Poster from from Man in the White Suit musical (2019) featuring Stephen Mangan as Sidney Stratton and Kara Tointon as Daphne Birnley. Written and directed by Sean Foley (1)
I admit that as an avid John Buchan reader, I was apprehensive about The 39 Steps being turned into a comedy play. Fortunately, my misgivings were misplaced and I watched the play many times. Hence, I’m trying to keep an open mind…
Daughter of the famous 1940s film star Margaret Lockwood, Julia Lockwood became a successful stage star in her own right
The British Film Institute presents a new exhibition dedicated to the work of Hungarian film-maker, Alexander Korda
The Classic Thriller Theatre Company presents a new stage adaptation of the 1938 film, The Lady Vanishes
Muriel Pavlow, the British actress and wife of Derek Farr, who starred in Reach for the Sky, Malta Story and Doctor at Large dies aged 97
The plaque will be installed at the British actress’s former home in Upper Norwood, followed by a screening of The Lady Vanishes
Author Elaine Parker writes ‘The Price of Fame’, a new biography of British actor, Dennis Price
Lewis Gilbert, the British director of Sink the Bismark!, Reach for the Sky and Carve Her Name with Pride, has died at the age of 97
Talking Pictures TV has announced a two-month season of films starring British comedy actor, Will Hay
Star of the 1950 film noir classic, Gun Crazy, as well as cult horror Night of the Demon, dies
The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation presents an open-air screening at Brookwood Military Cemetery of the 1958 war film, Carve Her Name With Pride
Hideaways holiday cottages publishes an article about Cornwall’s contribution to British film history
Humberts estate agents are overseeing the sale by Vivien Leigh’s grandchildren of her former home in Wiltshire
At the Minack Theatre, Cornwall, the Shattered Windscreen Theatre Company presents Bryony Lavery’s adaptation of the legend of the wicked Lady Skelton
BBC Radio 3 to broadcast a new drama about the making of the 1961 film, Victim, starring Dirk Bogarde. Written by Sarah Wooley
The last of the Gainsborough Girls, British actress Jean Kent, has died aged 92
Diaries and letters of the British theatre knight, Alec Guinness, have been acquired by the British Library
A striking red and black open-top car, bought by British film star Margaret Lockwood with one of her first film cheques, is to be sold at auction
British film star of the 1940s, Dulcie Gray, has died aged 95