Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams everyone 
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@slimfern a couple of films on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week worth watching.
On Tuesday at 17.25 is a short British film called "The Stranger Left No Card" (1952) a drama about an eccentric and strangely garbed stranger who visits a small town, seems harmless but is he?
The stranger is played by Alan Badel in his debut. Aslo making his debut is Geoffrey Bayldon (years later he was Catsweazel). Film was directed by Wendy Toye (also her debut) who finished her directing career years later when she remade this film as a Tales of the Unexpected episode called "Stranger in Town" with the lead played by Derek Jacobi).
It's a good film and won the Cannes film festival award for best short film.
Next Sunday at 14.35 is "The Ghost Goes West" (1935). It's a gentle fantasy comedy about a Scottish castle which is dismantled, taken to Florida and rebuilt but it's haunted. The ghost is played by Robert Donat. The film has no connection with "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" but the fact that the ghost was played by Donat shows that the film is no more horrifying than that one).
The man living in the castle in Florida was played by Eugene Pallette.
The script was co-written by Robert E Sherwood (who wrote the screenplay for a couple of films you've seen - the Hitchcock version of "Rebecca" and the original "The Bishop's Wife")
The film was directed by the French director RenÃĐ Clair who is probably best remembered for a couple of his American films "I Married a Witch (1942) a fantast comedy) and "And Then There Were None" (one of the best Agatha Christie films) .
The film is more likely to be the shorter version where most of the scenes with Elsa Lanchester were cut.
@El Loro posted:@slimfern a couple of films on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week worth watching.
On Tuesday at 17.25 is a short British film called "The Stranger Left No Card" (1952) a drama about an eccentric and strangely garbed stranger who visits a small town, seems harmless but is he?
The stranger is played by Alan Badel in his debut. Aslo making his debut is Geoffrey Bayldon (years later he was Catsweazel). Film was directed by Wendy Toye (also her debut) who finished her directing career years later when she remade this film as a Tales of the Unexpected episode called "Stranger in Town" with the lead played by Derek Jacobi).
It's a good film and won the Cannes film festival award for best short film.Next Sunday at 14.35 is "The Ghost Goes West" (1935). It's a gentle fantasy comedy about a Scottish castle which is dismantled, taken to Florida and rebuilt but it's haunted. The ghost is played by Robert Donat. The film has no connection with "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" but the fact that the ghost was played by Donat shows that the film is no more horrifying than that one).
The man living in the castle in Florida was played by Eugene Pallette.
The script was co-written by Robert E Sherwood (who wrote the screenplay for a couple of films you've seen - the Hitchcock version of "Rebecca" and the original "The Bishop's Wife")
The film was directed by the French director RenÃĐ Clair who is probably best remembered for a couple of his American films "I Married a Witch (1942) a fantast comedy) and "And Then There Were None" (one of the best Agatha Christie films) .
The film is more likely to be the shorter version where most of the scenes with Elsa Lanchester were cut.
Thankyou El
'The Ghost Goes West' sounds familiar, I think I may have seen it before...possibly worth another watch though 
As for 'The Stranger Left No Card'...don't know that one...will record it 
@slimfern posted:Thankyou El
'The Ghost Goes West' sounds familiar, I think I may have seen it before...possibly worth another watch though
As for 'The Stranger Left No Card'...don't know that one...will record it
Thanks Slim
The BBC showed "The Ghost Goes West" 4 times between 1986 and 1993 (according to BBC Genome) so you might have seen it around that time
If El went on Mastermind and said his specialist subject was the LNER line I'd through the telly out the door 
Film genius
Hope all are well on a dowdy Sunday afternoon
Over to Anfield
@velvet donkey posted:If El went on Mastermind and said his specialist subject was the LNER line I'd through the telly out the door
Film genius
Hope all are well on a dowdy Sunday afternoon
Over to Anfield
All's well here, Velvet
Probably the best known film connected with the LNER is Hitchcock's"The 39 Steps" (1935)
Forth Rail Bridge
A classic
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@slimfern you might be interested in listening to this drama which was on Radio 3 called "Benny & Hitch":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g9pz
It is 2 hours long though,
@El Loro posted:@slimfern you might be interested in listening to this drama which was on Radio 3 called "Benny & Hitch":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g9pz
It is 2 hours long though,
Thanks El
I've listened to the start and will definitely listen to the rest of it
''Wherever there's a question mark, there's drama'' ...like the sound of that
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Morning El
Yeah, the going is heavy I've noted - might be a few withdrawals 
Your area must be rammed - good for the local economy
Have a nice day ye all 
@velvet donkey posted:Morning El
Yeah, the going is heavy I've noted - might be a few withdrawals
You're area must be rammed - good for the local economy
Have a nice day ye all
Hi Velvet
The Cheltenham Gold Cup meeting from today to Friday does bring in a lot of money to Cheltenham but little effect for Gloucester.
A lot or people from Ireland come over for the meeting. That's why the number of pints of Guinness consumed is estimated at over 300,000 pints over the 4 days.
I heard on the radio this morning that the cross country race due tomorrow may have to be either delayed until Friday or not run, Although the main track is soft with heavy in places, the one for the cross country race is also waterlogged in places. that's to be checked tomorrow but it's quite likely that timings of other races may be changed as a result.
I don't follow horse racing, there has been over 70 horses killed at the 4 day event since 2000, at least one each year.
I know 
Extended trailer posted an hour ago by the BBC for David Attenborough's new series "Mammals":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacen...ook-extended-trailer
@El Loro posted:Extended trailer posted an hour ago by the BBC for David Attenborough's new series "Mammals":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacen...ook-extended-trailer
Brilliant!
It doesn't state however when this new series begins El?
@slimfern posted:Brilliant!
It doesn't state however when this new series begins El?
The BBC are currently repeating "A Perfect Planet" and the final episode is on the 31st Easter Day so "Mammals" might start the following Sunday, Slim. The BBC just say it's to be shown in the Spring at present.
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BBC Four showing a 2019 film called "Lunana: a Yak in the Classroom" tomorrow evening. A disillusioned young teacher is sent to Lunana up in the Himalayan mountains to teach.
Filmed on location in Bhutan. Lunana has 610 inhabitants and is in the north of the country.
Trailer for the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W8m1IjLJB8
Film is subtitled.
@El Loro posted:BBC Four showing a 2019 film called "Lunana: a Yak in the Classroom" tomorrow evening. A disillusioned young teacher is sent to Lunana up in the Himalayan mountains to teach.
Filmed on location in Bhutan. Lunana has 610 inhabitants and is in the north of the country.
Trailer for the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W8m1IjLJB8
Film is subtitled.
Awww I like the look of that El
Thanks for pointing it out
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