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Dear Supporters of Talking Pictures TV and Renown Pictures, Thanks so much to all of you who travelled from far and wide to be with us in St Albans for our Festival of Film. It was a great day and a wonderful time was had by all! A full write up is on pages 4 and 5. We will be back at St Albans next year – date to be announced very soon. We now look forward to our first event in the North – The 6th Festival of Film, Sunday 6th October 2019 at The Stockport Plaza. There are just a few hundred tickets left – so do grab yours quick! We are working very hard behind the scenes, putting together a tremendous day for you all at this beautiful, iconic venue. In other news, this month sees the release of our very first CD! We often hear from so many of you about how much you enjoy the soundtracks from the films and series we show, which inspired us to put together a compilation CD. This brilliant 3 disc set of Hits From The Flicks contains over 90 tracks from the eras, films and series we all know and love. Artists include: & The Drifters, , , Don Lang, Marty Wilde, , , , , Gene Vincent and Chubby Checker plus many more. The CD set is incredible value at just £20 for all 3 discs with free postage. It’s a limited edition so order while stocks last! See pages 2 and 3 for the offer. Continuing with the 50s and 60s music theme we have some great special offers on related DVDs including our very popular Films With A Beat Box Set, (see page 13) which can be yours for just £10 – offer lasts now until your next newsletter. Celebrating the return of the Van Der Valk series to British TV screens on Talking Pictures TV every week night at 9pm, this month we have a special deal for the complete series on DVD, (pages 16 and 17). To commemorate the memory and celebrate the birthday on May 6th of Orson Welles a brand new documentary will be shown on TPTV. There is an article on the great man on page 11; a Great Mysteries Box Set special offer on page 10, and a Welles memoir book offer on page 12. On page 19 we remember one of our greatest British directors: , an innovative and influential force in the film world. This issue is packed with offers on Renown DVDs and bundles (4 for £20!), a Jack the Ripper DVD, and more marvellous merchandise. Some brilliant premières coming up on the channel this month, including Carve Her Name With Pride, Oklahoma Crude, Billy Liar, , Hanover Street, A Walk in the Spring Rain, White Water Summer and Fool’s Parade, all featuring great actors such as Virginia McKenna, Faye Dunaway, Harrison Ford, and Anthony Quinn, Kevin Bacon and the wonderful James Stewart. Until the next newsletter, thank you for your support!

Very best wishes, Sarah, Noel and Neill 1 NEW EXCLUSIVE RENOWN 3 CD SET RELEASE!

£20 with FREE UK POSTAGE For the first time on CD, Renown have brought together all your favourite music hits from the 1950s and 1960s. From cool crooners to rock’n’roll rebels, these tunes have all featured in films from the golden era of the teenager. This EXCLUSIVE to Renown 3-CD set is filled with magical musical moments, including: Frankie Vaughan, John Barry, Petula Clark, Anthony Newley, Marty Wilde, Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard, , The Drifters, Helen Shapiro, Craig Douglas, Adam Faith, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Vee and Chubby Checker. The CD also includes bonus novelty tracks from and Liz Frazer, the theme from the Edgar Wallace Mysteries and & Sophia Loren duetting on the cheeky hit Goodness Gracious Me. This compilation will take you on a musical trip down memory lane, with tracks from films including: The Tommy Steele Story (1957), Rock You Sinners (1958), 6.5 Special (1958), The Golden Disc (1958) Idol on Parade (1959), Serious Charge (1959), Jet Storm (1959), Expresso Bongo (1959), Beat Girl (1960), The Young Ones (1961), Play it Cool (1962), Some People (1962), Mix Me A Person (1962) and It’s Trad Dad! (1962). 2 OUR PRICE £20 with FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or call 01923 290555 Songs from the following films are included on the discs: DISC ONE DISC TWO DISC THREE Kill Me Tomorrow (1957) The Duke Wore Jeans Play It Cool (1962) Tommy Steele: Rock With The (1958) Billy Fury: Play It Cool; You’re Caveman; Rebel Rock Tommy Steele: Hair-Down- Swell; Once Upon A Dream; The Tommy Steele Story Hoe-Down; Happy Guitar Let’s Paint The Town (1957) The Of A Man (1959) Shane Fenton & The Tommy Steele: Take Me Back, Frankie Vaughan: The Heart Fentones: It’s Gonna Take Baby; Butterfingers; You Gotta Of A Man; Walkin’ Tall; My Magic; Why Little Girl Go; Will It Be You; Two Eyes; Boy Flat Top Jimmy Crawford: Take It easy Time To Kill; Elevator Rock; Helen Shapiro: Cry My Heart Idol On Parade (1959) Out; I Don’t Care Doomsday Rock Anthony Newley: Idol Chas McDevitt Feat. Nancy Billy Fury: Twist Kid Rock-A-Boogie; Sat’day Night Bobby Vee: At A Time Like This Whiskey: Freight Train Rock-A-Boogie; I’ve Waited So Tommy Steele: Singing The Long; Idol On Parade Two And Two Make Six Blues (1962) Serious Charge (1959) Craig Douglas: A Change Of The Drifters: Chinchilla Heart (1957) Cliff Richard & The Drifters: Frankie Vaughan: These No Turning Back; Living Doll Murder Can Be Deadly Dangerous Years (Movie Version); Mad About (1962) Rock You Sinners (1958) You (Bonus Track) Craig Douglas: Another You Art Baxter: Art’s Theme Cliff Richard & The Drifters: Some People (1962) Joan Small: You Can’t Say I Living Doll (Single Version) The Eagles: Johnny’s Tune; Love You To A Jet Storm (1959) Bristol Express Tune Marty Wilde: Jet Stream Valerie Mountain: Yes You Art Baxter: Rock You Sinners Expresso Bongo (1959) Did; Too Late; Some People Tony Crombie: Let’s You And Mix Me A Person (1962) I Rock The Shadows: Bongo Blues Cliff Richard & The Adam Faith: Mix Me A Person 6.5 Special (1958) Shadows: Love; Voice In The It’s Trad Dad! (1962) Don Lang: Six-Five Special Wilderness : Lonely City Jim Dale: Sugar Time; Beat Girl (1960) Gene McDaniels: Another The Train Kept A-Rollin’ Tear Falls Jimmy Lloyd: Ever Since I Adam Faith: I Did What you Told Me; The Beat Girl Song; Helen Shapiro: Let’s Talk About Met Lucy Love; Sometime Yesterday Petula Clark: Baby Lover Made You John Barry: Home Craig Douglas: Ring-A-Ding; Don Lang: Boy Meets Girl Rainbows John Barry: You’ve Gotta Rock; Beat Girl (Main Theme) Shirley Anne Field: It’s Legal Gene Vincent: Spaceship To Way; Every Which Way Mars Jackie Dennis: La Dee Dah Victim (1961) Chubby Checker: The The King Brothers: 6-5 Jive Jimmy Crawford: Long Lose-Your-Inhibitions Twist Lonnie Donegan: Jack O’ Stringy Baby Diamonds Bonus Tracks The Young Ones (1961) Sid James: The Ooter Song The Golden Disc (1958) The Shadows: Peace Pipe; Sid James & Liz Frazer: Les Hobeaux: Dynamo The Savage Double Bunk Terry Dene: Charm; Candy Cliff Richard & The Shad- The Shadows: Man of Floss; C’min & Be Loved; The ows: We Say Yeah; The Young Mystery (Theme Tune From The Golden Age Ones; Lessons In Love; When Edgar Wallace Mysteries) Chas McDevitt Feat. Nancy The Girl In Your Arms Is The Peter Sellers & Sophia Whiskey: Johnny-O Girl In Your Heart; Got A Funny Loren: Goodness Gracious Feeling (Bonus Track); The Me Young Ones (Single Version) 3 Th e Renown Festival of Film, St Albans Firstly, a huge thank you to all 1000 of you who attended the Renown Pictures/Talking Pictures TV Festival of Film. What a day we had! I know there were some train issues for some who then hiked mountains and flagged down replacement buses, thumbed lifts and hired bikes – just to be there with us, thank you! People came from as far as the Isle of Bute, to Lands’ End and everywhere in between. The first panel was hilarious, Glyn Baker told some wonderful stories of his father and his own career; Jonathan Kydd was as enter- taining as ever about his dad, dear Sam, and having Sydney Tafler’s son Jonathan Tafler joining us was the ic- ing on the cake. He certainly has his dear father’s voice! An immensely proud moment for them and us and seeing them on the stage with the shots of their fathers above them was quite emotional... Both of the interviewers Robert Ross and Sean Hannam kept the questions coming. Lovely Lola set us up for the day with a beautiful number in her unique glamourous style and there was much toe-tapping and rapturous applause. Brian Murphy and his dear wife Linda Regan then did a wonderful job of opening the show, we couldn’t do it without them! A short film, The Telephone at Work taught us the perils of excessive use of telephones in the 60s/early 70s and how to commu- nicate, (that was an eye opener for the younger members of the audience!) – then gorgeous Marty Wilde MBE came on stage, sang his new song about dear Eddie (I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house) and along with excellent questions by lovely John Hannam had us chuckling along for the whole interview. We were then joined by gorgeous Anne Aubrey – the first ac- tress in leather trousers! She certainly opened our eyes to work- ing with Anthony Newley. Interviewed by the charming Chris Roberts from Movie Memories, she regaled us with wonderful stories of being on set working on The Hellions and many other secret stories we cant mention... as they were for ‘our ears’ only! 4 Then Jesus arrived – Robert Powell himself, interviewed by the delightful Jenny Hanley, told us anecdotes from Jesus of Nazareth, Hannay, The 39 Steps, The Detectives and so much more. He rarely makes public appearances so to be able to invite the audience to meet him and have their treasured photographs signed for no fee really made the day. The final guest was pop icon Craig Douglas who retired over 20 years ago from public appearances. It was truly remarkable to have him with us and for the audience to sing along with him. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who saw the sparkle in his eye when he received a standing ovation – I do hope we can see more of him in the future. Then it was time for popcorn and the final film of the day – a once lost Just William film which opened with vintage cinema adverts and the ABC Minors Tune among others. There were bargains to be had on every stall in the foyer and ice creams to be purchased from young Archie with his Ar- chie’s Ices tray in the aisles. What really made it for us was meeting so many of you and hearing about your love for Talking Pictures TV. It was nerve racking for dear Noel and all of us to also take a short question and answer session on the stage, but when you work in a little office filled with film cans and just each other in it, it is very humbling to meet the people that love what you do so much. So thank you! Thank you also to our host with the most Robert Ross who took on the role of MC with great gusto!

