Nov 18, 2009 | Laura's Miscellaneous Musings
Tonight's Movie: Vacation From Marriage
Robert , a mousy accountant, and timid, sickly Cathy have settled into a dull marriage in their drab London flat.
Did you ever see 'Goodbye Mr Chips?'
Terry Kilburn plays John Colley and his son, grandson and great-grandson, all called Peter Colley.
A SECOND World War veteran has recalled the fateful day when war was declared. Billy Naylor, 89, from Langworthy in Salford, features in a TV documentary to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of hostilitiesA on Sunday September 3 1939.
Continue reading "70 years ago in Oscar history: Hello, 'Mr. Chips'"
Today in 1939, a sleeper flick openedin U.S.movie theatersthat would teach those " Gone With the Wind " hotshots a lesson.
Applause by David A. Rosenberg
Applause by David A. Rosenberg It was Hollywood's golden year, 1939, the year Garbo laughed; Clark Gable said the then-shocking, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"; Ingrid Bergman and Greer Garson became stars in their first American films; Hattie McDaniel was not only the first African-American to win an Oscar , she was the first ever to sit ...
Name him. 3. Identify the a oeKing of the Cowboys.a 4. Who knocked out Joe Louis in the 12th round of a 1936 bout? 5.What is represented by a oega in weights and measures? 6. Willie Hoppe was a champion player of what indoor game? 7. A petrel has webbed feet.
Seifert column: Bill Drummond, Andover's own 'Mr. Chips,' retiring
One of my favorite movies is "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" starring Robert Donat. The setting is a boarding school in England.
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