A Pemberton

Fiddlers Three 1944

Tommy Trinder and pals are struck by lightning on shore leave at stonehenge and time travel back to Neros Rome.
Call it corny if you like,who cares ,he always makes me laugh !

batman

Kirk Douglas in William Wyler's superb Detective Story. Fine acting, writing, direction and design .... in fact, perfect in every way. I cannot recommend this film highly enough.

I wish I had claws.

dpgmel

"Smokescreen", Peter Vaughan as an insurance investigator in a Butchers film set in Brighton and the south coast.

Very enjoyable

phil

Watched The Stranglers of Bombay and Terror of the Tongs, both for the first time. Tongs definitely coming out on top for me.
It had an excellent commentary as well. Also Harold Goodwin appearing for about a minute as possibly the most unlikely oriental ever.

Joe Fraguela

Last evening I decided I would have another 1967 Saturday night.

Starting off with Episode 2 of Dr Who & The Tomb of the Cyberman, first broadcasted in September 1967. Patrick Troughton plays the 2nd Doctor with his assistants Jamie, played by Frazer Hines and Victoria played by Deborah Watling. The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive on Telos, where an archaeological group are exploring the Tomb of the Cybermen. It soons becomes apparent that Eric Klieg played by George Pastell and Kaftan played by Shirley Cooklin are up to no good and are planning to release the Cyberman from their tomb. Eric Klieg manages to work out the underground tomb combination lock. The group enter the tomb and find the Cyberman frozen in their cocoon like tomb. Eric Klieg then switches on some control which re-awaken the Cyberman, the Doctor and the rest of the Archaeological group are powerless to prevent this. The Cyberman have all been released and they then release their Controller. Klieg appeals to the Controller explaining that he represents the Brotherhood of Logicians and needs their help. The Controller grabs Klieg's arm and tells him "You belong to us, You will be like us". Another excellent episode from one of the best stories in Doctor Who's history.

Following on was an episode of The Saint, broadcasted in June 1967. The episode entitled When Spring is Sprung. Simon Templar is duped into helping a traitor escape. Another excellent episode of The Saint which features a talented cast which includes Ann Lynn, Allan Cutherbertson, George Pastell, Gary Watson, Toby Robins and Ivor Dean as Inspector Teal.

Following on as there are limited televised recordings of music from 1967, I decided to dig out some more 45's from my vast collection. The songs playing on the turntable were:-

The Corsairs - Pay You Back With Interest (CBS label); Spectrum - Headin' for a Heatwave (RCA label); The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - It's a Happening Thing (CBS label); The Symbols - You'd better get used to missing her (President label); Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son (Deram label); Crocheted Doughnut Ring - Happy Castle (Deram Label); Smoke - It Could be Wonderful (Island label); Cymbaline - I Don't Want It (Mercury label); Joyce's Angels - Flowers for my Friends (major Minor label); Don Covay - Shingaling 67 (Atlantic label); Lulu - Let's Pretend (Columbia label); The Pretty Things - Children (Fontana label); Sun Set - Easy Baby (Polydor label); The Twilights - Cathy, Come Home (Columbia); Alan Price Set - The House That Jack Built (Decca label); Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man (Fontana label); Sue & Sunny - You Can't Bypass Love (Columbia label); Love - Alone Again Or (Elektra label); Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (Stateside label); Susan Maughan - Don't go Home (Philips label); Household - Guess I'll Learn How To Fly (United Artists); The Picadilly Line - Emily Small (CBS label); The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Pye label); and Traffic - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (Island label)

Following on and rather aptly from the last tune, I watched Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush starring Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Vanessa Howard, Denholm Elliott, Adrienne Posta, Angela Scoular, Sheila White, Maxine Audley, Nicky Henson, Christopher Timothy, Moyra Fraser, Michael Bates, Andrew Hamilton, Marianne Stone and The Spencer Davis Group.

Barry Evans plays Jamie MacGregor desperately trying to lose his virginity, although, he secretly loves Mary Gloucester as played by the lovely Judy Geeson. The film expertly handles the issues of the so called Sexual Revolution. Some wonderful and entertaining performanes. The film captures that Swinging 60's feel to a tee. The music is very good as provided by Traffic, Andy Ellison and The Spencer Davis Group who feature in the film.

