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She was born Hilda Winifred Maizels in Whitechapel, London in 1896. [1] Her father, Joseph Maizels, was a Jewish jeweller and silversmith who had immigrated to England from Kalisz, Poland; [2] he married her mother, Deborah Lipman, in London in 1893. [3] Lewis originally worked as a teacher, but started writing when she moved to Nottingham in ...
The Gentle Falcon is a historical novel for young readers by Hilda Lewis, based on the story of King Richard II and his child bride, Isabella, written in first person from the point of view of a close companion of the Queen. [1] [2] It was published by Oxford University Press in 1952 and adapted as a television series by the BBC in 1954. [3]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A would-be semi-documentary, illustrating the work of a chiromancer.Dr. Ranald's absence from the scenes in his office suggests that the two dramatised incidents of the suicide and the long-lost child – in both of which he does appear – were originally made independently, and later linked by the rather tedious office scencs.
It was directed by Alexander Mackendrick and is based on the novel The Day Is Ours by Hilda Lewis. It stars Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins and Terence Morgan, and features the first film appearance by Jane Asher. In the US the film was released as The Story of Mandy, [1] and later was sold to television as Crash of Silence. [2]
A. Hans Aarstad; Esteban Abada; Viktor Abakumov; José María Abalo; Alexander Abasheli; Sait Faik Abasıyanık; Gabriel Abbo; Richard Atkinson Abbot; Senda Berenson Abbott
When it comes to fighting for human rights "good trouble" just may be the answer as these John Lewis quotes show. The post 22 Inspiring John Lewis Quotes on Voting, Education, and Social Justice ...
Richard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet.He was an early associate of the Imagist movement. His 50-year writing career covered poetry, novels, criticism and biography.
Witness to Murder is a 1954 American film noir crime drama directed by Roy Rowland and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, and Gary Merrill. While the film received moderately positive reviews, it ended up as an also-ran to Alfred Hitchcock's somewhat similar Rear Window, which opened less than a month later. The latter picture was a box ...