The Band Wagon

An afternoon of stars, songs, moguls, momzers, and the odd film quiz! For those of you suffering the autumnal blues… join Searle for a few hours of fun at the movies!


• All Aboard: The MGM musical: like gorging yourself on a box of candies

• The 20th Century Fox Blondes: Temple, Faye, Grable, Monroe, Gaynor

• Male Dancers of the Screen: Astaire, Kelly, O’Connor, Murphy, the Ballet Russe…

• Kiss Me Deadly: the film noir

• Film Quiz Number 1

• Jewish Comedy on Screen: the sky’s the limit

• Memorable Lines, Memorable Films: “Fasten your seat, it’s going to be a bumpy afternoon”

• The Great Directors: the usual suspects

• The Great Divas on Screen: MacDonald, Durbin, Grayson, Powell etc

• Film Quiz Number 2

With Searle Kochberg. Searle is a senior lecturer in film studies at the University of Portsmouth. He is contributor to the key textbook “Introduction to Film Studies”.


Tuesday Afternoons 2.30-4.00pm