Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royalty Honours Hamlet Premiere

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
988
Date Released
10 May 1948
Date submitted
6 May 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royalty Honours Hamlet Premiere
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Britain - Olivier’s Message to Australians
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Eisenhower Discounts War Talk
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Elephants Remind You to Keep on Saving
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Mr Kirby’s Briar Patch Reprieved
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Amateur Boxing Titles Change Hands
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Favourite Wins Kentucky Derby

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royalty Honours Hamlet Premiere. DESCRIPTION: Their Majesties Princess Elizabeth and Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the premiere of Sir Laurence Olivier’s ‘Hamlet’. SHOTLIST: KS Crowds outside Odeon. MS Shakespeare’s statue in square. MS ditto panning to GV of Odeon Cinema. Interior - Foyer Mr and Mrs Strachey pose for camera. Mr and Mrs Herbert Morrison ditto. GV foyer, in background can be seen Ernest Bevin. Aneurin Bevan and Jennie Lee arrive. Royal Family in foyer. Bouquets presented to Princess Elizabeth by Bunch Mills and Princess Margaret by Juliette Lockwood (Margaret Lockwood’s daughter). Royal Family walk towards Circle Entrance. CU Duke of Edinburgh. Royal Family walk into foyer after show. Introduced to few people. SCU Jean Simmons talks with Queen (silent).
Keywords
Royalty
Locations
London; Leicester Square; Odeon Cinema
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
50187
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
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