Film Society Report

 

Committee:
Mr. Tempest, Mr. Bickerstaffe, Jacqueline Holt, Margaret Taylor,
Carol Lindley, Hazel Slater, Christine Whittaker, Neil McKinstrey.

 

The Film Society can once more report a successful year.  Our 1961-62 programme varied from comedy to drama and mystery.  Once again the Film Society was the largest in the school with a membership of about 120.  An innovation this year was the use of a larger screen which was a great improvement, and we shall continue to use this in future.

All the films shown proved to be very popular, especially "Bachelor of Hearts", starring Hardy Kruger, and "Tiger Bay", with Hayley Mills.  "Two Way Stretch", starring Peter Sellers, raised many laughs, and "Sapphire" had the audience in suspense.

This year we hope to provide an equally successful programme.  It is hoped that the following films may be included in the coming programme, "The Wind Cannot Read", with Dirk Bogarde and Yoko Tani. a musical called "The Benny Goodman Story", "A Tale of Two Cities", "The Wooden Horse", "A French Mistress" and "The Naked Truth" with Peter Sellers.

We extend a warm welcome to all new members of the society and members are asked to keep an eye open for the opening film, which may be in colour.

M. Taylor.

 

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Dramatic, Operatic and Debating Society
Report, 1961-62

President: Mr. Higson.
Vice-President: Mr. K. Wright.
Chairman: Joan Bent.
Vice-Chairman: D. Cook.
Secretary: Pat Kelly.

 

The Annual Dance was held last October, and the proceeds were given to the School Magazine Committee, which was unable to meet the rising costs of publication without some assistance.

We should like to say how much we appreciate all that Mr. K. Wright has done for us in the past, and we hope that he will be happy in his new post at Hathershaw Technical High School.

Last October the Society presented Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" with Steven Shaw playing the part of the husband and Christobel Taylor as his first wife.  The play was enjoyed by all, and favourably reported in the "Oldham Chronicle".

Debates held were generally interesting, and always well supported.  We hope that they will be as well supported in the future.  A party from school visited Counthill G.S. for a debate last October, a reciprocal visit to the one paid to the School by Counthill the previous year.  The School lost the motion.

We should like to extend a welcome to all new members of the Society, and we hope that they will support us in the conning year.