CAESAR AND CLEOPATRATHE 1945 MOVIE AMPS MEMBERS HELPED TO RESTORE- NOW AVAILABLE FOR LOAN ON VIDEO.The National Film Archive has given AMPS a VHS copy made from the restored Technicolor print. Members who were unable to attend our screening of the new 35mm print can now, if they wish, borrow the video copy for home viewing. The tape will be sent out, post free, by Recorded Delivery. Borrowers will be expected to return the copy, suitably packed, by Recorded Delivery, paying all charges. Interested members should phone or fax Bob Allen on 01284 850332 A BIT ABOUT ITProduction Company : J. Arthur Rank Produced and Directed by Gabriel Pascal From a play by George Bernard Shaw Starring : Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains Supported by : Flora Robson, Stewart Granger, Cecil Parker, Francis L Sullivan, Raymond Lovell Photographed in 3- Strip Technicolor by Freddie Young Editing by Frederick Wilson Sound Recording by John Dennis and Desmond Dew Costing £1,250,000 it was the most expensive film ever made up to that date. THE STARS AND DIRECTOR.VIVIEN LEIGH (1913-1967) Although her career was limited by delicate health, she was cast in some 30 movies. Best known of these, of course, is Gone With The Wind, for which she won the 1939 Best Actress Oscar. She won another Oscar for her performance in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Others of her best-known movies are A Yank At Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), Lady Hamilton (1941) and The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone (1961). Her last film was Ship Of Fools in 1965. CLAUDE RAINS (1884-1967) British born, his career started on the London stage when he was eleven years old. He appeared in British silents in the 1920s, but his first talking picture was in the title role of The Invisible Man (1932) in which his face, swathed in bandages, was unseen. He became a character actor with a superbly controlled sardonic manner, charming even when playing villains. He gained Oscar nominations for Mr Smith Goes To Washington (1939), Casablanca (1943), Mr Skeffington (1944) and Notorious (1946) , but he never won. He is probably best remembered (thanks to the many TV repeats) for his role as Prince John in Warner Bros’ The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938). |  GABRIEL PASCAL (1894-1954) Producer-Director. Hungarian-born, he came to Britain in the 1930s. He won the admiration of George Bernard Shaw, who entrusted him with filming his plays. In addition to Caesar And Cleopatra were Pygmalion (1938), produced by Pascal and directed by Anthony Asquith, and Androcles And The Lion (1952) produced by Pascal and directed by Chester Erskine in the US. |
