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Topic: Bing - For One Night Only - BBC Radio 4 |
Neil
Replies: 7
Views: 9460
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Forum: Bing Crosby Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:39 pm Subject: Bing - For One Night Only - BBC Radio 4 |
| I think what really annoyed me was when Sarah Kennedy got a telling off a few years for slipping Bing's 'Row Row Row' in at around 6.30 one morning without her producer's permission. She was carpeted ... |
Topic: Silent Films |
Neil
Replies: 5
Views: 7168
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:36 pm Subject: Silent Films |
In addition to some of the titles above, can I add, The Unknown?
It is featured on The Lon Chaney Collection
(The Ace of Hearts/Laugh, Clown, Laugh/The Unknown/Lon Chaney - A Thousand Faces)
C ... |
Topic: THREE DVD SET(Detective themed) |
Neil
Replies: 11
Views: 11110
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Forum: Sinatra and his films Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:12 pm Subject: THREE DVD SET(Detective themed) |
And it finally did come down.
Foxy have it at £5.45 and Play have it at £5.99 if anyone is interested. |
Topic: Optimum's Sherlock Holmes-Rathbone Collection |
Neil
Replies: 5
Views: 6625
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:09 pm Subject: Optimum's Sherlock Holmes-Rathbone Collection |
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-Definitive-Collection-Remastered/dp/B0006M4S46/ref=pd_sxp_f_i/202-8449237-1193437?ie=UTF8
Ken
Is this the one? |
Topic: WC Fields |
Neil
Replies: 3
Views: 5243
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:07 pm Subject: WC Fields |
Just to update this thread - there is an excellent region 1 box set
W.C. Fields Comedy Collection featuring
The Bank Dick
International House
It's A Gift
My Little Chickadee
You Can't Che ... |
Topic: Can They Really Be that Stupid? |
Neil
Replies: 1
Views: 4437
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:03 pm Subject: Can They Really Be that Stupid? |
| To some extent, part of the problem with this sort of thing is due to the internet - and of course poor research. People read something on the internet and all critical faculty goes out of the window ... |
Topic: Some classic old horrors |
Neil
Replies: 3
Views: 5775
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:57 pm Subject: Some classic old horrors |
| Actually the 19th Sept dates may be wrong. I was in London yesterday and I saw the Chaney Jr Inner Sanctum set in the Cinema Store. When I got home, I saw PlayUSA had posted my copies of Inner Sanct ... |
Topic: New Forum |
Neil
Replies: 22
Views: 29804
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Forum: Westerns Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:24 pm Subject: New Forum |
| Do you think there is a chance of the film being released Ken? |
Topic: Some classic old horrors |
Neil
Replies: 3
Views: 5775
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:22 pm Subject: Some classic old horrors |
There is a box with the big 3 - Dracula/Curse of Frankenstein/Mummy - though the Dracula print is the US one entitled Horror of Dracula.
I agree - it is a wonderful film.
The box was released a ... |
Topic: Bing - For One Night Only - BBC Radio 4 |
Neil
Replies: 7
Views: 9460
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Forum: Bing Crosby Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:13 pm Subject: Bing - For One Night Only - BBC Radio 4 |
| I think Radio 2 has gone down a lot over the last few years. I sorely miss Benny Green and Alan Dell and I don't think Elaine Paige is any match for them, though Davis is a reasonable replacement for ... |
Topic: Some classic old horrors |
Neil
Replies: 3
Views: 5775
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:01 pm Subject: Some classic old horrors |
It's a good time for fans of classic horror movies.
Universal are releasing The Boris Karloff Collection (19th Sept) Region 1
A 5 film collection of Universal Horror pictures and later films. The ... |
Topic: GHOSTWATCH (BBC 1992): great or just an overrated flick ??? |
Neil
Replies: 2
Views: 4938
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:47 pm Subject: GHOSTWATCH (BBC 1992): great or just an overrated flick ??? |
I saw it go out on it's original airing and whilst to me it was obvious it was a play, I do remember a lot of fuss afterwards in the papers.
It is an excellent and very unusual piece though Parkins ... |
Topic: Tarzan - second box set |
Neil
Replies: 1
Views: 4051
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Forum: Odds and Sods Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:44 pm Subject: Tarzan - second box set |
The bits reports:
"Warner has also just announced The Tarzan Collection, Volume 2 box set for release on 10/31
The set will include
Tarzan Triumphs,
Tarzan's Desert Mystery,
Tarzan and ... |
Topic: New Forum |
Neil
Replies: 22
Views: 29804
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Forum: Westerns Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:08 pm Subject: New Forum |
I'm not a huge western fan but have begun to appreciate the genre much more in recent years.
I would love to see Bing's version of Stagecoach. I understand it's not brilliant and not a patch on the ... |
Topic: Playusa.com |
Neil
Replies: 6
Views: 10014
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Forum: Astaire and his films Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:59 pm Subject: Playusa.com |
Some titles are strangely not deliverable by PlayUSA.com whilst others are and there appears to be no reason behind what can and what cannot be sent out.
I have found Play to be reliable and quick ... |
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