Thanks for this review! Are you ever coming back to do more reviews- it's a niche, neglected topic. 9 years ago! I can't find that Mr. 99Filmo you mention either.
@laurencethenewlyricist1675 ай бұрын
Hallo! Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately that is all in the past now. I still watch old British films all the time, but I don't review them any more because there isn't really much interest. 99filmo has retired from film reviewing and is doing other things, I believe. Not even sure his channel still exists. Now he was a REAL film buff! I am just an amateur. 🙂
@NellieBucks5 ай бұрын
@laurencethenewlyricist167 Well thanks ever so much for responding, I will mosey on through your recommendations anyway. Can't believe that other lad deleted his channel - all his hard work gone! I've subscribed anyway in case you post any more videos. Happy Easter, enjoy your Bank Holiday weekend. 🥳
@laurencethenewlyricist1675 ай бұрын
No, it's still there - I checked. 99filmo. He started it when he was about 13 and went on until he went to university!
@aldeveron94986 ай бұрын
Thanks for this vid. I MUST find this movie, not least as part of it was filmed where I live. I'm a sucker for all historical British Navy films.
@laurencethenewlyricist1676 ай бұрын
I'm sure it's around somewhere. Try Internet Archive?
@PlanetaryCitizen Жыл бұрын
Yes, there are lot of those old obscure British films on KZbin, if not there then on the TalkingPictures channel. I've just watched Ladies Who Do and loved it! I found it very much true to its time. In the seventies I had my own experience of being offered money by shady property developers to leave the run down house I was living in and I thought the character played by Harry H Corbett was rather well done. The opening scene in the film was shot at the Elephant & Castle. I lived in Peckham so I knew the area well. I went to my secondary school in Kennington.
@joline2730 Жыл бұрын
Not very obscure - it's quite famous ...
@dabedwards Жыл бұрын
A couple of points: "Everytown" was London, set against the backdrop of Edinburgh's Salisbury Crags Bliss' sensational music: he re-used some of it in the ballet "Checkmate" Arthur C Clarke was a fan and showed it to Kubrick, who hated it. I wonder why? OK, there is not much in the way of story, just the BIG IDEA, there are long sequences with music creating atmosphere and feeling, without the use of words. Some of the acting is wooden. But couldn't you say the same thing about 2001 or Barry Lyndon? You need to approach these classics with a special kind of tolerance. The voices and delivery are often preposterous, and much mocked by Harry Enfield, but when you learn to see past this patina of age, you can really appreciate what has been done.
@laurencethenewlyricist167 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. It's of its period, but very good.
@user-jt1jv8vl9r Жыл бұрын
I am here because I recently visited Little Easton Manor in Essex, England, and it was said that part of this fim was shot in the grounds. I'd be curious to see it for that reason.
@user-jt1jv8vl9r Жыл бұрын
The front of the Manor House is identical to this day. Is there much more of the house and grounds in the movie?
@laurencethenewlyricist167 Жыл бұрын
That's interesting - I didn't know that. I don't think there's much more of that house, but it's a long time since I actually watched the film!
@user-jn1tr8mo3g Жыл бұрын
It wasn't a bank raid but a raid on a linen factory.
@sorensaxson36312 жыл бұрын
Disgusting movie, and i don't care about the humans. The only thing i care about are the animals who are brutally killed. I couldn't care less about the human suffering in this story. I never forget the scene with the cat. The ones who do these things deserve to suffer and die in severe pain and agony, poor aswell as rich.
@BarraTerraceBoy2 жыл бұрын
There were still some quite strong elements of that peculiarly Scottish grim and bleak world when I was growing up in the later 1960s and 1970s
@laurencethenewlyricist1672 жыл бұрын
I don't doubt it!
@lawrenceclemens84943 жыл бұрын
Great, classic music score by Arthur Bliss.
@camdennelson66313 жыл бұрын
Great video! You are lucky that your username was not taken!
