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The History of British Cinema: 1942 |
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David Lean and Noel Coward’s In Which We Serve, loosely based on the experiences of Coward’s friend Lord Louis Mountbatten, is released. [ADD] |
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Because of the war, the screen quota, which reserves a specified amount of time for the screening of domestic productions in cinemas, is suspended. [ADD] |
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Alberto Cavalcanti’s Went the Day Well? in which a British village is invaded by Germans in disguise, is released. Leslie Banks and David Farrar star. [ADD] |
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– 20th Century-Fox’s lease on its Shepherds Bush studio expires. [ADD] |
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– Alexander Korda becomes the first filmmaker to be knighted. [ADD] |
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| – The Rank Organisation now has 619 cinemas in its Gaumont-British and Odeon chains, while ABPC has 442. Between them, these two circuits own 24% of all UK screens. [ADD] | ||||
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Other Key British Films of 1942 |
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| One of Our Aircraft is Missing (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger) [ADD] | ||||
| The First of the Few (Leslie Howard) [ADD] | ||||
| The Day Will Dawn (Harold French) [ADD] | ||||
| The Goose Steps Out (Basil Dearden, Will Hay) [ADD] | ||||
| Listen to Britain (Humphrey Jennings) [ADD] | ||||
| The Foreman Went to France (Charles Frend) [ADD] | ||||
The History of Cinema: 1942 |
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