Pam1927

Not at all, Freddy. Don't you just love the image of Anthony May acting his socks off and singing sweetly (miming actually, I think) to the poster of Julie while the thing was being dismantled around him by the park wardens! There's a trooper for you!





"...er...could you wait until I've finished, Mr Warden?"



Here's another couple of pics you might find interesting. Sent to me a while ago by another one of the many fans of 'Les B'. Douglas Hickox directing beautiful Judy on location (I know I don't need to tell you what scene it is!).











I haven't looked at the Woolton website for some time. Really glad to hear it's open again and hasn't been made into a supermarket or something (like the Abbey was last time I was there some years ago). Many good memories of going to both cinemas, as you well know.


Hope you're well, mate!

Love from

Pam

It's nice to be nice...

daisyhall1

In Amazon's sale,currently

DB7

Am I correct in thinking this was funded by Raleigh? No doubt to promote the bicycle ridden by May.

Freddy

Hello Pam and many thanks for those great photos. Wonderful story about the jobsworthian wardens.

The bicycles were 'supplied courtesy' of Raleigh but I do not know whether the film was financed by them. The bike featured in the film was a Raleigh Moulton.
The original Moulton cycle was a small wheeled machine designed by Alex Moulton but Moulton Cycles were bought by Raleigh in 1967, I think then most, if not all small wheeled cycles were built by Raleigh, so it was great product placement for the film, though interestingly while normal size bikes would have the maker's name on the frame in the film the bike doesn't have this. Perhaps they felt the design was so unique that was enough.


Alex Moulton designed the rubber suspension for the Mini. An engineer and business man who went on in the eighties to design a new Alex Moulton cycle.


As an aside are there only two British films with French titles, LBdB and Grand Prix?

regards

Freddy

The world wags on.

DB7

Le Petomane?

Steve Crook

Le Mans 1952 (1952)
Club Le Monde (2002)
La Traviata (1922, 1927)
Odette (1950)

and probably many others

Steve

DB7

It was indeed sponsored by Raleigh. There's also another title from 67 entitled

• RALEIGH LONDON SCENES - RUSHES

Freddy

Judy Huxtable who married Peter Cook has a book out

• Loving Peter: My Life With Peter Cook And Dudley Moore, by Judy Cook with Angela Levin, is published by Piatkus on September 4, priced £17.99.




FReddy

The world wags on.

butterfingersb

SPOILER BELOW!!!

The Boy (Anthony May) is a cheerful but lonely photographer living in an attic flat in Hampstead Village. As day breaks, he leaves his flat via a somewhat unusual route (via the roof) on his Raleigh Moulton bicycle and makes his way through the picturesque cityscape, commenting (in song) about the busy people around him. On his way he (literally) runs into the Little Girl (aged about 8 and with pigtails and glasses) on her Raleigh tricycle and knocks her over. She immediately develops a crush on him and begins to follow him. During the ensuing chase, The Boy loses control of his cycle and crashes through a huge billboard (advertising Raleigh bicycles, of course) bearing the lovely face of The Girl, "Julie" (Judy Huxtable). He is smitten, to the obvious disgust of the Little Girl.

Arriving at his shop, The Boy not only finds a large photo of Julie but then sees her through the window. They gaze at each other but Julie is whisked away in a limousine for a photo-shoot on Hampstead Heath. Later, The Boy is riding his bike on the Heath and sees Julie. This time she runs to him, leaving the photographers and make-up girls behind.

The Little Girl is visibly upset that she has been rejected, but just then the (Raleigh bicycle-equipped) Little Boy, of a similar age to herself spots her and exclaiming "Cor!" sets off to try and catch her.

Ah, a happy ending.

Simon Beck
London, UK

jch

I think it is a great little film, I remember seeing it years ago on Channel 4, then I managed to find a copy, but I was really pleased when it was released on dvd earlier this year.

Freddy

Belated thanks for the info.



Freddy

The world wags on.

marker

I always thought this was a French film so never bothered watching it

Cheers Marker

Geoffers

Good to see the soundtrack is finally getting a CD release: RPM Records : Les Reed

Freddy

Much thanks Geoffers

FReddy

The world wags on.

penfold

I saw this for the first time yesterday - what a perfect little film. I thought at first it was going to be a piss-take of Parapluies - instead, it's a London take on it, a homage , a story told in a similar style. Fabulously evocative - I would have been the age of the young boy at the end.....and Judy Huxtable....mmmmm.....
Now a question; not in the cast list or in imdb; but the big elderly man at the bus stop - isn't that Danny Green from The Ladykillers???

Bit of a Bay Window, what??