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Happy Birthday, Columbia

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

This year Columbia Pictures are celebrating their 50th anniversary. This special programme looks back at many of their most memorable films, including their nine Academy Award winners, some of which will be seen in a short
BBC2 season starting next week. Ernest Borgnine , Frank Capra (;Ienn Ford, Sidney Poitier
Rosalind Russell , Phil Silvers and Orson Welles introduce extracts from It Happened One Night, From Here to Eternity, On the Waterfront, Lawrence of Arabia, Oliver, Bridge on the River Kwai and many others.
Written by HERBERT BAKER
Produced and directed by BOB FINKEL

Contributors

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Ernest Borgnine
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Frank Capra
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Sidney Poitier
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Rosalind Russell
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Phil Silvers
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Orson Welles
Written By:
Herbert Baker
Directed By:
Bob Finkel
Source: Radio Times

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