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@slimfern I didn't spot that the Talking Pictures tv channel were showing "The More the Merrier" (1943) tomorrow at 18.20. It's a wartime romantic comedy with Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn. Wartime housing shortage, Jean Arthur lets part of her house to Charles Coburn and then Joel McCrea, a sergeant, for a few days before he's shipped overseas.
It's a good film, no war scenes.

It's better than the remake "Walk, Don't Run" (1966) which was Cary Gran's final film (effectively the Charles Coburn character).

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

@slimfern I didn't spot that the Talking Pictures tv channel were showing "The More the Merrier" (1943) tomorrow at 18.20. It's a wartime romantic comedy with Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn. Wartime housing shortage, Jean Arthur lets part of her house to Charles Coburn and then Joel McCrea, a sergeant, for a few days before he's shipped overseas.
It's a good film, no war scenes.

It's better than the remake "Walk, Don't Run" (1966) which was Cary Gran's final film (effectively the Charles Coburn character).

Thank you El
I like a good Romcom

slimfern
@slimfern posted:

Thank you El
I like a good Romcom

Thanks Slim

Jean Arthur was in several of the top American comedies of that time. If I were to select the best one, it would be "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) directed by Frank Capra and starred James Stewart. Stewart up against corruption in politics. One of Capra's two best films, the other "It's a Wonderful Life". (MSGTW on Youtube but not free).

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

Thanks Slim

Jean Arthur was in several of the top American comedies of that time. If I were to select the best one, it would be "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) directed by Frank Capra and starred James Stewart. Stewart up against corruption in politics. One of Capra's two best films, the other "It's a Wonderful Life". (MSGTW on Youtube but not free).

That's a classic and is one of my favourite films...which you probably know already

slimfern
@slimfern posted:

That's a classic and is one of my favourite films...which you probably know already

"It's a Wonderful Life" is one of my favourites too, Slim

Wasn't a success when it was released either with critics or the public. Wasn't until years later (1974) when it went into the public domain and then was able to be broadcast on a regular basis and its reputation soared.

Thanks to BBC Genome, I found that the first time I saw it was on Sunday 6th December 1959 when it was broadcast by the BBC in the afternoon. They had shown it before on Christmas Eve in 1957 in the evening but I wouldn't have seen it then. My parents might have though.

If you do ever get the chance to see "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" it's a must watch film. The filibuster scene by Stewart is extraordinary

El Loro

Slim, I haven't spotted much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There's a 50 minute documentary next Saturday afternoon called "Every Day Except Christmas Day" (1957). An affectionate look at the life of Covent Garden market porters. Good blank and white photography. Of note is that it was one of the documentaries that Lindsay Anderson made before he went into feature films. 

El Loro
@El Loro posted:

Slim, I haven't spotted much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There's a 50 minute documentary next Saturday afternoon called "Every Day Except Christmas Day" (1957). An affectionate look at the life of Covent Garden market porters. Good blank and white photography. Of note is that it was one of the documentaries that Lindsay Anderson made before he went into feature films.

Thanks El

Sounds an interesting watch ...a little look back into history

slimfern