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McElhone to Play Britain's First Female Doctor

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2008-05-12 00:00:00 by Monika Bartyzel in Cinematical
...Britain's first female doctor, James Miranda Barry (McElhone), who was forced to disguise herself as a man in order to practice medicine." But of course, it can't just be about the medicine. Set in the early 19th century, the film will focus on her love affair with the governor of Cape Town, Lord Charles Somerset (Purefoy It's disappointing...
 
Tags: mcelhone, focus films, focus, natascha mcelhone, female doctor, cape town, lord charles somerset, purefoy, medicine
 
 
 
 
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THE SPY WHO CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET: BRITAIN'S MI5 TO REACHES OUT TO GAY RECRUITS

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2008-08-19 17:57:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...Britain's gay community as a significant step forward, MI5 is actively recruiting gays and lesbians throughout all facets of the intelligence agency. As with any government bureau, there have always been gays employed in MI5- but coming out of the closet was grounds for dismissal on the basis that it might lead an agent to be blackmailed....
 
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THE SPY WHO CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET: BRITAIN'S MI5 TO REACH OUT TO GAY RECRUITS

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2008-08-19 17:57:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
...Britain's gay community as a significant step forward, MI5 is actively recruiting gays and lesbians throughout all facets of the intelligence agency. As with any government bureau, there have always been gays employed in MI5- but coming out of the closet was grounds for dismissal on the basis that it might lead an agent to be blackmailed....
 
Tags: mi5, mi5 decision, significant step forward, gay bad guys, gays, mi5-, closet, government bureau, britain
 
 
 
 
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The Film is the Flag

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2007-05-06 07:28:00 by Anna in The Crowd Roars
...Britain at a time when the dynamics of Anglo-American relations were changing dramatically - on all fronts By the end of the Roaring Twenties America's cultural influence was beginning to catch up with that of Britain and a lot of people, especially the educated middle and upper classes, were none too happy with the change. Movies, jazz,...
 
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Nazi Cinema and Extortion

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2007-12-07 19:02:26 by Thom in Film of the Year
...Britain, such as London Can Take It (1940) and the more aurally adventerous Listen to Britain (1941) were released in the United States to acclaim. These films offered heroic visions of the English people bravely maintaining their dignity and resolve during day and night air raids in the Battle of Britain . And just like Sieg im Westen they...
 
Tags: delays nazi film, nazi film, world war, world, german film upheld, german film, war, war newsreel, film
 
 
 
 
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"Movie" vs. British Cinema

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2007-11-14 15:00:00 by girish in girish
...Britain For the last couple of weeks Ive been poring over moth-eaten back issues in the library, attempting to piece together a picture of that turbulent film-cultural moment in Britain contemporaneous with the early days of the French New Wave Movie was founded in 1962; it grew out of the film section of an undergraduate magazine called...
 
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More on the history and rules of standing for the Royal Anthem

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2008-04-25 18:28:00 by WiseKwai in Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
...Britain, where in the 1910s, the image of King George VI was be shown at the end of the films while "God Save the King" was played Here's more from Prachatai The practice was strictly observed in Britain, and was forced in the British colonies worldwide, including India, Malaya, and Burma The practice was continued until the early reign of...
 
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2008-06-18 00:30:00 by Tanner in Double O Section
...Britain slowly by flooding it with cheap heroin and poisoning its youth, Gorner declares that he doesnt really have the patience to see that one through, so hes just going to go with that old standby of Bond movie villains (note that were more in film territory than book territory at this point) and launch two nukes at Russia in an attempt to...
 
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THE LAST LEGION on DVD

2007-12-25 01:52:00 by Editor in Film Radar Articles and Reviews
 
...Britain in the hope that the 9th Legion will still hold their loyalty to Flavius There are things I liked about this film and things I didnt. Likeable was Firth who made his role believable in subtle ways, such as being faced with overwhelming odds and giving a look of youve got to be kidding me rather than the standard Hollywood Heros I...
 
Tags: legion, caesar, sword, magic sword, gaius julius caesar, short sword, 9th, 9th legion, boy caesar