RANDOM QUOTES – PT81

RANDOM QUOTES – PT81

June 16, 2023 Alan Royle 1

  JON PERTWEE (1919-96)                          [He is best known for his portrayal of the third doctor in the BBC series of Doctor Who, a portrayal that lasted from 1970 to 1974. Fans may be unaware, however, of his work during World War Two as an RNVR officer and in a special […]

RANDOM QUOTES – PT77

RANDOM QUOTES – PT77

April 2, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  DIANE LADD (1935 – )                              [Diane on actress Jean Seberg during the making of Macho Callahan (1970)]: ‘She was terribly sensitive, almost like a little girl. We shot in a village outside Mexico City one day, […]

TV SITCOMS – PT4.

TV SITCOMS – PT4.

March 15, 2023 Alan Royle 2

  THE REAL MCCOYS (1957-63) 225 EPISODES               Walter Brennan as Amos McCoy A little along the lines of the later series The Beverly Hillbillies, The Real McCoys saw Amos McCoy move his family from West Virginia to an inherited farm in California. Week after […]

WAR PICTURES WORTH WATCHING – PT3.

February 14, 2019 Alan Royle 0

    James Mason & Danielle Darrieux  5 FINGERS (1952) World War Two – Espionage in Ankara, Turkey Possibly my favourite espionage movie of all time, thanks to the superbly convincing portrayal of the spy by James Mason and the delightful performance from Danielle Darrieux as the Countess Staviska (a […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT99.

January 11, 2019 Alan Royle 0

   Vera-Ellen  Lovely Vera-Ellen hailed from Norwood, Ohio in 1921 and was a dancer from the early age of ten. A few years later she became one of the youngest ever Radio City Rockettes, although she was fired a few weeks later because she showed too much individuality on stage. […]

When is an Indian not an Indian? (PT 1)

February 14, 2017 Alan Royle 4

  Until around about the eighties very few actual Native Americans were employed playing Indians in Hollywood movies. Thankfully, since then that has changed and there are numerous Native American actors making healthy livings in westerns and other genres. Over the next few days I shall examine some of those […]