Premiere Of "1984" 1956

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Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, London.

GV. Warner Brothers cinema. SCU. Police holding crowd back. GV. Crowded foyer of the theatre. SCU. Four starlets posing for the camera showing hairstyles with the hairdresser Biatgio. CU. Girl with an elaborate hairdo. SCU. Gordon Scott (Tarzan). SCU....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31540
Sort Number:
56/020
Time in/Out:
01:29:51:00 / 01:31:01:00
Canister:
56/20
Film ID:
571.23
Issue Date:
08/03/1956

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  • The premiere took place on 6 March 1956.

    jamied 24th Apr 2012

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