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The headline (Picture Post Vol.9, number 10, 7 December 1940, pp.18-19) Six months before the general release of Love on the Dole in the UK in June 1941, the innovative photojournalism magazine Picture Post published a lavishly illustrated double-page feature about Deborah Kerr and her forthcoming film. This article explores how the photographs and text… Continue reading New Article: Picture Post Foretells a Star: Deborah Kerr (December 1940)

I have referred to Eleanor Roosevelt's positive response to the play before, but this is a more detailed account. Greenwood, when he was arguing against the censorship of a film version of Love on the Dole over a period of five years ( from 1935 to 1940), said that the three million people, including members… Continue reading New Article: Eleanor Roosevelt Goes to see Love on the Dole!

I was delighted to find this interview with the screenwriter Barbara K. Emary, which was collected in 1988 as part of an excellent oral history project on the British Entertainment Industry. Her personal memories of working on John Baxter's film add some further insights into the production processes of the film and allow us to… Continue reading New Article: Screenwriter Barbara K . Emary Looks Back on the Making of the 1941 Love on the Dole (1988)

I've had this article on my to-do list for ages. Here at last is a listing and some further information about all the plays Greenwood had performed and published, together with relevant images of editions, and in one case a performance by Thora Hird. Walter Greenwood’s Plays (1934 – 1971) – Walter Greenwood: Not Just… Continue reading New Article: Walter Greenwood’s Plays 1934-1971

I recently found this photograph in the Daily Herald Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images Library. I don't think it is known to any historians, film critics or literary critics working on Greenwood, and I think may be the only photo showing writer, film director and two of the actors rehearsing a scene in the film on the set… Continue reading New Article: A Forgotten Love on the Dole Rehearsal Photograph by James ‘Jimmy’ Jarché (December 1940)