@laurencethenewlyricist1673 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Funny no-one else took it lol
@TheZMATIN3 жыл бұрын
Graham Greene watched this in 1935 and gave it a glowing review - commending Carol Reed's directorial abilities and also the action and characters, even suggesting it as a must-watch for children. Thirteen years later, he would collaborate with Reed himself, writing the brilliant adaptation of "The Fallen Idol" and also scripting the unforgettable "The Third Man".
@laurencethenewlyricist1673 жыл бұрын
That's interesting - I had no idea! :-)
@HannibalFan524 жыл бұрын
Another great phrase: It gives me the fantods!
@bassnut574 жыл бұрын
I can't find a link to obtain a copy for the DVD anywhere. If it is now in the public domain, can you post it in it's entirety? You'd be doing the world a service.... and me too. Thanks for what you've shared so far.
@laurencethenewlyricist1674 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I found the complete film online a while ago, but then it disappeared again. Hopefully if you look around it might appear again!
@bassnut574 жыл бұрын
@@laurencethenewlyricist167 I found it contained within 'The Ealing Studio Rarities Collection - Volume 2' I just ordered a copy. Thanks for responding. Maybe I can find a way to post it on YT if it's in the public domain. It should be.
@laurencethenewlyricist1674 жыл бұрын
@@bassnut57 Oh Good - glad you found it! It's very dated in style but a thoroughly enjoyable, rollicking yarn!
@bassnut574 жыл бұрын
@@laurencethenewlyricist167 Oh yeah! I confess that I just recently came across a reading of it on Librivox and I'm only half way through. As a Yank, I'd never heard about it. It just fell into my lap as an oldster dreaming about the Age of Sail. It's perfect. I love it. I assume that you're familiar with Dana's 'Two Years Before the Mast' and that the the film by the same name in no way resembles what he wrote. From what I've seen so far, 'Midshipman Easy 1935' tracks the text very closely forgiving what was possible at the time.
@simonandrew82684 жыл бұрын
I love the Box of Delights at Christmas time.
@Pinchton4 жыл бұрын
Just finished watching the last episode (17:20 GMT on 12/11/19). Bad guys firstly Foxy Faced Charles & Chubby Joe with the leader Abner Brown with his significant other Sylvia Daisy Pouncer (played by Patricia Quinn famous for her role as Magenta in the Rocky Horror Show). The old Punch & Judy man is Cole Hawkins (formerly Ramon Llull).
@angelawilson97844 жыл бұрын
These children are deaf but they are not dumb!!!
@angelawilson97844 жыл бұрын
They just showed it on Talking Pictures Sky channel
@kevinhall31885 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a precise reflection on culture and life styles of that era with a glimpse of the future awaiting 1963 viewers. Unique plot and sound acting with many common phrases no longer used in British dialogue and pleasantly devoid of soppy romance and sensitivities we have in the 2000's . Thank you Sir.
@laurencethenewlyricist1675 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it - it does indeed give us a glimpse of a lost world!
@alisonwunderland99005 жыл бұрын
All those skinflints asking for the GOSM to be uploaded, go out and BUY it!!
@michaeldocker26906 жыл бұрын
I agree would some upload film called the ghost of st Michael please?
@matthaysom18006 жыл бұрын
I can remember watching this at the time and I still watch them now. Magical storytelling which took my imagination away....
@laurencethenewlyricist1676 жыл бұрын
Yes - a truly magical story and a wonderful adapation, which I doubt could ever be made in the same authentic spirit today! If you haven't read it, there is an earlier book also featuring Kay Harker, called 'The Midnight Folk', which is also delightful - sadly they didn't make a TV version of that but it is well worth reading.
@jamesmurrell39176 жыл бұрын
The box of delightes beings back so many memories 😀
@laurencethenewlyricist1676 жыл бұрын
Yes - a truly magical story and a wonderful adapation, which I doubt could ever be made in the same authentic spirit today! If you haven't read it, there is an earlier book also featuring Kay Harker, called 'The Midnight Folk', which is also delightful - sadly they didn't make a TV version of that but it is well worth reading.
@Loverboy196917 жыл бұрын
If he was alive in 1958 I have no doubt Will Hay would've been in the first Carry on film.
