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Repertory cinema programme sharing lesser-known and lesser-seen gems with audiences.

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Joined August 2016
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Pancakes with Babs in CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT
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Rest in peace, Stanley Donen. What an astonishing talent.
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Happy birthday, Marlene! Born on this day 1901.
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(A great day to listen to the new @RememberThisPod. Sifting the fact from the fiction re: Dietrich, her sexuality, and *those* Claudette Colbert rumours.)
One of the most fascinating aspects of doing the research for this site is historically positioning many of the films we share. One example is the richly animated Soviet film: 'New Year's Eve / Novogodnyaya noch' (1948) dir. Olga Hodataeva and Peter Nosov.
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And, ending our #2Advent, 25th December, of course, is IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra, 1946) - “George Bailey, I’ll love you ‘til the day I die” Merry Christmas, everyone! xx
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24th December: Jack Lemmon prepares Christmas spaghetti for Shirley Maclaine in THE APARTMENT (1960) #2Advent
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23rd December: Schmaltz, ahoy! It’s WHITE CHRISTMAS (Michael Curtiz, 1954) #2Advent
22nd December: An eerie, magical landscape of childhood fantasy in THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise, 1944) #2Advent
21st December: Gene Kelly and Deanna Durbin in Robert Siodmak’s noir CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (1944) #2Advent
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We neglected our advent calendar yesterday, which means a double bill today!
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For yesterday, 19th December: Love and tenderness in THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (Lubitsch, 1940)
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And for today, 20th December: A fabulous, witchy Greenwich Village Christmas in BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (Richard Quine, 1958)
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18th December: Cary Grant is the angel, erm, Dudley in THE BISHOP’S WIFE (Henry Koster, 1947) #2Advent
17th December: Joseph Cotten and Ginger Rogers find love in I’LL BE SEEING YOU (William Dieterle, 1944) #2Advent
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16th December: Katherine Hepburn and Joan Blondell have a Christmas tipple in DESK SET (Walter Lang, 1957) #2Advent
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15th December: A technicolour operetta with BABES IN TOYLAND (Jack Donohue, 1961) #2Advent
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Ok, we’re a little bit late with this one but... 14th (ish) December: Judy Garland wishes you a merry little Christmas in Vincente Minnelli’s MEET ME IN ST LOUIS (1944) #2Advent
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13th December: “Baby, you’re just what I want for Christmas” Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh in HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949) #2Advent