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PASSPORT TO FAME

THE DIANA DORS STORY

Huw Prall

ISBN 978-1-916668-88-1

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Publication: 30 MAY 2024
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ISBN: 9781916668881
Price: £11.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 234 x 156 mm
Extent: 288 pp
Illustrated: Includes illustrations
Thema: DNBF Biography: Cinema

• Includes exclusive images and anecdotes,
Passport to Fame is a comprehensive study of
Diana’s work across her 40 years of
filmmaking.
• Delving into her personal life, it is a must-read
for fans of Diana, as well as those interested in
the changing face of the film industry.
• Huw Prall lives in Aldershot, Hants. He trained
as a classical dancer before going on to study
allied dance forms, acting and singing. He has
Originally trained as a Classical Dancer, Huw Prall went on to train worked in both classical and musical theatre,
in allied dance forms as well as acting and singing. He worked as well as in film and television.
extensively at the Redgrave Theatre, Farnham as well as appearing
with London City Ballet, and the Royal Opera Company and in a "Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe". This tag was to hang
number of Film and Television productions including Hamlet and around Diana Dors' neck during the 1950s. As Diana would
Pride and Prejudice. Huw has taught Historical Dance for over four often point out she had been working professionally a lot
decades working with actors in training at various London Drama longer than Monroe. Her first appearance was in 1946 in
Schools and for the Education Department at Shakespeare’s Globe. The Shop at Sly Corner, while still a student at the London
In 2022 Huw appeared in the Channel 5 Documentary Diana Dors: Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Britain’s Blonde Bombshell as Diana’s Biographer.
Diana, like Marilyn, was blonde, curvy and sexy, but that's
where the comparison ended. Her range as an actress

encompassed everything from comedy to Greek tragedy.
She was a real person – a quality that endeared her to
the public, but above all, she was a survivor.
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0116 279 2299 Passport to Fame is a comprehensive study of Diana's work
across her 40 years of filmmaking. The book is also an
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without notice. 29/02/2023 invaluable source of reference to the film-buff interested in
the changing face of the film industry.