wallas eaton
wallas eaton (18 february 1917 – 3 november 1995), sometimes credited as wallace eaton or wallis eaton, was an english film, radio, television and theatre actor .
wallas eaton (18 february 1917 – 3 november 1995), sometimes credited as wallace eaton or wallis eaton, [ 1 ] was an english film, radio, television and theatre actor .
wallas eaton was born on february 18, 1917 in leicester, leicestershire, england. he was an actor, known for
wallas heaton, actor: born leicester 18 february 1917; died australia 3 november 1995 .
a. leonard eaton is an actor, known for american coffee (2001) .
wallas eaton was born on february 18, 1917 in leicester, leicestershire, england. he was an actor, known for complete and utter history of britain (1969), up pompeii! (1969) and the last wave (1977). he died on november 3, 1995 in australia .
michele a. eaton is an actress, known for p. d. q. bach in houston: we have a problem (2006) .
eaton was born in leicester, leicestershire, england. he was educated at the alderman newton school, and later would read history and english at christ' s college, cambridge. eaton joined the army in 1940, and served with distinction during world war ii, eventually becoming a major in charge of a searchlight battery .
eaton' s stage career now really took hold and he was cast by joan littlewood in fings ain' t wot they used t' be (1959) .
wallas eaton temporarily hung up his ‘old wal’ hat, and became the spluttering newspaper letter - writer, ‘ disgusted of tunbridge wells’, who literally showers his listeners with complaints. for the next season however, wal was back but now as one of the nouveau riche with pots of money, allowing him to buy his wife a diamond tiara to prevent her hair from dangling when she was frying fish .
eaton was born in leicester, leicestershire, england. [ 2 ] he was educated at the alderman newton school, and later would read history and english at christ' s college, cambridge. eaton joined the army in 1940, and served with distinction during world war ii, eventually becoming a major in charge of a searchlight battery. [ 2 ]
she was buried next to jack murray, who had died in 1979, aged 90, while his wife was rehearsing for the english farce by ben travers, the bed before yesterday at the theatre royal. in the best showbusiness tradition, hobbs got on with the show, not telling other cast members, including rachel roberts, wallas eaton, gwen plumb and barry otto. she buried her husband the day after opening night .
in 1944, he appeared in shaw' s too true to be good at the lyric theatre, hammersmith. eaton enjoyed a series of good, if small, roles, including appearing alongside vivien leigh at the phoenix theatre in 1945 in thornton wilder' s the skin of our teeth. in films, eaton had a role in caesar and cleopatra (1945) .
in 1944, he appeared in shaw' s too true to be good at the lyric theatre, hammersmith. eaton enjoyed a series of good, if small, roles, appearing alongside vivien leigh at the phoenix theatre in 1945 in thornton wilder' s the skin of our teeth. in films, eaton had a role in caesar and cleopatra (1945). [ 2 ]
in addition to his work in radio on the long - running bbc radio comedy take it from here, eaton appeared in over twenty - five films and over fifty television productions. eaton debut for bbc television in arthur askey' s top - rated series
before your very eyes
in 1952, and he had parts in the frankie howerd series
up pompeii
and
the rivals of sherlock holmes
.
catchphrases had been a staple ingredient in comedy shows of the period, and tifh continued the tradition, jim winding up with the lion’s share. he began his monologues with ‘greetings, gentlefolk! ’ (which he was able to modify when addressing a party of opticians to ‘greetings focal gents! ’) and if the audience failed to respond, his school - masterly cry ‘wake up at the back there! ’ was always effective. dick would be put in his place with ‘gently, bentley’ (which later became the title of a muir­ / norden penned show for dick) or ‘black mark bentley! ’ and when wallas eaton mentioned a girl supposedly from jim’s past, jim’s reaction was ‘what a ghastly name! ’. wallas’s character was ‘old wal from the buildings’, who saw through jimmy’s ‘posh talk’, being familiar with his working class background, and always urging him to ‘take the plunge, jim edwards’ and ‘learn a trade’ .
