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Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Guinness was one of three major British actors, along with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, who successfully made the transition from Shakespearean theatre in their home country to Hollywood blockbusters immediately after the Second World War. He has also won a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe, and a Tony Award, as well as an Academy Award. In 1959, he was knighted by Elizabeth II for services to the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1980, and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 1989.
The Mudlark
The Mudlark 1
The Mudlark 2
The Mudlark - Alec Guinness as Disraeli
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The Mudlark 1950 Trailer
Mudlark 1950 - Irene Dunne - Alec Guinness
Mudlark Speech
A night at the Mudlark Public Theatre
William Alwyn: Main Title music from "The Mudlark" (1950)
Powerful (fictitious) speech about the treatment of children in Victorian Britain.
A little orphan boy (Andrew Ray) who survives by scavenging on the River Thames, decides to walk to Windsor Castle to see Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne). For many years, Queen Victoria has shut herself away in the castle, in mourning for her beloved husband Albert -- and England is suffering. Despite the best advice of Prime Minister Disraeli (Alec Guinness) and her close friend John Brown (Finlay Currie), the queen refuses to return to her people. Can one small and desperately lonely child change her heart when the highest in the land have failed? A true British film classic, The Mudlark is now available to own for the very first time, and has been digitally restored and remastered for its first, eagerly awaited release on UK DVD. Starring: Alec Guiness Irene Dunne Andrew Ray Director: ...
Won't you join me for a night at the Mudlark Public Theatre? Featuring: 13 strings and a 2 dollar bill At the Well The Black Resonators
William Alwyn: Main Title music from "The Mudlark" (1950). Conducted by Muir Mathieson.
The Card is a black-and-white film version of the novel by Arnold Bennett. Entitled The Promoter for its American audience, it was adapted by Eric Ambler and directed by Ronald Neame. It was released in 1952. It starred Alec Guinness as Denry Machin, Petula Clark as Nellie Cotterill, Valerie Hobson as the Countess, and Glynis Johns as Ruth Earp. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.[2] It is mainly faithful to the novel, omitting some minor incidents.
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born as Alec Guinness de Cuffe: 2nd April 1914 - 5th August 2000) was an English actor. He featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. Guinness later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. His most prominent role in his later career was as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy.
A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Alec Guinness, capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career. Enjoy, comment subscribe. :)
LIST https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPsk1eoTJZsC8ck0G8C1TNQ/videos?view_as=public
TS Eliot's The Waste Land read by Alec Guinness. You can't buy this anywhere - big love to Ludifex for making it a free download at https://soundcloud.com/ludifex/sets/alec-guinness-the-waste-land
Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game where each side tries to find out the enemy's headquarters at any price.I do not own the rights to this film. All copyrights belong to the original publisher and associated parties.
Alec Guinness reads Four Quartets by TS Eliot. This classic 1971 recording, unavailable for many years, can be downloaded at https://soundcloud.com/tomrobinson/4quartets The full text of all four poems is available at http://www.coldbacon.com/poems/fq.html ...The Waste Land - also read by Guinness for the BBC (possibly in 1958?) - can be heard here https://youtu.be/Hcj4G45F9pw
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An extract from a talk by Dean Radin, researcher and author in the field of parapsychology; Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS).
Rare 1977 Alec Guinness Interview on Star Wars on Parkinson Talk Show https://twitter.com/ClassicStarWars https://www.facebook.com/ClassicStarWars I do not own this commercial Copyright: Lucasfilm Shared for the love and entertainment value only.
Rare Sir Alec Guinness Interview September 1986
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Mavis Nicholson interviews acting Legend Sir. Alec Guinness on the set of Charles Dickens 'Little Dorrit' first transmitted in the UK on the 9th of December 1987
Sir Alec Guiness 1977 First Star Wars Interview Michael Parkinson BBC TV Poor old Alec Guinness. While it’s no secret that his performances as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy netted him a rather hefty paycheck thanks to an agreement he’d signed before taking the part, it turns out he would have earned even more money had the producers kept a verbal agreement supposedly struck between Guinness and director George Lucas. That's right. Guinness was allegedly screwed out of .25% of the film's earnings. Apologies for the quality - it was filmed in 1977! Subscribe to JJ Online: http://goo.gl/3Zi5If Follow me on TWITTER: https://goo.gl/oXJlbO
Excerpt from a radio interview on ABC's Midday. Presenter - Margaret Throsby First Broadcast in 2002. This recording is for educational purposes only and is covered under Fair Use doctrine of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107. No financial or other monetary gains are to be received from the display of this recording.