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Robert Farnon is a Actor and Sound Canadien born on 24 july 1917 at Toronto (Canada)
Robert Joseph Farnon (July 24, 1917 – April 23, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a famous composer of original works (often in the light music genre, but also for film and television), he was recognised as one of the finest arrangers of his generation. In later life he composed a number of more serious orchestral works, including three symphonies, and was recognised with four Ivor Novello awards and the Order of Canada.
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This Man Is Mine (1946)
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Tom Walls, Glynis Johns, Hugh McDermott, Nova Pilbeam, Barry Morse, Ambrosine Phillpotts
Roles Self
Rating60%
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
, 2h10Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Anna Neagle, Rex Harrison, Dean Jagger, Robert Morley, Nancy Price, Ronald Shiner
Roles Himself - Band Leader
Rating61%
In the summer of 1943, after he is taken off combat operations for medical reasons, American SSgt John Patterson (Dean Jagger), an Army Air Force gunner, is billeted in the London home of the Duke of Exmoor (Robert Morley) in London's Grosvenor Square. He is befriended by the Duke and British paratrooper Major David Bruce (Rex Harrison), who has taken leave to contest a parliamentary by-election.
Sound
Bear Island (1979)
, 1h58Directed by Don Sharp
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Lloyd Bridges, August Schellenberg
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating58%
A UN expedition of scientists from different countries come to barren arctic Bear Island, between Svalbard and northern Norway, to study climate change. However, several of them turn out to be more interested in the fact that (according to the film) there was a German U-boat base on the island during World War II. American scientist Frank Lansing (Donald Sutherland) has come because his father was a U-boat commander who died there, and as accidents start to decimate the expedition he begins to realize that some of his colleagues are after a shipment of gold aboard the U-boat that his father commanded.
The Disappearance (1977)
, 1h40Directed by Stuart Cooper
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Donald Sutherland, Patricia Hodge, David Hemmings, Francine Racette, John Hurt, Paul Mayersberg
Roles Music
Rating57%
Jay Mallory is a contract killer living in Montréal who works for an unknown international criminal organization. He returns home to his downtown apartment one cold winter day to find that his wife, Celandine, is gone without a trace. Mallory initially thinks that Celandine has left him on her own volition since their marriage was a sometimes stormy, albeit passionate, relationship. However, words from Mallory's main point of contact at the Organization, Burbank, indicate that Celandine's disappearance may be associated with Mallory's last hit. Shortly after their discussion, Burbank himself disappears.
Shalako (1968)
, 1h53Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Honor Blackman, Peter van Eyck
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating56%
In 1880 in New Mexico, guide Bosky Fulton leads a hunting party composed of European aristocrats into Apache territory. When a French countess, Irina Lazaar, wanders off alone, she is confronted by Apache men on horseback. She is rescued by Shalako, a former cavalry officer in the American Civil War, sent by the Army to guide the party off Indian land.
The Truth About Spring (1965)
, 1h42Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure
Actors Hayley Mills, John Mills, James MacArthur, Lionel Jeffries, Harry Andrews, Niall MacGinnis
Roles Music
Rating63%
Spring lives with her father aboard a run-down sail boat in the Florida Keys. She has lived a simple, carefree and isolated life and has never felt desire or love until Ashton joins in with them for a zany adventure involving buried treasure. In the end no treasure is found, only a long-sunken slaver. However, Spring does find love and a husband.
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
, 1h31Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about Tibet, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Dorothy Lamour
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60%
The story is told in flashback as Diane (Joan Collins) explains to American Intelligence how transmissions from passengers picked up from a missile to the moon are by Americans rather than Russians.
Expresso Bongo (1959)
, 1h51Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Eric Pohlmann, Hermione Baddeley
Roles Music Director
Rating61%
Paul Scofield plays Johnny, a slimy, small-time music promoter and talent scout who notices teenage girls going crazy for the singing and bongo playing of talentless and seemingly idiotic Herbert Rudge (played by James Kenny). Johnny rechristens Rudge as "Bongo Herbert" and signs him to a contract that gives Johnny a 50% share of the profits. With Johnny's help, Bongo rockets to stardom. Bongo's success attracts a host of sleazy music industry types intent on exploiting him. Johnny quickly finds himself outclassed in the sleaze department as Bongo turns out to be the slipperiest slime of them all.
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
, 1h43Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Steampunk films, Children's films
Actors Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, Bruce Cabot, Ronald Squire, William Campbell
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating60%
Jonathon Tibbs (Kenneth More), son of a family of English gunsmiths, has no interest in the business and prefers inventing gadgets, in particular a steam-powered horseless carriage. Threatened with disinheritance if he does not report for work, he discovers that the company is not doing very well, and concludes that someone must expand their sales.
The Little Hut (1957)
, 1h30Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, Films based on plays
Actors Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, David Niven, Finlay Currie, Walter Chiari, Jack Lambert
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating56%
Sir Philip Ashlow (Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Susan Ashlow (Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island.
True as a Turtle (1957)
, 1h36Directed by Wendy Toye
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors John Gregson, Cecil Parker, June Thorburn, Keith Michell, Avice Landone, Betty Stockfeld
Roles Conductor
Rating56%
Tony propose à sa jeune épouse Jane de faire une petite croisière vers la Bretagne à bord de son ketch "Tortue". Ce voyage avec des amis ne va pas se passer exactement comme prévu.
It's a Wonderful World (1956)
, 1h27Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Terence Morgan, George Cole, Mylène Demongeot, Kathleen Harrison, James Hayter, Maurice Kaufmann
Rating56%
Two Londoners meet a struggling French singer. They create new songs by playing music backwards, and attributing it to a new avant garde composer The songs prove to be a huge hit for the young Frenchwoman, and dupe the critics; however she soon begins to catch on to their scam.
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)
, 1h39Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Rudy Vallée, Alan Young, Scott Brady, Guy Middleton
Rating51%
Bonnie and Connie Jones are showgirls, who are also sisters. They are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting anywhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to travel to Paris to become famous and find true love.
All for Mary (1955)
, 1h19Directed by Wendy Toye
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson, David Hurst, Leo McKern, Nicholas Phipps
Rating55%
Filmed on location in Switzerland the story concerns two young bachelors taking separate skiing holidays at the same resort. Clive Morton (Nigel Patrick) and "Humpy" Miller (David Tomlinson) have nothing whatsoever in common—except for one thing, both men fall for the hotel proprietor's daughter Mary (Jill Day). As the story progresses Clive, a debonair soldier and sportsman gets quickly into his stride as poor "Humpy" a clumsy, incongruous fellow looks on dumbly.
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
, 1h31Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, Benson Fong, André Morell, Philip Ahn, Abraham Sofaer
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61%
Captain David O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster), seeking his fortune in the 19th century South Pacific, decides to enlist island natives to harvest copra, but runs into a wall of cultural problems. Backed by a Chinese dentist, he obtains a ship and sets about harvesting copra while fending off cantankerous native chieftains and ambitious German empire-builders. The natives, happy with their existence, see no reason to work hard to obtain copra, either for a German trading company or for O'Keefe. He finally motivates them by showing them how to produce large quantities of Rai stones, the stone money of Yap, their valued coinage.