Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-8 of 8
- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Compton Bennett started out as a bandleader and then became a commercial artist. He turned out a few amateur films that caught the attention of producer Alexander Korda's London Films, and they hired him in 1932 as a film editor. During World War II he directed a few instructional films for the British military and some propaganda shorts for the general public. His feature debut as a director was The Seventh Veil (1945), which was a big success. MGM took note, and he was brought to Hollywood to make films for them. The films he made there weren't particularly well-received--his most successful, King Solomon's Mines (1950), was lauded mainly for its impressive action scenes, which were in fact directed not by Bennett but by Andrew Marton, who received co-director credit--and he returned to Britain a few years later. While there he divided his time between films and television, with an occasional foray into directing theatrical productions. In 1957 he turned out two well-received films, After the Ball (1957) and The Mailbag Robbery (1957). He made his last feature in 1960 and, apart from an occasional foray into television, retired. He died in London in 1974.- Additional Crew
David Knowles was a professional mountaineer and guide. It was part of the Glencoe Mountain Rescue team in Glencoe, Scotland. He was born in Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, England, on July 20, 1947. His mother came from Lancashire farming stock, and his father, a Yorkshireman, was a riding instructor in the army and then a mounted policeman. David was the Dudley's twin brother. David and Dudley spent much of their childhood on their great aunt's farm in the Fylde of Lancashire. As schoolboys free time was devoted to walking and climbing in the Pennines and the lake District. At the age of 16, the two brothers became members of the newly-formed Pennine rescue team. After David and his brother Dudley graduated from London university, they both came to live in Glencoe, Scotland David worked as a professional mountaineer and guide. In 1974, he was hired by the production of Clint Eastwood's movie "The Eiger Sanction" as body double and photographer, with climbing experts and advisers from the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
By mid-afternoon, August 13, after the second day of filming on the North face of the Eiger in Switzlerland , as light began to fail, a wrap was called after shooting a rock slide sequence. While the team was preparing to be helicoptered off the north face, Mike Hoover remembered they had not taken any footage from the climbers' point of view of the boulders crashing down on them. With his handheld camera, Hoover and 26-year-old British climber David Knowles rappelled down to the ledge and took the needed footage. As they were gathering their gear, a huge rock broke free and smashed into the climbers, killing David Knowles and leaving Mike Hoover with a fractured pelvis and severely bruised muscles. Clint Eastwood considered canceling the production, but the climbers persuaded him to continue, assuring him that they all knew the risks of their trade and did not want Knowles' death to be meaningless.
In the Alps, he had ascents of the Dru N face in poor condition, Eiger N face and Freney Central Pillar. He also did much climbing in Africa, with notable first ascents on Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and Mawenzi. In Scotland some of his better known ascents were Dubh Loch monster and Gulliver with Ian Nicolson, Midnight Cowboy, a recent grade V on Aonach Dubh, S Buttress on Stob Coire nan Lockan, vademecum, a suspect ribbon of ice to the left of Hadran's wall and the first winter ascent of route 1 on Carn Dearg Buttress, both on Ben Nevis.
More humorously he said one of his great epics was an ascent of Observatory Ridge in Winter with a BBC television cameraman who had never climbed before, the ascent talking all day and half the night. He was liked by all and is greatly missed.- Kate O'Brien was born on 3 December 1897 in Limerick, England, UK. She was a writer, known for That Lady (1955), Talk of Angels (1998) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on 13 August 1974 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.
- Bruce Belfrage was born on 30 October 1901 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (1948) and Home to Danger (1951). He was married to Joyce Belfrage and Joan Henley. He died on 13 August 1974 in Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Maria Ofierska was born on 16 January 1896 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She died on 13 August 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Nihat Sami Banarli was born in 1907 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a writer, known for Bu vatan bizimdir (1958). He died on 13 August 1974 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Writer
E.B. Derr was born on 20 May 1891 in West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for The Deerslayer (1943), The Girl from Rio (1939) and Gang Bullets (1938). She died on 13 August 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Sándor Fülöp was born on 27 March 1889 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary [now Cluj-Napoca, Romania]. He was an actor, known for Egy csók és más semmi (1941), Dankó Pista (1940) and A Falu rossza (1916). He died on 13 August 1974 in Budapest, Hungary.