genre the life and death of colonel blimp
Deborah Kerr CBE ( born Deborah Jane Kerr - Trimmer ; 30 September 192116 October 2007 ) was a Scottish - born film , theatre and ___MASK77___ actress . During her career , she won a Golden Globe for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the motion picture " The King and I " ( 1956 ) and the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance as Laura Reynolds in the ___MASK97___ " Tea and Sympathy " ( a role she originated on Broadway ). She was also a three - time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress . The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 ___MASK57___ drama war film written , produced and directed by the British film making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger under the production banner of The Archers . It stars Roger Livesey , Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook . The title derives from the satirical Colonel Blimp ___MASK36___ by David Low but the story itself is original . The film is renowned for its Technicolor cinematography . A cartoonist ( also ___MASK36___ creator ) is a visual artist who specializes in drawing cartoons . This work is often created for ___MASK39___ , political commentary , or ___MASK94___ . Cartoonists may work in many formats , such as animation , booklets , comic strips , comic books , editorial cartoons , graphic novels , manuals , gag cartoons , graphic design , illustrations , storyboards , posters , shirts , books , advertisements , greeting cards , magazines , newspapers , and video ___MASK37___ packaging . A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film ' s artistic and ___MASK15___ aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union ___MASK51___ , the director is viewed as the author of the film . Michael Latham Powell ( 30 September 1905  19 February 1990 ) was an English film director , celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger . Through their production company " The Archers ", they together wrote , produced and directed a series of classic British films , notably " 49th Parallel " ( 1941 ), " The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp " ( 1943 ), " A Matter of Life and Death " ( 1946 , also called " Stairway to Heaven "), " Black Narcissus " ( 1947 ), " The Red Shoes " ( 1948 ), and " The Tales of Hoffmann " ( 1951 ). His later controversial 1960 film " Peeping Tom ", while today considered a classic , was so vilified on first release that his career was seriously damaged . Roger Livesey ( 25 June 1906  4 February 1976 ) was a British stage and film actor . He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred : " The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ", " I Know Where I ' m Going !" and " A Matter of Life and Death ". Tall and broad with a mop of chestnut hair , Livesey used his highly distinctive husky voice , gentle manner and athletic physique to create many notable roles in his theatre and film work . A tank is an armored fighting vehicle designed for front - line ___MASK80___ , with heavy firepower , strong armour , and tracks providing good battlefield manoeuvrability . The first tanks were designed to overcome the deadlock of trench warfare ; now they are a mainstay of modern ground forces and a key part of combined arms ___MASK80___ . Black Narcissus is a 1947 Technicolor religious ___MASK50___ film by the British writer - producer - director team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger , based on the 1939 ___MASK44___ by Rumer Godden . It is a psychological drama about the emotional tensions of jealousy and lust within a convent of nuns in an isolated valley in the Himalayas , and features in the cast Deborah Kerr , Kathleen Byron , Sabu , David Farrar , Flora Robson , Esmond Knight , and Jean Simmons . The Sarah Siddons ___MASK46___ is an American non - profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago theatre patrons with the goal of promoting excellence in the theatre . The ___MASK46___ presents the Sarah Siddons Award annually to an actor for an outstanding performance in a Chicago theatrical production . The winner receives a ___MASK82___ of the Welsh stage actress Sarah Siddons ( 1755  1831 ). Anna Harriette Leonowens ( born Anna Harriet Emma Edwards ; 5 November 1831  19 January 1915 ) was an Anglo - Indian or Indian - born British ___MASK13___ writer , educator and social activist . I Know Where I ' m Going ! is a 1945 ___MASK40___ by the British - based filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger . It stars Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey , and features Pamela Brown , Finlay Currie and Petula Clark in her fourth film appearance . Cavalry ( from French " cavalerie ", cf . " cheval " ' ___MASK14___ ') or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback . Cavalry were historically the most mobile of the combat arms . An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations such as cavalryman , horseman , dragoon or trooper . The designation of cavalry was not usually given to any military forces that used other animals , such as camels , mules or elephants . Infantry who moved on horseback , but dismounted to fight on foot , were known in the 17th and early 18th centuries as dragoons , a class of mounted infantry which later evolved into cavalry proper while retaining their historic title . Colonel Blimp is a British ___MASK83___ character by cartoonist David Low , first drawn for Lord Beaverbrook ' s London " Evening Standard " in April 1934 . Blimp is pompous , irascible , jingoistic , and stereotypically British . Low said he developed the character after overhearing two military men in a Turkish bath declare that cavalry officers should be entitled to wear their spurs inside tanks . The character was named after the barrage balloon , which was known as a blimp . A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a ___MASK14___ to move forward or laterally while riding . It is usually used to refine the riding aids ( commands ) and to back up the natural aids ( the leg , seat , hands and voice ). The spur is used in many equestrian disciplines . There are rules in most equestrian organizations about spur design , use and penalties for using spurs in any manner that constitutes animal abuse .