My nephew

The Lady Vanishes

 

I really do like Hitchcock

So this starts off as a gentle comedy, even as a comedy of errors. A few travellers are stuck at a hotel somewhere in Europe. An avalanche has stopped the trains. So people have to share rooms. I wonder if this where we get the trope of the uninhibited Swedish/German woman undressing

There is some cheese cake scenes of lithe young ladies. There is a switch of POV characters, as we don't meet the male lead until about 20 minutes into the film

In a scene which modern hollywood would not replicate. Our male lead blackmails the female lead by annoucing that he would tell everyone she invited him into the room.  A bit of foreshadowing there contrasting  one of the minor characters An up and coming barrister who is having an affair. Interestingly this man is carrying a Colt 45 on his person. 

A good way off calling someone a bastard

A joke about baseball being simply rounders

A funny line. When a local Oxford educated jackbooter is struck over the head. His assailant quips well I went to Cambridge, Hitchcock actually remembers that people do come round from a blow on the head

I liked the man, trying to get cricket scores from an unexpected phone call from London. I do remember things like that happening pre interent

The pretty big nose for such small glasses- is that anti Italian discrimination? As the ``friends of ours would say'' The two gents who are sharing a bed. One is not wearing bottoms... his companion was a guardsman... I wonder if there is a subtext here

I do wonder if Ms Froy leaving the train at the end is a more cold blooded act than the film lets us consider. Everyone else was distracted.. she could make her escape 

Great fun.. serious and silly 

Union Jack Classic

My second College Football event of the year

I was suprised and pleased with the seats The organisers had moved the crowd down from the gods.

There was no fly past alas. My brother noted 

It was a pretty close game. Arizona won, over Kansas

 

Gerrit Graham

 

Gerrit Graham

November 27, 1948 – September 15, 2026

As Used Cars is one of my favourite classic comedies. I am sorry to note his passing

Played a Q, in Deathwish ST :VOY and was shortlisted for Odo

82

A very happy 82 birthday to my father

Clue ( 1985)

 

As a tribute to the late Tim Curry. I viewed this, I should actually sit down and watch the Rocky Horry Picture Show. Which stars one of my favourite actors Barry Boswick but nevertheless

I had forgotten the stepped in dog dirt joke at the beginning

It rains. It rains all the time, in DC so this is nice

It is quite a good period piece.If it was made now it would be set in 1985

Lots of comedy stalwarts- Christopher Lloyd, Curry, get the praise but Madeline Khan, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull are no slouches either

Michael McKean made a career playing Federal Agents with something to hide. Lots of physical comedy from him and Curry- Curry throwing McKean about

Everyone smokes

I did wonder if Curry was bored timelord in this... Maybe the Dr or the Master, depending on what you watch

QPR v Middlesboro