Learning on ScreenRoyalty Honour ‘Hamlet’ Premiere
- Synopsis
- British newsfilm. "Their Majesties Princess Elizabeth and Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the premiere of Sir Laurence Olivier’s ‘Hamlet". People seen on screen at the premiere of HAMLET (1948) at the Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square, London include Mr and Mrs Stracey, Mr and Mrs Herbert Morrison, Ernest Bevan, Aneurin Bevan and Jennie Lee. Laurence Olivier did not attend as he was in Australia. Shot of Queen Elizabeth talking to Jean Simmons (silent).
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1948
- Transmission details
- 10 May 1948
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Film premieres
Notes
- Notes
- Story number 50187. The story can be accessed online at www.movietone.com
- General
- This was the first time that the King and Queen had attended a film premiere when the film was not a Command Performance.
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British Movietonews Ltd
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- 01895 833071
- Fax
- 01895 834893
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