tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77711232238478753852024-02-18T20:07:07.339-08:00An incomplete history of the ODEON Clerk Street, EdinburghMany years ago I asked the question of myself "what films did I see in the time my mother worked in the ODEON Clerk Street, Edinburgh?"
In answering that question I decided to resarch (produce a very long list)of all the events/films. That happened in the cinema's history. This blog is based on notes written around 1992.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-66052255115809592412009-03-08T22:21:00.000-07:002009-03-08T22:29:49.970-07:00slight breakTo anyone passing thru, slight break at the moment.<br /><br />I've so many things on the go that time is a little short to work on this project.<br /><br />My work on preparing for the Edinburgh Fringe has started early.<br /><br />I have this boy scout attitude. Be prepared, although never a scout.<br /><br />The reasearch behind this blog did take a couple of years to put together. Maybe it should be something that I let people savour.<br /><br />So just in case the delay keeps me away for the next few months. There's always my fringe blogs to keep you occupied.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-45824938449476985132009-02-05T12:19:00.000-08:002009-02-21T22:06:54.477-08:00Normal Service will be resumed as soon as possibleDue to the nature of blogging I've lost the structue I need to follow. This should be rectified as soon as possible.<br /><br />And to anyone coming back to check on my progress. The late forties and fifties are not missing. I just thought I'd do a little Quantum Leaping. I'll get back to them later.<br /><br />1988 has been added, again out of sequence. Additional notes to cope with the three screen listing, although the basic message is if the film is listed as "No.1 thats screen number and film that showed until changed.<br />no number listed is one day/ evening special normally marked as such.<br /><br />My notes from my original manuscript don't cover any time it was used by the Fringe, as a POD venue and C- electric. With my Fringe blogs taking up a little part of my life looks like I'll have more to add.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-40484435344491451842009-02-05T12:10:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:45:48.741-08:00Introductions and Other StuffIn putting together this history of the Odeon, I have seen how the cinema scene has changed over the last thirty years. In 1962 (the year I was born) there were around thirty cinemas in Edinburgh.<br /><br />Now in the nineties (when I wrote all my notes: BC- before computers.) the number of cinemas is six. The Cameo, The Dominion, The MGM Cannon, The Filmhouse, The UCI and the Odeon.<br /><br />The Cameo had not survived the last thirty years; for a period of time it was closed. Now it has re-opened as an art house cinema. Showing the more high-brow or cult films of the day.<br /><br />The Dominion cinema the only independent, family run cinema in Edinburgh. It is managed by the Cameron family, as it has been for many years. The cinemas philosophy in the sixties was only to show films that the then manageress would watch herself.<br /><br />The MGM Cannon for most of it's life had been know as the ABC. It became the first multi-screen cinema in Edinburgh. A few years later the Dominion followed suit installing a second screen.<br /><br />The Filmhouse, a purely art-house cinema. Showing films from the Worlds film producing countries.<br /><br />The UCI multiplex, a true purpose built. Twelve screens in one massive complex. The idea of course had come from America around the mid eighties, but it wasn't until the late eighties or early nineties that that type of cinema arrived in Edinburgh.<br /><br />The Odeon itself has changed over the last thirty years. In the sixties; my first experience of it, and most of the seventies it was a one screen cinema. It then moved on to three screens, and finally as it is now a five screen cinema.<br /><br />The Odeon is (was) situated on the Southside of Edinburgh, on Clerk Street. It is a rather impressive building with building with white marble front and Greco-Roman pillars, a throwback to the era in which it was built. When all things ornate were appreciated. Inside the auditorium statues adorn the walls, and the roof was decorated with hundreds of lights to represent the stars in the sky.<br /><br />As I started this history of the Odeon I had little knowledge that it would overtake my life so. My association with the cinema started around June of 1965. My mother had taken a job working in the booking office. It was the first to be opened in a cinema in Edinburgh. At that time The Sound of Music was showing. From that early age the only scene I can remember is that of the goat puppets. Not much to remember from a film that played for 85 weeks. But when it was the the only thing showing I did get a little bored. I was told by my mother that I wasn't allowed to go outside and speak to people waiting in the que, and tell them the end.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfosuol7wGXpDSeRmcreh5sUH0ezAPVlIaaq_pW2Tp2EyrIjLuIuG7U2gBwSAG8VdaHQ7W2nmJ1q1jTpUbpm2aR0pWv2nzMZ9O5nNOVA1w2eyoYFlxd3B88DKYRU_tfActOeIth1AVf8/s1600-h/odeon-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294199147957521346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfosuol7wGXpDSeRmcreh5sUH0ezAPVlIaaq_pW2Tp2EyrIjLuIuG7U2gBwSAG8VdaHQ7W2nmJ1q1jTpUbpm2aR0pWv2nzMZ9O5nNOVA1w2eyoYFlxd3B88DKYRU_tfActOeIth1AVf8/s400/odeon-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />After The Sound of Music, things did get better. Films didn't run for quite as long, and there were films that were perhaps a little more entertaining for an enquiring mind. Films like Khartoum, Torbruk and The Charge of The Light Brigade. They may not have been the greatest films ever made; but with a short run you didn't get bored watching them over and over again.<br /><br />It was late 1971 that my mother left the Odeon, so my time with the Odeon stopped. I recall that she had managed to secure a couple of tickets for the Gala premier of the new James Bond film Diamonds are Forever. It was a special evening with a whole host of stars at the occasion. Sean Connery, Rodger Moore and Jackie Stewart to name but a few.<br /><br />After that point in time my visits to the Odeon became a little less frequent, televised films were where I saw films. A little less of the magic of the big screen, but it kept me occupied.<br /><br />(Due to slight errors in Putting this Blog together posts for the moment may become a little out of order, this I hope will be sorted soon) Just like watching a film and it splits and it has to be re-spliced.<br />"only ever seen this happen on one occasion, but not in the Odeon, although it probably did somewhere in it's history."Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-78820233203621236132009-02-05T12:09:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:46:14.866-08:00Introduction 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FAFEs9l_RBlDJ4G8hnMQXoGguFXjeqZsoOKCjuW_v9lgsTXX_ykhY-_UtRNCoIXRx6StOxUMkI-YcheSBdRLfomcehEKLtUlj83a-PMLj1F3m55YXgZt5aMcqfuVj4yObauO5OOxDVQ/s1600-h/staff1966.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294219091617177282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FAFEs9l_RBlDJ4G8hnMQXoGguFXjeqZsoOKCjuW_v9lgsTXX_ykhY-_UtRNCoIXRx6StOxUMkI-YcheSBdRLfomcehEKLtUlj83a-PMLj1F3m55YXgZt5aMcqfuVj4yObauO5OOxDVQ/s400/staff1966.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Writing this from my notes I've got in a very large ring binder. I realise I have a lot of work to do, but also being that it was produced by a man( me) on a typewriter and being dyslexic there may be a few errors and omissions, but also a few disjointed bits of writing. That's were this next section fits in. It's title in my notes Introduction 2. "It's not a sequel."<br /><br />The reason behind this second introduction is more in a way to let any reader understand the way this "my first draft" was put together. As mentioned in the notes and pages to follow. This history came about purely from me wanting to list the films I had seen in my time in the Odeon. Then I decided to add a few years starting from 1962, the year I was born.<br /><br />Then in amongst all the general work I was doing I started adding general information on films, actors and actresses. Again this was a way of breaking up the project, but at times it may make it seem a little disjointed.<br /><br />It's a little as if I'm a time traveller like "Billy Pilgrim," unstuck in time and jumping back and forward through out his life time. For those of you unfamiliar with Billy Pilgrim; he's the central character in the Kurt Vonnegut novel "Slaughterhouse Five."<br /><br />So hopefully everything will make sense in the end.</div>Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-66797076060535917122009-02-05T12:08:00.001-08:002009-02-05T10:49:25.987-08:00My Top Ten Films, Just for the recordMy Top Ten Films.