@El Loro posted:Slim, "Chariots of Fire" is on BBC Four this evening at 20.00
I watched it last week El 
Didn't say anything as I actually found it a bit boring 
Thank you anyway for letting me know 
@El Loro posted:Not the first time a composer has used driving music to signify thunder, the obvious one being:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g65oWFMSoK0
She really makes her instrument sing doesn't she El ...brilliant!
@slimfern posted:I watched it last week El
Didn't say anything as I actually found it a bit boring
Thank you anyway for letting me know
The director of "Chariots of Fire", Hugh Hudson, followed that up with "Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes".
I've only seen those two films once. I thought Greystoke was even more boring 
As far as Tarzan films are concerned, the first two Johnny Weissmuller ones are the best IMO. "Tarzan, the Ape Man" (1932) and "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934). The sequel had a bigger budget and is one of those rare incidences of a sequel being better than the original. Both are more violent than the later ones. The sequel is also noted for a pre-Hays code short underwater swimming scene with Tarzan (with loincloth) and Jane (with nothing on). That scene was filmed with Josephine McKim, not Maureen O'Sullivan, Weissmuller and McKim were both Olympic swimmers. It's a very innocuous scene.
@El Loro posted:The director of "Chariots of Fire", Hugh Hudson, followed that up with "Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes".
I've only seen those two films once. I thought Greystoke was even more boring
As far as Tarzan films are concerned, the first two Johnny Weissmuller ones are the best IMO. "Tarzan, the Ape Man" (1932) and "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934). The sequel had a bigger budget and is one of those rare incidences of a sequel being better than the original. Both are more violent than the later ones. The sequel is also noted for a pre-Hays code short underwater swimming scene with Tarzan (with loincloth) and Jane (with nothing on). That scene was filmed with Josephine McKim, not Maureen O'Sullivan, Weissmuller and McKim were both Olympic swimmers. It's a very innocuous scene.
I remember the Tarzan films
Did you know that after he died... As his coffin was lowered into the ground, a recording of the Tarzan yell he invented was played three times, at his request.
@El Loro posted:Here's a piece of music called "Thundersnow!" by Katie O'Hara LaBrie which was written last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDvQO5L_j0
Very classical piece of music for strings.
loved it EL very fast paced
@El Loro posted:Not the first time a composer has used driving music to signify thunder, the obvious one being:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g65oWFMSoK0
wow fantastic -thank you EL the man behind her was a bit disconcerting with is eye movements -fabulous violinist EL-she made the performance came alive Love vivaldi
@El Loro posted:Hi Velvet and Slim
I found this BBC news clip of "thundersnow" on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mfDZxSN8w
wow-never witnessed this-bit scary/eerie snow and thunder thank you EL
night EL slim velvet
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:wow fantastic -thank you EL
I found that man a bit disconcerting too
@slimfern posted:I remember the Tarzan films
Did you know that after he died... As his coffin was lowered into the ground, a recording of the Tarzan yell he invented was played three times, at his request.
Another point of trivia is that the yell is palindromic - the second half is the first half in reverse
An unusual bus passenger
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64836739
@El Loro posted:An unusual bus passenger
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64836739
Awwwww 
@El Loro posted:I found that man a bit disconcerting too
@El Loro posted:An unusual bus passenger
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64836739
aww fantastic -loved that and lucky sheep
night EL Slim Bazzy
@El Loro posted:An unusual bus passenger
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64836739
A27, it's not quite Snakepass is it 
@slimfern posted:A27, it's not quite Snakepass is it
By the A40 on the outskirts of Gloucester:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-18974104
@El Loro posted:
By the A40 on the outskirts of Gloucester:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-18974104
Now there's an animal one doesn't see on the roadside everyday ...well not in this country
night EL slim
Slim, some films on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week which may be of interest to you.
Tomorrow 15.00 "Saloon Bar" (1940). British thriller. One evening around Christmas, when the pub landlord's wife is about to give birth, a bookie and pub locals get together to try to prove that a former customer, due to be hung in the morning, wasn't guilty of a murder. Although not a comedy, the film was an Ealing Studios film, and some have drawn comparison with their later comedies.
Tuesday 19.00 "The Browning Version" (1951). Michael Redgrave in an adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play about the last day of s schoolmaster's career at a school before he moves to another school. Good serious film, not to be confused with "Goodbye Mr Chips".
The Browning in the title is a reference to a farewell gift of an adaptation by Robert Browning of an ancient Greek play, the gift is a catalyst.
Thursday 15.10 "History is Made at Night" (1937). A blend of romance/drama/comedy/suspense and disaster genres. Frank Borzage directed the film, One critic said "patchwork quilt genre bender that stands as one of Frank Borzage's supreme achievements.".
The disaster towards the end of the film is a bit like the Titanic disaster though this is a different ship.
Friday 15.00 "Second Time Around" (1961) Debbie Reynolds comedy western about a widow who relocates to Arizona and lands up by becoming a sheriff. Thelma Ritter is in the film.
@El Loro posted:Slim, some films on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week which may be of interest to you.
Tomorrow 15.00 "Saloon Bar" (1940). British thriller. One evening around Christmas, when the pub landlord's wife is about to give birth, a bookie and pub locals get together to try to prove that a former customer, due to be hung in the morning, wasn't guilty of a murder. Although not a comedy, the film was an Ealing Studios film, and some have drawn comparison with their later comedies.
