We Never Closed

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1848A
Date Released
5 Nov 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: We Never Closed. DESCRIPTION: The Windmill, one of the most famous theatres in the country, which has been spinning out non-stop revue for six days a week for the past thirty two years has at last closed. It used to be a cinema and will now re-open once again as one. SHOTLIST: LS Windmill Theatre. MS same. MS windmill over door. CU same. CU We Never Closed sign. MS girls arriving at the stage door. MS stage door sign. MS girls in dressing room. CU photographs. CU girls removing costumes from coat-hangers. MCU girl making up and dressing. CU Dressing Room signs. MCU girls leaving dressing rooms. CU Windmill Honours List. MS Sheila van Damm, Bill Kerr and Richard Murdock. CU Sheila van Damm and Richard Murdock. CU Michael Bentine. CU Eric Barker. CU Dirk Bogarde. MS last house arriving. CU House Full sign. MS doormen closing doors. CU No Re-admission sign. GV Piccadilly Circus. MCU various night club signs. LS Windmill Theatre. MS curtain coming down after last show. MS doorman locking doors.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
London; Windmill Theatre
Card file number
89002
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
191
Story extras:
Film clip

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'We Never Closed', British Movietone News Issue No. 1848A, 5 Nov 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25740 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)