Cinema Films, DVD Films, DVD Boxsets, DVD TV Series

[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the second week of December:

Burning (15) - In Fabric (15) - Booksmart (15) - Marriage Story (15) - The Two Popes (12A)
So Long, My Son (12A) - Shooting the Mafia (15)

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

2001: A Space Odyssey - standard DVD disc - priced at £7.99

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

14th December 1969 - Jackson Five made their frist appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show"

14th December 1971 - U.S. premiered "Nicholas and Alexandra", film adaptation of Robert K. Massie's best selling novel

14th December 1993 - "Philadelphia" was one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington premiered in Century City, California

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the second week of December:

Burning (15) - In Fabric (15) - Booksmart (15) - Marriage Story (15) - The Two Popes (12A)
So Long, My Son (12A) - Shooting the Mafia (15)

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

16th December 1913 - Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week

16th December 1950 - Child star Shirley Temple announced her retirement from films, aged 22

16th December 1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia" film directed by David Lean and starring Peter O'Toole, released in the United States

16th December 1951 - NBC premiered "Dragnet" in black and white

16th December 1967 - "Playtime", French film directed by Jacques Tati, starring himself, released

16th December 1969 - "Hello Dolly" with Barbra Streisand premiered

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

17th December 1957 - last episode of The Nat King Cole Show airs on NBC due to lack of national sponsorship

17th December 1964 - "Goldfinger", the 3rd James Bond film, starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman premiered in London

17th December 1971 "Diamonds are Forever", the 7th James Bond film, last starring Sean Conner, also starring Jill St. John is first released in West Germany

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the third week of December:

Frozen 2 (U)
Citizen K (15)
Honey Boy (15)
The Kingmaker (15)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 3D (12A)

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

18th December 1963 - "The Pink Panther" film premiered, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and David Niven with theme by Henry Mancini

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

2001: A Space Odyssey - standard DVD disc - priced at £7.99

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the third week of December:

Frozen 2 (U)
Citizen K (15)
Honey Boy (15)
The Kingmaker (15)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 3D (12A)

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

One Million Years BC (1966) - the cult classic, starring Raquel Welch- priced at just £9.00

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

19th December 1946 - Noël Cowards musical "Pacific 1860" premieres in London

19th December 1960 - Frank Sinatra's first session with Reprise Records

19th December 1971 - Stanley Kubrick's X-rated film "A Clockwork Orange" based on the book by Anthony Burgess and starring Malcolm McDowell premiered

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

20th December 1946 - the Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" film premiered in New York, directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore

20th December 1950 - "Harvey" starring James Stewart premiered in New York

20th December 1963 - "Contempt" film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jack Palance, was released

20th December 1974 - "The Godfather Part II", directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1975)

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

21st December 1914 - first feature length silent film comedy "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin

21st December 1925 - "Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov, premiered in Moscow

21st December 1933 - Fox Films signed Shirley Temple aged 5, to a studio contract

21st December 1937 - the first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre

21st December 1949 - "Samson and Delilah", directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, premiered in New York

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

22nd December 1932 - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers first movie "Flying Down to Rio," directed by Thornton Freeland, premiered in NYC

22nd December 1932 - "The Mummy" directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff released in the US

22nd December 1965 - "Doctor Zhivago" based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie premiered in NYC

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) - this is a timeless film classic, a cinematic masterpiece and one of the most popular films of all time - nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture - it appears on American Film Institute Top 100 best American films of all time.

Happy Christmas
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the third week of December:

Frozen 2 (U)
Citizen K (15)
Honey Boy (15)
The Kingmaker (15)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 3D (12A)

Regards
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

The Bishop's Wife (1947) - is a romantic comedy feature film, about an angel who helps a bishop fund the building of a new cathedral, and repairs his relationship with his wife.

Happy Christmas
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

23rd December 1930 - Bette Davis arrived in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios

23rd December 1938 - Margaret Hamilton's costume caught fire in filming of "The Wizard of Oz"

23rd December 1997 - "As Good as It Gets" film released written and directed by James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt

Happy Christmas
Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

24th December 1922 - the BBC broadcasts first British radio play "The Truth about Father Christmas"

24th December 1951 - first televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor)

24th December 1964 - the shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek

24th December 1970 - Walt Disney's "Aristocats" is released

Happy Christmas
Captain WH Rollins