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Early films from the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, shown in their entirety. Titles are ‘The drunkard’s reformation’ (March 1909), made by the American Motoscope...
Newsfilm. Opening of the tomb of Sir Thomas Walsingham at St Nicholas’ Church, Chislehurst in a search for Shakespearean manuscripts, the existence of which American theatre critic Calvin Hoffman believes...
This scene comprises part of the video compilation ‘Theatrical Motions Pictures from the Paper Print Collection’ of the Library Congress. Shot by cameraman G W Bitzer in New York City on 15 July 1905,...
Made-for-television film. Acclaimed recreation of the meeting between actress Coral Browne and British spy and defector Guy Burgess, in Moscow in 1958. The initial meeting took place in a theatre, where...
Feature film comedy. The Chans (led by Vincent) and the Wongs (led by Wu) are compelled to have their chicken rice stalls next to each other which intensifies their long-standing feud. Audrey, Vincent’s...
Version, intended for television, of Welles’ stage production of his play based on Melville’s novel. Filmed for three weeks but filming subsequently abandoned after c75 minutes had been shot. It was...
A record, filmed at Ealing, of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s production of Henry VIII staged at the Her Majesty’s Theatre.
Television programme featuring scenes based on Cymbeline taken from Andre van Gyseghem’s Embassy Theatre production of the play. With Joyce Bland as Imogen and Geoffrey Toone as Posthumus.
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