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Post by yankee on Jul 11, 2020 16:04:52 GMT
RHPS is such a staple of Friday/Saturday "midnite movies" here in the US. Probably 98% of the audience would be dressed as various characters - including many men in drag! - and it would be one interactive party. The audience clearly knew every line of dialog and most who were dressed in character would stand and mime along or even out loud. I could only imagine the looks on the faces of the unaware cinema goers leaving the theater from watching the regular movies letting out at 11:30-11:45 seeing the RHPS lot queuing up.
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Post by profbooboo on Jul 11, 2020 20:08:02 GMT
I love it. I watched it last night and can quote whole bits but I don't think I've watched it that many times, but the songs are so memorable so maybe that's why as they take up a fair bit of the film. It's one of those films that goes by so quickly because it's so enjoyable.
I've been to see it at the cinema here twice, once was quite empty but I think that was cause it was a Wednesday night and it hadn't been advertised very well. The other one was better, I dressed up as a party goer which is mainly black. I wore a black shirt with coloured bow tie and cummerbund, party hat, white rimmed sunglasses and tail coat. Once it was over I folded the shirt, bow tie and cummerbund into my bag (I had a black t-shirt underneath) along with the sunglasses and the hat went in the bin and the tail coat was used as a normal overcoat and I was ready to go to the pubs and clubs! I would have felt self conscious dressed like that away from the cinema...or as one of the other characters, I haven't got the figure for the other outfits!...although it was Halloween and the rest of the pub and clubbers were dressed in some great outfits, one was dressed as Eraserhead, he must have been hot in that mask and two guys with beards dressed as the twins from The Shining! Great night.
Prince Charles Cinema in London do regular sing along nights with lots of films including RHPS, but I'm not in London😢
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Post by pandaeyes on Jul 12, 2020 9:20:32 GMT
Just remembered, my husband and I went to a performance in Bristol a few years back. We didn't realize people went 'in costume'. Interesting to see men in corsets and stockings plus stilettos walking around. Wish I'd had a camera.
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Post by Rufus Firefly on Jul 13, 2020 22:00:00 GMT
Enjoying the repeats of Special Branch. Forgot what great actors Paul Eddington and George Sewell were.
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Post by HoraceCoker on Jul 14, 2020 10:59:47 GMT
Enjoying the repeats of Special Branch. Forgot what great actors Paul Eddington and George Sewell were. ....think Patrick Mower was in it too..
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Post by profbooboo on Jul 14, 2020 12:18:08 GMT
Enjoying the repeats of Special Branch. Forgot what great actors Paul Eddington and George Sewell were. ....think Patrick Mower was in it too.. Yeah, think Derren Nesbitt was in the eArly ones and Mower was in the later ones, I think. Just watched Mower in Callan and just finished Target, which I quite enjoyed.
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Post by HoraceCoker on Jul 14, 2020 12:53:50 GMT
....think Patrick Mower was in it too.. Yeah, think Derren Nesbitt was in the eArly ones and Mower was in the later ones, I think. Just watched Mower in Callan and just finished Target, which I quite enjoyed. ...Target.....that rings a bell....is that on TP...?
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Post by profbooboo on Jul 14, 2020 16:41:52 GMT
No not on TP, hopefully it'll be one they'll get soon. Apparently it was controversial for the violence. I think maybe it was to try and compete with The Sweeney and The Professionals on ITV. I'm going to order The Human Jungle soon as I missed most of those and I couple of have seen Ive enjoyed. I also want the last series of Mr Rose. I brought 1&2, but the 3rd series hasn't got Donald Webster as Halifax in it so it's put me off buying it.
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Post by HoraceCoker on Jul 14, 2020 17:20:06 GMT
No not on TP, hopefully it'll be one they'll get soon. Apparently it was controversial for the violence. I think maybe it was to try and compete with The Sweeney and The Professionals on ITV. I'm going to order The Human Jungle soon as I missed most of those and I couple of have seen Ive enjoyed. I also want the last series of Mr Rose. I brought 1&2, but the 3rd series hasn't got Donald Webster as Halifax in it so it's put me off buying it. ........Mr Rose...that's a blast from the past.....William Mervyn I believe.....do you recall a series called The Liars from the same TV era....just get a blank look when I mention it to anyone...
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Post by profbooboo on Jul 14, 2020 20:59:46 GMT
Sorry, you'll get another blank look. It sounds interesting from what I can gather. Was it an anthology series? I've seen a few anthology series recently (due to the lockdown Ive watched tons of great shows) but they're mainly eerie, spooky, weird type stories, not just a straight comedy or drama...although I've seen a few of those too, some Galton & Simpson, one called 'I Tell You Its Burt Reynolds' with Leonard Rossiter, which was a 30min comedy. But the anthology series Ive seen were Shadow Of Fear, there's some good episodes, the last one with Edward Fox is good, but my favourite is the first with Michael Craig, where he becomes more and more obsessed with burglars who've broken in while him and his wife were on holiday and after speaking with the police is convinced they'll return once the stolen goods have been replaced. But he sets a trap for them. It's soooo good, and one of the burglars is a young Mark McManus. There's also The Frighteners, again creepy. A good episode with Ian Holm and an episode called Mrs Mouse with a really good twist. Scorpion Tales. Anthony Bate in one episode and Jack Shepard in another, both very good. I'll be starting Thriller soon. I've seen Tales Of The Unexpected, but ages ago, but went back last week to watch as episode with Michael Kitchen (after seeing him in All True) and half way through thought "this seems very familiar", and It's basically the film Nothing But The Best with Alan Bates, but a shorter version. Very good though.
