Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Season 1

3 episodes · Sep 21, 1986

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  • S1E1

    The Way We Lived

    Sep 21, 198638m

    Documentary series about women film-makers who were active in the British film industry in the 1950's. Kay Mander, Jill Craigie and Wendy Toye talk about the films they directed, and Phyllis Calvert, Mandy Miller and Sylvia Syms comment on the roles they played.

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  • S1E2

    Romance and Reality

    Sep 28, 198638m

    The second in this three part series looking at women working in the British film industry during the 1950's and compares the romance of the movies with the reality of women's lives at the time.

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  • S1E3

    The Wicked Lady and What Became of Her

    Oct 5, 198638m

    This programme discusses the taboo subject of bad girls and sexy girls, usually disguised as a morality tale or a light hearted comedy. Jeanette Kent, Shirley Eaton and Sylvia Syms look back at the image they projected then. Producer Betty Box considers her huge success in Doctor in the House. Dilys Powell comments on Diana Dors.

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