Robert Helpmann
Birthday: 1909-04-09
Place of Birth: Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Biography: Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, film actor, theatre director and choreographer. A protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn’s first partner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Helpmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Henry V
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55 Days at Peking
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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The Tales of Hoffmann
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The Quiller Memorandum
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Patrick
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The Red Shoes
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Second Time Lucky
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The Big Money
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Cinderella
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Steps of the Ballet
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Don Quixote
A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music ...
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The Mango Tree
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The Tales of Helpmann
Explores the early life and work of Robert Helpmann. Protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn’s first partner,...
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
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The Iron Petticoat
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Don Quixote of La Mancha
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Caravan
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Puzzle
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That's Dancing!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca...
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Television Demonstration Film
Publicity film for manufacturers and retailers of television equipment. A survey of the programmes t...
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