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Basil Radford & Naunton Wayne THE LADY VANISHES | dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1938
#the clever ways hitchcock evades the censors while hiding queers in plain sight needs to be studied#whats that ur doing protecting the modesty of ur husband there mate?#the lady vanishes#alfred hitchcock#basil radford#naunton wayne#film#homoeroticism#romcom#hays code#classic film#classic movies#1930s#spy thriller#the celluloid closet
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James Stewart and Kim Novak (Bell, Book, and Candle, Vertigo)—they have an obsessive, hot kind of love that's pretty toxic but still compelling to watch.
Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford (The Lady Vanishes, Night Train to Munich, Quartet)—Hot cricket loving couple submission
This is round 1 of a mini Christmas tournament. Each poll lasts for three days. If you'd like to send additional propaganda supporting your favorite hot couple, you can reblog this post with your propaganda added, send it to my asks, or tag me in it. To vote in all the polls, click here. Happy holidays!
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#kim novak#jimmy stewart#naunton wayne#basil radford#charters and caldicott#hotvintagepoll#hot couples tourney
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NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (1940) | dir. Carol Reed
#1940's cinema#1940's#1940#night train to munich#carol reed#margaret lockwood#rex harrison#paul henreid#basil radford#naunton wayne#classicfilmsource#filmedit#classicfilmgifs#british cinema#filmblr#filmgifs#dramagif#thriller#world war ii#british secret service
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Circle of Danger (1951) Jacques Tourneur
October 20th 2024
#circle of danger#1951#jacques tourneur#ray milland#patricia roc#marius goring#hugh sinclair#naunton wayne#marjorie fielding
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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
I really took my time picking out a movie at the video store last weekend. It was that Saturday between Christmas and the new year, and I had spent the day in solitude, which is not normally my way. I went to the mall to pick out my new sexy wall calendar for the year (you have to wait until after Christmas to buy one for yourself, otherwise someone may get one for you), idly wandered for a bit…
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#alfred hitchcock#basil radford#linda travers#margaret lockwood#mark boomer redmond#michael redgrave#naunton wayne#paul lukas#reviews#the lady vanishes#thriller
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Heiter verklärte Eisenbahnromantik in einer Ealing-Comedy, die wir noch nicht kannten. Es ist nicht die ausgefeilteste, dafür aber die erste in Technicolor. Die Einwohner beschließen, die Eisenbahnstrecke, die geschlossen werden soll, selber zu betreiben. War ja auch eine dumme Idee, diese Verstaatlichung.
#The Titfield Thunderbolt#Naunton Wayne#Stanley Holloway#Gabrielle Brune#George Relph#John Gregson#Hugh Griffiths#Jack MacGowran#Film gesehen#Charles Crichton
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Dread by the Decade: Dead of Night
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★★★★
Plot: When a man meets a group of strangers whom he insists he already knows, everyone present realizes they've also experienced something unexplainable.
Review: Though some segments outshine others, diverse narratives, genuine eeriness, and a fantastically surreal ending make this anthology an absolute standout.
Source Material: "The Bus-Conductor" by E. F. Benson, "The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost" by H. G. Wells Year: 1945 Genre: Anthology, Supernatural Horror, Ghosts, Horror Comedy Country: United Kingdom Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden Writers: John Baines, Angus MacPhail Cinematographers: Douglas Slocombe, Jack Parker Editor: Charles Hasse Composer: Georges Auric Cast: Mervyn Johns, Frederick Valk, Anthony Baird, Judy Kelly, Miles Malleson, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Allan, Ralph Michael, Googie Withers, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Michael Redgrave, Hartley Power, Roland Culver, Renee Gadd
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Story: 3.5/5 - Though "The Golfer's Story" is weak and "The Christmas Party" is too bare bones, the other tales are unsettling and the framing story's conclusion is outright haunting.
Performances: 4/5 - Everyone is great, but Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, and Michael Redgrave give especially tormented performances.
Cinematography: 4/5 - Well shot with interesting angles and lighting. The dizzying camera movements at the end are wonderful.
Editing: 3/5 - Cuts are sometimes a bit abrupt.
Music: 3.5/5 - Lively, though occasionally too dramatic.
Effects & Props: 4/5 - The cursed mirror and ventriloquist dummy are both solid, and the bus crash is effective.
