BIG SCREEN PREMIERES
Take your seats in the best cinema in the land for a great mix of films. There truly is something for everyone.
We’ll Smile Again (1942) on Wednesday at 7.40am. Nazi spies are foiled again, this time by those unlikely counter-agents, Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen. When enemy agents use a film studio’s equipment to send coded messages, it’s up to two lowly studio employees to save the day in this fun musical comedy.
Old Mother Riley in Society (1940) on Friday at 7.10am. In this very rare film, the fifth in the series, Kitty marries a wealthy suitor and Mother Riley leaves their home fearing her humble origins will spoil her daughter’s future. Also stars John Stuart, and look out for Jimmy Clitheroe making his film debut.
Fade In (1973) on Friday at 8.05pm. Burt Reynolds was at the height of his fame when this rarely-seen film was released, having been made in the late 1960s. A sophisticated Hollywood film editor, played by Barbara Loden, falls for a local cowboy hired to work on her film.
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) on Saturday at 2.10pm. One of the most romantic of all classic Hollywood films. Gene Tierney finds her cottage is haunted by the previous owner, a sea captain who died there. Initially hostile to each other, they gradually fall in love, but can never be together in this world. Rex Harrison is the handsome captain.
Is Paris Burning? (1966) on Saturday at 6pm. This is an epic in every sense of the word. Multi-award winning French director, RenéClément,helms this story of the last days of the Occupation of Paris. Filmed in the city with permission from President de Gaulle, the glittering international cast includes Kirk Douglas, Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer and Orson Welles.
Situation Hopeless, But Not Serious (1965) on Saturday at 9.15pm. Alec Guinness stars an eccentric, but lonely, man, who hides two US flyers who have bailed out over Germany. He enjoys their company so much, he tells them the war is still raging, rather than have them leave. Robert Redford stars as one of the airmen, in one of his earliest films.
A New Kind of Love (1963) on Sunday at 10pm. A cynical American reporter in Paris falls in love with a fashion designer he previously snubbed after she gets a makeover. Stars Hollywood ‘power couple,’ Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. The great Maurice Chevalier makes an appearance as himself.
MORNING HIGHLIGHTS
Grab yourself a warming cuppa and maybe a custard cream and settle down with our choice of daily pre-lunchtime classics. You know you deserve it.
The Frightened City (1961) on Monday at 10.30am. This is a cracking British Noir about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London. Stars John Gregson, Herbert Lom and Sean Connery. The Shadows had a hit single with the main theme.
Make Mine a Million (1959) on Tuesday at 10.30am. A soap powder salesman (Sid James) decides what he really needs is TV advertising. He ropes a hapless make-up artist, played by the legendary Arthur Askey, into helping him. Spot some of the many famous faces who play cameos as themselves.
Helter Skelter (1949) on Wednesday at 10.45am. A madcap heiress, a pie fight and hiccups that can’t be cured. Throw in Terry-Thomas, Charters and Caldicott and a haunted house and you have all the ingredients for a perfect mid-morning zany comedy.
Radio Cab Murder (1954) on Thursday at 8am.This early morning crime drama directed by Vernon Sewell stars not one, but two Talking Pictures TV favourites, Jimmy Handley and Sam Kydd. An ex-convict taxi driver poses as a crook to catch a bank robber.
The Flying Squad (1940) on Friday at 8.45am 1940. Bradley of the C.I.D. Flying Squad is out to break a drug smuggling gang in this drama based on an Edgar Wallace story. Stars Sebastian Shaw and Jack Hawkins.
Emergency (1962) on Saturday at 8.10am. Dermot Walsh stars in this tense drama. A young girl with a very rare blood group needs a transfusion after an accident. A frantic search to find donors begins.
The Common Touch (1941) on Sunday at 11am. When his father dies, young Peter (Geoffrey Hibbert) leaves school and takes over the family firm. He goes undercover in a dosshouse on land owned by the firm, and helps the residents stop it being demolished. With Greta Gynt.
AFTERNOON HIGHLIGHTS
You deserve to put your feet up in the afternoon too. Time for another hot drink and maybe a slice of cake with some fine film choices.
The Young Ones (1961) on Monday at 3.55pm. Cliff and his friends raise money to buy their youth club before Cliff's dad can get it. Also stars the Shadows and Robert Morley, who sings a duet with Cliff!
A Stitch in Time (1963) on Tuesday at 4pm. Comedy. Director: Robert Asher. Stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke. Banned from visiting a sick child, Norman will go to any lengths to keep in touch with his young friend.
Teacher’s Pet (1958) on Wednesday at 2.30pm. Two of the all-time greats, Clark Gable and Doris Day, star in this comedy. To make a point, a cynical city editor signs up for a course in journalism and finds himself attracted to the teacher.
Walk a Tightrope (1963) on Thursday at 2.30pm. A hitman is hired by a woman to kill her ex-husband, but things are not what they seem to be at first glance. Stars perennial Hollywood bad guy, Dan Duryea.
Cheaper By the Dozen (1950) on Friday at 3.15pm. Myrna Loy and Clifton Webb star as Frank and Lilian Gilbreth who juggle their roles as efficiency experts with raising 12 children. Delightful comedy based on a book by two of their children.
The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) on Saturday at 2.10pm. One of the most romantic of all classic Hollywood films. Gene Tierney finds her cottage is haunted by the previous owner, a sea captain who died there. Initially hostile to each other, they gradually fall in love, but can never be together in this world. Rex Harrison is the handsome captain.
Theatre Royal (1943) on Sunday at 1.15pm. Flanagan and Allen are back! This time they are helping to save a theatre from closure. A rare broadcast of a formerly 'lost' film.
