The Lady Vanishes

[Cardclaret]

Just watched the Hitchcock original great movie and Margaret Lockwood so super HOT.

[Billy Balfour]

She's a bit hard to spot, though.

[Chester Perry]

If you liked that try the original of The 39 Steps - it is in the public domain so should be easy to find

[nil_desperandum]

If you liked that try the original of The 39 Steps - it is in the public domain so should be easy to find

Whilst there's not much to do. let's have quiz:
In 1999, the British Film Institute surveyed 1,000 people from the world of British film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. Voters were asked to choose up to 100 films that were 'culturally British'
"The 39 Steps" was ranked No. 4.
Without checking which films came above it?

[Claret Toni]

Gone with the Wind?
Godfather?

Oh sorry - hardly culturally British

[lakedistrictclaret]

Great Expectations?
Oliver Twist?
Kind Hearts and Coronets?

[Bosscat]

In which we serve
Bridge on the River Kwai

[yTib]

i seem to remember the third man came top.

[nil_desperandum]

i seem to remember the third man came top.

Correct.
The others mentioned so far (that are actually British) are on the list but not in the top 3.
Great Expectations No 5
Kind hearts No 6

[yTib]

the lady killers?
trainspotting?

[yTib]

how green was my valley?

[Fenwick]

Ice Cold In Alex
Kes
Henry V

[yTib]

ooh ice cold is a good shout.

[nil_desperandum]

the lady killers?
trainspotting?

13 & 10

No. 2 is really obvious IMO, though perhaps not a film that will appeal to many on here
Nos 2 and 3 have the same director

[yTib]

lawrence of arabia?

david lean.

[Bosscat]

Will try another David Lean film

Lawrence of Arabia?

Snap ytib

[bobinho]

If you like Margaret Lockwood, and I do, check out The Wicked Lady. She’s immense in that opposite James Mason.

[yTib]

if it is lean then either dr zhivago or brief encounter must be 2 or 3.

brief encounter is the better film imo.

[Billy Balfour]

i seem to remember the third man came top.

I love that film. I'm a big fan of film-noir.

[Bosscat]

13 & 10

No. 2 is really obvious IMO, though perhaps not a film that will appeal to many on here
Nos 2 and 3 have the same director

That points to the classic filmed at Carnforth Railway Station Brief Encounter and to Lawrence of Arabia

[nil_desperandum]

if it is lean then either dr zhivago or brief encounter must be 2 or 3.

brief encounter is the better film imo.

Correct BE No 2
Lawrence of Arabia No. 3

[nil_desperandum]

Surprisingly neither Ice cold nor Dr Zhivago are on the list. (Maybe they're not considered to be "culturally British" ??)
Anyway I've done my bit to keep you engaged for 20 minutes. I look forward to more quizzes as the days pass by.

[Chester Perry]

If you like Margaret Lockwood, and I do, check out The Wicked Lady. She’s immense in that opposite James Mason.

James Mason is always worth a watch - fabulous actor and supreme as a cold calculating villain

The wicked lady is available in full on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1m9OOPFxfI

[bobinho]

i seem to remember the third man came top.

Didn’t they say culturally British?

Wasn’t The Third Man on the grassy knoll? Dallas, Texas?

I’ll get me coat...

[IanMcL]

Just checked.

A fine looking lady.

[Bosscat]

Margaret Lockwood hot? I remember an old lady...

My Dad was in love with her you can see why in this pre war Still

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[IanMcL]

Agreed.

Mistaken identity!

[Chester Perry]

Just watched the Hitchcock original great movie and Margaret Lockwood so super HOT.

Margaret Lockwood is also in Night Train to Munich directed by Carol Reed in which you will find two familiar looking chaps worried about missing the cricket - it is also a good film

[Bosscat]

As has bee mentioned "The Wicked Kady" with James Mason was a cracker... too

[Darnhill Claret]

What about, The Railway Children, The Family Way, Whistle Down The Wind, Spring and Port Wine (James Mason), Kes, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning and what’s the rugby League one with Richard Harris?

[Darnhill Claret]

This Sporting Life, I think.

[Darnhill Claret]

A Taste of Honey.

[Darnhill Claret]

And the British working ss classic, Samson and Delilah, starring Victor Manure.

[Darnhill Claret]

Or working class classic, easy for you to type.

[dsr]

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. It's even got Benny Hill in it - how cultural and British can you get?

[Chester Perry]

Heads up for those who like Margaret Lockwood and James Mason - they appear in "The Man in Grey" on Freeview channel 81 - Talking pictures today at 3:45 pm

[karatekid]

Iv'e not seen the original Lady vanishes but I have seen the one with Elliot Gould and Cybill Shepherd. Cybill was a grand looking woman too.

[Chester Perry]

Iv'e not seen the original Lady vanishes but I have seen the one with Elliot Gould and Cybill Shepherd. Cybill was a grand looking woman too.

The original is available for iplayer for the next 16 days - a real classic

[Vino blanco]

Strangely enough, I've just watched "The Man in Grey" on Talking Pictures, starring Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Stewart Grainger and Phyllis Calvert (that's what you get up to after 3 weeks of TOTAL lockdown in Spain - I'm not allowed out for an exercise walk, I have to stay at home - the police have road blocks up here and are handing out €600 fines). Anyway the film was a great success in the early forties and was a breakthrough film for most of these actors, worth a watch for nostalgia's sake at least.

[CnBtruntru]

I would have thought the Man Man the White Suit would have been in the Top 100?

[timshorts]

how green was my valley?

Just an awful film.

Im surprised that there aren't a lot of war films up there. Dam busters. The cruel sea.
Four weddings and a funeral is quintessentially British notwithstanding the American woman in it.
Younger people would have picked the monty python things at that sort of time. I imagine the older ones would go for blythe spirit, the importance of being Ernest etc.

[yTib]

four weddings is bile.

as for war films went the day well would be my particular favourite.

[IanMcL]

If you liked that try the original of The 39 Steps - it is in the public domain so should be easy to find

That's so old, it isn't black and white, it's grey!

[IanMcL]

I tuned in to Talking Pictures channel and watched Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey.

[Chester Perry]

I tuned in to Talking Pictures channel and watched Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey.

I do like Talking Pictures - it is a small family operation doing great things

[Hipper]

Here's the BFI list:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls063846014/

One of my favourites, Hobson's Choice, doesn't appear to be on it:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047094/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

[Hipper]

…… and what's 'culturally British' about Caravaggio - number 93, or The Killing Fields - number 90?

[Chester Perry]

Margaret Lockwood is back on TV again at 2:30 this afternoon in the film "Jassy" on the Talking Pictures channel - Freeview channel 81