Much loved Early Films & Actors

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
07/03/2009 22:50

Hi Joseph,

There was a crop of gritty B/w Films set in the North of England which I thought were very thought provoking at the Time. ie



Room at the Top

Saturday Night & Sunday Morning

Kes

Cracking Actors; Tom Courtney, Lawrence Harvey, Rita Tushingham ,Peter Finch,,,,,

Blackpoolfan


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Message Posted:
07/03/2009 23:02

Laurel and Hardy, one american and one northerner the greatest comedy actors ever their films are timeless and amazing considering when they were made.........

Lilli



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Message Posted:
07/03/2009 23:05

they were all brill but i always though rita was very strane looking. is she still alive xxx

Macha


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Message Posted:
07/03/2009 23:06

msg 1,



You are spot on. They were from the 60s mainly and before my time, but were re-run in the 1980s on BBC2 (I think). First class stuff and a lot of it used in schools/colleges.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
07/03/2009 23:15

Have to agree with "Kes" oldboy

Brilliant & filmed 10 miles from where I was brought up, brings back so many childhood memories for me

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
07/03/2009 23:32

Lilli, Rita Tushingham is still alive.

Mark xx

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
07/03/2009 23:34

One of the Legends of early B/W Films must surely be; Rod Steiger

joseph


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 00:40

Hi TRNC...



Kes



Brilliant ... that football scene with young Kes and Brian Glover... superb



Ditto Rod Steiger "In the Heat of The Night" ... got thru some gum



Regards Joseph

joseph


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 01:17

Another one in the vein, though made much later...



Brassed Off ... brilliant movie and music with Pete Postlewaite



Regards Joseph

Lanrick


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 01:54

There was also the gritty "This Sporting Life" which I think was one of Richard Harris's first films.

lovinit


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 04:57

I like John Wayne Movies !!! and old black and white musicals. My Father and I went to the cinema most Sat afternoons, 2 films the "A" and "B" picture, If they were really good then we sat through a 2nd showing, them were the days.

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 11:01

Re Message 9 - Another great film - "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" with, I think, Albert Finney.

J

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 11:59

Hi Joseph, Re ; Brassed Off, that part was made, so to speak, for Postlewaite. Incidentally, he lives down our neck of the Woods, Shropshire

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 12:14

The Wicks, I know it wasn't a feature Film but have you seen; A RATHER ENGLISH MARRIAGE with Albert Finney and Tom Courtney. About a widowed Squadron Leader who begins to rely on his lackey. In a strange way this reminded me of the times at The Melting Pot .

cruggs


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 12:59

who remembers,( old mother riley).about the marks brothers era or abbott and costello or even before them.

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 13:08

Marx Brothers GENIUS

Coachie



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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 13:14

cruggs ..all Sat afternoon matinees when I was a kid.My favourite was Abbot& Costello.We all missed out TWO british funny men of films Sir Norman Wisdom&Charlie Drake, absolutely brilliant slap stick comedy artists..

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 13:19

Message 14 - trncoldboy - I have indeed seen this and I have also read the book. I thought it was a very good film/book and I've always thought Albert Finney was a great actor. Melting Pot days a bit before my time, unfortunately.



I found Jo's statistics from the "olden days" very interesting.

Regards



J

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 13:58

J , Maybe on " Old Boys " Re union is called for? We are due out end of this Month for a short stay.

Mark

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 14:17

Mark - thanks, but I am, in fact, an "Old Girl" as opposed to an "Old Boy" !!!



Regards



Jean

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 14:21

Mark - sorry about this, but I seem to have crossed over between "Memory Lane" and "Old actors...." threads.



Apologies for the confusion!



Jean

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 14:42

So Sorry Jean, " Old Person" re union doesn't sound right does it ? These things take a lot of organising. Maybe something for the future.

I am so glad my Threads have attracted interest.

Mark

cruggs


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 15:46

coachie,hello my darling. not my sentiment but charlie drakes introduction. there were so many great actors and actresse's then.alistair sim,joyce grenvill

peter sellers,george cole, and many more, some are not with us anymore

gone, but still not forgotten.

joseph


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 16:12

Hi TRNC,

Excellent drama a rather English Marriage. I remember it caused quite an outcry because it was the first and only time Joanna Lumley appeared nude on film and poor old Reggie (Albert Finney) had a stroke/heart attack...

in the play not in real life I hasten to add



Must give a mention to some of the old tv films/plays ... my favourites...

