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Post by anybody on Jul 28, 2019 6:38:35 GMT
I never miss The Repair Shop
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Post by ARENA on Jul 28, 2019 8:41:12 GMT
I've been 'glued' to it from the start.
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Post by ARENA on Feb 2, 2020 7:12:22 GMT
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Post by themanwhoknewnothing on May 13, 2021 10:08:00 GMT
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Post by oldcuriousity on May 2, 2022 8:21:51 GMT
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Post by ARENA on May 16, 2022 14:20:32 GMT
Just finished watching FRONT PAGE STORY on youtube----
Life at Fleet Street an ordinary day when everything happens This is a wonderful film of almost documentary character showing the life at a newspaper editorial office with Jack Hawkins in charge, happening to all kinds of incidents that have to be followed up and covered, an ordinary day's work for an editor, and it is not easy. There are several very different stories that develop at the same time with that in common that none of them turns out as expected. A young widow (Eva Bartok) is at the Old Bailey charged with murder of her husband, who was dying anyway - it appears to have been some kind of a killing by mercy. A young mother with five kids is lying at the hospital on the operation table with no certain outcome of the operation. A scientist in a high position of nuclear physics is eager to have his message spread by the newspaper to the world while he conveys atomic secrets to the enemy. And Jack Hawkins' wife is leaving him after having been left alone too much.
So there are four different dramas (at least) on the hands of the editorial, and they keep developing to major crises all four of them. The most interesting drama is that of the widow Eva Bartok. Jack Hawkins puts his most critical journalist Michael Goodliffe on the case, which leads to a dramatic climax after everything has gone wrong, questioning for serious the ethics and morals of journalism and showing upsetting interiors of inside stories. Finally there is the ultimate Front Page Story as an air crash consumes all public interest at the cost of what really matters concerning human values... It seldom happens that I want to see a film over again at once, but this was one of them.
IMDB review
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Post by althea on May 17, 2022 8:51:05 GMT
I recently watched the whole, old series of Maigret, starring Rupert Davies. It was diabolical. Acting, 2 out of 10. Scenery,1 out of 10. Dialogue, 3 out of 10. Plots,4 out of 10. I had remembered it as being good, but my, how times change.
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Post by ARENA on May 17, 2022 9:03:51 GMT
I couldn't believe it. I saw Maigret with Rowan Atkinson and thought it would be rubbish........he is brill in the part (PS not a fan of Mr Bean)
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Post by althea on May 18, 2022 13:41:21 GMT
Arena, I could have written that post of yours. That's exactly what I thought. Hate Mr. Bean, in fact not a fan of RA in general. The series of Maigret he did is excellent IMHO.
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Post by themanwhoknewnothing on May 20, 2022 12:12:41 GMT
Another here .Not keen on RA but thought he was excellent as Maigret.
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