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centenary of cinema

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
centenary of cinema

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Cecil Hepworth - NW1

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 Cecil Hepworth (1874 - 1953) Brit...

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Dilys Powell

Dilys Powell CBE (1901 - 1995) film critic who inspired generations of film-m...

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Lindsay Anderson

Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996. Lindsay Anderson (1923-1994), fi...

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Robert W. Paul - EC1

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996. Robert W. Paul (1869 - 1943) Bri...

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Sir Alec Guinness - WC2

Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996. Sir Alec Guinness in recognition...

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centenary of cinema

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Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing, star of Hammer Films and many other motion pictures, 'A true g...

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Richard Todd

Todd attended the unveiling.

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Southgate Odeon

On this site stood the Odeon cinema 1935 - 1982 a classic example of the Odeo...

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Other Subjects

Gaumont

Gaumont

International film company.  Formed in France by engineer-inventor Leon Gaumont. 

Group, Cinema, France

1 memorial
Dame Sybil Thorndike

Dame Sybil Thorndike

Born Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Actor. George Bernard Shaw wrote his play Saint Joan with her in mind. Created Dame of the British Empire in 1931. She was married to the actor Sir Lewis Casson. Di...

Person, Cinema, Theatre

3 memorials
Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Actor. Born Peter Wilton Cushing in Kenley, Surrey. After playing small roles on stage, he went to America where he performed in several films, including one with Laurel and Hardy. Returning to Bri...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA

1 memorial
Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele

Musician and actor. Born Thomas William Hicks in Bermondsey. He was promoted as the British Elvis Presley and had his first chart success with 'Singin' the Blues'. Many hits followed and in time, h...

Person, Cinema, Music / songs, Theatre

2 memorials
Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Character actor. Born Edinburgh. Only became a professional actor aged about 30. Worked in Shakespeare at the Old Vic and then spent the 1950s making many British films, such as the 1954 The Belles...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, Scotland

1 memorial

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Ian William Sargent

Ian William Sargent

The Ham & High, the local newspaper, carried the story of Sargent's motorcycling accident in Hornsey Lane which led to his death. He was on his way home to Thornbury Square, Highgate, from his...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Born Edinburgh. Studied law at Middle Temple in 1948 and then in 1950 returned to Edinburgh to paint. Back in London 1952-4 at the Slade School. He returned to Scotland, but in 1963 he moved to the...

Person, Art, Scotland

1 memorial
Co-operative Bank

Co-operative Bank

A retail and commercial bank with headquarters in Manchester. Formed in 1872 as the Loan and Deposit Department of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, becoming the CWS Bank four years later. Howeve...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Fukushima disaster

Fukushima disaster

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered major damage from an earthquake and tsunami.

Event, Tragedy, Japan

1 memorial
Thomas Chatterton

Thomas Chatterton

Poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Born Bristol. Largely self-taught, read extensively and began writing verse aged 11. Became besotted with the medieval period and faked the writings of a ...

Person, Poetry

2 memorials