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Denholm Elliott

by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1952-1953
Bequeathed by the estate of Francis Goodman, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x195049

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  • Francis Goodman (1913-1989), Photographer. Artist or producer of 1400 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.

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At the time of this photograph, Elliott had completed filming The Heart of the Matter (1953), adapted from the Graham Greene novel, and The Cruel Sea (1953). Photographed outside the Royal Albert Hall, London. An alternative pose was published in The Tatler and Bystander (21 January 1953) in the fashion feature 'Curtain Call for Savile Row'.

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Current affairs

King George VI is found dead in his bed in Sandringham; he had been suffering from lung cancer. His daughter Elizabeth, who was in Kenya at the time, became Queen, the only monarch not to know the precise moment of her accession as her father was alone when he died. Elizabeth was crowned the following year.

Art and science

Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot is performed for the first time in Paris. The play belongs to the Theatre of the Absurd style, which influenced playwrights such as Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard.
Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens in London. It is still going.

International

Mau Mau rebels in Kenya rise up against the British colonial administration. The rebellion was sparked by the growing poverty of the native farmers under the rule of white settlers and called for Kenyan independence. The violence of the rebels, who often murdered settlers and loyalists, was met by the indiscriminate suppression by the British Military, who executed hundreds of suspects.

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