@solongago577 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Charles Hawtrey in this clip.
@ferreday17 жыл бұрын
Are you a hoarder, and your starved for room .
@tripsadelica7 жыл бұрын
A good review but your knowledge about some aspects of the film making business could be improved. William Cameron Menzies became very well-known in Hollywood and went on to direct films himself.
@soulwam7 жыл бұрын
This film is well loved by us; watched it again just last year........ Just a thought... Do you know a Trevor Howard film called, The Heart of the Matter, it may be up your street, although set in Sierra Leone.
@laurencethenewlyricist1677 жыл бұрын
I've heard of it but never seen it - I'll look it up! I like Trevor Howard a lot
@soulwam7 жыл бұрын
Further, you may find a revisit of Three Men in a Boat to be rewarding,. The story has depths beyond the comic facade. Jerome makes use of the interplay of layers of history encourage termed on the river which sometimes evolve into journeys of spiritual longing and mystical elevation.
@soulwam7 жыл бұрын
A few notes to supplement your generous commentary, . Jerome wrote the story and then the play in 1905. And I think the setting of the house is Edwardian. My grandmother sustained the appearance of a Victorian household well into the sixties. The trip on the steamer is very much in the thirties, heightened by the race between the speedboats and the intrusion of the girl with the small camera. So, the tension in the film is held by the difference by the hidebound class conscious household and the exhilarating freedoms promised by the Modern Age. For me also the steamer is vivid because I remember my parents taking me on a day trip on the Manx steamer from Liverpool when I was very young, and the joyful atmosphere on the ship was something I never forgot.
@laurencethenewlyricist1677 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your appreciation and further information. I went on steamers from Tower Pier more then once when I was a kid, though they weren't paddle steamers by then! The whole film is fascinating and haunting
@soulwam7 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for giving this time and sharing your view on this film which I love very much.
@chrisreeves97644 жыл бұрын
soulwam Me too. I disagree with the presenter in that I think it is a great film and I've admired it since I first saw it on the Bravo film channel in the early nineties. I managed to get it on DVD some years ago.
@glassmermaid52237 жыл бұрын
Tommy and Jamie are cousins not brothers.
@glassmermaid52232 жыл бұрын
metis lamestiza There are two fathers in the film. Two photographs of women, sisters, the mothers of the boys.
@melvinmclennan71167 жыл бұрын
Sounds to me your saying muppet instead of moffat
@andobreslin87357 жыл бұрын
I was too young to remember it when it originally aired on the BBC but my Mum bought the 2 part video cassettes in the late 80's. I remember it was a friday evening & we watched the first video & then had to wait until Christmas Eve to watch the second video! Getting it on DVD some years ago, it felt weird watching them in there short episodes but of course that was how it was done for tv. I never realised how much of a cult classic it still was until a few years ago. The effects may look a bit hokey these days but they are still full of charm :) Devon Stansfield was excellent as Kay Harker :)
@laurencethenewlyricist1677 жыл бұрын
Yes - it is a really magical adaptation - I tend to watch it in 'episodes' up to Christmas Eve, so it ends with the last episode and the arrival at the cathedral on the right day! I agree that though the effects are now dated, it doesn't matter because the overall atmosphere and acting are so excellent - I agree Devon Stansfield is outstanding as the hero; lots of the supporting characters are brilliant too, specially the evil Abner Brown; he's definitely 'the purple pimm'!
@sonofcy5 жыл бұрын
@@laurencethenewlyricist167 They could not have chosen a better actor to play Cole
@frankzappa9517 жыл бұрын
Hello again, hope you are well. Nearly that time of year again :) Will be settling down for some early nights watching this wonderful story with my children. Always takes me back to when I first watched it on TV. Magical stuff :)
@laurencethenewlyricist1677 жыл бұрын
Yes - it really is right for this time of year, isn't! :-)
@bobfranks5878 жыл бұрын
in which film WillHay played a school teacher on the black board he chalked racing odds and had to explain to the head when he walked in on inspection
@francish95328 жыл бұрын
would someone upload will hay film called the ghost of Michaels.
