Picture People (1947)

Film about the successful year in the British Film industry. Herbert Wilcox at Daily Mail Film Festival honoured for his film Piccadilly Incident. Daily Express Film Ball shots of dance floor. Shot of Googie Withers and Griffith Jones. Dolores Gray and Michael Wilding. Sunday Pictorial Film Garden Party - stars present include: Richard Attenborough, Muriel Pavlow, Derek Farr, Joan Dowling and Beatrice Campbell. Fans clamber over barricades to get to their heroes. Liners bring personalities to Southampton. Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor are interviewed. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are interviewed and play their characters. Mae West cracks a joke. The Goldwyn Girls pose on an ocean liner. Cameramen are seen. Wallace Beery. Jackie Coogan joined forces with Pathe’s British boy star “Dave“ and his dog “Dusty“. Tony Wager (Pip of ’Great Expectations) is seen at home with his family. Jean Simmons walks with a book on her head and has a ride on the back of a motorcycle. Rex Harrison
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