Pinewood historic images found

Can anybody have a look at this book and see if there are any interesting
materials?

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The Times 20/07/2007

Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent

Images from heyday of British cinema found in filing cabinet

A photograph of Alec Guinness in the character of Fagin, taking a break with
a cigarette during filming of David Lean's Oliver Twist 60 years ago, is
among a treasure trove of unpublished photographs from the heyday of British
cinema that has been unearthed.
More than 5,000 historic images, dating from the 1930s to the 1970s, have
been discovered in a vault at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire. Two
battered old metal filing cabinets, which had remained unopened for as long
as anyone can remember, were found to be wedged full of images.
Some of the photographs are so early, they are still on glass plates. Others
appear on strips of negatives.
There are shots of the biggest stars of the era, including Dirk Bogarde, who
found matinee-idol fame as heart-throb medical student Simon Sparrow in the
Doctor films and critical acclaim as an actor in classics such as The
Servant.
The unpublished photographs show him sharing a joke with Brigitte Bardot
with whom he starred in Doctor at Sea in 1955. There are also previously
unseen images of a handsome Bogarde relaxing with a cigarette in his
dressing-room in the late 1950s and bespectacled - filming Esther Waters in
1947 - with a block by his shoe to fix his position at a time when cameras
could not move with ease.
The discovery - which also includes images of Gregory Peck, Laurence
Olivier, Kenneth More and Lean, among many other actors and directors - was
made by Morris Bright, while researching Pinewood Studios: 70 Years of
Fabulous Film-making, a lavish 384-page book on the history of the studio
which is published this week.

--- Teresa - ISOSHADO <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Can anybody have a look at this book and see if
> there are any interesting
> materials?
>
Pinewood Studios: 70 Years of Fabulous Film-making, a
lavish 384-page book on the history of the studio
which is published this week.
>
>
>

I haven't seen this book yet, but I have an
interesting book titled "Movies From the Mansion - A
History of Pinewood Studios".

My copy happens to be signed by the actor Trevor
Howard.




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