Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Film Stars at Command Performance
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 8
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Command Film Performance - Scott of the Antarctic. DESCRIPTION: The Queen, accompanied by Princess Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh, at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, to see the feature Scott of the Antarctic. Many American and British film stars were present. SHOTLIST: KS MS Empire Theatre. GV Empire Theatre. Crowds outside. The Queen arrives with Duke of Edinburgh & Princess Margaret and enters foyer. Queen in foyer. Queen introduced to J Arthur Rank by Reginald Bromhead. CU Bromhead & Queen. Bobby Henrey presents bouquet to Queen. Auriol Calvert (daughter of Phyllis Calvert) presents bouquet to Princess. GV foyer. Queen introduced to Jack Hulbert. Hulbert introduces stars, SCU & CU of the following: Sid Field, Valerie Hobson, Glynis Johns, Alan Ladd, Vivien Leigh & Sir Laurence Olivier. MS Margaret Lockwood. MS & MCU Myrna Loy talking to Queen. MS Michael O’Shea & wife Virginia Mayo. CU John Mills & Michael O’Shea talk with Duke of Edinburgh. Duke chats to Jean Simmons & Elizabeth Taylor. Queen & Princess walk down stairs to finish.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Entertainment and leisure; Performing arts
- Locations
- Empire; Leicester Square
- Footage sources
- Pathe
- Card file number
- 51130
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 234
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