Sets: 4/5
Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 4/5
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Trigger Warnings:
Very mild violence
Domestic abuse
Suicide
Discussion of child abuse and murder
Casual misogyny
#Dead of Night (1945)#Dead of Night#Alberto Cavalcanti#Charles Crichton#Robert Hamer#Basil Dearden#British#anthology#supernatural horror#ghosts#horror comedy#Dread by the Decade#review#1940s
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Obsession
Where else can you see Long John Silver hold Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen in the basement of a bombed-out apartment block than in the wonderful world of film noir? Edward Dmytryk made OBSESSION (1949, TCM), aka THE HIDDEN ROOM, in England while he was on the Blacklist and cast Robert Newton as a psychiatrist who plots what he thinks is the perfect murder when he tires of wife Sally Gray’s infidelities. He chains up her latest lover (Phil Brown, another Blacklist victim who spent most of his career in England) until the time is right to kill him and dispose of his body. The film is very British in its talkiness (it’s adapted from a play and novel by screenwriter Alec Coppel) and a twee final scene that should please animal lovers. But Dmytryk also works with cinematographer C.M. Pennington-Richards to capture the devastation of German bombing that persisted into the 1950s and create some great chiaroscuro effects in Newton’s lab and the nighttime streets. The scenes in the hidden room, where Brown is chained to the wall and Newton has taped out his ambit, have an offbeat, almost kinky feel. Despite its talkiness, the picture builds up a good level of suspense, helped by Miklos Rosza’s score. The cast, including Naunton Wayne as a classier predecessor to Columbo, is uniformly good, and Gray has a field day turning the wife into a film noir femme fatale. There’s also a great dog and even a cat who contributes to the climax. If you’re like me (meaning still 13 on the inside), you’ll hoot when a bobby runs into a police call box. I felt sure he was headed to another planet in a different century.
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No Último Minuto
UK, 1949
Edward Dmytryk
7/10
Rebuscado
Um filme estranho e invulgar, que antecipa o thriller, no seu sentido mais moderno, muito para lá do simples policial ou do film noir.
Tenso, quase claustrofóbico, no espaço exíguo em que se desenrola a história e na obsessão ilógica do protagonista, o filme não carece de predicados para os apaixonados pelo thriller psicológico.
Falta-lhe, contudo, alguma consistência no argumento, que nunca parece muito credível, demasiado rebuscado e sempre inconclusivo, mas também um cast que dê mais convicção ao enredo. Nem Robert Newton, nem Sally Gray, nem tampouco Phil.Brown são especialmente inspirados nas suas interpretações. Apenas Naunton Wayne, no papel de superintendente da Scotland Yard, tem uma interpretação convincente e empolgante, introduzindo na história a tensão que um bom thriller precisa.
Uma curiosidade, que vale a pena ver, mas não que deixará seguramente, uma memória duradoura no espectador.
Far-fetched
A strange and unusual film, which anticipates the thriller, in its most modern sense, far beyond the simple detective story or film noir.
Tense, almost claustrophobic, in the cramped space in which the story unfolds and in the protagonist's illogical obsession, the film has plenty of predicates for those in love with psychological thrillers.
However, it lacks some consistency in the argument, which never seems very credible, too far-fetched and always inconclusive, but also a cast that gives more conviction to the plot. Neither Robert Newton, nor Sally Gray, nor Phil.Brown are particularly inspired in their interpretations. Only Naunton Wayne, as the superintendent of Scotland Yard, gives a convincing and exciting performance, introducing the tension that a good thriller needs into the story.
A curiosity that is worth seeing, but will not leave, for certain, a lasting memory for the viewer.
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There are those who think that Alfred Hitchcock never surpassed The Lady Vanishes when it comes to the romantic comedy thriller. From the opening sequence of an obviously miniature Eastern European village to the concluding scene in which Miss Froy (May Whitty) delightedly reunites with Iris (Margaret Lockwood) and Gilbert (Michael Redgrave), it's an utterly engaging movie. If I happen to prefer North by Northwest (1959), it may be only because Cary Grant is a greater movie star than Redgrave and James Mason a more suavely subtle villain than Paul Lukas, and of course the thrills -- the crop-dusting scene, the Mount Rushmore chase -- are done more deftly (not to say expensively) and with greater sophistication. Because virtually everything in The Lady Vanishes works: There's real chemistry between Redgrave and Lockwood; Whitty is a delight as the geriatric spy; the notion of a song being the MacGuffin is witty; Caldicott (Naunton Wayne) and Charters (Basil Radford) are the perfect ambiguously gay duo; and there's a nun in high heels who pauses to fix her makeup. It also has a genuinely serious subtext: 1938 was a year fraught with tension, and when Caldicott and Charters are preoccupied with getting the news from England, our first thought is that it has to do something with the threat of war and not with a cricket test match. The satiric glances at the insular Brits are also underscored by the relationship of Todhunter (Cecil Parker) and his mistress (Linden Travers), escaping to a place where nobody knows them to conduct their affair, and even by Gilbert's blithe preoccupation with collecting information about the native folk dances of the Bandrikans, who might indeed be next after the Czechs to be swallowed up by the Third Reich.
