Far from the Madding Crowd

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

669

Date Released

19 Oct 1967

Date recorded

12 Sep 1967

Length of issue (in feet)

778

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Far from the Madding Crowd
2. 2Woburn Love-In

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Hardy country comes alive. The thronging, exciting sheep-fair-cum-circus of the fictional Greenhill village is alive in detail right down to the old-fashioned shepherds, the fairground strongmen and acrobats of Victorian England and the characters of Bathsheba Everdene, Sergeant Troy and Farmer Boldwood. Director John Schlesinger is shooting scenes for the screen version of Thomas Hardy’s "Far From the Madding Crowd" on location in the field and hill county of Dorset. Julie Christie, Terence Stamp and Peter Finch star in this exciting reconstruction of rural old England ...

Keywords

Mass media; Performing arts

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

322

Story extras:

Film clip

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