moonfleet

Of course he talks of his leg, in this point, that's what I understood too.....
M. ( and it's funny answer)

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

alan gowdy

If there's anyone out there who has never seen this (shame on you), it's on TV tomorrow afternoon.

"Don't forget... one of petrol, two of meths"

thatllbetheday

Just a foot note but as Steve is a P and P connoisseur and Welsh, he may be delighted to learn that Roger Livesey was also Welsh. Which probably explains that unique well-matured timbre to this voice

If I could find a place that makes me feel like Tiffany's

Steve Crook

Well, Welsh-ish
He was born in Barry, South Wales. But his parents were touring theatrical types. The whole extended family used to tour around the country in a van with a side that dropped down to make a stage, giving performances in country towns.

Roger's dad was English, from Derbyshire. His Mum was Welsh, from Llantrisant, Glam. She went to stay with her Mum when she had Roger, and again when she had his sister Maggie, but neither of them were really brought up much in Wales. They joined the family back on the road as soon as they were able to.

Roger always considered himself to be British, not especially Welsh, nor English.

The Livesey family structure is quite a complicated one. Brothers Joseph and Sam Livesey married sisters. Sam married Margaret Ann Edwards in 1900 and Joseph married Mary Catherine Edwards in 1905. Sam and Margaret Ann had two sons, Jack Livesey and Barrie Livesey. Joseph and Mary Catherine had two children, Roger and Maggie. Joseph died in 1911 and Margaret Ann died in 1913, so Sam married Mary Catherine later in 1913 and they brought up the children as one large family, producing another child of their own, Stella in 1915.

The complexity propagated into the next generation when Roger Livesey married Ursula Jeans, as her brother Desmond was already married to Roger's sister Maggie.

Steve

thatllbetheday

Well, I suppose since they were always on the move, they probably didn't get much of a chance to meet many people outside of the van. By the way, I think he was a bit of a dish in his younger days qv. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

If I could find a place that makes me feel like Tiffany's

thatllbetheday

Had a quick look back at the beginning of this thread. Why do people say "they were before their time"? They were of their time, just original geniuses. If you find the same kinds of thing 25 years later (colour technique, anti-imperialistic attitudes, camera moves) then the directors of the sixties were probably influenced by Powell and Pressburger and therefore copying. Martin Scorcese has no problem acknowledging a debt to P and P.

If I could find a place that makes me feel like Tiffany's

Steve Crook

A lot of other film-makers and other artists have acknowledged the debt as well. I have a page of Famous Fans of P&P. Scorsese is at the top of the list of course

Just watched Blimp in BBC2. It's still wonderful

Steve

Andy H

Just watched it, and once again found myself hiding my tears at the end. What a wonderful film.

moonfleet

I do love: Black Narcissus (looking for the perfume !), The Thief of Bagdad, I Know Where I'm Going, Colonel Blimp, A Matter of Life and Death.....

Moon.

"Very difficult !" "Craazy!"

Steve Crook

Why hide them?

They move me to tears and I never mind who sees it

Steve

Bernardo

I have just watched the Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Sat 6th Dec) and trawled through this thread. Much of what I would have said is already here but no one spotted (I think) the prophetic moment when, in the house just after Blimp has got his retirement papers, his friends motivate him to join the new Home Guard (LDV actually). The loyal retainer Murdoch (John Laurie) announces that he has just joined the Home Guard without realising how much that would mean to him in a new career as Frazer 30 years on.

Steve Crook

Nobody mentioned it here, but it's certainly been spotted and commented on in the past

And John Laurie was the only member of the Dad's Army cast who was ever (AFAIK) actually in the Home Guard

Steve

Rob Compton

Pedants Corner - also Jimmy Perry (who did feature in one Dad's Army episode)

rgds
Rob

CaptainWaggett

It normally gets a good laugh if you see it at the cinema.