1935-42, PG, Network
The first volume of this series was disappointing, but this one is both valuable and entertaining. The first disc from pre-Michael Balcon days has the more significant films. The likable 18th-century children's naval yarn Midshipman Easy (1935) stars future TV star Hughie Green as an idealistic, naive teenager turning up trumps at sea and waving a cutlass ashore while serving on a Royal Navy sloop command by Roger Livesey. It's significant as the directorial debut of Carol Reed and welcomed by his future collaborator Graham Greene in his Spectator film column.
The other film, Brief Ecstasy (1937), directed by Edmond T Gréville, a French film-maker at home on both sides of the Channel, is a little gem about a handsome middle-class Englishman (Hugh Williams) and the attractive student (Linden Travers) with whom he has a one-night stand in London and then meets again five years later, when she's...
The first volume of this series was disappointing, but this one is both valuable and entertaining. The first disc from pre-Michael Balcon days has the more significant films. The likable 18th-century children's naval yarn Midshipman Easy (1935) stars future TV star Hughie Green as an idealistic, naive teenager turning up trumps at sea and waving a cutlass ashore while serving on a Royal Navy sloop command by Roger Livesey. It's significant as the directorial debut of Carol Reed and welcomed by his future collaborator Graham Greene in his Spectator film column.
The other film, Brief Ecstasy (1937), directed by Edmond T Gréville, a French film-maker at home on both sides of the Channel, is a little gem about a handsome middle-class Englishman (Hugh Williams) and the attractive student (Linden Travers) with whom he has a one-night stand in London and then meets again five years later, when she's...
- 5/11/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Frank Carson, who passed away at the age of 85 yesterday, had a long and varied career on television. The comedian starred in everything from Opportunity Knocks to Tiswas to Noel's House Party - here, we present a selection of clips of his TV appearances. Opportunity Knocks
Carson made his first mainstream appearance on the talent show Opportunity Knocks. Here is a clip featuring the Northern Irish comedian alongside Les Dawson and Hughie Green. The Comedians
After winning Opportunity Knocks three times, Frank Carson graduated to The Comedians to show off his stand-up comedy routines. Tiswas
Carson was a perfect fit on the riotous children's show Tiswas and soon became a regular part of the programme. (more)...
Carson made his first mainstream appearance on the talent show Opportunity Knocks. Here is a clip featuring the Northern Irish comedian alongside Les Dawson and Hughie Green. The Comedians
After winning Opportunity Knocks three times, Frank Carson graduated to The Comedians to show off his stand-up comedy routines. Tiswas
Carson was a perfect fit on the riotous children's show Tiswas and soon became a regular part of the programme. (more)...
- 2/22/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Adam McKay (Anchorman, Step Brothers) is hard at work on an adaptation of Garth Ennis’ violent comic-book The Boys, which "follows a government team who keep tabs on the actions of superheroes." MTV spoke to McKay on the red carpet at the Comedy Awards this weekend and he gave an update on the project’s status and shared his thoughts on the casting.
Here is what he had to say:
“I’m writing completely on my own… so it’s taking twice as long as it should.” But it shouldn’t be too much longer—he says, “I am actually in the home stretch. I have about two weeks left on this draft and we’re going to try and get it made. It’s looking pretty cool. I’m excited about it.” With the script nearing completion, McKay confirms that he’s starting to think about casting, and re-iterates that Simon Pegg,...
Here is what he had to say:
“I’m writing completely on my own… so it’s taking twice as long as it should.” But it shouldn’t be too much longer—he says, “I am actually in the home stretch. I have about two weeks left on this draft and we’re going to try and get it made. It’s looking pretty cool. I’m excited about it.” With the script nearing completion, McKay confirms that he’s starting to think about casting, and re-iterates that Simon Pegg,...
- 3/29/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Nostalgic retellings of the lives of Tony Hancock, Kenneth Williams, and Eric & Ernie have been ratings winners, but fictionalised accounts can land the Beeb in hot water
Ooh, I say. How's the harness?" We're four minutes and 58 seconds into BBC4's Hattie and the biopic cliche klaxon is primed to emit its first parp of distress. Plonked amid the bustle of a busy panto rehearsal, Eric Sykes (played, somewhat disconcertingly, by Graham Fellows) winces in sympathy as co-star Hattie Jacques (Ruth "Nessa" Jones), squeezes her fairy princess-costumed frame into some manner of hoist. Mugging gamely ("Lucky I'm not planning on having any more children …") Jacques is hoisted swiftly over the empty stage, her matronly limbs swishing in time to the soundtrack's plinky-twinkly piano. Then, inevitably – vzzzzznnng! – the mechanism fizzles to a halt. As offscreen lackeys scramble with levers and pulleys, Jacques is left to dangle pinkly in mid-air, a vision...
Ooh, I say. How's the harness?" We're four minutes and 58 seconds into BBC4's Hattie and the biopic cliche klaxon is primed to emit its first parp of distress. Plonked amid the bustle of a busy panto rehearsal, Eric Sykes (played, somewhat disconcertingly, by Graham Fellows) winces in sympathy as co-star Hattie Jacques (Ruth "Nessa" Jones), squeezes her fairy princess-costumed frame into some manner of hoist. Mugging gamely ("Lucky I'm not planning on having any more children …") Jacques is hoisted swiftly over the empty stage, her matronly limbs swishing in time to the soundtrack's plinky-twinkly piano. Then, inevitably – vzzzzznnng! – the mechanism fizzles to a halt. As offscreen lackeys scramble with levers and pulleys, Jacques is left to dangle pinkly in mid-air, a vision...
- 1/15/2011
- by Sarah Dempster
- The Guardian - Film News
Paul Weller has revealed that The Jam were turned down for a spot on ITV talent show Opportunity Knocks. Before the mod group had their first top 40 hit with 'In The City', they unsuccessfully auditioned for the Hughie Green-fronted show in the '70s. Weller explained to Q: "Our guitarist's girlfriend at the time, she wrote off to get us an audition for Opportunity Knocks. She was going (more)...
- 7/21/2008
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Richard Madeley may present a revival of classic Hughie Green quiz show Double Your Money, according to a report. Gallowgate Productions, run by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, is said to be in negotiations for rights to the format. Plans are at an early stage and no broadcaster has yet come on board, but Broadcast reports that Madeley is favoured (more)...
- 6/19/2008
- by By Dave West
- Digital Spy
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