I find watching one thing leads to another. After seeing Jack Shepard in Scorpion Tales and a Play For Today I ended up watching Bill Brand, where he plays a socialist labour politician. Very good series. And The Main Chance lead to The Wilde Alliance where John Stride and Julia Foster play a married couple who get involved in crime solving. Actually better than I thought it would be and their chemistry is great to watch.
I might take this to the Old TV thread. Lol
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Post by Rufus Firefly on Jul 14, 2020 21:38:29 GMT
Sorry, you'll get another blank look. It sounds interesting from what I can gather. Was it an anthology series? I've seen a few anthology series recently (due to the lockdown Ive watched tons of great shows) but they're mainly eerie, spooky, weird type stories, not just a straight comedy or drama...although I've seen a few of those too, some Galton & Simpson, one called 'I Tell You Its Burt Reynolds' with Leonard Rossiter, which was a 30min comedy. But the anthology series Ive seen were Shadow Of Fear, there's some good episodes, the last one with Edward Fox is good, but my favourite is the first with Michael Craig, where he becomes more and more obsessed with burglars who've broken in while him and his wife were on holiday and after speaking with the police is convinced they'll return once the stolen goods have been replaced. But he sets a trap for them. It's soooo good, and one of the burglars is a young Mark McManus. There's also The Frighteners, again creepy. A good episode with Ian Holm and an episode called Mrs Mouse with a really good twist. Scorpion Tales. Anthony Bate in one episode and Jack Shepard in another, both very good. I'll be starting Thriller soon. I've seen Tales Of The Unexpected, but ages ago, but went back last week to watch as episode with Michael Kitchen (after seeing him in All True) and half way through thought "this seems very familiar", and It's basically the film Nothing But The Best with Alan Bates, but a shorter version. Very good though. I find watching one thing leads to another. After seeing Jack Shepard in Scorpion Tales and a Play For Today I ended up watching Bill Brand, where he plays a socialist labour politician. Very good series. And The Main Chance lead to The Wilde Alliance where John Stride and Julia Foster play a married couple who get involved in crime solving. Actually better than I thought it would be and their chemistry is great to watch. I might take this to the Old TV thread. Lol I recall a supernatural anthology series from the early seventies called Journey Into the Unknown with the eerie Roller Coaster intro. Dont believe thats been shown on TP.
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Post by profbooboo on Jul 14, 2020 22:28:21 GMT
Yeah, I've heard of that one, I know a younger Dennis Waterman is in the first episode, or one of the episodes. I'll have to try and see if it's available once Ive gone through Thriller. There's lots of US ones aswell like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Circle of Fear etc, but I do like spotting all the Brit actors in the UK ones before they got their bigger breaks. The Human Jungle isn't an anthology series as Herbert Lom is in all the episodes, but each episode focuses on a different subject matter, so if you don't like one character you can go into the next.
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Post by Rufus Firefly on Jul 16, 2020 15:27:01 GMT
Yeah, I've heard of that one, I know a younger Dennis Waterman is in the first episode, or one of the episodes. I'll have to try and see if it's available once Ive gone through Thriller. There's lots of US ones aswell like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Circle of Fear etc, but I do like spotting all the Brit actors in the UK ones before they got their bigger breaks. The Human Jungle isn't an anthology series as Herbert Lom is in all the episodes, but each episode focuses on a different subject matter, so if you don't like one character you can go into the next. I remember quite vividly the opening sequence of THJ though the subject matter was a little above my head at the time.
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Post by yankee on Jul 16, 2020 17:51:00 GMT
Yeah, I've heard of that one, I know a younger Dennis Waterman is in the first episode, or one of the episodes. I'll have to try and see if it's available once Ive gone through Thriller. There's lots of US ones aswell like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Circle of Fear etc, but I do like spotting all the Brit actors in the UK ones before they got their bigger breaks. The Human Jungle isn't an anthology series as Herbert Lom is in all the episodes, but each episode focuses on a different subject matter, so if you don't like one character you can go into the next. Don't forget "Night Gallery" which was Rod Serling's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone. Each episode featured 2 or 3 short stories. Each would start with Serling in a gothic museum and he would show a macabre looking painting, then give the story behind the painting that would serve as a brief intro to the story. The stories were pretty dark. More monster/ghost story than Twilight Zone which was usually more science fiction based.
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Post by profbooboo on Jul 31, 2020 1:32:24 GMT
Very last minute, I've only just noticed it, but at 6am today Serious Charge with Anthony Quayle is on. He plays a vicar who helps out at a youth club. Some of the kids are getting in bother, including Cliff Richard, but he speaks up for him in court which is appreciated. However Richard is easily lead astray by Andrew Ray, who dislikes the vicar. Sarah Churchill plays a woman who's fallen for the vicar but he doesn't have those feelings. One night Ray goes to the house and fakes an assault by Quayle. Churchill walks in and can see the teen is distressed and has ripped clothes and so sides with Ray. The truth emerges in the end but it's to late. Really good story, Quayle is usually good in stuff as it's the same here.
This film is followed at 9am by Sleeping Tiger. Dirk Bogarde's first of five Joseph Losey directed films. Bogarde breaks in to a psychiatrists house, the psychiatrist agrees not to press charges of if he stays at the house so he can try to rehabilitate him. However he ends up having an affair with his wife. It's a good film.
Also later on at 2:45pm is No, My Darling Daughter with Michael Craig and Juilet Mills. Not my favourite film, but I do enjoy watching Michael Craig so this would be on my list.
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