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Michael Ripper as jockey & trainer stylish pop art print, available in three sizes & 20 colour options.
Michael Ripper pop art by Art & Hue
Also available as part of a group of 8 prints.
The prolific British actor Michael Ripper appeared in almost 250 productions across a career spanning seven decades.
Just some of his many credits include “Oliver Twist” with Alec Guinness & Diana Dors, “Lady Godiva Rides Again” with Bernadette O’Farrell, George Cole, Stanley Holloway, Gladys Henson, Eddie Byrne, Sid James, Joan Collins, Jean Marsh, Googie Withers & Alastair Sim, “Secret People” with Audrey Hepburn, Bob Monkhouse & Sam Kydd, “Appointment in London” with Dirk Bogarde & Dinah Sheridan, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s” (in which he played another jockey & trainer) with Joyce Grenfell, Beryl Reid, Irene Handl & Joan Sims, “The Sea Shall Not Have Them” with Michael Redgrave, Glyn Houston & Anthony Steel, “Geordie” with Stanley Baxter & Duncan Macrae, “Yield to the Night” with Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell & Mona Washbourne, “Reach for the Sky” with Elizabeth Sellars & Sydney Tafler, “The Green Man” with Terry-Thomas & Dora Bryan, “Woman in a Dressing Gown” with Sylvia Syms & Carole Lesley, “These Dangerous Years” with George Baker, “The Naked Truth” with Peter Sellers, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price & Kenneth Griffith, “The Punch & Judy Man” with Tony Hancock, John Le Mesurier, Hattie Jacques & Barbara Murray, “What a Crazy World” with Joe Brown & Harry H. Corbett, “Swallows & Amazons” with Susan George, “Every Day’s a Holiday” with John Leyton & Liz Fraser, “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” with Richard Burton, “The Reptile” with Jennifer Daniel, John Laurie & Noel Willman, “The Great St. Trinian’s Train Robbery” with Frankie Howerd, Margaret Nolan & Reg Varney, “Scars of Dracula” with Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley & Anouska Hempel, and “No Sex Please, We’re British” with Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid, Valerie Leon, Frank Thornton & Michael Robbins, to name a very few.
A few of Ripper’s TV credits include “Coronation Street“, “Eastenders“, “The Saint“, “The Sweeney“, “Doomwatch” with Simon Oates, and “New Scotland Yard” with Windsor Davies.
The Rainbow Jacket
Art & Hue is at the races with this new collection of stylish pop art inspired by the 1954 film “The Rainbow Jacket”, a delightful Ealing Studios gem that gallops into the thrilling world of horse racing.
It follows the redemption arc of a disgraced jockey who mentors a talented young rider, weaving a heartfelt tale of ambition, second chances, and the enthralling spirit of the sport.
With its warm performances and authentic racetrack atmosphere, the film stars child actor Fella Edmonds as the boy jockey, along with a stellar cast of British film’s most talented & prolific character actors including Bill Owen, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Ripper, Edward Underdown, Katie Johnson, Sid James, Glyn Houston and Sam Kydd, as well as Honor Blackman, who would go on to star in “The Avengers“, and Robert Morley who was a huge fan of horse racing with a bench dedicated to him at Windsor racecourse as it was “his spiritual home”.
Opening at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on the 27th of May 1954, “The Rainbow Jacket” is a delightful snapshot of horse racing in British cinema which captures the thrilling world of the sport with Ealing Studios‘ signature warmth and wit.
Its blend of authentic on-location scenes at racetracks, an underdog story, and a nostalgic portrait of post-war Britain makes it uniquely special, all filmed in glorious Technicolor.
Michael Ripper Pop Art
Art & Hue had the pleasure to delve into the archives of Ealing Studios to create a new collection of stylish pop art prints inspired by the charming horse racing film “The Rainbow Jacket“, all available in three sizes and 20 colour options.
Available in A4, A3, and A2 sizes to fit standard-size picture frames. Please note that black frame is not included – for a guide on choosing a frame size take a look here.
An official collaboration with Studiocanal, this print is part of the The Rainbow Jacket collection of stylish pop art prints inspired by the charming Ealing film set in the horse racing world, featuring Art & Hue’s signature halftone style (halftone is an age-old technique that uses dots to make up the printed image, similar to newspapers or comic books).
Rewatch, or discover anew, the film on DVD & Bluray from Amazon.
“The Rainbow Jacket” Copyright © STUDIOCANAL Films Ltd, (1954). All rights reserved. Copyright © Art & Hue® 2022-2025. All rights reserved.
