Clips From A Life

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Denis Norden. Clips From A Life

CLIPS FROM A LIFE

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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FOREWORD

TIMELINE

MOSTLY CINEMAS AND CINE VARIETY

MOSTLY WORLD WAR TWO

MOSTLY POST-WAR AND VARIETY

MOSTLY RADIO, FRANK AND CENSORSHIP

MOSTLY TELEVISION

MOSTLY MY WORD!,MY MUSIC AND THE GUILD

MOSTLY LOOKS FAMILIAR, MELVIN FRANK AND ALRIGHT ON THENIGHT

EARLY DAYS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS

GLOSSARY AND INDEX. A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

About the Publisher

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DENIS NORDEN

And insofar as I have followed any guiding principle for the ensuing ruminative rummage, that injunction would more or less cover it.

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When you bought a ticket at the cinema box office in those days, the cashier receiving your money would push a button on the Automaticket machine in front of her and up through a little metal trapdoor would pop a numbered ticket, differently coloured for the various prices.

You took this ticket to the door of the stalls or circle, where a uniformed member of the front of house staff would tear it in two, handing you one half and, using a bodkin, thread the half he retained on to a length of string.

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