The Lights of Leicester Square

The Golden Years of Cinema 1967 to 1976

Felicity Fair Thompson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Wight Diamond Press

Published:10th Feb '22

£35.00

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The Lights of Leicester Square cover

Felicity had to walk the six miles from West London into the West End, pawning her watch on the way, but on that day she stepped into a new and exciting world, and a golden decade of cinema. She had grown up wanting to be a dancer on the stage. Now she would work on the audience side of the curtains. Felicity Fair Thompson became the first woman in Rank's West End Cinema management, surrounded by movie stars, the rich and famous, all the Royal family, press and film media buzz, and thousands of cinema fans. All her personal memories are here - the inside world of cinema she was part of in those exciting years in Leicester Square. Glamorous international movie stars! Royalty! Media Celebrities - Rock stars - the magic of West End Cinema Management right in the heart of London with fabulous photographs to illustrate the moments! The Annual Royal Film Performances, World Premieres, Charity Performances, world title fights beamed in, award winning films, elegant events, huge crowds to control. And business. BIG business!

Not the confines of the film studio production floor, but the magic and lights of the auditorium, the electricity of red-carpet premieres - a rare inside account of a golden decade of film presentation in the cathedrals of film, the Odeon cinemas in Leicester Square. Not to be missed! Television Producer, Dominic Minghella; In the heart of London's West End sits Leicester Square, our equivalent of Hollywood, just as glamorous, just as many searchlights, just as many stars and snappers. But luckily, Felicity Fair Thompson had a ringside seat, working at the Odeon Leicester Square, and has put her memories down in print, with some evocative and dazzling photographs of those great nights. It is a labour of love and she gives us all a ringside seat. If you love the movies, you will relish this book over and over again." Michael Grade

ISBN: 9780953512379

Dimensions: 210mm x 260mm x 16mm

Weight: unknown

160 pages