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    Brian Desmond Hurst

    Belfast-born film director

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  1. Brian Desmond Hurst. Brian Desmond Hurst (12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was an Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director by BBC film critic Mike Catto. [1] He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge .

  2. Brian Desmond Hurst (1895-1986) Brian Desmond Hurst. Hailing from East Belfast, Northern Ireland, Hans Moore Hawthorn Hurst was a linen worker before joining the army during World War I. He was a private in the Royal Irish Rifles, and survived the slaughter at the disastrous Gallipoli landing in Turkey. He changed his name to Brian Desmond ...

    • Director, Writer, Producer
    • February 12, 1895
    • Brian Desmond Hurst
    • September 26, 1986
  3. Jan 22, 2018 · Brian Desmond Hurst, producer William Sistrom and studio head J Arthur Rank on the set of Hungry Hill, based on a book by Daphne du Maurier, at Denham Studios in June 1946.

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  5. Aug 16, 2023 · Brian Desmond Hurst and Sir Alec Guinness and Brian’s 90th birthday at Bafta, February 12 1985. Alec Guinness starred in Hurst’s 1953 film Malta Story alongside Jack Hawkins. The narrative arc ...

  6. Apr 22, 2021 · Caitlin Smith, Stephen Wyatt and Allan Esler Smith talk through the making of 'Hurst on Film', their memories of Brian Desmond Hurst and their favourite film...

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  7. Aug 14, 2021 · “Brian Desmond Hurst was a flamboyant, gay man from east Belfast who died intestate, and his estate passed onto an older brother as he had no children,” said Mr Smith.

  8. Nov 5, 2023 · Allan Smith is the great-nephew of Brian Desmond Hurst… I lifted the lid the other week on one of our great art mysteries at a Royal Geographical Society talk at Queens University Belfast on the ‘Life of Brian’. Or more correctly how a working class linen worker from East Belfast called Hans Hurst was orphaned at 16, joined the army in the first week of the First Word War and as a ...

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