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Mary Diana Morgan Barbour is a Scriptwriter born on 29 may 1908
Mary Diana Morgan (born 29 May 1908, Cardiff, Wales – d. 9 December 1996 in Northwood, Middlesex, England) was a Welsh playwright and screenwriter, mostly associated with her work for Ealing Studios as Diana Morgan. She was married to fellow screenwriter Robert MacDermot.
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Birth name Mary Diana Morgan
Birth 29 may 1908
Death 9 december 1996 (at 88 years) at Northwood, London (United-kingdom)
Birth 29 may 1908
Death 9 december 1996 (at 88 years) at Northwood, London (United-kingdom)
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Hand in Hand (2011)
, 1h18Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Actors John Gregson, Sybil Thorndike, Finlay Currie, Miriam Karlin, Barbara Hicks, Kathleen Byron
Rating73%
Michael O'Malley (Needs), rushes to his priest to tearfully inform him that he has accidentally killed his closest friend, Rachel Mathias (Parry). The story is told in flashback as Michael recounts their friendship, when he first befriended Rachel after she was bullied at school. They quickly become the best of friends. The young children decide to become "blood brothers" by pricking their fingers and rubbing the blood together. They set off for an adventure, hoping to go to London to visit the queen, but instead are picked up by a kindly elderly lady (Sybil Thorndike) who takes them to her home for tea, pretending that she is a princess and that her mansion is one of the queen's homes, but that the queen is currently away. Her amiable deception goes over perfectly, and the children have a great time visiting with her.
Let's Be Happy (1957)
, 1h43Directed by Henry Levin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin, Tony Martin, Robert Flemyng, Zena Marshall, Alfred Burke
Rating56%
Jeannie MacLean, a poor Vermont girl, unexpectedly is left $4,952.00 by her grandfather in his will. She decides to fulfill her lifetime wish of traveling to Scotland.
Dance Hall (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Donald Houston, Diana Dors, Petula Clark, Natasha Parry, Kay Kendall, Bonar Colleano
Rating59%
The story line centres on four young female factory workers who escape the monotony of their jobs by spending their evenings at the Chiswick Palais, the local dance hall, and having problems with their boyfriends or hoping to find some.
Poet's Pub (1949)
, 1h19Directed by Frederick Wilson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Derek Bond, Rona Anderson, James Robertson Justice, Joyce Grenfell, Maurice Denham, Barbara Murray
Rating61%
An Oxford poet is convinced to become manager of a country inn, after complaining about the food and service.
A Run for Your Money (1949)
, 1h25Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Moira Lister, Alec Guinness, Hugh Griffith, Clive Morton
Rating63%
Two Welsh coal miners from Hafoduwchbenceubwllymarchogcoch, David 'Dai Number 9' Jones (Donald Houston) and Thomas 'Twm' Jones (Meredith Edwards), win a contest run by the Echo newspaper. The prize is 100 pounds each, plus the best seats for an important rugby union match between England and Wales at Twickenham. For the naive Welshmen, this is their first trip to England.
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Sally Ann Howes, Mary Merrall, Helen Goss
Rating66%
The wife of a pub landlord in Victorian Brighton, who is having an affair, wants to rid herself of her abusive husband. To accomplish this she befriends a young man who works in his father's pharmacy. and thus has access to poison.
Fiddlers Three (1944)
, 1h28Directed by Harry Watt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Time travel films
Actors Tommy Trinder, Sonnie Hale, Frances Day, Francis L. Sullivan, Elisabeth Welch, James Robertson Justice
Rating54%
Tommy Taylor and "The Professor", two sailors returning from leave to Portsmouth, pick up Lydia, a Wren, on the road but get a puncture as they reach Stonehenge. The professor tells them of an old legend that those caught at Stonehenge at midnight on midsummer's night are transported back in time. Moments later the area is struck by lightning. Nearby a group of Roman soldiers have suddenly appeared whom they initially mistake for members of ENSA. However, they swiftly prove to be genuine Romans who arrest them and threaten instant death unless they can prove they are Druids.
The Halfway House (1944)
, 1h35Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Françoise Rosay, Richard Bird, Tom Walls
Rating65%
David Davies, un célèbre chef d'orchestre, apprend qu'il ne lui reste que trois mois à vivre et son médecin lui propose de faire un séjour à The Halfway House, un petit hôtel situé dans une partie isolée du Pays de Galles. Parallèlement, Richard French est également en route pour l'hôtel avec sa fille, Joanna, qui à son insu ses parents discuter de leur projet de divorce. À la gare, ils rencontrent un jeune couple, Terence et Margaret, et tous les quatre marchent ensemble jusqu'à l'hôtel. Se rendent également à l'hôtel William Oakley, un profiteur de guerre, et son ami le capitaine Fortesque, qui vient de refuser de travailler comme directeur de prison parce qu'il ne veut pas contribuer à l'effort de guerre.
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
, 1h27Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Clifford Evans, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Tommy Trinder, Gordon Jackson, John Williams
Rating68%
English factory foreman Fred Carrick (Clifford Evans) goes to France on his own initiative to retrieve several pieces of valuable machinery ahead of the German invasion. Along the way, he is helped by two soldiers (Tommy Trinder, Gordon Jackson) and an American woman (Constance Cummings). To get to France, Fred has to get round the opposition of his firm's bosses and British civil servants. While in France, he has to learn about the role of the fifth column. His gradual realisation of how authority can trick him has been argued to be an allegory to Britain learning not to be to be too trusting but also through the role of an Anne Stafford, an American woman, an anticipation of an eventual alliance with the United States. During the race to the coast with the machines, the film evokes the huge scale of the refugee movements that fled before the advancing Nazis in France in 1940.
Went the Day Well? (1942)
, 1h32Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns, Basil Sydney, C.V. France, Marie Lohr
Rating74%
The story is told in flashback by a villager, played by Mervyn Johns, as though to a person visiting after the war. He recounts: one Saturday during the Second World War, a group of seemingly authentic British soldiers arrive in the small, fictitious English village of Bramley End. It is the Whitsun weekend so life is even quieter than usual and there is almost no traffic of any kind. At first they are welcomed by the villagers, until doubts begin to grow about their true purpose and identity. After they are revealed to be German soldiers intended to form the vanguard of an invasion of Britain, they round up the residents and hold them captive in the local church. The vicar is shot after sounding the church bell in alarm.
Go to Blazes (1942)
, 9minutesDirected by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Hay, Dame Thora Hird, Muriel George
Rating68%
When an incendiary bomb strikes his house during the Blitz, Hay fusses so ineptly with his extinguishing equipment that the bomb burns through the floor - and obligingly falls into a bucket of water in the basement. When a second bomb strikes, his daughter shows him how to do the job properly.
Ships with Wings (1941)
, 1h43Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd, Basil Sydney, Edward Chapman
Rating55%