Earl Shilton Cinema

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Title

Earl Shilton Cinema

Subject

Earl Shilton Cinema

Description

L. Lester recalls the cinema in Earl Shilton during the 1930s and 1940s. Also, he gives a vivid image of the role of films within the local community.

Creator

East Midlands Oral History Archive

Source

EMOHA

Publisher

EMOHA

Date

1984

Contributor

Photograph courtesy of Hinckley Past & Present. To use seek permission from http://www.hinckleypastpresent.org/

Rights

You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/

Format

.mp3

Type

Oral History

Duration

1 min

Transcription

Mr Lester: Thinking of drama, one of our biggest thrills was walking from Barwell to Earl Shilton where a Mr. Harry cooper had opened the first silent film shows. Most Saturdays we would walk eagerly from Barwell to Earl Shilton counting nothing of the journey to and from. we would see Charlie Chaplin; Max Sennett, and the Key Stone cops. One day Mr. cooper's son, whilst showing us "Martyer's of the Arena", asked us all not to panic as the projector and film had caught fire. At personal risk and injury, he put the fire out. we had to go home because we felt we could not bear a reshowing of the "Martyer's of the Arena", after seeing a man fighting flames.

Interviewer

D. Wood

Interviewee

L. Lester

Location

Earl Shilton, Leicestershire

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