Source: Denis Norden, Clips from a Life (London: Fourth Estate, 2008), p. 17 Text: In the years before the Clear Air Act, fog could be a cinema-going hazard. On the Hyam Brothers’ circuit, whenever there was a particularly dense one, … Continue reading →
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