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  1. On the Waterfront (1954 Film)

    Director
    Elia Kazan
    Producer
    Sam Spiegel
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Feature film. Concerns the fight to wipe out corruption in New York docklands. An introductory title extols the virtues of American democracy and claims that the story will show how corruption can be...

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Radio Bugs (1944 Film)

    Director
    Cy Endfield
    Distribution
    No archive copy or distributor found (2006)

    US comedy short series. Inspired by the success of his favourite comedian Red Skelton, Froggy (Billy Laughlin) decides to become a radio star. Armed with a tattered joke book and an array of ‘funny’...

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. Bookworm Turns, The (1940 Film)

    Director
    Hugh Harman
    Producer
    Fred Quimby
    Distribution
    No archive copy found (2006)

    Cartoon featuring Bookworm, Dr Jeckyl and Crow. A copy of Macbeth comes to life as the three weird sisters are making their brew.

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  10. 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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