Sevenoaks Branch Meeting: Delia Taylor on That’s Entertainment: The Glory of the MGM Musicals

In the 1940s and 1950s MGM produced some of the greatest film musicals ever seen. The Arthur Freed unit revolutionised how musicals were made, and signed up the top directors, choreographers, composers and lyricists of the era.

We will see how musicals changed from the mundane to the sublime. The songs written for the films became classics and form part of the Great American Songbook and made stars of the actors and actresses appearing in them.

You will enjoy watching clips from some of these great movies and learn about the trials and tribulations that went into some of the films we have grown to love. I you love film musicals this is the talk for you.

Delia has been a public speaker for over 16 years and is very well known to us.

She has spoken to a wide range of organisations including both the West Kent and East Sussex Federations of the WI, as well as at AGMs and private lunches. She is based near Tunbridge Wells.

Every talk is comprehensively illustrated with audio and visual clips. They are very well researched and there is more to them that the title suggests.

 Doors open 10.45am, meeting starts 11am. Talk will begin a little later as the Branch Annual Meeting will precede the talk.

There is a large public car park (payment required, 50p for 2 hours, £1 for 3 hours) adjacent to the hall but it can be busy.

No booking, just turn up.

The Society is a registered charity and membership fees and donations are an important part of our income. The Talk is free to members but guests and visitors are asked to make a donation towards hall hire and speaker's fee. There will be a donations box at the venue.

But Society membership only costs £10 a year (£12 joint members) https://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/about/membership/our-membership

And if you join after 1 October your membership lasts until 31 December the following year.