#paul daneman

[mariocki]

The Saint: The Best Laid Schemes (6.1, ITC, 1968)

"You know, it's, uh, pretty obvious that somebody who knows your aunt's past medical history is trying to drive her mad. I must admit they're doing a pretty good job of it, too. But now suppose the end object of the exercise is not to have her committed but to get her to the state where she would take her own life. Be neat, wouldn't it?"

[thealmightyemprex]

Fantasy Month :BBC's the Hobbit

So Ive been covering a lot of Middle Earth adaptations this month,and this is another,in this case a radio production of the Hobbit adapted by actor Michael Kilgariff .Ive actually been planning to cover this one for a while but I was a little intimidated to listen to it as some say this is the best adaptation of the Hobbit.Thankfully I enjoyed it so much I breezed through it in a day

I also listened to this on Dragon Appreciation Day,so happy late Dragon Appreciation Day

In this 1968 Radio Play ,a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins (Paul Daneman ) is selected by the wizard Gandalf (Heron Carvic ) to help a group of Dwarves reclaim their mountain and treasure from the dragon Smaug (Francis de Wolff )

......I was really charmed by this.The big was a favorite of mine when younger and I adore the Rankin/Bass adaptation so this had big shoes to fill,and this is a damn fine adaptation .The Hobbit is a delightfuly charming story and this Radio play captures that ,by the end of this I was smiling ear to ear .I like the kind of Rennisance Fair type music,love the modulated voices on the more otherworldly creatures like Goblins,Elves ,Spiders ,Birds,WArgs ,Trolls and Smaug and the story hits some good emotional beats (I especially like the Elf king showing respect to Bilbo )

I think the cast is mostly good Leonard Fenton is particularly good as the elf king,Peter Pratt(The second Master from Doctor Who) is a very good Balin and Wolfe Morris is VERY creepy as Gollum

The performance I was underwhelmed by is Francis de Wolff as Smaug .Hes not bad by any means,and Ive seen DeWolff in other stuff (Disneys Treasure Island and FRom Russia With Love ) and he isnt bad actor.......But the voice kind of felt like a generic evil guy to me ,I think Smaug needs a bit more to him

Only performance I didnt like was the Lord of the Eagles as I found his voice too grating .....But I cant find who played him

Now let s get to the main 3 performances as I have the most to say about them

Heron Carvic is.....Not what I expected .Carvic's voice is very thin and light ,when I am so used to the grey wizard having a deep yet warm voice,I'll admit I didnt like his performance at first....BUT Carvic nails th mysterious kind of playfulness of Gandalf present in the Hobbit and by the final scene that warmth comes through and he had grown on me

The two best aspects about this production have to be Paul Daneman as Bilbo and John Justin as Thorin .

Daneman is an amazing lead ,he nails the comedy but above all he is very likable,I adore the scene where he gives Bard and the Elf King the Arkenstone and his excitement upon actually slaying a giant spider .I also think it was a brillaint move to have Bilbo interact with the Narrator and I love his relationship with Thorin

The scene stealer however is John Justin who is....The best Thorin .Now Justin is no stranger to fantasy playing the romantic hero King Ahmed in The Thief of Bagdad in 1940,and he REALLLY impresses as Thorin .Now I love Hans Conried portrayal in the Rankin/Bass film ,but John Justin gives layers to Thorin ,and I love how he plays both Thorins tender moments as wellas the greed fueled madness,especially when he attacks Bilbo near the end and yet I still got chocked up at his final scene

I will say some of the prononciations are a little weird but thats a minor gripe

OVeralll I loved this production and reccomend it to folks just getting into Tolkien

@the-blue-fairie @themousefromfantasyland @ariel-seagull-wings

@theancientvaleofsoulmaking @amalthea9 @filmcityworld1

@princesssarisa @barbossas-wench @countesspetofi

[thisbluespirit]

Jane Austen, Missing Presumed Lost, Most Wanted edition

I was intrigued by the other poll, because surely there were some other feature films (as opposed to TV versions) released prior to the 90s, aside from Pride and Prejudice (1940), but there really don't seem to be. Even the BBC seem to have been slow to adapt some of them at all.

