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Dear Supporters of Film and TV History, Hoping you are all well and enjoying a Lyons Maid or two on the hotter days while watching Talking Pictures TV – your own personal trip to the flicks every day and no fleas! This month we bring you a wonderful new DVD Box set from Renown Pictures – The Comedy Collection Volume 3! We thought it was time we all had a jolly good laugh and with 11 films over 3 discs, starring some of the greatest British character actors you will see, it’s an absolute bargain at £20 for all 3 discs with free UK postage. Titles include: A Hole Lot of Trouble with , Victor Maddern and Bill Maynard; A Touch of with , Ruby Murray and , once lost British comedy Just William’s Luck, fully restored to its former glory, Come Back Peter, with Patrick Holt and Charles Lamb, also once lost and never before released on DVD, as well as Where There’s A Will with George Cole and Kathleen Harrison, plus many more! More details overleaf. There’s an extra special deal on our Comedy Collection Volumes 1 and 2 as well. Regarding our events this year and next year, there is good news and bad news. Finally, the manager at the St Albans Arena has come back to the office and has secured 28th March 2021 for us. Sad news as it doesn’t look like we will be able to go ahead with any other event this year, including Stockport on Sunday 4th October. For those of you with tickets please see page 19 for more details on what to do next. Every Home Should Have One! We are delighted with our new merchandise product this month – it’s a really stunning cushion cover, the talk of the sofa printed with film quotes from some of your favourites on TPTV, many suggested by viewers. The perfect gift for any film lover! More details on page 14. There are also a few of our limited edition TPTV enamel lapel badges left, so get yours quick! We are busy restoring some fascinating pieces of Transport History at the moment, for next month’s new Transport Collection, perfect for fans of the Ford 8 or the Austin 7, or planes or boats and trains! Noel has uncovered some intriguing footage and we are busy cleaning them and transferring as write. The transfer room has been as busy as ever and along with some unseen films and series from many archives this month, there are also a lot of new ‘glimpses’ and shorts, so do keep your eyes peeled for the TV listings. For a butcher’s at what’s on this month, read our news on pages 23 and 28-29, starting with Enemy at the Door, on Sunday 6th Sept at 9pm, a must for all those whose is in the Channel Islands. Also look out for The Punch & Judy Man with Tony Hancock, the film version ofThe Likely Lads, The Big Operator with Mickey Rooney, Steve McQueen in Never Love a Stranger, and Dick Emery in Ooh... You Are Awful! plus several more new series. Finally, we remember John Saxon who starred in The Night Caller; Julian Curry who played Claude Erskine-Browne in and, of course, Dame , who all recently passed away. It is so important to keep these stars on our screens for generations to come. Stay tuned folks and please, do keep on spreading the word, it’s been wonderful to see what a comfort we have been to so many in these difficult times; please do spread the word to neighbours, friends and any groups you belong to! It’s so very important, but particularly . Very best wishes, Sarah, Noel & Neill 1 New DVD Release Box Set New from Renown THE RENOWN COMEDY 3 DVD THE RENOWN Box COLLECTION VOLUME 3 Set Running Time: 678 minutes COMEDY on 3 DVDs with optional subtitles Disc One 221 min Come Back Peter (1952) A charming comedy, directed by Charles Saunders COLLECTION and starring Patrick Holt, Charles Lamb, Peter Hammond, Humphrey Lestocq, VOLUME 3 Kathleen Boutall, Pamela Bygrave, Aud Johansen, Dorothy Primrose, RRP £29.99 Doris Groves, . Chaos reigns when relatives come to stay in a country house. EXCLUSIVE PRICE FOR OUR Boys will be Girls (1937) The story of a man who has to SUPPORTERS JUST give drinking, smoking and wild women in order to inherit £20.00 a legacy. Directed by Gilbert Pratt, it stars Leslie Fuller with WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Nellie Wallace, Greta Gynt, Georgie Harris, Judy Kelly, Call Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 D.J. Williams, Toni Edgar-Bruce, Constance Godridge, Syd Crossley and Syd Courtenay. A Hole Lot of Trouble (1969) A group of workmen try to dig in this delightful comedy, directed by Francis A Searle. Stars: Arthur Lowe, Victor Maddern, Bill Maynard and Tim Barrett. Also features: Ken Parry, Leslie Dwyer, Benny Lee, Brian Weske, Neal Arden, Jack Chissick, Hazel Coppen, Michael Sharvell-Martin, Georgina Simpson, Hani Borelle. A Night of Magic (1944) Once lost British musical comedy directed by Herbert Wynne. Stars: Robert Griffith, Gerald Pring, Billy ‘Uke’ Scott, Marian Olive and Elsa Tee. A man discovers an ancient Egyptian princess alive inside a sarcophagus. Disc Two 230 min A Touch of The Sun (1956) At a swanky hotel, if you need anything, just ask for ‘Mr. Fix-it’, aka Mr Darling, the hotel porter. British comedy, directed by Gordon Parry and starring Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray, Alfie Bass, Dennis Price, Gordon Harker, 2 Richard Wattis, Miriam Karlin and Esma Cannon. New from Renown Disc Two continued Under A Cloud (1937) British comedy directed by George King. A man returns from Australia after 20 years to his THE RENOWN estranged family. Stars: Edward Rigby, Betty Ann Davies, Hilda Bayley, Bernard Clifton, Moira Reed, Peter Gawthorne. Just William’s Luck (1948) This once COMEDY lost British comedy is now fully restored to its former glory. Directed by Val Guest it stars: William Graham, Garry Marsh and Jane Welsh and was based on the COLLECTION popular books by Richmal Crompton, who was so impressed by it that she VOLUME 3 wrote a novel based on the film. William investigates a haunted house, aided and RRP £29.99 abetted by his gang, “The Outlaws”. Stars: Hugh Cross, Kathleen Stuart, Leslie EXCLUSIVE PRICE FOR OUR Bradley, Hy Hazell, Patricia Cutts, Joan Hickson, Anne Marie, SUPPORTERS JUST , John Martell, Ivan Craig. £20.00 Disc Three WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 227 min It’s a Wonderful World (1956) Call Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 A musical comedy written and directed by Val Guest. Stars: Terence Morgan, George Cole, Kathleen Harrison, Mylène Demongeot. Includes rare footage of Ted Heath and his Orchestra. Also features: Dennis Lotis, James Hayter, Harold Lang, Maurice Kaufmann, Richard Wattis, Sam Kydd , and Jon Pertwee. Pick a Star AKA Movie Struck (1937) American musical in which a young country girl comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom. Starring Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and Mischa Auer. Includes scenes with Laurel & Hardy and also features Lyda Roberti, Charles Halton, Tom Dugan, Russell Hicks, Cully Richards, Spencer Charters. Where There’s A Will (1955) Directed by Vernon Sewell, starring George Cole, Kathleen Harrison and Leslie Dwyer. A family inherit a ramshackle farm and decide to make a go of it. Also features: Ann Hanslip, Michael Shepley, Dandy Nichols, Thelma Ruby, Norman MacOwan, Philip Ray, Hugh Morton, Edward Lexy, , Sam Kydd. Call Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 3 Comedy Collection Volume One IF YOU BUY the NEW Comedy Collection Volume 3 for £20 you can purchase Volume 1 for just £10 with FREE UK Postage (RRP £20) OFFER EXPIRES: September 15th 2020 A collection of ten British comedy films on three discs. All in Good Fun (1955) Director: James . Anderson. Stars: , Charles Chaplin, The Keystone Cops, Mack Sennett. Inn for Trouble (1960) Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards. Stars: Peggy Mount, David Kossoff, Leslie Phillips. Film version of The Larkins. Dentist in the Chair (1960) Director: Don Chaffey. Stars: Bob Monkhouse, , Kenneth Connor. Two on the Tiles (1951) Director: John Guillermin. Stars: , Hugh McDermott, Brenda Bruce. And the Same to You (1960) Director: George Pollock. Stars: Brian Rix, , Leo . Featuring and Tommy Cooper. Admiral (1957) Director: Val Guest. Stars: , Peggy Cummins and Brian Reece. Crazy Days (1962) Scenes from the silent era greats with , and more. Director: James M. Anderson. Demobbed (1944) Director: John E. Blakeley. Stars: Norman Evans, Nat Jackley and Dan Young. Lifetime of Comedy (1960) A compilation of comedy sketches with Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby. Tell Me Another (1976) A comedy compilation of stories, filmed with Dick Hills, featuring: Norman Wisdom, , Jim Dale, Jimmy Jewel, Ted Ray, , Spike Milligan, Reg Varney, Leslie Phillips, Terry Scott, , & Peggy Mount. The Silent Comics – A short documentary reflecting on the timeless works of silent comics Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Ben Turpin.