eaton joined the army in 1940 and served with distinction in the second world war, leaving with the rank of major in command of a searchlight battery. in 1944 he appeared in too true to be good at the lyric theatre, hammersmith. good, if small, roles continued, including an appearance with vivien leigh in the skin of our teeth, thornton wilder' s
history of our world in comic strip
, at the phoenix in 1945. films, however, failed to make much use of eaton, despite a promising debut in caesar and cleopatra (1945) .
wal
, the very common common man and voice of
professor
jimmy edwards' s conscience, first made his heart - cry of
come' ome, jim edwards, come back to the buildings where you belong !
on 4 january 1949. and in one way or another he went on making this heart - felt plea right to the end, 10 years later, when the bbc' s most popular radio series, take it from here, closed down .
wal
was wallas eaton, a straight actor turned funny - voice man via a string of stage revues and comedies including 1066 and all that (1947), slings and arrows (1948) and for amusement only (1958) .
tifh was still not widely known at the end of the first series, but shortly into the second series, with a variety of voices provided by wallas eaton for the first time, came the unexpected death of tommy handley and the end of his famous radio show itma, leaving its repeat time slots vacant. tifh filled the saturday lunch spot and, gathering regular itma devotees, started to achieve national popularity. the shows were typically divided into three spots: the opening ‘stage patter’, where issues such as jim’s waistline or dick’s cigarette advertising deal were discussed, a ‘gimmick’ sketch on a recent news event or a series of sketches on a particular topic (eg: country life, education or popular music) and finally a film parody. muir & norden tackled these in reverse order, allowing them to include topical references in the gimmick and the opening dialogue .
each series brought a fresh theme, with wal begging edwards to
save the buildings
or to go straight and marry -
take the plunge, jim edwards !
from 1953 eaton played the pub landlord to whom edwards as pa glum poured out the latest affairs of his dim son ron (bentley) and fiancee eth, played by the all - purpose genius june whitfield .
eaton' s favourite pastime was sailing, and he made a trip to australia in 1975 to pursue his interest, after which he settled there permanently. he featured in the australian soap the young doctors in 1979 as roland perry, a rich friend of principal character ada simmonds. he also made a few appearances in later episodes of the television drama serial
a country practice
.
eaton' s favourite pastime was sailing, and he made a trip to australia in 1975 to pursue his interest, after which he settled there permanently. he featured in the australian soap the young doctors in 1979 as roland perry, a rich friend of principal character ada simmonds. [ 1 ] he also made a few appearances in later episodes of the television drama serial
a country practice
.
in addition to working on the long - running bbc radio comedy take it from here, eaton appeared in more than twenty - five films and over fifty television productions. his debut for bbc television was in arthur askey' s top - rated series
before your very eyes
in 1952, and he had parts in the frankie howerd series
up pompeii
and
the rivals of sherlock holmes
.
in addition to working on the long - running bbc radio comedy take it from here, eaton appeared in more than twenty - five films and over fifty television productions. his debut for bbc television was in arthur askey' s top - rated series
before your very eyes
in 1952, and he had parts in the frankie howerd series
up pompeii
and
the rivals of sherlock holmes
.
as wal, eaton brought shame to the professor by revealing his humble roots in the buildings, presumably peabody' s .
come' ome, jim edwards ,
wal would plead ,
the eyes of the buildings is upon you! don' t desert them what reared you! oh jim, they' re goin' to tear down the buildings and make a night - club for the troops. an ensa niterie .
his first stage appearance was at the theatre royal in his home town of leicester in 1936. three years later he made his london debut playing the small part of the announcer in auden and isherwood' s the ascent of f6 at the old vic. the following year eaton played the second priest in eliot' s murder in the cathedral in 1940 and he followed this with what was his first comedy role, in the body was well nourished by sidney gilliat and frank launder .
