Grease Opening Night

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2300
Date Released
2 Jul 1973
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grease Opening Night. DESCRIPTION: The new rock musical opens in London reviving the rock era of twenty years ago. SHOTLIST: GV London Theatre for the opening night of Grease. SV American producer Bernard Jay arriving. GV Bernard Delfont’s Rolls Royce arriving. SV press photographers. SCU Delfont talking to Jay. SV Billy Fury signing autographs. SV Peggy Mount walking towards camera. SV photographer. SV pan Ned Sherrin arriving. LV crowd outside theatre. SV personalities up escalator. SV pan Britt Ekland coming off escalator with man. SV Ekland. SCU David Frost talking to girl. SV Eartha Kitt toasts success to Jay. SV Richard Todd with woman and David Langdon. SV DJ Rosko with Lindsey de Paul. SV Langdon talking to Richard Gere star of the show. GV party in full swing, people dancing. SCU Jackie Pallo dancing with girl. GV people dancing.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
London
Card file number
99201
Credits:
Camera
David Allan
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Grease Opening Night', British Movietone News Issue No. 2300, 2 Jul 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29950 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)