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Anthony Kimmins is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 10 november 1901
Anthony Martin Kimmins (born 10 November 1901 – 19 May 1964) was an English director, playwright, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Kimmins was born in Harrow, London on 10 November 1901, the son of the social activists Charles William Kimmins and Grace Kimmins. He served in the Royal Navy, and upon leaving the navy he became an actor.
His first directorial assignment was Keep Fit. Kimmins wrote and directed many of George Formby's best comedies. During World War II he returned to the Navy, running the Navy newspaper in Sydney during the Pacific war.
After the war he produced an eclectic mix of films, such as the psychological thriller Mine Own Executioner (1947), Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) and Mr. Denning Drives North (1951). In the 1950s Kimmin's work included the Sir Alec Guinness comedy The Captain's Paradise and the children's Smiley series of films. His final film harked back to his early days – it was The Amorous Prawn (1962). He died in 1964, aged 62, at Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England.
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Kimmins was born in Harrow, London on 10 November 1901, the son of the social activists Charles William Kimmins and Grace Kimmins. He served in the Royal Navy, and upon leaving the navy he became an actor.
His first directorial assignment was Keep Fit. Kimmins wrote and directed many of George Formby's best comedies. During World War II he returned to the Navy, running the Navy newspaper in Sydney during the Pacific war.
After the war he produced an eclectic mix of films, such as the psychological thriller Mine Own Executioner (1947), Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) and Mr. Denning Drives North (1951). In the 1950s Kimmin's work included the Sir Alec Guinness comedy The Captain's Paradise and the children's Smiley series of films. His final film harked back to his early days – it was The Amorous Prawn (1962). He died in 1964, aged 62, at Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England.
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The Golden Cage (1933)
, 1h2Directed by Ivar Campbell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Romance
Actors Anne Grey, Anthony Kimmins, Frank Cellier, Mackenzie Ward, Cecil Parker
Roles Paul Mortimer
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The Amorous Prawn (1962)
, 1h29Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Films based on plays
Actors Ian Carmichael, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price, Robert Beatty, Liz Fraser
Rating55%
General Fitzadam receives his final posting in the remote Scottish Highlands, where his wife decides to run their residence as a hotel for wealthy Americans.
Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)
, 1h30Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Guy Doleman, Leonard Teale, Ruth Cracknell, Gordon Chater AM
Rating71%
A young boy named Smiley desperately wants a gun. A deal is made between him and Sergeant Flaxman that if he gets 8 nicks (marks on a certain tree) for his good deeds he will get a £2 rifle. He has several adventures and is accused to stealing some gold. Smiley runs away but the real thief is caught and Smiley is rewarded with a gun.
Smiley (1956)
, 1h37Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Chips Rafferty, John McCallum, Colin Petersen, Bud Tingwell, Leonard Teale
Rating65%
Smiley is a mischievous boy who lives in the small country town of Murrumbilla. His father is an alcoholic drover and he is always getting into trouble with his best friend Joey. He decides to save up enough money to buy a bicycle.
Aunt Clara (1954)
, 1h24Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Rutherford, Ronald Shiner, A. E. Matthews, Fay Compton, Nigel Stock, Jill Bennett
Rating64%
Clara Hilton (Margaret Rutherford), is a puritanical old lady whose eccentric uncle dies and leaves her five racing greyhounds, a broken-down pub, and a successful brothel. When confronted with her property, Clara is outraged, but shrewdly finds a way to convert the tainted money to good use for a children’s holiday fund. Clara also keeps Simon’s outspoken valet Henry Martin (Ronald Shiner) on to assist her.
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
, 1h33Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Alec Guinness, Celia Johnson, Yvonne De Carlo, Charles Goldner, Miles Malleson, Bill Fraser
Rating67%
In early 1950s North Africa, a man (Alec Guinness) is escorted through an angry, clamouring crowd by a platoon of soldiers. They enter a fort and it is clear that he is to be executed. The commander (Peter Bull) orders the men to line up in two rows and gives the order to fire. As the shots ring out, the scene changes to a ferry ship, the "Golden Fleece" in the docks as the passengers embark for the two days' journey to Gibraltar. Amongst the crew, there is much dismay, and the chief officer, Carlos Ricco (Charles Goldner) takes to his cabin with the clear intention of getting drunk. He is interrupted by an elderly gentleman, Lawrence St. James (Miles Malleson), who had come to speak his nephew, Captain Henry St. James on an unspecified, but urgent, matter. He is profoundly shocked to learn that the grief he had encountered on the ship is due to the death of the man he had travelled from England to see. He begs Ricco, to explain what has led to such an event. He learns that his nephew Henry was the prosperous owner and skipper of this small passenger ship which he captained as it ferried regularly to and fro between Gibraltar and Kalique, a port in North Africa.
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
, 1h34Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Charles Goldner, Miles Malleson, Bill Fraser
Rating67%
Au début des années 1950, au nord du Maroc (alors sous protectorat espagnol), Henry Saint James est amené devant un peloton d'exécution. Alors que les soldats se préparent à tirer, se déroule un long flashback.
Who Goes There! (1952)
, 1h25Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson, George Cole, Peggy Cummins, A. E. Matthews, Anthony Bushell
Rating57%
Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Genres Drama
Actors John Mills, Phyllis Calvert, Herbert Lom, Sam Wanamaker, Raymond Huntley, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Rating66%
Flesh and Blood (1951)
Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, André Morell, Joan Greenwood, George Cole, James Hayter
Rating59%
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
, 2h16Directed by Robert Stevenson, Leslie Arliss, Anthony Kimmins, Alexander Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Judy Campbell, Jack Hawkins, Morland Graham, John Laurie
Rating52%
In 1745, Flora MacDonald plays a Jacobite song on the piano and is scolded by her stepfather for its seditious nature. In Italy, James, the Old Pretender, wants to make another attempt at regaining the English throne but is worried that he is too old. It is decided to send his son, Charles.
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
, 1h48Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Burgess Meredith, Dulcie Gray, Michael Shepley, Christine Norden, Kieron Moore, Walter Fitzgerald
Rating66%
Felix Milne (Meredith) is an overworked psychologist with psychological problems of his own. Molly Lucian has a husband traumatized from having been in a Japanese POW camp, and she needs Milne's help in treating her husband, Adam. Adam is about to become severely schizophrenic. To make matters worse, Felix finds his own home life deteriorating.
Come on George! (1939)
, 1h28Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Musical films, Horse sports in film
Actors George Formby, Dirk Bogarde, Pat Kirkwood, Joss Ambler, Meriel Forbes, George Carney
Rating62%
This farce stars comedian George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins.
Trouble Brewing (1939)
, 1h27Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Musical films
Actors George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton, Esma Cannon, Garry Marsh, C. Denier Warren
Rating62%
George Formby plays a Daily Sun compositor who wins a large sum at the racing. He is paid with counterfeit notes. Formby’s character (George Gullip) then tries to find the criminals. In the process he goes "under cover" as a waiter and a wrestler. Clues suggest the villain is Gullip’s own boss.
I See Ice (1938)
, 1h24Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors George Formby, Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfeld, Cyril Ritchard, Garry Marsh, Frederick Burtwell
Rating59%
The farcical adventures of a prop man (George Formby) with a touring ice ballet. Inventing a new sort of candid camera in his spare time, and concealing it in a bow-tie, our hero gets into a mess of trouble when he takes an incriminating photo of an important man; pulls a communication cord; winds up in jail; referees a hockey match; finds himself in a stage show dressed as a cosack; woos an attractive young ice skater (Kay Walsh); and eventually wins a job on a newspaper.