radio was still the main source of family entertainment in the forties, and creeping up behind the poll - topping it' s that man again, starring the nation' s favourite funny man tommy handley, was a brand new post - war series entitled take it from here. written by the new team of frank muir and denis norden, the only unoriginal thing about it was its title. (this was borrowed from a successful 1943 radio series starring richard haydn, the fabulous fish mimic .) the three stars were professor jimmy edwards, an ebullient euphonium player, master dick bentley, ageing buffoon, and the glamorous songstress joy nichols. necessary character voices came from the bbc drama rep stalwart wilfred babbage, who was soon replaced by clarence wright, a refugee from itma. as a change from his silly salesman (
good morning! nice day !
), wright played henpecked harry hickory (
shush... i thought it was her for a minute !
). the first programme was broadcast in 1948, and when the second series opened in 1949 the voice of wallas eaton was heard on the air for the first time .
his first stage appearance was at the theatre royal in his home town of leicester in 1936. three years later he made his london debut playing the small part of the announcer in auden and isherwood' s the ascent of f6 at the old vic. the following year eaton played the second priest in eliot' s murder in the cathedral in 1940 and he followed this with what was his first comedy role, in the body was well nourished by sidney gilliat and frank launder. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
the 10th series began with a celebration, the 250th episode, and the glums became the main feature at the end of each show, a flashback story recounted by mr. glum into the uninterested ear of ted, the barman of his local. after a duet by dick and june (alma had left after the last series) the listener would be transported into the pub and above the noise of the crowd wallas eaton would insist ‘time, gentlemen please! – drink up, mr. glum’. there followed some classic stories, many involving ron in a predicament of his own design, with a sixpence stuck up his nostril, a yul brynner haircut, his head stuck between park railings, or marooned all night on an island in the middle of the serpentine. on other occasions it was mr. glum who was out of luck, deserted by his wife after he pawned her teeth, or suffering the indignity of getting his toe stuck in the bath plug hole. in this latter saga, eth’s assistance is required, but there is a problem with mr. glum’s delicate situation, so ron is ordered to empty packets of gravy browning into the bath till the water becomes so opaque they’d have got a ‘u’ certificate from any censor in the country .
following a promising debut for bbc television in arthur askey' s top - rated series before your very eyes (1952), eaton' s television appearances were not very frequent. he had parts in the rivals of sherlock holmes and later in the frankie howerd series up pompeii. in 1975 he made a trip to australia, where he could indulge his favourite hobby of sailing. he decided to settle there - an intriguing choice considering his close involvement with dick bentley and joy nichols, both australians who preferred to live in england .
eaton was born in leicester in 1917 and educated at the alderman newton school. this led to christ' s college, cambridge, where he read history and english. he made his first stage appearance in his home town at the theatre royal in 1936, and his london debut at the old vic three years later, playing the small part of the announcer in the ascent of f6. in 1940 he was the second priest in murder in the cathedral, which he followed with his first comedy role in the body was well nourished .
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he acted in lionel bart' s musical ,
fings ain' t what they used t' be ,
in a joan littlewood production at the garrick theatre in london, england with avis bunnage, victor spinetti, glynn edwards, barbara windsor, toni palmer, yootha joyce, and george sewell in the cast. john bury was designer .
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ensa niterie ?
roared the prof .
that' s insanitary !
so the gags continued .
your mum' s being turned out without a doorstep to lay' er' ead on! she' s prostrate !
has she tried legal aid ?
asked edwards .
legal aid, orangeade, methylated spirits ,
answered wal .
that' s why she' s prostrate !
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born: 18 february 1917, leicester, leics. died: 3 november 1995
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he is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the bbc radio - comedy serial take it from here. [ 2 ]
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he is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the bbc radio - comedy serial take it from here .
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aickman, barnard, chetwynd - hayes & danby. the fontana horror, ghost, tales of terror series'... and beyond .
