Both these films typify Cinema Action's approach of letting those directly involved express themselves without commentary. They were designed to provide an analysis of struggles, which could encourage ...

Until recently, the Fifties have been commonly seen as the 'doldrums era' of British cinema. During the decade the two major cinema chains had embarked on a programme of cinema closures. The Rank ...

Sir Denis Nayland Smith thwarts the attempts by the evil Dr Fu Manchu to obtain world domination through the use of a deadly poison made from a Tibetan flower. When, ten minutes into The Face of Fu ...

There have been relatively few Chinese themes and characters on British cinema screens - certainly by comparison with those from, for example, India - despite a significant Chinese population since ...

The Square Peg (d. John Paddy Carstairs, 1958) is perhaps the best of the Wisdom comedies. Well constructed and unsentimental, it features many memorable comic sequences and numerous unexpectedly ...

Julia Herrick, the first female football correspondent on a national paper, remembers her childhood experiences, following Tottenham Hotspur as they won the double in the 1960-61 season. The story ...

Gathering seabirds' eggs at Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough Head on the Yorkshire coast, was a traditional practice for farmers whose land adjoined the cliff edge, which gave them a legal right to ...

"A writer who did a bit of directing" is Gerry O'Hara's modest description of his 50-year career in film and television. While many found the industry an unforgiving place, O'Hara had more than his ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife... Their cuts produce a faster-paced story, intended to engage contemporary ...

A complex treatise exploring feminism, motherhood and sexual difference in seven numbered chapters. Headings are: Opening Pages; Laura Talking; Stones; Louise's Story Told in 13 Shots; Acrobats; Laura ...

Malcolm's men HURLOCK, Byron O. Malcolm's men GEORGE, Edward Malcolm's father CASH, Theodore L.

Frank, a young Teddy boy consumed by racial hatred, carries out a vicious assault on a black man and his white girlfriend. The attack has repercussions for Frank and his family. Taking its title from ...