@El Loro posted:Momentary power cut here, only a second or so but enough for my computer to reboot and for the superbub to reboot taking about 10 minutes before being able to get online.
Rain has set in here for the rest of the daylight hours.
Lucky it wasn't for longer El 
I've just begun watching 'The Ghost Camera'....music is very mysterious sounding.
@slimfern posted:Well that was really rather a quaint murder ...love how they all spoke with a BBC accent ...except for the baddie and the assistant
Clever little storyline.
John Mills looked too young to shave almost ...turned into a fine actor
"Received pronunciation" 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation
Yes, John Mills did become a good actor 
I took a look at 'The Laurel Hardy Murder Case' whilst I had You tube on the telly.
Unfortunately the sound was a bit ropey and towards the end it was totally out of sync with the characters. Having said that, most of the fun around Laurel and Hardy is visual, so I was still able to have a laugh over it.
Still understood what was going
@El Loro posted:"Received pronunciation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation
Yes, John Mills did become a good actor
Yes. That!
@El Loro posted 23/8/2018:Breaking news - UK mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe gets three days temporary release from prison in Iran.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45287583
At the time of me posting this, there's no explanation about this so it may or may not be good news,
Sounds as if she's been released :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60756870
@slimfern posted:I took a look at 'The Laurel Hardy Murder Case' whilst I had You tube on the telly.
Unfortunately the sound was a bit ropey and towards the end it was totally out of sync with the characters. Having said that, most of the fun around Laurel and Hardy is visual, so I was still able to have a laugh over it.
Still understood what was going
I think the Talking Pictures tv channel will probably have better quality
@El Loro posted:Sounds as if she's been released :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60756870
It's just been said that she is on a flight home
Just watched this episode of Father Brown:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/...enigma-of-antigonish
There's a scene where Elsie, in distress, sits down, opens her Bible, and starts reciting a verse.
The Bible is opened very near the front which is Genesis. Anyone who knows their Bible would know that the verse comes from Revelations which is the last book. (Fat6her Brown wasn't present in the scene)
(chapter 12 verse 9)
@slimfern posted:Getting to be a busy time for you again hey El...End of the Tax year in less than a month.
My husband used to work a lot of overtime around early April.
Actually April isn't the busiest month as my work is mainly on tax returns and as clients are waiting for documents to arrive such as P60s, they aren't ready for me until May time.
Different matter though if one deals with payrolls though as April is when the final submission goes in and employers have to issue staff with P60s.
@El Loro posted:Just watched this episode of Father Brown:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/...enigma-of-antigonish
There's a scene where Elsie, in distress, sits down, opens her Bible, and starts reciting a verse.
The Bible is opened very near the front which is Genesis. Anyone who knows their Bible would know that the verse comes from Revelations which is the last book. (Fat6her Brown wasn't present in the scene)
(chapter 12 verse 9)
I don't watch 'Father Brown'....my Dad does when he's at home 
I do know that Genesis is at the start of the bible though and not just a boy band
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
@El Loro posted:Actually April isn't the busiest month as my work is mainly on tax returns and as clients are waiting for documents to arrive such as P60s, they aren't ready for me until May time.
Different matter though if one deals with payrolls though as April is when the final submission goes in and employers have to issue staff with P60s.
Ah okay...still time to kick your heels back then
@El Loro posted:Sounds as if she's been released :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60756870
lovely news EL
EL slim - thank you so much for your good wishes -feel better today
night EL slim
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:EL slim - thank you so much for your good wishes -feel better today
Just pleased you are feeling better Ros
Good morning everyone the forecast is for a day of sunny intervals today.
Enjoy your day everyone 
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:EL slim - thank you so much for your good wishes -feel better today
I'm glad you are feeling better, Ros
When I made my first post yesterday about Nazanin's release, I said that it sounds as if she's been released. At that point in time she had been taken to the airport but had not yet left the country. So there was still a possibility that the release wouldn't happen.
I noticed that the Talking Pictures tv channel is currently showing "The Stars Look Down" (1940).which stars Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood and was directed by Carol Reed. Man leaves his mining village on a university scholarship with the intent on returning to better support the miners.
That's followed by "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944) which starred Gregory Peck, Roddy McDowall, Vincent Price & Cedric Hardwicke and was directed by John Stahl. Young priest sent to China to establish a parish.
Without looking them up, what is the very strong connection between the two films?
@El Loro posted:I noticed that the Talking Pictures tv channel is currently showing "The Stars Look Down" (1940).which stars Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood and was directed by Carol Reed. Man leaves his mining village on a university scholarship with the intent on returning to better support the miners.