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miscellany of misery. yet more books, film, tv, radio, music, agro! , sav. west, sci - fi, etc .
the past is catching up with me... the 1970s have just turned up! that is, the bits of the 70s that revolved round terrifying television programmes, creepy comics, petrifying public information films, fright - filled films, ghastly games, and beastly books, and all the other things that made childhood so... ah... interesting in the 1970s. scarred for life volume one by stephen brotherstone and dave lawrence is a thick brick of a book, 740 pages wide, illustrated throughout, and with a free, full colour pdf copy if you buy the print edition. just flicking through it, it goes from the expected horrors of sapphire and steel, a ghost story for christmas, doctor who, quatermass, the pan books of horror, misty and spellbound comics, and so on, to more specific scenes or sequences that strike home - i thought i was the only one who found the revelation of the possessed baby in the sitcom soap utterly terrifying. i can imagine many of my fellow vault dwellers finding lots to enjoy within these pages, with chapters on nel, killer crabs, pulp paperbacks, and various horror comics getting a sizable chunk of coverage. (in fact, i see our very own vault keeper listed in the acknowledgements now i look more closely .) i think i' ll be dipping into this one for some time to come. if i don' t emerge again it' ll mean i' ve ended up trapped in a time - loop somewhere around 1977 and i may be some time in escaping... urltoken urltoken
- even at that early stage (about this time last year) it was a thing of rare beauty. think they' ve also made substantial progress on vol ii: the eighties, which should put to bed once and for all the myth that the' seventies were
the decade that fashion (and taste) forgot
. particularly enjoyed the sections on the pan horrors, richard allen' s
novels and many of the days other terrifying paperbacks & comics, plus entries on hideous sit - coms and scores of tv shows i never heard of. arguably the scariest of all, a sequence devoted to the public information films that traumatised an entire generation. am really pleased they' ve got the thing published !
from the first, i set myself against
literature
; the story was the thing, and no amount of style could persuade me to select a story that lacked genuine, unadulterated horror. for those who wanted something high - brow there was plenty. - christine campbell thomson
* aarrrrrgggghhh *! !! ! yet another
must buy
- why do the gods of popular culture continue to torture me? while obviously it' s the 1970s with a british focus, the front cover alone brings back enough memories - good and bad - to make me desperately want a copy .
speaking of
hideous sit - coms
, what could be more appropriate than
love thy neighbour
, highlighted in the cover' s lower right hand corner? though if you think that was bad, the short - lived australian version - in which loveable small - minded bigot eddie migrates to oz - was even worse, if that' s possible... . .
that got shown in the uk. my memories of it are vague, thankfully, but i recall seeing an episode or two. just one of several uk comedies that got picked up in australia after the uk version had been cancelled or was on a break, as' doctor down under' picked up after' doctor on the go' ended, and things like' the two ronnies' and' are you being served' had australian runs, and a stage version of' steptoe and son' toured australian theatres in the late 70s, years after the series had finished. the australian aybs is particularly odd. john inman and a bunch of old bbc aybs scripts in a different shop staffed by wonky semi - clones of the grace brothers staff. since the bbc original already seemed to be known in australia, i can' t quite figure out why re - using already familiar scripts but with a cast doing iffy impersonations was seen as a good idea. unlike the australian' love thy neighbour', i don' t think any of the others got shown in the uk .
i suspect that as well as capitalising on the local popularity of the original versions, it may have been a relatively cheap and simple way to help some of the commercial stations to meet
australian content
broadcasting requirements. the aussie non - government networks have never really been noted for their originality when it comes to developing programs .
in roman times, patrick cargill would have been venerated as the living incarnation of the numen of the arched eyebrow and the veiled icy sneer. divinity in any age... cheers, h .
in roman times, patrick cargill would have been venerated as the living incarnation of the numen of the arched eyebrow and the veiled icy sneer .
in roman times he was the emperor nero... at least according to the
all the old comedy stars are going down under, i hear .
