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Appendix 1: Synopses of films

Musical biopic telling moments from the life of the celebrated
band leader, emphasising his rise from obscurity to stardom, his
marriage and his patriotic death while entertaining US troops
stationed in Europe during the second world war.

Goldfinqer

Guy Hamilton, UA, UK 1964.

Sean Connery; Honor Blackman; Gert Frobe; Harold Sakata; Lois
Maxwell; Shirley Eaton; Bernard Lee.

James Bond (Connery) versus Auric Goldfinger (Frobe) : after a
series of lavish and spectacular adventures in Miami, Switzerland
and Kentucky, Bond discovers and foils Goldfinger¹S plan to plant
a Chinese nuclear device in the US gold reserves at Fort Knox in
order to disable Western economies and increase the value of his
own holdings. This was the third of the Bond films.

Gone With The Wind

Victor Fleming (George Cukor, Sam Wood), MGM, US 1939.

Vivien Leigh; Clark Gable; Olivia de Havilland; Leslie Howard;
Barbara O'Neill; Hattie McDaniel; Butterfly McQueen; Thomas
Mitchell.

The biggest box office hit ever: this celebrated and lavish
film tells the story of a southern belle, Scarlett O'Hara
(Leigh), her stirring life during the period of the civil war,
and her stormy relationship with Rhett Butler (Gable).

The Great Escape

John Sturges, UA, US 1963.

James Garner; Steve McQueen; Richard Attenborough; James Donald;
Charles Bronson; Donald Pleasence; James Coburn; David McCallum;
Gordon Jackson.

'Allied prisoners plan to escape from a German prison camp.
Pretty good but overlong POW film with a tragic ending'.
Halliwell 1987.

Guys and Dolls

Joseph Mankiewicz, Samuel Goldwyn, US 1955.

Marlon Brando; Jean Simmons; Frank Sinatra; Vivian Blaine; Stubby

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