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Hotel Sahara Storm In A Teacup Starring: Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Starring: Vivien Leigh, Rex Har- Ustinov. Director: . rison. Directors: Ian Dalrymple, 1950’s comedy. The , Victor Saville. An englishman located in the middle of the travels to to take a job desert, is run by husband and as a newspaper reporter, and wife team Emad and Yasmin Pallas meets Victoria, the daughter of (Ustinov and De Carlo). a Provost. Her tyrannical father As the devastation of World War II reaches orders the destruction of a dog whose owner North Africa, Yasmin takes it upon herself to fig- cannot pay its licence. Frank and Victoria try to ure out a way to save the hotel from destruction. make her father change his mind, causing him to Run Time: 83 minutes retaliate. Run Time: 82 minutes Wanted For Murder Corridor Of Mirrors Starring: Eric Portman, Dulcie Starring: Eric Portman, Edana Gray, Roland Culver, Stanley Romney. Director: Terence Holloway. Director: Lawrence Young. An unhappily married Huntington. The son of a woman Mifanwy is seduced by a Victorian hangman emulates his modern-day Bluebeard. Obsessed father by strangling young wom- with his new muse, he adorns en. He falls in love with a woman her with antique jewels and – but can he suppress his urge to kill her? precious fabrics. Ultimately, it becomes too much; Run Time: 98 minutes Mifanwy rebels and tries to run away... Run Time: 92 minutes Perfect Understanding Starring: Gloria Swanson, Lulu Belle , John Halliday. Starring: Dorothy Lamour, Director: Cyril Gardner. 1930s George Montgomery. Director: Comedy Drama. Newlyweds Leslie Fenton. 1948 Musical Judy and Nicholas seem to have drama about a singer with a the ideal marriage. Nicholas gets sordid past. Lulu Belle sings in a drunk and sleeps with his former cheap dive in Mississippi where mistress. He confesses to Judy who forgives him, she meets a rising young attorney, but when Nicholas suspects Judy of having an George. They head to New Orleans where Lulu affair they realise that maybe their marriage isn’t falls for another man. George, in a fit of jealousy, perfect after all. Run Time: 79 minutes attacks him and ends up in prison. Lulu becomes a singing sensation on Broadway – until George Pandora And The Flying Dutchman returns to win her back… Run Time: 88 minutes Starring: , Ava Gardner. Director: Albert Lewin. Adaptation of the Joshua (1976) ‘Flying Dutchman’ legend, James Starring: Fred Williamson, Isela Mason stars as a man cursed to Vega. Director: Larry Spangler travel the seven seas until he Joshua returns home from the can find a woman willing to die Civil War, to learn that his moth- for his love. He meets beautiful, er has been brutally murdered by spoiled, nightclub singer Pandora a gang of white outlaws. No-one Reynolds, and the pair discover is willing to help him track down that love can blossom in the un- the murderers, and he embarks on a one-man likeliest of circumstances. Run Time: 108 minutes vengeance mission. Run Time: 90 minutes 8 Four for £20!! any 4 DVDs from this selection with free UK P&P Limited stocks – when they’re gone they’re gone! If ordering by post please phone to check your choices are available. Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212

The Strange World The Reckless Moment of Planet X Starring: James Mason, Joan Ben- Starring: Forrest Tucker, Gaby nett. Director: Max Ophüls. Noir Andre. Director: Gilbert Gunn thriller with James Mason adding Scientists create an enormously his usual touch of class, as a villain. powerful magnetic field - but Joan Bennett, is the consummate their experiments have unfore- actress as the mother caught up seen results! Run Time: 72 minutes in a dangerous predicament partly of her own making. Run Time: 82 minutes Battle of the V.1 Starring: , Patricia A Hard Day’s Night (1964) Medina. Director: Vernon Sewell. Starring: , Paul Mc- Action-packed WWII thriller, Cartney, , Ringo based on real events. A Polish Starr. Director: resistance fighter is sent to a Groundbreaking film that pre- labour camp where German sented a typical day in the life of scientists are working on the V.1 the Fab Four. Directed with un- flying bomb. The race is on to get the information relenting verve by Richard Lester, back to Britain! Run Time: 101 minutes whose innovative techniques paved the way for generations of music videos, the film is a frenetic Billy The Kid’s Smoking mix of comic escapades, legendary one-liners and Guns / Trapped pop perfection. Run Time: 84 minutes Starring: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John. Director: Sam New- The Goons in ‘Down Among field. Buster Crabbe and Al St The Z-Men’ (1952) John star in a Billy the Kid double Starring: Spike Milligan, Peter bill from 1942: Smoking Guns and Sellers, , Michael Trapped. Run Time: 120 minutes Bentine, Carole Carr. Director: Maclean Rogers. One of the Caprice (1967) greatest comedy teams of all time Starring: Doris Day, Richard Har- star in their only film together ris. Director: Frank Tashlin. Doris – a classic caper involving a secret formula, an Day plays a spy hired to work un- absent minded professor, shifty crooks, the army, dercover at a cosmetics company and much madcap goonery. The film captures to discover a new formula - but the team at an early stage in their career, with the company is involved in an their unique, anarchic brand of humour still in its international