September 16, 2019
To glance at any 1950s or early 1960s copy of the Spotlight Casting Directory is to be immersed in a world of ambition, hope and quiet desperation. Asides from the […]
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August 23, 2019
For many years, British cinema and television boasted a profusion of landladies, barmaids and charwomen who were forever on the alert for those who dared ‘to take a liberty’. They […]
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August 16, 2019
12th September 1927 – 9th July 2019 Some actors – no names – change moods with the verve and ease of a Morris Marina 1.8 TC struggling into third gear […]
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July 26, 2019
‘I am the girl who says loudly and clearly the unfunny line before the comedian’s funny line. I prefer to leave it at that’. June Whitfield stated in a 1961 […]
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July 12, 2019
British cinema of the 1950s and 1960s was suffused with managerial types, each with their unique set of reactions to the trials caused by their lower orders. Ice would regularly […]
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June 28, 2019
These films have been carefully selected on the grounds of their capacity for excitement, drama, thrills – and whether I happen to like the cars displayed on screen. Enjoy… 7) […]
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June 21, 2019
An overwhelming sense of gimcrack seediness pervades the finest post-war British film-noirs. The Long Dark Hall is the tale of an outwardly respectable type who is impacted in the murder […]
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June 14, 2019
Christopher Fowler’s memoir Paperboy is essential reading for any fan of British cinema – not least for his guide to the character of a typical 1950s and 1960s British film. […]
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May 31, 2019
On the 26th January 1965, the Thanet Times reported on how production was completing at Shepperton Studio on ‘the biggest explosion of reverberating beat ever to be unleashed on the teenage […]
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May 24, 2019
Sydney Tafler could create an instantly recognisable figure, within a few minutes of screen time. There is a sublime moment in The Lavender Hill Mob when a look of horror […]
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To glance at any 1950s or early 1960s copy of the Spotlight Casting Directory is to be immersed in a world of ambition, hope and quiet desperation. Asides from the […]
Read More
For many years, British cinema and television boasted a profusion of landladies, barmaids and charwomen who were forever on the alert for those who dared ‘to take a liberty’. They […]
Read More
12th September 1927 – 9th July 2019 Some actors – no names – change moods with the verve and ease of a Morris Marina 1.8 TC struggling into third gear […]
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‘I am the girl who says loudly and clearly the unfunny line before the comedian’s funny line. I prefer to leave it at that’. June Whitfield stated in a 1961 […]
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British cinema of the 1950s and 1960s was suffused with managerial types, each with their unique set of reactions to the trials caused by their lower orders. Ice would regularly […]
Read More
These films have been carefully selected on the grounds of their capacity for excitement, drama, thrills – and whether I happen to like the cars displayed on screen. Enjoy… 7) […]
Read More
An overwhelming sense of gimcrack seediness pervades the finest post-war British film-noirs. The Long Dark Hall is the tale of an outwardly respectable type who is impacted in the murder […]
Read More
Christopher Fowler’s memoir Paperboy is essential reading for any fan of British cinema – not least for his guide to the character of a typical 1950s and 1960s British film. […]
Read More
On the 26th January 1965, the Thanet Times reported on how production was completing at Shepperton Studio on ‘the biggest explosion of reverberating beat ever to be unleashed on the teenage […]
Read More
Sydney Tafler could create an instantly recognisable figure, within a few minutes of screen time. There is a sublime moment in The Lavender Hill Mob when a look of horror […]
Read More