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Date released

1 Oct 1951

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2148

NoS ID

043302

Story no

6 / 9

Jack Benny and many famous performers attend dedication of memorial to Al Jolson.

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Jack Benny Program, The [07/02/1960] (1960 Television)

Series

Jack Benny Program

US television variety show/sitcom. The episode is sponsored by Lux Liquid and Lux Soap. Don Wilson does the ‘half-time’ commercial as a Shakespearean soliloquy.

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Our kind of town (1979)

Genre

Feature

Our Kind of Town. Keith Howell presents the programme, on British Dance Bands. Includes interviews with Arthur Rosebery, who talks about his Kit-Cat dance band, with reference to Jack Hylton; Andre...

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Hep Cats and Home Birds

Date released

May 1956

Series name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue no

26

NoS ID

349479

Story no

4 / 4

NFA synopsis: Workers leaving the RTB Panteg works. Jim Collier’s son has organised a jazz-band. Jim Collier comes home from work and settles down by the kitchen range with his wife and daughter, while the...

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Jack Benny Show, The [01/02/1948] (1948 Radio)

aka: Jack and Mary See Colman’s Movie

Series

Jack Benny Show, The

Director

Hilliard Marks

Radio variety show. In this episode Jack Benny and Mary Livingston attend the film premiere of Ronald Colman’s film A DOUBLE LIFE (1946) about an actor playing Othello. After the show they meet Ronald and...

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Jack Benny Program, The [01/11/1936] (1936 Radio)

aka: Doc Benny’s Minstrels - Romeo and Juliet

Series

Jack Benny Program, The

Director

Hilliard Marks

Radio variety show. This episode parodies Cukor’s feature film ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) using the balcony scene with verbal gags and slapstick business to parody and comment on the high-minded tone of the...

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Film Polo Match

Date released

28 Jul 1938

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

38/60

NoS ID

096226

Story no

8 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamar, Joan Bennett, Ginger Rogers, Tom Guy, Charles Farrell and Jack Benny take part in polo match.

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Star and Fans at Garden Party

Date released

22 Jun 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1098A

NoS ID

016486

Story no

6 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sunday Pictorial Film Garden Party. DESCRIPTION: There was certainly plenty of fun at this year’s film garden party at Morden Hall Park, Surrey. Famous people present included Cesar...

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Jack Benny Show, The [08/03/1942] (1942 Radio)

aka: From San Diego Marine Base

Series

Jack Benny Show, The

Director

Hilliard Marks

Radio variety show. ‘Broadcast shortly after the release of TO BE OR NOT TO BE, guest Joan Bennett and regular Mary Livingston (Mary Benny) banter with Jack about his role as a famous Shakespearean actor....

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Honouring the Stars

Date released

30 Mar 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

773A

NoS ID

013051

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hollywood Honours Stars. DESCRIPTION: The sixteen Academy Awards have been presented in Hollywood. Paul Lukas and Jennifer Jones received the top awards, and Jack Warner received an...

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