CAMP HALL CINEMA

Army Apprentices School, Arborfield

Contributed by Ron MARKS (49B)

“Some time ago, when I met Max (Warwick), I mentioned that I had noted down the titles of some of the films that were shown in the Camp Hall while we were at Arborfield. This was a pretty useless activity but one that I had begun a couple of years before joining the Army (I didn’t keep it up after leaving Arborfield). I did not begin noting the films at Arborfield until the first Christmas when we were coming to the end of our time in HQ Company.

I do not remember much about the films, but I do remember that one could feel a little bit down sometimes when the film finished and one made one’s way back to the barrack room on a miserable winter night. No doubt we all remember being Duty Company sometimes and having to stay to put the chairs away.

Some of the ‘Old Boys’ might like to be reminded of when and what they saw and I will continue listing them.”

Enlistment of Intake 49B – Monday 5^th to Thursday 15^th September 1949

Year	Month	Day	Date	Event
1949	September
	October
	November
	December	Saturday	10^th	AAS Pantomime “Dick Wittington” - Cinema & Dramatic Club
		Sunday	11^th
		Monday	12^th	AAS Pantomime “Dick Wittington” - Cinema & Dramatic Club
1950	January	Saturday	7^th	Film “You Gotta Stay Happy” - Joan Fontaine, James Stewart
		Sunday	8^th	Film “The Big City”
		Saturday	14^th	Film “The Corpse Came C.O.D.”
		Sunday	15^th	Film “Vote For Hugget” - Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison
		Saturday	21^st	Film “Picadilly Incident”
		Sunday	22^nd
		Saturday	28^th	Film “Mr. Peabody & The Mermaid”
		Sunday	29^th	Film “Caesar & Cleopatra”
	February	Saturday	4^th	Film “Mrs. Fitzherbert”
		Sunday	5^th	Film “A History of Mr. Polly”
		Saturday	11^th	Film “The Uninvited”
		Sunday	12^th	Film “Once A Jolly Swagman”
		Saturday	18^th	Film “Saigon” - Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake
		Sunday	19^th	Film “Scott of The Antarctic” – John Mills
		Saturday	25^th	Film “Brighton Rock”
		Sunday	26^th
	March	Saturday	4^th	Film “Feuding, Fussing & Fighting”
		Sunday	5^th	Film “All Over The Town”
		Saturday	11^th	Film “The Passionate Friends”
		Sunday	12^th	Film “My Brother Jonathon”
		Saturday	18^th	Film “The Bad Lord Byron”
		Sunday	19^th
		Saturday	25^th	AAS Variety Show – a local production using talent from the Camp
		Sunday	26^th	Film: “The Cardboard Cavalier” – Sid Fields
	April	Saturday	1^st	Film: “The Big Clock”
		Sunday	2^nd	Film: “Mexican Hayride” – Abbott & Costello
		Saturday	8^th
		Sunday	9^th
		Saturday	15^th
		Sunday	16^th
		Saturday	22^nd	Film: “Broadway Melody” – Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell
		Sunday	23^rd	Film: “The Glass Key” – Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake
		Saturday	29^th	Film: “Canon City”
		Sunday	30^th
	May	Saturday	6^th	Film: “Criss Cross”
		Sunday	7^th	Film: “Passport to Pimlico”
		Saturday	13^th	Film: “A Girl, a Boy and a Bike”
		Sunday	14^th	Film: “Master of Lassie”
		Wednesday	17^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: Donald Peers supported by Rae Jenkins & the BBC Variety Orchestra. BBC live broadcast, 7.30 pm to 8 pm.
		Saturday	20^th	Film: “The Lady Gambles”
		Sunday	21^st	Film: “Pride & Prejudice”
		Saturday	27^th
		Sunday	28^th	Film: “It’s Not Cricket” – Naunton Wayne, Daniel Radford
		Monday	29^th	Film: “Christopher Columbus”
	June	Saturday	3^rd	Film: “Boom Town” – Clarke Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamar
		Sunday	4^th	Film: “Whisky Galore”
		Saturday	10^th	Film: “The Huggets Abroad”
		Sunday	11^th	Film: “Tulsa”
		Saturday	17^th	Film: “My Dog Rusty”
		Sunday	18^th	Film: “The Loan Wolf in London”
