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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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