<br /><br />A Canterbury Tale<br />A Matter of Life and Death<br />The Perfect Woman<br />Starman<br />The Adventures of Robin Hood<br />Field of Dreams<br />Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid<br />Blade Runner<br />The Seven Samurai<br />Breakfast at Tiffanys<br /><br />This list was correct as of January 1994. And is pretty much unchanged.<br /><br />Maybe additions like The Thirty Nine Steps, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, The Princes Bride,Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-24596966860729442112009-02-05T12:08:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:49:01.736-08:00Before The Odeon (New Victoria) Cinema in Edinburgh pre 1930The first picture show in Edinburgh was also the first in Scotland. It was at the Empire Palace Theatre, on Nicolson Street; that was in April of 1896. The "act" as it was hailed was the latest novelty and scientific miracle of the age. There was a full program of films shown.<br />The full program was as follows.<br /><br />Dinner Hour at The Factory<br />Children Playing<br />A Landing Stage<br />Arrival of The Paris Express<br />A Practical Joke on The Gardner<br />Trewey's Hat<br />Champs Elysee, Paris<br />The Fall of The Wall<br />Bathing in The Mediterranean<br /><br />So popular was the program that it was retained for another week.<br /><br />On July 27Th the same year the Lumiere Cinematograph returned for another six nights and a Saturday matinee. At that time it was still just an act, a part of a variety show; but it had shown that it could entertain audiences. It was not until 1899 that a change took place and the Lumiere Cinematograph Show was independent of the music hall variety acts of the day and halls were being booked to take on this new wonder.<br /><br />In 1906 the Operetta House in Chambers Street was presenting regular Cinematograph performances. Pringles Palace was the first purpose built cinemas around that time.<br /><br />After that point in time cinemas were springing up everywhere in Edinburgh. The silent era of films lasted until around 1928. If sound was to take on cinemas would have to adapt. The Jazz Singer had been the first film with sound. The first "talkie" screened in Edinburgh was Al Jolson's The Singing Fool; it was June of 1929. The film ran for five weeks at five shows a day. Every show a full house.<br /><br />In these earliest days the new cinema going public were asked their opinion of the "new" talkies. Their view was that they liked the British films more than the American made films. "As the Americans had that unpleasant nasal accent."<br /><br />Which only goes to show how times and attitudes have changed.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-65044773963024826992009-02-05T12:07:00.002-08:002009-02-05T10:57:42.482-08:00Sean Connery The Odeon's TwinBorn in Edinburgh on the 25th of August 1930; yes it's the same day the Odeon/ New Victoria opened.<br />Raised in Edinburgh , he of course like many of Edinburgh 's population at that time spent some of that time in some of Edinburgh 's many cinemas. His home in those early years was Fountainbridge; there were around eleven cinemas all within a mile.<br /><br />His first jobs were that of milkman; delivering in and around the streets of Gorgie and Dalry. Then undertakers assistant.<br /><br />His first role as actor was in a stage production of South Pacific. In around 1956/57 he was back in Edinburgh for a stage production of The Mermaid, which was on at The King's Theatre.<br /><br />He'd got bit parts in film from around 1954, although it wasn't until 1958 that he got a "starring" role in Walt Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Of course four years later he would land the role that would make him the household name he is today; that of James Bond in Dr No.<br /><br />In my early years in the cinema Bond films were always the most anticipated films I had to see in my time in the Odeon.<br /><br />He's now moved well away from his early James Bond days. Playing such diverse roles as scientist through to Irish policeman. Starring alongside the cinemas new action stars like Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner and Wesley Snipes.<br /><br />In 1991 he was given the freedom of the city.<br /><br />(He's now a supporter of the SNP and his support always seems to make the news; but perhaps (not wanting to take any political side, it's because he's lucky enough to live in Spain )Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-67399388263741023042009-02-05T12:07:00.001-08:002009-02-05T10:50:34.653-08:00Technical Information<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCGfmj7gv_hIDl4ynRF2qwk_zZRs65B-WXun46XUtp_2gpwcKLyfy-hIupwAcb1C5_IMe08K9hgSpfKs9t6Blw9CJKgDTTvaBoIaHUX7Tfg82F_COH_NhhsDJopYH0G65qY2BJRTE8xg/s1600-h/projectorstaff1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294215063811370898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCGfmj7gv_hIDl4ynRF2qwk_zZRs65B-WXun46XUtp_2gpwcKLyfy-hIupwAcb1C5_IMe08K9hgSpfKs9t6Blw9CJKgDTTvaBoIaHUX7Tfg82F_COH_NhhsDJopYH0G65qY2BJRTE8xg/s400/projectorstaff1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzF7v0aM72JEZ5aSwdXW357KWtlCB1MnjeCS7V3I5ePcdxs6xV3oRx5xQs5KB2bbhL0C5ojtH4p7pk7tJJXDLgGhaVfG6Hk7dx4rmLRV-RC-iRIwQ9FmhfZsJD0ewGRrlsiH1ahiZbW6s/s1600-h/projector5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294211457521501074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzF7v0aM72JEZ5aSwdXW357KWtlCB1MnjeCS7V3I5ePcdxs6xV3oRx5xQs5KB2bbhL0C5ojtH4p7pk7tJJXDLgGhaVfG6Hk7dx4rmLRV-RC-iRIwQ9FmhfZsJD0ewGRrlsiH1ahiZbW6s/s400/projector5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVhTM6gtXg9zjBRa-eXgpg6gayqKvehyphenhyphenVe2mAviR0VuVbLN_80CKU_-_Sne5EqKMFJCAavPO2SEskKFzJpOFAbNOHkKcJNvEbI1abU-iytdXNvDLs-h3rXRfjhyphenhyphen6bJpw27U47qrcsY4Q/s1600-h/projector-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294211426680104242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVhTM6gtXg9zjBRa-eXgpg6gayqKvehyphenhyphenVe2mAviR0VuVbLN_80CKU_-_Sne5EqKMFJCAavPO2SEskKFzJpOFAbNOHkKcJNvEbI1abU-iytdXNvDLs-h3rXRfjhyphenhyphen6bJpw27U47qrcsY4Q/s400/projector-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Today's cinema projection system are very hi tec in comparison to the early days in the industry.<br /><br />Todays films are spliced together and run from a reel which is layed horizontal to the projector. This one reel is the entire film. No projectionist needed. More on that later.<br /><br />In comparison to the system from before where reels needed to be changed every 15 minutes.<br /><br />When the New Vic opened in 1930 it had 3 projectors. There where the two main units and a third constantly on standby in case of breakdown.<br /><br />The projectionists job was to check, load and keep the film in focus. Changing of the reels meant watching the film, watching for the circular flash that appears in the top right hand corner. This flash was the signal to start projector number two. Then on seeing the second flash, projector two took on the role of main projector. Projector one was then turned off. The next reel would then be readied on projector one and the process repeated in around 15 minutes.<br /><br />The New Vic received it's films on a Monday before screening. This gave the projection staff time to go through the films, check and clean them. If a film had been anyway damaged in transit there was a risk in those early days of a film sticking and catching fire. Being that original film stock was nitrate based this was a projectionists worse nightmare. Once cleaned and checked the film was stored in a fire proof cabinet. Each individual reel had its own cabinet; such was the fire risk. After the screening the film was transfered to the rewinding room, where you've quessed it film was readied for the next screening or it's transfer back to the distributers.<br /><br />The projection room also had control of all other facilities. Such as lifting the curtain. Adjusting screen size. Controling lights and sound and music.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_NWuXuw3293r61rVbQI6TEJtTFX2LrGFEElxL5kUuOm9U-rwCJvL5zRmxW1rHmghQAAozkKF0So3NFGn4W7wGTpuJ9FK55QQ1V-fLeIk9IIGYPCrkYm4UGpI95ZG3lps8W89gbf4Gmk/s1600-h/projector4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294211456671791378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_NWuXuw3293r61rVbQI6TEJtTFX2LrGFEElxL5kUuOm9U-rwCJvL5zRmxW1rHmghQAAozkKF0So3NFGn4W7wGTpuJ9FK55QQ1V-fLeIk9IIGYPCrkYm4UGpI95ZG3lps8W89gbf4Gmk/s400/projector4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I've never seen a mis-load in the cinema; but I have seen it happen late night on BBC2. They were showing a Marx Brothers film and about half way through a reel was re loaded and that meant the whole film ran for about an extra half hour until they sorted it out. As for the exact story you'd have to ask the BBC.