		Saturday	24^th	Film: “Killer McCoy”
		Sunday	25^th	Film: “Here Come the Waves” – Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton
	July	Saturday	1^st	Film: “Fiesta” – Esther Williams
		Sunday	2^nd	Film: “Kind Hearts & Coronets”
		Saturday	8^th	Film: “Shaggy”
		Sunday	9^th	Film: “Lost Horizon”
		Saturday	15^th	Film: “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes”
		Sunday	16^th	Film: “The Perfect Woman” – Pat Roc
		Saturday	22^nd	Film: “Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back”
		Sunday	23^rd
		Saturday	29^th
		Sunday	30^th
	August	Saturday	5^th
		Sunday	6^th
		Saturday	12^th
		Sunday	13^th
		Saturday	19^th
		Sunday	20^th
		Saturday	26^th	Film: “Fort Apache”
		Sunday	27^th	Film: “Bambi”
	September	Saturday	2^nd
		Sunday	3^rd	Film: “Wild West”
		Saturday	9^th	Film: “Emperor Waltz”
		Sunday	10^th	Film: “The Guinea Pig”
		Saturday	16^th	Film: “Diamond City”
		Sunday	17^th	Film: “I Remember Mama”
		Saturday	23^rd	Film: “Miracle of The Bells”
		Sunday	24^th	Film: “French Without Tears”
		Saturday	30^th	Film: “Fancy Pants” – Bob Hope
	October	Sunday	1^st	Film: “Unconquered”
		Saturday	7^th
		Sunday	8^th	Film: “For Whom The Bell Tolls”
		Saturday	14^th	Film: “Up In Arms” – Danny Kaye
		Sunday	15^th	Film: “Fun & Fancy Free”
		Saturday	21^st
		Sunday	22^nd	Film: “Obsession”
		Saturday	28^th	Film: “Dear Mr. Prohak”
		Sunday	29^th	Film: “Train of Events”
	November	Saturday	4^th
		Sunday	5^th	Film: “Meet The Ghosts” – Abbott & Costello
		Saturday	11^th
		Sunday	12^th	Film: “The Lost People”
		Saturday	18^th	Film: “Music Madness Magic”
		Sunday	19^th	Film: “Hamlet” – Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
		Saturday	25^th	Film: “Seven Days to Noon”
		Sunday	26^th	Film: “The Spider & The Fly”
	December	Saturday	2^nd	Film: “Big Cat”
		Sunday	3^rd	Film: “A Run For Your Money”
		Thursday	14^th	AAS Pantomime
1951	January
	February
	March
	April	Saturday	7^th	Film: “Kim”
		Sunday	8^th	Film: Documentary “US Antarctic Expedition” - Technicolour
		Saturday	14^th	Film: “Stratton Story”
		Sunday	15^th	Film: “Easter Parade”
		Saturday	21^st
		Sunday	22^nd	Film: “East of The Rising Sun”
		Saturday	28^th	Film: “East of Java”
		Sunday	29^th	Film: “The Foreign Legion” – Abbott & Costello
		Monday	30^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “Sands of Iowa Jima”
	May	Saturday	5^th
		Sunday	6^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “Manon”
		Saturday	12^th	Film: “Elizabeth of Ladymead” – Naan Neagle
		Sunday	13^th	Film: “The Barclays of Broadway” – Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
		Saturday	19^th	Film: “Interrupted Journey”
		Sunday	20^th	Film: “Spring In Park Lane”
		Monday	21^st	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “All Quiet On The Western Front”
		Saturday	26^th
		Sunday	27^th	Film: “So Long At The Fair” – Jean Simmons
	June	Saturday	2^nd	Film: “Double Cross-Bones”
		Sunday	3^rd	Film: “The Small Back Room”
		Saturday	9^th
		Sunday	10^th	Film: “A Sing Is Born” – Danny Kaye
		Saturday	16^th
		Sunday	17^th	Film: “Trio” – a trilogy by Somerset Maugham
		Saturday	23^rd
		Sunday	24^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “Fancy Pants” – Bob Hope
		Saturday	30^th
	July	Sunday	1^st
		Saturday	7^th	Film: “Border Incident”
		Sunday	8^th	Film: “Bonnie Prince Charlie”
		Saturday	14^th
		Sunday	15^th	Film: “Winchester 73” – James Stewart, Shelly Winters
		Saturday	21^st	Film: “Comanche Territory”
		Sunday	22^nd
		Saturday	28^th
		Sunday	29^th
	August
	September	Saturday	1^st
		Sunday	2^nd	Film: “The Forsyth Saga” & “The Happiest Days of Your Life”
		Saturday	8^th
		Sunday	9^th	Film: “Chance of a Lifetime” & “Words & Music”
		Saturday	15^th
		Sunday	16^th
