“Toad Of Toad Hall"
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ssffwtrlrw Rather than ret so many of the scenes well bsrt on the many erf them with light voices, from the audience.
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Mr Badger fFrod Betts) was nltely sententious, but Taylor) wa»,» WfftN lo** pcwnality. ai bougb b* gtovpd «nd spoke plowwtly-
There w«ro seme. mo»t effective moment* in theiro, duetion, some m*moroW« rtngc-pictures. and plenty of wntfen. U the aetor* <xr |4 WWttW rot be the rewinding lucee** St has the potential to be—P.R.S.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31767, 26 August 1968, Page 14
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