Release Date: 26th September 2011 Suggested Retail Price:
£14.99
Making its first ever appearance on DVD - courtesy of social history and
nostalgia specialist, Strike Force Entertainment - is the release of VARIETY
ACTS AND TURNS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Featuring over two and a half hours of the performances and songs sung by the
morale boasting variety acts and singers of the Second World War, this DVD gives
the opportunity to see some of the artists who helped the frontline troops and
home front civilians alike to 'Keep Smiling Through' the dark days of war.
Featuring balancing acts, strongmen and comedians, VARIETY ACTS AND TURNS OF THE
SECOND WORLD WAR also features some of the nation's favourite singers of their
time entertaining the troops in the midst of air raids, including Flanagan &
Allen, Gracie Fields, Robb Wilton, Sydney Burchall, Tommy Trinder, Peter
Sinclair, Vera Lynn, Max Wall, Joe Loss, Cyril Fletcher, Tommy Handley and
Mantovani among many more!
This release also celebrates the wartime work of ENSA - the 'Entertainments
National Service Association' which was set up in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie
Henson to provide entertainment for British armed service personnel during World
War Two.
With something for everyone, VARIETY ACTS AND TURNS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR is
another winning title from the best selling Second World War Collection from
Strike Force Entertainment.
VARIETY ACTS AND TURNS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR is available from all good
retailers, priced at £14.99. For more information visit www.strikeforcetv.com
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Oscar-winner assembles UCA crew for film
A Hollywood filmmaker is enlisting the help of students and alumni from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) for his latest project.
Oscar-winning director Arnold Schwartzman OBE RDI, who is a graduate of UCA Canterbury, is making a documentary about Margate - the town he grew up in.
Arnold Schwartzman said: “Margate Paradiso will be a nostalgic love letter to Margate, but it will also look to the future.
“I have a deep desire to offer a personal salute to the Margate of my youth and have collected film clips and photographs to show why it was such a popular holiday destination for 200 years and that despite the decline in tourism it can still be a town to be proud of.
“I also want to try to put down all of the horrible aspects of Margate that some people have been highlighting in recent years and help put Margate back on the map.”
Arnold gave a talk to the public talk about his plans at the Walpole Bay Hotel on Sunday 25 September 2011. The Mayor of Margate and numerous council members were in attendance.
“Inspired by Cinema Paradiso, a film by an Italian filmmaker who returned to his hometown as a successful filmmaker, I will tell the story from a cinema projection booth which is where my career in film also began,” he added.
"The town is picking up rapidly, with the Turner Contemporary gallery and the development of Dreamland and so on. So I think my planned documentary is quite timely.”
Filming for Margate Paradiso will begin early next year and will be crewed by students and graduates from UCA’s different campuses.
“I’m not looking for a cheap crew, I wanted to give something back to UCA and I think it’s a great opportunity for students and graduates to get professional experience and learn,” explained Arnold.
“My cameraman is cinematographer Davide Cinzi from UCA Farnham, whose film was nominated for an Oscar earlier this year. I love working with younger people and I’m really looking forward to it.”
Uwe Derksen, co- producer and fellow governor at UCA, said: “This project is not only inspirational to the local people of Margate but also to UCA’s students and staff who will see many of their famous alumni involved.
“It is a real pleasure and honour to work with an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and I’m sure all of the UCA students and graduates who work on the film will be very grateful to Arnold for giving them the opportunity to learn from him and boost their showreels and CVs.”
Last week, Arnold treated the public to a free talk at UCA Farnham (22 September) as part of the university’s “An Evening With…” series.
He spoke about his 52-year career in film, television, graphics and illustration with stories about his work with The Rolling Stones, Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor. He complemented these and other anecdotes with photos and film clips of him and the Hollywood elite, including Steven Spielberg, John Travolta and George Clooney.
Margate Paradiso is due to be released Summer 2012.
Visit www.margateparadiso.com for more information.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Sony Ericsson is adding to its ever growing ecosystem of over 150 optimised titles for Xperia™ PLAY with a partnership with world renowned Square Enix®. Revealed today the partnership will bring much loved titles such as “Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light™” exclusively to Android on Xperia PLAY in November 2011. More established hits from Square Enix will then follow in the coming months.
“With a unique control pad and immersive graphics that enable an enriched gaming experience, Xperia™ PLAY is bringing a unique and exciting dimension to smartphone gaming,” said Ben Cusack, Head of Mobile for Square Enix Europe. “This is just the start of what we plan to do together, but right now, we are delighted to be able to show off the full potential of our games with this innovative smartphone, bringing them to life as our creators intended.”
“Xperia™ PLAY continues to redefine smartphone gaming. By bringing some of the world’s most popular console games to the Xperia™ PLAY we’re delivering an unrivalled smartphone gaming experience,” said Tim Harrison, Head of Content & Marketing Strategy for Sony Ericsson. “And this is still really only just the beginning - we will continue to push the boundaries of what is possible with new games and new experiences optimized for Xperia PLAY, ensuring that consumers have the best gaming possible experience on a smartphone, whatever games they are in to.”
Sony Ericsson continues to make Xperia™ PLAY available to more consumers in more markets around the world. The smartphone has recently gone on sale in the US on the AT&T network and on the 14th September, the company announced that Xperia™ PLAY will launch in Japan with NTT DOCOMO in October 2011.
Check out the Sony Ericsson Product Blog and follow us on Twitter for the information on Xperia™ PLAY:
Twitter: @XperiaGames
Harry Hill Is Back on ITV
The four-time BAFTA winning Harry Hill’s TV Burp is back with a brand new series of top-notch telly send-ups this autumn. HARRY will rummage through our favourite TV to offer his acclaimed comic spin on the goings-on in soapland, reality TV and drama. Just when you think you‘ve seen it all, expect to be taken completely by surprise with inspired quips and skits in another run that sees the big-collared comedian wring out laughs from the biggest shows on the box.
With the return of talent shows The X Factor and the ever popular Strictly Come Dancing, expect a gag-packed, not to be missed, silly half hour from the multi-award-winning comic. While we obviously can't predict what will feature in this totally topical show, it’s safe to bank on hilarious moments from the week’s TV that you probably missed first time around.
A busy time for HARRY sees him: release Harry Hill’s TV Burp: Best Bits featuring the greatest moments from previous series on November 14th (ITV Studios Home Entertainment DVD); as well executive produce two pilots, one of which with ALISTAIR MCGOWAN called, You Cannot Be Serious!, a topical sports entertainment show for ITV1 mixing clips, sketches and impressions, and The End Of The Week As We Know It, a comedy news-review hosted by AL MURRAY (both for Avalon Television with TV Burp Execs RICHARD ALLEN-TURNER and JON THODAY); and continue to sell his successful range of Fairtrade nuts 'Harry's Nuts!' and Harry's Nuts! Crunchy Peanut Butter in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and other outlets to support farmers in Malawi and other countries (which he receives no money from).
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