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#jason and the argonauts #jason un die argonauten #todd armstrong #nancy kovack #gary raymond #laurence naismith #jan read #beverley cross #ray harryhausen #don chaffey #movie poster #movies #film #poster #films #movie poserrs #movie posetrs

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ulrichgebert · 5 months

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Das Christmas Carol haben wir (nachdem es letztes Jahr so knapp war und weil sich wieder die Leslie-Bricusse-Kindermusical-Häufung abzeichnet) diesmal frühzeitig abgehakt, einmal mehr mit Albert Finney als Scrooge, wo für uns alles so ist, wie es sein soll (Alec Guinnes als Marley! Und -bei den Muppets mögen wir nämlich immer den Geist der vergangenen Weihnachten nicht so- Edith Evans!. Und die Lieder sind hier besser. Und überhaupt). Außerdem gibt es hier so schöne Ronald Searle-Bildchen.

#Scrooge #Albert Finney #Alec Guinness #Edith Evens #Kenneth More #Anton Rogers #Richard Beaumont #David Collings #Laurence Naismith #Film gesehen #Ronald Neame #Musical #Leslie Bricusse #A Christmas Carol #Charles Dickens #Ronald Searle

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screencapsus · 8 months

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Camelot (1967)

The story of the marriage of England’s King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. The plot of illegitimate Modred to gain the throne and Guinevere’s growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, whom she at first abhors, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his “round table” of knights who would use their might for right.

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#David Hemmings #Franco Nero #Joshua Logan #Laurence Naismith #Lionel Jeffries #Richard Harris #Vanessa Redgrave

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claudia1829things · 2 years

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"A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" (1958) Review

"A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" (1958) Review There have been many versions about the April 1912 sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic. Many versions. And I have personally seen at least five of them. One of them happened to be the 1958 movie, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER".

Directed by Roy Ward Baker, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" is based upon historian Walter Lord's 1955 book about the historical sinking. Since the 1958 movie was based upon a historical book instead of a novel, Baker, producer William MacQuitty and screenwriter Eric Ambler approached the film's plot in a semi-documentary style. Even the movie's leading character turned out to be the Titanic's Second Officer, Charles Lightoller, who was portrayed by actor Kenneth More. The movie also featured other historical figures such as J. Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews, Captain Edward J. Smith and Margaret "Molly" Brown. Due to this semi-documentary approach, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" is regarded as the best movie about the Titanic. I cannot deny that there is a great deal to admire about "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER". Not only do I feel it is an excellent movie, I could see that Roy Ward Baker did his best to re-create that last night aboard the Titanic. He and Ambler gave the audience glimpses into the lives of the ship's crew and passengers. The movie also went into great detail of their efforts to remain alive following the ship's brief collision with an iceberg. Some of my favorite scenes include the Irish steerage passengers' efforts to reach the life boats on the upper decks, the wireless operators' (David McCullum and Kenneth Griffin) efforts to summon other ships to rescue the passengers and crew, and passenger Molly Brown (Tucker McGuire)'s conflict with the sole crewman in her lifeboat. But my favorite scene has to be that moment when the Titanic's stern rose high before the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean. For a film shot in black and white during the late 1950s, I must admit that "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" looked very handsome. Legendary cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth's phtography struck me as sharp and very elegant. I do not know if Yvonne Caffin's costume designs for the movie's 1912 setting was completely accurate, but they certainly did add to the movie's late Edwardian atmosphere. Especially those costumes for the first-class passengers. I do have to give kudos to the special effects team led by Bill Warrington. He and his team did a superb job in re-creating the ocean liner's historic sinking. I am even more impressed that their work still manages to hold up after fifty-four years. The cast of "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" was led by Kenneth More, who portrayed Second Officer Lightoller with his usual energetic charm. More was ably supported by the likes of Laurence Naismith as Captain Smith, Michael Goodliffe's poignant portrayal of ship designer Thomas Andrews, Frank Lawton as J. Bruce Ismay, George Rose as the inebriated survivor Charles Joughin and Tucker McGuire's colorful portrayal of American socialite Molly Brown. The movie also featured future "AVENGERS" and Bond veteran Honor Blackman; David McCullum of "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E." and "N.C.I.S." fame; and Bernard Fox, who will also appear in James Cameron's 1997 movie about the Titanic sinking. Even Sean Connery made an uncredited appearance in the film, but I never did spot him. But despite the numerous good performances, I honestly have to say that I found nothing exceptional about any of them. Like many others, I used to believe that "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" was the best movie about the Titanic. After this latest viewing, I do not believe I can maintain that opinion any longer. In fact, I am beginning to suspect there may not be any "ultimate" Titanic film. And "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" is not perfect, as far as I am concerned. Many have applauded the filmmakers for eschewing any fictional melodrama or using the sinking as a backdrop for a fictional story. Personally, I could not care less if a Titanic movie is simply a fictional melodrama or a semi-documentary film. All I require is a first-rate movie that will maintain my interest. "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" began with a montage of newsreel clips featuring the Titanic's christening in Belfast. One, the ship was never christened. And two, I could see that the newsreel footage used in the movie dated from the 1930s. The movie tried its best to allow the audience to identify with some of its characters. But due to "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" being a docudrama, I feel that it failed to give an in-depth study of its more prominent characters . . . making it difficult for me to identify with any of them. I realize that "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" was a British production, but I was amazed at the low number of American passengers featured in the cast. The 1953 film, "TITANIC" suffered from a similar malady - the only British characters I could recall were members of the crew. I do remember at least three Americans in the 1958 movie - Molly Brown; Benjamin Guggenheim, portrayed by Harold Goldblatt and a third passenger, whose name escapes me. I was satisfied with McGuire's performance as Molly Brown and the nameless actor who portrayed the third American passenger. But Goldblatt portrayed Guggenheim as a member of the British upper class in both attitude and accent. It almost seemed as if the filmmakers wanted Guggenheim to be viewed as a British gentleman, instead of an American one. Walter Lord's book made it clear that one of the last songs performed by Titanic's band was NOT "Nearer My God to Thee". Yet, the filmmakers chose to perpetrate this myth in the movie by having the remaining passengers and crew sing the song en masse before the ship began to sink in earnest. This pious attitude continued in a scene aboard the R.M.S. Carpathia, in which the survivors listened to a religious sermon. Instead of projecting an air of melancholy or despair, the survivors, thanks to Ward Baker, seemed to project an air of the British stiff upper lip cliche. I feel that a melancholic air among the survivors would have made the scene seem more human. I cannot deny that "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" is a first-rate look at the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic. More importantly, the movie and especially the visual effects still hold up very well after half-a-century. But the movie possesses flaws that make it difficult for me to regard it as the best Titanic movie ever made. Perhaps . . . there is no best Titanic movie. Just bad or well-made ones.

