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  • Wars of the Roses, The: An Illustrated Talk by J. Dover Wilson (1952 Radio)

    Series
    Wars of the Roses, The
    Producer
    Peter Watts

    Radio programme introducing three Shakespeare historical plays which the Third Programme presents as a continuous chronicle: Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3 and Richard III. The opening talk by series editor John...

  • Pimpernel Smith (1941 Film)

    Director
    Leslie Howard

    Feature propaganda film and a wartime sequel to The SCARLET PIMPERNEL (d. Harold Young, 1934) also starring Leslie Howard. In the weeks prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, an English archaeologist...

  • Yijian Mei (1931 Film)

    aka: Spray of Plum Blossoms, A

    Director
    BU Wancang
    Producer
    LUO Mingyou

    Silent Chinese feature film based on The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Two young men graduate from a Shanghai military academy, and one Hu Luting (Valentine) accepts a posting in Guangzhou, chiding his friend...

  • Sommernachtstraum, Ein (1925 Film)

    aka: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Wood Love Heiteres Fastnachtsspeil, Ein

    Director
    Hans Neumann
    Producer
    Hans Neumann

    Feature film which appears to have combined great charm and ribaldry. Ball, summarising contemporary reviews, writes: ‘Theseus was shown at the telephone, Amazons and Athenians moved into battle to the...

  • Real Thing at Last, The (1916 Film)

    Director
    L.C. MacBean

    A burlesque of Macbeth which imagines how the play would be adapted and filmed by an American producer. The New York Times critic, reviewing the London screening, noted ‘The drama ends happily with a...