Event    From 1896  To 1996

centenary of cinema

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
centenary of cinema

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Bob Hope

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema, 1996 Bob Hope, actor and entertainer, ...

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Cecil Hepworth - NW1

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 Cecil Hepworth (1874 - 1953) Brit...

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Cecil Hepworth - SE13

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 Cecil M. Hepworth, British film p...

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Charlie Chaplin - Hanwell

The plaque is propped up behind the reception desk at Hanwell Community Centre

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Dilys Powell

Dilys Powell CBE (1901 - 1995) film critic who inspired generations of film-m...

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Crown Film Unit

Crown Film Unit

Formerly the G.P.O. Film Unit, it was an organisation within the British Government's Ministry of Information during World War II. Its remit was to make films for the general public in Britain and ...

Group, Cinema

1 memorial
Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi

Novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Bromley, Kent. He started his career as a pornography writer, but progressed to writing plays for several London fringe theatres. His novels include '...

Person, Cinema, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Actor and 40th President of the USA, 1981 - 1989.  Honorary knighthood - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.  Best film line?  In the 1942 film "King's Row" on realising that his legs have...

Person, Cinema, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, USA

2 memorials
Norman Wisdom

Norman Wisdom

Comedian, actor, singer and songwriter. Born Norman Joseph Wisdom at 91 Fernhead Road. He made his stage debut in 1946 and went on to star in many films, most of them featuring his downtrodden char...

Person, Cinema, Humour

1 memorial
Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton was born on 1 July 1899 in the Victoria Hotel, 79 Westborough, Scarborough, Yorkshire, one of the five children of Robert Laughton (1868-1924) and Eliza Laughton (1869-1953). On t...

Person, Armed Forces, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA

1 memorial