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Sfta Awards

Date released

2 Mar 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2230A

NoS ID

029280

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sfta Awards. DESCRIPTION: Live on television. All glitter and glamour. The once-a-year event, held in the Albert Hall, when the film and television industry presents awards covering the...

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When Love Speaks (2002 Audio)

Producer

Michael Kamen

A collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets read by actors, and songs inspired by the sonnets. The many performers include John Gielgud, Annie Lennox, Richard Attenborough, Peter Barkworth, Bryan Ferry, Kenneth...

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In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994 Video)

Director

Peter Davis; Daniel Riesenfeld

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, unknown), £28.00 (individual rate)

Examines the role of cinema in both supporting and attacking apartheid. Questions Hollywood’s commitment to racial stereotypes and reluctance to depict black heroes. Uses archival film, discussion and...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: British Film Festival

Date released

5 Feb 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

974A

NoS ID

014924

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Film Festival. DESCRIPTION: The Odeon Leicester Square was the venue for the British Film Festival which was organised by the Daily Mail. Many stars attended and some scenes...

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Boys in Brown, The (1949 Film)

Director

Montgomery Tully

Producer

Antony Darnborough

Feature film. The governor of a borstal tries to reform a group of inmates through understanding rather than punishment. Includes a scene in which six would-be escapees enact Brutus’ death scene (V v) from...

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Danger Within (1959 Film)

aka: Breakout

Director

Don Chaffey

Producer

Colin Lesslie

Feature film adapted from Michael Gilbett’s 1952 novel ‘Death in Captivity’, based on his experiences as a POW in Italy during the Second World War. In the book the play being produced is Rudolf...

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All Night Long (1961 Film)

Director

Basil Deardon; Michael Relph

Feature film updating Othello to a jazz club setting. Aurelius Rex is a famous black jazz musician with a white wife, former singer Delia. Wealthy Rodney Hamilton throws a party for him where one of the...

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Hamlet (1996 Film)

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Producer

David Barron

A film adaptation of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Set in the 19th century with many stars giving cameo performances in minor roles. The film was shot on 65mm and released in 70mm.

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Shakespeare on Screen (2001 Audio, Video)

Series

Open University Aa306

A programme supporting the AA 306: Shakespeare; Text and Performance course. The audio and video resources for the course offer an insight into Shakespeare’s plays in close relation to the social and...

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