Vien, John Douglas Le, 1918 - 1999 (film maker)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1918 - 1999
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
"Clementine Churchill": "A Walk with Destiny", 1974-01 - 1974-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/1/242
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly with John Le Vien, on his television adaptation of the first volume of Sir Winston Churchill's war memoirs, "The Gathering Storm". Also includes letters from Richard Burton, who was playing Churchill (2), and press cuttings on Burton's article saying that to play Churchill was to hate him.
Dates:
1974-01 - 1974-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
"The Finest Hours", a Jack Le Vien production, narrated by Orson Welles, 1964
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 12/1/21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes news footage of Winston Churchill during the war, documentaries about him, many featuring MS as an interviewee, footage of Churchill's funeral, interviews with MS about her own books, and various events in which she took part.
Dates:
1964
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
Access copies must be requested in advance.
Fonds
The Papers of Jack Le Vien
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LEVN
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, papers and photographs relating mainly to the films made by Le Vien based on Churchill's war memoirs.
Dates:
1929 - 1993
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre