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Alec Guiness, Cyril Cusack, and Jill Bennet perform in this unabridged version of King Lear.Interpreted in traditional Shakespearean style, the sound effects are effectively done to augment the performances. ... Read more

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London Programme circa 1973 Lyric Thearte with Alec Guinness ... Read more

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Title: Adiós a Sir Alec Guinness: La mirada elocuente.(TT: Goodbye to Sir Alec Guinness: the eloquent glance.)
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 20, 2000
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 66

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Chapters: Alec Guinness, Bedales School, Petersfield, John Small, Churcher's College, Michael Mates, Reginald Dorman-Smith, the Petersfield School, Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton, Tim Rodber, Petersfield R.f.c., Warendorf, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Petersfield Town F.c., Joan Quennell, Michael John Hurd, Flora Twort, Petersfield Railway Station, St. Peter's Church, Petersfield, Petersfield Museum, Flora Twort Gallery, Petersfield Post, Petersfield Herald. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 103. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. His most prominent role in his later career was as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. Guinness was born at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London as Alec Guinness De Cuffe. His mother's maiden name was Agnes Cuff. She was born 8 December 1890 to Edward Cuff and Mary Ann Cuff Benfield. On Guinness's birth certificate, the field for mother's name displays Agnes de Cuffe. In the field for the infant's name (where first names only are usually given), it says Alec Guinness. There is nothing written in the column for name and surname of father. On this basis it has been frequently speculated that the actor's father was a member of the Irish Guinness family. However, it was a Scottish banker named Andrew Geddes who paid for Guinness' private school education. From 1875, English law required both the presence and consent of the father when the birth of an illegitimate child was registered in order ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19672828 ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Alec Guinness (de Cuffe), is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 4080 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942?43 for its historical setting. It stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa. In 1997, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry. Two World War II prisoners of war are burying a dead comrade in a Japanese prison camp in western Thailand. One of them is United States Navy Commander Shears (William Holden), who has bribed the guards to get on the sick list to avoid more strenuous labour. He watches as a large contingent of new British prisoners led by Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) arrives, whistling the "Colonel Bogey March". ... Read more