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Five Screen Gods

Frederic March

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Sarah Churchwell celebrates various leading men of the silver screen from the 1930s and 1940s.

Frederic March had an amazing range, playing a lot of different types, and he should be admired for this. Off set, however, he comes under a different sort of scrutiny - "everything was harder in real life than on the effortless silver screen."

Reader: Duncan Minshull Show less

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