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The Grand National

Date released

30 Mar 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2304

NoS ID

044324

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list, 1 programme

Early Mist "walks away" with world’s biggest steeplechase by twenty lengths from Mont Tremblant. Only five finish out of field of thirty-one. Paramount’s jump-by-jump report brings thrilling race to life...

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Frankenstein: The True Story (2014)

Director

Jack Smight

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 181 minutes), £15.99

This made-for- television film, which was first broadcast in 1973, was co-scripted by Christoper Isherwood, and features a heavyweight cast, including John Gielgud, James Mason and Ralph Richardson. Less...

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Shakespeare: Soul of an Age (1962 Television)

Director

Guy Blanchard

Producer

Lou Hazam; Barry, Jr. Bingham

An NBC News Special. Michael Redgrave and other actors read from 15 of Shakespeare’s works. The narration (by Ralph Richardson) and play readings are directed by Howard Sackler. The actors recite...

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Four Feathers, The (1939 Film)

Director

Zoltan Korda

Producer

Alexander Korda

War film melodrama on the theme of heroism and celebration of empire based on the novel by A.E.W. Mason. Henry Faversham, son of a war hero, resigns his military commission just before his company is to...

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Oh! What a Lovely War (2006)

Director

Richard Attenborough

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 144 minutes), £15.99

A restored version of Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut film which re-interprets real First World War events as a musical. Based on the 1963 radio play written by Charles Chiltern which was adapted...

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Cured Hams (1927 Film)

Series

Gold Medal Comedies

Director

George Jeske

Comedy short concerning a disastrous performance of two vaudeville actors (Will and Will Not) at a small provincial theatre. Among their acts is one in which they play the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet...

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Shakespeare’s Island (1971 Television)

Director

Lorna Pegram

Producer

Lorna Pegram

Documentary. The programme goes behind the scenes of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford to watch the various stages of John Barton’s production of The Tempest. It also explores Shakespeare’s life...

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Prince & Me, The (2004 Film)

aka: Prince & The Freshman, The

Director

Martha Coolidge

Producer

Mark Amin; Jeffrey Lampert

Romantic teen movie about ambitious pre-med student Paige (Julia Stiles) from Wisconsin who, unbeknown to her, falls in love with Edward, Crown Prince of Denmark (Luke Mably). While Paige shows Edward (who...

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Henry VI. Part 2: England’s Fall (2006 Video)

Director

Michael Boyd

A video recording of the production of Henry VI. Part 2 directed by Michael Boyd with Chuk Iwuji as Henry VI.

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Hamlet (1989 Video)

Director

Ron Daniels

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1989 production of Hamlet. Directed by Ron Daniels with Mark Rylance in the title role.

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