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 4 Comedy Collection Volume Two IF YOU BUY the NEW Comedy Collection Volume 3 for £20 you can purchase Volume 2 for just £10 with FREE UK Postage (RRP £20) OFFER EXPIRES: September 15th 2020 Over 10 hours of vintage comedy in a fabulous 3-DVD box set. Six features, an interview with and a short comedy bonus. The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959). Director: Darcy Conyers. Cast: Brian Rix, , William Hartnell, Leslie Phillips, Liz Fraser, Irene Handl, Andrew Sachs and . The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (1956) Director: Joseph Sterling. Stars: , Dick Emery, Pamela Thomas and Spike Milligan. What a Whopper (1961) Director: Gilbert Gunn. Stars Adam Faith, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Terence Longdon & Carole Lesley. The Butler’s Dilemma (1943) Director: Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars: Richard Hearne, Hermione Gingold and Henry Kendall. Gert & Daisy Clean Up (1942) A “lost” film restored and available for the very first time on DVD in this box set. Director: Maclean Rogers. Stars: Elsie Waters, Doris Waters and Iris Vandeleur. Tons of Trouble (1956) Director: Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars: Richard Hearne, William Hartnell, . Gert & Daisy’s Week-end (1942) Director: Maclean Rogers. Stars: Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Iris Vandeleur. Your Money or Your Wife (1960) Director: Anthony Simmons. Stars: , Peggy Cummins and Richard Wattis. Also includes an interview with LIZ FRASER and Comedy Cocktail (1951), a short feature which features clips from Charlie Chaplin films..

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 5 Come Back Peter from Paul Hilliker “Dear Talking Pictures TV/ Renown Pictures, A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine contacted you regarding a 1952 film called Come Back Peter. It was a bit of a long shot, but you replied in super quick time and said it was being aired in July. I have been trying to track down this film for 50 years as I had a part in it. I remember seeing it on the TV a couple of times in the 1960s but not since and I would love my wife and three daughters to see what I got up to all those years ago. My grandfather was a set construction manager at and he found out that a baby was wanted for a new film. The film was “Come Back Peter” and the baby ended up being me (Baby David). I was only 6 months old at the time so don’t remember much about it. Apparently I was responsible for a script change as I contracted chicken pox during the filming!! As you can imagine, I am thrilled that Talking Pictures not only have the film but intend showing it again – so many thanks for that. I had exhausted all avenues I could think of in my quest and decided it had either been lost or destroyed. I am now really excited at the prospect of seeing it once again and showing it to my grown up family. I’ve sent a still from the film where my screen aunt has just noticed my chicken pox spots. Although my Grandfather worked at Shepperton Film Studios, I think there was a tie-up with Bray Studios, as I believe the exterior shots were filmed around Bray. I must also say how excited I am to read that the film will also be released on DVD in August.” 6 SPECIAL OFFER! Mr Pastry 2-DVD Box Set PLUS Mr Pastry Keyring & Fridge Magnet set all for £25! (RRP £28) OFFER EXPIRES: September 15th 2020 Renown Pictures present a selection of films featuring the nation’s first TV Star, Mr Pastry. Includes exclusive glimpses into the life of Richard Hearne from his collection of home movies plus a slide show of a very rare Mr Pastry cartoon from TV Comic. The films have been fully restored with optional subtitles added. Disc One – 218min TONS OF TROUBLE (1956) THE BUTLER’S DILEMMA (1943) Fridge Magnet and Keyring Set (1955) Featuring the cheerful face Disc Two – 170min of Mr Pastry, this unique THE MADAME GAMBLES fridge magnet and handy (AKA MADAM LOUISE) (1951) key fob will make you SOMETHING IN THE CITY (1950) smile every day! Bonus Features included in the Mr Pastry Collection: MR PASTRY CARTOON STRIP CELEBRITY CRAZY CRICKET RICHARD HEARNE & BUSTER KEATON ‘CLOWNING AROUND’ : THE DAY BEGINS EARLY MR PASTRY IN BEXHILL 1960 MR PASTRY WITH CHIPPERFIELD’S CIRCUS

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 7 SHERLOCK HOLMES The Definitive7 Disc DVD Box Set Collection

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14 films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, released between 1939 and 1946, all starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. This is the only DVD box set available where all the films have not only been remastered but, more importantly, restored – and the results are very good. Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944) Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death (1944) Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw (1944) Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945) Sherlock Holmes in the Pursuit to Algiers (1945) Sherlock Holmes in the Woman in Green (1945) Sherlock Holmes in the Terror by Night (1946) Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946). Directors include: Sidney Lanfield, Alfred L. Werker, John Rawlins, Roy William Neill. Casts include: , Wendy Barrie, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshal, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny, Thomas Gómez, Morton Lowry, Eily Malyon, Ralph Forbes.