Tuesday 19.00 "The Browning Version" (1951). Michael Redgrave in an adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play about the last day of s schoolmaster's career at a school before he moves to another school. Good serious film, not to be confused with "Goodbye Mr Chips".
The Browning in the title is a reference to a farewell gift of an adaptation by Robert Browning of an ancient Greek play, the gift is a catalyst.Thursday 15.10 "History is Made at Night" (1937). A blend of romance/drama/comedy/suspense and disaster genres. Frank Borzage directed the film, One critic said "patchwork quilt genre bender that stands as one of Frank Borzage's supreme achievements.".
The disaster towards the end of the film is a bit like the Titanic disaster though this is a different ship.Friday 15.00 "Second Time Around" (1961) Debbie Reynolds comedy western about a widow who relocates to Arizona and lands up by becoming a sheriff. Thelma Ritter is in the film.
Thank you El
It's good to see they are all at a decent hour of the day
I think I might give them all a go 
@slimfern posted:Thank you El
It's good to see they are all at a decent hour of the day
I think I might give them all a go
@slimfern posted:Thank you El
It's good to see they are all at a decent hour of the day
I think I might give them all a go
@slimfern posted:Thank you El
It's good to see they are all at a decent hour of the day
I think I might give them all a go
Thanks Slim
I've seen "The Browning Version" but not the other three films. Of those I think the most interesting one is "History is Made at Night". Frank Borzage had a long film career. His father was Italian and his mother Swiss, they emigrated to the States before he was born, At his peak he had a reputation for making some of the most romantic American films made, quite often with a European connection. For instance in "History is Made At Night", the romantic lead man is a Parisian (Charles Boyer).
The first Oscars were for 1927-28. Borzage won the best director award for the film "7th Heaven" That was the year that there was a one off award for "Best Unique and Artistic Picture" deservedly given to F W Murnau's "Sunrise". The Best Actress award went to Janet Gaynor for her performances in "7th Heaven", "Street Angel" (also directed by Borzage) and "Sunrise".
"History is Made at Night" was a production of Walter Wanger Productions, so not one of the major studios, possibly why the film isn't well known.
@El Loro posted:Thanks Slim
I've seen "The Browning Version" but not the other three films. Of those I think the most interesting one is "History is Made at Night". Frank Borzage had a long film career. His father was Italian and his mother Swiss, they emigrated to the States before he was born, At his peak he had a reputation for making some of the most romantic American films made, quite often with a European connection. For instance in "History is Made At Night", the romantic lead man is a Parisian (Charles Boyer).
The first Oscars were for 1927-28. Borzage won the best director award for the film "7th Heaven" That was the year that there was a one off award for "Best Unique and Artistic Picture" deservedly given to F W Murnau's "Sunrise". The Best Actress award went to Janet Gaynor for her performances in "7th Heaven", "Street Angel" (also directed by Borzage) and "Sunrise".
"History is Made at Night" was a production of Walter Wanger Productions, so not one of the major studios, possibly why the film isn't well known.
I quite like a decent romantic film, as long as it has a happy ending and isn't a tearjerker
I've not seen '7th Heaven' ... reading the plot on Wiki, I'm not sure I want to 
@slimfern posted:I quite like a decent romantic film, as long as it has a happy ending and isn't a tearjerker
I've not seen '7th Heaven' ... reading the plot on Wiki, I'm not sure I want to
I haven't seen that film but the bits I have seen it suggest that the Wiki plot fails to give any indication of romance. I have just seen the last couple of minutes and it is in fact a rather happy ending.
Having said that, it is a silent film with dialogue cards which would put you off.
night EL Slim bazzy
Slim, I watched that film "Bulldog Drummond at Bay" last evening. Watchable but the lead actor John Lodge wasn't a great actor and later quit acting and went into politics in the States.
Ronald Colman in "Bulldog Drummond" (1929) made that film into a vey watchable film. He also made a sequel "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" (1934).
Odd that the Met Office have issued a snow/ice warning for my area for tonight and tomorrow morning but not for Wednesday where the forecast is colder and snowier than tonight & tomorrow morning 
Tonight/early tomorrow a low of 1°, tomorrow daytime high of 6°
Tuesday night/early Wednesday a low of -1°, Wednesday daytime high of 2°
Thursday gets warmer.
Snow or sleet likely but nothing extreme.
@El Loro posted:Slim, I watched that film "Bulldog Drummond at Bay" last evening. Watchable but the lead actor John Lodge wasn't a great actor and later quit acting and went into politics in the States.
Ronald Colman in "Bulldog Drummond" (1929) made that film into a vey watchable film. He also made a sequel "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" (1934).
He obviously made the right career move by the looks of his longevity as a politician El
@El Loro posted:Odd that the Met Office have issued a snow/ice warning for my area for tonight and tomorrow morning but not for Wednesday where the forecast is colder and snowier than tonight & tomorrow morning
Tonight/early tomorrow a low of 1°, tomorrow daytime high of 6°
Tuesday night/early Wednesday a low of -1°, Wednesday daytime high of 2°
Thursday gets warmer.
Snow or sleet likely but nothing extreme.
That's when we're supposed to get it El
@slimfern posted:He obviously made the right career move by the looks of his longevity as a politician El
I think John Lodge's best known film would be the George Cukor's film of "Little Women" (1933) (Katharine Hepburn). He played the part of John Brooke, Laurie's tutor and marries Meg.