Hermione Gingold

Hermione Gingold (9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother reportedly encouraged her not to remove. She starred on stage, on radio, in films, on television, and in recordings. She also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hermione Gingold, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Quine
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Kim Novak  •  Jack Lemmon  •  Ernie Kovacs

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Quine
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Kim Novak  •  Jack Lemmon  •  Ernie Kovacs

Garbo Talks (1984)

When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Anne Bancroft  •  Ron Silver  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Catherine Hicks

When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Anne Bancroft  •  Ron Silver  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Catherine Hicks

Gay Purr-ee (1962)

Mewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and his furry cohort, Robespierre, chase after Mewsette, but she's already fallen under the spell of a feline ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abe Levitow
CAST:  Judy Garland  •  Robert Goulet  •  Red Buttons  •  Paul Frees

Mewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and his furry cohort, Robespierre, chase after Mewsette, but she's already fallen under the spell of a feline ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abe Levitow
CAST:  Judy Garland  •  Robert Goulet  •  Red Buttons  •  Paul Frees

Gigi (1958)

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A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Leslie Caron  •  Maurice Chevalier  •  Louis Jourdan  •  Hermione Gingold

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Leslie Caron  •  Maurice Chevalier  •  Louis Jourdan  •  Hermione Gingold

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Haley Jr.
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gene Kelly  •  Peter Lawford

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Haley Jr.
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Bing Crosby  •  Gene Kelly  •  Peter Lawford

The Music Man (1962)

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A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Shirley Jones  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Ron Howard

A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morton DaCosta
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Shirley Jones  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Ron Howard

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Kelly
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Gene Kelly  •  Judy Garland  •  Mickey Rooney

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Kelly
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Gene Kelly  •  Judy Garland  •  Mickey Rooney

Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965)

Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a beautiful girl (Patricia Harty) from a fire, he fancies himself to be in love with her, leaving his wife and seeking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernest Pintoff
CAST:  Eugene Troobnick  •  Hermione Gingold  •  Patricia Harty  •  Arlene Golonka

Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a beautiful girl (Patricia Harty) from a fire, he fancies himself to be in love with her, leaving his wife and seeking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernest Pintoff
CAST:  Eugene Troobnick  •  Hermione Gingold  •  Patricia Harty  •  Arlene Golonka

Winter of the Witch (1969)

The life of a witch is disrupted by the arrival of a boy and his mother. The intruders' presence makes her struggle to adjust to the modern world, and to change from bad to good witch. Based on the book "Old Black Witch" by Wende and Harry Devlin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Herman
CAST:  Hermione Gingold  •  Anna Strasberg  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Jack Manning

The life of a witch is disrupted by the arrival of a boy and his mother. The intruders' presence makes her struggle to adjust to the modern world, and to change from bad to good witch. Based on the book "Old Black Witch" by Wende and Harry Devlin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Herman
CAST:  Hermione Gingold  •  Anna Strasberg  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Jack Manning

Someone at the Door (1936)

When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally will 'disappear', and he will be arrested for her murder! At his trial she will reappear, his acquittal will follow, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Brenon
CAST:  Aileen Marson  •  Billy Milton  •  Noah Beery  •  Charles Mortimer

When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally will 'disappear', and he will be arrested for her murder! At his trial she will reappear, his acquittal will follow, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Brenon
CAST:  Aileen Marson  •  Billy Milton  •  Noah Beery  •  Charles Mortimer

The Butler's Dilemma (1943)

Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  Richard Hearne  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Judy Kelly  •  Hermione Gingold

Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  Richard Hearne  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  Judy Kelly  •  Hermione Gingold

A Little Night Music (1977)

A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Prince
CAST:  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Diana Rigg  •  Len Cariou  •  Hermione Gingold

A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Prince
CAST:  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Diana Rigg  •  Len Cariou  •  Hermione Gingold

I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer is persuaded to take his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Sandra Dee  •  Robert Goulet  •  Andy Williams  •  Maurice Chevalier

An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer is persuaded to take his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Sandra Dee  •  Robert Goulet  •  Andy Williams  •  Maurice Chevalier

The Pickwick Papers (1952)

The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Langley
CAST:  James Hayter  •  James Donald  •  Nigel Patrick  •  Joyce Grenfell

The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Langley
CAST:  James Hayter  •  James Donald  •  Nigel Patrick  •  Joyce Grenfell

Our Girl Friday (1953)

Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and bald and bookish Professor Gibble. All fancy their chances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Langley
CAST:  Joan Collins  •  George Cole  •  Kenneth More  •  Robertson Hare

Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and bald and bookish Professor Gibble. All fancy their chances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Langley
CAST:  Joan Collins  •  George Cole  •  Kenneth More  •  Robertson Hare

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Burl Ives  •  Troy Donahue  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Hermione Gingold

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Burl Ives  •  Troy Donahue  •  Gert Fröbe  •  Hermione Gingold

Cosh Boy (1953)

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  James Kenney  •  Joan Collins  •  Betty Ann Davies  •  Robert Ayres

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  James Kenney  •  Joan Collins  •  Betty Ann Davies  •  Robert Ayres

The Naked Edge (1961)

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Eric Portman  •  Diane Cilento

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Eric Portman  •  Diane Cilento

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Epstein  •  Jeffrey Friedman
CAST:  Anjelica Huston  •  Annette Bening  •  Ellen Burstyn  •  Cher

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Epstein  •  Jeffrey Friedman
CAST:  Anjelica Huston  •  Annette Bening  •  Ellen Burstyn  •  Cher
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