drug-smuggling ring. infancy. Run Time: 67 minutes Run time 95 mins The Hound Of Caught (1949) The Baskervilles (1983) Starring: James Mason, Rob- Starring: Ian Richardson, Denholm ert Ryan, Barbara Bel Geddes. Elliot. Director: Douglas Hickox. Director: Max Ophuls. Leonora is For generations the Baskerville thinks she’s found the dream life family has been cursed by a when she marries a millionaire diabolical killer hound that prowls Sadly, she soon discovers him to the fog-shrouded moors of their be a domineering tyrant. She finds estate. When Sir Henry is found dead, the great hope in the arms of a caring doctor but her detective Sherlock Holmes embarks on his most psychotic husband doesn’t give up his possessions famous case. Run time 96 Minutes so easily. Run Time: 88 minutes 9 NEW DVD RELEASE Orson Welles Great Mysteries Box Set

Never before released on DVD. The legendary Orson Welles hosts thirteen mysterious tales from this much sought-after anthology series. Showcasing a haunting theme by John Barry, these macabre — often supernatural — dramas feature an astonishing array of talent, including Rupert Davies, Eli Wallach, Michael Kitchen, Patrick Magee, Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Susannah York, Michael Gambon, Julie Dawn Cole, Kenneth Haigh, Harry Andrews, Dinsdale Landen, Christopher Lee, Jane Seymour and Ian Holm. The episodes featured on this set include classic tales from Wilkie Collins, W.W. Jacobs, Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle. Showcasing a haunting theme by John Barry. A Terribly Strange Bed Compliments of the Season The Ingenious Reporter OUR PRICE The Monkey’s Paw Captain Rogers For Sale - Silence £25.00 La Grande Breteche An Affair of Honour with FREE UK POSTAGE In the Confessional Call Us Now On Freephone The Furnished Room Under Suspicion 0808 178 8212 The Leather Funnel Trial for Murder Or 01923 290555 Run time: 317 mins (1 disc)

10 Spotlight on Orson Welles 6th May 1915 – 10th October 1985 The Immortal Orson Welles, a new documentary film by Chris Wade, will premiere on Talking Pictures TV on Sun- day 5 May at 12:55pm and again on Monday 6th May, at 16:30pm to celebrate his birthday, 6th May, 1915. Orson Welles was more than a prodigious actor. He was a brilliant director and screenwriter, presenter and host. George Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on 6 May 1915. His mother was a concert pianist and suffragette, while his father was a part time inventor from a wealthy fam- ily. He made his acting debut, aged 3, in 1918 at the Chicago Opera, in a production of Samson and Delilah. Aged 10 h, di- rected and acted in his own adaption of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and appeared in Dickens’ Scrooge at the Washington Grade School. The Madison Journal in 1925 referred to his activities as “cartoonist, actor, poet and only 10!” An 8 minute short entitled The Heart of Age (1934) first revealed what Welles could achieve on film; although some say a 1933 short of preceded this. He spent much of the thirties on stage and working in radio, including his famous War of the Worlds broadcast in 1938, which many believed to be true. Finally, in 1939 he arrived in Hollywood. Under contract with RKO he made his first masterpiece. Citizen Kane (1941) co-starred Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Ruth Warrick and took the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay among its many nominations and acclaims. A month prior however, Welles had appeared in J Edgar Hoover’s memorandum with possible communist links. Welles’ next film, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) which he directed and acted in voice only as the narrator, was followed with acting credits in Journey into Fear (1943) and Jane Eyre (1943). He married Rita Hayworth in 1943. They divorced four years later. In The Stranger (1946), Welles again directed alongside his role of Professor Rankin and in 1948 his film version of Macbeth was released in the States. His scored a giant success with The Third Man (1949) and his status became legendary. Among other film credits that achieved notability are, Othello (1951), Three Cases of Murder (1955), Confidential Report (1955), Moby Dick (1956), Touch of Evil (1958), Com- pulsion (1959) and The VIPs (1963). Many of his films failed at the box office during their initial release, yet are now hailed as true classics. As the sixties expanded into the seventies, so did his phys- ical stature. Welles had a voracious appetite – it is alleged he once ate 18 hot dogs at one visit to a street vendor. This life- style not only added to his height of 6ft 1.5in, but is also the image many remember. He exploited this in many appearanc- es including TV shows such as I Love Lucy, the sixties comedy Casino Royale (1967) and The Muppet Movie (1979). By the 80s he had received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute and the D W Griffith Award from the Directors Guild of America. Sadly, on 10 October 1985, he died of a heart attack aged 70, leaving his partner, the Croatian actress and screenwriter Oja Kodar, his 3 children and a wealth of cinematic genius behind. 11 BOOK OFFER – RECOMMENDED READS FOR THIS MONTH! Me and Mr Welles By Dorian Bond ‘I’ll tell you another thing, Dorian. Don’t ever give people what you think they want. Give them what they never conceived as possible.’ In late autumn 1968, Dorian Bond was tasked with travelling to Yugoslavia to de- liver cigars and film stock to the legendary Hollywood director Orson Welles. The pair soon struck up an unlikely friendship, and Welles offered Bond the role of his personal assistant – as well as a part in his next mov- ie. No formal education could prepare him for the journey that would ensue. This fas- cinating memoir follows Welles and Bond across Europe during the late 1960s as they PAPERBACK BOOK visit beautiful cities, stay at luxury hotels, and reminisce about and Franklin Roosevelt, among others. It is BOOK OFFER filled with Welles’ characteristic acerbic wit – featuring tales about famous movie stars RRP £20 such as Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich and Steve McQueen – and is a fresh insight Our Price into both the man and his film-making. Set against the backdrop of the student riots £9.99 of ’68, the Vietnam War, the Manson kill- with FREE UK ings, the rise of Roman Polanski, the Iron Postage & Packing Curtain, and Richard Nixon’s presidency, Me and Mr Welles is a unique look at both Call Us Now a turbulent time and one of cinema’s most On Freephone charismatic characters. 0808 178 8212 A unique memoir featuring one of the most legendary Hollywood Or 01923 290555 figures of all time.

12 Films with a Beat BOX SET SPECIAL PRICE THIS NEWSLETTER ONLY £10 with free UK postage & packing Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 A selection of films that preserve the culture of a 50s and 60s Britain we remember with affection. Live It Up (1963) Directed by Lance Comfort; starring: Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, David Hemmings, Jennifer Moss, Gene Vincent. Dave and his mates are GPO despatch riders who dream of becoming as big as with their own group The Smart Alecs. Every Day’s a Holiday (1965) directed by James Hill and starring John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Ron Moody, Grazina Frame, and Freddie and the Dreamers. The plot involves a group of teenagers who take up jobs working in a seaside resort for the summer and find friendship, love and music together in a pop musical. The Primitives (1962) Director: Alfred Travers. Stars: Jan Holden, Bill Edwards, George Mikell. A group of night club musicians, commit jewel robberies wherever they perform. Be My Guest (1965) Director: Lance Comfort. Stars: David Hemmings, Steve Marriott, John Pike. A family from London move to Brighton to run a hotel where they set up a musical talent show, The Amateur Upstairs, and every local band believes it could be their one chance at the big time. Dateline Diamonds (1966) Director: Jeremy Summers. Stars: William Lucas, Kenneth Cope, George Mikell. Lester Benson manages one of the biggest rock bands in 1960s Britain, The Small Faces, but he is hiding a secret. The Golden Disc (1958) Director: Don Sharp. Stars: Lee Patterson, Mary Steele, Terry Dene A young pop composer and singer bankrolled open a coffee bar. They are joined by budding singer Terry Dene as himself, and start their own . Band of Thieves (1962) Director: Peter Bezencenet. Stars: Acker Bilk, Colin Smith, Jonathan Mortimer musician Acker Bilk plays himself in this cinematic jam session of music, melodrama and comedy. Tell Me Another Exclusive Interviews with Acker Bilk filmed in 1976. Extracts of apersonal anecdotes by Acker Bilk as told to Dick Hills on the show Tell Me Another. 13 Music Special EACH DVD ONLY £10 with free UK postage & packing Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 What a Crazy World (1963) Director: Michael Carreras. Stars: Michael Goodman, Joe Brown, Susan Maughan. Joe Brown plays a likeable young dreamer who finds himself with a hit on his hands in this wonderfully endearing musical drama of 1963. Also starring Harry H. Corbett and featuring songs from Joe and his Bruvvers, Marty Wilde, Susan Maughan and Freddie and the Dreamers. Black and White 84 mins approx. Play It Cool (1962) Director: Michael Winner. Stars: Billy Fury, Michael Anderson Jr., Dennis Price. Featuring the big-screen debut of Liverpudlian pop idol Billy Fury – ‘Britain’s Elvis Presley’ – this charming, pre- Beatles era musical feature was among Michael Winner’s earliest films. A 1962 box-office hit spawning a Top-Ten single and EP, it features cameos from some of the most recognisable stars of the Sixties, with Bobby Vee, Helen Shapiro and Shane Fenton (aka Alvin Stardust) among the artistes encountered by Fury. Black and White 79 mins approx. 6.5 Special Director: Alfred Shaughnessy. Starring: Lonnie Donegan, Dickie Valentine, Jim Dale, Petula Clark, Cleo Laine. Spinning off from the legendary television pop show Six-Five Special, this star-studded, song-filled feature centres on an aspiring young singer taking her first step towards fame when she catches the ‘Six-Five Special’ to London. The train is packed with ‘50s showbiz talent – and, as the artistes rehearse en route, she gets a ringside seat to some wonderful performances! Black and White 85 mins approx. Some People (1962) Director: Clive Donner. Stars: , Ray Brooks, Anneke Wills. Arguably the first British film to treat teenagers as real peo- ple with real problems, award-winning director Clive Donner’s film is a vivid portrait of a group of kids who want to get out of the rut in which life has placed them. Set and shot, in early 1960s’ Bristol, the film has a youthful, anarchic energy. Shot in Eastmancolour by John Wilcox - one of the key cinematographers in British film at that time. Colour 93 mins approx.