George Formby and Old Mother Riley



Do you remember them?



Regards Joseph

RubberDuck


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 16:13

I used to love watching Harold Lloyd. VERY early films but they still had me laughing my head off every Saturday. Another great actor I don't think has been mentioned yet - George Formby. Who can resist smiling watching his expressions?



When I'm Cleaning Windows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 16:16

"Somebody up there likes me". Great old film.

rowlo



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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 16:23

on the waterfront, brando at his best .

joseph


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 16:28

Great Stuff.



I was in our local newsagents last year and he had a huge box full of the old Laurel and Hardy films on dvd, all brand new for 99p each.

Twenty different films of their classic humour.

I couldn't resist and bought one of each.



Another fine mess...



Regards Joseph

RubberDuck


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 17:00

Great bargain Joseph! Don't think I could have resisted that either.



On the subject of comedy again; another brilliant comedy actor I loved is Bob Hope. The road films, paleface and son of pale face, the seven little foys - all classics.

joseph


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 17:23

Hi Rubberduck,



Brilliant coud not agree more...



did you like the Marx brothers, another of my early favourites



Regards Joseph

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 18:11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7b0JcuwkIE



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZOlrZNIod0



Joseph two of your favourites

P

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 18:58

Hi, Remember -------Margaret Rutherford I think she was in ; Passport to Pimlico, Happiest days of your Life and Iam All Right Jack?

RubberDuck


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 19:22

For some reason I could never get into the Marx brothers :-/

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 21:02

What was the best b/w WW2 Film ?

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 21:05

Message 34 - Mark - could I venture 2 - "Bridge on the River Kwai"/"Ice Cold in Alex" to get the ball rolling?



J

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 21:26

Ice cold in Alex wonderful "Sink the Bismark" and "They carved her name with Pride" ?

James


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 21:33

WW2? ..The Longest Day...if only for the R Burton bit!



B/W comedy??? Norman Wisdom films..."Mr Grimsdale!!!"



Best B/W boxing film....Raging Bull.



Best B/W thriller...Rebecca..."Last night I dreamt I went back to Mandalay...."



I'll think of some more tomorrow!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 21:35

Battle of the River Plate..excellent acting Peter finch..

Scrugs ..most of those actors except Peter Sellars were in the old"St. Trinian films and Peter sellars was great in "Im alright Jack"

" The sea shall not have them " with Jack Hawkins is another classic..and we should not forget the classic

"The Dambusters" wonderful film and great music..

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 21:52

The Guns of Navarone and The Great Escape come to mind. Not classics, but worthy of mention.

harita


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 21:54

1954 .. Played truant to go to see Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Meet Dr Jekyl & Mr Hyde .. After the smoke had cleared from the cashier's face it was my mate's mum .. "Sorry Harry but you can't go in you have to be 16".. It was a 'X' rated film .. How times have changed ..

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 22:07

Very first Film I ever saw was ; DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. There was a scene were a young boy was running through the undergrowth and this big plant swallowed him up. Gave me nightmares. SAD isn't it

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
08/03/2009 22:21

I believe there was a b/w film set in Cyprus starring Dirk Bogarte. Can anybody throw any light on this?

joseph


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Message Posted:
09/03/2009 05:27

Hi TRNC,



Just got in real late... but for your morning coffee...



What a result, did you get the game. I nil down half time and go on to win 2-1 with goals from Fellaini and Saha. Middlesborough put up one hell of a fight.

Great game, great result



Re movie asked about filmed in Cyprus... you are right .... it was called: McGuire Go Home.



Have copy pasted the review below for you.



"Something of a romantic potboiler but strongly redeemed by two factors which stamp it as a thoroughly British rather than a Hollywood production. First, the gritty realism of its portrayal of the Cypriot independence struggle against British military rule in the 1950s. Second, its warts-and-all portrayal of everyday relationships and behaviour, instead of the typical Hollywood sanitized morality of the era."



Is that topical or what and this film was shot in 1964 I think.

All about the land, ownership and self determination, as I say topical?



Regards Joseph.

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
09/03/2009 11:20

Hi Joseph, Yes I do remember it now. The Film was not a popular one on it's release and has remained on the dusty shelves since. But , as you say, still highly topical today.

Mark

simbas



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Message Posted:
09/03/2009 11:56

It was , " McGuire , Go Home "

Simbas

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
18/03/2009 19:50

" Kind Hearts and Coronets" Ealing Comedy starring Alec Guinness was on the Telly today. Magic!!

joseph


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Message Posted:
18/03/2009 19:56

Hi TRNC, watched the last half hour... superb.



