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Jean simmons wears a pearl necklace and a lacy top
23rd January, 2010

Jean Simmons, British actress, dies aged 80

Celebrating 20th century industrial heritage in film. Banner for King Coal from the Showroom Cinema Sheffield. Season runs 10th September to 15th October 2009
    12th September, 2009

    The Stars Look Down in Sheffield cinema mining season

    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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