What Movies Have Been Playing On Your DVD/Video Lately?

Marian · Post by **Marian** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:19 am

I'm sorry I missed Matt too. We have even been up to the Pebble Mill studios a couple of times as part of the audience, when Jack appeared. Great fun! The last time Alan Titchmarsh was the host, and Liz Smith was also a guest.

It was an excellent programme, so sorry it has gone.

Marian

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:40 am

I remember the original presenters, including David Seymour and the late Donny Macleod

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:10 am

Follow this link if you would like to see what we were all watching on May 1st 1974.

http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/tellyyears/may1974.htm

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:15 pm

I watched the Busby Berkeley film "Gold Diggers of 1933" on DVD last night

the Busby Berkeley box set is not available to buy in the UK, so I sent for it from Amazon.com (USA) where it is available

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:53 am

I saw 'A Place In The Sun' with Montgomery Clift & Liz Taylor at the weekend.
I'd never seen it before, gosh, it was soooo sad.

mark porter · Post by **mark porter** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:13 am

i have been watching REACH FOR HE SKY today free movie in the daily mail!!! haha, love this film seen it many times but its always good.
you cant beat the old british movies.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:19 pm

And what a hero, this Douglas Bader, the pilot who lost both legs in a flying accident, and no Mark, you can't beat the old movies, but better still watching the screen in the smoke filled cinema

waiting for the trailor for next weeks films followed by the cockeral crowing for the introduction to "Pathe News " and then bingo... the main film.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:53 pm

That's a novelty--having a game of bingo between the News and the Main Film.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:39 pm

Ah very good Marian,

although quite a few cinemas closed down and were turned into Bingo halls.
Apparently since the smoking ban came in Bingo has lost it's appeal for many, attendancies have dropped and the companies are feeling the pinch.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:44 pm

Yes , I did know that--my own local cinema when I was younger bacame a Bingo Hall, and a Bowling Alley--not sure in what order--and last year, on the drive in to Hayes, it is no longer there !!!

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:28 am

Some have also become Supermarket's

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:42 am

I read a book recently that listed York' cinema's over the year, when they opened, when they closed and what they are now.
Being a film buff, I really wish i could of experienced cinema going in the 40's & 50's.
Some cinema's had doormen & films played to packed houses.

I have to say I aren't a fan of the mulitplex cinema experience.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:06 am

Those were the days Gray when cinemas were packed to capacity and it was often standing room only until a single or a double seat became empty and the next person/persons were led to there seat by the usherette with her torch.
It was quite usual to have doormen outside the front of cinemas, and someone watching at the back, for those who were attempting to climb in the toilets to get in free or for those who were under-age.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:07 am

Lena and Harry's posting bought back some memories---my mum , my sister and I used to go 3 times regularly, every week--no TV then !!

The films were changed every week, so that was 3 main films a week, plus 3 "b" films---and I do not ever remember seeing the same film twice !

Long , long queues sometimes, and the frustration when the doorman would put his arm down , just as we got to the front of the queue--then standing down the side of the ailes, waiting for the next available seats---we sometimes had t wait ages as there were 3 of us---squeezing through , if the seats were in the middle of the row---and all this time the film was going on--so if you were unlucky, you would catch the last 15 minutes---then wait for the film to come round again, and watch from the beginning---even though you knew what the ending was.

Then there was also Saturday morning pictures at 6d, and a different film on a Sunday afternoon.

Some braver souls would try to get in free, by testing all the fire doors, as quite often , one was left open.

keithgood838 · Post by **keithgood838** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:36 am

[Hi, Marian(a)
I know of a period, now shrouded in the mists of time,
when table tennis exhibitions used to take place between features.
A wonderful player called Victor Barna toured the cinemas and invited local players to challenge him to a match on stage. He turned the
encounters into variety performances and would beat the local
champions while sitting in a chair. 'Those were the days my friend.'
Keith