@slimfern posted:
Intriguing El ...
Do I have to wait until Sunday for you to tell me?
The film has one American in who you will know of, two British people who you will know of, and one of the most highly regarded French actors besides lesser known people.
The four people are not people that you would expect to see in the one film.
The title of the film comes from a quote in a play where the main character in the film addresses a rather shallow person.
@El Loro posted:The film has one American in who you will know of, two British people who you will know of, and one of the most highly regarded French actors besides lesser known people.
The four people are not people that you would expect to see in the one film.
The title of the film comes from a quote in a play where the main character in the film addresses a rather shallow person.
Oh my gosh, now you really do have me wanting to know 
Is it a comedy?
night EL Slim Moonsieee velvet
@slimfern posted:Is it a recently released film or an oldie?
When you say French actor...does that imply it's a male? (in these pc days male & female are actors
Film was released in the second half of the 1960s.
I used the word actor so as not to indicate whether a male or a female
@slimfern posted:Hmmm
Okay, well there are so many good films released in the latter half of the 1960's...
Is it by a well known director?
'How I Won the War' ?
Director was very well known.
The director had intended to produce a two part play back in 1939. The first part ran for 5 hours, receipts weren't high enough to continue so the second part never got staged. The director tried to stage the play again in 1960, he had reworked the play under a different title. That wasn't a success so he decided to make a film instead. Very much a personal project of his and the film was his favourite.
So not "How I Won the War"
@El Loro posted:Director was very well known.
The director had intended to produce a two part play back in 1939. The first part ran for 5 hours, receipts weren't high enough to continue so the second part never got staged. The director tried to stage the play again in 1960, he had reworked the play under a different title. That wasn't a success so he decided to make a film instead. Very much a personal project of his and the film was his favourite.So not "How I Won the War"
You can see why I might have thought that...Michael Crawford, John Lennon & Roy Kinnear...not exactly three names I would associate together in a film
Okay, back to the drawing board
Is it a Hitchcock film?
He had a number of films out in the 60's
@slimfern posted:You can see why I might have thought that...Michael Crawford, John Lennon & Roy Kinnear...not exactly three names I would associate together in a film
Okay, back to the drawing board
Is it a Hitchcock film?
He had a number of films out in the 60's
Michael Crawford and Roy Kinnear were in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". John Lennon along with the other Beatles were in "Help" and "A Hard Day's Night". Richard Lester directed all those films as well as "How I Won the War"
No, it's not a Hitchcock film and is not the type of film he made.
@El Loro posted:Michael Crawford and Roy Kinnear were in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum". John Lennon along with the other Beatles were in "Help" and "A Hard Day's Night". Richard Lester directed all those films as well as "How I Won the War"
No, it's not a Hitchcock film and is not the type of film he made.
No, I thought you might say that
'Khartoum'?
@slimfern posted:No, I thought you might say that
'Khartoum'?
No, it's not Khartoum
There is a connection though between "Khartoum" and the film. One of the actors in "Khartoum" was the narrator heard but not seen in the film (and isn't Michael Horden who was in "Khartoum" and was the narrator of "Barry Lyndon").
@El Loro posted:No, it's not Khartoum
There is a connection though between "Khartoum" and the film. One of the actors in "Khartoum" was the narrator heard but not seen in the film (and isn't Michael Horden who was in "Khartoum" and was the narrator of "Barry Lyndon").
Falstaff: 'Chimes at Midnight'....with Margaret Rutherford
@slimfern posted:Falstaff: 'Chimes at Midnight'....with Margaret Rutherford
That's it, Slim
Orson Welles had adapted some of Shakespeare's history plays as "Five Kings" back in 1939, a very ambitious project. Incidentally the incidental music for that was by Aaron Copland.
He had an affinity of the character Falstaff (Henry IV parts 1 and 2), in Henry V and mentioned in Merry Wives of Windsor). So he reworked "Five Kings" as "Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight" and made the film with himself as Falstaff. Hared to believe if you see the film but he actually slimmed down for the part.
John Gielgud as Henry IV, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly and Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet.
Ralph Richardson did the narration. That narration came from Raphael Holinshed's "The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande," That was the first "complete" printed history and was a major source of inspiration for Shakespeare and others.
Film is next Saturday at 9.30 pm. It does include a lengthy (under 16 minutes) battle sequence which apparently is quite intense. Film was originally released with a U certificate but now has a PG. Film is black and white. The scene also has a touch of humour with the attempt to get Falstaff on his horse, So the sequence doesn't make the film unwatchable.
@El Loro posted:That's it, Slim
Orson Welles had adapted some of Shakespeare's history plays as "Five Kings" back in 1939, a very ambitious project. Incidentally the incidental music for that was by Aaron Copland.
He had an affinity of the character Falstaff (Henry IV parts 1 and 2), in Henry V and mentioned in Merry Wives of Windsor). So he reworked "Five Kings" as "Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight" and made the film with himself as Falstaff. Hared to believe if you see the film but he actually slimmed down for the part.
John Gielgud as Henry IV, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly and Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet.
