A professional organisation representing directors across all aspects of the media. It was founded by a group of leading British directors who were dissatisfied with their representation by the technical trades unions.
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Directors Guild of Great Britain
Michael Powell, 1905 - 1990, film director, lived here, 1951 - 1971. Director...
Born Joyce Phipps in Montpelier Square, London. Her mother was sister to Nancy Astor, MP, so she was "well brought up". Aged 19 she married Reggie, her husband until her death. The picture is a se...
Actor. Born in Dublin. During WW2 he served in the parachute regiment, and was one of the first to land in Normandy during Operation Overlord. He took up acting after the war, and one of his early ...
Born Rochester, Kent, Started in show-biz as a clown. First credited film role was in 1955 Cockleshell Heroes. Appeared in many films and TV series. Friend of Peter Sellers and other Goons. Die...
Actor. Born Kenneth Gilbert More at Raeden, Vicarage Way, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Starred in many successful films of the 1950/60s, including 'Genevieve' and in heroic roles such as Dougla...
Swedish-American actress and Hollywood star. Born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm. Died New York City. This Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer photo is a publicity still for the 1931 American film 'Inspirat...
Jackie Free, British jazz trombonist. Born in Leytonstone, lived here between 1932 - 1954 "A fine trombone man" (Louis Armstrong 1956) Wa...
The picture shows the frigidarium, with statues in niches near the tops of the columns. The Turkish baths, constructed as part of the 1913 extension to the Imperial Hotel, were the subject of an e...
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