John Bryan

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John Bryan (12 August 1911 – 10 June 1969) was an art director and film producer. John Bryan was born in London, England. He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film Great Expectations in 1946. He was nominated twice more, for Caesar and Cleopatra in 1947 and for Becket in 1964. Bryan also won a BAFTA for Becket. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.

Most Popular John Bryan Trailers

Total trailers found: 38

The Spanish Gardener Trailer (1956)

25 December 1956

Harrington Brande, a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a small coastal town in Spain with his son, Nicholas.

The Million Pound Note Trailer (1954)

07 January 1954

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds.

Inspector Hornleigh Trailer (1939)

07 March 1939

When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man.

On the Night of the Fire Trailer (1939)

26 October 1939

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.

Murder by Rope Trailer (1936)

25 August 1936

Scotland Yard sends a handwriting expert to a country house full of people with guilty secrets in order to solve a murder.

Great Expectations Trailer (1946)

26 December 1946

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman.

The Girl on the Boat Trailer (1962)

05 August 1962

Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet.

The Secret Place Trailer (1957)

06 February 1957

A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.

Colonel Blood Trailer (1934)

01 January 1934

'1670. Irish patriot caught stealing Crown Jewels talks his way to pardon.' (British Film Catalogue)

Becket Trailer (1964)

11 March 1964

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.

Caesar and Cleopatra Trailer (1945)

11 December 1945

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Dear Octopus Trailer (1943)

20 September 1943

Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothing out all the deep-set hostilities and jealousies.

The Purple Plain Trailer (1954)

14 September 1954

An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past.

Windom's Way Trailer (1957)

07 December 1957

A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage.

Sunshine Ahead Trailer (1936)

01 January 1936

'Producer stages outside broadcast despite jealous critic.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Captain's Table Trailer (1936)

01 November 1936

A passenger is murdered on board an ocean going liner and suspicion falls all too neatly upon her husband.

After the Fox Trailer (1966)

08 September 1966

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

Great Catherine Trailer (1968)

29 November 1968

When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition.

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Trailer (1951)

13 April 1951

Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.

Pygmalion Trailer (1938)

06 October 1938

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet.

Blanche Fury Trailer (1948)

19 February 1948

Penniless Blanche Fuller takes a job as a governess at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family.

Millions Like Us Trailer (1943)

01 June 1943

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts.

Madeleine Trailer (1950)

16 February 1950

Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.

The Wicked Lady Trailer (1945)

15 November 1945

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

The Magic Box Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green.

Love Story Trailer (1944)

20 November 1944

After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life.

The Horse's Mouth Trailer (1958)

11 November 1958

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor.

The Passionate Friends Trailer (1949)

26 January 1949

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband.

The Adventures of Tartu Trailer (1943)

01 October 1943

British Captain Terence Stevenson accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing undetonated bombs.

Two Thousand Women Trailer (1944)

06 November 1944

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

Take My Life Trailer (1947)

30 May 1947

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

Time Flies Trailer (1944)

08 May 1944

The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board.

Stolen Life Trailer (1939)

18 January 1939

Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film.

The Last Curtain Trailer (1937)

23 July 1937

An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.

Golden Salamander Trailer (1950)

01 February 1950

An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things right.

Fanny by Gaslight Trailer (1944)

08 May 1944

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke.

Caravan Trailer (1946)

03 June 1946

During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable necklace to Spain.

Talking Feet Trailer (1937)

01 July 1937

An east London fishmonger's young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident that she persuades her dad and various friends to help stage a concert at the local Hippodrome to raise money to save the local hospital.