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1946 promotional newsreel on behalf of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund; at the Old Vic Theatre Company, London, Laurence Olivier makes an appeal for the fund and talks about the first royal film command performance. In the Piccadilly Theatre, Vivien Leigh speaks on behalf of the fund and about who it benefits.
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00:07I should like if I may to talk to you about a very good cause, the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund.
00:13On November the 1st, on behalf of this cause, we'll be given the first Royal Command film performance at the
00:19Empire Theatre, Leicester Square.
00:21The title of the film chosen is A Matter of Life and Death, in Technicolor, starring David Niven, Roger Livesey,
00:28and Raymond Massey.
00:29There will also be a stage show, in which many British and American stars will appear.
00:34Come if you can, and if you can't, then please send a donation to the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund.
00:46And I would like to thank you for the support you have already given to the fund.
00:50The money will go to help members of the film industry, who are ill or in need, and to support
00:55the families of those who fell in the war.
00:57Each of them, in different ways, has contributed to your entertainment in the past.
01:01Please help them with your contribution now.
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