Lewis Gilbert film versions of Willy Russell's plays "Educating Rita" (1983) and "Shirley Valentine" (1989). Gilbert also directed the film "Stepping Out" (1991). Gilbert was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to the film industry. In 2001, Gilbert was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute, the highest accolade in the British film industry. In June 2010 he appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme "Desert Island Discs". In it he said that his 1970 film "The Adventurers" was a disaster, and that he should never have made it. On
Valentine Vox the Rita Rudner Show, Live! with Regis and Kelly and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Valentine Vox became an American citizen in 2009. Valentine Vox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWodEwCePHU Dummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4lF7PuG3UM&t=23s Exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sR1v4qoua8 History of Ventriloquism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01oAJO-I-4 Edgar Bergen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsH7NsfYEg*Theater and Television Valentine Vox Valentine Vox (born Jack Riley; February 20, 1939) is a British born American ventriloquist and author known for his scholarly book on the history of ventriloquism, "I Can See Your Lips Moving: the history and art of ventriloquism", which traces the practice back some three thousand years. As a ventriloquist Vox’s career spanned over 50 years appearing in