Top Personality
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Top Personality. DESCRIPTION: London now, and the Show Business Awards Luncheon of the Variety Club of Great Britain. And here are the winners: Bruce Forsyth, Elizabeth Seal (Stage Actress), Laurence Harvey (Film Actor of 1959), Harry Secombe (Show Business Personality of 1959), Richard Dimbleby (BBC Personality). Richard Todd was there, and so was Mr Billy Butlin. SHOTLIST: GV guests seated at luncheon tables. MS Bruce Forsyth, Harry Secombe, Richard Todd talking. CU same. CU Richard Todd. CU Harry Secombe. CU Bruce Forsyth and Elizabeth Seal. CU Richard Dimbleby. MS Billy Butlin. CU Billy Butlin’s feet. GV guests seated at lunch. MS Elizabeth Seal receives her award. CU Elizabeth Seal making speech. MS Margaret Leighton receives award for her husband. CU ditto. MS Margaret Leighton kisses husband. MS Harry Secombe receives award. CU same making speech. GV luncheon guests. CU Harry Secombe finishes speech. GV luncheon guests. CU Harry Secombe holding award.
- Keywords
- Organisations; Entertainment and leisure; Economics; Business and commerce; Newspapers; Performing arts
- Locations
- London; England
- Card file number
- 79543
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- John Davies
- Camera
- Ken Taylor
- Length of story (in feet)
- 153
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How to cite this record
'Top Personality', British Movietone News Issue No. 1605A, 10 Mar 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23506 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)