After 31 years, the historian's annual evening of films about cricket history has been axed by BFI chairman Greg Dyke
For 31 years, the historian David Frith has mounted an annual evening of mostly black and white film about cricket's history at the British Film Institute. There, you could watch priceless film of players from An Hornby and Victor Trumper to Len Hutton and Don Bradman. Over the years, aficionados such as Harold Pinter and Peter O'Toole could be found mixing with players like Denis Compton and Steve Waugh in the audience. Last year, the BFI dubbed Mr Frith's archive evenings "unimprovable". This year they have been axed by BFI chairman Greg Dyke, who cites the wish to revitalise his programme. As the England XI in Australia struggle to reach totals Hutton once made on his own, and while players bicker and sledge in ways that Trumper – filmed in 1910 accepting a run-out...
For 31 years, the historian David Frith has mounted an annual evening of mostly black and white film about cricket's history at the British Film Institute. There, you could watch priceless film of players from An Hornby and Victor Trumper to Len Hutton and Don Bradman. Over the years, aficionados such as Harold Pinter and Peter O'Toole could be found mixing with players like Denis Compton and Steve Waugh in the audience. Last year, the BFI dubbed Mr Frith's archive evenings "unimprovable". This year they have been axed by BFI chairman Greg Dyke, who cites the wish to revitalise his programme. As the England XI in Australia struggle to reach totals Hutton once made on his own, and while players bicker and sledge in ways that Trumper – filmed in 1910 accepting a run-out...
- 12/8/2013
- by Editorial
- The Guardian - Film News
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