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THE URSE OF HARDBACK C BOOK SHERLOCK HOLMES The Basil Rathbone Story By David Clayton Basil Rathbone is synonymous with Sherlock Holmes. He played the Victorian sleuth in all fourteen Fox/ Universal films of the 1930s and 40s, as well as on stage and radio. For many people, he is Holmes, however, he grew to hate the character. Holmes placed restrictions on his career: before he was an esteemed theatre actor, appearing in Broadway plays such as The Captive and The Swan, the latter of which became his launchpad to greater stardom. In his long career he appeared in many films, including: Love From A Stranger (1937), The Dawn Patrol (1938), The Mad Doctor (1941), Crossroads (1942), Frenchman’s Creek (1944), The Court Jester 1956)( and many more. However, he never escaped his most famous role. Basil Rathbone was not Sherlock Holmes. In The Curse of Sherlock Holmes, biographer David Clayton looks at the behind-the-camera life of a remarkable man who deserved so much more than to be relegated to just one role. Our Price £18.99 plus £2 Postage Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 9 £12.99 for each DVD orChiller both for Thrillers £20 with free UK Postage LAST EMBRACE A taught thriller, made in 1979, from , acclaimed director of Silence of the Lambs, starring Roy Scheider (, The French Connection) as Harry Hannan, an ex-government agent fearing for his life and unable to trust even his closest friends after the violent death of his wife. Infused with the spirit of and featuring outstanding performances by John Glover, and Charles Napier, Last Embrace is a stylish, edge-of-your-seat £20 experience that you will never forget. FOR BOTH Director: Jonathan Demme Free P&P Cast: Roy Scheider , Janet Margolin, John Glover, Sam Levene, Charles Napier, Christopher Walken, Jacqueline Brookes, Lou Gilbert, David Margulies, Andrew Duncan, Marcia Rodd, Gary Goetzman, £12.99 Mandy Patinkin, Max Wright, EACH Sandy McLeod, Bert Santos. Free P&P Extras: • Audio commentary with film expert David Thompson • Original theatrical trailer

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 10 £12.99 for each DVD £12.99 for each DVD orChiller both for Thrillers £20 with free UK Postage orChiller both for Thrillers £20 with free UK Postage KISS OF DEATH Henry Hathaway’s directorial skills bring a heightened sense of realism to this classic 1947 film, which marked Richard Widmark’s debut. When a small time crook (Victor Mature) gets a twenty year sentence for robbery, he refuses to reveal his accomplices, even after a D.A. (Brian Donlevy) offers to help him. But he changes his mind once he learns that his wife has committed suicide and a psychopath (Widmark) 20 has threatened his children. £ Director: Henry Hathaway FOR BOTH Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Free P&P Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith, Karl Malden, Anthony Ross, Robert Adler, Rollin Bauer, Harry Bellaver, Dennis Bohan, Nina Borget, Susan Cabot, £12.99 Alexander Campbell, Dort Clark, EACH Harry Carter, Eva Condon. Free P&P Extras: • High Definition Transfer • Commentary by film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver • Original Theatrical Trailer • Stills Gallery

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 11 From the GaslightGaslight £15 (Dual Format Edition, you will receive DVD & Blu-Ray editions) Year: 1940 | Black & White Optional subtitles Running Time Approx: 84 min DVD and Blu-ray editions Director: Thorold Dickinson Cast: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell Cathleen Cordell, , Jimmy Hanley. Director Thorold Dickinson, (The Queen of Spades, The Next of Kin), portrays a harrowing and claustrophobic study of murder, abuse and lust in Victorian London. Anton Walbrook (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), excels as the sadistic husband who attempts to drive his wife mad, played by Diana Wynyard, (Cavalcade), to prevent her from disclosing his dark past. Extras: Spanish A B C (Thorold Dickinson, Sidney Cole, 1938, 20 mins): a short film on efforts to improve education standards during the Spanish Civil War. Behind the Spanish Lines (Sidney Cole, Thorold Dickinson, 1938, 20 mins): a companion piece to Spanish Civil War. Westward Ho! (Thorold Dickinson, 1940, 9 mins): a short film to promote the evacuation of urban children to rural areas. Miss Grant Goes to the Door (Brian Desmond Hurst, 1940, 7 mins): a short film about a German invasion from a story by Dickinson. Yesterday is Over Your Shoulder (Thorold Dickinson, 1940, 9 mins): a short film encouraging workers to join free engineering training schemes.

OUR PRICE £15.00 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 12 0808 178 8212 Memories of a life in films Part 12, by Noel Cronin Well, the millennium had arrived in all its glory. It turned out to be absolutely horrible for me; my dear wife Joyce passed away, who truly was my rock, and Dandelion was sold to what turned out be an American crook. I will go into detail of the FBI lawyers and the American federal system later and with more detail in a book that is being written – a must for all insomniacs! Following the Dandelion débâcle, my health and confidence suffered and the fact that the American situation was dragging on made concentrating on films and TV difficult, but after a few years I again got interested in acquiring old film libraries and set about purchasing several old such libraries, from the BBC no less! It took three years of dogged persistence to save these films from literally rotting at the Beeb; libraries such as Butchers, New Realm; mostly British ‘B’ features but of great social value. Having amassed several hundred old feature films what was I to do with them? Broadcasters had little or no interest; one company executive told me “we don’t play black and white after four in the afternoon”. He does now! After months of trying to place the films and with the conviction that quite a lot of people, given the chance, would watch them, the idea of starting our own channel emerged…. Next month: the start of Talking Pictures. Producer Noel Cronin founded Talking Pictures TV and Renown Pictures. Noel is contributing a series of memories to the newsletter over the coming months. Ever since his entrance into the world of film as a young man, Noel has been interested in preserving the heritage of lost and forgotten films, shorts and programmes, and for many years has been gathering, restoring and preserving this wonderful heritage which would otherwise be lost. Noel worked for and the Central Office of Information, and bought the rights to several libraries that owned films which now air on Talking Pictures TV. His career as a producer and editor of films, documentaries and TV series spans several decades.

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(Dual Format Edition, you will receive DVD & Blu-Ray editions) Year: 1967 | Colour Optional subtitles £15 Running Time approx: 109 min DVD and Blu-ray editions Director: Cast: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, , , Jack MacGowran, , Jack Hedley, Robert Hardy, Sheila Hancock, Dandy Nichols, John Junkin. Hapless commander Lieutenant Goodbody (Michael Crawford) enthusiastically leads his troops on the battlefields of World War Two, including the calamitous installation of a cricket pitch behind enemy lines... With John Lennon in his only non-musical screen performance, How I Won the War is a biting satire on war and the war movie, a unique cult comedy. Extras: Animated Genesis (1952, 22 mins) and A Short Vision (1956, 6 mins): stylish, striking outstanding anti-war animations. Head Rag Hop (1970, 3 mins): bold blues-soundtracked Pop-art abstraction. Plod (1971, 21 mins): long thought lost, an anti-authoritarian fusion of poetry and pop music shot on the streets of Liverpool, starring The Scaffold. Richard Lester in Conversation with Steven Soderbergh (1995, audio): the director discusses his career in an interview recorded at the NFT. Feature commentary by Richard Lester authority Neil Sinyard

