jack_regan

Hi Everyone,

Just found this forum yesterday.

Always been a avid movie fan, especially brit movies 40's onwards. Have started amassing a good collection of stuff over the past couple of years started with the carry on stuff and the likes.

Just picked up the laurel and hardy box set from HMV so going to get stuck into that over the next week or so. What other laurle and hardy stuff do i need to get that is no in the box set.

Mad sweeney fan too.

Happy Christmas

Roy

harryfielder

Hiya Roy and welcome....

''A man after my own heart''

Aitch,

http://www.turnipnet.com/aitch/aitch/gallery.htm

coolingc

Hello, I'm Chris Cooling

My early film hero was Louis Hayward. This was partly due to my father claiming that he was Louis Hayward and that he had retired to ordinary life as Peter Cooling. He was pulling my leg but the gullible 10 year old went around proudly boasting that his dad was a retired film star.


Guitar Chord Buster
Louis Hayward

I've forgiven my dad but the likeness is there:


Guitar Chord Buster
My Dad

Well, he missed being a film star but he turned out to be a gifted musician.
You can't have everyting can you?

Chris

Fellwanderer

Chris

You've picked a good time to join

Hope you find it as enjoyable as the rest of us.

All the best
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batman

Hi Chris and welcome.

Bats.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

ice_maiden

Hello Everyone, I am Chris from the US

I really like the idea behind your forum ..... I am mostly a fan of the British sitcoms. Some of my favorites are "Keeping Up Appearances" "Are You Being Served" and "One Foot In The Grave". Yes, as you can tell I like the older ones.

Anyway thanks for having me.

madhouse bill

hi folks just a little intro to me im from london love old films and as of late seem to have become a bit of a bill travers geek after watching wee geordie, the barrets of wimpole street and the bridel path i think im now hooked to be honest i was looking around the net for other films bills been in that are not avaible in stores and i saw a post about hindle wakes 1952 which bill is in and thats that now im a member sounds like a nice place to be so happy xmas and a great new year to all nice to meet you

Miss Marple

Hi Everyone,

Found this forum yesterday and thought I'd throw my hat in the ring. I just love old British movies. Used to watch loads of them with my mum when I was young.

I have my favourites of course: anything sentimental such as How Green Was My Valley or Greyfriars Bobby; not to mention classics such as the original 39 Steps or Goodbye Mr Chips with Robert Donat but reading your threads shows there are many I've never heard of so I have much to learn. I'm looking forward to the experience...

Fellwanderer

Welcome, Miss Marple. If anyone can seek out the hidden treasures, it should be you!

All the best
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BillTurner80

Hello all.
Just joined and this is the first post. My name's Bill Turner, 54, from Cumbria where it is, of course raining.
I found this site as I was looking for a particular Ghost Story, ie Schalken the Painter, but realised that this site held sooo much more than that!
I'm looking forward to tracking down as much as I can in the way of older TV programmes.
I'm a self confessed geek with a passion for all things sci-fi, adventure, drama, history - well anything really.
So before I get too gushy -
I'll stop

Fellwanderer

Joining this site must be one of the best Christmas presents a film buff could hope to receive.

Hope you enjoy it.

My username and avatar would give you a big clue as to my two main interests - although everyone here knows which comes first!

All the best
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BillTurner80

Thanks Fell. Looking forward to a long and happy association.

MikeP

This website was recommended by a close friend of mine, who has spent most of her life acting small parts in films, stage and TV.
We were talking about films made in the Brighton and Hove area and my Dad, who is 92 years old, said that he was an extra in a film called Jigsaw, made in the early sixties.

I don't remember him ever mentioning this before, or ever seeing this film.
I would like to see it to see if I can pick him out.

Also when I was at school in the mid fifties I remember watching a film company filming in the Hanover area of Brighton. All I can remember is that there were a few American soldiers in a Jeep pulling up outside a house and a girl looked out of the upstairs window and one of the soldiers shouted "Hi Sylvia" or something like that.
Around the same time I saw what could have been the same film crew filming outside the Rothbury cinema in Portslade. They were filming a queue of people and the local fire brigade were creating heavy rain with their hoses. This may have been the same film as the one in Hanover.
Can anybody name this film for me.

Also does anyone know if these two films are available on Video or DVD

MikeP

choice

Hi everyone, I was trawling through the web search engine over the holiday looking for two old films and discovered this site, looks really good. I am waiting for the moderator to approve me! so I thought I would write my first thread here. I hope to contribute once I have had time to discover some of the topics. Happy New Yera All.

Robert Onedin

As a New Member I should like to Wish All Members a HAPPY NEW YEAR amd look forward to joining in some of the interesting Forums