<br /><br />In 1982 the Odeon was converted in to a triple. The original art deco style was not changed. Minor alterations were made. A new projector system was installed in cinema one, as described above. This flat bed system allowed the three screens to be run with only two projection staff. "Which was quite lavish." I've been to new multi plex cinemas where one projectionist runs all twelve screens. But that also means that you find that the film starts out of focus and you need to get a member of staff to sort it. The same can happen during the film as changes in the films emulsion can change it's focal characteristics.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqg6fCdYNcvETjwlnYbuEgp8Km3_pVQg2o1nSWf8ztxs2Ic9P8gwQZMAU3zv3RuRW69niQiPwJnqCOtAA7FqsM3xGPyT74Rrn8_3Zfr05Z2Kqt1CpplBTPVX1zR-8zzzN7P-hdqWcr3k/s1600-h/projector-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294211431847856370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqg6fCdYNcvETjwlnYbuEgp8Km3_pVQg2o1nSWf8ztxs2Ic9P8gwQZMAU3zv3RuRW69niQiPwJnqCOtAA7FqsM3xGPyT74Rrn8_3Zfr05Z2Kqt1CpplBTPVX1zR-8zzzN7P-hdqWcr3k/s400/projector-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Cinema one was the circle and the orginal screen was used. Screen two and three were in the section that was orginally the stalls. The projection offices being built into the orginal box seat sections. The cost of the screens and projection systems for two and three were around £14,000. Both systems were ItalianCinemaccincia, 35mm projectors with full auto rewind. Odeon 2's seating capacity was 293. Odeon 3's was 201.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgqN_ii6PXgaJPYx01UeNFGd8x_Swjh8vyscYyJRVB-hYDcqUzRj-sk0e_fPNVNwrzFfP9k0eF1qmCybV_d-vtqbU2D3-6TkiUiqlfRwX1o3H7tsw0u6N2onYk80UcDNjyl_143wtE90/s1600-h/projector3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294211437977295778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 263px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgqN_ii6PXgaJPYx01UeNFGd8x_Swjh8vyscYyJRVB-hYDcqUzRj-sk0e_fPNVNwrzFfP9k0eF1qmCybV_d-vtqbU2D3-6TkiUiqlfRwX1o3H7tsw0u6N2onYk80UcDNjyl_143wtE90/s400/projector3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cinema 4 and 5 were added in 1989. These two cinema units being built in the back screen space that had held all the traditional rigging you would expect to find in a traditional theatre. As well as dressing rooms, storage rooms etc.</div></div></div></div></div>Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-63643563569495700062009-02-05T12:07:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:49:56.838-08:00August the 25th 1930<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPOKq-MJxXu1Df2WIEdaHqCi9SnfIgg7NL1MVUua7fWohE7yDRaSIzAjgb2UiRSoIR_r1W07nknlJE6u6rYojUnAR44lCfBT0WpLzmsan8yqkxSYmy5xz1cgg6mfEVwmU-yOgOJKnJL0/s1600-h/advert-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294200814923234610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 362px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPOKq-MJxXu1Df2WIEdaHqCi9SnfIgg7NL1MVUua7fWohE7yDRaSIzAjgb2UiRSoIR_r1W07nknlJE6u6rYojUnAR44lCfBT0WpLzmsan8yqkxSYmy5xz1cgg6mfEVwmU-yOgOJKnJL0/s400/advert-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The ODEON, Clerk Street Edinburgh opened it's doors on the 25th of August 1930.<br />One of Edinburgh's and cinema's "greats shares his birthday" with the ODEON; Sean Connery.<br /><br />The ODEON or as it was known then The New Victoria, "the New Vic," was the first purpose built sound picture house in Edinburgh. Other cinemas in Edinburgh were converted from silent to sound.<br /><br />The first film shown was Rookery Nook.</div>Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-56367910131220629742009-02-05T12:06:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:51:54.914-08:00The Year I was BornWhen I started this "history" I started the list from the year and month I was born.<br />So below are the films showing in Edinburgh January 1962.<br /><br /><br />The picture houses and pictures showings in January 1962.<br /><br />Astoria The Parent Trap (U) The Horse with the Flying Tail (U)<br />Calley Swiss Family Robinson (U) Perri (U)<br />Cameo Hans Christian Andersen (U) When Comedy Was King (U)<br />County Ulysses ( ) Not a Hope in Hell ( )<br />Dominion The Parent Trap (U) The Horse with The Flying Tail (U)<br />Embassy Wild in The Country (A)<br />Gaumount In The Doghouse (U) Wings of Change (U)<br />George Come September (A) The Sergant was a Lady (U)<br />Hayweights Wild in The Country (A) Thin Ice ( )<br />La Scala Sitting Bull (U) Liane, The Jungle Godess (U)<br />ABC, Lothian Rd The Young Ones (U) The Sinister Man (U)<br />Monseigneur Cartoons and movietone news.<br />New Victoria Snow White and The Three Clowns (U) The Dancing Masters (U)<br />Palace Raising The Wind (U) Partners in Crime (U)<br />Playhouse Pal Joey (U) Privates Progress (U)<br />Playhouse, Musselburgh Wings of The Hawk (U) Walking My Baby Back Home (U)<br />Pooles Roxy Old Yeller (U) Cinderella (U)<br />Pooles Synod Hall The Big Country (A)<br />Regent The Parent Trap (U) The Horse with The Flying Tail (U)<br />ABC Ritz The Young Ones (U) The Sinister Man (U)<br />Salon The Black Shield of Palworth (U) Coroner Creek (U)<br />Scotia Fancy Pants ( ) Pony Express ( )<br />State The Parent Trap (U) The Horse with The Flying Tail (U)<br />Tivoli The Parent Trap (U) The Horse with The Flying Tail (U)<br />Tudor The Big Show (U) The Silent Call (U)Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-32744933617211390982009-02-05T12:05:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:52:36.667-08:00Picture Houses and what was showing Aug 25th 1930These are the listings as per the Evening News of August 25th 1930.<br /><br /><strong>The Ritz, Rodney Street. </strong><br />Harmony Heaven<br />Match Play<br />Unkissed Man<br /><br /><strong>Alambra Talkies, Leith Walk.</strong><br />The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland.<br /><br /><strong>The Playhouse, Leith Street.</strong><br />Rich People<br />His First Command.<br /><br /><strong>The Palace, Princes street.</strong><br />Their Son<br />The Love Story of Ailette Duncan<br /><br /><strong>Poole's Synod Hall.</strong><br />Tanned Legs<br />Don't Get Excited<br />Gossip<br /><br /><strong>The New, Princes street.</strong><br />Rookery Nook<br /><br /><strong>St. Andrews Square, Clyde Street.</strong><br />The Mighty<br />The Secret Courier<br /><br /><strong>The Capitol, (Leith).</strong><br />The House of The Arrow<br /><br /><strong>Regent, Abbeymount.</strong><br />Alf's Button<br /><br /><strong>The Rutland, Torphichen Street.</strong><br />The Mighty<br />The Secret Courier<br /><br /><strong>The Caley, Lothian Road.</strong><br />Hell's Heroes<br />Shipmates<br />The Second Kiss<br /><br /><strong>The Salon, Baxter Place.</strong><br />The Burning Heart<br />The Broken Melody<br />Harold Lloyd comedy<br /><br /><strong>The Grand, St. Stephen's Street. </strong><br />The Last of Mr Cheyney<br />The Girl in The Show.<br /><br /><strong>Tivoli Talkies, Gorgie Road. </strong><br />Wedding Ring<br />The Crash<br />Hunting The Hunters<br />Wall Street.<br /><br /><strong>Lyric, Nicolson Street.</strong><br />Mother<br />Warned Off.<br /><br /><strong>The King's Super Talkies,</strong><br />(opposite The Kings's Theatre)<br />Woman Trap<br /><br />West End Theatre, Shandwick Place.<br />Flight.<br /><br /><strong>Palladium.</strong><br />Mother's Boy<br />Life's a Stage.<br /><br /><strong>Central Kinema.</strong><br />The Single Standard<br />Tropical Nights<br />The Train of Destiny<br /><br /><strong>Sailsbury Picture House, South Clerk Street.</strong><br />The Thirteenth Chair<br /><br /><strong>La Scala, Nicolson Street.</strong><br />The Man I Love<br />The Man Who Changed His Name<br />Charming Sinners.<br /><br /><strong>The Astoria, Manse Road, Corstorphine.</strong><br />So This is College<br />My Lady Past<br /><br /><strong>Dean Picture House, Stockbridge.</strong><br />The Floating College<br />Wild Orchid's<br /><br /><strong>The Blue Halls, Lauriston Place.</strong><br />Wall Street<br />Kid Berg vs. Kid Chocolate.<br /><br /><strong>The Lyceum Cinema, Shandon.</strong><br />Harmony Heaven<br />Warning<br />Climbing The Golden Stairs<br /><br /><strong>New Palace Picture Picture House, High Street.</strong><br />Courtin Wildcats.<br /><br /><strong>Princes Cinema, 131 Princes Street.</strong><br />Thunderbolt<br />The Bridge of San Luis Rey.<br /><br /><strong>New Coliseum</strong><br />The Saturday Night Kid<br />Come and Get It<br />Mirth and Melody<br /><br /><strong>Picture Dome, Easter Road.</strong><br />The Moon to Israel<br />Born To The Saddle<br /><br /><strong>New Victoria.</strong><br />Rookery Nook.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-57664904258579330322009-02-05T12:04:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:53:38.115-08:00Longest running film in the OdeonThe Sound of Music.<br /><br />Length of time in the ODEON 85 weeks.<br /><br />(Beaten in Edinburgh by Gregory's Girl which ran in the Dominion cinema for 106 weeks.)<br /><br />South Pacific had been the longest running film in Edinburgh up until "The Sound of Music" was screened. It was also the film that started taking advance bookings, due to the numbers queing to get in every day.