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To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 16 and the Volvo In the 1950’s, both EARL CAMERON and the VOLVO AMAZON were pioneers at promoting important changes to social attitudes. Robert Hughes identifies them. Born in Bermuda, Earl Cameron CBE Danger Man. At the milestone age of was believed to be the first actor cast 100, Earl Cameron was still working. in an English mixed-race romance; he Sadly, he recently passed away on played a sailor captivated by a dockland 3rd July 2020 aged 102. lass in Pool of London (1951). The role echoed his own life in the Merchant Navy, coming to England in 1939 and later marrying an English girl. Debilitated with pneumonia, Cameron was hospitalised, suffering one ruined lung. His Bermudian twang, easier for British ears to understand than a West Indian accent, opened doors professionally, but while touring, doors were cruelly closed against him when The Volvo Amazon, designed by seeking out digs. Undeterred, Cameron Jan Wilsgaard, first appeared in 1956, entertained the troops in the inspired by Chrysler’s New Yorker and Netherlands and where he was the Checker cab. An Amazon is used warmly received. Film roles included to kidnap in The Avengers, Simba and Safari (1955), both (1968), and William Lucas dumps his covering the Kenyan Mau Mau Amazon for a Jaguar E Type in Dateline uprising, and he played a murder suspect Diamonds (1965). The Amazon saved in The Heart Within (1957). In BAFTA many lives with its revolutionary seat winning Sapphire (1959), Cameron’s belt, pioneered by Volvo who generously performance as Dr Robbins handles the allowed rivals to copy the configuration revilement of racial prejudice with such charge-free. So while Earl Cameron’s dignity after his sister is murdered for acclaimed film roles were sensitively her ethnicity, that only the hardest hearts addressing racial tolerance coinciding could have left the audience unmoved with around 75,000 arrivals settling in towards the challenges facing Colonial England from former colonies year on immigrants. Flame in the Streets (1961) year, Volvo’s Amazon revolutionised car also examines interracial discord in both occupant safety just as Ernest Marples society and the workplace. Further roles was cutting the ribbon to open the M1 included Thunderball (1965), The Dark motorway “in keeping with the new, Man (1960), Dr Who, and exciting scientific age.” 17 The Absolutely Essential 3-CD Collection OUR PRICE £12.99 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 60 humorous tunes from the ever popular singer-songwriter,

WITH FREE UK POSTAGE MUSIC CD film star and comedian who was 60 Tracks on 3 discs the highest paid UK entertainer CD during the 30s and 40s. A huge influence on entertainers who followed, , among them, he appeared in many films, including Trouble Brewing, and Let George Do It. Disc 1 Disc 2 Disc 3 1. When I’m Cleaning Windows 1. Chinese Laundry Blues 1. Leaning On A Lampost 2. Why Don’t Women Like Me? 2. Sitting On The Sands All Night 2. I Wonder Who’s Under Her 3. Sitting On The Ice in the 3. Oh Dear Mother Balcony Now Ice Rink 4. With My Little Stick of 3. It’s Turned Out Nice Again 4. Levi’s Monkey- Mike Blackpool Rock 4. Hitting The High Spots Now 5. With My Little Ukelele 5. Hindoo Man 5. It’s A Grand And Healthy Life In My Hand 6. The Lancashire Torreador 6. I’m Making Headway Now 6. As The Hours and the Days 7. My Plus Fours 7. I Couldn’t Let The Stable Down and the Months and the 8. Easy-Going Chap 8. The Lancashire Hot Pot Swingers Years Roll By 9. I Don’t Like 9. Grandad’s Flannelette Nightshirt 7. Swimmin’ With Wimmin’ 10. Biceps, Muscle, And Brawn 10. The Wu’s a Window Cleaner Now 8. The Wedding of Mr Wu 11. Hi-Tiddly-Hi-Ti- Island 11. Count Your Blessings and Smile 9. Baby 12. You Can’t Stop Me 12. Oh, Don’t the Wind Blow Cold 10. Believe Or Not from Dreaming 13. On the Wigan Boat Express 11. You Can’t Keep A Growing 13. Like the Big Pots Do 14. On the Beat Lad Down 14. I Blew A Little Blast 15. Bless ‘Em All 12. It’s No Use Looking At Me On My Whistle 16. I Wish I Was Back on the Farm 13. There’s Nothing Proud 15. Springtime’s Here Again 17. Delivering the Morning Milk About Me 16. Noughts And Crosses 18. Auntie Maggie’s Remedy 14. Madame Moscovitch 17. Mother, What’ll I Do Now? 19. You’re Everything To Me 15. Fanlight Fanny 18. In My Little Snapshot Album 20. Andy the Handy Man 16. Share and Share Alike 19. Our Sergeant Major 17. Pleasure Cruise 20. They Can’t Fool Me To order, call us on Freephone 18. The Isle Of Man 19. Riding In The TT Races 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 18 20. A Farmer’s Boy Update on our postponed Film Festivals in St Albans and Stockport Due to the recent announcement by the Minister of Culture and the Prime Minister, it is definite that unfortunately our Stockport festival in October will need to be postponed along with our Film Quiz the night before. It is also clear that due to Covid 19 and social distancing guidelines and the laws on mass gatherings that we will not be able to reschedule our St Albans Festival of Film postponed in March until next year. We had hoped to hold a Christmas event, but with everything so uncertain, and with your safety in mind, we believe its much better to look at March next year for you all. But there is good news! We have secured a new date for both of these events with both venues these are: St Albans 7th Festival of Film Sunday March 22nd 2020 NEW DATE Sunday 28th March 2021 Stockport 8th Festival of Film October Sunday October 4th 2020 NEW DATE Sunday 10th October 2021 Here are the options for ticket holders. I’m afraid due to social distancing rules and the increase in insurance, ticket prices for our events will be going up next year BUT NOT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ALREADY HAVE A TICKET. So the options for you are as follows: 1. Let us know if you wish to transfer your tickets from this year to next year at NO extra cost and which festival of film you wish to attend. You can move to either event, if either is sold out you will be placed on the waiting list for returns. YOU WILL NOT have to pay any increase. You will be re-issued with new tickets and seat numbers. 2. If you have Quiz tickets these can also be moved as we will be holding a Film Quiz with supper or Afternoon Tea in St Albans the day / evening before and Stockport the day / evening before. Again at no extra cost to current quiz ticket holders. 3. You can use your physical tickets for either event as a credit note against any items on sale in our newsletters, including DVDs, Books, Merchandise etc, please include the tickets with your order form. 4. If you really, really don’t want to secure a place at one of the best TV & Film History events of 2021 and a terrific day out – we will issue you with a refund. To do this you must return your physical tickets to us at: Renown Pictures Ltd, PO Box 592, Kings Langley, Herts WD4 4DB. Please include with your tickets a letter letting us know what you wish to do. 5. You can always call us to discuss your options on our usual numbers: 0808 178 8212 or 01923 290555. It’s been a very difficult decision for all of us, but it’s the best way to ensure everyone is safe and we all have something to look forward to next year!

