John Mills News

EVERYONE in the little town of Dingle in Co Kerry, Ireland, remembers the heady days and boisterous nights when Hollywood took over their lives for the filming of Ryan's Daughter.

Twenty-five films that made it from the book shelf to the box office with credibility intact.

MANY Cardiffians will remember the Gaumont Cinema in Queen Street which closed in 1960 and which was demolished to make way for the C& A store.

I watched Tunes of Glory again last night. It's one of my favourite films*. During it, Basil Barrow, the newly-arrived Colonel of the battalion, played by John Mills, mentions his experiences in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during the Second World War: Oh they gave me time, all right.

John Mills enjoys a drink in the classic film Ice Cold in Alex Photo: RONALD GRANT ARCHIVE He is the stock in trade of cartoonists and comics that lonely figure, tie askew, sitting at the bar, contemplating fate while gazing into a pint of beer.