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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 344093" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><em>My double-feature matinee began with:</em></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">A Home Of Your Own</span></strong> (1965)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAO5umRp.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a1bcd41567cfa4aeadfe094b6fbce0cfac681be7b339b94b3d94562d6ea777d8&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">One of four silent films starring Ronnie Barker which appear on a Blu-ray I purchased recently. This one's great. As well as Ronnie B., there's Richard Briers, Bernard Cribbins, Peter Butterworth plus a whole load of familiar faces from British films of the era. </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Making a silent film in 1965 seems like it could be quite a risky prospect, but it's pulled off admirably, and these films no doubt also paved the way for the likes of Mr Bean. </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]YxmedV1tqX4[/MEDIA]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Some of the physical comedy is shocking today due to the flagrant lack of health and safety considerations. Ronnie Stevens comes off the worst in this department. His character falls several times into wet cement face first (while smoking a pipe), then gets a skip load of shingle dumped on him (and it is very visibly him) while sitting in a convertible. Finally, said convertible ends up being picked up by a crane, swinging vigorously while being lifted perhaps thirty storeys into the air and dumped on a high level... with Ronnie sitting (and at one point <u>standing</u>) in the car. I got acrophobic just watching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 344093, member: 23"] [CENTER][I]My double-feature matinee began with:[/I] [B][SIZE=6]A Home Of Your Own[/SIZE][/B] (1965) [img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAO5umRp.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a1bcd41567cfa4aeadfe094b6fbce0cfac681be7b339b94b3d94562d6ea777d8&ipo=images[/img] One of four silent films starring Ronnie Barker which appear on a Blu-ray I purchased recently. This one's great. As well as Ronnie B., there's Richard Briers, Bernard Cribbins, Peter Butterworth plus a whole load of familiar faces from British films of the era. Making a silent film in 1965 seems like it could be quite a risky prospect, but it's pulled off admirably, and these films no doubt also paved the way for the likes of Mr Bean. [MEDIA=youtube]YxmedV1tqX4[/MEDIA] Some of the physical comedy is shocking today due to the flagrant lack of health and safety considerations. Ronnie Stevens comes off the worst in this department. His character falls several times into wet cement face first (while smoking a pipe), then gets a skip load of shingle dumped on him (and it is very visibly him) while sitting in a convertible. Finally, said convertible ends up being picked up by a crane, swinging vigorously while being lifted perhaps thirty storeys into the air and dumped on a high level... with Ronnie sitting (and at one point [U]standing[/U]) in the car. I got acrophobic just watching.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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