Sunday 28th March 2021 Sunday 10th October 2021 19 From the British Film Institute

How to be £15 Eccentric The Essential Richard Massingham 1 DVD | Years: 1934-1951 Black & White Running Time: Approx: 170 min Richard Massingham was known to anyone who went to the cinema in Britain during the 1940s. He starred as a well-meaning but bumbling everyman in a series of imaginative shorts which provided instruction to the British public on everything from how to cross roads to the correct way to sneeze into a handkerchief to bathing in just five inches of water during wartime rationing. Often producing and directing too, his films are marked by a wonderful combination of comedy, instruction, surrealism and whimsy. This new selection from the BFI celebrates Richard Massingham as one of British cinema’s most fascinating and enduring eccentrics. Contents: Dr Massingham says... Tell Me If It Hurts (1934) | Coughs and Sneezes (1945) | Jet-propelled Germs (1948) | Handkerchief Drill (1949) | Another Case of Poisoning (1949) | The Cure (1950) | Surviving the War: The Five Inch Bather (1942) | Post Early for Christmas (1943) | In Which We Live: Being the Life Story of a Suit Told by Itself (1943) | Elopement in France (1944) | An Englishman’s home... Down at the Local (1945) | An Englishman’s Home...... (1946) | Moving House (1950) | Post-war Blues: What a Life!: What a Life (1948) | Watch Your Meters (1947) | Warning to Travellers (1949) | Help Yourself (1950) | Post-war Blues: The Daily Grind: Pool of Contentment (1946) | Pedal Cyclists (1947) | Pedestrian Crossing (1948) | 30 Miles an Hour (1949) | Introducing the New Worker (1951).

OUR PRICE £15.00 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 20 0808 178 8212 Eccentrically British! Spotlight on: Richard Massingham (31 January 1898 – 1 April 1953) The son of a distinguished newspaper editor, Richard Massingham is noted for directing and starring in a series of public information films made in the 1940s and 1950s. He trained in medicine and was the Senior Medical Officer at the London Fever Hospital, but Richard was always interested in the cinema and made amateur films in his spare time. He made his first short in 1933 which featured the hospital that he worked at. The following year he made a film about a traumatic dental visit:Tell Me If It Hurts (1934), which received critical acclaim. After his film about a lodger preparing for his day, And So to Work (1936), he secured a place with the GPO Film Unit. This prompted him to leave medicine and become a full time filmmaker. In 1938 he registered his company, Public Relationship Films and began making shorts for the Ministry of Information and other government departments. As well as directing the shorts, he appeared in them as a good-humoured figure encouraging audiences to save fuel, sneeze into a handkerchief or bathe in the war recommended limit of “five inches of water.” As an actor he possessed an expressive face with a childlike charm, casting himself as the absent- minded ‘everyman’, (always allowing the audience to feel amused and superior, while the film’s message was firmly instilled). Post-war films such as They Travel by Air (1947) and Pool of Contentment (1946), adopted a similar strategy. Some of his most popular shorts include: The Five-Inch Bather (1942), Young and Healthy (1943), Coughs and Sneezes (1945), What a Life (1948), Handkerchief Drill (1949) and Moving House (1950). As a director, actor and producer, Massingham is often overlooked, but in the 90 or so films he made, there is enough eccentricity and wit to earn him a place beside other individualists of the British short film. His marriage to wife Betty in 1943 was a happy union which lasted for the rest of his life. He died at his home in Biddenden, Kent on 1 April 1953, during production of The Blakes Slept Here, a lavish and curious Technicolour combination of gas advertising and historical content. 21 From the British Film Institute ROUNDABOUT 1963: A YEAR IN COLOUR 1 DVD Years: 1963 Colour | Running Time Approx: 110 minutes £15 A fascinating and unique glimpse back to Britain and its place in the world 50 years ago. In the 1960s the UK Government, through the Central Office of Information (COI), produced a number of films for overseas distribution. Designed to promote British industry and values abroad, Roundabout was one of the most popular of these cinemagazines, with its selection of topical stories for the Asian market. The BFI has collected all the Roundabout films from 1963, (over 30). Highlights include a visit to the Royal Mint, a trip around a British Doll factory and a look at modern architecture in London, Djakarta and Saigon.

OUR PRICE £15.00 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 22 NEW Series coming up in August/Sept Watch Talking Pictures on: FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 on Talking Pictures TV FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Please spread the word and tell your friends! NEW SERIES: NEW SERIES: The Brack Report Enemy at the Door Starts: Monday 31st August at 6:00pm Starts: Sunday 6th Sept 9:00pm Stars: Donald Sumpter, Jenny Seagrove, Originally broadcast from 1978-1980 Richard Hampton, Patricia Garwood This war drama depicts and Neil Nisbet. the WWII German Not seen on TV since occupation of Guernsey 1982. Scientist Paul and stars: Alfred Burke, Brack is working on Simon Cadell, Bernard a project at one of Horsfall, Richard Heffer, Britain’s nuclear power Simon Lack. Continues stations which suddenly every Sunday. becomes the focus of a potential disaster. New London Palladium Episode to air in August NO HIDING PLACE – Two Look out for a new episode Newly Discovered Episodes! of Sunday Night at the Thursday 20th August 1:00pm & Monday London Palladium! Unseen 7th Sept 7:00pm A Pocketful of Bones since its first broadcast on (1963) Stars: Eric Lander, Patricia Brake, 20th March 1966, this Raymond Francis, Frank Henderson, episode features Roy Charles Morgan, Olwen Brookes, Orbison and The Seekers June Watts, Julian Somers, . and is hosted by Jimmy Monday 31st August 7:00pm & Tarbuck. Airs: Sunday Saturday 5th Sept 7:55pm Whoever’s 29th August 9:00pm. Right, Sweeney’s Wrong (1965) Stars: Raymond Francis, Johnny Briggs, Michael The Mind of Mr J.G. Reeder McStay, Nigel Green, Fred Beauman, Coming Soon! Patrick O’Connell and David Orchard. Set in the 1920s, based on stories by , Whizzkids Guide! this series ran from 1969- Coming Soon! 1971. Hugh Burden plays a The 1980s TV show that gave mild-mannered employee pupils all they needed to level at the Department of Public the odds against teachers and Prosecutions with a gift for solving parents is back, with pranks, complex crimes. Cast includes: jokes and sketches from Arthur Mullard, Willoughby Goddard, Mona Bruce, , Patrick Newell, Gillian Lewis, Virginia Stride, Windsor Rita Webb, Sheila White, and Davies, Ray McAnally, Edward Fox and The Brownsville Banned. Victor Maddern. Starts: Wednesday Starts: Saturday 12th Sept at 9:00am. 16th Sept at 9pm, continues weekly. 23 The Magic Box DVD £12.99 with FREE UK postage

Running time: 103 mins approx. Colour. See 60 famous film stars in the romantic story of the one of the pioneers of British film history! This 1951 biographical drama was directed by John Boulting with cinematography by and stars , as William Freise-Greene, the designer of one of the earliest working movie cameras, British inventor and pioneer in cinema. The film follows the life of this talented and inspiring man, who should be revered but is sadly little remembered today. Told in flashback, the film follows the inventor’s search for a way to project moving pictures, an obsession that changed the lives of those he loved. Cast: Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, David Oake, Janette Scott, , Robert Beatty, , Basil Sydney, , Eric Portman, Mary Ellis, Muir Mathieson, , Dennis Price, , Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Frederick Valk, Ronald Shiner, Peter Reynolds. Also appearing: Bessie Love, Cecil Parker, David Tomlinson, Kay Walsh, , , Sheila Sim, Michael Denison, Michael Hordern, Sid James, , Bernard Miles, , Thora Hird, William Hartnell, , Sybil Thorndike, Joan Hickson, Amy Veness, Marjorie Fielding, .

