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Affair with a Stranger (1953)
A highly enjoyable film
Having just watched this I thought I'd post a comment.
A fine film, with lots of deft touches.
Victor Mature is very enjoyable to watch in this.
Jean Simmons is perfect for her role.
And supporting the story there is a range of wonderfully talented actors who play their parts so well.
It is old fashioned, sure, but that is no bad thing.
Definitely worth a watch. The script is good.
Highly enjoyable and very entertaining.
I rate this 8 out of 10.
Carry on Camping (1969)
In the top 5 of the Carry On films, oh yes!
This is indeed one of the funniest of the Carry On films. It captures the mood of the late 1960's, free spirits and all that, albeit in a slightly comfortable old fashioned way.
All the best characters are present and correct, or should that be incorrect.
A mention should be made of the sheer brilliance of Terry Scott and Betty Marsden in this, as a dysfunctional married couple. The way she, all jolly hockey sticks, chatters on, so happily, interspersed with that incredible LAUGH of hers, which could potentially drive one insane.
This is all the more tragicomic-ally apparent by the way Terry makes thoroughly horrid side comments and fed up facial expressions while she yaps and laughs away, apparently oblivious to his being thoroughly cheesed off. Yet, despite all of this, you get the feeling that he depends on her so much! Why is he sticking with her otherwise!
The best scene involving them is when pathetic damp camper Charles Hawtrey, who has lost his tent, stumbles upon them and ends up sharing their tent in a remote field of an evening, as she takes pity on him. He is a bit self conscious about intruding in such a small intimate space, and acknowledges that Mr and Mrs might want to be alone.
She asks why, with a bewildered expression. And then, after a second, realising what he means, she laughs and guffaws in her loud inwards/outwards diabolical screech.
Oh, I see what you mean. Oh, ha ha ha ha ha! We gave up doing that sort of thing years ago, didn't we, she says to Terry.
Yes you did, didn't you, replies Terry, through gritted teeth.
It's the dark, almost menacing, look on his face as he says this, with the gormless bespectacled Hawtrey sitting next to him, which makes this brief scene absolutely hilarious!
Needless to say, Terry and Tuneless get it right in the end.
This is just one example of how all the folk involved mismanage how to muddle on in this simply classic Carry On film.
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
This is really worth watching
This film immediately catches the eye, with the atmospheric aerial views of a very pretty Hong Hong. Filmed in those rich colours of 1950 films which modern blockbusters never seem to capture. Probably a sign of those times, because this is not a high powered, seen it all before film, full of havoc and violence. The havoc and violence are there though, in the backdrop, with thousands of refugees trying to get out of China This is a very moving and compelling story, full of hope and love in a tragic time, in recent history. The story of two people from different cultures falling in love. And the build up to them trying to overcome this is at the heart of this very fine and moving film.