@El Loro posted:A charming performance of part of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" with Rolando Villazon as Papageno.
Must have been unforgettable for the children there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaldPP44oas
aww lovely 
thank you EL
night EL slim moonsiee
@El Loro posted:The local weather recording station shows that from last Friday afternoon to now, 117.2 mm of rain has fallen. That's about twice the average monthly total for my area for September. Not as bad as some places which have had three times the average monthly total.
night EL slim moonsieee
@slimfern I didn't spot that the Talking Pictures tv channel were showing "The More the Merrier" (1943) tomorrow at 18.20. It's a wartime romantic comedy with Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn. Wartime housing shortage, Jean Arthur lets part of her house to Charles Coburn and then Joel McCrea, a sergeant, for a few days before he's shipped overseas.
It's a good film, no war scenes.
It's better than the remake "Walk, Don't Run" (1966) which was Cary Gran's final film (effectively the Charles Coburn character).
@El Loro posted:@slimfern I didn't spot that the Talking Pictures tv channel were showing "The More the Merrier" (1943) tomorrow at 18.20. It's a wartime romantic comedy with Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn. Wartime housing shortage, Jean Arthur lets part of her house to Charles Coburn and then Joel McCrea, a sergeant, for a few days before he's shipped overseas.
It's a good film, no war scenes.
It's better than the remake "Walk, Don't Run" (1966) which was Cary Gran's final film (effectively the Charles Coburn character).
Thank you El
I like a good Romcom 
@slimfern posted:Thank you El
I like a good Romcom
Thanks Slim
Jean Arthur was in several of the top American comedies of that time. If I were to select the best one, it would be "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) directed by Frank Capra and starred James Stewart. Stewart up against corruption in politics. One of Capra's two best films, the other "It's a Wonderful Life". (MSGTW on Youtube but not free).
You would have to go to Prague to see these trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppyfYZevTNk
(Buster Keaton did this on a smaller scale in his 1922 film "The Electric House")
@El Loro posted:Thanks Slim
Jean Arthur was in several of the top American comedies of that time. If I were to select the best one, it would be "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) directed by Frank Capra and starred James Stewart. Stewart up against corruption in politics. One of Capra's two best films, the other "It's a Wonderful Life". (MSGTW on Youtube but not free).
That's a classic and is one of my favourite films...which you probably know already
@El Loro posted:You would have to go to Prague to see these trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppyfYZevTNk
(Buster Keaton did this on a smaller scale in his 1922 film "The Electric House")
That's neat
@slimfern posted:That's a classic and is one of my favourite films...which you probably know already
"It's a Wonderful Life" is one of my favourites too, Slim
Wasn't a success when it was released either with critics or the public. Wasn't until years later (1974) when it went into the public domain and then was able to be broadcast on a regular basis and its reputation soared.
Thanks to BBC Genome, I found that the first time I saw it was on Sunday 6th December 1959 when it was broadcast by the BBC in the afternoon. They had shown it before on Christmas Eve in 1957 in the evening but I wouldn't have seen it then. My parents might have though.
If you do ever get the chance to see "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" it's a must watch film. The filibuster scene by Stewart is extraordinary 
@El Loro posted:You would have to go to Prague to see these trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppyfYZevTNk
(Buster Keaton did this on a smaller scale in his 1922 film "The Electric House")
awww how cute EL
night EL slim moonsieee
Slim, I haven't spotted much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There's a 50 minute documentary next Saturday afternoon called "Every Day Except Christmas Day" (1957). An affectionate look at the life of Covent Garden market porters. Good blank and white photography. Of note is that it was one of the documentaries that Lindsay Anderson made before he went into feature films.
@El Loro posted:Slim, I haven't spotted much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There's a 50 minute documentary next Saturday afternoon called "Every Day Except Christmas Day" (1957). An affectionate look at the life of Covent Garden market porters. Good blank and white photography. Of note is that it was one of the documentaries that Lindsay Anderson made before he went into feature films.
Thanks El
Sounds an interesting watch ...a little look back into history
night EL slim moonsieee
Good morning everyone 
The overnight rain here seems to have moved off, very cloudy at present. Looks as if today until Friday may be relatively dry compared to the last couple of weeks.
Local weather recording station shows that about 150mm of rain fell here in September.
I hope everyone has a good day
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
The overnight rain here seems to have moved off, very cloudy at present. Looks as if today until Friday may be relatively dry compared to the last couple of weeks.
Local weather recording station shows that about 150mm of rain fell here in September.I hope everyone has a good day
The winds are still blowing hard here, but it's much calmer & drier than yesterday El.
Stay safe people
@slimfern posted:The winds are still blowing hard here, but it's much calmer & drier than yesterday El.
Stay safe people
Still breezy here, Slim, but not as windy as yesterday though not as hard as you've been getting,
Some trees fell on parked cars in Pittville Lawn in Cheltenham. Not the first time, that's happened and there are trees all the way down that road by the kerb on both sides of the road.
@El Loro posted:Still breezy here, Slim, but not as windy as yesterday though not as hard as you've been getting,
Some trees fell on parked cars in Pittville Lawn in Cheltenham. Not the first time, that's happened and there are trees all the way down that road by the kerb on both sides of the road.
Good to hear that no-one was hurt due to trees falling El...I've not heard of any injuries or fatalities here either thank goodness.
Plenty of roads left impassable & cars stranded but nothing that can't be fixed....
We have had up to 80mm of rainfall in some parts of Devon, which has caused an outpouring of sewerage onto 26 beaches & coves 
...disgusting! 
@slimfern posted:Good to hear that no-one was hurt due to trees falling El...I've not heard of any injuries or fatalities here either thank goodness.
Plenty of roads left impassable & cars stranded but nothing that can't be fixed....
We have had up to 80mm of rainfall in some parts of Devon, which has caused an outpouring of sewerage onto 26 beaches & coves
how unpleasant
Video clip on the BBC of a trailer carrying fridges crashed over on the M5 yesterday near junction11 (where the bypass between Gloucester and Cheltenham is):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98y72gyw43o
@El Loro posted:Video clip on the BBC of a trailer carrying fridges crashed over on the M5 yesterday near junction11 (where the bypass between Gloucester and Cheltenham is):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98y72gyw43o
Yikes! 
It was lucky that the lorry behind managed to stop without causing further carnage