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"The only way men can respond to a star is to gaze at it from their remote planet. And even when a star passes out of our sight in the sequence of orbits; we believe that it exists still and feel the gravitational pull it exerts" ............ David Thomson in The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.
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Laszlo's on Lex ..... Perhaps
A portal, perhaps, attempting to bring the distant near. A reminiscence of films and players seen during 70 years. First seen in dark buildings surrounded by strangers and now watched again and again on diminished screens. Herewith some random thoughts on that flickering past. Remember when the lights went on and we had to leave the theatre? From Rick’s Café Americain to Lexington Avenue? Laszlo's on Lex.
"The only way men can respond to a star is to gaze at it from their remote planet. And even when a star passes out of our sight in the sequence of orbits; we believe that it exists still and feel the gravitational pull it exerts" ............ David Thomson in The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.
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Jean Arthur
Thelma Ritter
Helen Walker
Jan Sterling
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** Rebecca Pidgeon (by Papal dispensation)
At Gravesend
Laszlo's on Lex? ....... Perhaps.
Click image for Laszlo's on Lex origin
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Still confused! Richard Wordsworth in The Quatermass Experiment, and the church from Man Who Knew Too Much - yes?
ReplyDeleteDear Matthew:
ReplyDeleteAlas, I realize now that I unintentionally misled you. I wanted two images to reflect the confusion of Dr. McKenna in “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” The connection in the Like Unto was that each played a role in the movie.
St Saviour’s Church Hall in Brixton played Ambrose Chapel.
Richard Wordsworth played Ambrose Chappell (actually Ambrose Chappell Jr.), the taxidermist.
Finding the image of the church was easy. Finding a neutral image of Wordsworth proved more difficult. I could not find an image from the actual film but found one that somewhat resembled the way Wordsworth looked in his role in the Hitchcock film. (The two films were only a year or so apart.) I did not mean the Quatermass connection to mislead.
I did the reissue because I remenber you commenting on it in the past and I wanted a posting for Hitchcock’s birthday. To celebrate, my wife and I watched both the Ambrose movie and a personal favorite “The Trouble with Harry” (my two Mildred movie). Best. Gerald