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Terry Kilburn plays John Colley and his son, grandson and great-grandson, all called Peter Colley.

A SECOND World War veteran has recalled the fateful day when war was declared. Billy Naylor, 89, from Langworthy in Salford, features in a TV documentary to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of hostilitiesA on Sunday September 3 1939.

Today in 1939, a sleeper flick openedin U.S.movie theatersthat would teach those " Gone With the Wind " hotshots a lesson.

Applause by David A. Rosenberg It was Hollywood's golden year, 1939, the year Garbo laughed; Clark Gable said the then-shocking, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"; Ingrid Bergman and Greer Garson became stars in their first American films; Hattie McDaniel was not only the first African-American to win an Oscar , she was the first ever to sit ...

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One of my favorite movies is "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" starring Robert Donat. The setting is a boarding school in England.

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Irish actress and singer Maxine Linehan sings songs from the career of British star Petula Clark in the new Manhattan cabaret show, Who Am I? , to play four Thursdays in May starting May 7. Expect infectious pop songs such as "Downtown," "Don't Sleep in the Subway," "Call Me" and "I Know a Place" as well as theatre and film songs with which Clark ...