Dame Flora McKenzie Robson was an English actress and star of the theatrical stage and cinema, particularly renowned for her performances in plays demanding dramatic and emotional intensity. Her range
Robson in a 1940s studio publicity shot
Memorial tablet to Flora Robson in the porch of her final parish church, St Nicholas, Brighton
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes is a 1965 British epic period comedy film that satirises the early years of aviation. Direc
Flora Robson
…1963 55 Days at Peking Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi Murder at the Gallop Miss Milchrest 1964 Guns at Batasi Miss Barker-Wise 1965 Young Cassidy Mrs. Cassidy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Mother Superior 1966 7 Women Miss Binns Eye of the Devil Countess Estell 1967 The Shuttered Room Aunt Agatha Cry in the Wind Anasthasia 1970 Fragment…
Theatrical release poster
Ron Goodwin's music plays an integral part in the film.
1963 replica of the Bristol Boxkite, now hanging in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Santos-Dumont flying his Demoiselle in Paris, 1907