
The Smallest Show on Earth
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As part of Heritage Open Days, we are celebrating the history and power of film with this Ealing-esque comedy about running and restoring an old cinema.
Comedy • Charming • British
A struggling London novelist and his wife inherit a cinema in a long-lost relative's will. Upon arriving in provincial 'Sloughborough', they imagine this means the town's regal Grand cinema. In fact, they've accrued local, debt-ridden, rat-ridden flea pit The Bijou - its marquee letters vibrating to passing trains - and it's three squabbling staff.
Naturally, the plucky out-of-towners opt to renovate, with the help of eccentric scene-stealers Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford.
Details
Duration
1hr 20mins
Director
Basil Dearden
Distributor
Park Circus
Featuring
Virginia McKenna • Bill Travers • Peter Sellers
Year
1957
Country of origin
UK
Language
English
Strobe lighting
No
Content guidance
No content warnings identified
No screenings scheduled