From Roger Dame Helen Mirren - a frank interview..... BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7591142.stm Dame Helen can also be heard on the...
This was in Sunday's NY times. (plus I should thank y'all. A local theater put on She loves me. Many thanks for getting me to see the musical) - Caroline ...
Came across this book today: a series of letters between Patrick Leigh Fermor and Deborah Devonshire (ie the Duchess of Devonshire - AKA the Mitford sister who...
... The Baronesses I know all prefer me to just call them by their first name :) But they're all very good at detecting when using the title will get ...
We get a surprising amount of enquiries about how to address baronets or archdeacons or ambassador's wives so I suppose some people still care about . One...
Well you've also met Ivry, the dowager Baroness Freyberg. When John Sweet came to Canterbury in October 2000. We had tea with her in the Cathedral tea rooms....
...back in the day when I was an Amnesty International activist, I'd join in the letter writing campaigns, and a lot of the cases were to be addressed either...
From Roger Times Online September 1, 2008 Collect a series of classic Hitchcock DVDs FREE with THE TIMES/SINDAY TIMES (UK) Build a collection of classic movies...
I finally got around to watching the new Criterion DVD of SBR and it is a gorgeous transfer indeed (not counting some white lines here and there). Although the...
In a message dated 9/2/2008 3:38:01 AM Central Daylight Time, ... One of the many wonderful things about Helen Mirren is her poised openness, e.g. talking...
I don't know about the reason behind Morley's credit there....I assumed it was a contractual thing, that he wasn't allowed to be mentioned in the publicity??...
I don't know any definite reason for Morley being credited as "A Guest". Like Mark I had assumed it was a contractual thing - that he wasn't supposed to be...
Another reason would be giving a star a single scene which can be filmed in one day and which he or she would then presumably dominate. Exactly what happens...
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... it ... and ... down ... humor ... type ... Cruel ... info ... him ... the ... movie ... not ... I loved Charles Barr's commentary track, which I thought...
But was Robert Morley a star in 1949? He had appeared in 10 other feature films before this one. But usually in a fairly brief character role. His biggest role...
... That's why I complimented Charles on it. It's a perfectly balanced piece of work. And he even managed to find a few things that I diddn't know :) Steve...
To paraphrase Bernard Shaw, it depends upon how one is treated. Randy Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ... From: Steve Crook <steve@...> Date:...
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Interesting that Charles Barr seems to like P and P but has never written a book aout them. I found his Ealing book a relavtaion in film criticim when I was 16...
He may have never written a book about them, but he's done quite a few articles like the one at http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/Strange-Land.html and...
From Roger Modern films have been rejected in favour of old classics in a survey to choose the best cinematic work to share with future generations. By Ben...
And of course it's pure coincidence that they have this poll just before screening AMOLAD every day for 3 weeks (25 Oct - 15 Sep) :) You can vote for your...
Am I alone in wondering this, but what "celebrities"? Who, for instance, is the party who listed Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, a film that could make my...
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Whenever I see a list of "celebrities" I'm usually quite pleased when I haven't heard of most of them. That means that I haven't been reading the "celebrity...
I was just re-reading my copy of it. There are some nice little touches that the authors adds which aren't (and couldn't be) in the script. Like when Torquil...