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The History of British Cinema: 1956 |
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The first programme of ‘Free Cinema’ documentary films is shown at the National Film Theatre. [ADD] |
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The British Film Institute and Cinémathèque Française hold a three-month retrospective of British cinema in Piccadilly Circus, London. !30 features and numerous shorts are shown. [ADD] |
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30,000 fans gather to welcome Marilyn Monroe to London, where she is to film The Prince and the Showgirl. Monroe is accompanied by Arthur Miller, her husband of nine days. [ADD] |
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Vivien Leigh suffers a nervous breakdown after having a miscarriage. [ADD] |
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Cinema managers request police protection from teenage audiences during screenings of Rock Around the Clock. [ADD] |
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30/10 - |
Marilyn Monroe is among the stars presented to the queen at the Royal Command Performance of Michael Powell’s The Battle of the River Plate. [ADD] |
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| – The Association of Cine Technicians, the film industry’s trades union, becomes the Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT). [ADD] | ||||
Other Key British Films of 1956 |
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| The Man Who Never Was (Ronald Neame) | ||||
| The Green Man (Robert Day) | ||||
| 1984 (Michael Anderson) | ||||
| Reach for the Sky (Lewis Gilbert) | ||||
| A Town Like Alice (Jack Lee) | ||||
| Yield to the Night (J. Lee Thompson) | ||||
The History of Cinema: 1956 |
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