Throughout her life, VT
took direction from her father, the actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
, who had abandoned his job in the family corn-trading business to pursue a career on stage, and had changed...
Family and Intimate relationships
Iris Tree
IT
's father was actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
, who had given up a job in the family corn-merchant business to pursue acting. After his father told him, An actor can be tolerated only...
Textual Production
Dodie Smith
Autumn Crocus launched what theatre critic Ernest Short
called [a] Dodie Smith boom; in only six years, DS
had collected earnings of £60,000 from her plays.
Short, Ernest. Theatrical Cavalcade. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942.
202
In 1934, Autumn Crocus was made into...
Textual Production
Graham Greene
The film of The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed
, was released in January 1950. GG
began on the process of writing the script for this film by composing a narrative sketch of...
Timeline
1938: Carol Reed, a young film director/producer,...
Building item
1938
Carol Reed
, a young film director/producer, stormed the British film scene with two realistic docudramas: Stars Look Down, about mining, and Bank Holiday, about Londoners holidaying at the seaside.
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
216
1944: Carol Reed directed the film The Way Ahead,...
Building item
1944
Carol Reed
directed the film The Way Ahead, which denoted the change of focus in British film from action-adventure war movies to examinations of the psychological effect of war on people .
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
393
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
219
1946: Carol Reed directed the film adaptation of...
Building item
1946
Carol Reed
directed the film adaptation of the novel by F. L. Green
entitled Odd Man Out.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
398
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.
255
13 January 1950: Carol Reed's most successful film, The Third...
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13 January 1950
Carol Reed
's most successful film, The Third Man, starring Orson Welles
, opened in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
402
Robinson, David. The History of World Cinema. Stein and Day, 1981.