Not many posts lately. I play a game ,to connect P.S. to every great actor,and every great movie.Like 6 degrees of separation.It's amazing how quickly they are...
Carol Levins
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May 2, 2007 4:30 pm
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Carol Levins <imeminexx@...> wrote: Just received the inter -library book The Goon Show Companion by Roger Wilmut,and memoir by Jimmy Grafton. It is...
Carol Levins
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May 2, 2007 7:40 pm
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Neato connections, Carol. Besides Alec Guiness and James Earl Jones, I can name offhand two other "Star Wars" trilogy performers who were in films of Peter's:...
The book Legendary Comedies has great descriptions of each performance of the very greatest comedic actors.On the cover is Carlie Chaplin,and guess who...
Carol Levins
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May 7, 2007 5:40 pm
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Carol Levins <imeminexx@...> wrote: From Legendary Comedies I can't resist a few quotes.They describe/indicate a universe of their own.A "family" that...
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May 7, 2007 8:41 pm
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Movies depend on the suspension of disbelief.Reality betrays us all.Reality finds fault in movies which can be an escape from all that jazz. It sort of irks me...
Carol Levins
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May 9, 2007 7:06 pm
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My "new" reading is Alexander Walker's book "The Authorized Biography" Of Peter Sellers. It's inter-library and I've just started. I've ordered it thru the out...
Carol Levins
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May 16, 2007 12:12 am
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I still haven't read this one. If it's "authorized", it should mean something, shouldn't it? Well...I hope to have it for appraisal in some near future....
So far this book is pretty true,and respectful. Seems very complimentary to his genious,gifts,who he was to people he passed paths with. Very personal,and with...
Carol Levins
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May 16, 2007 6:18 pm
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... Oooh, suspense! ;oD I have read soooo many books about PS that I didn't think I needed to check out this one, especially since it isn't one of the more...
I was very careful and expected the worst but was very surprised. I don't like Lynne so I was also concerned about her input. The surprise is it is very...
Carol Levins
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May 17, 2007 2:29 pm
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Have you finished the book? STEVE LATSHAW "Finally, in conclusion, let me just say this." ... From: imeminexx@... To:...
I'm not sure the point,but I know how it ends if that's what you mean.Pretty detailed. I did bring up the book in question for any opinions about it here....
Carol Levins
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May 17, 2007 4:42 pm
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I didn't want to offer any spoilers. I found the book entertaining... but totally pro Lynne Frederick in the last few chapters, painting a picture of her as a...
I agree about Lynne totally,I tried to say as much. I wrote about what I had read,and now the whole book, with a "so far" a lot,and it "looks" like etc. It...
Carol Levins
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May 17, 2007 6:53 pm
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The author really did describe Peter's creations,and gifts with great respect and appreciation for the artist.He usually called him an artist. Quote--the Last...
Carol Levins
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May 17, 2007 7:22 pm
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In searching for all the stuff about PS,and there's a lot of stuff out there,I work to judge a book,about a man,a bio,Peter Sellers for example,(especially...
Carol Levins
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May 18, 2007 2:58 pm
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Hi to everyone (including new lurkers)! I read an article about online funding and promotion for new films in DV (see...
... <swiftkramerj@...> wrote: I read an article about online funding and promotion for new films in DV (see http://www.dv.com/features/features_item.php? ...
I sat down and watched this film tonight... apart from being very much a product of its time, I think it's a deceptively brilliant comedy with a certain amount...
If I may just add... THE BOBO... is an art film disguised as a swingin' 60s sex comedy... ... and, I think, much better than Sellers himself thought it was. ...
... Hmmm...I must say you made me re-think my position on it. I think I mentioned somewhere I didn't like this movie at all. Also, I didn't quite have any...
I don't think you'll be revisiting WHERE DOES IT HURT? (LOL).? That's a tough movie to get through.? I've probably seen THE BOBO five or six times and I think...
Hello to all, (Since this is my first message to this group, I will ramble for a bit.) I am new to this group, and I have never seen The Bobo, although I enjoy...
Robert - In my humble opinion, in addition to the ones you've seen, the following are ESSENTIAL P.S. viewing: SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH THE NAKEN TRUTH I'M ALL...
Hello Robert! And welcome to our small family! Don't hesitate to write, anything Peter Sellers is good enough for all of us. We are here to celebrate the...
Speaking of fund-raising, out of curiosity, have there been any of the Peter Sellers magazines that the society puts out recently? I haven't gotten any but I...
Hi Jesse, All apologies -- you should have gotten the most recent issue in April which also had a great bonus CD compilation. PSAS heads on this thread...
As we're introducing gems that some ,maybe most haven't seen. I think another rare gem is Battle of the Sexes. Not too dated, the story is of an agressive...