Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire.
A woman is seen leaving her housing estate home in a chauffeur driven car, she is waved off by neighbours. The woman is taken for a tour of Elstree Studios. Good shots showing behind the scenes material: woman is given makeover by makeup artist and wardrobe mistress, she is then seen having tea with the stars, including heartthrob actor. NB: this section is similar to Film Fanfare, nos. 4 and 5.
Hollywood, United States of America (USA).
Tour around a large American film studio. Shows sets, water tank and wave machine.
Back in UK, location of events unknown.
Ronald Shiner, Jimmy Edwards and Ted Ray are seen clowning around in a pub. Sid James is there also. Several other unknown British film personalities are seen including Sid James, Robertson Hare & Athene Seyler (?).
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1956
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 82317
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 2813.03
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:06:14:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:10:30:00 / 01:16:44:00
- Canister:
- DOCS
- Sort Number:
- DOCS
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- Categories
- Historical Figures & Celebrities Entertainment & Humour Trade & Industry
- WorkSpaces
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- Programmes
- Film Fanfare
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Stills
jamied says
"Tour around a large American film studio" - a logo visible at 03:56 tells us that it's the Warner Bros studio.
"Ronald Shiner, Jimmy Edwards and Ted Ray are seen clowning around in a pub" - this is the pub of which Ronald Shiner was the landlord, namely the "Blackboys Inn" at Blackboys in Sussex. (The pub is featured in Pathe clip 136.13).
"Athene Seyler (?)" - I'm confident that isn't her.
Michael Pertwee, (currently undocumented), is featured in that pub scene, however.
jamied says
CORRECTION: scrub Michael Pertwee from that last comment, I don't believe it is him now.