Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich to an unmarried mother. Â Adopted by a Billingsgate fish porter and wife. Â Aged 18 joined the army medical...
Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Theatre
Designed by Wylson and Long, it was located at 195 - 197 Walthamstow High Street. Known in rhyming slang as 'Aunty Alice', It opened as a cinema and music hall, and became a playhouse in 1952. It c...
Actor, director and visionary who recreated Shakespeare's Globe. Born Chicago. In 1952, while working in the UK, he heard that the House Un-American Activities had black-listed him so he decided to...
Film producer and director. Born Herbert Sydney Wilcox at Norwood. He fought in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1 and entered film production in 1922. Formed the British and Dominions Film Corporation ...
Welsh dramatist and actor. Born Flintshire, North Wales. Died at home, Flat 3, 123 Dovehouse Street.
Comedy actor. Born Bingfield Street, N1. David Benson's 6 minute video of David Benson's Kenneth Williams walk showing the Argyle Square area of London where Kenneth grew up. And the BBC iPlayer ha...
British film pioneer. Â Born in Fife, raised in Edinburgh. Â Came south as a master chemist. Became interested in photography and X-ray photography. Â 1896Â he introduced the first programme of films t...
Actor. Born Barabara Ann Deeks in Shoreditch. She made her west end debut in 1952, before joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop. In the cinema she was a regular in the 'Carry On' series, appea...
Film director, producer and restaurant critic. Born 40 Belsize Grove. Directed 42 movies, including Death Wish in 1974, many of which were either panned or criticised for their violence and misogyn...
Person, Cinema, Food & Drink, History, Journalism / Publishing
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