Pictures

Jean Simmons as Sergeant Sarah Brown wears white gloves in a publicity shot for the film Guys and Dolls, from 1955.

Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) looks askance at Bob Cratchit (Mervyn Johns) in a scene from Scrooge (1951)

Jassy Woodroffe (Margaret Lockwood) and Nick Helmar (Basil Sydney) play chess in front of the fire at Mordelaine, in the film Jassy (1947)

Col Tusker Smalley (Trevor Howard) and Lucy Smalley (Celia Johnson) sit in front of mountains and chat in Staying On (1980)

Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray, British actor and actress – and in private a loving couple – pose together for a photograph

Anna Neagle (as Judy Howard) and Michael Wilding (as Lord Richard) in a photograph from Spring in Park Lane (1948) (1)

Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) opens a cereal packet as Beatrice Severn (Maureen O’Hara) watches on, in a scene from Our Man in Havana

Hugh Williams (as Jim Wyndham) and Linden Travers (as Helen Norwood Bernardy) in a photograph from Brief Ecstasy (1937)

Madeleine Carroll (as Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark) in a photograph from The Dictator (1935)

Hester (Margaret Lockwood) and the Marquis of Rohan (James Mason) exchange looks in The Man in Grey

Keith Michell (as Sir Paul Deverill) and Melina Mercouri (as Belle) in a photograph from The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)

The Elector Ernest Augustus (Frederick Valk), Knesbeck (Jill Balcon) and Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) look pensive in Saraband for Dead Lovers

Alec (Trevor Howard) shakes hands with Laura (Celia Johnson) to bid farewell as she leaves on a train in Brief Encounter

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)

Colour photo from This Happy Breed (1944) featuring people in a crowd waving Union Jacks

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

Shirley Pemberton (Barbara Murray) and Arthur Pemberton (Stanley Holloway) in Passport to Pimlico

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

Joe (Jonathan Ashmore), in plaid shirt and grey cardigan, holds his pet goat as they sit outside in A Kid for Two Farthings

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

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

Actresses Julia Lockwood and Vicki Michelle join Richard Williams at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for Julia’s mother, 1940s British film star Margaret Lockwood

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

Photograph from Pool of London (1951) (1)

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.