I have all the Ealing comedies at home but if I ever put one on my kids look at me as though I'm daft... no remarks please



Last year one of the Daily's was giving the dvds out free each day, first time I have bought a newspaper religiously everyday for years.



Great stuff



Regards Joseph

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
18/03/2009 20:01

I think it was the Daily Mail but I missed some.

Mark

joseph


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 00:07

Hi Mark,



I missed one myself (The Lavender Hill Mob) but picked it up on Ebay for 50p... worth checking it out... bargain



Regards Joseph

Tiggy


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 01:07

msg 12 ,The-Wicks.



Lonliness of the long distance runner was "Tom Courteney". Love the start of the film when the police are ouside his house questioning him and his ma about the stolen money. It is raining and he denies all, then the money is flushed out the rain pipe in front of them all !! Great film.



On the waterfront is my favoutite.



Kes, a lovely film.

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 01:11

Thanks Tiggy - yes, it was, as you say, Tom Courteney.



Watched on afternoon TV last weekend "An Affair to Remember" with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Surely the most romantic film ever!!



Thanks for the correct info.



J

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 11:14

msg 49 Hi Joseph, What did you think of Peter Sellers in; I'am Alright Jack ?

What was your favourite film starring Terry Thomas ?

That will get you thinking!!

Regards

Mark

keithcaley



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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 17:22

School for Scoundrels!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 17:45

Norman Wisdom. Is he still alve?. What a great comedy actor.

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 19:29

msg 53 Another cracking Film. Probably Terry Thomas at his best.

msg 54 I believe our Norman is still alive . Can't remember when he made last public appearance though.

SaraP


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 20:39

Love all the old stuff. Gene Kelly,Doris Day. Films like on the Town, Cassablanca, Calamity Jane, Singing in the rain. They don't make them like they used too!



No1Doyden.. It's Sir Norman Wisdom, and he was fab! He is still alive!

jimchris09


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 21:15

B/W nasty stuff.....The Hill with Sean Connery, Harry Andrews et al!!



Horror....Night of The Demon...Quatermass!!!



Gritty stuff....A Kind of Loving ...Thora Hird, Alan Bates



Sport...This Sporting Life... Rugby League (The game for Men!) wi Richard Harris

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 21:24

Norman Wisdom is still alive, although not in good health. His family made the decision to sell his beautiful home on the Isle of Man late last year, as he was not well enough to return home after a spell in hospital.



J

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 21:39

Thanks Jean. I loved his old films, they still make me laugh now.

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 21:50

Bill - Just for you.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbwS9qcpi0k



J

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 21:59

Jean, that bought back some memories! He didn't have a bad voice either.

Lemtich



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Message Posted:
19/03/2009 23:19

Anyone remember Richard Hearne as Mr Pastry?



http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/other/mrpastry.htm



Have a look at the Lancers video clip. hilarious!



Lem

Tiggy


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Message Posted:
20/03/2009 00:09

Norman Wisdom......Loved his films as a kid. He was on the TV around a year or so ago telling of his life etc. He is loved in Albania. Bless him.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/03/2009 00:14

Totally agree Tiggy.

kelvin


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Message Posted:
20/03/2009 00:36

steve mcqueen bullitt.. and what about the cars, 68 mustang and a 69 charger, i prefered the charger thou.. brilliant !

trncoldboy


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Message Posted:
20/03/2009 11:09

Today 1.35 Channel 4 " The Wrong Arm of the Law " Very watchable comedy

simbas



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Message Posted:
20/03/2009 11:19

I used to love Victor Mature when i was a little girl , Samson and Delilah , and the Eyptian especially

Simbas

Aga Buyers A G


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Message Posted:
20/03/2009 11:25

Anything with Peggy Mount, Sid James etc



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoF2JciCyXU

Mrwilson



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Message Posted:
20/03/2009 11:32

A funny old Classic Party party.

rowlo



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Message Posted:
21/03/2009 01:48

what ever happened to baby jane.bettie davis.lol

joseph


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Message Posted:
21/03/2009 04:14

Hi Simbas,



The Egyptian was based on the book of the same name by Mika Waltari.



I recall collecting his novels when young, if you can get a copy you will not be disappointed, the Egyptian ( The Etruscan, The Roman etc) are superb.



A great read for your hols in TRNC



Regards Joseph