约翰·福特是美国最伟大和最多产的导演之一，一生出品(导演)过超过130部长片。 约翰·福特出生于缅因州的伊丽莎白角(Cape Elizabeth)，是一个爱尔兰移民家庭中最小的孩子。1913年高中毕业后，跟随大哥Francis进入好莱坞电影界。跟他大哥一样，他把名也改成福特。在好莱坞的初...
In Britain, special Christmas plays called pantomimes are produced for children. Jack Hawkins made his London theatrical debut at age 12, playing the elf king in "Where The Rainbow Ends". At 17, he got the lead role of St. George in the same play. At 18, he made his debut on Broadway in "Journey's End". At 21, he was back in London playing a young lover in "Autumn Crocus". He married his leading lady, Jessica Tandy. That year he also played his first real film role in the 1931 sound version of Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger (1932). During the 30s, he took his roles in plays more seriously than the films he made. In 1940, Jessica accepted a role in America and Jack volunteered to serve in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Billie Whitelaw first appeared on the radio aged 11. She made her theatrical debut in 1950 and in films from 1953. She has made a speciality of playing intense, single-purposed women. Also, (on stage), she has appeared in many of the stranger plays by Samuel Beckett.
