Leonard Bentley
Piccadilly Circus: 1965
This is a John Hinde postcard printed in the Irish Republic, this after dark shot has been spruced up with a detailed image of a couple bottom right. It is the winter of 1965 and the British comedy film, “A shot in the dark” starring Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer is playing at the London Pavilion after transferring from the Odeon, Leicester Square. It ran at the London Pavilion from 13th February until 12th May 1965. On the left underneath the Coca-Cola sign is a poster depicting Sir Winston Churchill, he had died on 24th January and his State Funeral took place the following Saturday, 30th January. I think that the poster refers to a film of the Funeral entitled "Churchill: A Nation's Homage" made by Movietone News, it was nineteen minutes long and was shown at the Metropole Cinema in Victoria which was also showing “West Side Story” and at the Leicester Square Theatre with the Dirk Bogarde film, “The High Bright Sun” for the following four weeks.
Piccadilly Circus: 1965
This is a John Hinde postcard printed in the Irish Republic, this after dark shot has been spruced up with a detailed image of a couple bottom right. It is the winter of 1965 and the British comedy film, “A shot in the dark” starring Peter Sellers and Elke Sommer is playing at the London Pavilion after transferring from the Odeon, Leicester Square. It ran at the London Pavilion from 13th February until 12th May 1965. On the left underneath the Coca-Cola sign is a poster depicting Sir Winston Churchill, he had died on 24th January and his State Funeral took place the following Saturday, 30th January. I think that the poster refers to a film of the Funeral entitled "Churchill: A Nation's Homage" made by Movietone News, it was nineteen minutes long and was shown at the Metropole Cinema in Victoria which was also showing “West Side Story” and at the Leicester Square Theatre with the Dirk Bogarde film, “The High Bright Sun” for the following four weeks.