@El Loro posted:I haven't had a Caramac bar in decades:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67355475
No me , but I did used to like them 
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@slimfern I've just noticed that a 1931/2 film called "Rich and Strange" is on the Talking Pictures tv channel this afternoon at 15.30. Ir's a comedy/romance/drama film. It doesn't seem to be a particularly good film and is rather odd. The only reason I'm mentioning it is that it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock though not a typical film of his and it doesn't seem that he made an appearance in it.
@El Loro posted:@slimfern I've just noticed that a 1931/2 film called "Rich and Strange" is on the Talking Pictures tv channel this afternoon at 15.30. Ir's a comedy/romance/drama film. It doesn't seem to be a particularly good film and is rather odd. The only reason I'm mentioning it is that it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock though not a typical film of his and it doesn't seem that he made an appearance in it.
Relased in the USA as 'East of Shanghai' ...unsure why the change of title 
Worth a watch with it being a Hitchcock film ...thanks El
@slimfern posted:Relased in the USA as 'East of Shanghai' ...unsure why the change of title
Worth a watch with it being a Hitchcock film ...thanks El
Thanks Slim
I don't know why "Rich and Strange" was called "East of Shanghai" in the States though they did change the name of quite a number of British films there. For instance "A Matter of Life and Death" was released as "Stairway to Heaven" when it was first released there but was later changed back.
"Rich and Strange" was taken by the writer of the book from "The Tempest":
Part of what is known as Ariel's song:
"Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them â Ding-dong, bell."
Slim, Hitchcock claimed that "Rich and Strange" was inspired by his honeymoon, saying that he and his wife had done some preliminary research on the story before shooting the film. Whether there's any truth in that or if he was joking is not known. I doubt if it can be wholly truthful considering that he and Alma had their honeymoon in Paris, Lake Como and St Motitz. Not exactly near Shanghai 
@El Loro posted:Thanks Slim
I don't know why "Rich and Strange" was called "East of Shanghai" in the States though they did change the name of quite a number of British films there. For instance "A Matter of Life and Death" was released as "Stairway to Heaven" when it was first released there but was later changed back.
"Rich and Strange" was taken by the writer of the book from "The Tempest":
Part of what is known as Ariel's song:
"Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them â Ding-dong, bell."
Played by Colin Morgan at the Globe Theatre alongside Roger Allam 
It was a brilliant show 
@El Loro posted:Slim, Hitchcock claimed that "Rich and Strange" was inspired by his honeymoon, saying that he and his wife had done some preliminary research on the story before shooting the film. Whether there's any truth in that or if he was joking is not known. I doubt if it can be wholly truthful considering that he and Alma had their honeymoon in Paris, Lake Como and St Motitz. Not exactly near Shanghai
Unless they honeymooned in the Quartier Chinois area of Paris El 
@slimfern posted:Played by Colin Morgan at the Globe Theatre alongside Roger Allam
It was a brilliant show
There's a snippet of that on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo1QooWbgDc
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There's to be another spin off series from "Death in Paradise", this one is being called "Return to Paradise" and is being made by BBC Studio Productions Australia. Not surprisingly it's set in Australia. A 6 part series with filming to take place next year. To be shown on BBC One some time. No news yet as to cast though looks as if they will be Australian,
@El Loro posted:There's to be another spin off series from "Death in Paradise", this one is being called "Return to Paradise" and is being made by BBC Studio Productions Australia. Not surprisingly it's set in Australia. A 6 part series with filming to take place next year. To be shown on BBC One some time. No news yet as to cast though looks as if they will be Australian,
I liked the original series of âDeath in Paradiseâ El ð
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Slim, I recorded "Rich and Strange" and watched it yesterday evening. The first part of the film has some humour in it and the couple's journey starts by going to France and to Paris. That part would be the autobiographical part. The storyline moves eastward and becomes more serious. Incidentally the "old maid" seen during that was played by Elsie Randolph. Hitchcock must have remembered her as 40 years later she was in his film "Frenzy", the one which I've never seen and I think you quickly stopped watching it.
The tone of the film gets much darker for the latter part of the film during the voyage back home. The scene on a Chinese junk is unpleasant.
The film then suddenly ends back home.
Although the film was restored in 2000, it was originally cut in the country when it was first released in order for it to get an "A" certificate.
The last match for England in the cricket World Cup is ongoing but it now looks probable that England will qualify for that Champions Trophy tournament in 2 years time. England are batting at this time but have already scored 192 runs. If they were to lose their last 8 batters without scoring any more runs, Pakistan would have get those runs in 5 overs which would be near impossible for England's run rate to be lower than Sri Lanka's. The Netherlands have their last match tomorrow. That's against India who have won all their matches and will be strong favourites to win. So even if Pakistan beat England today, England are unlikely to be outside the top 8.
@El Loro posted:Slim, I recorded "Rich and Strange" and watched it yesterday evening. The first part of the film has some humour in it and the couple's journey starts by going to France and to Paris. That part would be the autobiographical part. The storyline moves eastward and becomes more serious. Incidentally the "old maid" seen during that was played by Elsie Randolph. Hitchcock must have remembered her as 40 years later she was in his film "Frenzy", the one which I've never seen and I think you quickly stopped watching it.
The tone of the film gets much darker for the latter part of the film during the voyage back home. The scene on a Chinese junk is unpleasant.
The film then suddenly ends back home.Although the film was restored in 2000, it was originally cut in the country when it was first released in order for it to get an "A" certificate.
Haven't had a chance to watch it yet El.
@slimfern posted:
Haven't had a chance to watch it yet El.
It's a film which deserves the 2 out of 5 rating the Radio Times gave it.
I think that the BBFC "U" certificate they gave it when re-rating it in 2000 was too low.
The Chinese junk scene very near the end of the film is unpleasant and there's one image in it which is distasteful, I would assume that the scene was in the book. I think the BBFC would take a different view of the film if they were re-rating it now.
The Rotten Tomato site has two ratings for the film The first one is what critics thought of the film - 75%.
The second one is what the general public think - 30%.
@El Loro posted:It's a film which deserves the 2 out of 5 rating the Radio Times gave it.
I think that the BBFC "U" certificate they gave it when re-rating it in 2000 was too low.
The Chinese junk scene very near the end of the film is unpleasant and there's one image in it which is distasteful, I would assume that the scene was in the book. I think the BBFC would take a different view of the film if they were re-rating it now.The Rotten Tomato site has two ratings for the film The first one is what critics thought of the film - 75%.
The second one is what the general public think - 30%.
I'm tempted to give it a miss tbh El 
@slimfern posted:I'm tempted to give it a miss tbh El
The first part of the film is more entertaining than the rest. So really up to the time they leave Paris. After that I can't say I liked the rest of the film.
The middle part which is most of the film reminded me of a film I saw many years ago. That was "Dodsworth" (1936) directed by William Wyler. "Dodsworth" is far better than "Rich and Strange". Worth watching if you ever get a chance to.
I did not like the last part as I've said.
A recent Youtube clip by the a cappella group Voces8. It's their version of "Goin' Home". Music of course is from Dvorak's "New World Symphony",
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzRahwicFa8
The words were written by William Arms Fisher and can be read:
https://oxfordsong.org/song/go...e-from-the-new-world
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