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  1. Interview with Henry Miller (1969)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £105.00 (University rate)

    In this interview, Henry Miller (1891-1980) describes the motivation and inspiration that guided his writings. He talks about his self-imposed exile to Europe and Paris, his return to the USA, censorship,...

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  2. No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)

    Director
    St John Legh Clowes
    Subject
    Film studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 99 minutes), £15.99

    One of the most controversial British films ever produced, this lurid crime drama caused an unprecedented storm of controversy upon release: local councils banned it, the Bishop of London denounced it, and...

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  3. True Story of Lili Marlene, The (1944)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Jiri Weiss
    Subject
    History; Media studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 65 minutes), £19.99

    Marius Goring narrates Humphrey Jennings’ film of the extraordinary story of Lale Andersen, the singer whose record became a battle song for troops on both sides in World War II. Goebbels detested the song...

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  4. RÈgle du Jeu, La (1939)

    Subject
    French studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 152 minutes), £19.99

    Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as ‘demoralising’ and unpatriotic, La Règle du jeu (The Rules of...

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  5. Merchant of Venice, The (1914 Film)

    Director
    Phillips Smalley; Lois Weber
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Presumed to be a lost film.

    Fiction film. A version of The Merchant of Venice directed by Phillips Smalley and his wife Lois Weber. Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson in Moving Picture World (February 14) with the heading ‘Full of Dignity...

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  6. Macbeth (1908 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous
    Subject
    Drama

    Fiction film of Macbeth containing at least 17 sequences with the focus on the first half of the play. Shot largely in the studio, the film was not well received by the trade papers and its censorship by...

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  7. World in Action: Volume 3

    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 454 minutes), £7.64

    This DVD collects a number of notable episodes from the ITV current affairs series which ran from 1963-1999. The Granada-produced series was trailblazing and hard-hitting, choosing subjects that other...

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  8. Hands off the Classics (Television)

    Producer
    Dennis Marks; Alan Yentob
    Subject
    Drama

    Anthology arts series. In the 17th century Troilus and Cressida was censored and in the 18th century Tate gave King Lear a happy ending. The programme debates the line between interpretation and vandalism.

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  9. Freedom of Speech or ‘Nothing’: King Lear and Contemporary India (Radio)

    Producer
    Beaty Rubens
    Subject
    Drama

    Five young scholars re-evaluate the playwrights work. The fourth programme is delivered by Preti Taneja. Fitzpatrick, post-doctoral research fellow in Global Shakespeare at Queen Mary, University of London,...

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  10. Our Shakespeare Reading Club: Dickinson Reading Antony and Cleopatra and Othello (Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Shakespeare; Women’s studies

    Video recording of a live seminar held online over Zoom starting with a half hour presentation by Páraic Finnerty (University of Portsmouth) on American poet Emily Dickinson’s engagement with...

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