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.
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...
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 set...
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. “His estate was...
Jul 8, 2023 · Brian Desmond Hurst, film director who saw film as art. Allan Esler Smith reflecting on the ‘I am as God made me’ piece. John Ford and Brian Desmond Hurst on the set of Hurst’s Dangerous...
Jul 29, 2023 · According to Michael Powell, among the greatest of English filmmakers, Brian Desmond Hurst was a “brilliant Irish director”. In his useful study for the Syracuse University Press, Lance...
Celebrate the life and work of a man who is often hailed as one of Northern Ireland’s best film directors, Brian Desmond Hurst (1895-1986).
Nov 5, 2011 · The Human Blarney Stone: The Life and Films of Brian Desmond Hurst: Directed by Daniel Griffith. With Allan Esler Smith. An all-new documentary chronicling the awe-inspiring life of Ireland's most prolific filmmaker. Featuring Allan Esler Smith, the great, great nephew and biographer of Hurst.