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-73945132506986308202009-02-05T12:03:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:54:32.408-08:00Premiers and PromotionsIn it's history the New Victoria / Odeon has screened a few film premiers in Scotland. In it's time the cinema was instrimental in helping to raise a considerable amout of money for various charities in and around Edinburgh and Scotland.<br /><br />The New Victoria's first film premier took place on the 5th of January 1936. The film was The Passing of The Third Floor Back; starring Conrad Veight. All the money raised on the night went to the Edinburgh News papers press fund.<br /><br />One week later on January 12TH there was a special concert held in the New Victoria in aid of the National Union of Journalists. The concert was quite an event, not only with the scale of the presentation; but in the performers that it brought together. Showing that the New Vic was not only a movie theatre, but a theatre in it's own right. There were actors and actresses, musicians from across Scotland there on the night. the cast from Puss in Boots showing at the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh were there. Lindy June, Florence Hunter, Jack Anthony, Cliff Harley, Jimmy McKinlay and Lucy Loupe. All adding their vocal support to the event. As well as their conductor Dave Willis.<br />Joan Cole from the Alambra in Glasgow, Bert Denver from the Metropole, Glasgow. Albert Burdon, Griffth Moss and Teddy Joyce and his band from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. It was a masterly piece of organisation. In charge of the evening was Joe Petersen of Edinburgh's Theatre Royal Orchestra.<br /><br />In March the same year another fund raising concert was held; although not to the same scale, this concert raised money on behalf of St. Raphaels Hospital.<br /><br />December 1936 the film Everybody Dance was screened to raise money on behalf of widows and children of the Edinburgh Fire Service.<br /><br />There was a few years gap before the next premier was screened which was the film Show Boat, starring Irene Dunne, Allan Jones and Paul Robeson. This was March 1939.<br /><br />With the threat of war looming ever closer cinemas and theatres were used as points where goods could be collected in case the need of items arose. Slogans such as "Knit For The Navy" appeared in cinema adverts. Allowing items of clothing to be left at the cinema and passed on to the relevant people.<br /><br />The Mikado which should have started it's run on the 1st of September 1939 should have been a premier.<br /><br />Four years passed before the next film premier and charity screening took place. The film shown on that occasion was Powell and Pressberger's A Canterbury Tale. Starring the likes of Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Eric Portman and John Sweet. And an early appearance of Charles Hawtrey of Carry on fame.<br /><br />Another Powell and Pressberger film A Matter of Life and Death was the next film to be premiered in the New Victoria. Starring David Niven and Kim Hunter.<br /><br />The Brothers premiered in the New Vic, with it's stars Patricia Roc, Will Fyfe and Findlay Currie all attending the event. Spending time on stage before the performance.<br /><br />Other stars made special appearances at special showings, such as Robert Helpman; The Red Shoes, Rona Anderson and Derrick de Marney; Sleeping Car to Trieste. Jimmy Logan; Canon City.<br /><br />In dealing with the charity side of things I should mention that in 1948 the Gaumount-Odeon/ Evening News-Dispatch Appeal was started. The idea was the brainchild of Mr Leishman, who at that time was deputy editor of the Evening News. Money came into the appeal not only through film premiers and special showings, but also in the form of gifts that could then be distributed around both the young and old of Edinburgh and the Lothian's. In these early days of names such as Haley Mills and Jack Warner helped distribute gifts around hospitals on behalf of the appeal.<br /><br />The Odeon/ Evening New appeal also gave me my first taste (and last time in front of the camera) between 1965 and 1970 I was the chosen face being presented with presents from the Lord Provost Sir Duncan Weatherstone.<br /><br />Other names arriving for Premiers were such as Russel Hunter, Andy Cameron and Lewis Collins.<br /><br />During the run of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Carol Channing just turned up one day; she just happened to be in Edinburgh at the time, she introduced herself to the staff, then went on to make an unannounced appearance on stage.<br /><br />Premiers were one way to help get an audience through the door, but another was that of the use of promotion.<br /><br />Film trailers let people know what's coming, as do the use of stills and posters. Anything the distributors think will help sell the movie. Then there were the press previews. Normally about a week ahead of the detailed release. Thing with press previews of course is that you need a good reviewer.<br /><br />A bit of promotion for the release of the film Cleopatra from January 1964 had one member of staff; Dorothy Kent photographed in a bath of thirty gallons of milk.<br /><br />With the release of The Love Bug in July 1968, a Volkswagen Beetle in full livery was positioned in the foyer.<br /><br />March 1979 with the release of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, an alpine rally "scalectric style was constructed. With the chance to win a holiday to the Alps if you were or could beat the lap record. Secondary prizes were the likes of film soundtracks and posters, etc. The bad news for anyone trying their hand was I spent most of my days playing and so it was my time that was used to decide the eventual winner.<br /><br />One of the Odeon's most memorable promotions was for the showing of The Battle of Britain, where they had a full size Spitfire in the foyer.<br /><br />Going back a bit there was one slightly different bit of promotion for the Disney film Savage Sam, where the manager ran dog's matinees Dogs and their owners got special rates to get in and the usherettes sold dog biscuits along with the ice cream and orange.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-43347283844939632272009-02-05T12:02:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:55:27.238-08:00What was on in my time at the Odeon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3CtguHLieOnEk9fzO7lOpiCad8ieilOjzDEfyw3-9pGKykudqxQZtMBwJTOlfZ-WjjEGQ0GRkqM61gfIHbcH5t7pz0lxJ5s3tC3JOORVBnrVI7s0bDbDD0Imm3f6xknjKoAaY13vBy4/s1600-h/appeal65.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295698006502661234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 311px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3CtguHLieOnEk9fzO7lOpiCad8ieilOjzDEfyw3-9pGKykudqxQZtMBwJTOlfZ-WjjEGQ0GRkqM61gfIHbcH5t7pz0lxJ5s3tC3JOORVBnrVI7s0bDbDD0Imm3f6xknjKoAaY13vBy4/s400/appeal65.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Odeon/ Evening News Appeal photographs used with permission of Edinburgh Evening News.</em><br /><br /><div>This project came about through the boredom of being unemployed. It was the result of a great many days spent in front of a microphesh projector in the National Library.<br /><br />It's unfinished because I got a job and never really found the time to get it started again. Also with the Odeon closing I felt a little sad that this great Edinburgh cinema had missed it's opertunity to acheive it's 75TH anniversary.<br /><br />The films that I saw in my time in the Odeon.<br /><br />The Sound of Music<br />Khartoum<br />The Bible<br />Casino Royale<br />Hombre<br />Torbruk<br />The Gnome Mobile<br />The Million Dollar Collar<br />In Like Flint<br />The Sand Pebbles<br />South Pacific<br />Oklahoma<br />The War Wagon<br />Billion Dollar Brain<br />The Fall of The Roman Empire<br />Doctor Dolittle<br />Blackbeard's Ghost<br />Old Yeller<br />Planet of The Apes<br />Thoroughly Modern Millie<br />Thunderbird Six<br />Goldfinger<br />Thunderball<br />The Charge of the Light Brigade<br />Bandelero<br />Star<br />A Twist of Sand<br />Inspector Clouseau<br />Oliver<br />You Only Live Twice<br />Dr No<br />Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<br />Sweet Charity<br />Funny Girl<br />Carry on Camping<br />The Love Bug<br />The Jungle Book<br />West Side Story<br />The Battle of Britain<br />The King and I<br />Spartacus<br />Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea<br />Winnie The Pooh and The Blustery Day<br />Hello Dolly<br />On Her Majesty's Secret Service<br />The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes<br />A Hard Day's Night<br />Help<br />The Last Grenade<br />The War Lord<br />Charade<br />Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid<br />Tell Them Willie Boy is Here<br />The Molly Maguires<br />Anne of a Thousand Days<br />Airport<br />Cromwell<br />Wind in The Willows<br />Hannibal Brooks<br />Waterloo<br />Dad's Army<br />Tora! Tora! Tora!