This Light Must Not Go Out (1957)

London, Elstree Studio, Crayford. GV. Leicester Square cinema, zoom illuminated title “These Lights Must Not Go Out.“ Empire Leicester Square at night. The intertitle reads “The whole cinema industry staggers under a backbreaking burden, the entertainments tax. Relief must come.“ Crowd in a foyer - people in dinner jackets and great frocks. Crowd in front of cinema greets the starts who arrive with smiles: Jack Hawkins, Gary Cooper, Richard Todd. Inside the cinema more stars are seen: Kenneth More, John Mills with wife and daughter, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors chatting to Sir Laurence Olivier, nice C/U shot of Janette Scott. This is probably one of the Royal Performance nights. Several shots of people queuing to by tickets. Projectionists working in the projection box. Several shots of the piles of film tins. Film cameramen lined up, shooting - strong arch lamps behind them. Nice shot of Elstree studio. Top shot of the studio set being prepared and lit by huge arch lamps. Men working in the studio: carpe