Wrapping up last night's 1967 night was They Came From Beyond Space made at Twickenham Studios by Amicus. Starring Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Zia Mohyeddin, Maurice Good, John Harvey, Luanshya Greer, Frank Forsyth and Geoffrey Wallace.

Scientists investigating an unusual meteor shower in a rural field are possessed by an alien force bent on an ulterior purpose. Dr Chris Temple played by Robert Hutton becomes suspicious especially as some of his colleagues were investigating the meteor and their behaviour patterns have changed. Soon enough, we discover that the alien force are able to possess any human they contact except Dr Chris Temple who is protected by a silver plate in his head, as he is recovering from brain surgery as a result of car accident. A well made science fiction film.

All in all a very entertaining and highly enjoyable evening.

dremble wedge

I watched The Terror of the Tongs as well! Good fun that provided Christopher Lee a dry run for The Face of Fu Manchu a few years later.

dpgmel

Re-watched David Hemmings in "Charlie Muffin ", as usual an excellent central performance by DH

batman

I was going to watch George Gently but it was cancelled due to the tennis!

I wish I had claws.

Chevyman

Ditto. I thought the pilot last year was very good. I've only read a couple of Alan Hunters books ........... they're rather hard to find, but they were very enjoyable

If I wasn't meant to drive that fast, the pedal would stop half way!!

Dame Starry

...proving that there IS too much sport on TV!

I was quite pleased because I wanted to watch that AND Midsomer Murders, so I didn't have to make any sacrifices in the end.

DS x.

Third Man

War Stories

Part of the War Stories season on BBC4. A documentary looking at how the Second World War was depicted on film. From forgotten gems like Frieda to classics like Ice Cold in Alex, how accurate were the films of wartime? - This was very good it also managed a very cool looking time line chart in between articles showing film posters and advertisements.

Great stuff!

Simon

scholes

I watched Ill met by Moonlight1957 a Powell and Pressburger film set in Crete. The story of a combined British/partisan operation to kidknap a German General and escort him to British held Cairo, as a publicity stunt to embarass the Nazis.
It was good fun but rather disappointing on the whole even with a seemingly good plot set against the breathtaking mountainous scenery of Crete.
Dirk Bogard stars.
Christopher Lee makes a brief appearance as a German Officer who gets shot in a dentist's surgery in the local town.

smudge

Given that I was just back from Elstree and the weather was so shabby, a lot of this weekend was spent under the duvet watching all sorts of odds and ends on the bedroom box:

THE DOUBLE DECKERS - Various episodes, looking out for Elstree location footage.

IT'S NOT CRICKET - 'cos I fancied a bit of old B&W. Radford and Wayne reprise a thinly veiled Charters and Caldicot in this tale of a missing Nazi and a stolen diamond hidden in a cricket ball. A pleasant enough film - fairly lightweight - and greatly enhanced by the presence of the lovely Susan Shaw. Nice bits of villainy from Maurice Denham and Alan Wheatley.

PORT OF ESCAPE - Starring Googie Withers, John McCallum and Bill Kerr. A rather basic plot, but still somehow this keeps your attention. Mrs. Smudge was well impressed with Kerr's dramatic talent as she only ever associated him with Tony Hancock.

THE LEOPARD MAN - A Val Lewton/Jacques Tourneur thriller with something of the atmosphere of Cat People at the beginning but - sadly - not in the same league.

These were interspersed with episodes of NO HIDING PLACE and the B&W Emma Peel AVENGERS.

Listening to the rain lash down this was by far the better way of spending the weekend...

Smudge

Welcome to my house. Enter freely, and of your own will...

homeguard

Excellent programme. Nice to see the real reason why Alec Guiness's character sold out to the Japs, and why an American was so important in Bridge over the River Kwai - American money to make the film.
It would be nice to have a war-film season showing all the British classics from the 1940s.

Regards,
HG

A Pemberton

Revisited........... A Boy,a Girl and a Bike

Pleasant comedy of the trials and tribulations of a cycling club,the acting honours go to many of the young members of the cast, a scallywag Anthony Newley,a flirty Diana Dors mixing with the wrong crowd (again!) ,and best of all a splendid Honor Blackman as a ever so feisty Yorkshire lass

good fun