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Up in the World (1956)
01:26:45
John
337 Views · 4 years ago

Up in the World is a 1956 black and white comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom, Maureen Swanson and Jerry Desmonde.

A friendly window cleaner on an estate in the English countryside suffers the pranks of his employer's son, only to get the blame when there is an attempt to kidnap the aristocratic young upstart.

You Bet Your Life #55-13 ('Street')
00:23:13
John
54 Views · 4 years ago

⁣Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.

And The Angels Sing (1944)
01:40:01
John
302 Views · 3 years ago

⁣The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy (Dorothy Lamour), Bobby (Betty Hutton), Josie (Diana Lynn) and Patti (Mimi Chandler), aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel (Raymond Walburn) to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall (Fred MacMurray) is playing. Bobby takes the ten dollars and runs it up to $190 at the dice table. Happy hits on Nancy, but she rebuffs him. He doesn't have the money to pay his band and borrows the gambling winnings from Bobby on the pretext that he will give her a job with his band. Bobby discovers the next day that Happy has hastily departed for New York. The girls follow to a night club where he is working and, after an audition, the manager is willing to give Happy a contract if the girls will sing with his band.

You Bet Your Life #51-08  ('Tree', Nov 22, 1951)
00:29:03
John
82 Views · 4 years ago

⁣Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggit - Ladies Desire
24:17
John
96 Views · 3 years ago

The committee are sent tickets to the Mayors Ball. When Selwyn sees that he has to bring a date, he panics. He is afraid of women and lies to the group about the woman he is taking.

Sleeping Car To Trieste (1948)
01:31:20
John
150 Views · 2 years ago

Sleeping Car to Trieste is a 1948 British comedy thriller film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Jean Kent, Albert Lieven, Derrick De Marney and Rona Anderson. It was shot at Denham Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph Brinton. It is a remake of the 1932 film Rome Express.

Plot
The setting is almost entirely on a train travelling between Paris and Trieste after World War II. Two rather mysterious people, Zurta (Albert Lieven) and Valya (Jean Kent), are at ease in sophisticated society. Zurta steals a diary from the safe of an embassy in Paris while they are guests at a reception there, killing a servant who walks in on the robbery. Poole, an accomplice, is passed the diary, but he double-crosses them and attempts to escape with it on the Orient Express. Just in time, Valya and Zurta board the train.

They start looking for Poole, who seeks to conceal himself and the diary. Other travellers become involved, including a US Army sergeant with an eye for the ladies, an adulterous couple, an idiot stockbroker, a wealthy, autocratic writer and his brow-beaten secretary, an ornithologist, and a French police inspector. Staff and other passengers provide light-hearted scenes. The diary passes through the hands of several people while the police investigate a mysterious death.

The Third Secret (1964)
01:42:47
John
32 Views · 4 months ago

The Third Secret is a gripping mystery that keeps the audience on edge as they piece together the puzzle of Dr. Vance’s death. The film blends psychological drama with elements of suspense, offering twists and turns that lead to a chilling conclusion. With strong performances, particularly from Stephen Boyd and Jacqueline Pygmalion, it is a classic example of 1960s psychological thrillers. This movie is a must-watch for fans of mystery, suspense, and drama.

Are You Being Served S01E03
26:56
John
115 Views · 4 years ago

Mr Rumbold's training session for the staff conflicts with everyone's personal plans, which leads to dissent in the ranks.

Rebecca (1940)
02:10:42
John
57 Views · 4 years ago

When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband.

Get Some In - V I P  Guard
00:24:32
John
75 Views · 4 years ago

After just a week in Malta, Leckie, Ken, Lilley and Jakey are dismayed to find themselves re-posted back to Britain, and into the welcoming bosom of RAF Hospital Druidswater.

When the Bough Breaks (1947)
02:08:32
John
32 Views · 4 years ago

When the Bough Breaks 1947 The Plot: After learning that her husband is a bigamist who already had a wife, new mother Lily Bates (Patricia Roc) resolves to raise her baby, Jimmy, on her own rather than give him up for adoption.

