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Helen Draycott Advertiser 10 Feb 11
Walsall’s very own Mr England is set to make his acting debut on the silver-screen after landing his first-ever movie role.
Vaughan Bailey, who originally hails from Bentley, will star as a hunky male stripper in the gritty British movie Rough and Ready.
The 23-year-old will play the character of ‘Mr Excalibur’ after a successful screen test for the role in the film, which is being shot in Yorkshire and London.
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Express & star 31 May 10
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the legendary car that starred in a feature film and spawned a successful stage show, flew into Walsall at the weekend to delight young fans.
The original car from the 1968 film was brought to Walsall’s Victoria Arcade shopping centre by current owner Pierre Picton, and fans flocked to it…
Business
Advertiser 13 May 10
Black Country Saddles in Walsall have created around 40 saddles for the Ridley Scott film Robin Hood, which is released in cinemas on Friday.
Staff at the firm worked to make historically accurate saddles for the Cardinal’s men, King John’s guards and, most importantly, Maid Marion, played by Cate Blanchett…
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Sikh Times 1 Apr 10
A short film about the scientific heritage of Muslim civilisation has won a series of international awards. 1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets, starring Oscar-winning screen legend Sir Ben Kingsley, won four awards at the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) ceremony held in London on the 26th March 2010.
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Express & Star 16 Mar 10
Walsall Museum has issued an appeal for residents to loan film footage of the borough for a special event in May 2010. The museum is looking for footage of street life, people, places, special events, local employers and businesses from the 1960s and earlier…
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Walsall Advertiser 19 Feb 10
Film footage of Walsall in the 1960s is being sought to help compile a DVD for an event later this year. Walsall Museum has issued an appeal for residents to lend it recordings of street life, people, places, events, local employers and businesses from the decade and earlier. The footage will be used to produce a short DVD of life in the borough to support a campaign called Museums at Night 2010…
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B'ham Mail 4 Aug 09
A gangster movie shot in Birmingham’s most notorious gun-crime neighbourhoods was accused of glamorising the lives of real life killers. Hip-hop gangster film 1 Day, which was shot on the streets on Handsworth using teenagers from the area, has been criticised for encouraging impressionable youngsters to join violent criminal gangs…