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Antony Darnborough is a Director and Producer British born on 6 october 1913

Antony Darnborough

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 october 1913
Death 24 september 2000 (at 86 years)

Antony Darnborough est un producteur de cinéma et un réalisateur britannique né le 6 octobre 1913 à Weybridge (Surrey) et mort le 24 septembre 2000 à Londres (Angleterre).

Biography

Grâce à des connaissances de sa famille, il commence à travailler pour le Daily Mail avant d'intégrer la Royal Artillery pendant la guerre. Ensuite, son beau-frère Muir Mathieson, le compositeur et chef d'orchestre, lui fait rencontrer Sydney Box, avec qui il va travailler aux Riverside Studios puis aux studios Gainsborough. Il commence comme directeur de production, puis devient rapidement producteur.

En 1957, il crée sa propre société de production, spécialisée dans les documentaires et les publicités.

Usually with

Sydney Box
Sydney Box
(7 films)
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Antony Darnborough (16 films)

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Director

The Astonished Heart, 1h25
Directed by Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, Margaret Leighton, Joyce Carey, Amy Veness, Ralph Michael
Rating60% 3.000753.000753.000753.000753.00075
The film follows the growing obsession of a psychiatrist (Coward) for a good-time girl (Leighton) and the resulting tragedy this leads to.
So Long at the Fair, 1h26
Directed by Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Jean Simmons, David Tomlinson, Honor Blackman, Cathleen Nesbitt, Zena Marshall
Rating71% 3.5927153.5927153.5927153.5927153.592715
In 1889, young Englishwoman Vicky Barton (Jean Simmons) and her brother Johnny (David Tomlinson) arrive in Paris to see the Exposition Universelle. This is Vicky's first time in Paris, and after checking into a hotel, she drags her tired brother to dinner and the famous Moulin Rouge. She finally retires for the night, while Johnny has a late-night drink. When English painter George Hathaway (Dirk Bogarde) drops off his girlfriend, Rhoda O'Donovan (Honor Blackman), and her mother (Betty Warren) at the hotel, he asks Johnny for change for a 100 franc note to pay a carriage driver; Johnny loans him 50 francs and gives him his name and room number.