Ralph Richardson did the narration. That narration came from Raphael Holinshed's "The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande," That was the first "complete" printed history and was a major source of inspiration for Shakespeare and others.Film is next Saturday at 9.30 pm. It does include a lengthy (under 16 minutes) battle sequence which apparently is quite intense. Film was originally released with a U certificate but now has a PG. Film is black and white. The scene also has a touch of humour with the attempt to get Falstaff on his horse, So the sequence doesn't make the film unwatchable.
Yayy! 
You're quite right, I will record it ...Thanks El
night EL slim moonsieee
Slim, other than "Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight", the other film on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week is "Fanny" (1961) which is on tomorrow at 13.00. A romantic drama set in Marseille in the early 1930s which was directed by Joshua Logan. Some of those who have commented in imdb call this their favourite film.
The main characters are Fanny (Leslie Caron), CÃĐsar (Charles Boyer), his son Marius (Horst Buchholz) and Panisse (Maurice Chevalier).
Back in the 1930s, Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright & filmmaker) created a trilogy of films known as the Marseille trilogy. The three films were "Marius" (1931), "Fanny" (1932) and "CÃĐsar" (1936). They are regarded as major French classics.
In 1954 a stage musical called "Fanny" was created based on the trilogy, Joshua Logan and S N Behrman wrote the book for the musical and the music and lyrics were by Harold Rome.
The film "Fanny" was based on the book for the musical but does not have the songs though Harold Rome's music was used in the background.
The film "Fanny" should be regarded as a Hollywood substitute aimed at those who are unlikely to watch the French originals.
@El Loro posted:Slim, other than "Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight", the other film on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week is "Fanny" (1961) which is on tomorrow at 13.00. A romantic drama set in Marseille in the early 1930s which was directed by Joshua Logan. Some of those who have commented in imdb call this their favourite film.
The main characters are Fanny (Leslie Caron), CÃĐsar (Charles Boyer), his son Marius (Horst Buchholz) and Panisse (Maurice Chevalier).
Back in the 1930s, Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright & filmmaker) created a trilogy of films known as the Marseille trilogy. The three films were "Marius" (1931), "Fanny" (1932) and "CÃĐsar" (1936). They are regarded as major French classics.In 1954 a stage musical called "Fanny" was created based on the trilogy, Joshua Logan and S N Behrman wrote the book for the musical and the music and lyrics were by Harold Rome.
The film "Fanny" was based on the book for the musical but does not have the songs though Harold Rome's music was used in the background.The film "Fanny" should be regarded as a Hollywood substitute aimed at those who are unlikely to watch the French originals.
Sounds like a nice story El 
Thanks
I'm going to record it, as I have my film to watch this afternoon already planned ...can you guess what it is?
(it never gets boring)
As a point of interest...we had a 'Fanny' in our family back in the 1600's...'Fanny Cheeseman'
Needless to say I'm very glad names have changed over the years 
@slimfern posted:Sounds like a nice story El
Thanks
I'm going to record it, as I have my film to watch this afternoon already planned ...can you guess what it is?
(it never gets boring)
As a point of interest...we had a 'Fanny' in our family back in the 1600's...'Fanny Cheeseman'
Needless to say I'm very glad names have changed over the years
I wonder if it could be "The Railway Children" on BBC One though Talking Pictures has "Passport to Pimlico" and later "Green for Danger", all of which I've seen more than once
@El Loro posted:I wonder if it could be "The Railway Children" on BBC One though Talking Pictures has "Passport to Pimlico" and later "Green for Danger", all of which I've seen more than once
True, both are worth watching again and again 
Another, I nearly watched on iPlayer yesterday is 'School for Scoundrels'
Instead, I watched 'Effie Gray'...it didn't depict John Ruskin in a very good light 
@slimfern posted:Sounds like a nice story El
Thanks
I'm going to record it, as I have my film to watch this afternoon already planned ...can you guess what it is?
(it never gets boring)
As a point of interest...we had a 'Fanny' in our family back in the 1600's...'Fanny Cheeseman'
Needless to say I'm very glad names have changed over the years
There's a long established photography business in Cheltenham which has been run by the Cheesman family
@slimfern posted:True, both are worth watching again and again
Another, I nearly watched on iPlayer yesterday is 'School for Scoundrels'
Instead, I watched 'Effie Gray'...it didn't depict John Ruskin in a very good light
I watched "Desperate Romantics" when that series was shown some years ago which covers Effie Gray and John Ruskin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Romantics
@El Loro posted:I watched "Desperate Romantics" when that series was shown some years ago which covers Effie Gray and John Ruskin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Romantics
Were you one of those that watched until the the end or one of the dwindling numbers El?
I was glad to see Effie rid herslf of Ruskin and go on to marry Maillais
@slimfern posted:Were you one of those that watched until the the end or one of the dwindling numbers El?
I was glad to see Effie rid herslf of Ruskin and go on to marry Maillais
I did watch the series to the end but I don't think the series was anything other than adequate
night EL slim moonsieee