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Van der Valk - Complete Series - 11-DVD Box Set Van der Valk - head of Amsterdam CID and is aided by the young CID Inspector Johnny Kroon, together they work their way through murders, blackmail, missing persons and the more tricky cases that come the way of the Dutch police. Supported by his wife Arlette and Hoofd-Commisaris Samson this entertaining and absorbing drama series topped the ratings and is well-remembered to this day.

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18 Spotlight on the Directors: Basil Dearden 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971 Basil Dearden was born Basil Dear in Westcliff-on-Sea, on 1 January 1911. He left school early to work as an office boy in Lon- don but soon, experience in amateur dramatics led to work with the Ben Greet Company and an appointment as assistant stage man- ager at the Grand Theatre, Fulham. By 1931 he was general stage manager for the impresario . By the mid-30s, Dearden had moved to film, working at the of Associated Talking Pictures - as Head of Production. At this time, Dear changed his surname to Dearden. Dearden was associate producer on three George films and co-directed three films with . He made his solo direc- torial debut with (1943), which celebrates the Auxiliary Fire Service during . The art director on the film was , whom he would form a fruitful creative partnership with, to last for nearly thirty years. By the end of the war, they had completed (1944) and (1944) and were preparing Ealing’s first post-war feature, (1946). Their first social problem film, Frieda (1947), explores issues of prejudice and reconciliation after the war, as a young German woman marries into an English community. Less obvious outsiders or ene- mies were explored for (1949), I Believe in You (1952), and (1958), which all deal with problems associated with youth, criminality and delinquency. In a similar fashion, Sapphire (1959) confronts racism in Britain, while Victim (1961), made in the wake of the Wolfenden Report, focuses on the persecution of homosexuals. These six feature films constitute the core of Dearden’s explicit and self-conscious engagement with the social problem film. Also deserving serious consideration are The Gentle Gunman (1952), dealing with Irish national- ism, Life for Ruth (1962), which explores the conflict between modern medicine and religious belief, The Mindbenders (1963), with themes of brainwashing and scientific responsibility; and the youth drama, (1963). Outside this area, Dearden and Relph’s films include tragic thrillers, comedies and the costume drama (1948), Ealing’s first Technicolor film. (1950), Pool of London (1951), (1953) and The Rainbow Jacket (1954) all deal with damaged, insecure characters. They also focus on themes of masculine adjustment - in particular, how the experience and memories of wartime action resonate within the postwar present. The League of Gentlemen (1960), made after Dearden and Relph left Ealing, is more light-hearted in its treatment of a group of disillusioned ex-servicemen who reunite for robbery, but the contrast between the excitement of war and the dull disillusions of peace still dominate. Dearden returned to comedy to direct Benny Hill in Who Done It? (1956), much less memorable than his first independent feature, The Smallest Show on Earth (1957), He also acted as producer on three comedies directed by Michael Relph: Davy (1957), Rockets Galore (1958) and Desert Mice (1959). His 1962 film All Night Long was a re-working of Othello with some giants of the jazz industry, side by side with Britain’s best in the film world. From the mid-60s, Dearden and Relph worked on several international productions: (1964), Masquerade (1965), Khartoum (1966), all for United Artists, Only When I Larf (1968) for Columbia, and (1969) for Paramount. The Man Who Haunted Him- self (1970), Dearden’s final film, was a tragic melodrama, the story of a quiet family man (played by ) who dies in a car crash, only to unleash his charismatic alter ego. 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Dusty Ermine (1936) Thu 25 Apr 19 08:55 and Sat 18 May 19 22:50 The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) Fri 26 Apr 19 01:50 Ghost of Greville Lodge (2000) Tue 07 May 19 15:40 Bombay Waterfront (1952) Fri 26 Apr 19 08:35 Lady Hamilton (1941) Tue 07 May 19 18:30 Mandy (1952) Fri 26 Apr 19 12:05 Terror of the Tongs (1961) Wed 08 May 19 00:10 Where There’s A Will (1936) Sat 27 Apr 19 06:05 Forbidden Cargo (1954) Thu 09 May 19 08:20 Night Ride (1937) Sat 27 Apr 19 07:40 Make Mine Mink (1960) Thu 09 May 19 11:55 The Villain (1979) Sat 27 Apr 19 15:10 Behemoth The Seamonster (1959) Thu 09 May 19 15:10 and Fri 03 May 19 18:00 Fire Over (1937) Fri 10 May 19 12:15 See No Evil (1971) Sat 27 Apr 19 23:15 