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  1. Julius Caesar (1953) (1953 Film, Video)

    Director
    Joseph L Mankiewicz
    Producer
    John Houseman
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 116 minutes), £9.99

    Mankiewicz’s version of the tragedy that ‘some Americans regard as their own has stood the test of time’ (The Guardian 2019). With an impressive cast, including Louis Calhern as Caesar, Marlon Brando...

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  2. Kiss Me Kate (1953 Film, Video)

    Director
    George Sidney
    Producer
    Jack Cummings
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Film (and 3D) adaptation of the Broadway musical in which the leading players in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew are a married couple whose private life resembles their on-stage roles. With...

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  3. Presenting Lily Mars (1943 Film)

    Director
    Norman Taurog
    Producer
    Joseph Pasternak

    Musical comedy about Lily (Judy Garland), an aspiring actress from a small town in Indiana. In once scene Lily wants to impress a visiting Broadway producer (Heflin) and gives him a mawkish and melodramatic...

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  4. Thunder Rock (1942 Film)

    Director
    Roy Boulting
    Producer
    John Boulting
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. A former political journalist, who feels helpless in the face of the rising tide of Fascism in the 1930s, becomes a lighthouse keeper in Canada. He is visited by the ghosts of immigrants from...

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  5. Understanding Movies (1940 Film)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Illustrates direction, editing and acting, using a selection of MGM films from the 1930s. Includes an extract from George Cukor’s 1936 ROMEO AND JULIET with Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer.

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  6. Romeo in Rhythm (1940 Film)

    Director
    Rudolf Ising
    Producer
    Fred Quimby
    Subject
    Drama

    Cartoon. ‘The Black Crow Light Opera Company Presents Romeo and Juliet’. Swingin’ Romeo and Flat-Foot Juliet are two black crows who speak in African-American accents. They enact part of the balcony...

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  7. Gallant Sons (1940 Film)

    Director
    George B. Seitz
    Producer
    Stephani. Frederick

    Feature film. Johnny, By and Kate are schoolmates who attempt to prove the innocence of Johhny’s father. They discover the murderer is Al Posna and attempt a scheme in which Posna confesses his crime. They...

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  8. Fast and Loose (1939 Film)

    Director
    Edwin L. Marin
    Producer
    Frederick Stephani

    Detective film. Nick Torrent (Morgan) owns a scrap of a priceless Shakespeare manuscript and wants to sell it; but then he is murdered and the manuscript is stolen. Joel Sloane (Montgomery) is a rare book...

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  9. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1939) (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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  10. Romeo and Juliet (1936) (1936 Film)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC)

    Feature film. A lavish and reverential adaptation of Shakespeare’s play with Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in the title roles.

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