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The Lady Vanishes

Post by Cardclaret » Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:17 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Billy Balfour » Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:23 pm

She's a bit hard to spot, though.
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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Chester Perry » Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:27 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by nil_desperandum » Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:43 pm

Chester Perry wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:27 pm
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?

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Claret Toni » Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:45 pm

Gone with the Wind?
Godfather?

Oh sorry - hardly culturally British

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Post by lakedistrictclaret » Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:46 pm

Great Expectations?
Oliver Twist?
Kind Hearts and Coronets?

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Bosscat » Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:51 pm

In which we serve
Bridge on the River Kwai

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by yTib » Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:54 pm

i seem to remember the third man came top.

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Post by nil_desperandum » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:11 pm

yTib wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:54 pm
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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by yTib » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:13 pm

the lady killers?
trainspotting?

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by yTib » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:13 pm

how green was my valley?

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Fenwick » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:14 pm

Ice Cold In Alex
Kes
Henry V

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by yTib » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:15 pm

ooh ice cold is a good shout.

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Post by nil_desperandum » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:15 pm

yTib wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:13 pm
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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by yTib » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:16 pm

lawrence of arabia?

david lean.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Bosscat » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:17 pm

Will try another David Lean film

Lawrence of Arabia?

Snap ytib

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by bobinho » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:18 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by yTib » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:18 pm

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

brief encounter is the better film imo.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Billy Balfour » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:18 pm

yTib wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:54 pm
i seem to remember the third man came top.
I love that film. I'm a big fan of film-noir.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Bosscat » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:19 pm

nil_desperandum wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:15 pm
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 😀

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by nil_desperandum » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:22 pm

yTib wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:18 pm
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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by nil_desperandum » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:26 pm

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.
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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Chester Perry » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:38 pm

bobinho wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:18 pm
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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by bobinho » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:47 pm

yTib wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:54 pm
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... :oops:

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Post by IanMcL » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:52 pm

Just checked.

A fine looking lady.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Bosscat » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:58 pm

IanMcL wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:52 pm
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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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by IanMcL » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:59 pm

Agreed.

Mistaken identity!

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Chester Perry » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:19 pm

Cardclaret wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:17 pm
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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Bosscat » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:24 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Darnhill Claret » Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:05 pm

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?

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Post by Darnhill Claret » Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:05 pm

This Sporting Life, I think.

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Post by Darnhill Claret » Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:07 pm

A Taste of Honey.

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Post by Darnhill Claret » Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:10 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Darnhill Claret » Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:12 pm

Or working class classic, easy for you to type.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by dsr » Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:26 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Chester Perry » Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:58 pm

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

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Post by karatekid » Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:23 pm

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.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Chester Perry » Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:30 pm

karatekid wrote:
Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:23 pm
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

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Post by Vino blanco » Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:34 pm

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.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by CnBtruntru » Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:06 pm

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

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Post by timshorts » Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:20 pm

yTib wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:13 pm
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.

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by yTib » Mon Apr 06, 2020 11:31 pm

four weddings is bile.

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by IanMcL » Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:38 pm

Chester Perry wrote:
Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:27 pm
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!

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by IanMcL » Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:39 pm

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

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Post by Chester Perry » Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:59 pm

IanMcL wrote:
Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:39 pm
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
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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Hipper » Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:28 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Hipper » Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:36 pm

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

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Re: The Lady Vanishes

Post by Chester Perry » Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:01 pm

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

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