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Photograph of Joan Greenwood (63)
25th May, 2009

Joan Greenwood in Philip French’s Screen Legends Guardian article

Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick in The Stars Look Down (1940), screening as part of BBC4’s At the Coalface Night, 23rd May 2009
    23rd May, 2009

    The Stars Look Down in British coal mining BBC TV evening

    Cast photo from the 2009 revival by the Agatha Christie Theatre Company of Agatha Christie’s play, Spider’s Web
      16th February, 2009

      New production of Spider’s Web goes on tour

      The cast of Whisky Galore a Musical!, during the 2009 run at the Pitlochry Theatre, Scotland
        13th February, 2009

        Musical version of Whisky Galore! opens at the Pitlochry Theatre

        Margaret Lockwood as Anna Bomasch in Night Train to Munich (1940) in the BFI’s promotional booklet for its 2008 Sidney Gilliat season. Page reads: ‘As a writer and director in the heyday of Britain’s studio system Sidney Gilliat was both a consummate entertainer and a sharp social commentator. British cinema is all the richer for his beady eye and dry wit argues Geoff Brown.’
        4th November, 2008

        Sidney Gilliat season at the BFI in November 2008

        Poster for The Man in Grey, found during works on the Paris Metro
        25th April, 2008

        The Man in Grey poster found in the Paris Metro

        Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave in a scene from The Lady Vanishes (1938) in the BFI’s promotional booklet for their 2008 Margaret Lockwood season. Page reads: ‘Lockwood was Britain’s favourite female star throughout most of the 1940s bringing verve and glamour to a war-weary nation. Josephine Botting looks back over her career and reveals a highly versatile actress.’
        4th December, 2007

        Margaret Lockwood season at the BFI in January 2008

        Twin brothers John [L] and Andrew [R] with brother Charles Connor [centre], who would send typewritten letters of news on the American home front to the twins fighting in Korea. 1952.
        20th June, 2007

        55-year-old diary records thoughts on Honours Easy

        Volunteer at the RAF Oulton Museum, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Mark Stocking reads about a pilot who flew from RAF Oulton
          10th June, 2007

          Location filming for Jassy highlighted in new exhibition

          Cast photo from Whisky Galore, The Making of a Fillum (2007)
            17th February, 2007

            Play based on the making of Whisky Galore! opens

            Return of the Train, promotional advertisement by Virgin Trains from 2005. Clever CGI transports Margaret Lockwood and Day May Whitty from The Lady Vanishes (1938) to the present day
            16th June, 2005

            Margaret Lockwood featured in unique Virgin Trains advertisement

            Margaret Lockwood puts her arm around famous British director, Alfred Hitchcock
              5th May, 2003

              Gainsborough exhibition opens in East London

              Logo from around 2002 for Carlton Cinema
                1st April, 2003

                Carlton Cinema ceases UK transmission

                Poster for Six of the Best, a season of Ealing Comedies at UGC cinemas
                  10th August, 2002

                  Ealing Studios’ 100th anniversary celebrations

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