Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eleanor Bron, George Harrison, John Lennon, Leo McKern, Paul McCartney, Richard Lester, Ringo Starr, Rory Kinnear, The Beatles, Victor Spinetti on 12/05/2020| Leave a Comment »
Review of The Beatles 1965 film HELP! (linked) in the 60s Retrospective Series. This one’s even more comprehensive than my review of A Hard Day’s Night. Director Richard Lester has said that his obituary will begin ‘Beatles director …‘ On the basis of this he has been called ‘the father of MTV video’ and it was the innovative and exciting area of the film. The trouble is the basic storyline is dire.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alfie Bass, Bill Naughton, Cilla Black, Eleanor Bron, Graham Stark, Jane Asher, Julia Foster, Lewis Gilbert, Michael Caine, Millicent Martin, Murray Melvin, Shelley Winters, Shirley Anne Field, Sonny Rollins, Vivien Merchant on 25/03/2020| Leave a Comment »
Alfie? Which one? The 1966 Alfie with Michael Caine of course (Linked). Helliwell’s Film Guide, usually a strict critic, called it ‘One of the best 60s films’ so it was an essential next one in the 1960s retrospective series. Well worth seeing again.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anne Reid, Crystal Clarke, Dominic Dromgoole, Dominic Rowan, Eleanor Bron, Eve Best, Harry Lister Smith, Paul Rider, Phoebe Fildes, Sam Cox, William Gaunt, William Mannering on 25/11/2017| Leave a Comment »
We are at the start of Classic Spring Theatre’s London year of Oscar Wilde, produced (and here directed) by Dominic Dromgoole. The first play is A Woman of No Importance, starring Eve Best, Anne Reid and Dominic Rowan. A fabulous cast, great sets and costumes. The first of four Wilde comedies.
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