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abs0luteb4stard · 2 years

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adamwatchesmovies · 1 year

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Scrooge (1970)

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has been adapted so many times you need to do more than end it with a line other than “God Bless us, everyone” to stand out. So how about a musical version of the classic story? Sounds like an odd fit but the terrific soundtrack and impressive dance numbers make 1970's Scrooge a new favourite.

Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) is a bitter miser who considers the ideals and spirit of Christmas pure humbug. He hesitates to give his underpaid assistant Bob Cratchit (David Collings) the day off and scoffs at his nephew Harry (Michael Medwin) when he suggests a holiday dinner. One cold Christmas Eve, the ghost of Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley (Alec Guinness) appears to him with a warning: "Tonight, you will be visited by three spirits. Heed their counsel and change your ways or risk an eternity of suffering."

I know you’re still incredulous at the idea of an all-singing, all-dancing Ebenezer Scrooge. Trust me, it works. It’s not like this was a story grounded in realism from the get-go with the multiple spirits and all. Plus, Christmas has a wide cannon of songs attached to it - so does the nearby New Year’s celebration - so is it really a stretch? These choices give Scrooge a way to stand out. If you’re a fan of musicals, it gives you one more to add to your lineup. How about a whole day of White Christmas, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Meet Me in St. Louis, Holiday Inn (if you consider those last two Christmas movies) and you conclude it with Scrooge?

This is the best kind of musical. Every song adds to the story and tells you more about the characters. Some are so catchy you’ll want to rewind the film just to hear them again. I’d single out December the 25th and Thank You Very Much (for which the film received an Academy Award nomination) as the best. That later one blew my socks off. It’s a big parade march that comes up during the “Spirit of Christmas Future” segment and at first, I thought its cheery tone was ill-suited for the darkest point of the story but that’s the point. It’s so cheery it drives home how people feel about Ebenezer Scrooge just as well as a couple of old ladies cackling over his stolen possessions could. Then, the film adds a new scene, a delightfully ironic final fate that drives the lesson home even better than the song did. What’s next? a delightful reprise where the previous songs are now given a completely different meaning thanks to the transformation that’s taken place. My favourite part of musicals (and hear me out on this one) often turns out to be the end credits because that’s when we get a second chance to hear the best songs as the film ushers us out. This conclusion is that second chance but even better because it also adds to the plot.