<br />The Last Valley<br />Scroodge<br /><br />The full project that this blog may one day fulfill is that I have every listing of every film, every event, and band that played during the Odeons history until 1992. Provide me with a date somewhere between August 1930 and 1992 and I should be able to tell what was showing that week or day.<br />In all my time in the Odeon I was able to see films in the U, A, and AA catagory. X certificate were out of bounds.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznVWtiu9up6AfInHXR6c42EAIpNkMfMfLgkU_4NgoGb8y2ulOd8tfdDdr5fzu2_0pglgcN9_sK33RQF1twilAjJq6zZhyphenhyphen1cO_3j2BGusMFEnQzF69LYcS7TQGlUgZZ4PXLdzjUjC7E2I/s1600-h/appealdolittle2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295698009929796802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznVWtiu9up6AfInHXR6c42EAIpNkMfMfLgkU_4NgoGb8y2ulOd8tfdDdr5fzu2_0pglgcN9_sK33RQF1twilAjJq6zZhyphenhyphen1cO_3j2BGusMFEnQzF69LYcS7TQGlUgZZ4PXLdzjUjC7E2I/s400/appealdolittle2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />In the time I started putting this history together I started speaking to Mr Weir, the manager. He told me that he only held records going back about 5 years. So putting these jumbled notes together in whatever shape or form they come in I do apologise.<br /><br />Even sitting here I've noticed one or two bits of text that crop up once or twice. Sometimes because I'm illustrating different stories or changes in attitude.<br /><br />So again sorry if this causes anyone a little confusion. I's certainly causing me problems here too. And I wrote the notes.</div>Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-34488831470903374382009-02-05T12:01:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:56:13.561-08:00Of Mice and Men<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSQTYgkDXsK3616IIEqbn7o63ZqB-4XNvUr9Dm96i_2aB6GMdqsOu1pDX-RUWnVkLoM3T2m4gSARIqe3tosTUc-9ggyIOh9r5nFucRvupUWa2POJmT92nKXxaVOTNwEVfy0-upTpdJc8/s1600-h/bobby1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294224833733633090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSQTYgkDXsK3616IIEqbn7o63ZqB-4XNvUr9Dm96i_2aB6GMdqsOu1pDX-RUWnVkLoM3T2m4gSARIqe3tosTUc-9ggyIOh9r5nFucRvupUWa2POJmT92nKXxaVOTNwEVfy0-upTpdJc8/s400/bobby1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>In my time in the Odeon I made many friends. All the staff knew me, as I was allowed an almost free run in the cinema. I could spend my days with the projectionist, the usherettes and the doormen. With the usherettes I'd help them take their customers to their seats, I'd take their tickets. I'd even go down and tell customer to move because they were in the wrong seats.<br /><br />The doormen were the odd job men of the Odeon. They spent their time changing the posters, lobby stills and lettering that promoted the film at the Odeon's main entrance for the current or future presentation. Another job they had was that of laying traps for the mice and cockroaches. The buildings to the rear of the Odeon were derelict in some cases and these visitors were drawn to the warmth of a large spacious cinema.<br /><br />One story I loved from that time was a customer had just purchased his ice cream and orange drink from an usherette and was watching the film; then there was an almighty scream, just as he was about to pierce the top of his carton he was confronted by a cockroach staring back at him.<br /><br />On a slightly different note, it's one of these urban myths; but I remember being told the story by one of the door staff back then.<br />"He told us that he'd been driving into town, and had unfortunately run over a cat. Not wanting to just leave it there by the side of the road he put it in a carrier bag. Going shopping with his wife he this time didn't want to leave the dead cat in the car so they took it with them. In looking at things his wife had put the bags down, turned around and the bags had gone. A few moments later there was a scream from the changing room and a known shoplifter of the day had collapsed along with all her lifted bags including the dead cat.<br /><br />I spent time with the projectionists to there was always something interesting happening. New films being checked before screening or being sent on to the next cinema or back to the distributors. One of these guy's was a lover of horse racing, and when I started visiting him in the projection booth it gave him the opportunity to get down to the local bookies, by the back fire escape and back to put a few bets on. Very reminiscent of a scene from Cinema Parisdiso. </div><div></div><div>Having a free run of the Odeon meant that I could watch films from anywhere. When Saturday morning matinees were on I'd generally watch them from the boxes or the circle. If I watched from the circle I'd also return any litter to its owner in the stalls.<br /><br />There was only one restriction on what I could do or watch and that was when there was an (X) certificate film showing. Then I was restricted to the foyer or the manager's office or the booking office with my mother. The only time I remember being disappointed about this was when The Graduate was showing, as I really liked the soundtrack from the film.<br /><br />With the problem with mice the Odeon had a cat. Who had free run of the cinema too. On one memorable occasion the cat was in the main auditorium and had spotted a moth flying around next to the screen. The cat was jumping around chasing the moth. I was drafted in to catch the cat. So in the middle of whatever film was showing; there you had a cat chasing a moth, and a small boy chasing a cat. In the end I didn't catch the cat I caught the moth. The cat very disgruntled at this slipped off stage, to a round of applause from the audience.<br /><br />One other animal related story springs to mind here. And another time I was called in to participate was during a screening of a Children's Film Foundation remake of Greyfriars Bobby. The dog playing the title role was to be presented with a very large bone on stage. I was given the bone on a large silver platter, the bone almost as big as the dog nearly killed it when I dropped it on the dog on stage. The dog was being presented as a gift to an Edinburgh children's home.</div><div><br /><br />Other regular visitors to the Odeon I got to know were the police. They had a call box at St. Patrick's square, but the staff room with all the usherettes was a little more appealing. And if they timed things right and there was a film on they wanted to see they could over the space of a week watch an entire film if they timed their visits right. The usherettes made good use of them at times. There were evening that after nights out they were driven home in the Black Maria.</div>Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-75247011280839540272009-02-04T22:56:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:59:00.841-08:00Patricia Roc A Face on the ScreenPatricia Roc<br /><br />My inclusion of Patricia Roc in this history of the Odeon came about purely by chance. About a month or so before I started this project I happened to see on TV the film ; "The Perfect Woman," at that point in time it was the only film of hers I'd seen.<br /><br />Patricia Roc was born in 1918 in England . Her first film role came in the film The Gaunt Stranger (1938). One year later she'd improved her billing and appeared in The Rebel Son.<br /><br />She became a more prominent British star of the forties, gaining a place in the Gainsborough Studios, where she along with other more remembered names of the forties became known as the Gainsborough Ladies. Gainsborough Studios later in life were taken over by the Rank Organisation.<br /><br />In the mid forties Patricia Roc took the chance of going to Hollywood ; but she did make a promise to her British fans that she would return after completing Canyon Passage.<br /><br />What may have pushed her to the point of leaving for America may have been the casting of films such as Love Story and The Wicked Lady. It seems that Patricia Roc had been "promised" the leading or bad girl roles in these films, but unfortunately these rolls were given to Margret Lockwood, so yet again Patricia only given the lesser parts.<br /><br />Her travels did not end with America . She sought work in both France and Italy , always looking for that starring role.<br /><br />In 1946 she made the film The Brothers, and on August the 17th 1947 the film had it's Scottish premier in the New Victoria. She along with Will Fyfe and Findlay Currie made a personal appearance on stage. While on stage Findlay Currie passed comment "that the Scottish Film Society did not do enough to promote Scotland and it's stars."<br /><br />The Brothers, a stirringly emotional and striking British film of its time still could not compete against the American imports.<br /><br />It was in 1949 Patricia made the film "The Perfect Woman." The film was screened in the New Victoria in June of the same year. The film also starred Nigel Patrick and Stanley Holloway. The story a simple idea. An inventor creates a robot woman, has a gentleman and his butler train the robot. The inventor's niece changes places with the robot and from then on the farce is played to a tee. In that one screening I saw I felt compelled to add it into my top ten, just through its sheer simplicity.