South Pacific Premiere

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1507A
Date Released
24 Apr 1958
Date submitted
22 Apr 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ‘South Pacific’ Premiere. DESCRIPTION: The premiere of the film South Pacific took place at London’s Dominion Theatre. It has been specially adapted and equipped, and the film itself is big - seventy millimetres wide instead of the usual thirty-five. This was London’s first introduction to the new wide-screen Todd-A0 process, and the premiere was of-course attended by prominent film executives. There was the First Sea Lord and Lady Mountbatten, and a number of famous people: Max Bygraves, Stirling Moss with his wife, Carole Carr, Julie Wilson, Petula Clark, Alma Cogan, Frankie Vaughan with his wife, and Anna Neagle with her husband, Herbert Wilcox. There were garlands for the director of the film, Joshua Logan, and for Oscar Hammerstein. Also Mitzi Gaynor, star of the film, received a garland of South Pacific flowers. SHOTLIST: MS sign on front of cinema ‘South Pacific’. CU same. CU police hold back crowds. CU same. GV interior of foyer. TS Hula Hula girls enter cinema. CU same. Slip pan to model of cinema & screen. CU projectionist with 70 mm film. CU same lacing up film. MS same. CU projector gate. CU striking the arc. CU cogs start to turn. MS projection room. Slip pan to J Pattinson arriving. MS Sam Eckman arrives. MS police & crowds. MS Sir Gordon Craig arrives. MS Mr Skouras arrives. MS police and crowds. CU same. MS Earl Mountbatten & wife arrives. MS Foyer. MS Max Bygraves arrives. MS Stirling Moss & wife. MS Carole Carr. MS Julie Wilson. MS Petula Clark & Joe Henderson. MS Alma Cogan arrives. MS Frankie Vaughan and wife, and Anna Neagle & Herbert Wilcox arriving. MS same inside. CU Director of film Joshua Logan garlanded. TS foyer. CU Hammerstein garlanded. MS Mitzi Gaynor arrives and waves. GV inside. CU Mitzi Gaynor garlanded.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Economics; Business and commerce; Newspapers; Cinema; Performing arts
Locations
London; England; Tottenham Court Road; Dominion
Card file number
73493
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
Len Waldorf
Camera
Michael Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
176
Story extras:
Film clip

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'South Pacific Premiere', British Movietone News Issue No. 1507A, 24 Apr 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22347 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)