http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk The Cinema Museum houses a unique collection of artefacts, memorabilia and equipment that preserves the history and spirit of cinema from the 1890s to the present day. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:57:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/images/cm_logo.pnghttp://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2010/spring-season-2011/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:02:03 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=1166
The Cinema Museum continues its fundraising campaign to secure the Museum's future with a new season of film screenings and live talks. The Spring Season will begin on 5 March - check out the Upcoming Events pages for articles on individual events. ]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2010/spring-season-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2010/guardian-film/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:21:02 +0000 admin http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=794 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2010/guardian-film/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2010/the-ronald-grant-archive/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:30:41 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=1312 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2010/the-ronald-grant-archive/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/ill-fated-titanic-centenary/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:19:08 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=5149
To commemorate the disaster, a hundred years ago to this very day, film historian Luke McKernan presents films and extracts, fiction and non-fiction, genuine and fake, made at the time and in the years since, including a surviving non-fiction film from 1912.]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/ill-fated-titanic-centenary/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/cine-sisters/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:22:53 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=5123
Our guests are five women with a wealth of experience of the film and television industries: composer Debbie Wiseman, Python muse Carol Cleveland, actress Sylvia Syms, "the British Monroe" Vera Day and Carry On's Barbara Windsor. This is a collaboration with the Cinema and Television History (CATH) Research Centre at De Montfort University.]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/cine-sisters/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/economics-of-happiness/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:43:40 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=4658
This stunning documentary by Helena Norbery, Steven Gorelick and John Page reveals how corporate-led globalisation is destroying our jobs, our environment and our democracy. The film shows that localisation is another way.]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/economics-of-happiness/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/sylvia-syms/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:27:08 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=4532
British actress Sylvia Syms made her name in such film dramas as Ice-Cold in Alex (1958), Victim (1961) and The Tamarind Seed (1974) with Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif, with comedy roles including Tony Hancock’s wife in The Punch and Judy Man (1963). Still acting in films and television, she recently co-starred as the Queen Mother in the 2006 film The Queen.]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/sylvia-syms/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/marty-feldman-robert-ross/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:20:50 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=4511
Feldman’s biographer Robert Ross treats us to a fascinating illustrated portrait of this architect of British comedy. Regarded by John Cleese as “a true cultural icon”, he paved the way for Monty Python, before going on to become a Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein. No one before or since [...]]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/marty-feldman-robert-ross/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/carol-cleveland/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:14:18 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=4470
The Monty Python actress in conversation with Steve Chibnall. “What was it like working with those guys? DULL!! Dull, dull, dull! (and if you believe that, you’ll believe anything).” Plus an exclusive glimpse of Carol's one-woman show Pom-poms Up! A Cine Sisters event.]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/carol-cleveland/feed/ 0 http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/debbie-wiseman-sir-sydney-samuelson/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:01:37 +0000 Liz http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/?p=4436
Over the past 20 years, few people in the UK have not heard one of composer Debbie Wiseman's acclaimed film/TV scores, including Wilde, Tom & Viv, and the BBC's Land Girls, Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Judge John Deed. A Cine Sisters event]]> http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2012/debbie-wiseman-sir-sydney-samuelson/feed/ 0