Good afternoon Buddies, finally 
A strange day today. Not half 
Weather wise, overcast, breezy and cold
I had my booster jab this morning. My arm has started to hurt a little. Par for the course
Enjoy your day everyone
A clip about an obscure 1935 British film called "Mr Midshipman Easy". The clip includes bits from the film and the poster of the clip did have issues with doing that so there is at least one odd message appearing on the clip. Film is about a young man who runs away to sea.
Points of trivia are:
the person who played the young man who would become a household name on television years later
the person who directed the film, his first full length film, would go on to make much better films than this film
and the person who composed the music was the same person who composed the tune for "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as it is generally sung.
@El Loro posted:A clip about an obscure 1935 British film called "Mr Midshipman Easy". The clip includes bits from the film and the poster of the clip did have issues with doing that so there is at least one odd message appearing on the clip. Film is about a young man who runs away to sea.
Points of trivia are:
the person who played the young man who would become a household name on television years later
the person who directed the film, his first full length film, would go on to make much better films than this film
and the person who composed the music was the same person who composed the tune for "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as it is generally sung.
Hugie Green ....as the poster said, I too have only ever known him as a gameshow host, plus of course there was the sordid business when it was revealed he was Paula Yates biological father..
Directed by Carol Reed...who became a 'Sir'
Composer was Frederic Austin
All English
"Nightmare Alley" (1947) was a film starring Tyrone Power as a carnival worker. It's in the film noir genre. I saw it many years ago and don't want to see it again. It's a good film but is quite horrifying, more so than most horror films of the 1930s and 40s.
I see that it's been remade by Guillermo del Toro. Haven't seen much of his films though I think he tends to go for darker films bordering on horror so it doesn't surprise me that he decided to do the film.
@slimfern posted:Hugie Green ....as the poster said, I too have only ever known him as a gameshow host, plus of course there was the sordid business when it was revealed he was Paula Yates biological father..
Directed by Carol Reed...who became a 'Sir'
Composer was Frederic Austin
All English
I think most people only knew Hughie Green as a gameshow host and host of Opportunity Knocks.
Carol Reed wouldn't have got a knighthood for that film
@El Loro posted:"Nightmare Alley" (1947) was a film starring Tyrone Power as a carnival worker. It's in the film noir genre. I saw it many years ago and don't want to see it again. It's a good film but is quite horrifying, more so than most horror films of the 1930s and 40s.
I see that it's been remade by Guillermo del Toro. Haven't seen much of his films though I think he tends to go for darker films bordering on horror so it doesn't surprise me that he decided to do the film.
Sounds like a film I might give a miss thanks El 
@slimfern posted:Sounds like a film I might give a miss thanks El
I think that's a film to miss, it's a very disturbing film. The BBFC gave the DVD release a PG rating but that was in 2005 and I think it would get a higher rating now if it were to be resubmitted to them.
@El Loro posted:I think that's a film to miss, it's a very disturbing film. The BBFC gave the DVD release a PG rating but that was in 2005 and I think it would get a higher rating now if it were to be resubmitted to them.
One would hope so if it's disturbing...a lot of parents don't control what their children watch, so someone needs to 
My tip on using Virgin Media email.
Log in to their email browser. Then bookmark that webpage.
Provided that you don't log out of Virgin Media, that bookmark will take you straight through to your emails.
That of course is dependent on the email browser site working of course but it is a useful tip.
@slimfern posted:One would hope so if it's disturbing...a lot of parents don't control what their children watch, so someone needs to
By the way, a "geek" in the 1947 film "Nightmare Alley" had a different meaning to what is now has. It was a term used in American carnivals for a performer whose act was ........
Too nasty to say as it would turn ones stomach and would be banned in carnivals in this country.
Apparently the depiction of this in the 1947 film was cut as being too much.
@El Loro posted:By the way, a "geek" in the 1947 film "Nightmare Alley" had a different meaning to what is now has. It was a term used in American carnivals for a performer whose act was ........
Too nasty to say as it would turn ones stomach and would be banned in carnivals in this country.
Apparently the depiction of this in the 1947 film was cut as being too much.
It sounds a terrible film 
'Geek' being worse than the 'Freak show' we had here?
night EL moonsieee slim
Good morning everyone it's a dry morning and a wet afternoon today.
Enjoy your day everyone 
@slimfern posted:So definitely not something I would like to see
Am looking forward to the usual Christmas film fare ...'It's a Wonderful Life' - 'Miracle on 34th Street' etc
And "Scrooge", the Alastair Sim version Tends to be shown in the original black and white version and also the colourised version. The colourisation isn't wholly satisfactory though.
