TROUBLE AT HOME!!!>>>*THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES (1959), *THEIR PURPLE
MOMENT (1928), *INCONTINENCE: A DIARRHETIC FLOW OF OBVIOUS MISMATCHES
(1978), *A UNICORN IN THE GARDEN (1953), *THE KISS (1896).

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3rd. Quartile

JULY
AD 2002

Monday, 15th.

Registration: 7.30 - 8.00 pm
Screening: >>>>> 8.00 (*EIGHT*!!!!) pm <<<<<


TROUBLE AT HOME!!!

*THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES (1959),
Man-eating efficiency expert, Angela Barrows is sent by her US company
to Edinburgh to investigate export opportunities. She meets businessman
Robert MacPherson en route who persuades her to help bring his company,
the House of MacPherson - renowned producers of fine, handwoven tweeds
- into the 20th century. The staff have other ideas, and the
mild-mannered accounting clerk, Mr. Martin, decides to bump her off.
Running through the film is a nostalgia, reminiscent of the Ealing
comedies, for British quaintness threatened by American efficiency and
momism. Based on the short story "The Catbird Seat" by JAMES THURBER.
Prod Co: Monja Danischewsky Productions. Prod./scr.: Monja
Danischewsky. Dir: CHARLES CHRICHTON. Phot: FREDDIE FRANCIS. Cast:
PETER SELLERS (Mr. Martin), ROBERT MORLEY (Robert MacPherson),
CONSTANCE CUMMINGS (Angela Barrows), ERNEST THESIGER (Old MacPherson),
JAMESON CLARK (Andrew Darling), DONALD PLEASENCE (Irwin Hoffman). 84
mins. NFVLS.


*THEIR PURPLE MOMENT (1928),
The first film in which Laurel and Hardy are married (and not to each
other!) It is dedicated to husbands who withhold part of their pay
packet from their wives. Stan and Ollie sneak out for a night on the
town at a nightclub. Earlier, Stan's wife has found his secret hiding
place and substitutes all of his money with cigar coupons. They pickup
two young women who have been stood-up. When the boys run up a huge tab
treating the girls to dinner, they discover they have no money to pay
the bill... Prod: HAL ROACH. Dir: JAMES PARROTT. Sup. dir: LEO McCAREY.
Phot: GEORGE STEVENS. Cast: STAN LAUREL, OLIVER HARDY Anita Garvin
(Oliver's girlfriend), Kay Deslys (Stanley's girlfriend), Lyle Tayo
(Mrs.Hardy), Fay Holderness (Mrs.Laurel), Tiny Sandford (Waiter), Leo
Willis(cab driver), Ed Brandenberg (waiter), Jimmy Aubrey (cook), Jack
Hill (doorman), Sam Lufkin (waiter), Patsy O'Byrne (gossip), Retta
Palmer (uncredited), Dotothy Walbert( uncredited). 22 mins. NFVLS.


*INCONTINENCE: A DIARRHETIC FLOW OF OBVIOUS MISMATCHES (1978),
Amusing film-riot based on actual dialogue from the play "Who's afraid
of Virginia Woolf?". Contains seven individual sequences of mismatching
dialogue/actors/scenes edited to hell. If this sounds bad don't worry,
a comic nightmare takes place and a healthy disregard for the text
creates quite a bizarre interpretation of this well-known piece of
literature. Prod/Dir: Manuel De Landa. Cast: Dina Paisner, Ken Burns,
Patrick Gerstle, Susan Schneider. 16 mins. NFVLS.


*A UNICORN IN THE GARDEN (1953),
"There's a unicorn in the garden," he said. "Eating roses." She opened
one unfriendly eye and looked at him. "The unicorn is a mythical
beast," she said, and turned her back on him. An animated version of
the satirical (very) short story by JAMES THURBER <
http://btflatt.tripod.com/stories/thurb1.htm >. The failure of The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & SciencesTM to nominate this cartoon
for an Oscar is unbelievable. Granted, it was a good year for animated
shorts and a good year particularly for UPA-Columbia, but this cartoon
is simply delightful. Written by James Thurber and animated in
Thurber's artistic style, it is his world come to life. If you like
JAMES THURBER, you'll love this cartoon. Prod: Stephen Bosustow. Dir:
William T. Hurtz. Mus: David Raksin. Anim: Phil Monroe, Rudy Lappiva,
Tom McDonald. 7 mins. NFVLS.


*THE KISS (1896),
In 1896, Thomas Edison filmed May Irwin and John C Rice re-enacting a
scene from a Broadway play, The Widow Jones. The film ran for 22
seconds and captured a close-up of a kiss. "It shocked audiences, who
felt that public displays of affection of this type were
inappropriate". Prod Co: Edison Company. Producer: THOMAS A. EDISON/MGM
Films. Cast: May Irwin, John Rice, Gilbert Sarony. <1 min. NFVLS.


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