Shirley Eaton is best remembered for one role – image, rather: lying dead, painted in gold, for Goldfinger (1964), in one of the most iconic images in the history of
When things really started to wobble. The year of 1958 was a tricky one for the Rank Organisation – as discussed in an earlier piece, it started off with the company
For context read our earlier pieces on British Film-Makers (1951-53), Group Film Productions (1953-56) and Rank in 1956. The Rank Organisation began 1957 with a degree of optimism. It was
Our exploration into the world of Britain’s Rank Organisation looks at its output from 1956. This article is a sequel to our earlier pieces on the companies British Film-Makers and
Our series on people who almost, but not quite, became movie stars examines British actor Anne Heywood who, it seemed, was up for anything (on camera, at least). Anne Heywood
Our series on actors who never quite became movie stars looks at ‘50s British starlet Maureen Swanson. Legendary cricket player Greg Chappell had a philosophy that underpinned his mediocre reign
Our series on British film moguls discusses perhaps the most hated of them all, John Davis. It’s kind of cheating to include John Davis in this series because if you