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Picture Stories
Two stories for younger children told and illustrated by Pearl Binder. First, 'The Lame Duck' (a Russian fairy tale), and then, 'Feather Top' (from a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne)

4.15 Making a Toy Parrot
See what happened to Richard Hearne when he tried to follow W. P. Matthew's instructions last Sunday.

4.30 Children in the Kitchen
Philip Harben shows how you can have fun in the kitchen-and make something good to eat as well.

4.45 Films About Science
John Maddison shows older boys and girls three short scientific films, and describes the difficulties of making them.
(to 17.00)

Contributors

Storyteller/illustrator (Picture Stories):
Pearl Binder
Author (Feather Top):
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Comedian (Making a Toy Parrot):
Richard Hearne
Cook/presenter (Children in the Kitchen):
Philip Harben
Presenter (Films about Science):
John Maddison

by Bernard Shaw
[Starring] Margaret Lockwood
with Ralph Michael and Gordon Harker

The action of the play takes place on the steps of a church near Covent Garden; in Professor Higgins's rooms in Wimpole Street; and in Mrs. Higgins's flat in Chelsea. Time: 1912

(Margaret Lockwood and Ralph Michael appear by permission of J. Arthur Rank Organisation; Mary Merrall appears by permission of London Films)

Contributors

Author:
Bernard Shaw
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Royston Morley
Clara Eynsford Hill:
Helen Cherry
Mrs. Eynsford Hill:
Mary Merrall
The man in the cap:
Wally Patch
Freddy Eynsford Hill:
Bryan Coleman
Eliza Doolittle:
Margaret Lockwood
Colonel Pickering:
Arthur Wontner
Professor Henry Higgins:
Ralph Michael
The man in the bowler hat:
Willoughby Gray
Mrs. Pearce:
Beatrice Varley
Alfred Doolittle:
Gordon Harker
Mrs. Higgins:
Mary Hinton
Parlour-maid:
Mary McAlpine
Other parts played by:
Nicolette Bernard
Other parts played by:
Cyril Conway
Other parts played by:
Frederick Ross
Other parts played by:
Peggyann Clifford
Other parts played by:
Edward Fairbrother
Other parts played by:
Charles Ross
Other parts played by:
Stuart Chedburn
Other parts played by:
Victor Platt
Other parts played by:
Sam Hinton
Other parts played by:
Richard Watson
Other parts played by:
Jack Newmark

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