📽A celebration of vintage film history. Archives of Hollywood, British and international movies. Recognised cinema triumphs and forgotten treasures.
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LA DOLCE VITA (1960)
Director: Federico Fellini
A satirical comedy-drama that stars the inimitable Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini, a tabloid journalist who, has an aspiration to turn himself into a serious writer
THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943)
Director: Mark Robson
Produced by renowned Horror film producer Val Lawton The Seventh Victim focuses on a young woman who, in the search for her missing sister, stumbles upon an underground cult of devil worshippers operating in Greenwich village.
This never fails to raise the spirits. “Bluebottle come in, Bluebottle come in”.
Film of the day - Carry On Spying (1964) Terrific comedy with Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Charles Hawtrey (Double O, Oooh!), Bernard Cribbins, Dilys Laye, Eric Barker and Jim Dale. Meet at Cafe Mozart @TalkingPicsTV 10.10pm tonight #CarryOnSpying #CharlesHawtrey
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BLACKMAIL (1929)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Based on the Charles Bennett play released the previous year and made in both silent and sound versions, Blackmail is about a woman who is blackmailed after killing a man in self-defence.
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Arguably the best Bond girl of all-time.
Remembering the great British actress Diana Rigg who was born Enid Diana Rigg on this day in Doncaster in 1938. She died in 2020. #DianaRigg #TheAvengers #TheatreOfBlood #OnHerMajestysSecretService #JuliusCaesar #TheHospital #KingLear #BleakHouse #GameOfThrones #EvilUnderTheSun
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THE CRANES ARE FLYING (1957)
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Hailed as a Post-Stalinist cinematic masterpiece, this landmark film tells the story of Veronica (Tatiana Samoilova) and Boris (Alexis Balatov), a couple who are blissfully in love until WWII tears them apart.
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Hear my review of this absolute Sid James gem on the latest @tptvpodcast
Film of the day - The Big Job (1965) Super comedy from the Carry On stable starring Sid James, Joan Sims, Sylvia Syms, Jim Dale, Dick Emery, Lance Percival, Deryck Guyler and Edina Ronay @TalkingPicsTV 2.30pm this afternoon #TheBigJob #JoanSims #SidJames #JimDale #SylviaSims
This particular podcast episode is an absolute education in the Hammer gems from British film history. Fascinating stuff.
A very special episode of the podcast as @scophi is joined by @Cevni and @galahadlad from @HouseHammerPod to celebrate @TalkingPicsTV as they unlock The Vaults of Hammer.
Episode link: directory.libsyn.com/episode…
#tptv #hammerhorror #hammer
An amazingly insightful review of Dennis Hopper’s Kid Blue to match the incredible actor portrait by @sarahbabsmorgan on the latest @tptvpodcast
It's a doozy! The portrait star this time is Dennis Hopper, who appears in my contribution, Kid Blue. @TalkingPicsTV
Listen out for @Cevni @gazhack @HalWalker @stevesalesnoble @TheMelByron @scophi & @reifferschizzle too!
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Nailed on here. Talking Pictures is unrivalled in how it does so much for the morale of its viewers by finding such classic and also forgotten gems of film and television from years gone by and its enduring commitment to passionately continue doing so.
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Long may our wondrous memories of Sam Kydd, Sid James and Peter Cushing to name a few continue by virtue of @TalkingPicsTV
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Not so much film related but wanted to point out for any Tony Hancock fans - born on this day in 1924 - that BBC 4 are airing four episodes of the brilliant Hancock’s Half Hour from 7.00pm this evening.
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An absolute cracker of a Murder Mystery set in early 60’s Brighton.
7pm TODAY on @TalkingPicsTV 👌Worth a Watch👌
The 1962 #Crime film🎥 “Jigsaw” directed & written by #ValGuest
Based on #HillaryWaugh’s 1959 novel📖 “Sleep Long, My Love”
🌟#JackWarner #RonaldLewis #YolandeDonlan #MichaelGoodliffe #JohnLeMesurier
✅See 1960’s #Brighton
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ON TODAY ON @TalkingPicsTV AT 13.35pm.
THE SMALL BACK ROOM (1949)
Directors: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