Each day Lily leaves Jimmy at a day nursery while she works as a shopgirl at a department

My Name is Julia Ross (1945)
01:05:02
John
65 Views · 4 years ago

Julia Ross (Nina Foch) secures employment as an aid to a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes (Dame May Whitty), and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new iden****y.

Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggit - The Master Builder
24:30
John
72 Views · 3 years ago

Selwyn's boss tasks him to find the city drains underground. They give him maps and send him out. He travels all around trying to match the map to the scenery and ends up digging out the toilets in the club.

Are You Being Served S03E07
26:49
John
75 Views · 4 years ago

When the ladies' department is closed for a face-lift, the female assistants have to share the men's counter. Will Mrs Slocombe get steamed up?

Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
01:43:06
John
60 Views · 4 years ago

Set in the 1870s, Fanny is forced to overcome a series of terrible family problems before discovering both her true identity and true love, Harry Somerford. The dastardly Lord Manderstoke is the peer who blights Fanny's life.

Jassy (1947)
01:37:15
John
44 Views · 4 years ago

In 17th. century England, Jassy is believed a witch because she has sometimes visions of approaching disasters.

When Barney Hatton, an impoverished gentry whose gambling father has lost the family home, helps her anyway she will not forget and will try to help him have his property back - at any price?

False Paradise - 1948
00:59:28
John
38 Views · 4 years ago

Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and company (Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks) help some friends whose friendly banker is a crook.

Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley, & Don Haggerty.
Director: George Archainbaud.

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggit - We Are the Masters Now
22:58
John
130 Views · 3 years ago

As Selwyn is digging a hole, he is throwing the dirt all over Clive's car and Clive challenges him to a duel. Selwyn's clumsiness upsets everyone at the club, then he runs for a place on the committee.

The Way Ahead (1944)
01:54:33
John
71 Views · 2 years ago

The Way Ahead - World W*r II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.

The Way Ahead (1944)
Director: Carol Reed
Writers: Eric Ambler(original story), Peter Ustinov(screen play)
Stars: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald
Genre: Drama, War
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English, French, German
Also Known As: The Immortal Battalion
Release Date: 6 June 1944 (UK)
Duration: 114 min
Filming Location: Pirbright Army Camp, Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK

Storyline:
A group of draftees are called up into the infantry during World War II. At first, they appear to be a hopeless bunch, but their Sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in North Africa, they realize what it's all about.

Reviews:
"This is a film about a seemingly run of the mill sort of group. After the Brits were involved in WWII and saw how bad the going would be, the government was forced to draft men who would traditionally have been exempt. Men who were a bit old or involved with careers that might be deemed 'useful' to the effort were suddenly being called to duty, as times were dire. The beginning of the film shows these men being selected for service.

Unfortunately, this is a rather motley group and they tended to complain quite a bit as well (mostly by Stanley Holloway's character). How they could become a productive unit seemed pretty doubtful and I doubt if such an unimpressive group of men would have been used as actors had this propaganda film been made a few years earlier--when things looked really bad for the British. However, now that the war was appearing win-able, I can understand the choices of actors.

There is nothing particularly magical about any of the film--their selection, their training or their combat experience in North Africa. However, all of it was very well handled and excelled because they tried to make it believable--normal, everyday men rising to the occasion. In many ways, it reminded me of a landlocked version of "In Which We Serve"--with fine acting and writing instead of jingoism and super-human exploits. Very well done.

There are a few interesting actors in the film. Peter Ustinov is in his first film and he plays a French-speaking man. While his French isn't 100% fluid, it was decent and a bit of a surprise. Apparently, he was in real life David Niven's assistant in the British Army and somehow ended up in the film.

Are You Being Served S08E02
25:28
John
87 Views · 4 years ago

A suspicious Captain Peacock thinks his wife is having an extra marital affair with Mr Rumbold behind his back.




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