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“Mirrored in the Pool of England”: Churchill, Shakespeare, and Henry V

16
Apr
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Henry
Richard Langworth looks at the importance of Shakespeare, especially "Henry V," on Churchill and his rhetoric during World War II.
Posted in: Churchill in Film and Video, Resources,
Tags: A.P. Herbert, Alexander Korda, Hugh Dalton, King Henry V, Laurence Olivier, Lewis Lehrman, Merle Oberon, Richard M. Langworth, The Other Club, William Shakespeare, Winston S. Churchill,
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Churchill and Alexander Korda

16
Apr
2019
By JOHN FLEET
"In a cinematic sense Churchill and Korda imparted an idea of Britain, and by extension the Western world. In gratitude, I hope their legacy will endure."
Posted in: Churchill in Film and Video, Resources,
Tags: Alexander Korda, Alfred Duff Cooper, Battle of Trafalgar, Béla Kun, Charlie Chaplin, Eleftherios Venizelos, First Duke of Marlborough, Gone with the Wind, Horatio Nelson, John Churchill, John Fleet, Joseph P. Kennedy, King George V, King Henry VIII, King Philip II, Louis XIV, Miklós Horthy, Queen Elizabeth I, Thomas Cromwell, Vivien Leigh, Winston Churchill,
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