HSR 248 Posted May 18, 2020 Report Share Posted May 18, 2020 I think it's on the Arcqiva Multiplex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 5,522 Posted May 18, 2020 Report Share Posted May 18, 2020 Fascinating read about Talking Pics. Thanks Kev. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,977 Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 If you missed the first one last week, Talking Pictures have started showing episodes of the old TV series 'Budgie' with Adam Faith. I watched it back in the day and was a big fan. I caught the first episode last week and it had stood the test of time better than many things from that era. Highlight of each episode was often Ian Cutherbertson as Charlie Endall.......and I used to really fancy Budgie's girlfriend Hazel (Lynn Dalby). It's on Tuesdays at 9pm until further notice. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 248 Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Watched it, last week's had at least four, what would be considered un-pc moments in the first fifteen minutes! Tonight's wasn't much better, refreshing to see a programme broadcast without those silly warnings. Best bit..Big Rock Candy Mountain, at the end.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,879 Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Sung by Burl Ives HSR ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,886 Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Watching the ''Rat Race''' 1960''''Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds.........some lookers the pair of em...............good film....even features Tony Curtis as a musican Sax player...........sits on a bar stool by hisself having a beer........features a bit of slow dancing in one of my favourite places '''''a seedy bar '''' with a 4 piece band''''''''''happy ending of course Tony and Debbie go off together....they dont make films like this anymore........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 8,522 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 He was a saxophone player in Some Like It Hot. Love that film. Jack Lemmon in drag. He did his own female voice. Curtis couldn't do it and had to be dubbed. Could watch Jack Lemmon in anything, especially with Walter Matthau. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,470 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Jill have you seen the film "Days of Wine and Roses" Jack Lemmon was in this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 8,522 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Yes, Mary. I've seen all his films. My all time favourite is The Apartment which, despite the laughs, isn't a comedy and was a very controversial film for its time. He was brilliant in that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,886 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 Watched ''''Poor Cow'''' early hours this morning'''.........sad but so true to life for the 60s......poor housing..no money.....men treating their women badly (many not all)........lots of down to earth factoy girls talking real stuff for the time,,,,,thought Carol White was brilliant in it........what a sad real life she had and died i think in her 40s....also thought John Binden did well...hard man villian in real life..also died young....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,977 Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 I didn't realised Carol White hadn't had a happy life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_White I like those kind of films from that era. Others I've seen recently include Sparrows can't sing and Billy Liar. When I watch them I find myself thinking this is what the world looked like when I was at infants/junior school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,886 Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 Watched ''Play it cool''1962 the other night starring 'Billy Fury.'' He sang some great stuff......dead smart suit collar and Tie...a right good looking bloke...,,,BUT he could.nt Act......neither could Helen Shapiro Alvin Stardust or Bobby Vee......but enjoyed the Music Last night watched Craig Douglas in a film,,,,he was an old favourite of mine...'''Pretty blue Eyes''' 1960 remember that? Used to play it in my Bedroom so that Christine 4 doors away''' could hear it....Dad played Hell lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,977 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 The Beatles with 'Hard Days Night' had a massive impact on the world of pop music films. That film still stands up well 55 years after it was made, partly because it's roughly on the same wavelength as the intended audience. Pop music films before then were made by middle-aged, middle-class film executives who thought they knew what the young people wanted. Films like the Billy Fury one (and others I've watched) are fascinating and embarrassing in equal measure because they're an old man's idea of what teenagers wanted. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,879 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Ahh Craig Douglas Ben., Another one of his was "Teenager in love" also "only sixteen". Once heard Marty Wilde sing teenager in love, he must have been about 46 at the time He had daughter Kim by then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 6,657 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 I was a ‘Teenager in Love’ when those 2 songs were popular- also only sixteen. Mind you I was nearly always in love with some lad or another when I was a teenager !! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,886 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 Live it up,,1963,,can't sleep so watching it,,,Lucille Hewitt Corry sings in it,,what i did find interesting was Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen also featured,, Gave my bed up for him at the "Dolphin Hotel"" in Cleethorpes back in 74 ish, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 248 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 This film has a wonderful charm, a bit before my time but recognise the chap from Crackerjack.. Was Luicille the neglected lass singing the sombre song? Given the artists and sound, I'm sure the brilliant Joe Meek must have played a part. However..best thing musically, Kenny Ball and Gene Vincent... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,299 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 On 1/3/2021 at 10:33 PM, Cliff Ton said: The Beatles with 'Hard Days Night' had a massive impact on the world of pop music films I remember Wilfrid Bramble (old man Steptoe) playing Paul's grandfather. In a 1999 survey of 1000 people involved in the British Film Industry voted it the 88th of films in the 20th century that were "culturally British" The top 5 in the survey were The Third Man - 1949 Brief Encounter - 1945 I've never seen or heard of this one Lawrence of Arabia - 1962 The 39 Steps - 1935 Great Expectations - 1946 Missed this one The most "modern" one is from 1998 The complete list is here BFI Top 100 British films - Wikipedia The 100 Best TV shows are here BFI TV 100 - Wikipedia What would be yours? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,879 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Morning Oz, well it is here!! The film "Brief Encounter " was a film starring Trevor Howard as a doctor who had a chance meeting with a woman, played by Celia Johnson. She managed to get a bit of coal grit in her eye on the station platform. The doctor removed said bit of coal cinder from her eye while they were in the station buffet. They had a cup of tea while waiting for their respective trains. They met the following day and so it goes. The station used was Carnforth, and they still have the platform clock, seen in the film. Do ya wanna copy?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,886 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 When me and the wife were first 'Sparking'' we used to copy ''Brief Encounter'' and meet either on Peterborough or Nottingham stations.............. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 8,522 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Oztalgian said: What would be yours? The Go Between, 1971, would have to be in there somewhere. Harold Pinter's brilliant screenplay of Hartley's novel. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,879 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Four versions were made of "The 39 Steps", 1935...Robert Donat 1959...Kenneth More 1978...Robert Powell 2008...Rupert Penry-Jones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 13,886 Posted January 16 Author Report Share Posted January 16 Film.........''Saturday night and Sunday Morning'' TV.........Dads Army'' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,977 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 I've got into Dad's Army in the last couple of years, it's always being repeated on BBC2. Back at the time, I was aware of it but thought it was 'about old people, for old people'. I now think it's intelligent, clever, and funny. And it hasn't dated through time; it didn't depend on anything fashionable or contemporary. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 8,522 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 My father loved Dad's Army. We went to see the film at The Futurist in the early 70s or thereabouts. Somehow, it didn't translate well to the big screen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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