well, it' s age, dear. ye - esss. it strikes us all and spares no - one. oh, what? yes. no, don' t. it' s wicked to mock !
etc... meanwhile, back at the book, a few chapters in and working my way through the selection of essays on 70s children' s programmes, i' m pleased to say that the book is great fun to read. the authors have done plenty of research, but the text is far from dry. though it thankfully avoids the sneery tone some commentators will use when looking back on the decade, or an attempt at forced jokiness. a definite feel of a celebration of the era and the shows .
i' m interested in that book. it' s too bad it would most likely cost me around 30 bucks in postage to order it since i live in the us. there was a really interesting interview with the director of the lonely waters film in a book to which i contributed last year, unsung horrors. i did pay the thirty bucks to have that shipped over but don' t think i will be springing for the sequel even though i am writing a couple of bits for it. cheers, h .
i' m interested in that book. it' s too bad it would most likely cost me around 30 bucks in postage to order it since i live in the us .
i did pay the thirty bucks to have that shipped over but don' t think i will be springing for the sequel even though i am writing a couple of bits for it .
helrunar - it may cost you quite a bit less than that, since it' s a print on demand book through lulu. i' ve ordered a copy and i assume it' ll be printed here in australia. the standard postage option i chose was only a few dollars, which is a fairly cheap domestic postage rate for what looks to be a rather substantial book. it' s certainly worth following the link and finding out the cost before making a decision .
hi, i' m one of the writers of the book. many thanks to those of you who' ve bought it and i hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed writing it. if any of you have particular suggestions for the 80s book let me know !
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in northern england in the early 1960s, frank machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer weaver .
spell - binding. the way lindsay anderson writes love letters to his leading men on screen... this bowled me over, there' s an energy in anderson' s film - making that makes you not want to miss a single moment. like 1968' s if... . which i saw a number of years ago, there are shots in this film that don' t let you go for days, months, maybe years afterwards. immeasurable sadness in rachel roberts, and an unpredictability in richard harris that makes it impossible to look away .
has to contain the first - ever inclusion of william morris wallpaper as a symbol of decline - for that alone, this film is an instant favourite .
i kept thinking
richard harris looks a lot like jared harris from mad men .
20 minutes later, i realize they share the same last name and, more than likely, are father and son. i felt like an idiot .
let me first start by saying - why the hell have i never heard of richard harris? my god, this guy gives an amazing performance, perfectly evoking pain, aggression, ambition, isolation and determination. all of these qualities portrayed deftly with a smidgen of vulnerability buried deep underneath all the macho - posturing .
watching richard harris' performance as frank machin in lindsay anderson' s 1963 masterpiece
this sporting life
you might be reminded of marlon brando' s work in
a streetcar named desire
or indeed of robert de niro' s jake la motta in scorsese' s later
raging bull
, (scorsese' s film owes a great deal to
this sporting life
without ever quite measuring up). all three characters share the same animalistic intensity and an inability to communicate except in the most primordial level. this was the film that made harris a star and it' s his greatest performance; he was nominated for the oscar and won the best actor prize at cannes. his co - star is the great rachel roberts as the widowed landlady who takes machin into her…
richard harris and rachel roberts are immense as the working class dysfunctional couple where she' s a widower whose husband may have committed suicide with a lathe at his factory thus denying her a pension, he' s a dumb brute with a lot of heart and ambition who if he isn' t winning at football may strike out violently at whomever' s near. director lindsay anderson and cinematographer denys coop achieve a transcendent cinema - verite in beautiful black and white on a par with scorsese' s / chapman' s raging bull, which has to be an influence on that film. like de niro' s jake la motta, harris' frank machin is a brute who' s inner humanity is brought out by the amazing actor under his skin .
