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I'm in the mood again for posting film clips - must be the hot weather!

 

I have previously mentioned what a fine actor Michael Redgrave was, and it is this clip that cemented that opinion. In this film, The Browning Version (from the play by Terence Rattigan), he plays an unpopular disciplinarian classics teacher at a school, disliked by the pupils and masters alike. He is to be replaced by someone with modern ideas. He is not a happy man, even more so because he knows that his wife, played by Jean Kent, is having an affair with Nigel Patrick, seen later in the clip.

   Whilst most are glad that he is going, one of his pupils presents him with a book. This single act of appreciation lets his guard down and emotion uncontrollably overcomes him. As I have said before, he is only doing what the director instructed him to do, but some actors have that extra insight into the character and the role and add a lustre to it that most others would not. This is superb acting of the highest order (says I).

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I do like this ad for Maltesers This is Beattie Edmondson daughter of Ade Edmondson and Jennifer Saunders. http://www.davidreviews.tv/Work/Maltesers_Leaving/

carnie and margie, here's one for you both. A wonderful fantasy romance film starring the lovely Jennifer Jones. The music is nearly all Dubussy. creating a mistiness to the story. Note the use of col

I have posted a scene from the Bette Davis picture Dark Victory before (not that anyone took any notice). I make no apology for posting another. This scene displays her superb acting skills, without h

 

This one is for you, Jill, seeing that you have a particular liking for Audrey Hepburn. This was her final film appearance.  

 

I have previously posted a clip from this film, Always, directed by Spielberg. In the film Richard Dreyfus'  aircraft crashes during a fire-fighter run. The next scene has him walking through a burned landscape. Here he meets AH, who proceeds to give him a haircut. We wonder if he escaped the crash, but AH reveals to him that he is really dead.

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Ah yes. Audrey is one of my icons. A person who turned her back on the tinsel and worthless glitter of Hollywood. After enduring the sort of childhood that would have destroyed most people, she became one of the most worthwhile people on the planet. There should be more like Audrey!

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Not a film clip but the complete picture. If you have never seen this then I am sure you will enjoy it. It is a mystery story, but not of the usual kind. Keeps you guessing what is going on.

 

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Here is one of the great comedy films made during WW2. I have posted a clip from it not long ago (what are you laughing at now, thread) but now see that the whole film has been put on YouTube. I do not suppose any NS member will be sufficiently interested in seeing it;  past experience tells me that, but you never know, one just might.

   It features Carol Lombard, then the wife of Clark Gable. This was her last film before she was killed in an air crash. It also features some of Hollywood's finest character actors of that era. The main star is, of course, Jack Benny, ably assisted by Sig Rumann - 'So they call me concentration camp Erhardt, do they?' Highlight scene - probably near the end when a dead man's beard is the key to identifying who is the real professor. The director is Ernst Lubitsch, who specialised in this kind of mid-European-style comedy, he being a German émigré to Hollywood.

   Take a look at it -  good story, good cast, good acting, good humour, good direction.

 

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There are two Christmassy films on BBC2 next week. Both are superb and well worth watching. ARE YOU LISTENING CRANKYPIG AND CARNI. Not quite so high on the clapometer as It's a Wonderful Life, but just as entertaining.

 

The first one Holiday Affair (1949), starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh. I told you about this one earlier in the year. It is on at 7.35 in the morning (Friday the 22nd). These early Mitchum pictures are really good. As I remarked earlier about the film, there is a scene that makes you glad that you were never in such a situation.

 

The next day - Saturday 23rd at 6.45 am, has The Bishop's Wife, starring David Niven and Loretta Young. Similar in a way as It's a Wonderful Life in that and angel comes down to help someone (so it's a fantasy film). Great story and great characters.

 

Both the films are in gorgeous black and white. Both were made in the 1945 to 1950 period that I always think was the cinema's finest.

 

So, set your recorders to capture both.

 

By the way. Have you all watched the film who's link I posted in the above posting.

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Will do Chulla. Thanks for the reminder. Yesterday I watched Possessed, staring Joan Crawford, Van Heflin and Raymond Massey. Brilliant, though I did end up, not quite getting the ending. I had to dash to the powder room and when I got back, the doctor was talking about her condition (I think he was explaining something about how her mind worked? )

 

I watched it all the way through and then missed the most important bit. I also found I had to keep altering the volume, as when the music was playing it was too loud, then too low when the speaking was on, but that does happen with the some of the old films. Loved it though and  being in black and white only enhanced it.  Will try to be organised so I can watch the two films you have mentioned.

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2 hours ago, carni said:

I think he was explaining something about how her mind worked? )

If he can do that, he will be the 1st person to do so and would  make a fortune selling the secret !!

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Brassed Off is one of my favorite films. Having been brought up in a colliery village and as a callow youth played in the local brass band I could put the name of a real person to every actor in that film. My favorite clip is right at the end of the film when the late great Pete Postlethwaite playing Danny Ormondroyd gives a speech after the band had won.

 

 

 

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Just found this on YouTube.  A Christmas fantasy tear-jerker. It's got ghosts and a vision of heaven, and even has God talking, so should interest certain members. Picture quality is not so good, but quite viewable.