@frankzappa9518 жыл бұрын
Hey my man, excellent stuff. I'm also a massive fan of the "magic box" as my wee ones call it now. It's a tradition every year now with my little boy and girl who love it too. If feeling depressed at any other time of year, I treat myself to a few episodes which always cheers me up. Really , really magical television. Thanks for the vid. Happy Christmas 2015Peace.
@laurencethenewlyricist1678 жыл бұрын
+Frank Zappa And you! Glad you like this classic too. :-)
@Kementiri8 жыл бұрын
It's funny that you picked that particular scene to play at the end. It's my favourite one and the one I like to watch over and over. :) Good Choice.
@laurencethenewlyricist1678 жыл бұрын
+Eliesabeth Fogg It's a really lovely and touching moment, isn't it? Glad you like it too, and thanks for your comment!
@LouiseOC19 жыл бұрын
He actually made six films with Moore Marriot and Graham moffat - Windbag the sailor, Oh Mr Porter, Old Bones of the River, Ask a Policeman, Convict 99 and Where's That Fire.
@laurencethenewlyricist1679 жыл бұрын
Louise Culmer Yes - I should have remembered that; not all of them the best he ever made, but some classics!
@noillucs33929 жыл бұрын
What a joy, it lifted my spirits to watch this and enjoy British comedy at it's foundations. It seems that all but the very few can still make people laugh with such family fun.
@Royanexus69 жыл бұрын
Stop yakking. Where is the film
@baltoman249 жыл бұрын
A superb film, I grew up with this film- it was presented repeatedly on "Million Dollar Movie" a television program that would show the same film for a week (repeatedly on the weekend!) A great film filled with so many famous British actors! I remember the last line" Which shall it be?" Have you considered "The Man who could work Miracles" - another favorite from about the same time. Thank you for your review.
@vincentvanhoucke35799 жыл бұрын
Both Pygmalion and the Scarlet Pimpernel are on KZbin in various qualities
@laurencethenewlyricist1679 жыл бұрын
Hallo Vincent - yes, you are right, I forgot about 'Pygmalion', another famous role for Howard. Maybe I will do a piece some time about The Scarlet Pygmalion if I get hold of a copy
@vincentvanhoucke35799 жыл бұрын
Could you also please do a review on the scarlet Pimpernel from 1934. It was the first movie I ever saw Merle Oberon in and although she mightn't have been the greatest actress ever her intriguing beauty and incredibly life story fascinated me. I hope more people would now about her ascent from misery in Mumbai to Hollywood royalty. Anyway you forgot to mention Leslie Howard in Gabriel Pascal's Pygmalion, his professor Higgins was just grand!
@baltoman249 жыл бұрын
For me. Black Narcissus is one of the greatest films ever made, anywhere. A powerful story, brilliantly told- agree it is the most perfect of all of their films. the real story is about Civilization inevitable desire to re-order Nature- but Nature will not be re-ordered! And how they Nature will inevitably prevail. Still the most beautiful visual experience on film! The flashbacks are so powerful- the second one, perhaps the most moving.
@incrediblyobscurebritishfi63089 жыл бұрын
I certainly agree it's one of the greatest!
@margaretfleming1469 жыл бұрын
Please excuse me, I had to come back on to reply to you again, I'm not so clued up with the Computer, so forgive me I don't know what I did I tried to give it the thumbs up and I don't know what happened, you certainly know your films. Thank you again.
@margaretfleming1469 жыл бұрын
I saw Mandy when I was 7yrs old and I loved it, the acting was really very good. I've been trying to see it online but no luck, any advice?
@incrediblyobscurebritishfi63089 жыл бұрын
Hallo! The film WAS on KZbin when I made this introductory video, but unfortunately it seems to have disappeared. All I can suggest is you keep searching, and it might turn up again. Or you can get it on DVD here - it's very cheap! www.amazon.co.uk/Mandy-DVD-Phyllis-Calvert/dp/B000N3T2GM/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1418474113&sr=1-1&keywords=mandy
@margaretfleming1469 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the reply, keep up the good work.