Simon Measures
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Tony Hancock. Talking Pictures. 80s music. Love cinema. IMDB is my second home.
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Tony Hancock Appreciation Society members have been spending the weekend scrolling through The Bonus Pages, the digital supplement to our magazine, The Missing Page. News, articles, pictures, crossword, find us on line to join our happy band!
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Tony Hancock Appreciation Society members have been spending the weekend scrolling through The Bonus Pages, the digital supplement to our magazine, The Missing Page. News, articles, pictures, crossword, find us on line to join our happy band!
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Louise as Lucienne sits awake weighing her options: leave her fiancé, asleep next to her, and compete in the Miss Europa contest or remain trapped at home. Publicity still from Prix de Beauté (1930). Video in thread.
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Louise as Lucienne sits awake weighing her options: leave her fiancé, asleep next to her, and compete in the Miss Europa contest or remain trapped at home. Publicity still from Prix de Beauté (1930). Video in thread.
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Louise by Nishiyama, New York 1925. #botd
“An actress who needed no directing, but could move across the screen causing the work of art to be born by her mere presence.” — Lotte H. Eisner
“An actress who needed no directing, but could move across the screen causing the work of art to be born by her mere presence.” — Lotte H. Eisner
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Louise by Nishiyama, New York 1925. #botd
“An actress who needed no directing, but could move across the screen causing the work of art to be born by her mere presence.” — Lotte H. Eisner
“An actress who needed no directing, but could move across the screen causing the work of art to be born by her mere presence.” — Lotte H. Eisner
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Tony: Ooh, these headphones don't half make your ears hot. Dear oh dear, like two braised chops under there they are!
We're back! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway with our review of The Radio Ham. Available on the usual platforms!
We're back! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway with our review of The Radio Ham. Available on the usual platforms!
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Tony: Ooh, these headphones don't half make your ears hot. Dear oh dear, like two braised chops under there they are!
We're back! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway with our review of The Radio Ham. Available on the usual platforms!
We're back! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway with our review of The Radio Ham. Available on the usual platforms!
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Tony: Dreadnaughts for men. Get the girl of your choice with a Dreadnought. And only 1/9d for 20.............
Stand by! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway tomorrow 7 November with our review of The Radio Ham. On the usual platforms!
Stand by! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway tomorrow 7 November with our review of The Radio Ham. On the usual platforms!
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Tony: Dreadnaughts for men. Get the girl of your choice with a Dreadnought. And only 1/9d for 20.............
Stand by! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway tomorrow 7 November with our review of The Radio Ham. On the usual platforms!
Stand by! The new series of the Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful gets underway tomorrow 7 November with our review of The Radio Ham. On the usual platforms!
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Louise with Fritz Kortner in a still from Pandora’s Box (1929).
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Louise with Fritz Kortner in a still from Pandora’s Box (1929).
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Louise by Studio Lorelle, Paris 1929.
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Louise by Studio Lorelle, Paris 1929.
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Louise looks on lovebirds Jean Arthur and James Hall in a still from The Canary Murder Case (1929). Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Louise looks on lovebirds Jean Arthur and James Hall in a still from The Canary Murder Case (1929). Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.
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Another take of Hedy by Bull. The publicity portraits were used to announce Hedy’s upcoming role in The Heavenly Body (1944). Also, nice penmanship!
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Another take of Hedy by Bull. The publicity portraits were used to announce Hedy’s upcoming role in The Heavenly Body (1944). Also, nice penmanship!
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Hedy Lamarr by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1943.
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hedy Lamarr by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1943.
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Louise in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Louise in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
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Married?
No
Engaged?
No
Regular girlfriends?
No
Casual girlfriends?
No
Do you like women?
Yes!
Do they like you?
No
Do they laugh at you?
Yes
In what way?
In the worst possible way!
Are you sought out at parties?
No. Sorted out sometimes, then slung out!
No
Engaged?
No
Regular girlfriends?
No
Casual girlfriends?
No
Do you like women?
Yes!
Do they like you?
No
Do they laugh at you?
Yes
In what way?
In the worst possible way!
Are you sought out at parties?
No. Sorted out sometimes, then slung out!