@El Loro posted:And "Scrooge", the Alastair Sim version
Oh Yes! a definite must see 
It wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of Alastair Sim as 'Scrooge'
and of course 'White Christmas' (Holiday Inn)
@slimfern posted:Oh Yes! a definite must see
and of course 'White Christmas' (Holiday Inn)
I think that there are only two songs which are in both "Holiday Inn" (1942) and "White Christmas" (1954). Obviously "White Christmas" and "Abraham". I may be wrong though
@El Loro posted:I think that there are only two songs which are in both "Holiday Inn" (1942) and "White Christmas" (1954). Obviously !White Christmas" and "Abraham". I may be wrong though
It's been a very very long time since I saw "Holiday Inn". I should point out that the "Abraham" song sung by Bing Crosby in that film is unacceptable as he is blackfaced in that. I assume that if the film is shown on television it carries a warning as a result. The BBFC has "contains a scene of racial stereotyping".
@El Loro posted:It's been a very very long time since I saw "Holiday Inn". I should point out that the "Abraham" song sung by Bing Crosby in that film is unacceptable as he is blackfaced in that. I assume that if the film is shown on television it carries a warning as a result. The BBFC has "contains a scene of racial stereotyping".
Yes stuff like that is a definite No No these days...and quite right too
night EL moonsieeee Slim
Good morning everyone it's a showery and breezy day today.
Enjoy your day everyone
@slimfern posted:Don't remember Abraham El
I found a clip of "Abraham" in "Holiday Inn" on Youtube with the intention of posting it here. But after a couple of seconds I stopped watching it and obviously didn't post it. The song is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln,
In "White Christmas" "Abraham" is not sung but the music is danced to:
I liked Nina Simone El. I don't she blacked up. Randy Crawford was her only equal for purity.
Hope all are well
Take care ye all - from Devon up
@velvet donkey posted:I liked Nina Simone El. I don't she blacked up. Randy Crawford was her only equal for purity.
Hope all are well
Take care ye all - from Devon up
love both of those songs velvet -gorgeous
night EL moonsiee slim velvet
Good morning everyone it's a very windy morning which is set to continue all day with sunny intervals.
Enjoy your day everyone
Films on the Talking Pictures TV channel in the next week which may be of interest to Slimfern,
Tomorrow (Monday) 10.00 am "Dear Mr Prohack" (1949) British comedy with Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns & Dirk Bogarde (supporting role). For the most part this is an average comedy. However there is a scene in it which is possibly the strangest and surreal scene I've seen in a British film of that era 
Also tomorrow 13.00 "Brighton Rock" (1947). Often shown but worth seeing if you haven't seen it. Richard Attenborough at his nastiest,
Tuesday 23.05 "Five Fingers" (1952). James Mason and Michael Rennie. Nazi spy working undercover. A drama based on fact.
@El Loro posted:Films on the Talking Pictures TV channel in the next week which may be of interest to Slimfern,
Tomorrow (Monday) 10.00 am "Dear Mr Prohack" (1949) British comedy with Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns & Dirk Bogarde (supporting role). For the most part this is an average comedy. However there is a scene in it which is possibly the strangest and surreal scene I've seen in a British film of that era
Also tomorrow 13.00 "Brighton Rock" (1947). Often shown but worth seeing if you haven't seen it. Richard Attenborough at his nastiest,
Tuesday 23.05 "Five Fingers" (1952). James Mason and Michael Rennie. Nazi spy working undercover. A drama based on fact.
Morning El 
Thanks for the heads up
I might give the Nazi spy film a miss, even though it is based on fact....see how the mood takes me on Tuesday
Will give the other two a go though ... a bit of comedy and a murder thriller...just how a Monday should be
@slimfern posted:Morning El
Thanks for the heads up
I might give the Nazi spy film a miss, even though it is based on fact....see how the mood takes me on Tuesday
Will give the other two a go though ... a bit of comedy and a murder thriller...just how a Monday should be
"Five Fingers" was directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz who also directed "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" and "All About Eve". Obviously different to those films but it's a good film. It has a very interesting storyline and is not a typical spy film in that it has a U certificate as there's no violence in it.
@El Loro posted:"Five Fingers" was directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz who also directed "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" and "All About Eve". Obviously different to those films but it's a good film. It has a very interesting storyline and is not a typical spy film in that it has a U certificate as there's no violence in it.
Well that goes in it's favour...and a good director
It's my youngest son's birthday on Tuesday, and although he will be 31, the excitement is just the same as if he were 13 , so by the time 23.05 comes round I may not have the energy left to watch ...I'll record it for another day