Pictures

June (Kim Hunter) and Peter (David Niven) in uniform look at each other in A Matter of Life and Death

Torquil (Roger Livesey) looks up at Joan (Wendy Hiller) who is up a ladder in I Know Where I’m Going!

British actor Trevor Howard smokes a cigarette. Howard is dressed in a herringbone jacket and tie

Miss Roc has been living and filming in France since her marriage to French cameraman Andre Thomas, in 1949; she has now returned to England, having separated from her husband. Portrait study by Nick de Morgoli [mid-late 1950s?].

The cast from An Ideal Husband take the dog for a walk outside a theatre featuring a poster for their show. Candid picture shows (L-R): Richard Todd (obscured by his cigarette smoke!), Margaret Lockwood, Michael Denison (with dog), Dulcie Gray, Roger Livesey and Ursula Jeans. Glasgow, 1961.

Elvis Presley and Jean Simmons at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s studios in Culver City, 1957. Presley is filming Jailhouse Rock and Simmons stars in This Could be the Night

Kathleen Harrison (Lillian Lord) listens to shopkeeper Stanley Holloway (Henry Lord) in The Happy Family (1952)

Jack Hulbert (as Jack Pennington) and Claude Hulbert (as Algy Longworth) in a photograph from Bulldog Jack (1935)

Alastair Sim (as Miss Amelia Fritton) and George Cole (as ‘Flash’ Harry) in a photograph from Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957)

Pearl Bolton (Kay Hammond), in a gingham dress, eats an apple as she sits on her bed and looks at a pin-up photo of a male film star

Julia Lockwood is joined in Upper Park Road, Kingston upon Thames, by local councillors, the presentation party and dignitaries from The Heritage Foundation. On the house wall behind the group is a blue plaque to commemorate the British actress Margaret Lockwood, who was a long-term resident of the borough. Picture shows (L-R): Councillor David Cunningham, Dennis Gimes (The Heritage Foundation), Councillor Mary Clark [Deputy Mayor], Julia Lockwood, Vicki Michelle (The Heritage Foundation), Richard Williams (Silver Sirens), Hilton Tims and Tim Harrison

Press photo call following the unveiling of a commemorative blue plaque for British actress Margaret Lockwood at 34, Upper Park Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. Photo shows (L-R): Councillor David Cunningham, Dennis Gimes, Julia Lockwood, Vicki Michelle, Richard Williams, Hilton Tims, Tim Harrison

Commemorative blue plaque for British Actress, Margaret Lockwood. Plaque reads: ‘Margaret Lockwood 1916-1990, British Film Actress Lived Here 1960-1990. The Royal Borough of Kingston. The Heritage Foundation’.

Margaret Lockwood commemorative blue plaque in situ erected on the front wall of her former house from 1960 to 1990: 34 Upper Park Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. Saturday, 4th July, 2015

Actress Julia Lockwood pulls the cord to unveil a commemorative blue plaque for her mother, British film star Margaret Lockwood. Upper Park Road, Kingston, Saturday, 4th July, 2015

Richard Williams, 1940s film buff and owner of ‘Silver Sirens – The Golden Age of British Cinema’, gives a speech about Margaret Lockwood at the unveiling of a commemorative blue plaque at 34, Upper Park Road, Kingston. Actresses Julia Lockwood and Vicki Michelle watch from the front garden. Saturday, 4th July, 2015.

Actress Julia Lockwood (in red trousers) waits in the refreshment tent in Upper Park Road, Kingston for the unveiling of a commemorative blue plaque for her mother, Margaret Lockwood

Margaret Lockwood plaque refreshment tent featuring posters for The Lady Vanishes and its screening. Cake stall taking donations for The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice

Margaret Lockwood blue plaque exhibition marquee, featuring photos, lobby cards and posters from the actress’s extensive film career

Upper Park Road, Kingston, road sign and poster for the unveiling of a Margaret Lockwood plaque on 4th July, 2015

Dennis Price sports a natty moustache, cravat and white jumper, all whilst smoking a cigarette

Alec Guinness, as the eponymous hero in a publicity shot for Father Brown (1954), wears glasses and a black biretta