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Married?
No
Engaged?
No
Regular girlfriends?
No
Casual girlfriends?
No
Do you like women?
Yes!
Do they like you?
No
Do they laugh at you?
Yes
In what way?
In the worst possible way!
Are you sought out at parties?
No. Sorted out sometimes, then slung out!
No
Engaged?
No
Regular girlfriends?
No
Casual girlfriends?
No
Do you like women?
Yes!
Do they like you?
No
Do they laugh at you?
Yes
In what way?
In the worst possible way!
Are you sought out at parties?
No. Sorted out sometimes, then slung out!
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Sid: Champagne on cornflakes? I've never known anything like it in my life. Brown ale, yes, but Champagne!
#SaturdayMorning
#TheNewRadioSeries
#SaturdayMorning
#TheNewRadioSeries
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Sid: Champagne on cornflakes? I've never known anything like it in my life. Brown ale, yes, but Champagne!
#SaturdayMorning
#TheNewRadioSeries
#SaturdayMorning
#TheNewRadioSeries
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Louise by George Hommel for The Canary Murder Case (1929). A newly discovered version of a classic portrait.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Louise by George Hommel for The Canary Murder Case (1929). A newly discovered version of a classic portrait.
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Dropping through letter boxes and into inboxes from today, the latest edition of The Missing Page, our full colour newsletter. With news, reviews and articles on all things Hancock, isn't it about time you joined us? Find us on line and join this happy band!
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Dropping through letter boxes and into inboxes from today, the latest edition of The Missing Page, our full colour newsletter. With news, reviews and articles on all things Hancock, isn't it about time you joined us? Find us on line and join this happy band!
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Louise in a still from Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Louise in a still from Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
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Gene Tierney, 1948.
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Gene Tierney, 1948.
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It's time to send out The Missing Page, our full colour magazine, to Tony Hancock Appreciation Society members on four continents! Packed with news, reviews an articles on all things Hancock. Find us on line and join us!
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's time to send out The Missing Page, our full colour magazine, to Tony Hancock Appreciation Society members on four continents! Packed with news, reviews an articles on all things Hancock. Find us on line and join us!
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We're revisiting #TonyHancock of Wednesday with our brand new episode. @guy-e-walker.bsky.social and @robertcheath.bsky.social will be joined by Tim, Martin and John from @tonyhancock.bsky.social appreciation society and Very Nearly an Armful Podcast to discuss 1963's Punch and Judy Man.
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We're revisiting #TonyHancock of Wednesday with our brand new episode. @guy-e-walker.bsky.social and @robertcheath.bsky.social will be joined by Tim, Martin and John from @tonyhancock.bsky.social appreciation society and Very Nearly an Armful Podcast to discuss 1963's Punch and Judy Man.
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Louise by Eugene Robert Richee for Now We’re in the Air (1927).
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Louise by Eugene Robert Richee for Now We’re in the Air (1927).
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Louise from a still for Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Louise from a still for Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
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I don't know what he's talking about. No, no, I should know, it's in English, I should know what he's talking about. He's a human being the same as me, using words, English words, available to us all. Now concentrate. No it's 'im. It's 'im that's at fault, he's a rotten writer!
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I don't know what he's talking about. No, no, I should know, it's in English, I should know what he's talking about. He's a human being the same as me, using words, English words, available to us all. Now concentrate. No it's 'im. It's 'im that's at fault, he's a rotten writer!
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Sid: I will not rap on my friends. There's honour among thieves you know, I won't do it, you'll have to get somebody else. I refuse to do the dirty on my mates
Tony: It's worth twenty quid a week
Sid: They're a menace to society, all of them!
#TheNewspaper
Tony: It's worth twenty quid a week
Sid: They're a menace to society, all of them!
#TheNewspaper
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sid: I will not rap on my friends. There's honour among thieves you know, I won't do it, you'll have to get somebody else. I refuse to do the dirty on my mates
Tony: It's worth twenty quid a week
Sid: They're a menace to society, all of them!
#TheNewspaper
Tony: It's worth twenty quid a week
Sid: They're a menace to society, all of them!
#TheNewspaper