Description
Felicity had to walk the six miles from West London into the West End, pawning her watch on the way, but on that day she stepped into a new and exciting world, and a golden decade of cinema. She had grown up wanting to be a dancer on the stage. Now she would work on the audience side of the curtains. Felicity Fair Thompson became the first woman in Rank's West End Cinema management, surrounded by movie stars, the rich and famous, all the Royal family, press and film media buzz, and thousands of cinema fans. All her personal memories are here - the inside world of cinema she was part of in those exciting years in Leicester Square. Glamorous international movie stars! Royalty! Media Celebrities - Rock stars - the magic of West End Cinema Management right in the heart of London with fabulous photographs to illustrate the moments! The Annual Royal Film Performances, World Premieres, Charity Performances, world title fights beamed in, award winning films, elegant events, huge crowds to control. And business. BIG business!
About the Author
Felicity Fair Thompson was born in Australia. After a short ballet career, she worked for the Rank Organisation in London's West End. Later her interests expanded into film making and writing. Her film Carisbrooke Castle was broadcast on SKY TV. Three of her other travel films were shown on Australian television. Her work includes children's stories, three produced stage plays, travel features, theatre reviews, personality profiles, award winning poetry, and three novels. She founded and hosted the IW Weekend Writers' Conference with delegates from Britain, Europe and the US. She gave workshops alongside Sir Andrew Motion at the Tennyson Bicentenary. With an MA Screenwriting UAL she has taught for Screen South, Connexions, IW College, and independently, and worked one to one with young people with learning difficulties.
Reviews
Not the confines of the film studio production floor, but the magic and lights of the auditorium, the electricity of red-carpet premieres - a rare inside account of a golden decade of film presentation in the cathedrals of film, the Odeon cinemas in Leicester Square. Not to be missed! Television Producer, Dominic Minghella; In the heart of London's West End sits Leicester Square, our equivalent of Hollywood, just as glamorous, just as many searchlights, just as many stars and snappers. But luckily, Felicity Fair Thompson had a ringside seat, working at the Odeon Leicester Square, and has put her memories down in print, with some evocative and dazzling photographs of those great nights. It is a labour of love and she gives us all a ringside seat. If you love the movies, you will relish this book over and over again." Michael Grade
Book Information
ISBN 9780953512379
Author Felicity Fair Thompson
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Wight Diamond Press
Publisher Wight Diamond Press
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 260mm * 16mm
About the Author
Felicity Fair Thompson was born in Australia. After a short ballet career, she worked for the Rank Organisation in London's West End. Later her interests expanded into film making and writing. Her film Carisbrooke Castle was broadcast on SKY TV. Three of her other travel films were shown on Australian television. Her work includes children's stories, three produced stage plays, travel features, theatre reviews, personality profiles, award winning poetry, and three novels. She founded and hosted the IW Weekend Writers' Conference with delegates from Britain, Europe and the US. She gave workshops alongside Sir Andrew Motion at the Tennyson Bicentenary. With an MA Screenwriting UAL she has taught for Screen South, Connexions, IW College, and independently, and worked one to one with young people with learning difficulties.
Reviews
Not the confines of the film studio production floor, but the magic and lights of the auditorium, the electricity of red-carpet premieres - a rare inside account of a golden decade of film presentation in the cathedrals of film, the Odeon cinemas in Leicester Square. Not to be missed! Television Producer, Dominic Minghella; In the heart of London's West End sits Leicester Square, our equivalent of Hollywood, just as glamorous, just as many searchlights, just as many stars and snappers. But luckily, Felicity Fair Thompson had a ringside seat, working at the Odeon Leicester Square, and has put her memories down in print, with some evocative and dazzling photographs of those great nights. It is a labour of love and she gives us all a ringside seat. If you love the movies, you will relish this book over and over again." Michael Grade
Book Information
ISBN 9780953512379
Author Felicity Fair Thompson
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Wight Diamond Press
Publisher Wight Diamond Press
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 260mm * 16mm