The great thing about Scrooge is that you get all of these songs and the story you love too. The film hits all of the emotional beats, contains all the characters, events and plot points too. Albert Finney’s scratchy old man voice is a bit off-putting but it fooled me. I wasn't sure if he was an actor in makeup or a marvelously spry senior. It’s a great performance and within a few minutes, you’ll have set you incredulity aside.

Certain musicals contain nothing but hits. Others have a few good tunes and the rest among mostly forgettable numbers. I’m not 100% sure where the soundtrack to Scrooge lands. I’ll say this; any song becomes memorable if you hear it enough times and Scrooge is the kind of movie you will come back to. Just as fans of Home Alone occasionally swap it for the sequel, I predict you will eventually feel like taking a break from the George C. Scott and Alastair Sim versions of A Christmas Carol and reach for Scrooge instead. You might even include two or all three when the holiday season comes around, as this British musical is perfect as a movie you put in the background while decorating or wrapping gifts. The more I think about it, the more I like Scrooge. (December 26, 2020)

#scrooge #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Ronald Neame #Leslie Bricusse #Charles Dickens #Albert Finney #Alec Guinness #Edith Evans #Kenneth More #Michael Medwin #Laurence Naismith #1970 movies #1970 films #christmas movies #christmas films

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scifipinups · 25 days

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Joan Collins Quest for Love (1971)

#1971 #joan collins #quest for love #denholm elliott #laurence naismith #movies #ottilie/tracy fletcher

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snowrassa · 2 months

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Laurence Naismith as Merlyn in Camelot (1967)

#camelot #camelot 1967 #camelot musical #laurence naismith #merlyn #my archive

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thebunsquad · 4 months

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Greyfriars Bobby | The Disney Debate (Ep. 95)

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spryfilm · 1 year

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Blu-ray review: “A Night to Remember” (1958)

“A Night to Remember” (1958) Drama Running Time: 123 minutes Written by: Eric Ambler based on the book A Night to Remember by Walter Lord Directed by: Roy Ward Baker Featuring: Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Kenneth Griffith, David McCallum, Tucker McGuire, Frank Lawton, Richard Leech and John Cairney Steerage steward: [going through the steerage corridors, rousing the…

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perfettamentechic · 2 years

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2018: Kate Spade, stilista e imprenditrice statunitense (n. 1962) 2015: Colette Marchand, attrice, ballerina e coreografa francese, scelta per interpretare Marie Charlet nel film Moulin Rouge, che le diede fama in tutta l’America e non solo. (n. 1925) 2015: Richard Johnson, attore, sceneggiatore e produttore cinematografico inglese. (n. 1927) 2015: Giacomo Furia, attore italiano. (n.…

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princesssarisa · 1 year

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Character ask: Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol)

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Favorite thing about them: What is there not to like about him? He's so jolly and full of zest for life, and such a good employer, who makes his employees happy and makes their work "a pleasure" instead of "a toil," as Scrooge says. He's everything that Scrooge should have been to Bob Cratchit, and being reminded of his goodness is essential to Scrooge's transformation.

Least favorite thing about them: That adaptations so often give him the short shrift. Dickens clearly meant him to be an important figure – an example of a kind, generous employer who serves as a role model for Scrooge. Yet so often the adaptations just give him a passing nod and use his party mainly as a vehicle for young Scrooge's romance with Belle, or worse, cut him out altogether. He matters and he deserves more attention!

Three things I have in common with them:

*I'm usually warm and generous to others.

*I love Christmas.

*I'm slightly overweight.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm not a business owner.

*I'm not married and have no children.

*I've never hosted a Christmas party.

Favorite line: “Yo ho, my boys! No more work to-night. Christmas Eve, Dick. Christmas, Ebenezer! Let’s have the shutters up before a man can say Jack Robinson!”

And then there's this speech not spoken by him, but about him by Scrooge, when the Ghost of Christmas Past asks why he should deserve such praise for spending only a few pounds on a party.

“It isn’t that. It isn’t that, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”

brOTP: His apprentices, his three daughters, and all the friends he surrounds himself with.

OTP: Mrs. Fezziwig.

nOTP: His apprentices.

Random headcanon: He's some type of merchant. I assume the fact that his workplace is described as a "warehouse" implies as much. I'm not sure what his merchandise is – in the George C. Scott version it's cloth, in Mickey's Christmas Carol it's tea, and in The Muppet Christmas Carol it's rubber chickens, which I assume is slightly anachronistic – but he seems like the type of man to deal in actual goods, not just cold cash like Scrooge and Marley. I don't think the Alan Menken musical's portrayal of him as a banker is accurate. I don't mind it, per se, but it's not how I imagine him.

