#james robertson-justice

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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 1968

Well, maybe my children like running wild in the street. Did that ever occur to you?

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James Robertson Justice - 1907-1975

Britain has given us so many handsome actors over the years, and none more handsome than JRJ. A natural playing authority figures, often in classic British comedy films (check out the Doctor series). Always a pleasure to watch and listen to (such a beautiful bass voice).

The man the beard was invented for.

Just love that stern look. Makes my knees go weak.

Portly, well-dressed...

,,,and incredibly cute. Died way too young.

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British character actor James Robertson Justice.

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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)

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Anne of the Indies (1951) Jacques Tourneur

June 30th 2024

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The Living Idol (1956)

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Whiskey Galore! (1949). Based on the true story of the SS Politician (renamed SS Cabinet Minister in the movie) which ran aground and then sank in 1941.

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Doctor In The House (1954)

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James Robertson Justice

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1957 Aztec mumbo jumbo

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James Robertson Justice and specs

I love a handsome man in specs - it gives him that bookish look, and I like a bookish man (being one myself).

And when it's a man as handsome as JRJ... Oh, my!

Just had a thought: how come so many of the men I fall in love with (on screen, that is) die so young? The mid 1970's was a dark period for a man of my tastes. We lost JRJ, Jack Hawkins, Rupert Davies. Even Nigel Bruce was younger than me when he died. They could all have gone on for at least a decade or two and would only have got better as they got older. Was it something I said?

BTW, it's worth saying again: thank you for all the likes, reblogs and followers. You don't go unnoticed. It's reassuring to know there are plenty of fellow perverts in love with down-to-earth regular men who don't need to try too hard to display their manliness.

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I'm watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang right now and I have to say that the Scrungly entrants in this tournament are just a selection of prime candidates in a movie where, I put it to you, almost Every SINGLE CHARACTER is scrungly.

The whole Potts family is Scrungly

Mister Coggins (Desmond Llewellyn)? Scrungly

The nasty junkman (Victor Maddern)? Scrungly

The Baronness (INCOMPARABLE Scrungless Anna Quayle)? Scrungly

Even Lord Scrumptious (James Robertson Justice) AND his clerk, Phillips (Richard Wattis)

as a chitty chitty bang bang slut I agree

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Dare you to, on the second-last day of Pride Month, write a big effortpost about all the people that Pride Month either moved to the Find Out stage or proceedings or flat-out assassinated. A necessary part of this post would be bemoaning that Pride Month missed Kissinger or some other monster. The reason would be to dare the universe to render your effortpost out of date by sniping someone just before the end of the month, after you post. Please, I beg of you, goad the universe into taking out one or two more than it intended!

Oh, I will do that right now for free!

JUNE 2023: Great month for justice, bad month for assholes!

Pat Robertson, notorious conservative Christian activist and long-time hate preacher: dies on June 8

Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, conducted a decades-long campaign of mail bombings and domestic terrorism in the name of protesting technology: dies on June 10

Silvio Berlusconi, notorious far-right ex-Italian PM and general fantastically corrupt shitheel: dies on June 12

Stockton Rush, billionaire libertarian businessman who actively ignored 1000 safety warnings about his crappy product and fired a whistleblower for saying so, notably got himself and 4 other people killed on June 18 and joins the hallowed Wikipedia list of inventors killed by their own invention

Honorable-not-quite-June-but-close mention: James G. Watt, Ronald Reagan's secretary of the interior and a rabid anti-environmentalist, died on May 27

John Eastman: conservative lawyer who actively advised and encouraged Trump to stage a coup: facing disbarment hearings in California

Oh yeah, that guy Trump: on June 8, was charged with 31 federal criminal counts under the Espionage Act, relating to his crimes with classified documents; 37 charges overall, which takes his felony haul to 71 (and counting);

Vladimir Putin: is not gonna have a fun time over the next few days over the fallout from the Wagner mercenary rebellion;

Andrew Tate, flagrant misogynist asshole: officially charged with rape and human trafficking in Romania;

Ron DeSantis: lost literally THREE different lawsuits over his terrible anti-LGBTQ laws; collapsed in the polls and his campaign is allegedly "close to being over" because he's so bad at it;

State of Arkansas: likewise had its attempted ban on gender-affirming care for minors permanently struck down

Marjorie Taylor Greene: the crazy House Freedom Caucus doesn't like her anymore, apparently, and wants to "purge" its members, including her (lolololol)

Man, that's all well and good, but it's really a shame that Pride Month 2023: This Time It's Personal didn't put a cherry on top by offing Henry Kissinger, or like, Clarence Thomas or Samuel Alito (or both, both, both is good)

Come on, Pride Month 2023.

What are you, a PUSSY?

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Whisky Galore! (Tight Little Island) (1949) Alexander Mackendrick

September 3rd 2023

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The Scottish actor Archibald Duncan was born in Glasgow on 26th May 1914.

His father was a regimental sergeant major and his mother a postmistress. He was educated at Govan High School and afterwards and worked as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards.

It was at the Citizens Theatre Company that Duncan joined the training ground of many Scottish actors including, Molly Urquart, Duncan Macrae, Gordon Jackson and Eileen Herlie. He then made his Scottish acting debut in Juno and the Paycock, playing all three gunmen, at Glasgow's Alhambra in May 1944.

Duncan went on to star in London's West End with the likes of the great Scottish character actor Alistair Sim and the late George Cole. Film roles started to follow with , Floodtide , The Gorballs Story, The Elusive Pimpernel, Green Grow the Rushes, Henry V, The Lavender Hill Mob, You're Only Young Twice and Walt Disney's The Story Of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men as 'Red Gill' amongst many others. Duncan also teamed up with Richard Todd and James Robertson Justice in Disney’s Rob Roy the Highland Rogue as Dugal Mac Gregor.

One of Duncan's first big TV roles was as Inspector Lestrade in the 1954 series Sherlock Holmes, but perhaps Archibald Duncan is best remembered for his second Robin Hood role, where 6'2" Duncan played Little John alongside Richard Greene in The Adventures of Robin Hood which ran for 143 episodes on ITV here and CBS in the states from 1955 to 1959. I just had a wee look and many of the episodes are on Youtube.

Duncan's portrayal of Little John would be fondly remembered decades later for his combination of strength, skill and humour. It was during the filming this unforgettable series that this Scottish gentle giant proved to be a true hero and managed to prevent a runaway horse from hurtling towards a group of spectators, consisting of mainly children, watching close by. For this brave feat, he was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery and £1,360 in "damages". But it also resulted in him missing the recording of eleven episodes of Robin Hood. So between times, a replacement was found in fellow Scotsman, Rufus Cruickshank.

Another great Scottish film he appeared in was Ring of Bright Water. Archie Duncan's career in television production carried on with parts in programmes like Z Cars, Hereward the Wake, Orlando, Black Beauty and Bootsie and Snudge.

Sadly in 1978 he suffered a massive stroke which caused paralysis down his right side. Sadly he passed away at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, London aged 65 on 24th July 1979.