Anyway, to use my brief and dodgy wikipedia-based research for something, which lost Austen TV adaptation would you most like to see if someone could just find it stashed in their attic?

[bilbobagginsbrainrotblog]

  "The Road Goes Ever On" is a title that encompasses several walking songs that J. R. R. Tolkien wrote for his Middle-earth legendarium. Within the stories, the original song was composed by Bilbo Baggins and recorded in The Hobbit. Different versions of it also appear in The Lord of the Rings, along with some similar walking songs. - Wikipedia

A comparison of several adaptations of this song/poem. I’d love to hear what everyone’s personal favorite is. Mine has to be Ian Holm’s recitation from the 1981 BBC audio production, with the Howard Shore version as a close second. 

[luanna801]

Shakespeare Through The Years: Richard III Onscreen

Laurence Olivier in Richard III (1955)

Paul Daneman in An Age of Kings* (1960)

Ron Cook in Richard III (1983)

Ian McKellen in Richard III (1995)

Al Pacino in Looking for Richard (1996)

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Hollow Crown* (2016)

*Both of these were productions of Shakespeare’s major history plays, with the same actors playing their characters throughout, so these actors played Richard in Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3, as well as in Richard III.

[amortaldothapproach]

[lesser-known-composers]

Henry Desmarets - Usquequo Domine : I "Usquequo Domine"

Bass  Vocals: Arnaud Marzorati Baritone  Vocals: Laurent Slaars Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants Tenor  Vocals: Paul Agnew Soprano  Vocals: Rebecca Ockenden Soprano  Vocals: Sophie Daneman Conductor: William Christie

[hello-robin-goodfellow]

FICTIONAL CHARACTER ASK: BILBO BAGGINS

TAGGED BY: @hmmm-what-am-i-doing​

@superkingofpriderock​ @mademoiselle-princesse​ @princesssarisa​ @amalthea9​

Favorite thing about them: His character arc, in wich Bilbo goes from being a homely and fearfull hobbit, reluctant to go in adventures, to become a more brave, curious and merry adventurer, as well as a historian, poet and storyteller.

Least favorite thing about them: Thank Heavens, his Sackvile-Bagginses relatives aren’t my relatives.

Three things i have in common with them:

-His fear of going outside.

-His love for food and homely comfort.

-His questioning of war and greed.

Three things i don’t have in common with them:

-Any will to go in adventures again.

-His talent to sneak in and burglary.

-All his money.

Favorite line:

“Dear me, no. We, Hobbits, are plain quiet folk. Adventures make one late for dinner”.  

“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve”.

“I regret to announce that – though, as I said, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to spend among you – this is the END. I am going. I am leaving NOW. GOOD-BYE”!

“And now I think I am quite ready to go on another journey”.

brOTP: With Thorin, Bombur, Balin, Gandalf, Lord Elrond and Aragorn.

OTP: With my friend @amalthea9​ OC Silverlilly. Or no one.

nOTP: With Smaug.

Random Headcanon: This is less my headcanon and more of fans in general: I also believe that before him, his mother Belladona Took acompanied Gandalf to have adventures in distant lands. And before Belladona, her father, Gerontius “The Old” Took also was going on his own adventures as well.

Unpopular Opinion: Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit movies had some good elements in them, and Martin Freeman was a good casting for the role of Bilbo, giving a good performance... buuut i feel that the 1977 Rankin Bass animated TV movie and the 1968 BBC 8 were more cohesive adaptations, and i prefer their takes on Young Bilbo (Orson Bean and Paul Daneman), respectively.

Song i associate with them: 

The Greatest Adventure, by Mawry Laws:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQ5c5SIYnc

The Road Goes Ever on And On, by Stephen Oliver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fujDcsdFT8c

Bilbo’s Last Song, by Stephen Oliver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO4aaiftLuA

Favorite picture of them:

This illustration made by J.R.R. Tolkien portraying Young Bilbo smoking a pipe:

This painting made by dutch artist Cor Blok, representing Bilbo playing riddles with Gollum:

Rankin Bass’s Bilbo writing in his journal:

Paul Daneman and John Le Mesurier, the actors who voice acted Young Bilbo (BBC Radio 8 The Hobbit, 1968) and Old Bilbo (BBC Radio 8 The Lord of The Rings, 1981).

