A Christmas Carol
1951
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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. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.
Brian Desmond Hurst. Director: The Fugitive. 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.
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Probably best known to modern audiences as the director of A Christmas Carol (1951) with Alastair Sim, considered by many film historians to be the best film version of Charles Dickens ' classic "A Christmas Carol". He is also noted for his World War II film The Lion Has Wings (1939).
Apr 22, 2021 · Brian Desmond Hurst is Northern Ireland's greatest film director, celebrated in the Hurst Sound Stage in Belfast’s Titanic Studios. He’s also Ireland’s most prolific film director of...
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Jan 22, 2018 · Brian Desmond Hurst’s cinematic take on war from the Anglo-Irish conflict to the Mau Mau in 1950s. Brian Desmond Hurst, producer William Sistrom and studio head J Arthur Rank on the...
Nov 5, 2023 · Brian Desmond Hurst portrait. 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’.
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Aug 14, 2021 · Despite being Ulster’s most prolific director, east Belfast man Brian Desmond Hurst remains relatively unknown. Now, 35 years after his death, Hurst is to be honoured with one of his movies...