Producer

The Net
The Net (1953)
, 1h26
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Muriel Pavlow, Noel Willman
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.8155852.8155852.8155852.8155852.815585
Un groupe de scientifiques de plusieurs nationalités (Anglais, Écossais, Irlandais, Allemands, Français) travaillent sur un prototype mi-engin spatial, mi-avion. Le film s'intéresse aux phases de test, mais aussi aux relations entre les différents personnages, sans oublier la présence d'un espion.
The Net
The Net (1953)
, 1h26
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Noel Willman, Maurice Denham
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.8155852.8155852.8155852.8155852.815585
At a secret aviation research station in the English countryside, an international group of scientists are working on the prototype of a revolutionary new aircraft, known as the M7, capable of flying at up to 2,000 miles per hour. The atmosphere is competitive rather than co-operative, with fierce rivalry between the various scientists. The project leader Michael Heathley (Donald) is so wrapped up with the M7 that his wife Lydia (Calvert) feels neglected and that she is being sidelined in favour of her husband's work. At a social gathering she strikes up a conversation with Heathley's colleague Alex Leon (Lom), and the pair are soon circling one another. Meanwhile, Heathley is desperate to test the M7, but is continually stonewalled by facility director Carrington (Maurice Denham).
Personal Affair, 1h22
Directed by Jim O'Connolly, George Pollock, Anthony Pelissier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about education
Actors Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Glynis Johns, Walter Fitzgerald, Megs Jenkins, Pamela Brown
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.242923.242923.242923.242923.24292
Glynis Johns plays Barbara Vining, a teen-age student that has an unrequited crush on her Latin teacher, Stephen Barlow (Leo Genn). When Barlow's wife Kay (GeneTierney) finds out about this, she confronts Barbara, who is humiliated and runs off. Stephen chases after her to try to calm her down near a local river.
The Astonished Heart, 1h25
Directed by Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, Margaret Leighton, Joyce Carey, Amy Veness, Ralph Michael
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.000753.000753.000753.000753.00075
The film follows the growing obsession of a psychiatrist (Coward) for a good-time girl (Leighton) and the resulting tragedy this leads to.
Traveller's Joy, 1h18
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Googie Withers, John McCallum, Maurice Denham, Yolande Donlan, Colin Gordon, Peter Illing
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.913362.913362.913362.913362.91336
With extensive restrictions on how much foreign exchange British travellers can take outside the realm (then £5), a variety of English men and women are trapped in expensive Sweden.
Highly Dangerous, 1h30
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Monde imaginaire, Political films
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Marius Goring, Naunton Wayne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Olaf Pooley
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.952542.952542.952542.952542.95254
Une entomologiste est envoyée en mission secrète en Europe de l'Est pour analyser certains insectes qui sont élevés par l'ennemi pour répandre des maladies. Elle reçoit l'aide d'un journaliste américain.
Once Upon a Dream, 1h27
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Guy Middleton, David Horne, Anthony Steel, Raymond Lovell
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.917042.917042.917042.917042.91704
The film is a comedy and a social commentary on the period and is set just after World War II.
Boys in Brown, 1h25
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Théâtre, Évasion, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley, Barbara Murray, Patrick Holt
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.052773.052773.052773.052773.05277
Teenager Jackie Knowles (Richard Attenborough) drives a getaway car in a robbery. He is captured and sentenced to serve three years in a borstal institution run by a sympathetic governor (Jack Warner). He befriends Alfie (Dirk Bogarde) and Bill (Jimmy Hanley).
Helter Skelter, 1h24
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors David Tomlinson, Carol Marsh, Mervyn Johns, Peter Hammond, Richard Hearne, Jon Pertwee
Roles Producer
Rating52% 2.626042.626042.626042.626042.62604
Susan Graham (Carol Marsh) is a discontented heiress whose joint guardians (Mervyn Johns and Peter Haddon) are both trying to get her married to their odious nephews (Peter Hammond and Geoffrey Sumner, respectively). On her nineteenth birthday, the five of them visit a nightclub called the Magnolia Club; also present happens to be radio star Nick Martin (David Tomlinson), whom Susan detests. When she is inadvertently seated at Martin's table directly in front of the floor show, she refuses to move, and Martin, despite his radio reputation as a fearless detective, is too intimidated by her hauteur to insist. This, however, proves to be a mixed blessing for Susan; when the evening's principal performer, a ventriloquist, comes out, she laughs so hard at his routine that she gets a bad case of the hiccups. She attempts to cure them by getting a drink of water, but succeeds only in getting caught in the crossfire of a pie fight.
My Brother's Keeper, 1h36
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Jack Warner, George Cole, Jane Hylton, David Tomlinson, Bill Owen, Yvonne Owen
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.14363.14363.14363.14363.1436
Handcuffed together, George Martin (Jack Warner) and Willie Stannard (George Cole) are two newly convicted criminals being transported to prison. Martin is a hardened, cynical career criminal, while Stannard is a naïve, rather dull-witted youth who has never previously been in trouble with the law, maintains his innocence of the rape for which he has been convicted and is terrified by the prospect of prison. During the journey the pair manage to escape. Martin steals an army officer's uniform and passes Stannard off as a deserter in his charge, being returned to face a military tribunal.
Portrait from Life, 1h30
Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom, Patrick Holt, Sybille Binder
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.3256253.3256253.3256253.3256253.325625
Le major Lawrence part en Allemagne à la recherche d'une femme dont il a vu le portait dans une exposition de peintures.
The Calendar, 1h19
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Greta Gynt, John McCallum, Raymond Lovell, Sonia Holm, Leslie Dwyer, Charles Victor
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.9588452.9588452.9588452.9588452.958845
After losing his money at the races, a racehorse owner's (John McCallum) fiancée (Greta Gynt) jilts him and marries a Lord (Raymond Lovell). Whilst drowning his sorrows, the racehorse owner becomes involved in a big-race scandal. The plot is to steal his own prize horse before a race, therefore increasing the odds in another big race, the Ascot Gold Cup. Can he successfully recoup his fortune and also win again in the romantic stakes?
Dear Murderer, 1h30
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price, Jack Warner, Maxwell Reed, Hazel Court
Roles Producer's Assistant
Rating68% 3.438643.438643.438643.438643.43864
Lee and Vivien Warren (Portman and Gynt) are trapped in a nightmare marriage. Vivien is despising, devious and habitually unfaithful while Lee is pathologically jealous. On his return from a lengthy business trip to New York, Lee finds several cards addressed to Vivien signed "Love Always" and determines to kill her latest lover, Richard Fenton (Dennis Price). He confronts Fenton, who admits to his affair with Vivien, and persuades him to end the relationship by writing her a farewell letter. He then kills Fenton, and stages the scene to look like a suicide, believing he has committed the perfect crime as the letter which Fenton had just written at his dictation has all the appearance of a suicide note.