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Just finished watching 'The Bishops Wife'. Lovely Lovely (Not a typo error) film. It has  started my day with a feel good factor. Sorry to say that due to an 'unthoughtful neighbour' we were kept awake until after 2am by their constantly barking dog,  so I overlaid and missed the first part of the film. I only came in at the scene where Loretta Youngs character bought herself the hat. Particularly  enjoyed the skating scene, but the whole film was just my cup of tea.. Really peeved at missing so much. Gave me a little shiver when Dudley was being called to go  from above and he looked up and asked for a little more time., and nearly had a tear of happiness at the end. Loved It. Just thought I would say that I saw a slight resemblance of Angelina Jolie in Loretta sometimes. 

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So pleased you liked it, carni, But shush, don't tell everybody or they might begin taking notice of my film recommendations.

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Just browsing the Christmas and NY TV guide. Some goodies such as Whatever happened to baby Jane, African Queen, Gone with the wind, Scrooge, Will Penny, Lucky Jim, the Wooden Horse, er ! That seems to be it I'm afraid.

For the dim, the sheep, and the downright easily pleased, there's a plethora of Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Toy Story, Bond, ET, Back to the Future, Shrek, Indiana Jones . Take your pick ! Although I'm certain no Nottstalgians fall into the latter category. 

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Chulla, I've just watched the film you recommended 'Beyond Tomorrow'   Thought it was  OK and watched it to the end.  

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Thanks for that, Margie. Actually, I haven't yet seen it end-to-end. I looked at sections and what with the complementary comments about it I could see that it was a nice film.

 

Info: The old lady who played Madam Tanya was Maria Ouspenskaya. A Russian lady who appeared in many Hollywood films when they wanted an accented old lady.

 

The actor who played George in the film was Harry Carey, who made hundreds of films. He had a natural habit of having his right hand hold his left arm (across his chest). He was a great friend of John Wayne - appeared in his films. If you ever see JW's The Searchers, there is a scene near the end where Wayne walks through a door to the outside. He stops, looks back, and his right hand hold his left arm. Harry Carey had recently died and the gesture was JW's tribute to his old friend.

 

Yesterday afternoon we watched one of my favourites - Lost Horizon. Of course, it is all about the place where I live in Tibet - Shangri-La. One day I hope to take Jill Sparrow there so she will never grow old.

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1 hour ago, Chulla said:

The old lady who played Madam Tanya was Maria Ouspenskaya. A Russian lady

Wasn't she the mistress of tsar Nicholas II before he was married? I believe she was a ballet dancer.

 

Me, old? I'm only 4! ;)

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It's been mentioned before in another thread, but the recently-arrived TV channel 'Talking Pictures TV' is an incredible source of old film and television material.

 

It's on Virgin 445, Freeview 81, Sky channel 343, Freesat 306, Youview 81. I've watched little else on telly since I discovered it.

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For those with an Amazon Fire Stick , they have just added a Firefox browser  app . 

Once downloaded you have access to certain preset URLs including YouTube ( which was due to be withdrawn from the Firestick . 

You can also type in other URLs . It's a bit clunky but does work .

Just typed in the Black and White Movie website http://www.bnwmovies.com (which of course you could always watch on the laptop).

Lots of old films to choose from and the films are encased in a 60s style TV surround but still perfectly watchable .

Only trouble is haven't found a way of "favouriting" the URL so has to be typed in each time you visit .

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CARNI. At 3.00 on BBC2 this afternoon  - Saturday, there is a film that you really should not miss. It is Bette Davis in The Letter. Just superb. It is a Somerset Maugham story. If there any other lovers of the old films then have a look. Sorry could not give earlier warning but have just spotted it in the TV listings.

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Paul and I watched the film this afternoon and weren't impressed with it.  The acting was not very good and the storyline was very predictable, we thought.  I like many old black and white films but this is one I would never bother to watch again.  I hope you enjoyed it carni.  Sorry, Chulla- I know you love it.... I really tried to see some good in it but failed

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I didn't see the film today because we needed to get out for some fresh air and went 'Deer Spotting' on Cannock Chase. Fabulous. There were so many Deer about, that there was no need to search, they were in abundance. Not many stags spotted though, we only saw two. When we got home we put the tele on and saw Bette Davis with a letter in her hand, so I imagine it was the film.

 

Thank you Chulla for trying to let us know in time, but I have only just found your post. Sorry you didn't enjoy it Margie, at least you gave it a try. I have got a couple of films on DVD to watch, so I am not to worried about missing this one.

 

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Well I never, Margie. Your opinion of the film is the only dissent I have ever read. There is more to a film than the story itself. Did you not take notice of the wonderful subdued photography that gave the opening and closing scenes a wonderful atmosphere. The acting was superb, and noticeably so by the Chinese character actor Sen Yung with his creepy attitude. As for Bette Davis, she was the finest of the Hollywood actresses in the 1940s, and this role shows her well on form. (Sigh), you are not really an appreciator of old films, are you Margie.

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Here is the opening scene to the film, after the credits. As an opening scene it does not get better than this. All shot on an indoor sound stage where the lighting can be controlled. The plot of the story is that she has shot the man who tried to take advantage of her. Everyone is on her side and told her that she has nothing to worry about. BUT, the man had an Asian wife, who has a letter that Bette Davis sent to him proving her affection for him. The widow demands payment for it, and it is paid. However, the truth gets out and it starts to get awkward for BD. I'll leave it there but just say that what more could you want from a romantic betrayal story.

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