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EDINBURGH'96 REVIEW: Dig or Fly

... fanatically excavating in Crete (which he never did) to find King Minos' labyrinth. American avia tor from the thirties Amelia Earhart is portrayed flying solo to her mysteri ous death, aiming to become the first woman to fry round the world (her navigator ...

Published: Thursday 12 September 1996
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 234 | Page: 23 | Tags: performance review 

ACADEMY CHICAGO LIMITED

... ACADEMY CHICAGO LIMITED Amelia Earhart In this breezy and enthusiastic book Earhart recollects her childhood and youth and her almost accidental discovery that she would rather fly airplanes than do anything else. She writes with an engaging blend of ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1979
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 178 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

* STAR FILM

... FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM (BBC 2, 2.10 pm -3.55 pm) F:osalind Russell as a pioneering pilot clearly based on real-life aviatrix Amelia Earhart. On her first solo flight she inadvertently collides with air ace Fred Mac Murray. Huh - women drivers. 1943 ** JOSHUA'S ...

Published: Saturday 12 April 1997
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 187 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

Spot the stars at Questors

... of a group of short plays in the studio and finally a major one in the main theatre in July. Joan of Arc. Mrs. Mozart. Amelia Earhart. Isabella of Spain, Pearl White and Gertrude Stein. Most successful in both respects was The Tinker's Wedding by John ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1978
Newspaper: Southall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 212 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

TOUGH TWOSOME: Paul Newman and George Kennedy, (BBC-1, 11.0)

... and George Kennedy.** FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM (BBC-2, 1.35). Patchy biographical drama loosely based on the life of aviator Amelia Earhart* FLYING LEATHERNECKS (BBC-2, 3.15). John Wayne and Robert Ryan play Marine Corps flying officers. Noisy, violent, routine ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1985
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

by Hilary Spurling

... entertaining information, though the attempt to categorise the writers is arbitrary and unhelpful (Naomi James appears with Amelia Earhart under “Untrodden Paths and Unfrequented Valleys”, while Clare Francis is placed with Agnes Herbert in “Unfeminine Exploits”) ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1991
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 237 | Page: 85 | Tags: none

CH 4

... fourth cla ih Tr u r the Third Test from Old Trafkwd. 1.00 THE LUNCHEREAK Cricket news and views. 'AO TEST CRICKET 6.35 AMELIA EARHART Profile of the plot who disappeared in 1937 wNie attempting to become the first woman drcumnavigate the 7.10 TODAY AT ...

Spot the stars at Questors

... of a group of short plays in the studio and finally a major one in the main theatre in July. Joan of Arc, Mrs. Mozart. Amelia Earhart. Isabella of Spain, Pearl White and Gertrude Stein. Most successful in both respects was The Tinker's Wedding by John ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1978
Newspaper: Middlesex County Times
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 212 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

THE SAINT IN PALM SPRINGS (BBC 2, 7.15 am -8.20 am) George Sanders is Simon Templar. 1941 ** CAREFREE (BBC

... AFTERNOON (BBC 2, 3.20 pm -4.45 pm) Disgraced cavalryman Ray Milland re-enlists at a remote outpost in modest Western. 1952 ** AMELIA EARHART: The Final Flight (BBC 2, 5.30 pm -7.00 pm, except Wales) Diane Keaton as the celebrated aviatrix in brisk résumé of her ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1996
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 233 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

LONELY OCEAN FLIGHT HERALD REPORTER

... had crossed 7.100 miles of water wildernessthe loneliest stretch of ocean in the world. It was over these waters that Amelia Earhart, America*, - . 'roman air pioneer, was lost forever while attempting a crossing in 1937. Yesterday 3.000 cheering people ...

Published: Monday 13 May 1963
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 227 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MOVIE WATCH by Monty Smith

... it seems an odd choice for director Nicolas Roeg, the man behind The Man Who Fell To Earth and Don't Look Now. 1986 ** AMELIA EARHART: The Final Flight (BBCI, 11.55 pm -1.25 am; N Ireland, Wales, 12.25 am -1.55 am) Diane Keaton as the celebrated aviatrix ...

Published: Monday 15 November 1999
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 248 | Page: 51 | Tags: none

November 2nd

... ll/6 Bodley Head GILBERT, MARTIN. The Roots of Appeasement. D 8.272. 3M. 36/ Weidenfeld &N. GOERNER, F. The Search for Amelia Earhart. D 8.288. 111. 30/ Bodley Head KOLVE, V. A. A 4 Play Called Corpus Christi. M58.x,338. 63/ E. Arnold 50/ Barker ...

Published: Saturday 29 October 1966
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 45 | Tags: none