i chose to watch this sporting life because of rachel roberts, who co - stars in one of my favorite films, picnic at hanging rock. i' d say roberts actually gives a stronger performance in this sporting life, yet i was totally swept away by richard harris as boorish, macho rugby champ frank machin. he looks like the offspring of ryan lochte and an easter island head. frank is more deep and sensitive than he initially seems, of course, and harris plays him with tremendous care. really impressive .
he was a professional rugby player, he was picked up on the streets, and he delivered one of the finest roles of the 1960s. that is the story of “this sporting life” and its star richard harris. the irish actor had an outstanding career in the following years but this one, of a rough rugby player, remains his high point. here, he is a time bomb. for a first performance, harris destroyed it. i was blown away by the raw and ominous act, displaying a crude and animalistic man, unable to connect to other people. on one hand, he expresses the features of kowalski from “streetcar” – he’s truly loving, but because of his history and nature he cannot show…
richard harris broods like brando as rugby league player frank machin, a man who takes no prisoners on or off the field. harris shines through out but its the scenes he shares with rachel roberts as machin' s landlady turned lover margaret hammond that stay in the memory. director lindsay anderson winds most of their scenes together so tight and tense, it always feels like something is going to snap as machin can' t really express how he feels and hammond is doing her best not to feel anything at all .
for some reason its taken me this long to get round to watching this and it wasn' t as good as i was expecting or wanted it to be but this kitchen sink / communal bath drama is much like frank machin. emotional and always ready to pack a punch .
a brutal kitchen sink drama with a tour de force performance from richard harris .
um dos momentos de maior intensidade dramática do cinema inglês e mundial moram na atuação soberba de richard harris neste longa. temos aqui uma explosão de energia, esmagando o tédio, a complacência e a hipocrisia da sociedade britânica. david storey adaptou seu próprio romance para a tela: lindsay anderson dirigiu e ganhou de richard harris uma performance para rivalizar com brando (e é um páreo duro !). ele é frank machin, um talentoso esportista que quer se realizar como um jogador profissional de rugby, mas é pungente no amor com sua senhoria viúva, interpretada por rachel roberts. frank é um superstar no campo; ele tem dinheiro, sucesso com as mulheres e um senso de si mesmo que irrita a classe dominante abafada. frank é a coisa mais rara do cinema britânico da época: um sucesso. harris ganhou o prêmio de melhor ator em cannes e ambos (ele e rachel roberts) foram indicados ao oscar. uma obra prima !
richard harris looks, moves and acts like young brando. complex relationships and drives. classic' s a classic for a reason .
highly regarded film that i did not take to. harris is excellent and anderson is a better than good director, here and most other films. do not have the film .
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the breakthrough film for both director lindsay anderson and star richard harris, this grim portrait of a tormented rugby player features what is likely the actor' s finest performance and remains one of the few to explore the dark side of an athlete' s life. frank machin (harris) emerges from the coal mines of yorkshire to wage war in the rugby scrum on his way to wealth and stardom. but the brutality that has taken him to the top corrodes all of his relationships, especially that with married paramour rachel roberts. in many ways a precursor to martin scorsese' s raging bull (1980), anderson records the relentless pounding of the scrum with a gritty immediacy, drawing a direct line from that bloody battle to the athletes' destructive off - the - field behavior. along with albert finney, harris was one of the first british actors to be influenced by the work of marlon brando and the techniques developed by the actors studio, and it would not be wrong to think of the character of frank as a descendant of stanley kowalski. like many of their contemporaries in the era of the angry young man, both anderson and harris were also steeped in italian neorealism, another strong influence on the film' s style and tone. while anderson would go on to produce more cerebral and explicit critiques of british society, none of his other films approach this one in terms of raw emotional power .
scottish writer and former vocalist for the punk band the skids, richard jobson makes his ...
scottish writer and former vocalist for the punk band the skids, richard jobson makes his directorial debut with 16 years of alcohol, the stylized psychological drama based on his own semi - autobiographical novel. through voice - over narration and various flashback methods, troubled ...
for many years, the blue gardenia was virtually a lost fritz lang film. financed independently, ...