Ian Holm’s Bilbo from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, my first encarnation of the character:

[kwebtv]

Hold the Dream  -  Channel 4  -  October 27 - 28, 1986

Drama (2 episodes)

Running Time:  195 minutes total

Stars:

Jenny Seagrove as Paula Fairley

Stephen Collins as Shane O'Neill

Deborah Kerr as Emma Harte

James Brolin as Ross Nelson

Claire Bloom as Edwina, Lady Dunvale

Paul Daneman as David Amory

Fiona Fullerton as Skye Smith

Suzanna Hamilton as Emily Barkstone

Nigel Havers as Jim Fairley

John Mills as Henry Rossiter

Liam Neeson as Blackie O'Neill

Pauline Yates as Daisy Amory

Valentine Pelka as Winston Harte

Sarah-Jane Varley as Sally Harte

Paul Geoffrey as Anthony, Earl of Dunvale

Dominic Jephcott as Jonathan Ainsley

Victoria Wicks as Sarah Lowther

David Swift as John Cross

Nicholas Farrell as Sebastian Cross

Richard Morant as Malcolm Perring

Bruce Boa as Dale Stevens

Denyse Alexander as Gaye Sloane

Amanda Boxer as Minerva

Kate Harper as Elaine Vickers

Christopher Muncke as Sonny Vickers

Ralph Watson as Sam Fellowes

[richardsbooks]

ZULU (1964), Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins, dir. Cy Endfield – #FILMTALK Review Zulu is the classic 1964 British war epic telling the heroic story of the Battle of Rorke's Drift, when a small garrison of 150 British soldiers were attacked by over 4,000 Zulu warriors during the Anglo-Zulu War in January 1879.

[mariocki]

Peter Woodthorpe as Estragon, Peter Bull as Pozzo, and Paul Daneman as Vladimir in the first English production of Waiting for Godot (1955)

[bilbobagginsbrainrotblog]

Big thanks to...*spends three hours on wikipedia looking for a name*...Paul Daneman for being the voice of my childhood fave

[lostitjohannahairas]

Skellig Adaptions:

2003 play:

Skellig was adapted into a play in 2003 directed by Trevor Nunn who thought it was important to follow the book's example of not revealing Skellig's exact nature, designed by John Napier. The original play was conceived from the novel to the play at The Young Vic Theatre, London. Cast included in alphabetical order; Ashley Artus, Noma Dumezweni, Akiya Henry, David Threlfall, Kevin Wathen, Mo Zinal. The play was later performed by Playbox Theatre Company in 2008. In March 2011 the play was performed at the New Victory Theater, New York by The Birmingham Stage Company who previously toured the UK with their production, from 2008 in London and Birmingham. The BSC founder and manager Neal Foster played Skellig.

2008 opera:

Skellig has been adapted into a contemporary opera with music by American composer Tod Machover and libretto by David Almond himself. The opera was staged at The Sage Gateshead from 4 November to 19 December 2008, with orchestration by the Northern Sinfonia. The Opera starred Omar Ebrahim as Skellig with Sophie Daneman and Paul Keohone as Michael's parents.

2009 film:

Skellig, produced by Feel Films, was part of Sky 1's plan to invest £10 million in producing three new high-definition dramas.Filming started on 2 September 2008 in Caerphilly in Wales. Cast members included Oscar-nominee Tim Roth in the title role and Bill Milner as Michael Cooper with Skye Bennett as Mina, Kelly Macdonald and John Simm as Michael's parents (Louise 'Lou' and Steve Cooper). The screenplay was written by Irena Brignull and filming was directed by Annabel Jankel. The first showing of Skellig on Sky 1 was on 12 April 2009.

[bilbobagginsbrainrotblog]

Obv we already had the best in Ian Holm and Paul Daneman but Michael Sheen would have been an amazing Bilbo 😌

M*rtin fr**man sucks and I would like to dissociate him from the hobbit movies so fellas who is your favorite fancast for bilbo?

[be-ca-lm]

drinking water like it’s my job

also super stoked about all the books i bought, especially bell hooks and alice sebold and the biography of margot fonteyn and john paul jones yeahhhh