Chimes at Midnight UK showings in 1960s?

[dianjo]

Does anyone know how widely Chimes was shown in the UK when first released? and in particular was it shown in Newcastle upon Tyne?

thanks for any info....

[aysie]

Not sure if this will be any use... but the Chimes At Midnight book published by Rutgers contains some original reviews from when the film was released in the UK, from the likes of The Times, The New Statesman and The Spectator.

If there's no one here who can let you know about the Newcastle question, I'd suggest you could try consulting some old copies of the city's local newspapers in the library archives - even if you don't find reviews, you'll find old cinema listings in the pages. The dates of the reviews in the Rutgers book are all late March, 1967. I think there was sometimes a bit of a lag in films getting out from London to the rest of the UK back then, so maybe between late March to early May would be the time to check out.