The "guinea pig" is 14-year-old Jack Read (played by 25-year-old Richard Attenborough), a tobacconist's son who, following the Fleming Report, is given a scholarship to Saintbury, an exclusive public school. The school used in the film was Sherborne School in Dorset.
Fame Is the Spur (1947)
, 1h56Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, David Tomlinson, Carla Lehmann, Hugh Burden
Roles Music
Rating66%
When a young man from a North country mill town (Michael Redgrave) commits to help the poverty stricken workers in his area, he takes as his Excalibur a sword passed down to him by his grandfather from the Battle of Peterloo, where it had been used against workers. As an idealistic champion of the oppressed, he rises to power as a Labour M.P., but is seduced by the trappings of power, and finds himself the type of politician he originally despised.