Faces in the Dark (1960) Fri 10 May 19 18:00 Police Dog (1955) Sun 28 Apr 19 07:45 The House In Marsh Road (1960) Fri 10 May 19 19:40 Since You Went Away (1944) Sun 28 Apr 19 10:55 Songwriter (1984) Fri 10 May 19 22:00 and Fri 17 May 19 08:10 and Tue 14 May 19 22:00 The Gentle Sex (1943) Mon 29 Apr 19 12:10 Serena (1962) Sat 11 May 19 07:50 Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) Mon 29 Apr 19 Your Money Or Your Wife (1960) Sat 11 May 19 09:05 18:00 and Sun 12 May 19 10:45 Phantom From Space (1953) Sat 11 May 19 10:50 Smart Alec (1951) Mon 29 Apr 19 19:50 Wanted For Murder (1946) Sat 11 May 19 12:20 Dancing With Crime (1947) Tue 30 Apr 19 15:10 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Sun 12 May Murder on Campus (1961) Tue 30 Apr 19 19:45 19 01:55 The Looking Glass War (1970) Tue 30 Apr 19 22:00 Mark of The Phoenix (1957) Sun 12 May 19 06:00 and Thu 16 May 19 22:00 Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950) Sun 12 May 19 07:15 They Who Dare (1954) Wed 01 May 19 11:55 April Love (1957) Sun 12 May 19 16:30 Gaolbreak (1962) Wed 01 May 19 19:45 The Hostage (1956) Mon 13 May 19 06:0 The Red House (1947) Wed 01 May 19 02:15 Passport To Treason (1956) Mon 13 May 19 08:15 The Southerner (1945) Thu 02 May 19 06:00 Target Earth (1954) Mon 13 May 19 10:25 The Man Inside (1958) Thu 02 May 19 18:00 British Intelligence (1940) Tue 14 May 19 04:45 and Sat 11 May 19 06:00 Gelignite Gang (1955) Tue 14 May 19 06:00 The Balloon Goes Up (1942) Thu 02 May 19 19:50 No Trace (1950) Tue 14 May 19 08:20 Beyond Christmas (1940) Fri 03 May 19 06:00 Twice ‘Round the Daffodils (1962) Tue 14 May 19 15:30 The Flaw (1955) Fri 03 May 19 19:45 Tons of Trouble (1956) Wed 15 May 19 06:00 Piccadilly Third Stop (1960) Sat 04 May 19 03:10 The Chase (1966) Wed 15 May 19 00:00 It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) Sat 04 May 19 The Reluctant Bride (1955) Thu 16 May 19 07:50 17:00 and Thu 09 May 19 06:00 The Talk of the Town (1942) Thu 16 May 19 15:05 The Admirable Crichton (1957) Sat 04 May 19 18:50 and Mon 06 May 19 06:00 Tread Softly (1952) Thu 16 May 19 19:30 (1952) Fri 17 May 19 06:00 The Passenger (1975) Sat 04 May 19 21:00 The Voice Of Merrill and Thu 09 May 19 22:0 The Love Lottery (1954) Fri 17 May 19 15:05 Gumshoe (1971) Sat 04 May 19 23:30 Unearthly Stranger (1963) Sat 18 May 19 09:50 and Thu 09 May 19 00:30 The Huggetts Abroad (1949) Sat 18 May 19 11:25 It Should Happen To You (1954) Sun 05 May 19 14:10 Derby Day (1952) Sun 19 May 19 15:10 and Wed 08 May 19 08:20 The Hireling (1973) Sun 19 May 19 19:00 (1945) Sun 05 May 19 15:50 The Legend of Hell House (1973) Sun 19 May 19 23:10 and Fri 10 May 19 06:00 Breakout (1975) Mon 20 May 19 01:00 The Deep (1977) Sun 05 May 19 22:00 Shadows on the Stairs (1941) Mon 20 May 19 03:00 and Wed 08 May 19 22:00 Life In Emergency Ward 10 (1941) Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) Mon 06 May 19 22:00 Mon 20 May 19 04:15 25 PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS FOR April & May ON TALKING PICTURES TV

Fri 26th April 19 18:40 Sun 28th April 19 22:00 and on Sun 28th April 19 at 14:25 Billy Liar (1963) Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) Comedy, directed by John War Drama, directed by Lewis Schlesinger. Starring Tom Courte- Gilbert. Starring Virginia nay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles. McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack A lazy young clerk in Northern Warner. During the Second England lives in his own fantasy World War, a young woman is world and makes immature deci- recruited to work as a spy in sions alienating friends & family. France. Based on the true story Tues 30th April 19 22:00 of Violette Szabo, GC. The Looking Glass War (1970) Sat 27th April 19 15:10 Action Drama. Directed by Frank Pierson. The Villain (1979) Stars: Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richard- Comedy Western, directed by Hal Needham. Starring son, Anthony Hopkins. Adapted from the John le Carré Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret. novel about a British spy, who sends a Polish defector to A bank robber makes a deal with a corrupt banker to East Germany, to verify missile sites. avoid execution in exchange for a dirty assignment. Mon 6th May 19 22:00 Sat 27th April 19 21:00 and Sat May 18th at 22:50 Oklahoma Crude (1973) Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) Comedy Western, Directed by Thriller directed by: Otto Stanley Kramer. Starring George Preminger. Starring: Keir Dullea, C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier. Mills. In 1913, in Oklahoma, Lena A woman reports that her young Doyle, aided by her father and daughter is missing, but there is a hobo, stubbornly drills for oil no evidence that she ever existed. despite pressure to sell her land. Fri 10th May 22:00 