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    British Movie Entertainments on VHS and DVD
    British Movie Entertainments on VHS and DVD
    British Movie Entertainments on VHS and DVD
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    British Movie Entertainments on VHS and DVD

    By John Howard Reid

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    British DVD suppliers have now released around 700 classic films. This book details some of Britain’s best. Over 400 movies in all are described in either minute detail or in summary form! And the quality (or lack of same) in the DVD transfer is fearlessly indicated. The author's emphasis is on movies made before 1970, especially those featuring popular stars. Audience favorites include Glynis Johns, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Margaret Lockwood, Arthur Askey, Anna Neagle, James Mason, Patricia Roc, Stewart Granger, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Will Hay, Tommy Trinder, Alec Guinness, Michael Wilding, Peter Finch, Christopher Lee, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall, John Gregson, John Mills, Vera Lynn, Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, James Robertson Justice, Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Green, Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Eric Portman, Dennis Price, Jessie Matthews, Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, Michael Rennie, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jean Simmons, Anthony Steel, Ronald Shiner, etc.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Howard Reid
    Release dateFeb 16, 2011
    ISBN9781458144409
    British Movie Entertainments on VHS and DVD
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    John Howard Reid

    Author of over 100 full-length books, of which around 60 are currently in print, John Howard Reid is the award-winning, bestselling author of the Merryll Manning series of mystery novels, anthologies of original poetry and short stories, translations from Spanish and Ancient Greek, and especially books of film criticism and movie history. Currently chief judge for three of America's leading literary contests, Reid has also written the textbook, "Write Ways To Win Writing Contests".

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