Ray Johnson Film Archive
Presented by Staffordshire Film Archive
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Gertie was one of our greatest Variety stars. She became "The Tommies' Favourite Songbird" during WWI - the equivalent of WWII’s Vera Lynn - and some of her songs were so popular the soldiers at the Front adopted them and added their own lyrics. Archive film footage helps tell her story, we then chart her career through to retirement in the 1950s - when a street in Hanley was renamed "Gitana Street" - and we hear several of her own recordings of her songs, including her greatest hit "NELLIE DEAN”.
No trailers or adverts. Films start prompt.
Community day films are drop in free events.
No trailers or adverts. Films start at 11am and 1pm prompt.
MAC Community days brings you a programme of accessible film all in a bid to break barriers and create a happy place for our community. MAC Community days are in partner ship with Able Stoke, North Staffs Pensioners' Convention, and Staffordshire Sight Loss.
