The Picture Show Annual (1956)

Page scan 0009 from The Picture Show Annual

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1956
Author:
Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
Picture Show Annual (1956)
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book, United Kingdom, and Global Cinema
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
January 01, 1000
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These two pictures show two scenes from “Modem Times." Above, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard as the waif he befriends, snatch a brief sleep in the street. Right: Charlie Chaplin, having got Hank Mann en- tangled in the machinery, is worried by the problem of getting him out again. This film is as topical to-day in its outlook on this modern age as it was when it first came to our screens. I H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester at “ Modern Times." In the centre (behind) is Mr. J. Pole. Robertson J ustice, at the Odeou, Leicester Square. Other charity premieres during the screen season of 1954 which were graced by the presence of Royalty included that of September 15th, where Princess Alice attended the premiere of Marlon Brando (w-inner of the year 1954 the Academy Aw^lrd " Oscar ” for the best acting of the year) in On the Waterfront, a gripping film of trouble among the stevedores and dockers of New York harbour. The film was based on a series of articles, " Crime on the Waterfront,” which won the Pulitzer prize for reporting in 1949. H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester was present at the premiere of the re-issue of Modern Times, a film .shown here in 1936, which Charles Chaplin wrote, starred in. and directed.