Anthony Pelissier

Director

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Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

July 27, 1912

Biography

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Anthony Pelissier worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Pelissier's very first role as a director was on "The History of Mr. Polly" (1949) with John Mills. Pelissier also appeared in "The Rocking Horse Winner" (1949). Later in his career, Pelissier worked on the Nigel Patrick dramatic comedy "Encore" (1951). Pelissier passed away in April 1988 at the age ...

Filmography

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Personal Affair (1953)

Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)

Director of "Winter Cruise"

Meet Me Tonight (1952)

Night Without Stars (1951)

The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

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Over The Moon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) The Ways Of Other Crooks

Over The Moon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) My Animal Suite

Biography

Anthony Pelissier worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Pelissier's very first role as a director was on "The History of Mr. Polly" (1949) with John Mills. Pelissier also appeared in "The Rocking Horse Winner" (1949). Later in his career, Pelissier worked on the Nigel Patrick dramatic comedy "Encore" (1951). Pelissier passed away in April 1988 at the age of 76.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Personal Affair (1953)

Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)

Director of "Winter Cruise"

Meet Me Tonight (1952)

Night Without Stars (1951)

The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

The History of Mr. Polly (1949)

Writer (Feature Film)

The History of Mr. Polly (1949)

The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)

Vacation from Marriage (1945)

Over the Moon (1940)

Life Events

Videos

Over The Moon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) The Ways Of Other Crooks Previously penniless orphan Yorkshire landowner Jane (Merle Oberon) has just inherited millions, causing brazen quasi-relative Julie (Zena Dare) to visit from London, followed by Millie (Ursula Jeans), the doctor boyfriend Freddie (Rex Harrison) just finding out, in Over The Moon, 1940.

Over The Moon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) My Animal Suite Montage of Jane (Merle Oberon) trying to spend her windfall inheritance, to a London dressmaker (Carl Jaffe) with Julie and Millie (Zena Dare, Ursula Jeans), disturbed boyfriend Freddie (Rex Harrison) sussing out a reporter (David Tree), in director Thornton Freeland's Over The Moon, 1940.

Over The Moon (1940) -- (Movie Clip) With Unslaked Desire Over the top Yorkshire gloom on the road signs, director Thornton Freeland introduces doctor Freddie (Rex Harrison), impecunious orphan Jane (Merle Oberon) and her needy butler Ladbrooke (Herbert Lomas), opening Over The Moon, 1940, from a story by Robert Sherwood and Lajos Biro.

Encore (1951) -- (Movie Clip) She Was A Crashing Bore The author introduces the third piece in the third film based on his own stories, W. Somerset Maugham, on "Winter Cruise," starring Kay Walsh as Molly Reid, Noel Purcell her ship's captain, in Encore, 1951, segment directed by Anthony Pelissier.

Vacation From Marriage (1945) -- (Movie Clip) What Have You Done With Him? Her husband (Robert Donat) off at sea, 1940, Cathy (Deborah Kerr) on her first day with the Women's Royal Naval Service (the "Wrens"), meets brassy colleague Dizzy (Glynis Johns), in Alexander Korda's Vacation From Marriage, 1945.

Personal Affair (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Sudden Madness Public school Latin teacher Stephen (Leo Genn) after class, being loosely stalked by student Barbara (Glynis Johns) then meeting American wife Kay (Gene Tierney), early in Personal Affair, 1953.

Personal Affair (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Individual Attention Latin instructor Stephen (Leo Genn) with enthralled student Barbara (Glynis Johns), who is less interested in his American wife Kay (Gene Tierney), in Personal Affair, 1953, from a play and screenplay by Lesley Storm.

Rocking Horse Winner, The -- (Movie Clip) There Must Be More Money Wealthy uncle Oscar (Ronald Squire) discusses finances with sister Hester (Valerie Hobson) and her husband Richard (Hugh Sinclair) in director Anthony Pelissier's The Rocking Horse Winner, 1949.

Rocking Horse Winner, The -- (Movie Clip) Every Filthy Penny A court bailiff (Cyril Smith) plants himself in the home of the panicked Hester Grahame (Valerie Hobson) in The Rocking Horse Winner, 1949, from a D.H. Lawrence story.

Rocking Horse Winner, The -- (Movie Clip) Aren't You Lucky? Young Paul (John Howard Davies) has questions about luck and money for his mother Hester (Valerie Hobson) after she receives an unpleasant notice in The Rocking Horse Winner, 1949, from the D.H. Lawrence story.

Rocking Horse Winner, The -- (Movie Clip) Are We Dressing? Young Paul (John Howard Davies) has just met new handyman Bassett (John Mills) when his mum Hester (Valerie Hobson) collects him and chats with father Richard (Hugh Sinclair) in The Rocking Horse Winner, 1949.

Family

Fay Compton

Mother

Actor. Born September 18, 1894, died 1978.

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