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 24 A founding father of British film: William Friese-Greene (7 September 1855 – 5 May 1921) William Friese-Greene, a prolific English inventor and professional photographer is known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, creating a series of cameras during the period 1888–1891. William Greene was born in Bristol in 1855. Friese was added to his surname when he married Helena Friese in 1874. He was apprenticed to a photographer before establishing his own business in Bath, where he met John Rudge, who was experimenting with lanterns to create an illusion of movement. Friese- Greene enthusiastically adopted these ideas, experimenting both with Rudge and on his own. In 1885, he opened two photographic shops in London with Esme Collings, who went on to be one of the pioneers of British film-making. Friese-Greene obsessively patented badly thought out devices, while the true advances in making and projecting motion picture films were being made elsewhere. He began experimenting with colour cinematography in 1898, even becoming a rival of the developer of Kinemacolor, G.A. Smith. A court case in 1913 brought by Friese-Greene’s Biocolour system against Kinemacolor brought down the latter, although Friese-Greene was unable to capitalise on the victory as he was beset with financial troubles. He remained an incurable optimist, constructing a camera for taking a series of photographs on a roll of perforated film moving intermittently behind a shutter, the basic principle of a motion-picture camera. Sadly, the camera was incapable of taking pictures at a sufficient rate to capture movement and no successful presentation of moving pictures was given by him. The credit for a successful cinematographic device goes to Thomas Edison. His other inventions in the field of printing – including photo-typesetting – brought him wealth, as did his chain of photographic studios. However, he spent everything he earned on inventing, going bankrupt three times. He died on 5 May 1921 after delivering a speech about the uncertain state of the British film industry to a meeting of the cinema trade at the Connaught Rooms in London. His claim to have been the “inventor of Kinematography” was taken up by film historian Will Day, but a series of articles written by Brian Coe in the 1960s discredited this. He was, however, one of the very first to work on the concept of moving images. Despite his failures, Friese-Greene is nevertheless a founding father of British film. The film,The Magic Box (1951) ensures his place in history is not forgotten. 25 Letters to the Projectionist On this page we bring you some of the interesting letters that have arrived at Talking Pictures HQ this month. We receive many letters every day about film and series requests; please be assured that we do make a note of them all. We acquire new films and series every month, so ‘never say never’! is our motto – but sadly we can’t just play those we’d like to play, without proper licensing and rights in place. Also remember, some films or TV series may no longer exist, but we will keep trying! Working with the great Peter O’Toole on The Tudors in Dublin. I was the only one who got a photo with him because I said I was living in Limerick and talked about his old pal . At the time they were putting up a statue of him in the town. It was great to work with a legend. is buried in Church Town on the Cork Rd. At one time, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole and Ollie Reed were all living in Ireland. Regards, Derek, Limerick. Have just enjoyed another Hello Lovely People, memory faded. Then John episode of , I haven’t seen it since I was 8, My husband John and I put your channel on just as and it’s as enjoyable for me have watched many films/ a film called “Barnacle Bill” now as it was then. For me programmes on your was starting. I shouted out: none of the remakes of Robin channel – each trying to out- “That’s it, OMG I am sure Hood have come anywhere do the other on “who is that?” that’s it”. He thought I had near these classic episodes. and sharing a number of finally flipped but I knew Watching Robin Hood when “I remember...” One provided this was the missing link to originally screened made me the missing link to one of my my film – my excitement want a long bow and crossbow memories. 1950s films always increased further when I with arrows, which I got for remind me of one holiday saw a shot of the side of the Christmas and had so much fun with. My arrows ended up when we walked along the “boat” and the words just about everywhere and my promenade, as a film starring “The Mudlark”. I never gave mother got quite frustrated. was being shot it a thought that it happened Sometime later, when I asked there. I have always been when I was 12 and with where they were she said she able to visualise the mock mum in Hunstanton. I am had no idea and I never found up of the front of a boat with still going round on a bit of them again, so think she must actors on “deck”. The other a high!!! Thank you for the have confiscated them! I hardly thing I remember about that part you played in solving got into trouble, but I used to day were the words my little mystery and making when shooting the crossbow “The Mudlark”. I watched this old lady very happy. arrows which were pretty lethal a film “The Mudlark” once All Best Wishes for the Future and did quite a lot of damage! but I quickly knew that was Judith Summers, Regards, Ray Harrison not the one and again the North Yorkshire 26 MIKLÓS RÓZSA MUSIC FROM

OUR PRICE £14.99 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE This unique collection of music from the movie Ben-Hur features, for the first time, the music in the order that it appears in the film. The original LP, only featured 40 minutes of music from the original two and a half hour score. 56 years after its release and MUSIC CD 11 Oscars later this superb epic collection is now 30 Tracks on one disc available, composed by the inimitable Miklós Rózsa. Miklos secured a much deserved Oscar for his film score forBen-Hur . The original MGM soundtrack LP is combined here with the LP More Music from Ben Hur and arranged so the music appears in the order it would have in the film. 1. THE OVERTURE 17. FAREWELL TO ROME 2. PRELUDE 18. RETURN TO JUDEA 3. STAR OF BETHLEHEM 19. MEMORIES 4. THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI 20. THE MOTHER’S LOVE 5. ROMAN MARCH 21. BREAD AND CIRCUS MARCH 6. FRIENDSHIP 22. PARADE OF THE CHARIOTEERS 7. THE HOUSE OF HUR 23. DEATH OF MESSALA 8. LOVE THEME OF BEN - HUR 24. SERMON ON THE MOUNT 9. GRATUS’ ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM 25. VALLEY OF THE DEAD 10. MESSALA’S REVENGE 26. THE LEPERS’ SEARCH FOR 11. THE BURNING DESERT THE CHRIST 12. THE ROWING OF THE 27. THE PROCESSION TO CALVARY GALLEY SLAVES 28. GOLGOTHA 13. NAVAL BATTLE 29. THE CHRIST THEME FROM 14. VICTORY PARADE BEN – HUR (ALLELUIA) 15. FERTILITY DANCE 30. THE MIRACLE AND FINALE 16. ARRIUS’ PARTY

