The Old Dark House is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy horror film directed by James Whale. Based on the 1927 novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley, the film...
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The Old Dark House is a 1963 comedy horror film directed by William Castle. A remake of Universal's 1932 film of the same name directed by James Whale...
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The Old Dark House may refer to: The Old Dark House (1932 film), an American pre-Code horror film The Old Dark House (1963 film), a comedy-mystery film...
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An Inspector Calls (category British plays adapted into films)
befall them. The (deceased) young woman who represents the working class in a capitalist society. She is described as young and pretty, with dark eyes. Her...
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Benighted (novel) (category British novels adapted into films)
country house during a storm. The book was released in the United States in 1928. It served as the basis for James Whale's film The Old Dark House in 1932 and...
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a 2015 British thriller television film written by Helen Edmundson, based on the 1945 J. B. Priestley play of the same name. It is directed by Aisling...
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a 1954 British drama film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham and Eileen Moore. It is based upon the 1945 play An Inspector...
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The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. The top ten 1932 released...
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Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and...
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J. B. Priestley (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
Old Dark House (1932); the novel was published under the film's name in the United States. Priestley's first major success came with a novel, The Good...
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figure. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was adapted twice into film. The novel is written in picaresque style and opens with the middle-aged...
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The Shapes of Sleep is a 1962 mystery novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. Klein p.346 Klein, Holger. J.B. Priestley's Fiction. Peter Lang, 2002...
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the social problems he witnesses and appeals for democratic socialist change. English Journey was an influential work, inspiring George Orwell's The Road...
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doctor and a 17-year-old cello-playing student – urge him to fight on." Reviewing the first production, Philip Hope-Wallace of The Manchester Guardian...
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three acts. The first act is set in the Conway house in 1919 on the night of the birthday of one of the daughters, Kay. Act Two moves to the same night...
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Jacquetta Hawkes (category Governors of the British Film Institute)
degree from Newnham College. After her graduation, in 1932, she travelled to Palestine and joined the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, in order...
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It's an Old Country is a 1967 novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. An Australian visits England to find his long-lost father, encountering a range...
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The Glass Cage is a 1957 play by J.B. Priestley. It originally premiered at the Crest Theatre in Toronto before transferring to London's West End where...
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a 1951 comic novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. A small town in the Midlands decides to hold its own event during the Festival of Britain. Klein...
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bossy cashier Old Sam Haley Malcolm Nixey (nephew of Buckner) and Eleanor Nixey The Alington family John Alington and Mrs Alington Joan (dark), Eva (fair)...
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play by the British author J.B. Priestley. It was inspired by Priestley's experience of attending a postwar UNESCO conference. It premiered at the Princes...
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Over The Long High Wall is a 1972 autobiographical work by the British writer J. B. Priestley. Klien p.625 Klein, Holger. J.B. Priestley's Fiction. Peter...
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is a 1932 American pre-Code romance drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1929...
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Dangerous Corner (category 1932 plays)
is a 1932 British play by the English writer J. B. Priestley, the first of his "Time Plays". It was premiered in May 1932 by Tyrone Guthrie at the Lyric...
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play by the British writer J.B. Priestley. It features a series of comical episodes revolving around life in wartime Britain. It premiered at the New Theatre...
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Blackout in Gretley is a 1942 spy thriller novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. The plot revolves around Nazi espionage in an industrial Midlands...
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music therapy. Drawing on the theories of Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Melanie Klein, analytic music therapy involves the use of musical improvisation...
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No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac...
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Salt Is Leaving is a 1966 mystery novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. Doctor Salt begins to investigate when one of his patients Noreen Wilks...
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director of the New Central Electric Company, retires to his country house to consider his future. He makes the acquaintance of three strange old gentlemen...
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