for many years, the blue gardenia was virtually a lost fritz lang film. financed independently, the movie wasn' t widely seen at the time of its release, despite being distributed by warner bros. , and as it subsequently bounced between distributors, the ...
leon prochnik adapted the evocative robert moresco play child' s play for the screen, with sidney ...
leon prochnik adapted the evocative robert moresco play child' s play for the screen, with sidney lumet assuming directorial duties. beau bridges stars as a young teacher at an exclusive catholic boy' s boarding school named paul reis. an outbreak of violence ...
this two - part hbo miniseries is based on the pulitzer prize - winning novel by richard russo. having ...
this two - part hbo miniseries is based on the pulitzer prize - winning novel by richard russo. having long since sacrificed youthful ideals and values to remain in his new england hometown for the sake of his family, middle - aged miles roby (ed harris) ...
john slattery' s feature directorial debut, an adaptation of pete dexter' s first novel, god' s pocket stars ...
john slattery' s feature directorial debut, an adaptation of pete dexter' s first novel, god' s pocket stars philip seymour hoffman as mickey scarpato, who lives in the gritty, blue - collar neighborhood of god' s pocket with his wife jeanie (christina hendricks), a lifelong resident ...
star james caan made his directorial debut in the fact - based hide in plain sight. caan ...
star james caan made his directorial debut in the fact - based hide in plain sight. caan plays a divorced husband and father who comes to visit his ex - wife and children, only to discover that they' ve evidently disappeared from the face of ...
though this interesting film was among many responsible for the critical success of french autuer ...
though this interesting film was among many responsible for the critical success of french autuer robert bresson, it was by no means a commercial success. slightly different than his other films, director bresson utilized the contrasty photography of philippe agostini ...
robert hall' s drama lightning bug concerns a young man trapped in a small southern town ...
robert hall' s drama lightning bug concerns a young man trapped in a small southern town with an abusive stepfather. the young man has developed a remarkable facility at creating make - up effects for horror films, and he hopes these skills will ...
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in the 1970s, jessica hathaway (angela punch mcgregor) joins the staff of brentwood hospital, a government facility for handicapped children in melbourne, australia. one of her patients is annie o' farrell (tina arhondis), whose cerebral palsy has kept her institutionalized since the age of 3. convinced the girl, now 13, has been misdiagnosed as legally retarded, jessica teaches her to communicate through a ouija board in this true story about the fight to free annie from institutional care. annie' s coming out (also known as a test of love) is a 1984 australian drama film directed by gil brealey. it is based on the non - fiction book annie' s coming out by disability activists rosemary crossley and anne mcdonald. the book tells the story of mcdonald' s early life in a government institution for people with severe disabilities and her subsequent release .
it' s important to note that this film covers events that took place in america during the 70s. released in 1982, i first saw this film in the late 80s. i was actually staying in a residential disabled children' s home at the time. the comparison with my lovely surroundings could not have been starker. where i stayed was a place of luxury compared to the miserable hospital annie was imprisoned in. i was outraged that people could be treated so badly. that said, the film does have it' s moments that make you smile, and ultimately has a happy ending (at least for annie). i hope that' s not a spoiler, but i think it' s important. if by the description of the film you' re thinking this is for you, then it definitely is. i have also read the book, and as the write up above comments, there is much more to the true story that is not told in the film, so makes a good accompaniement. i was pleased a few years ago to receive an email from annie & rosemary, who are still fighting for the rights of disabled children in australia, although obviously times have changed dramatically thank goodness. i have seen this film many times, i practically know it word for word, but i' ve ordered this as i really want to hear the commentary .
i had seen this film many years before and knew it was based on a true story. it' s a good film about the empowerment of people who may have a disability; one that everyone should see at least once in their life. maybe not quite as good as' the miracle worker' (1962) with anne bancroft in the story of helen keller but not far from it. i recommend it to you .
will not play on the two main dvd players. i borrowed a portable dvd player and this movie will play on this. shouldn' t the dvd play on all of my dvd players ?
a true and very moving story. the young girl playing the role of annie is captivating. annie' s story of discovery and ultimate freedom shouldn' t be missed. i knew the story going into the viewing, and was pleased to see it was done beautifully .
