The Lass from Lancashire

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The Lass from Lancashire

Item number (ISN):

103548

Series title:

Telescope

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

103548

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTO

Accession:

1986-0810

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1968-12-26

Production responsibility:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

producer, Fletcher Markle; director, Loyd Brydon

Description:

TELESCOPE visits the Isle of Capri to meet former British singer-comedienne Gracie Fields. Now age 70, Gracie with her husband Boris, owns and runs Canzone Del Mare, a combined restaurant and swimming club on the Isle: talks about her life and career (interspersed with film clips of her performing some of her most famous songs); her early job at a factory in Rochdale, England; how she worked her way into theatre; her change from straight singing roles to be a commedienne; her three husbands, Archie Pitt, Monty Banks (real name Mario Bianchi), and her present spouse Boris Elparavici; her work and leisure at the restaurant and club. <30mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

1. Subject description taken from CBC screening reports.~2. Spelling Loyd Brydon taken from DBD catalogue cards.

Detailed holdings information:

Vault ISN:

250650

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8614-8985

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

KINE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

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