Joe (Niall MacGinnis) uses a skull as a candle holder in East of Piccadilly

In the train carriage, Dr Hartz (Paul Lucas) questions Signora Doppo (Zelma Vas Dias) as Iris (Margaret Lockwood) and Gilbert (Michael Redgrave) look on

Victor Conway (Earl Cameron) and Danny Willard (David Hemmings) look at each other in The Heart Within

Mildred (Yvonne Mitchell) lies on the ground with blood oozing from her mouth

In a phone box, Joe Kirby (Harry Fowler) gives a cheery thumbs up to Mrs Kirby (Vida Hope)

Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) hides from the gang in Night and the City

Omar Sharif (Sherif Ali) looks menacingly at the back of Peter O’Toole (T.E. Lawrence)

Orson Welles (Harry Lime) hides behind a wall from armed guards in The Third Man

Roland Culver (Richard Halton) sits up in bed in On Approval as Googie Withers (Helen Hale) looks on

Will Hay (William Porter) on the phone in Oh, Mr Porter! is looked on by Moore Marriott (Jeremiah Harbottle) and Graham Moffatt (Albert)

Elsie (Marilyn Monroe) looks up at the Regent (Laurence Olivier) in The Prince and the Showgirl

Screen actor Michael Wilding, aged 39, with his actress-bride Elizabeth Taylor, aged 19, leave their London hotel for London Airport. They are flying to Paris for their honeymoon following their marriage yesterday (Thursday) at Caxton Hall, London. 22nd February, 1952.

James Mason doffs his hat as he returns home from Hollywood to make a film in England

David Niven as Raffles, and Olivia de Havilland as Gwen, in a promotional shot for Raffles (1939)

British actor Stewart Granger beams a smile at the camera in this candid shot. Granger is dressed in a light jacket, dark tie and pale shirt; on his left little finger he wears a sovereign ring

Actress Julia Lockwood pictured this afternoon (Monday) when she presented prizes to the winners of the Waddington Peter Pan Competition at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. The competition, which called on the children to fill in a questionnaire and complete a drawing on the Peter Pan theme, was divided into three age groups – five to seven; eight to ten and eleven to fourteen. As an experiment in mental therapy it is believed the idea has been successful. If this proves to be the case, other children’s hospital are expected to adopt the Waddington scheme. Child in the centre of the picture is another Julia – Julia Christian, 10, of Stamford, Lincolnshire. 24th June, 1963.

Deborah Kerr wears a 1940s uniform in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Lady Caroline Lamb (Joan Greenwood) turns away from Lord Byron (Dennis Price) in The Bad Lord Byron (1948). The couple are seated in a 19th century padded coach.

Anna Neagle, British actress, in a publicity photo wears a pearl necklace and a black dress

Richard Burton and Jean Simmons (as Marcellus Gallio and Diana) in the finale of The Robe (1953)

Guy Gibson (Richard Todd) and Barnes Wallis (Michael Redgrave) look out with their field glasses in The Dam Busters (1955)

Roger Livesey (as Clive Dandy) and Deborah Kerr in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Alfred Drayton (as Christopher Watney) and Sandra Storme (as Sadie) in a photograph from A Spot of Bother (1938) (1)

Stewart Granger (as Commander Claudius) and Rita Hayworth (as Princess Salome) in a photograph from Salome (1953) (12)

Margaret Lockwood holds her Daily Mail National Film Awards trophy for Best Film Actress of the Year

Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons attend the Golden Globe Awards at Ciro’s nightclub in Los Angeles, CA. 21st February, 1952.

Now look Roman... says Pamela Mason, as she prepares to snap an off-stage picture of husband James Mason, dressed in his toga for MGM’s Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, James Mason as Brutus, John Gielgud as Cassius, Louis Calhern as Caesar, Edmond O’Brien as Casca, Greer Garson as Calpurnia and Deborah Kerr as Portia. The picture was directed by Joesph L. Mankiewicz and produced by John Houseman.

Who could refuse ‘the perfect woman’? Stanley Holloway smiles gallantly while offering the remaining cake on the plate to co-star Patricia Roc, who plays the title role in The Perfect Woman. An off-set shot from The Perfect Woman, the Two Cities film version of the successful comedy starring Patricia Roc with Stanley Holloway and Nigel Patrick, produced by George and Alfred Black, and directed by Bernard Knowles at Denham.