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Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
with Oscar Levant, Billie Burke

The romantic ups-and-downs of a successful husband-and-wife partnership on Broadway.
(This Week's Films: page 9. The star who danced on 42nd Street: page 11)

Contributors

Director:
Charles Walters
Josh Barkley:
Fred Astaire
Dinah Barkley:
Ginger Rogers
Ezra Millar:
Oscar Levant
Mrs Livingston Belney:
Billie Burke
Shirlene May:
Gale Robbins
Jacques Pierre Barredout:
Jacques Francois
The Judge:
George Zucco
Bert Felsher:
Clinton Sundberg
Pamela Driscoll:
Inez Cooper

An entertainment for children with Brian Cant

[with] Johnny Ball, Toni Arthur, Dave Arthur, Paul Reade, Spike Heatley, Roger Swallow
People and places - music and jokes. Games for indoors and out.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Cant
Presenter:
Johnny Ball
Presenter:
Toni Arthur
Musician:
Dave Arthur
Musician:
Paul Reade
Musician:
Spike Heatley
Musician:
Roger Swallow
Producer:
Ann Reay
Executive Producer:
Cynthia Felgate

Chairman Brian Redhead with Esther Rantzen and John Pitman
A new series in which guest personalities help or hinder members of the public to guess the Password. The game is a race against the clock. The aim is to score points - and win prizes. But the guests would rather score off each other - and trip an opponent.
(People: page 4)
(Colour)

Contributors

Chairman:
Brian Redhead
Team captain:
Esther Rantzen
Team captain:
John Pitman
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Designer:
Paul Montague
Director:
Peggy Walker
Producer:
Cecil Korer

A look at the state of some current British prejudices
Introduced by David Dimbleby
Some Backward Glances (It's no longer socially permissible to shoot Jesuits); Test Your Attitudes (with pictures); 8-year-olds Talking ('I'd be white - so they don't call me names'); Parents Talking (About their children); Film of an Experiment in Leeds; Discussion of why we are prejudiced, what we can do about it, should we do anything about it.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Director:
Mark Patterson
Producer:
Antony Rouse

Starring Tyrone Power
with Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan

College graduate Bob Cain finds doors closed to him after his banker father is imprisoned for embezzlement. Embittered, Bob becomes Johnny Apollo - mobster!

(Films: page 9)

Contributors

Director:
Henry Hathaway
Bob Cain:
Tyrone Power
'Lucky' Dubarry:
Dorothy Lamour
Robert Cain Sr:
Edward Arnold
Mickey Dwyer:
Lloyd Nolan
Judge Emmett T. Brennan:
Charley Grapewin
Jim McLaughlin:
Lionel Atwill
Bates:
Marc Lawrence

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