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Died. February 1994 (aged 86) Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Occupation. Producer. Years active. 1933–1966 (film) John Croydon (3 November 1907 – February 1994) was a British film producer and production manager . He was employed at Ealing Studios for a number of years during the Michael Balcon era.
- Croydon Minster
Croydon Minster is the parish and civic church of the London...
- Croydon Minster
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London, it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping district.
- 192,064 (2011 Census)
Ian Curteis fu assunto per dirigere il film; esso sarebbe stato il suo primo film cinematografico, poiché tutti i suoi lavori precedenti erano stati televisivi. Curteis è stato assunto su insistenza del produttore John Croydon, fiducioso che Curteis avrebbe svolto un ottimo lavoro.
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Whitgift School was founded in 1596 by the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift and opened in 1600 as part of the Whitgift Foundation which had the aim of building a hospital and school in Croydon for the "poor, needy and impotent people" from the parishes of Croydon and Lambeth. Originally located in North End, Croydon in 1931 it moved to its cu...
Whitgift is located in a 45-acre (18 ha) parkland site. The ship (a model of HMS Ark Royal, the flagship of Lord Howard of Effingham against the Spanish Armada) that features prominently on the top of the school hall is a reminder of the history of the site. Additions since the 400th anniversary of the school have been a maze in the founder's garde...
Most boys are admitted to the school at the ages of 10 or 11 with smaller numbers of boys enter the school at 12, 13, 14 and 16. Entry is based on performance in entrance exams and interviews.
Since 2005, Whitgift has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to the Sixth Form as an optional alternative to A-Levels, as well as BTEC qualifications in sport and business studies.
Whitgift School offers co-curricular activities within the school. This is reflected in the sporting facilities as well as an array of musical activities.
Anthony Seldon, Head of Politics at Whitgift in the 1980s, head of Brighton, Wellington and Epsom Colleges, biographer of contemporary British political figures.Sir Dick White, Assistant Master in the 1930s, former Director General of MI5 and Head of MI6.The Southern Railway V Class was known as the Schools Class because all 40 locomotiveswere named after public schools. "Whitgift", SR no. 916 and BR no. 30916, was built in 1934 and withdrawn in 1962. The Whitgift nameplate that was formerly mounted on the front driving wheel-splasher of the locomotive is now on display in the Raeburn Library in th...
- 1596; 427 years ago
- Latin: Vincit qui patitur, ("He who perseveres, conquers")
Cesare Barbetti: tenente Dan Milton Prescott. Bruno Persa: capitano Ben Richards. Augusto Marcacci: dottor Paul von Essen. Gino Baghetti: console messicano Ramon de Guerrera. Il primo uomo nello spazio [2] ( First Man Into Space) è un film del 1959 diretto da Robert Day .
- 77 min
- 1959
- First Man Into Space
- Regno Unito
Il film, diretto da Robert Day e sceneggiato da Jan Read e John Croydon su un soggetto dello stesso Read, fu prodotto da Croydon per la Amalgamated Productions e girato nei Walton Studios a Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, Regno Unito con un budget stimato in 70.000 sterline.