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Haruo Nakajima (Godzilla)—everyone loves this guy but how many know his name or face! hes responsible for every godzilla trait and behaviour! he spent all day in rubber suits sweating enough to fill a bucket and he got burned electrocuted and almost suffocated in there multiple times in the 12 godzilla movies he featured in. i think hes scrungly but i dont know how to explain *why*... he just is to me and i love it. toho kept godzilla production details secret for so long and when they finally showed photos and footage, nakajimas photo - halfway into the suit, smiling - was the image printed in international entertainment news
Naunton Wayne & Basil Radford (The Lady Vanishes, Night Train to Munich)—Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford made such a hit as Charters and Caldicott, British buffers eternally trying to get the cricket score, in The 39 Steps [editor's note: I think the person who wrote this propaganda means The Lady Vanishes; Charters and Caldicott do not appear in The 39 Steps], that they continued to turn up playing these characters or variants of them for the rest of their lives. Sometimes you just need a scrungly little guy who is utterly useless in a crisis until the chips are really down, when it turns out he was a crack member of The Scrungly Club at Eton
This is round 2 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.
[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]
Haruo Nakajima:
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Wayne & Radford:
"There was only one bed!"
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Margaret Lockwood | Michael Redgrave | The Lady Vanishes (1938) Alfred Hitchcock directed
The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. After visiting the fictional country of Bandrika, English tourist Iris Henderson is returning home to get married, but an avalanche blocks the railway line. The stranded passengers are forced to spend the night at a hotel. In the same predicament are Charters and Caldicott, cricket enthusiasts anxious to see the last days of a Test match in Manchester, and Miss Froy, a governess and music teacher. Miss Froy listens to a folk singer in the street, but he is strangled to death by an unseen murderer. The Cast: Margaret Lockwood as Iris Henderson Michael Redgrave as Gilbert Paul Lukas as Dr. Hartz May Whitty as Miss Froy Cecil Parker as Mr. Todhunter Linden Travers as "Mrs." Todhunter Naunton Wayne as Caldicott Basil Radford as Charters Mary Clare as Baroness Emile Boreo as Hotel Manager Googie Withers as Blanche Sally Stewart as Julie Philip Leaver as Signor Doppo Selma Vaz Dias as Signora Doppo Catherine Lacey as the Nun Josephine Wilson as Madame Kummer Charles Oliver as the Officer Kathleen Tremaine as Anna Never Miss An Upload, Join the channel. https://www.youtube.com/@nrpsmovieclassics
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Obsession (The Hidden Room) (1949) Edward Dmytryk
October 19th 2024
#obsession#the hidden room#1949#edward dmytryk#robert newton#sally gray#phil brown#naunton wayne#man about a dog
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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All murderers are amateurs, you know. Nobody makes a profession out of murder. In fact, the only professionals in the game are those who try and catch the murderers.”
Naunton Wayne in Obsession (aka The Hidden Room)
#Obsession #TheHiddenRoom #AlecCoppel #EdwardDmytryk
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Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne in The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938) Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford, Mary Clare, Emile Boreo, Googie Withers, Sally Stewart, Philip Leaver, Selma Vaz Dias, Catherine Lacy, Josephine Wilson. Screenplay: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder. Cinematography: Jack E. Cox There are those who think that Alfred Hitchcock never surpassed The Lady Vanishes when it comes to the romantic comedy thriller. From the opening sequence of an obviously miniature Eastern European village to the concluding scene in which Miss Froy (May Whitty) delightedly reunites with Iris (Margaret Lockwood) and Gilbert (Michael Redgrave), it's an utterly engaging movie. If I happen to prefer North by Northwest (1959), it may be only because Cary Grant is a greater movie star than Redgrave and James Mason a more suavely subtle villain than Paul Lukas, and of course the thrills -- the crop-dusting scene, the Mount Rushmore chase -- are done more deftly (not to say expensively) and with greater sophistication. But virtually everything in The Lady Vanishes works: There's real chemistry between Redgrave and Lockwood; Whitty is a delight as the geriatric spy; the notion of a song being the MacGuffin is witty; Caldicott (Naunton Wayne) and Charters (Basil Radford) are the perfect ambiguously gay duo; and there's a nun in high heels who pauses to fix her makeup. It also has a genuinely serious subtext: 1938 was a year fraught with tension, and when Caldicott and Charters are preoccupied with getting the news from England, our first thought is that it has to do something with the threat of war and not with a cricket test match. The satiric glances at the insular Brits are also underscored by the relationship of Todhunter (Cecil Parker) and his mistress (Linden Travers), escaping to a place where nobody knows them to conduct their affair, and even by Gilbert's blithe preoccupation with collecting information about the native folk dances of the Bandrikans, who might indeed be next after the Czechs to be swallowed up by the Third Reich.
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