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  1. All about Europe

    Date released
    10 Sep 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    369
    NoS ID
    033450
    Story no
    6 / 6

    Burns and Allen back in US. Talkies’ non-stop chatterbox, Gracie, proves travel can’t broaden a mind that’s too broad, already.

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  2. Don’t Look Back (1967 Film)

    Director
    D A Pennebaker
    Producer
    John Court; Albert Grossman
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Follows Bob Dylan on his 1965 British tour, capturing the singer/songwriter backstage and behind the scenes in hotel rooms, mixing with the press and public, with Joan Baez and Alan price, and on stage in...

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  3. Shakespearean Caper, The (1956 Television)

    aka: Shakespearean Paper, The

    Series
    George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The

    Television sitcom starring George Burns and Gracie Allen as themselves, a show business couple in their home. Each episode began with Burns standing, trademark cigar in hand, before the proscenium...

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  4. The late George Burns on getting old (1996)

    Genre
    Obituary; Speech

    Legendary comedian George Burns has died at the age of one hundred. He rose to fame with his wife Gracie Allen in the Twenties, and won an academy award in the Seventies for his role in the Sunshine Boys....

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  5. Bow Street police station closes for last time (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Mark Phillips reports from the radio car at Bow Street police station as it closes for the last time and looks at its history (it was home to the police forerunners the Bow Street Runners), famous criminals...

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  6. Here Comes Cookie (1935 Film)

    aka: Plot Thickens

    Director
    Norman Z. McLeod
    Producer
    William LeBaron

    Feature film farce. Gracie is the daughter of a wealthy business magnate. To prevent a gigolo (who is attempting to seduce his other daughter) from getting his fortune, the father gives all his money,...

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  7. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Santa Anita Handicap is won by "Rosemont"

    Date released
    11 Mar 1937
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    405A
    NoS ID
    007421
    Story no
    15 / 16

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Racing. SHOTLIST: TS Racecourse (x2). GV crowd. MS George Burns and Gracie Allen. MCU Joe E Brown with binoculars. LS Start of Race. TS Pan with race. LS Race. TS Horses on straight...

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  8. Donor skin aids burns victim (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Science correspondent John Allen reports on an operation on two-year-old Ferrial Syed from Southall, London, which used a pioneering new technique in plastic surgery. Skin from a patient who had died was...

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  9. Steve Allen Show, The [01/07/1956] (1956 Television)

    Series
    Steve Allen Show, The
    Director
    Dwight A. Hemion
    Producer
    William O. Harbach

    US comedy variety show hosted by Steve Allen. This episode features actor Andy Griffith, as a yogi,explaining Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a comedy monologue. The edition is renowned for the appearance of Elvis...

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  10. Titania (1943 Radio)

    Series
    Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters
    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio broadcast of an excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream that focuses on the character of Titania. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes as speaker.

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