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Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill (née Bickle; 18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002), known professionally as Phyllis Calvert, was an English film, stage and television actress. [2] She was one of the leading stars of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s such as The Man in Grey (1943) and was one of the most popular movie stars in Britain in the ...
Pages in category "1940s in British cinema" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. B. List of British films of 1940; List of British films of 1941;
During the mid-1940s, with many of the men fighting in the Second World War, and many of the children evacuated to rural areas, women attained more financial responsibility and independence by having to work, and Gainsborough Pictures took advantage of this by providing films with powerful images of female independence and rebellion that resonated deeply with audiences.
Both Chaplin and Laurel occasionally dressed as women in their films. Even the beefy American actor Wallace Beery appeared in a series of silent films as a Swedish woman. The Three Stooges, especially Curly (Jerry Howard), sometimes appeared in drag in their short films. The tradition has continued for many years, usually played for laughs.
US/British co-production with British cast, released in Europe as Lloyd of the C.I.D.; a.k.a. The Green Spot Mystery (the feature version); a lost film The Airmail Mystery: 12 Aviation Ray Taylor: James Flavin, Lucile Browne, Al Wilson, Walter Brennan: a lost film Heroes of the West: 12 Western: Ray Taylor: Noah Beery Jr., Onslow Stevens, Diane ...
Film director Dorothy Arzner was one of the top directors of 1920s–1940s Hollywood. Dorothy Arzner was the one of the very few women in executive positions to be successful from 1920s until 1940s Hollywood. From 1927 until 1943, Arzner was the only woman director working in Hollywood.
"Study: Women Film Directors Saw Their Numbers Shrink in 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Randall, Melissa (March 13, 2023). "The Best Female Directors: Celebrating Trailblazing Films & TV Shows". New York Film Academy. Smith, Anna (27 November 2019). "Top 100 films directed by women: What is the 'female ...
Television series which originated in the United Kingdom in the decade 1940s. i.e. in the years 1940 to 1949. Television shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United Kingdom should be removed from this category and its sub-categories