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The Evolution of a "Show Girl"

Date released

12 Aug 1926

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

271

NoS ID

331480

Story no

5 / 8

NoS Summary - how girls get to be one of "Cochran’s Young Ladies". British Pathe synopsis: "Footlights! Every girl in the world as some time or another has imagined herself looking over them at a...

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Jane Austen’s Life

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £10.99

Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in 1817. It may have been a short life, and seemingly uneventful, but for the world of literature it was a very valuable one. This video shows the places which shaped...

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Merchant/Venice (1999 Video)

aka: Merchant of Venice, The

Director

Noel Salzman

Independent, experimental video. A re-working of The Merchant of Venice, that includes text from Kathy Acker’s reinterpretation of the play. Makes extensive use of live and pre-recorded video, and employs...

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Pride and Prejudice (1995) (2000)

Director

Simon Langton

Producer

Sue Birtwistle

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 327 minutes), £19.99

Andrew Davies’ adaptation of the Jane Austen romantic novel, filmed in English stately homes and country cottages. The DVD includes a short ‘behind-the-scenes’ documentary.

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Jane Austen’s Works

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £10.99

In her short life Jane Austen wrote six novels; ''Sense And Sensibility’', ''Pride And Prejudice’', ''Northanger Abbey’', ''Mansfield Park’', ''Emma’' and ''Persuasion’'. These well loved English...

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Enamelling (1987 Video)

Director

Gavin Nettleton

Producer

Gavin Nettleton

Subject

Art; Crafts

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29, 28 min., 1997 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In two parts: 1 (29 min): Explains the major enamelling techniques such as basse taille, cloisonne, champleve, plique a jour and painted enamel. Follows Jane Short, an enameller and jeweller, through the...

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Jane Austen in Context (1998)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 374 minutes), free loan

Six presentations on the work of Jane Austen, which were filmed in 1997 at a conference in the Dept of Continuing Education, University of Oxford. On 2 videocassettes with three lectures on each. The...

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Klute (1971)

Director

Alan Pakula

Subject

American Studies; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), $23.00

When small town police detective John Klute comes to New York to investigate the disappearance of his best friend, his only lead is a letter to prostitute Bree Daniels. As these two very different people...

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Euthanasia (2011)

Subject

Law; Medical sciences; Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £39.00

Do people have the right to die? Should the state condone the deliberate killing of a person? This film investigates the various religious, moral and philosophical arguments surrounding euthanasia and...

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Eye Opener (2 Versions) (2005 Video)

Subject

Psychology; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50,33 minutes), £172.50

Short version (33 minutes) - Jane Elliott, the internationally acclaimed diversity champion conducts her blue eyes - brown eyes exercise in Glasgow with 35 volunteers from across the UK. Many of the...

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