		Saturday	22^nd
		Sunday	23^rd
		Saturday	29^th
		Sunday	30^th	Film: “Tony Draws a Horse”
	October	Saturday	6^th
		Sunday	7^th
		Saturday	13^th
		Sunday	14^th	Film: “Fallen Idol”
		Saturday	20^th
		Sunday	21^st	Film: “Maytime in Mayfair”
		Saturday	27^th
		Sunday	28^th	Film: “Last Days of Dolwyn”
	November	Saturday	3^rd
		Sunday	4^th	Film: “A Yank at the Court of King Arthur”
		Saturday	10^th
		Sunday	11^th	Film: “Captain Boycott”
		Saturday	17^th
		Sunday	18^th	Film: “Paleface” – Bob Hope
		Wednesday	21^st	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “Soldier Apprentice” – film made at AAS Arborfield during the summer of 1951. HQ Company marched to the cinema behind the Pipe Band.
		Thursday	22^nd	(as above). The Companys marched to the cinema behind the Pipe Band.
		Saturday	24^th
		Sunday	25^th	Film: “The Clouded Yellow” – Trevor Howard, Jean Simmons
		Friday	30^th	AAS Pantomime
	December	Saturday	1^st
		Sunday	2^nd	Film: “State Secret”
		Saturday	8^th
		Sunday	9^th	Film: “The Milkman” – Jimmy Durante, Donald O’Conner
		Saturday	15^th	Film: “Frenchie”
		Sunday	16^th	Film: “Harvey”
		Saturday	22^nd
		Sunday	23^rd
		Saturday	29^th
		Sunday	30^th
1952	January	Saturday	5^th	Film: “Whispering Smith”
		Sunday	6^th	Film: “The Streets of Laredo”
		Saturday	12^th	Film: “Dream Girl”
		Sunday	13^th	Film: “Top ‘o The Morning” – Bing Crosby
		Saturday	19^th	Film: “Beyond Glory”
		Sunday	20^th	Film: “Red Hot & Blue”
		Saturday	26^th
		Sunday	27^th
		Monday	28^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “No Highway”
	February	Saturday	2^nd	Film: “Nom Room For Jennifer”
		Sunday	3^rd	Film: “The Hasty Heart”
		Saturday	9^th	Film: “Battleground”
		Sunday	10^th	Film: “On The Town”
		Saturday	16^th	Film: “East Side, West Side” – James Mason, Barbara Stanwick, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner
		Sunday	17^th	Film: “Nancy Goes to Rio”
		Saturday	23^rd	Film: “Ambush”
		Sunday	24^th
	March	Saturday	1^st
		Sunday	2^nd
		Saturday	8^th
		Sunday	9^th
		Saturday	15^th
		Sunday	16^th
		Saturday	22^nd	Film: “Stars in My Crown”
		Sunday	23^rd	Film: “The Yellow Cab Man” – Red Skelton
		Monday	24^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “When Worlds Collide”
		Saturday	29^th	Film: “Devils Doorway”
		Sunday	30^th	Film: “At The Circus” – Marx Brothers
	April	Saturday	5^th
		Sunday	6^th
		Saturday	12^th
		Sunday	13^th
		Saturday	19^th
		Sunday	20^th
		Saturday	26^th	Film: “The Black Arrow”
		Sunday	27^th	Film: “Dead Reckoning” – Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott
	May	Saturday	3^rd	Film: “Kidnapped”
		Sunday	4^th	Film: “Landfall”
		Monday	5^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “Operation Pacific”
		Saturday	10^th	Film: “In The Shadow of The Eagle”
		Sunday	11^th
		Saturday	17^th	Film: “The Elusive Pimpernel”
		Sunday	18^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “Colt 45”
		Saturday	24^th	Film: “The Big Hangover”
		Sunday	25^th	Film: “Massacre River”
		Saturday	31^st
	June	Sunday	1^st
		Saturday	7^th
		Sunday	8^th
		Saturday	14^th	Film: “It Had To Be You”
		Sunday	15^th	Film: “Manhandled”
		Monday	16^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “Reluctant Heroes”
		Saturday	21^st	Film: “Sorrowful Jones” – Bob Hope
		Sunday	22^nd	Film: “Bride of Vengeance”
		Saturday	28^th	Film: “My Own True Love”
		Sunday	29^th	Arborfield Garrison Cinema: “The Flying Leathernecks”
	July	Saturday	5^th	Film: “The Wreck of The Hesperus”
		Sunday	6^th
		Saturday	12^th
		Sunday	13^th	Film: “Stampede”
		Saturday	19^th	Film: “Coroner Creek”
		Sunday	20^th	Film: “Northwest Stampede”

Friday 25^th July 1952 - Intake 49B Passing-Out Parade

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