<br /><br />Patricia Roc carried on working right up until the 1960's, although she like Louise Brooks would never be recognised just the way she should.<br /><br />Going back to the forties Patricia Roc, like other names from movies of the day became the face advertising different products of the day. These were the days before super models and it was actors and actresses that were the main stay of the faces seen advertising on billboards and in magazines.<br /><br />One rumoured story of the forties that reared its head in newspapers and magazines of the day was also that American audiences had said that Britain didn't have any glamorous female stars.<br />We had Vivien Leigh, Ann Todd, Anne Crawford and Patricia Roc to name but a few. One comment was that we had leading Ladies, the Americans had "Dames."<br /><br />In an article written in 1949 Patricia talked of the role she would most like to play again.<br />"I should like to go right back to the beginning of my career and play the part in which I really found my feet- namely that of Celia, the factory worker in Millions like Us.<br />If ever a movie captured the spirit of the moment, it was that simple story of people living and working on the home front in wartime. But if it was possible to turn back the clock, I'd like to think that in the light of subsequent experience I could do Celia greater justice.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-56061105773645300892009-02-04T08:16:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:59:34.854-08:00The Odeon as Concert VenueIt was in the seventies that the Odeon started its run as a concert venue. A place for a very mixed line up of artists. One of the first being Deep Purple, one of rock's original heavy metal bands. The Corries Scotland's great folk band was one of the next. In fact The Corries came back three years running.<br /><br />Other groups and artists who were making a name for themselves also played the Odeon, as well as very established artists. Paul McCartney and Wings, The Bay City Rollers.<br />Even names from across the water played the Odeon. Greats like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Lou Reed on the bill.<br /><br />Through the mid seventies concerts were a steady income for the Odeon. One feature was the fact that every show was sold out. Almost a record for a cinema as concert venue at the time. In 1978 its true potential was nearly recognised when twenty-nine artists took the chance to performing there. But it was 1979 that the peak was reached when forty six took to the stage in the Odeon. But it was around that time that plans were afoot to convert the cinema in to a triple screen complex. Ending its status as a concert venue. The Playhouse was Edinburgh 's largest cinema took over as the concert venue mantle from the Odeon. The Queens hall further down Clerk Street , also became a place where artists decided to play. The Usher Hall better know as a classical venue soon started to ring out with the sounds of rock and pop.<br /><br />The Odeon had played its part; Edinburgh had become a recognised tour date on many artists calendar, before that Glasgow always seemed to be the preferred choice for most.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-42901471278306659052009-02-04T06:40:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:00:09.483-08:00The Concert Listing<strong>1970</strong><br /><br />March 20th Deep Purple<br />July 23rd-25th The Corries<br />August 26th- 29th Corrie Folk<br />September 2nd-5th<br />September 9th-12th<br /><br />Corrie Folk - The Corries with guest artists.<br />Paco Pena<br />Cy Grant<br />The Mcdonald Sisters<br />Dorito y Pepe<br />The Johnstones<br />Tyler Achre<br />Spencer Davies<br />Bonnie Dobson<br />Draught's Poridge<br /><br /><br />November 28th. Julie Felix, The McCallums<br />December 27th The Corries<br /><br /><strong>1971</strong><br />August 13th Syd Lawrence and his Orcestra<br />August 22nd Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter Paul and Mary<br /><br />December 4th Humphery Lyttelton, Alex Welsh - A Tribute to Louis Armstrong<br />December 17th Yank Lawson, Bob Haggart and The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band<br />December 19th The Corries<br /><br /><strong>1972</strong><br />March 19th David Hughes - A Viennese Evening<br />May 28th The Corries<br /><br />November 1st Up Country<br />November 3rd The Four Tops<br />November 8th Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton John<br />November 9th George Hamilton the IVth.<br /><br /><strong>1973</strong><br /><br />January 7th The Corries<br />Feburay 17th Freezin Heat<br />March 3rd Slim Whitman<br />April 7th Roxy Music<br />May 23rd Paul McCartney and Wings<br />May 27th The Corries<br />August 31st The Corries<br />September 1st The Corries<br />September 7th The Corries<br />October 13th Lindisfarne<br />November 16th-17th Cliff Richard<br /><br /><strong>1974</strong><br /><br />April 5th The Incredible String Band<br />April 12th Mick Ronson<br />May 15th The Spinners<br />May 25th Alvin Stardust<br />May 29th Black Sabbath<br /><br />June 4th Lou Reed<br /><br />October 12th Mud<br />October 15th Uriah Heep<br />October 31st The Bay City Rollers<br /><br />November 15th Golden Earring Lynard Skynard<br />November 21st Sparks<br /><br />December 10th The Rubettes<br /><br /><strong>1975</strong><br /><br />April 29th The Bay City Rollers<br />October 16th-17th Sparks<br />October 21st An Evening with Bette Davis<br /><br />November 26th Uriah Heep<br />December 6th Mud and Bilbo Baggins<br />December 14th Jim Cruickshanks Gala Night.<br />compere Stu Francis.<br />The Mimics, Mike Wade<br /><br /><strong>1976</strong><br /><br />April 22nd Nazareth<br />May 14th, 16th Average White Band<br />May 28th, 29th The Alex Harvey Band<br />June 23rd Silk<br />August 8th Country and Western Festival<br />Ethna Campbell<br />Carl Gibson<br />Wayne Nutt<br /><br />September 25th Be Pop Deluxe<br /><br />October 24th Patti Smith and The Stranglers<br /><br /><strong>1977 </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong>March 11th Val Doonican<br /><br />September 30th Dr Feelgood<br />November 25th Peter Straker<br />December 6th Boomtown Rats<br /><br /><strong>1978</strong><br /><br />Feb 4th Judas Priest<br />April 18th The Commodores<br /><br />May 5th U.K.<br />May 23rd The Maddy Prior Band<br />May 28th AC/DC<br />May 29th George Benson<br />June 14th Jonathan Richman<br />June 22nd Boomtown Rats<br />June 30th UFO<br />July 14th Jasper Carrott<br />September 13th Blondie<br />September 25th Brand X<br />September 28th The Tom Robinson Band<br /><br />October 1st Rose Royce<br />October 7th Dr Feelgood<br />October 9th Steel Purse and China Street<br />October 18th Kraftwerk<br />October 23rd The Buzzcocks<br />October 27th Whitesnake<br />October 31st AC/DC<br /><br />November 1st Sham 69<br />November 7th Judas Priest<br />November 16th The Clash<br />November 20th Lindisfarne<br />November 21st The Cheiftains<br />November 26th Devo<br /><br /><strong>1979</strong><br /><br />January 15th,16th Elvis Costello and The Attractions<br />January 23rd The Kinks<br /><br />Feburary 20th Herbie Hancock<br />Feburary 21st Steve Hillage<br />March 5th Bad Company<br />March 6th Graham Parker<br />March 13th Eddie and the Hot Rods<br />March19th Elton John<br />March 24th Bootsy Rubber Band<br />March 26th David Essex<br />March 27th Motorhead<br />March 30th Folksong 79<br /><br />April 1st The Hollies<br />April 6th Frankie Miller<br />April 16th Thin Lizzy<br />April 23rd Jean Jacques Burnel<br />April 28th April Rush<br /><br />May 1st Child<br />May 2nd John Miles<br />May 7th Denis Brown<br />May 12th The Tubes<br />May 19th Renissance<br />May 23rd- 26th Status Quo<br /><br />June 1st The Police<br />June 3rd Robert Halpern<br />June 9th The Who<br />June 19th Third World<br />June 21st Steve Hackett<br />June 29th Dave Edmonds "Rock Pile" with Nick Lowe<br /><br />Jul 29th-30th Ian Dury and the Blockheads<br /><br />August 29th Rickie Lee Jones<br /><br />September 15th Louden Wainwright III<br />September 20th XTC<br /><br />October 6th Buzzcocks<br />October 17th Whitesnake<br />October 23rd Camel<br /><br />November 1st Steve Hillage<br />November 17th Hawkwind<br />November 21st Motorhead<br />November 22nd John Martyn<br />November 28th The Kinks<br />November 29th Talking Heads<br /><br />December 7th The Dickies and Chelsea<br />December 10th The Jam<br />December 11th Leonard Cohen<br />December 15th Wings<br />December 21st The Specials<br /><br /><strong>1980</strong><br />Febuary 5th Robin Trower<br />Febuary 6th Iggy Pop and The Stooges<br />Febuary 16th Spyro Gyra<br /><br />March 1st Peter Gabriel<br />March 5th Gillan<br />March 19th Judas Priest<br /><br />April 4th Jasper