Unpopular opinion: I don't think it's likely that Belle is his daughter. Not that I mind it when adaptations like Scrooge (1970) portray her as such, especially since Fezziwig does canonically have three daughters who are charming and popular with young men. But the fact that Belle describes herself as poor and lacking a dowry makes it unlikely that her father was a successful business owner whom Scrooge once worked for. Unless he eventually went bankrupt and lost his company, as in the 1951 film or the Alan Menken musical, which Dickens never implies happened.

Song I associate with them:

"Sir Roger de Coverly," a dance song the book specifies as being played by the fiddler at the Fezziwig party, and which often makes it into the adaptations too.

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"December the 25th" from Scrooge.

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"Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball" from A Christmas Carol: The Musical.

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Favorite pictures of them:

This classic illustration by John Leech:

This illustration by Sol Eytinge Jr.

Forrester Harvey in the 1938 film.

Laurence Naismith in the 1970 musical Scrooge.

Fozzie Bear as "Fozziwig" in The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992.

Ian McNeice in the 1999 TV film.

Brian Bedford (whom some of us know best as the voice of Disney's Robin Hood) in A Christmas Carol: The Musical, 2004.

Motion-captured Bob Hoskins in Disneys 2009 CGI film.

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ulrichgebert · 2 years

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Damit Sie auch mal sehen, wer in unserem nicht sehr konsequent durchgehaltenen traditionellen kultiviertem Maienmärchenmythenmusical wen spielt. Diesmal konnten wir es endlich einmal wieder anbringen. Vanessa tritt passenderweise ab Ende der Woche in einem noch viel bekannteren Lerner & Loewe-Musical in London auf, das wir aber wohl leider verpassen werden.

#Camelot #Franco Nero #David Hemmings #Vanessa Redgrave #Richard Harris #Lionel Jeffries #Laurence Naismith #Film gesehen #Joshua Logan #Musical #Frederick Loewe #Alan J. Lerner

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byneddiedingo · 2 years

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Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn in Lust for Life (Vincente Minnelli, 1956) Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Everett Sloane, Niall McGinnis, Noel Purcell, Henry Daniell, Madge Kennedy, Jill Bennett, Lionel Jeffries, Laurence Naismith, Jeanette Sterke. Screenplay: Norman Corwin, based on a novel by Irving Stone. Cinematography: Russell Harlan, Freddie Young. Art direction: E. Preston Ames, Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters. Film editing: Adrienne Fazan. Music: Miklós Rózsa. After watching Julian Schnabel's take on Vincent Van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (2018), I thought it made sense to go back and see Hollywood's portrait of the artist, Vincente Minnelli's Lust for Life. Schnabel is himself an artist, of course, so it's not surprising to find his film focused on the aesthetics of madness (along with propounding a theory that Van Gogh didn't commit suicide but was the victim of an accidental gunshot). Minnelli and screenwriter Norman Corwin are less successful in finding a coherent image of Van Gogh than Schnabel and his co-screenwriters Jean-Claude Carrière and Louise Kugelberg were, partly because the latter were working with one of the most insightful actors of our time, Willem Dafoe, while Minnelli's Van Gogh is played by Kirk Douglas, who brings to the role a physical resemblance to the artist but is never quite strong enough to craft an integrated characterization. Lust for Life seems to suggest that Van Gogh's problems stemmed from a lack of reciprocated love -- from his father, the church he tries to serve, the several women in his life, the art-buying public, the citizens of Arles, and his fellow artists -- most notably Paul Gauguin, played (perhaps overplayed) by Anthony Quinn in an Oscar-winning performance. The film is visually stunning, although the transformation of the landscapes that Van Gogh sees into what he painted is handled more subtly and intelligently in Schnabel's film. Minnelli seems content merely to juxtapose place with painting. The sensational events in Van Gogh's life, especially the amputation of an ear, are treated sensationally in Minnelli's film, which only suggests that Van Gogh did it out of frustration with Gauguin, as if pleading for that artist's attention. We also get a sentimental deathbed scene, a kind of reconciliation with Vincent's brother, Theo (James Donald). Lust for Life is a watchable but flawed and inconsistent film -- even the name of the artist gets a variety of pronunciations, from "Van Gokh" to "Van Gog" to "Van Goh."

#Lust for Life #Vincente Minnelli #Kirk Douglas #Anthony Quinn

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 2 years

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