On Stage

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1125

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1On Stage

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: New Zealander, Barbara Ewing visits the Savoy Hotel for 100th birthday celebrations of The Stage newspaper, the trade journal for Britain’s entertainment industry. Among the one thousand guests, she meets one of the theatre’s longest-established stars, Sir Ralph Richardson and one of the newest, Elaine Paige, leading lady of the musical ‘Evita’.

Researcher Comments

Also includes a brief interview with Frankie Vaughan. Guests pictured also include: Leslie Phillips, Katie Boyle, Frank Comerford and Moira Lister. Includes various pieces of footage from Pathe and Imperial War Museum, including Queen Victoria’s funeral, ‘Hamlet’, foot jugglers and George Formby entertaining troops. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Commemorations; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Newspapers; Performing arts

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1125

Credits:

Presenter

Barbara Ewing

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

John Wilson

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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