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This is just a small selection; our full listings are on our website www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk and in all good newspapers and TV magazines. We send email listings every Sunday to anyone who wants them – just let us know! Email Sarah: [email protected] Wednesday 19th August 10:05pm Saturday 22nd August 6:00pm and Sunday 30th August 10pm & Friday 28th August 12:10pm The Rat Race (1960) The Likely Lads (1976) Drama. Director: Robert Mulligan. Drama. Director: Michael Stars: , Debbie Reynolds, Tuchner. Stars: Rodney Bewes, Jack Oakie, Don Rickles. A saxophonist James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth. Bob tries to make it in New York. and Terry go caravanning. Thursday 20th August 1:00pm Saturday 22nd August 7:50pm and Monday 7th Sept 7:00pm Tuesday 25th August 7:00pm NO HIDING PLACE NEW EPISODE The Angry Silence (1960) A Pocketful of Bones (1963) Drama. Director: Guy Green. Directors: Peter Croft, Richard Sidwell Stars: Richard Attenborough, Stars: Eric Lander, Raymond Francis, Pier Angeli, Oliver Reed. A factory Frank Henderson, Charles Morgan. worker refuses to strike. Thursday 20th August 7:10pm and Sunday 23rd August 6:00pm & Sunday 30th August 7:10pm Friday 28th August 6:10pm The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (1968) Yangste Incident (1957) Comedy. Director: Joseph McGrath. War. Director: Michael Anderson. Stars: Richard Attenborough, Stars: Richard Todd, William Shirley MacLaine, James Booth. Hartnell, Donald Houston. HMS A bored housewife starts an affair with Amethyst is caught in the one of her husband’s employees. Chinese Civil War. Friday 21st August 1:10pm Monday 24th August 2:00pm IWM: Now It Can Be Told (1946) Together (1980) Series 1 Feature reconstruction of the secret Episode1 Director: Matthew wartime work of the Special Robinson Stars: Victor Maddern, Operations Executive, played by Ernest Hare, . actual agents Harry Ree and The Rutherford Court residents Jacqueline Nearne. are getting to know each other. Continues weekdays at 2pm Friday 21st August 10:00pm & Saturday 29th August 2:05am Wednesday 26th August Lust for a Vampire (1971) 10:05pm & Sunday 6th Sept Horror. Director: Jimmy Sangster. 12am The Big Operator (1959) Stars: Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates, Drama. Director: Charles F. Barbara Jefford. No-one realises Haasn. Stars: Mickey Rooney, Mircalla is a vampire when she arrives Steve Cochran. A union member at finishing school. threatens to testify against a union boss. Saturday 22nd August 12:40pm Thursday 27th August It’s All Over Town (1964) 12:15am Musical. Director: Douglas Hickox. Never Love a Stranger (1958) Stars: Frankie Vaughan, Lance Percival, Crime. Director: Robert Stevens. Willie Rushton. A technician and his Stars: John Drew Barrymore, friend try to see all the London shows. Steve McQueen. A Catholic Saturday 22nd August 1:50pm and orphan discovers he is Jewish. Thurs 27th August 2:30pm Saturday 29th August 6:15pm The Punch & Judy Man (1963) & Thursday 3rd Sept 2:30pm Drama. Director: Jeremy Beautiful Stranger (1954) Summers. Stars: Tony Hancock, Sylvia Thriller. Director: David Miller. Syms, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Murray. Stars: Ginger Rogers, Herbert A seaside Punch & Judy man is driven Lom, . An actress mad by his social-climbing wife. becomes involved with a 28 dangerous criminal. What’s on Talking Pictures TV Over the Coming Weeks?

This is just a small selection; our full listings are on our website www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk and in all good newspapers and TV magazines. We send email listings every Sunday to anyone who wants them – just let us know! Email Sarah: [email protected] Watch Talking Pictures on: FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

