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Ann McMullan's biography of Punch cartoonist PONT (1908-1940) is available on Amazon Kindle for just £1.99. http://tinyurl.com/PontBiography
Scenes in PRIME CUT you can't unsee even 50+ years later
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Kay Walsh as dresser Nellie Goode steals many a scene from poor Jane Wyman: youtu.be/KU9ZU6csrbQ?...
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
1971
May 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
200 BILLION, isn't it?
May 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Featuring the Russ Meyer favourite Edy Williams as Rae.
May 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Less engagement may = enjoying the serenity youtu.be/C8WLuQOLq5Q?...
How's the serenity
YouTube video by Placardo
youtu.be
January 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Saw this double bill when it opened in London. Sheba Baby took some cuts from the British censors (BBFC), probably to get the 14+ rating.
December 10, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Etymology of "careen" is also unsettlingly relevant to progress in many an occupation.

www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usag...
'Careen' vs. 'Career'
Don't rush to judge them differently
www.merriam-webster.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Back from MOANA 2 without seeing the original and ended up lightly pleased and charmed, but...

What happened to "refusal of the call" (or just obstacles) in the Hero's Journey? When Moana told everyone she's heading out (again) and may never come back, they all just shrugged & said, "Fine!"
November 27, 2024 at 3:46 AM
PONT'S delightful gift in the original 1938 collection of "The British Character Studied and Revealed by Pont" was not the six written portions but the tiny addenda below many of the original drawings.
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Watched a clip on someone's phone
And hope I did not overreach
When I let out a pain-ed groan
And washed my eyeballs out with bleach!
November 25, 2024 at 12:09 AM
You could always donate any funds raised to charity (or to Feargal's Festive Foundation)
November 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Leslie Banks' Count Zaroff was one of the loopiest villains of all time in The Most Dangerous Game (1932). It turns out he attended Glenalmond College, also the alma mater of Punch cartoonist Graham Laidler (PONT) and H.M. Bateman, creator of "The Man Who..." series, which mainly ran in The Tatler.
November 24, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Aha, it's online. Booked!
November 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Wish I could attend this. Road houses are a major plot point in Michael Powell's delightful SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS (1934).
November 15, 2024 at 1:14 PM