Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royal Greetings for Film Stars

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

965

Date Released

1 Dec 1947

Date submitted

27 Nov 1947

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Command Film Performance. DESCRIPTION: The King, Queen and Princess Margaret attended the second Royal Film Performance at the Odeon, Leicester Square. Her Majesty chatted with many of the film stars present. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV exterior Odeon Cinema. MS title of picture The Bishop’s Wife. Interior - guests entering, group shot Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, John Mills, Mary Hayley Bell (Mills), panning to Lili Palmer and Rex Harrison. MS Patricia Roc in foyer, Valerie Hobson enters foyer, Margaret Lockwood ditto. Greta Gynt ditto. Googie Withers and John McCallum enter. Reginald Bromhead escorts the Queen into foyer. Susan Price presents bouquet to Queen Elizabeth. John Howard Davies presents bouquet to Princess Margaret. Queen Ingrid of Denmark receives bouquet from Barbara Farrar. GV of foyer. Queen talks (silent) with Vivien Leigh and Phyllis Calvert. Queen with Loretta Young. CU Loretta Young. MS Queen talking with Robert Montgomery. SCU Bob Hope talking with the Queen. CU Princess Margaret with Loretta Young. SCU Patricia Roc, Queen with back to camera, pan to SCU Ann Todd. SCU Stewart Granger. MS Queen talking with David Niven. Queen and King leave foyer. Royal Party leaving cinema, includes Queen Ingrid of Denmark, followed by King Michael of Romania. Elevated shot of stars relaxing after Royal Party have left, several of then having cigarettes such as John Mills, Stewart Granger etc. MCU Margaret Lockwood with cigarette in her hand.

Keywords

Royalty; Entertainment and leisure; Performing arts

Locations

London; Leicester Square; Odeon Cinema

Footage sources

Gaumont

Card file number

49489

Credits:

Camera: David Prosser
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

285

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