and Tues 14th May 19 22:00 Sun 28th April 19 16:45 Songwriter (1984) Spring In Park Lane (1948) Music Drama, director: Alan Rudolph. Stars: Willie Comedy, directed by . Starring Anna Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon. A singer/song- Neagle, . Joshua Howard’s niece sus- writer tries to leave his roots to be a music “mogul”, and pects the new footman is not what he makes out to be. gets into in a bad publishing deal. A young singer and his former singing partner, help him get out of the deal. Sun 28th April 19 21:00 Armchair Theatre: The Detective Waiting (1971) Sun May 12th 14:20 and Sat 18th May 19 14:50 Director: Peter Duguid Hanover Street (1979) Writer: Ian Kennedy Martin War Adventure/Romance, Starring Richard Beckinsale, directed and written by: Peter Barry Linehan, Bryan Pringle. Hyams. Stars: Harrison Ford, A young and inexperienced Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher detective, tries to prove his Plummer. Margaret is a nurse worth by making a powerful in England during WW2, and criminal crack. married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

The Immortal Orson Welles Remembered on Talking Pictures TV New documentary on Sunday 5th May 19 12:55 and 6th of May 19 at 16:30 Commemorating the birthday of Orson Welles. This intimate documentary contrasts the romanticised maverick figure with the man behind the enigma, and celebrates his remarkable contributions to film history. With recollections from actor Norman Eshley (star of Welles’ film ‘Immortal Story’), filmmaker Henry Jagloma and Orson’s assistant Dorian Bond, the film offers a rare insight into the world of this fascinating man. 26 PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS FOR April & May ON TALKING PICTURES TV

Sat 11th May 21:50 Mon 20th May 22:00 The Mountain Men (1980) White Mischief (1988) Western Adventure Director: Michael Radford. Directed by: Richard Lang. Stars: Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, , Brian Keith, Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance. Victoria Racimo. A pair of grizzled In 1940s Kenya, a married couple frontiersmen fight Indians, guzzle join other affluent British expatri- liquor and steal squaws in their ates in a lifestyle of recklessness search for a legendary valley ‘so and excess, but soon find them- full of beaver that they jump right selves in a troubling situation. into your traps’ in this fanciful adventure. Sat 25th May 22:00 Sun 12th May 19 21:00 Georgy Girl (1966) A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970) Director: Silvio Narizzano. Stars: Romance, directed by: Guy Green James Mason, Alan Bates, Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Antho- Lynn Redgrave. A homely but ny Quinn, Fritz Weaver. The Mer- vivacious young woman dodges ediths move to an isolated farm. the amorous attentions of her Mrs. Meredith and her neighbour father’s middle- aged employer Will Cade become friends and while striving to capture some of potential lovers. the glamorous life of her swing- ing London roommate. Sat 18th May 19 21:00 and Mon 13th May 19 at 22:00 Sun 26thMay 22:00 White Water Summer (1987) Steaming (1986) 1987 American drama film directed by Jeff Bleckner. Director: Joseph Losey. Stars: Starring Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward and Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Matt Adler. An experienced guide takes a city boy and Diana Dors, Patti Love. Three his three friends on their first wilderness experience. female frequenters of a steam Pushing them to the limit, the guide soon alienates the room decide to fight its closure. boys, but after an accident, finds himself in need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive. Wed 15th May 19 22:00 Fool’s Parade (1971) Director: Andrew V. McLaglen, SKY 328 Stars: James Stewart, George FREEVIEW 81 Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Kurt Russell. In 1935, after forty years FREESAT 306 in a West Virginia prison, three VIRGIN 445 released convicts wish to open a legitimate business using the twenty-five thousand dollars earned in jail, but a crooked prison guard in cahoots with the town banker plans to defraud them. New Series: The Flame Trees Of Thika on Talking Pictures TV Starring: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird. Adapted from the book by Elspeth Huxley, based on her childhood. A tale of colonial life in Africa before the Great War. The Huxleys move to Kenya and start a coffee plantation. Elspeth encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and makes friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. Eventually, the excitement of Elspeth’s life is disrupted by the onset of WW I. Episode 1: The Promised Land (1981) airs on Thursday 9th May 19 at 14:00.

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