Appendix 1: Synopses of films
Kaye.
A young hoodlum (Brando) takes a bet that he can charm a
Salvation Army officer (Simmons), on a mission to save souls in
a run down area of the city. Musical romance with a series of
song and dance set pieces in a studio bound ’New York’.
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Frank Launder, British Lion, UK 1950.
Margaret Rutherford; Alastair Sim; Joyce Grenfell.
A girls' school, headmistress Rutherford, is billeted on a boys'
school, headmaster Sim, with farcical consequences prefiguring
the later St. Trinians cycle.
A Hard Day's Night
Dick Lester, (UA) Proscenium, UK 1964.
The Beatles; Wilfrid Brambell; Norman Rossington; Victor
Spinetti.
The film combines documentary detail with fantasy and farce in
an action packed account of a twenty four hour trip from
Liverpool to London by the British pop music group, the Beatles,
who were approaching the height of their popularity at the time.
Help
Dick Lester, (UA) Walter Shenson, UK 1965.
The Beatles; Leo McKern; Eleanor Bron; Victor Spinetti.
'An oriental high priest chases the Beatles around the world
because one of them has a sacred ring. Exhausting attempt to
outdo A Hard Day's Night in lunatic frenzy, which goes to prove
that some talents work better on low budgets.' Halliwell 1987.
Henry V
Laurence Olivier, Rank/Two Cities, UK 1944.
Laurence Olivier; Robert Newton; Leslie Banks; Esmond Knight;
Renee Asherson; George Robey; Leo Genn; Felix Aylmer.
'Shakespeare's historicval play is seen in performance at the
Globe theatre in 1603; as it develops the scenery becomes more
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