In Reply to: Re: Stephen Frears´s ( High Fidelity ) Mrs. Anderson Presents---- posted by patrickU on May 12, 2006 at 06:56:49:
... The WIndmill was a British institution and played no small role in keeping morale high during the days of continual bombing with their We Never Close motto and attitude.
The content of their shows may seem quaint or even unacceptable now, but the 30s-40s was a different world.
I thought the speech Judi Dench gives outside the theatre very moving and the scenes across the roofs of London were to exactly where my family was living in the East End. Poignant for an ex-paet Londoner.
Very enjoyable film.
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