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  1. The Voice of the Nightingale. And how it came to Earth.

    Date released
    10 Jul 1924
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    162
    NoS ID
    331086
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Pathe Intertitles - "Down in a secluded part of Surrey we found Miss Beatrice Harrison, who so happily suggested broadcasting the glorious notes that enthralled the poets of old." "No more appropriate place...

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  2. Honey Pot, The (1967)

    Director
    Joseph L Mankiewicz
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £19.99

    The Honey Pot is based on ‘Volpone’, the play by Ben Jonson. Rex Harrison stars as international playboy Cecil Fox, who decides to pretend he’s dying in order to find out what his three old flames will...

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  3. World of Shakespeare, The (1964 Television)

    Director
    Peter Strand

    Documentary. Attempts to recreate Elizabethan times to gain insight into Shakespeare’s life and personality.The programme, hosted by Willis F. Woods, was videotaped on location at the Detroit Institute of...

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  4. Much Ado About Nothing (1963 Audio)

    Director
    Howard Sackler

    A complete performance with Rex Harrison as Benedick and Rachel Roberts as Beatrice.

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  5. Anton Chekhov Collection, The (2008)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 1094 minutes), £33.58

    A 6-disc set of BBC television productions of Chekhov’s plays. Contents: PLATONOV with Rex Harrison in the title role (Play of the Month, 1971); THE WOOD DEMON with Ian Holm in the lead role (1974); THE...

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  6. Men Are Not Gods (1936 Film, Video)

    Director
    Walter Reisch
    Producer
    Alexander Korda

    Feature film. Ann, secretary to a theatre critic, is persuaded to alter a poor review of actor Edmond Davey’s performance as Othello at the behest of his actress wife, Barbara. Ann is sacked, then falls in...

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  7. Cleopatra (1963 Film)

    Director
    Joseph L Mankiewicz
    Producer
    Walter Wanger

    Feature film which made its own myths as the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra was lived in real-life in the well-publicised Burton-Taylor romance. The hugely expensive sets, and Taylor’s protracted...

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