Carrott<br />April 11th Jerry Rafferty<br />April 23rd Genesis<br />April 24th Judie Tzuke<br /><br />May 21st Suzi Quatro<br />May 22nd- 23rd A.W.B<br />May 30th The Undertones<br /><br />June 1st Saxon<br />June 3rd Joan Armatrading<br />June 6th Whitesnake<br />June 13th Steve Hackett<br />June 30th Magnum<br /><br />August 6th Ted Nugent<br /><br />September 15th Ozzy Osbourne<br />September 16th Secret Affair<br />September 20th Rick Wakeman<br />September 22nd Ther Tourists<br />September 25th Rory Gallagher<br /><br />October 3rd The Skids<br />October 17th UFO<br />October 23rd Ian Gillan<br />October 24th The Dooleys<br />October 31st Simple Minds<br /><br />November 3rd Motorhead<br />November 4th Tangerine Dream<br />November 9th John Martyn<br />November 11th O.M.D<br />November 14th Dexy's Midnight Runners<br />November 19th Hot Chocolate<br />November 22nd Sad Cafe<br />29th Hazel O'connor<br /><br />December 5th The Dammed<br />December 8th Ultravox<br />December 9th Madness<br />December 12th Hawkwind<br />December13th Saxon<br />December 18th Steeleye Span<br /><br /><strong>1981<br /></strong><br />January 20th April Wine<br />January 22nd Slade<br /><br />Feburary 20th Krokus<br /><br />March 9th Iron Maiden<br />March 21st Mike Harding<br /><br />April 10th Showaddywaddy<br />April 21st Girlschool<br />April 29TH Echo and the Bunnymen<br /><br />May 1st Tigers of Pan Tang<br />May 13th Barclay James Harvest<br />May 14th Japan<br />May 16th The Cure<br />May 23rd Stiff Little Fingers<br />May 26th Wishbone Ash<br />May 29th Toyah<br /><br />June 6th The Teardrop Explodes<br />June 7th Trust<br /><br />July 1st Diamond Head<br />July6th Duran Duran<br />July 19th Def Leppard<br /><br />August 23rd Arthur Negas on Antiques<br /><br />September 13th Hazel O'connor<br />September 19th Nazareth<br />September26th Ultravox<br />September 27th Sad Cafe<br /><br />October 9th Gary Giltter<br />October 10th Hawkwind<br />October 25th Andy Williams<br /><br />November 8th Gillan Budgie Nightwing<br />November 13th The Dammed<br />November 25th Hot Gossip<br />November 26th The Cure<br />November 27th Gary US Bonds<br />November 29th The Pretenders<br /><br />December 7th Squeeze<br />December 8th Slade<br />December 15th Rose Tattoo<br />December 16th Nils Lofgren<br />December 17th Stray Cats, and Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages<br /><br />As of March 1982, the cinema was converted to a triple picture house. The reduction in size meant as a venue for bands and artists the Odeon was no longer a draw.<br /><br />Robert Halpern Hypnotist was a regular attraction right up until the ninties.<br />The Man, another did have a short run in the late eighties.<br /><br />And the last of the big names to play was Rick Wakeman. He played three concerts in August of 1987, with Kitt and the Widow.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-73322780502591937752009-02-04T04:29:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:03:02.343-08:00The ThirtiesSound was still in it's infancy in the early thirties. Many of these early films were studio bound, due mostly to the restraints of sound recording equipment, cameras were noisy, microphones were large and cumbersome. The cameras being noisy had to be placed in sound proof boxes, making them even more un-managable. Films set around places such as theatres, houses or hotels were the order of the day. Films that required shooting outdoors, these scenes were almost alway shot silent. The other way around the outdoor location was the rolling backdrop which gave the impression of action taking place outdoors, where all the bulky equipment stayed put.<br /><br />Cartoons, with the like of Mickey Mouse were quite prolific in these early days. As were the introduction of Newsreel films, and instructive films. A series of films were made by the golfing professional Bobby Jones.<br /><br />As we move on to the mid thirties advances in technology had made the leap over to colour. The first all colour film to be shown in Edinburgh was Becky Sharpe in November of 1935. Disney's silly symphonies had been in colour, and other films had been colourised, but it was Becky Sharpe the first true tri-colour film.<br /><br />Names like Alfred Hitchcock were making a name for themselves at around this time too with films like The Thirty Nine Steps and The Lady Vanishes.<br /><br />The New Victoria, like other cinemas not only showed films, but broadcast radio show too, yet another way to get people in through the door.<br /><br />In October of 1938, a film that all the critics said would fail made it's debut in the New Victoria, the film a classic of the cinema even today was that of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Disney had proved the critics wrong. From then on people waited eagerly for the next Disney feature length cartoon.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-5887561109482223542009-02-04T02:23:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:01:05.229-08:00Gaumount- British<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsByFZ21TZbYo_lXU-TuA-984a2n9qQdbIGiuXC1pKNtC9e7Nix7f9tu5eKWkZCV6K6hf3LuCyQ1sxIGmWLyq3z-GRLsZu-dQ3XXwgLUtq3dndYBP3t1BFnzTmKqUhUANyrRumdgWcxo/s1600-h/gaumountstaff.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294220608821139858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsByFZ21TZbYo_lXU-TuA-984a2n9qQdbIGiuXC1pKNtC9e7Nix7f9tu5eKWkZCV6K6hf3LuCyQ1sxIGmWLyq3z-GRLsZu-dQ3XXwgLUtq3dndYBP3t1BFnzTmKqUhUANyrRumdgWcxo/s400/gaumountstaff.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-eGcrU_pJxUEMIiYr5esHcnhnC6XXvEMoLRbyi5rVr7yIGyhlgwZDs-SVmnHJGyerUYYgoylBU797GsqLyhw7GAMq2qdfYsinaNuHqGfC6CMFQerQu4hBuTbbD5kxb45KYDLs2tIY9A/s1600-h/gaumount1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294220602238553106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-eGcrU_pJxUEMIiYr5esHcnhnC6XXvEMoLRbyi5rVr7yIGyhlgwZDs-SVmnHJGyerUYYgoylBU797GsqLyhw7GAMq2qdfYsinaNuHqGfC6CMFQerQu4hBuTbbD5kxb45KYDLs2tIY9A/s400/gaumount1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>By the late thirties the financial state of Gaumount- British was not good. In the early thirties it had been a major force in the entertainment market, but as early as ten years on they were in a decline. There were new companies standing on the sidelines ready, just waiting for the right moment to step in and take over what they had built. Gaumount had made a name for its self as a rival to Pathe, producing news reels and films the world wanted to see.<br /><br />Gaumount British was owned and controled by the Oster brothers. 20TH Century Fox also had a stake in the company too. Shares had been sold to Fox; to help Gaumount move into the sound era.<br /><br />For all their ups and downs. Gaumount British survived right up until the forties until they truly became part of the Rank empire. Rank it's said wanted to make films, and if you wanted to make films, you needed somewhere to show them.</div></div>Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-3551803168477724092009-02-04T02:20:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:02:12.832-08:00The CorriesWhen the Corries came to the Odeon this gave me a whole new purpose, something else to do. Every day they were on there would be sound checks on the mic's. So I was drafted in and I used to stand on stage telling jokes and riddles to the cleaners. Andrews first stage apperance.<br />After their run in the Odeon, they presented my mother with a bouquet of flowers for all her work in dealing with ticket requests for all their shows.Mr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-65608520308319122412009-02-03T11:59:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:04:56.199-08:00Film listing from August 1930Aug 25th Rookery Nook<br /><br />Sep 1st The Virginian<br />8th High Society Blues<br />Mirror<br />15th Mamba<br />22nd Glorifying The Show Girl<br />29th Free and Easy<br /><br />Oct 6th Captain of The Guard<br />Young Desire<br />13th The Girl Said No<br />Desert Nights<br />18th The Love Parade<br />27th The Divorcee<br />Speedway<br /><br />Nov 3rd Women Everywhere<br />Men of The Woods<br />Nov 10th Journey's End<br />17th The Busybody<br />The Crooked Billet<br />24th Movietone Follies of 1930<br />Mid Stream<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br /><br />Dec 1st So This is London<br />Too Many Crooks<br />8th Hit The Deck<br />15th Ladies of Leisure<br />Personality<br />22nd Greek Street<br />The Last Dance<br />29th Sleeping Partners<br />Burning UpMr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-56196603957462785962009-02-03T11:58:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:05:43.074-08:001931 Film ListingJanuary 5th The Sea Wolf<br />Wings of Song<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br /><br />January 12th The Cuckoos<br /><br />January 19th Whoopee<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br /><br />January 26th Courage<br />The Office Wife<br /><br />Feburary 2nd Raffles<br />The Utah Kid<br /><br />Feburary 9th Mammy<br />Recaptured