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Mickey Rooney - Judy Garland Party

Date released

4 Sep 1939

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

593

NoS ID

059460

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star / Extase (2009)

Director

Donatello Dubini; Fosco Dubini; Gustave Machatý

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 85 minutes + 79 minutes), 29.95 euros

This 2 disc set comprises a documentary about the Hollywood star and the 1933 Czech film EXTASE (ECSTASY), which caused controversy at the time for its sexual content, particularly the sequence depicting the...

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1939 Film)

aka: Huckleberry Finn

Director

Richard Thorpe (2)

Producer

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Feature film based on Mark Twain’s novel with Mickey Rooney as Huck. Douglas Lanier in Shakespeares After Shakespeare (entry 1120) notes that this is the only film version of Twain’s novel which includes...

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Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland Give a Party

Date released

19 Oct 1939

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

604

NoS ID

059598

Story no

2 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

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Birthday of the President

Date released

9 Mar 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/20

NoS ID

099313

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

President Roosevelt’s birthday guest of honour is 4 year old Terry King, a victim of infantile paralysis, and to those afflicted like him America has dedicated this day. Also present at the party are...

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Film Star Tennis Match

Date released

27 May 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/43

NoS ID

097980

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

To raise funds for the comforts for the allied forces, film stars take part in tennis match in Hollywood. Stars include Lester Stoffen, Judy Garland, Big Bill Tilden, Paulette Goddard, Mickey Rooney, Rudi...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1935 Film)

Director

William Dieterle

Producer

Max Reinhardt

A film based on the Broadway production by Max Reinhardt. A combination of German expressionism and Hollywood realism. Hal Mohr’s cinematography is ‘astonishing, a surreal visual fantasy of dancing...

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In the Bleak Midwinter (1995 Film, Video)

aka: Midwinter’s Tale, A

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Producer

David Barron

Feature film. Behind the scenes of a Christmas production of Hamlet. The amateur British actors include a drunk, an ex-child star, and a camp pantomime dame. Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed the film but...

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