That's followed by "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944) which starred Gregory Peck, Roddy McDowall, Vincent Price & Cedric Hardwicke and was directed by John Stahl. Young priest sent to China to establish a parish.
Without looking them up, what is the very strong connection between the two films?
They are both Cronin stories?
@slimfern posted:They are both Cronin stories?
Yes, they are both adaptations of novels by A J Cronin 
I wonder if Talking Pictures will ever show "Hatter's Castle" (1942), another adaptation of one of his books. Starred Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr and James Mason. Newton as a tyrant at business and family. Bit of an old style melodrama.
I don't think it's been shown on television in decades. Saw it once on 23 January 1966 (per the BBC Genome site). Hardly remember anything about it after all this time
@El Loro posted:Yes, they are both adaptations of novels by A J Cronin
I wonder if Talking Pictures will ever show "Hatter's Castle" (1942), another adaptation of one of his books. Starred Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr and James Mason. Newton as a tyrant at business and family. Bit of an old style melodrama.
I don't think it's been shown on television in decades. Saw it once on 23 January 1966 (per the BBC Genome site). Hardly remember anything about it after all this time
It doesn't have a very good write up on Wiki ...maybe that's why you don't remember it 
Good morning everyone it looks like we will get quite a few sunny intervals today.
Enjoy your day everyone
@slimfern posted:
It doesn't have a very good write up on Wiki ...maybe that's why you don't remember it
"Hatter's Castle" was shown on BBC One on a Sunday afternoon as one of their Film Matinees. I saw quite a number of them with my parents and my brother.
The following week they had "The Red House", the Edward G Robinson film I mentioned some time ago, I assume I saw it then but didn't recall it when I watched it again a year or so ago.
The previous week they showed "Sullivan's Travels" (1941). I do remember watching it then and I've seen it a couple of times since. Joel McCrae and Veronica Lake starred, and it was directed by Preston Sturges. Hollywood film director decides to experience life as a homeless person to see what it's like as part of his preparation for his next film. A superb film which starts off as a comedy but a serious powerful drama by the end. Rated as the 40th best film ever made in Halliwell's top 1000.
@El Loro posted:"Hatter's Castle" was shown on BBC One on a Sunday afternoon as one of their Film Matinees. I saw quite a number of them with my parents and my brother.
The following week they had "The Red House", the Edward G Robinson film I mentioned some time ago, I assume I saw it then but didn't recall it when I watched it again a year or so ago.The previous week they showed "Sullivan's Travels" (1941). I do remember watching it then and I've seen it a couple of times since. Joel McCrae and Veronica Lake starred, and it was directed by Preston Sturges. Hollywood film director decides to experience life as a homeless person to see what it's like as part of his preparation for his next film. A superb film which starts off as a comedy but a serious powerful drama by the end. Rated as the 40th best film ever made in Halliwell's top 1000.
'Sullivan's Travels' looks interesting and worth a watch
(As it happens, I'm helping out at the foodbank in our area today)
'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' is a good film
Although, I have only seen the one with George Clooney 
@slimfern posted:'Sullivan's Travels' looks interesting and worth a watch
(As it happens, I'm helping out at the foodbank in our area today)
'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' is a good film
Although, I have only seen the one with George Clooney
Although the title "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" was a reference to "Sullivan's Travels", there is no similarity between the two films. Haven't seen that as I don't like Coen brothers films, some of them are vile as far I'm concerned.
My local church has collected food etc for the local food bank for years
@El Loro posted:Although the title "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" was a reference to "Sullivan's Travels", there is no similarity between the two films. Haven't seen that as I don't like Coen brothers films, some of them are vile as far I'm concerned.
My local church has collected food etc for the local food bank for years
Don't know much about the Coen brothers, had to look them up. They've done a lot of black comedy and won a few awards haven't they...
There's a couple of big film titles I recognise but haven't seen, 'O Brother Where Art Thou' is the only one I have.
Foodbank was very busy....sadly 
@slimfern posted:Don't know much about the Coen brothers, had to look them up. They've done a lot of black comedy and won a few awards haven't they...
There's a couple of big film titles I recognise but haven't seen, 'O Brother Where Art Thou' is the only one I have.
Foodbank was very busy....sadly
I think many foodbanks are busy The Trussell Trust is the main charity setting up foodbanks. The trust initially started in Bulgaria. When they were contacted by a British woman struggling to fee her children, they set up their first foodbank in their home town of Salisbury.
2,814 food parcels in 2006
1,900,122 in 2020
The Coen brothers have their fans but not me.