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the first take it from here broadcast was on 23rd march 1948, coinciding with jimmy’s twenty - eighth birthday, but seemed to pass by unnoticed according to reactions the next day. in fact the audience figures for the whole series were low, but largely thanks to charles maxwell’s support, it lasted six months. the shows settled into a format which was to see them through the next five series as well, and already familiar characters emerged, such as dick bentley’s poet who always began his monologue with the strangulated cry “oh mavis! ”, and joy’s husky - voiced miss arundel, who interpreted every remark as a reference to her red - blooded fiancé, gilbert .
muir & norden delighted in puns, and later continued to indulge with their own radio show my word. tifh scripts were liberally injected with exchanges such as this between king henry viii and his valet: ‘cornelius, i must find a man who is minded to show his fealty towards me’ – ‘me, your majesty, me! no man is more fealty - minded than i am! ’. another favourite mirth - raiser was the personal reference, and not a show went by without a gag about dick’s age. so there was jimmy unable to count the candles on dick’s birthday cake because the heat drove him back, jimmy agreeing that dick is his oldest friend: ‘there are friends i’ve known longer, but you’re the oldest! ’, and in tifh’s contribution to a special gala radio show for the coronation, dick is informed that he was asked to attend because he is the only actor on the bbc who’s been an elizabethan both times! jim, of course, also comes in for a serve, common topics being his girth and his nasal appendages. in one opening, joy is praising window boxes with flowers in full bloom: ‘it must be lovely to lean out of the window and have a mass of sweet smelling foliage growing right under your nose, jimmy’ – ‘aren’t you being rather personal, dear? ’
other program conventions such as the trite theme song and the staid closing credits were perverted: the tifh theme boasted that this was the show with ‘every minute packed with seconds’, and the announcements at the end were of the ilk: ‘frank muir & denis norden wrote the script in a weekend and charles maxwell produced it in a weak moment’, or for a special broadcast from the naval barracks at portsmouth: ‘charles maxwell captained the crew, while frank muir and denis norden as usual pumped the bilge’. amongst the closing credits was the name herbert mostyn, which was not in fact a real person but rather the middle names of frank and denis respectively and represented their contributions, reading odd lines or taking on regular small parts .
with increasing popularity during the third series, impresario jack hylton suggested that the show could transfer to the stage, and the three stars appeared at the top of a variety bill at the victoria palace for a short while before moving to the prince of wales theatre. after a summer season at blackpool, the show opened at the adelphi in london on 31st october 1950 under the negotiated title take it from us. it was a spectacular production with a troupe of chorus girls, an adagio act, lavish sets, solo spots for joy, dick and jimmy (the latter with assistance from his euphonium) and a finale sketch ‘friends, romans, countrymen’ or ‘what a sphinx! ’, adapted by future carry on script - writer, talbot rothwell from a radio script by muir and norden. the show was a success, as proven by its long run of 580 performances over a period of a year, and it closed with only jimmy remaining of the three principals.
wallas eaton ( 18 february 1917 – 3 november 1995 ) , sometimes credited as wallace eaton or wallis eaton , was an english film , radio , television and theatre actor . he is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the bbc radio-comedy serial take it from here . 
wallas eaton (18 february 1917 – 3 november 1995), sometimes credited as wallace eaton or wallis eaton, was an english film, radio, television and theatre actor. he is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the bbc radio-comedy serial take it from here.
wallas eaton (18 february 1917 – 3 november 1995), sometimes credited as wallace eaton or wallis eaton, was an english film, radio, television and theatre actor. he is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in the bbc radio-comedy serial take it from here.