Ken Annakin

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The TimesPeter Brace obituaryThe TimesHe wished to be an actor from an early age, and made his film debut dancing the jitterbug in Ken Annakin's 1947 postwar comedy Holiday Camp, which was shot at Butlin's on the North Yorkshire coast. He also demonstrated that he was more than just a ...

Cadillac NewsA Film SaluteCadillac NewsThe film is shown in widescreen Cinerama and directed by Ken Annakin, who co-directed The Longest Day (and whose name George Lucas took for the boy who would be Darth Vader!). The Dirty Dozen (1967) Lee Marvin leads “the most twisted, antisocial ...

Fort Wayne Journal GazetteMilitary movies fill TCM weekend scheduleFort Wayne Journal Gazette“Battle of the Bulge” (8 a.m. today): Shown in Cinerama in some initial engagements, this 1965 drama (from director Ken Annakin, a specialist in big-cast epics) was of the all-star nature that many war movies of that era put forth, though former Gen ...

Telegraph.co.ukPeter Brace, stuntman and actor who worked with Sean Connery and Roger Moore – obituaryTelegraph.co.ukPeter Brace was born at Southwark in south-east London on August 30 1924. He made his first steps in the film industry when he was 23, as a jitterbugger in Ken Annakin's Holiday Camp (1947), the first in a series featuring […]

BATTLE OF THE BULGE: WUNDERLAND Movie ReviewPlanet WeeklyWilliam Wellman's classic “Battleground” (1949), Ken Annakin's star-studded, Cinerama tribute “Battle of the Bulge” (1965), Sidney Pollack's “Castle Keep” (1969) with Burt Lancaster, and Franklin J. Schaffner's biographical Best Picture “Patton” (1970 ...and more »

Spettakolo.it (Comunicati Stampa) (Blog)Premio Internazionale 2018 ad Alessandro Cicognini, uno dei padri della musica da film italianaSpettakolo.it (Comunicati Stampa) (Blog)... Comencini, Steno, Mastrocinque, Blasetti. La sua fama varca i confini nazionali e Hollywood lo chiama prima per Orchidea nera, 1958 di Martin Ritt con Sophia Loren e poi per Amami… e non giocare, 1965 di […]

A Manuel De Sica ed Umberto Scipione il Premio Cicognini diretto da Davide Cavuti, con la presenza di Lino CapolicchioHG news (Comunicati Stampa) (Blog)Ad Hollywood il Maestro Cicognini lavorò nei film Amami… e non giocare con la regia di Ken Annakin, Orchidea nera, diretto da Martin Ritt ed interpretato da Sophia Loren; Tempo d'Estate (1955) […]

Hull Daily MailRichest man hit the heights at his Beverley school - but not for what you might thinkHull Daily MailKen Annakin pictured outside Beverley's former Picture Playhouse. Prolific film director Ken Annakin is best known for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Other famous films directed by Annakin, who died in Beverly Hills […]

MousePlanetThe Story of Tarzan's TreehouseMousePlanetDirected by Ken Annakin (whose name inspired George Lucas to create an Anakin Skywalker character) and shot in Tobago (in the Caribbean) and Pinewood Studios (outside London), the film recounts a large Swiss family on their way to New Guinea whose ...