Films not been on the telly for long time,and would you like to see?

All programmes on BBC2 on Sunday 21 february
13:00pm Alfred Hitchcock interview
13:35pm Alfred Hitchcock The lady vanishes
15:40pm Alfred Hitchcock Suspicion

Saturday 20 feb
Sky arts 13:00pm Humphrey Bogart
BBC2 13:00pm Hitchcock the 39 steps followed at
14:25pm by Hitchcocks favourite actors
Sony (channel 50?) 18:50pm African Queen and on the same channel
21:00pm Barefoot contessa

Greengage Summer/loss of innoncene is on Paramount channel 50 at midday wednesday 17 feb.
Would any one know the railway station the mother is removed from en-route to the hotel.
Thanking you in advance

Hitchcocks shadow of a doubt on sony movie action at 09:20am tuesday morning

Chestnut

*The Family Way* is on Talking Pictures Monday night at 11.55pm for night owls and people who can record programmes. Free of course.

I’ve just watched it, and surprised to see the music was by Paul McCartney.

I loved The Blue Lagoon - the 1949 version - as it had Susan Stranks as the child in the film and I thought she was wonderful on Magpie! I obviously didn't understand the nuances of the film when I first saw it, as I was about 12 or 13 at the time, in 1968.

The Family Way is on Talking Pictures Monday night at 11.55pm for night owls and people who can record programmes. Free of course.

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Also on Bflix

Chestnut I’ve just found out I can buy it on Amazon Prime. I also liked the Parent Trap , probably because my parents were divorced and I lived in hope!
My favourite was Pollyanna.

I was always told I looked like Hayley Mills too! Especially in The Parent Trap I think. I don’t look like her now, maybe I look a bit better hopefully!

I was a Hayley Mills fan too. She was a couple of years older than me so always seemed to be doing things I wanted to do, like an older sister! I have The Family Way on DVD. Watched Sky West and Crooked last year and enjoyed that. But my favourite was always Whistle Down the Wind. You never see the original of The Parent Trap because they always show the re-make. Saw Tiger Bay fairly recently and it was amazing. She gave an outstanding performance in that.

When youngster my friend and I were huge Hayley Mills fans. In fact although just children, she styled herself on being a lookalike.
The film I would like to see would be In the Family Way, she starred with Hywell Bennet. It was a bit risqué for for us at the time!
It was on a vintage film channel recently, but I missed it.

All the old episodes of the Onedin Line are on You Tube. We are in the middle of re-watching it. Some of it is a bit clonky but still enjoyable. So much better than all the reality shows that are on at the moment.
Can I recommend the White Crow available on BBC Catch Up. It tells the story of Rudolph Nureyev, his life and defection from the USSR. It stars Ralph Fiennes and is a wonderful production.

A film called “Tim” starring Mel Gibson. Very touching and memorable and so unlike any Mel Gibson film you’ve ever seen before!

My choice too always makes me cry at the end ☹️?

The Onedin Line
My Dad used to always watch Dad’s Army and sergeant Bilko
Then there’s Rawhide and Bonanza, Z cars etc. They would probably have dated so much now, though.
Just remembered - Dixon of Dock Green!

Hitchcock's Sabotage on this Saturday afternoon on Talking pictures at 14:10pm

EllanVannin

Ohmother that would be one of mine too, along with the original version of Rebecca.

The Spiral Staircase.
Bette Davis films.
Ethel Barrymore films.
Martita Hunt films.

I know they've all got whiskers on them but I love old films.

How Green, Rebecca, and Spiral Staircase all on Bflix.

Witzend

Quartet was on last night. Lovely film, stellar cast.
Of course I only caught the last bit by chance.
Memo to self - check the schedules!

Quartet is on Bflix too ( see my post above)

Just a quick browse through Bflix and they have Village of the Damned, Death in Venice,Deadly Pursuit, The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Gone With The Wind, Out of Africa, and Ryan’s Daughter.
It’s a legal and free site with no ads during the films, but I found that often the film comes up with no sound, and when you click the sound icon, an advert appears. You just close that down, go back to your film, click for sound again, and off you go.
So, Ryan’s Daughter for me tonight!

Sorry, I only just saw the Title of the Post......

White Tiger - a new release on Netflix - a beautiful film with a questionable moral to it. But nevertheless, a brilliant film - highly recommend it....

Whistle Down the Wind is on my list of all-time favourites. I just loved the down to earth reality of it. The village children were so funny and natural. Hayley Mills was at her best. I have it on DVD of course!

NotAGran55

Whistle Down The Wind

Notagran
Whistle down the wind is on britbox, we’re doing a “free trial” at the moment.

Jezebel with Bette Davis, her answer to GWTW
A Place in the Sun, Splendour in the Grass
I watched “Suddenly Last Summer” the other night as I love Tennessee Williams’ plays, but found it overwrought and Liz Taylor’s acting substandard. Montgomery Clift apparently was in a right state too in real life after a car accident, addicted to all sorts and sleepwalked through the film.
Loving old films, I check the listings for Talking Pictures, Sony Classics and Film 4.