When the chemistry between two leading film stars worked wonders at the box office, studios were quick to cash in. And put them to work, partnering each other, again and again.
'Screen Partners' is a series of lectures which looks at the history of magical pairings on the screen. It traces how these partners came together and analyses what it was about them that caught the public's imagination.
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Among the screen partnerships discussed and analysed in this series of
lectures are:
Spencer Tracy & Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh,
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
The course also focuses on some of the great screen romantic partnerships in
memorable 'one-off' films such as…….
Clark Gable & Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind
Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon in Wuthering Heights
Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
Omar Sharif and Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago etc. etc.
Monday evening lectures start at 8 to 9.30pm. Coffee is served before the meeting. If anyone is interested in joining us do just come along, you will be made very welcome. For further information please phone Julia Peacock on 01763-272584.
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