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British Musicals of the 1930s (Network)

British Musicals of the 1930s (Network)

Robert Tanitch reviews four musicals on a double-disc DVD set BLOSSOM TIME (1934). An operetta about Franz Schubert’s life in Vienna in the 1820’s presents problems because very little is known about ...
Johnny didn’t come marching home

Johnny didn’t come marching home

Robert Tanitch reviews Johnny Got His Gun at Southwark Playhouse, London SE1 Dalton Trumbo took the title of his novel from the recruiting advert, Johnny Get Your Gun, a call to arms, dating from the ...
Is it fake or is it genuine?

Is it fake or is it genuine?

Robert Tanitch reviews Bakersfield Mist at Duchess Theatre, London WC2 Stephen Sachs’s two-hand play premiered in Los Angeles in 2011 at the Fountain Theatre, where Sachs is the artistic director. Bak ...
Ealing Studios Rarities Collection – volume 12

Ealing Studios Rarities Collection – volume 12

Robert Tanitch reviews 4 four 1930’s British films on a double-disc DVD set LOYALTIES (1933).  Basil Dean had directed John Galsworthy’s play in 1922 and his film gives a very good idea of what acting ...