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Battle Of Britain - part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jan 13, 2013
The Weapons of the Battle The main weapons of the battle of Britain were primarily planes. Actual figures telling us of the number of planes vary from one historian to another. But one thing is true, and always will be – Germany had a gigantic advantage. For every British plane, be it read more
Battle of Britain – part 1
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jan 5, 2013
Operation Sea Lion. That was the name given by Adolph Hitler for the invasion of Britain. His original idea was to capture all of Britain in all or most of its beauty. But that idea could not happen until the Royal Air Force had been wiped from the skies forever. Hitler wante read more
Who are the stars of today ?
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Nov 19, 2012
Most of us know who Jimmy Stewart, Spencer Tracy, and Burt Lancaster were, but do we have an actor living today who is in the same league ?. Liz Taylor, Jean Arthur, and Audrey Hepburn – I ask the same question. I can’t think of a single actor , male or female, living today that could fi read more
The Time Machine – part 9
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Nov 14, 2012
Errors, Screw-ups, and Cinematic Gremlins Every film, even those with very special “special effects”, and gigantic budgets, are always prone to errors. Even films where special attention is paid to detail errors almost always creep in. Most of the time the errors are glaring, and are so read more
The Time Machine – part 8
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Nov 8, 2012
George is now in the fight of his life. His only chance is to light the torch he made. If he could do that the Morlocks would stay away from him, and the light from the torch. While he’s fighting he calls to Weena to get the torch. She tries to get it, but is frightened off by a Morlock. Georg read more
The Time Machine – part 7
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Nov 6, 2012
I’d like to dedicate the remainder of this blog to my uncle Jim who passed away on Nov 2 2012 The next morning Weena introduces George to the time he has become trapped in. She shows him shafts nobody knows anything about. When George approaches one of the shafts, of which there are dozens, W read more
The Time Machine – part 6
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Nov 2, 2012
After George berates the Eloi he leaves the pavilion, and stomps down the stairs, eager to return to his time. Weena gets up to try and talk to him, but night has fallen and she won’t go any further than the door. As George gets closer to the spot where he left his machine he sees empti read more
The Time Machine – part 5
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Nov 1, 2012
George sits on the steps of the pavilion baffled by the total lack of concern he just witnessed. He’s puzzled, and perplexed. Nobody seemed to care that the girl was about to die. Nobody even tried to save her. Nobody !. This “paradise” was no paradise since no one seemed to read more
The Time Machine – part 4
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 28, 2012
The time machine came a stop. The controls on the control panel froze on one date. Then the machine started to spin on its axis. The spinning was so violent it tossed George out of the machine. George was knocked out and lay face down on the grass. The year was 802701, if that was possible. Y read more
The Time Machine –part 3
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 23, 2012
Ever so gently he pushed the control lever forward. He was pleased he could keep track of time inside the machine. Feeling the vibration of the disc behind him, and seeing the flashing of the lights on the control panel was intoxicating. He felt like he was a little boy again with a new toy. Only th read more
The Time Machine – part 1
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 21, 2012
Unless otherwise noted all screen captures were made by me. Tom It’s seven thirty in the evening, and David Filby (played perfectly by Alan Young) is closing the store. Like a good Scottish business man he checks the cash register. He goes through the front door, and locks it. David has read more
The Time Machine – part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 20, 2012
Unless otherwise noted I made all the screen captures from my DVD copy of the film. Tom For two years George has toiled on the contents of the box. He has worked feverishly to complete it by the end of the century. He goes so far as to say that if successful it will travel in the fourth d read more
Time travel in film
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 12, 2012
Time travel. You can go forwards in time, backwards, you can go side ways (you stay in the same time ((most of the time…pardon the pun), you simply change locations)), and you can experience alternate realties. In almost every film there is some element of time travel. Metropolis is one read more
The Ghost And Mrs. Muir – part 7
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 19, 2012
This is just a guess, but I think this part shows Lucy when she’s truly alone. When she was child, and into her twenties she had her parents. After that she became a married woman and a mother with a husband to talk with. When she was widowed she had that ditzy mother-in-law, and Eva, the sist read more
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir – part 6
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 18, 2012
When we finished part 5 Miles Fairley had just come on the scene. He has taken a shine to Lucy, much to Captain Greggs disapproval. Lucy is somewhat taken with the overly conceited Miles. She seems to be somewhat surprised she could feel anything for any man after the death of her husban read more
The Ghost and Mrs Muir – part 5
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 16, 2012
In every film there is something, or someone you dislike. Sometimes the dislike is tolerable, and sometimes it’s stomach turning. For me it’s almost stomach turning, and it’s almost every scene with George Sanders who plays Miles Fairley – a insufferable rogue, cad, ski read more
The Ghost and Mrs Muir – part 4
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 1, 2012
With her financial security ruined Lucy starts exploring various means of making money. An idea that comes to mind is having lodgers. But she has no idea how launch such an enterprise. She goes to town to invite Mr Coombs to the cottage to ask his advice, and further explore this idea. Mr Co read more
The Ghost and Mrs Muir – part 3
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 24, 2012
The “best bedroom” belongs to Lucy. It did belong to the captain when he was mortal, and after he died it became the place where he liked to spend most of his time . In order for the captain to inhabit someplace else in the cottage, and to give Lucy a little privacy, a deal is str read more
The Ghost and Mrs Muir – part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 22, 2012
Lucy bids a fond farewell to her sister-in-law from hell, and her ditzy mother-in-law. Lucy, Anna, and Martha (the maid Lucy brought into her marriage) greet the fictional but endearing English sea side town of Whitecliffe-By-The-Sea as simply a chapter in their lives. This chapter begins with Lucy read more
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir – part 1 Aug. 18 2012
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 20, 2012
I watched my DVD copy of the film for the second time last night. And I came away asking more questions about the film than I had before I watched it. For me music always helps. I think I better qualify that. Sometimes the music for a given film can kill it, vastly shortening its lifespan at t read more