Thame Rotary to host Charity Movie Night

THE Rotary Club of Thame is planning a charity Movie Night, featuring the film ‘Oh! What a Lovely War’. The profits raised will go towards Thame’s Rotary Charities for 2013-2014, which are Thame Players, Thame & District Day Centre, SAFARI and Sharing Life Trust.

The Movie Night will be held at the Thame Players Theatre, in Nelson Street, on Friday, April 11, at 7 pm, and tickets will cost £10 per person. They are available to book at the website: www.thame.rotaryweb.org

About the film:

‘Oh! What a Lovely War’ is a 1969 musical film, directed by Richard Attenborough, has a cast including Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves.

It is based on the stage musical of the same name, originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play. The title is derived from the music hall song, Oh! It’s a Lovely War, which is of course, one of the major songs featured in the film.