A Huge Thank You
I am grateful to the following people and institutions for their help in assembling the research and photographs for this website. Any errors or opinions found in the text, however, are those of this writer.
- Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
- British Film Institute
- Irish Film Institute
- Association of Moving Image Archivists
- Howard Blake
- Simon Gray
- Richard Elton
- Margot Noyes
- Martin O’Neill
- Richard Bonehill
- Bob Carr
- Molly Haskell
- Rev. Nigel Lacey, St. Mary’s, Radnage
- Kasandra O’Connell, Head Archivist, Irish Film Archive
- Roger Bettridge, County Archivist, Buckinghamshire
- Dr. Tony Cook, Newton Field Centre
- Brett Thorn, Keeper of Archaeology, Bucks County Museum
- Adrian Sanders, The Francis Frith Collection
- Quiller Barrett, The Chiltern Society PhotoGroup www.chilternphoto.org.uk
- John Fitzgerald
- Michael Bowker
- John Harrison
- Peter Goodearl
- David Walker
- Glyn Watkins
- Kitty Nijenhuis
- Jennie Turnage
- Françoise Coulant-Henderson
- Meluchie of Friends of Firth
- Jude Tessel of Ken Friends and The Branagh Compendium
- Cathy Floury, web template designer, Studio-Plume
- Vicky Arundale, the “wrong” Vicki Arundale (despite having been born in Yorkshire and 14 in 1986), but who, on learning that the film starred Colin Firth, emailed quickly: “If you’re thinking of a re-make and need a stand-in, I’m sure I could pull it out of the bag.”
Greatest thanks of all go to Jessica Bennett, graphic artist and soul of patience.