Bibliograph

The best of friends, written by Hugh Whitmore based on his play ; produced and directed by Alvin Rakoff ; a London Film Productions in association with Table Top Productions for Channel 4. Eagle in a cage / a Group W Films, Ramona production ; produced by Millard Lampell, Albert Schwartz ; screenplay by Millard Lampell ; directed by Fielder Cook

Type

Label

The best of friends, written by Hugh Whitmore based on his play ; produced and directed by Alvin Rakoff ; a London Film Productions in association with Table Top Productions for Channel 4. Eagle in a cage / a Group W Films, Ramona production ; produced by Millard Lampell, Albert Schwartz ; screenplay by Millard Lampell ; directed by Fielder Cook

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The best of friends

Responsibility statement

written by Hugh Whitmore based on his play ; produced and directed by Alvin Rakoff ; a London Film Productions in association with Table Top Productions for Channel 4. Eagle in a cage / a Group W Films, Ramona production ; produced by Millard Lampell, Albert Schwartz ; screenplay by Millard Lampell ; directed by Fielder Cook

Runtime

170

Summary

Best of Friends: In 1924, George Bernard Shaw was introduced to Dame Laurentia McLachlan, a Benedictine nun at the Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire, England. Along with their mutual friend, Sydney Cockerell, director of Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, the trio enjoyed twenty-five years of letters, literary debate and laughter. (82 min.) Eagle in a cage: A school-teacher-turned-governor of a small island finds greatness thrust upon him when that island, St. Helena, becomes a place of exile for Napoleon. (88 min.)

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Best of friends ; Eagle in a cage

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