Saturday 29th August 8:00pm and Saturday 5th Sept 1:55pm Sunday 6th September 10:00pm and Friday 11th Sept 2:45pm Ooh... You Are Awful! (1973) Suspected Person (1942) Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: Dick Emery, Drama. Director: Lawrence Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Cheryl Huntington. Stars: Clifford Kennedy, Pat Coombs, Liza Goddard. Evans, Patricia Roc, David Farrar, To recover a stolen fortune, Charlie has Robert Beatty. Bank robbers try to find a bank account number. to find their partner in London. Saturday 29th August 10:00pm and Saturday 5th Sept 6:00pm & Tuesday 1st September 10:00pm Wednesday 9th Sept 2:30pm Gunn (1967) Went the Day Well? (1942) Thriller. Director: Blake Edwards. War. Director: Cavalcanti. Stars: Craig Stevens, Laura Devon. Stars: Leslie Banks, Mervyn Peter Gunn is hired to prove Johns, Basil Sydney, Thora Hird. a gangster killed a crime boss. An English village is taken over Sunday 30th August 11:50am and by German soldiers. Monday 31st August 12:00pm Sunday 6th Sept 3:25pm & The Baby and the Battleship (1956) Thursday 10th Sept 2:30pm Comedy. Director: Jay Lewis. My Teenage Daughter (1956) Stars: , André Morell, Drama. Director: Herbert Richard Attenborough, Lionel Jeffries. Wilcox. Stars: , A sailor smuggles a baby aboard ship. , Norman Wooland. Sunday 30th August 1:50pm & A mother tries to deal with her Wednesday 2nd September 2:30pm daughter’s delinquency. Take Me High (1973) Sunday 6th Sept 6:00pm & Musical Comedy. Director: David Askey. Saturday 12th Sept 3:55pm Stars: , Deborah Watling, The Yellow Balloon (1953) George Cole. A young financier gets a Drama. Director: J. Lee shock when he’s sent to Birmingham! Thompson. Stars: Andrew Ray, Monday 31st August 6:00pm , Kathleen Ryan. The Brack Report (1982) Series 1 A boy is blackmailed by a crook. Episode 1 Stars: Donald Sumpter, Tuesday 8th Sept 4:05pm Jenny Seagrove, Richard Hampton, Spring Meeting (1941) Patricia Garwood and Neil Nisbet. Directors: Walter C. Mycroft Scientist Paul Brack is working on a and Norman Lee. Stars: Enid project at one of Britain’s nuclear power Stamp-Taylor, Michael Wilding, stations which suddenly becomes the Nova Pilbeam. Man about town focus of a potential disaster. Tony is relying on his mother to Continues daily at 6pm. save them from destitution. Monday 31st August 7:00pm & Sunday 13th Sept 3:45pm Saturday 5th Sept 7:55pm Sunstruck (1973) NO HIDING PLACE NEW EPISODE: Comedy. Director: James Gilbert. Whoever’s Right, Sweeney’s Wrong Stars: Harry Secombe, Maggie (1965) Stars: Raymond Francis, Fitzgibbon, John Meillon, Derek Johnny Briggs. An ex prisoner is caught Nimmo. A teacher moves to up with safe-cracking villains. Australia and forms a school choir. NEW SERIES: ENEMY AT THE DOOR Stars: Alfred Burke, Simon Cadell, Bernard Horsfall, Richard Heffer, Simon Lack. Depicting the German occupation of Guernsey, during the Second World War, the series ran from 1978-1980. Alfred Burke led the German force, aided by Simon Cadell. John Nettles played a police detective and made his TV debut as the leader of the resistance, his mother Helen Shingler was also a main character. Airs: Sunday 6th September 9:00pm and continues every Sunday. 29 Subtitled films available on TPTV this month FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Full listings of films with subtitles 14:30 For the Love of Ada Thu 03 September available on our website. 18:30 Smokescreen (1964) 06:00 Second Fiddle Sat 15 August 23:00 Come Back, Little Sheba 07:30 Peg Of Old Drury 09:30 Stagecoach West Tue 25 August 09:30 Where There’s A Will 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 06:00 Three Steps to the Gallows 11:05 Ambush In Leopard Street 12:35 Laxdale Hall 07:40 False Colours 16:25 Anne of the Indies 18:00 I’m All Right Jack 09:30 The Man Between 02:10 Talking Pictures TV Remembering Sam Kydd 20:05 The Molly Maguires Wed 26 August Fri 04 September 04:25 Captain’s Table (1936) 06:00 Third Alibi 12:00 The Young Mr. Pitt Sun 16 August 11:25 Frozen Alive 14:30 Battle of the V1 09:30 Stagecoach West 14:50 Another Time, Another Place 16:30 Bombay Waterfront 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 01:30 Royal Flash 19:10 The Flying Deuces 13:00 Action Stations Thu 27 August 01:45 Death Goes To School 04:05 Murder At 3am 06:00 Greed of William Hart Sat 05 September Mon 17 August 12:00 Private’s Progress 06:00 Old Mother Riley’s Jungle Treasure 06:00 Port of New York 22:00 Desire Under The Elms 09:30 Stagecoach West 09:30 A Touch Of The Sun Fri 28 August 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 12:50 The Duke Wore Jeans 06:40 Casbah 19:55 No Hiding Place - 03:20 Strange Harvest (1953) 08:45 Cover Girl Killer Whoever’s Right, Sweeney’s Wrong Tue 18 August 16:50 Witness In The Dark 00:55 During One Night 06:00 Perfect Woman 22:00 The Fan 04:35 Girdle of Gold 07:40 Mystery of Wentworth... 02:50 Up With the Lark Sun 06 September 09:30 Desert Mice Sat 29 August 06:00 Old Mother Riley In Paris 15:35 Kipps 09:30 Stagecoach West 09:30 Stagecoach West 19:20 The Pot Carriers 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 00:15 Hurry Sundown 13:30 Bless This House 11:15 The March Hare Wed 19 August 15:15 King Creole 13:25 Hello Down There 06:00 Old Mother Riley M.P. 00:00 Houdini 19:45 Emergency 07:30 Crooked Sky 02:05 Lust For a Vampire 21:00 Enemy At The Door 09:30 You Will Remember 04:05 Kill Me Tomorrow 03:40 Lost Hours 15:05 Go to Blazes Sun 30 August 05:10 IWM: Break-in (1956) 22:05 The Rat Race 06:00 Son of Monte Christo Mon 07 September 00:15 The Cat and the Canary 09:30 Stagecoach West 06:05 Port of Escape Thu 20 August 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 07:40 Stock Car 06:00 Thunder In The City 15:40 For the Love of Ada 09:30 Daybreak 07:55 18:00 Movie Struck (AKA: Pick A Star) 16:05 The Devil and Miss Jones 09:30 Home and Away 22:00 The Rat Race 19:00 No Hiding Place - A Pocketful of Bones 13:00 No Hiding Place - A Pocketful of Bones 02:10 The Best of Everything Tue 08 September 17:10 Another Time, Another Place 04:30 Undercover Agent 06:00 Murder on Campus 21:00 The Looking Glass War Mon 31 August 07:15 Folly To Be Wise Fri 21 August 06:00 Shipmates O’ Mine 11:55 06:00 Tiger By The Tail 07:40 Gaolbreak 19:10 Sundown 11:10 Viva Max 14:30 02:05 Big Ben Calling 18:40 Brighton Rock 19:00 No Hiding Place - Wed 09 September 22:00 Lust For a Vampire Whoever’s Right, Sweeney’s Wrong 06:00 Sing As You Swing 00:00 Expresso Bongo 23:00 Gumshoe 12:00 The Day The Earth Caught Fire Sat 22 August 00:40 Come Back to the Five & Dime, 19:10 Twice ‘Round the Daffodils 09:30 Stagecoach West Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Thu 10 September 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans Tue 01 September 06:00 Inquest 00:00 The Nanny 07:40 Cloak Without Dagger 07:15 Konga Sun 23 August 11:40 The Stranger 16:35 River Beat 09:30 Stagecoach West 16:30 Pit of Darkness Fri 11 September 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 01:35 And The Same To You 08:15 The Gentleman Bandit 11:00 Tom Brown’s Schooldays Wed 02 September Sat 12 September 15:20 Hobson’s Choice 07:45 Echo Of Diana 09:30 Stagecoach West 22:00 Downhill Racer 11:10 Radio Cab Murder 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 02:40 Girl In the Picture 12:40 The House In Marsh Road 11:00 Crow Hollow Mon 24 August 19:00 Ghost of Greville Lodge 21:45 I’m All Right Jack 06:00 Frail Women 23:55 See No Evil 23:50 The Upturned Glass 09:45 Charley Moon 01:40 The Last Journey (1935) 01:35 Jackpot (1960) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Various Artists

OUR PRICE £14.99 The Girl Can’t Help It is rightly considered to be the finest rock and roll film made in the 1950s. It was the only one made in colour and released in wide screen, featuring major stars including Tom Ewell, Edmund O’Brien and of course, Jayne Mansfield. The full soundtrack features here, with songs that were only performed in the movie and never released until the CD era. The music score is MUSIC CD by Bobby Troup, husband of Julie London who 23 Tracks on one disc sings her smash Cry Me A River. Also included are rockin’ tracks from Little Richard, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Fats Domino. With fully detailed liner notes.

1. THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT – LITTLE RICHARD 2. TEMPO’S TEMPO – NINO TEMPO 3. MY IDEA OF LOVE – JOHNNY OLENN 4. I AIN’T GONNA CRY NO MORE – JOHNNY OLENN 5. READY TEDDY – LITTLE RICHARD 6. SHE’S GOT IT – LITTLE RICHARD 7. COOL IT BABY – EDDIE FONTAINE 8. CINNAMON SINNER – THE CHUCKLES 9. SPREAD THE WORD – ABBEY LINCOLN 10. CRY ME A RIVER – JULIE LONDON 11. BE-BOP-A-LULA – GENE VINCENT 12. TWENTY FLIGHT ROCK – EDDIE COCHRAN 13. TWENTY FLIGHT ROCK – EDDIE COCHRAN (UK single version) 14. ROCK AROUND THE ROCKPILE – RAY ANTHONY w/EDMOND O’BRIEN 15. ROCKIN’ IS OUR BUSINESS – THE TRENIERS (Soundtrack version) 16. ROCKIN’ IS OUR BUSINESS – THE TRENIERS (Single version) 17. BLUE MONDAY – FATS DOMINO 18. YOU’LL NEVER, NEVER KNOW – THE PLATTERS 19. EV’RYTIME – RAY ANTHONY w/JAYNE MANSFIELD 20. BIG BAND BOOGIE – RAY ANTHONY 21. THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT – RAY ANTHONY 22. ROCK AROUND THE ROCKPILE – RAY ANTHONY 23. THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT (Closing Credits)

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