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Stunt man Eddie Powell, director Freddie Francis and actresses Hazel Court, Janette Scott and Janina Faye were among the Guest line-up for the 10th Festival of Fantastic Films this September. Having been held every year in Manchester, UK, throughout the 1990s, and though with attendances of only a few hundred, the Festival has not only become an event of national significance for British fantastic film fans, but regularly sees pros and fans from such places as the US or Japan. Indeed in recent years the event has seen premièred a number of independent movies and this year was no exception with the première of
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Born in Morecambe, UK, Janette Scott had a dozen movie credits to her name before she turned ten, and had ‘written’ an autobiography by age 14. (Which was considered a wee bit early back then, today, many have written a revised second edition at that age.) Of her early works, only "No Highway in the Sky” (1951, with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich) is well remembered. In 1956 she was cast as Kassandra in "Helen of Troy” (Brigitte Bardot playing Helen). "Day of the Triffids” was originally shot without her, but the producers were so unhappy with that first version that they had ‘Karen Goodwin’ added to the script and the respective scenes (including the famous lighthouse scene) shot with Janette Scott and edited in. In fact, Janette never met her ‘co-star’ Howark Keele in all her life.
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The daughter of character actress Thora Hird, Janette Scott began her film career at the age of 4 in Went the Day Well? (1942). Janette remained a popular if not particularly stellar child actress until her 1955 "coming of age" film Now and Forever. Occasionally allotted important parts in major films (Cassandra in 1956's Helen of Troy), (Judith in 1957's The Devil's Disciple), Janette is ... remembered for her work in such medium-budget horror melodramas as Day of the Triffids (1962) Crack in the World (1965). Generally cast in sweet-natured roles, Janette served up a surprising characterization in the 1963 remake of The Old Dark House--especially surprising if one remembers the plot of the 1932 original. In her last film, Mission to Paradise (1965), Janette, gamely but with obvious discomfort, frolicked about in a makeshift bikini.
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The daughter of character actress Thora Hird, Janette Scott began her film career at the age of 4 in Went the Day Well? (1942). Janette remained a popular if not particularly stellar child actress until her 1955 "coming of age" film Now and Forever. Occasionally allotted important parts in major...Read More
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The older brother of actor Scott Brady, Lawrence Tierney got his start in Hollywood playing bit parts in the early 1940s; in 1943, he signed a contract with RKO. A couple of years later, Tierney landed his breakthrough role as gangster John Dillinger in Dillinger (1945; with Anne Jeffreys), but this role led to his typecasting as a villian. Despite his bad guy image, well-publicized barroom brawls hurt Tierney's career; by the mid 1950s, he was washed up in Hollywood. He attempted several comebacks in the 1960s and 1970s, but his offscreen troubles shot his career down. In the early 1980s, Tierney cleaned up his act and finally was able to enjoy a well-deserved comeback in such films as Prizzi's Honor (1985), Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987), and Reservoir Dogs (1992). Tierney died in his sleep in late February 2002 at the age of 82.
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Simon (Oliver Reed) is a psychotic man who is driving his sister, Eleanor (Janette Scott) insane, so that he can inherit the estate of their dead parents. But when a mysterious man (Alexander Davion), who claims to be a long-lost relative, saves Eleanor from committing suicide, Simon's plans are thwarted. Simon vows to get revenge on the imposter and take care of his sister in the process.
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