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Nov 7, 2010 22:56:13 GMT
Post by John Wall on Nov 7, 2010 22:56:13 GMT
Well, I enjoyed it
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Nov 8, 2010 12:21:14 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2010 12:21:14 GMT
Me too. An interesting event as always. The most frustrating thing is that they can only show what is the tip of the iceberg as regards recoveries. I hope some of it finds it's way to DVD, particularly BBC material, which is badly dragging behind on the release front compared to ITV.
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Nov 8, 2010 14:02:54 GMT
Post by John Wall on Nov 8, 2010 14:02:54 GMT
Now there are two version of 1984 that would be a good release.
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Nov 8, 2010 16:28:51 GMT
Post by adriane17 on Nov 8, 2010 16:28:51 GMT
Yes MBW yesterday was another good event.
The At Last The 1948 Show benefitted from being unfamiliar unlike Python which to me has been overexposed and when seen now seems strangely dated.I loved the reference in The Frankie Howerd Show to purple hearts.Pick of the bunch in terms of dynamism and enjoyability for me was the Lulu show. Such energy and exciting direction and seeing the man who turned down Led Zeppelin was great.
The Library Of Congress feature was sensibly done and whetted the appetite for the forthcoming season.
The only real let down was the Harry Secombe (bar the final sketch) but when you consider that it was 55 years ago and the same distance from when Victoria was still Queen as we are from it I suppose we have to be grateful it exists at all.
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Nov 8, 2010 17:25:03 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2010 17:25:03 GMT
I'm always amazed when more 1948 Show is found, particularly considering the rarity of any Rediffusion programmes. Very pleased though as it's a class series that comes over very fresh and funny now. I watched bits of it at the time but it has stood the test of time. It can stand it's own against Python too. I hadn't seen about half of the material in this edition before and so it was a welcome screening.
The Scene edition was interesting and I was surprised to see the cast of Please Sir making an appearance. I'd like to see the whole programme. Roll on the day when schools programmes are brought out on DVD!
The Secombe programme showed it's age generally but the last ten minutes were very much ahead of their time, blurring the end of the programme with the continuity and showing the way for Python many years later.
I also enjoyed the Frankie Howerd edition, although I can't ever remember watching the series at the time. I also liked the topical references to purple hearts etc. Not what I would have expected to find in a light entertainment show of this type from the mid '60s!
It was suggested at the MBW event that the LOC may have further UK material in their archives and this is still being looked into. So we shall have to wait and see. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this ground-breaking co-operation between the BFI / Kal and the LOC may lead to further such co-operative ventures in delving into what may exist in other such U.S. (and overseas) archives...
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Nov 8, 2010 20:14:30 GMT
Post by John Wall on Nov 8, 2010 20:14:30 GMT
What was noticeable about the Secombe show was the camera work - or rather the lack of camera work ! So much of it was either static or very slow panning. I did laugh a lot though - with those three it was difficult not to
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Nov 8, 2010 23:38:37 GMT
Post by Andrew Doherty on Nov 8, 2010 23:38:37 GMT
This year's 'Missing, Believed Wiped' was the most interesting yet.
The surprise of the event was the appearance of Shirley Eaton as a singer on the 'Secombe Here!' show. Her singing appearances in 1950s variety shows (particularly for the BBC) were frequent as I recall. Strange that after circa 1959 I don't believe she ever turned up on any television shows as a singer.
I regard the 'Four Yorkshiremen' sketch in the 'At Last the 1948 Show' as one of the great comedy classics.
The revelation of the evening was the fact that both the 1955 'Secombe Here!' show and the 1969 'Lulu' show had large orchestras playing live. This is a feature of shows from the fifties and sixties. Both shows, though very different, worked well in their very different ways. I do believe that the 'Lulu' show was superior to the 'Top of the Pops' shows of the time because the music was not pre-recorded and for me it makes all the difference. 'Bath - the Queen of the West' from 1952 was an excellent find.
The 1965 Frankie Howerd show was enjoyable.
The drama clips highlighted just how good the standard of performance was in the productions.
All the items showed have one thing in common, i.e. sincerity.
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Nov 9, 2010 11:52:41 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2010 11:52:41 GMT
Sincerity is a good word to describe it. They believed in TV in those days in a way they do not now.
John's remark about camera work is interesting too as it seemed that the Secombe show was relying on only two for a lot of the time (i.e. a wide shot and close-up). There also seemed to be a slight visual disturbance every time they cut from one to the other. Vision mixing was obviously in it's infancy. It was good too in the final sequence where they pulled out to show the camera man with his camera and the audience surrounding him, all sword-fighting. The programme seemed intent on breaking down the fourth wall in every way it could in that end sequence! Very interesting piece of TV for it's time.
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