Alec Guinness: Before Obi-Wan Kenobi, there were the eight D’Ascoyne family members (photo: Alec Guiness, Dennis Price in ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’) (See previous post: “Alec Guinness Movies: Pre-Star Wars Career.”) TCM won’t be showing The Bridge on the River Kwai on Alec Guinness day, though obviously not because the cable network programmers believe that one four-hour David Lean epic per day should be enough. After all, prior to Lawrence of Arabia TCM will be presenting the three-and-a-half-hour-long Doctor Zhivago (1965), a great-looking but never-ending romantic drama in which Guinness — quite poorly — plays a Kgb official. He’s slightly less miscast as a mere Englishman — one much too young for the then 32-year-old actor — in Lean’s Great Expectations (1946), a movie that fully belongs to boy-loving (in a chaste, fatherly manner) fugitive Finlay Currie. And finally, make sure to watch Robert Hamer’s dark comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets...
- 8/3/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
London, Mar 1: John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney's childhood homes have been listed as Grade II buildings by an English commission that looks after historic buildings and monuments of the country.
Lennon's house - Mendips, on Menlove Avenue in Woolton, and McCartney's home on Forthlin Road in Allerton, are both in Liverpool.
The commission known as English Heritage said that the two houses were where The Beatles composed and rehearsed many of their early hits.
Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose said that The Beatles were "tremendously important."
He said that the listing meant the houses were.
Lennon's house - Mendips, on Menlove Avenue in Woolton, and McCartney's home on Forthlin Road in Allerton, are both in Liverpool.
The commission known as English Heritage said that the two houses were where The Beatles composed and rehearsed many of their early hits.
Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose said that The Beatles were "tremendously important."
He said that the listing meant the houses were.
- 3/1/2012
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
London — The childhood homes of former Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney, where the pair wrote some of their early songs, will be preserved, the government said Wednesday.
Lennon's house in south Liverpool and McCartney's nearby row home will be granted a grade 2 listing, which means they cannot be altered without the permission of local officials, said Britain's Heritage Minister John Penrose.
The decision means the homes of one of Britain's greatest songwriting teams will be protected for generations to come. Their work has long been associated with the northern port city Liverpool, particularly because of songs like "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" that celebrated their childhood haunts.
Lennon lived at a comfortable 1930s duplex house called "Mendips" in 251 Menlove Ave. from 1945 to 1963 with his aunt and uncle after his parents separated when he was five.
McCartney lived in nearby Forthlin Road for nine years from 1955. The two musicians...
Lennon's house in south Liverpool and McCartney's nearby row home will be granted a grade 2 listing, which means they cannot be altered without the permission of local officials, said Britain's Heritage Minister John Penrose.
The decision means the homes of one of Britain's greatest songwriting teams will be protected for generations to come. Their work has long been associated with the northern port city Liverpool, particularly because of songs like "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" that celebrated their childhood haunts.
Lennon lived at a comfortable 1930s duplex house called "Mendips" in 251 Menlove Ave. from 1945 to 1963 with his aunt and uncle after his parents separated when he was five.
McCartney lived in nearby Forthlin Road for nine years from 1955. The two musicians...
- 2/29/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The zebra crossing on Abbey Road has been given Grade II listed status. Following advice from English Heritage, the crossing immortalised by the cover of The Beatles' 1969 LP Abbey Road has been recognised for its "cultural and historical importance", BBC News reports. Minister for tourism and heritage John Penrose said: "This London zebra crossing is no castle or cathedral but, thanks to The Beatles and a ten-minute photo-shoot one August morning in 1969, it has just as strong a claim as any to be seen as part of our heritage." Roger Bowdler, head of designation at English Heritage, added: "This is obviously an unusual case and, although a modest structure, (more)...
- 12/22/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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