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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “MORECAMBE & WISE: MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZAS”

By | May 2005

Unless you are British or a Union Jack-waving, tea-drinking, “God Save the Queen” cheering Anglophile, you’ve probably never heard of Eric Morecambe…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “MORECAMBE & WISE: MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZAS”

Unless you are British or a Union Jack-waving, tea-drinking, "God Save the Queen" cheering Anglophile, you've probably never heard of Eric Morecambe and...

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BOOTLEG FILES 078: "Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La" (1973 TV special starring the composer of the "Lost Horizon" score). LAST SEEN: In its only broadcast,...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “BURT BACHARACH IN SHANGRI-LA”

It seems difficult to conceive this today, but back in 1973 the Ross Hunter musical production of "Lost Horizon" was a highly anticipated prestige picture....

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “STARCRASH”

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