Love<br /><br />Feburary 16th The Gentleman Chauffeur<br />Riding To Win<br /><br />Feburary 23rd Lord Richard in The Pantry<br />Paradise Island<br /><br />March 2nd Paramount on Parade<br />High-Low Brow<br />Duke of Dublin<br /><br />March 9th With Byrd at The South Pole<br />A Man From Wyoming<br /><br />March 16th Love Finds A Way<br />Worldly Goods<br /><br />March 23rd Young Woodley<br />Why Sailors Leave Home<br />Artic Antics<br /><br />March 30th Almost a Honeymoon<br />Shooting Straight<br /><br />April 6th On Approval<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br /><br />April 13th The Big Trail<br /><br />April 20th The Big Pond<br /><br />April 27th Oh For a Man<br />Trails of Danger<br />Midnight in a Toyshop<br /><br />May4th The Lottery Bride<br />Pardon My Gun<br /><br />May 11th The Devils Holiday<br />The Midnight Mystery<br /><br />May 18th The Life of The Party<br />The Break Up<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br /><br />May 25th Let's Go Native<br />The Wonder of The World<br /><br />June 1st Young Man of Manhattan<br />Sheers Luck<br />The Imperial City<br /><br />June 8th Caught Cheating<br />Shadow of The Law<br />Picturesque Hong Kong<br /><br />June 15th The Spoilers<br /><br />June 22nd Plunder<br />Mickey Mouse- The Gorilla Mystery<br /><br />June 29th Sin Takes a Holiday<br />Hell Below Zero<br /><br />July 6th Criminal Code<br />Mickey Mouse - Pioneer Days<br />Island Empire<br /><br />July 13th Africa Speaks<br />Shadow Ranch<br /><br />July 20th Min and Bill<br />No Lady<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br /><br />July 27th Tons of Money<br />Par and Double Par<br />* Angel Cake A Review *<br />Japan in Cherry Blossom Time<br /><br />August 3rd Dracula<br />Bad Sister<br /><br />August 10th Manslaughter<br />Java<br /><br />August 17th Hells Angels<br /><br />August 24th City of Song<br /><br />August 31st One Heavenly Night<br /><br />September 7th The Devil To Pay<br /><br />September 14th Little Caesar<br />Paradise Valley<br /><br />September 21st Monte Carlo<br /><br />September 28th Trader Horn<br />Mickey Mouse- Traffic Trouble<br /><br />October 5th Derelict<br />Third Time Lucky<br />October 12th The Chance of a Night Time<br />Down River<br />Charming Ceylon<br /><br />October 19th The Royal Family of Broadway<br />Sea Legs<br /><br />October 26th Tom Sawyer<br />A Night in Montmartre<br /><br />November 2nd Morocco<br />Mickey Mouse - The Castaway<br />Mendelssohn, a Musical Short<br /><br />November 9th Annabelle's Affairs<br />Ten Nights in The Bar Room<br /><br />November 16th The Gang Buster<br />It Pays to Advertise<br /><br />November 23rd Transatlantic<br />Bobby Jones - The Putter<br /><br />November 30th The Ghost Train<br />Up For Murder<br />Bobby Jones plays chip shots<br /><br />December 7th Tarnished Lady<br />Jungle Moon<br /><br />December 14th The Front Page<br />First To Fight<br />Bobby Jones playing the niblick<br /><br />December 21st Man of The World<br />The Conquering Horde<br /><br />December 28th Black Coffee<br />Oh, Oh, Cleopatra<br />Birds of a Feather<br />Bobby Jones and the mashie niblickMr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-20164071124358544112009-02-03T11:57:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:06:38.870-08:001932January 4th These Charming People<br />The Sky Raiders<br />January 11th Daddy Long Legs<br />Stout Hearts and Willing Hands<br />Bobby Jones on medium irons<br />January 18th The Man in Possession<br />Two Crowded Hours<br />January 25th Honour Among lovers<br />Deadlock<br />February 1st The Phantom of Paris<br />The Mystery train<br />February 8th A Handful of Clouds<br />Expensive Women<br />February 15th Mereley Mary Ann<br />Shotgun Wedding<br />Bobby Jones on big irons<br />February 22nd Hindle wakes<br />Hell Bent For Frisco<br /><br />February 29th Michael and Mary<br />Mickey Mouse- Mickey Steps Out<br />Dickens London<br />Facing The Gallows<br />March 7th Mischief<br />Reckless Living<br />March 14th The Yellow Passport<br />The News Hound<br />March 21st Sunshine Susie<br /><br />March 28th The Unholy Garden<br />Mickey Mouse- Blue Rhythm<br />Monkey Business in Africa<br />On Dogs in General<br />April 4th The Blue Danube<br />Riders of The Purple Sage<br />Terriers and Terrors<br />April 11th Murder at Covent Garden<br />Sally of The Subway<br />Mickey Mouse- Fishing Around<br />Bobby Jones - The spoon<br />Breed for intelligence<br />April 18th The Champ<br />Cowslips<br />Bobby Jones- The brassie<br />Man's Best Friend<br />April 25th Top of The Bill<br />Secret Service<br />Bobby Jones - the driver<br />Mighty Warriors<br />May 2nd The Lullaby<br />The Sky Spider<br />Bobby Jones - trouble shots<br />The Glory of "dog-dom"<br />May 9th Silence<br />Her Dilemma<br />Bobby Jones- practice shots<br />May 16th Frankenstein<br />What Price Pants<br />Smart Set Up<br />Bobby Jones- a complete round of golf<br />May 23rd Around The World in 80 Minutes<br />The Deceiver<br />May 30th Daughters of The Dragon<br />Tabu<br />June 6th Business and Pleasure<br />Love Redeemed<br />Mickey Mouse- Barnyard Broadcast<br />June 13th Once a Lady<br />The Hours Between<br />June 20th The Passionate Plumber<br />Cheater's at Play<br />June 27th Rich Man's Folly<br />Taxi Troubles<br />Mickey Mouse- The Beach Party<br />July 4th The Frightened Lady<br />The Battle of Life<br />July 11th Determination<br />Forgotten Women<br />Impromptu<br />July 18th Emma<br /><br />July 25th Ladies of The Big House<br />Sooky<br />August 1st A Night Like This<br />Hotel Splendide<br />August 8th Delicious<br />Wide Open Spaces<br />Mickey Mouse- Mickey Cuts Up<br />August 15th Panama Flo<br />Water Gypsies<br />August 22nd Three Wise Girls<br />The Crooked Lady<br />August 29th Hell Divers<br />In Walked Charlie<br />Tropical Ceylon<br />Sept 5th Devils Lottery<br />Betrayal<br />Sept 12th Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde<br />Sea Legs<br />Keep Laughing<br />Sept 19th The Wet Parade<br /><br />Sep 26th Strangers in Love<br />The Wiser Sex<br />October 3rd The Faithful Heart<br />Dangerous Ground<br />Mickey Mouse- The Duck Hunt<br />October 10th The Miracle Man<br />Port of London<br />October 17th Thark<br />The Impressive Footman<br />October 24th Society Girl<br />Sinister Hands<br />Mickey Mouse- Grocery Boy<br />October 31st Jack's The Boy<br />Rule Em and Weep<br />Nov 7th The Lodger<br />Wireless Wedding<br />Nov 14th Sky Bride<br />Working Girls<br />Nov 21st Burnt Offerings<br />Deceit<br />Nov 28th Leap Year<br />Danger of The Artic<br />Dec 5th One Hour With You<br /><br />Dec12th Wedding Rehearsal<br />The Big Timer<br />Dec 19th Bring em Back Alive<br />Shop Angel<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br />Dec 27th Make Me a Star<br />Money Means NothingMr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771123223847875385.post-29222835598288787442009-02-03T11:56:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:10:00.973-08:001933January 2nd There Goes the Bride<br />Iceman's Ball<br />January 9th The First Year<br />Lights Out<br />January 16th The Old Dark House<br />The Man Called Back<br />January 23rd Tell Me Tonight<br />After Dark<br />Mickey Mouse - Barnyard Olympics<br />January 30th Devils and the Deep<br />The Wonderful Story<br />February 6th Birds of Paradise<br />Those We Love<br />February 13th The Midship Maid<br />Ladies Not Allowed<br />London to the Cape<br />February 20th Rome Express<br />The Bailiffs<br />February 27th Movie Crazy<br />The Giddy Age<br />Mickey Mouse- Mickey's Revue<br />March 6th Guilty as Charged<br />The Rink<br />Young Onions<br />March 13th Red Dust<br /><br />March 20th The Night of June 13th<br />No Living Witness<br />March 27th Tess of Storm Country<br />Guilty or Not Guilty<br />Mickey Mouse- Mickey in Arabia<br />The Grand National<br />April 3rd Marry Me<br />The World, The Flesh and The Devil<br />April 10th Strange Interval<br /><br />April 17th Trouble in Paradise<br />The Phantom Express<br />Mickey Mouse- Mickey's Nightmare<br />April 24th Prosperity<br />With Williamson Beneath The Sea<br />May 1st The Mummy<br />The Changing Year<br />Flowers and Trees<br />May 8th It's a King<br />The Crooked Circle<br />May 15th Just My Luck<br />A Symphony of The Sea<br />Mickey Mouse - Trader Mickey<br />May 22nd The Conquerors<br />The Unwritten Law<br />May 29th If I had a Million<br />Virtue<br />Bear and Bees<br />June 5th Hot Pepper<br />The Crusader<br />June 12th The Little Damozel<br />The Gambling Sex<br />Mickey Mouse- The Whoopee Party<br />June 19th Dangerously Yours<br />As The Devil Commands<br />June 26th The Reputations<br />The Death Kiss<br />Pleasure Island<br />July 3rd The Billion Dollar Scandal<br />Trailing The Killer<br />Four Mile Death Dive<br />Fascination of Fjordland<br />July 10th Tonight is Ours<br />The Iron Master<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br />July 17th Humanity<br />Our Fighting Navy<br />A Fool About Women<br />Doyle VS Petersen - The Fight<br />July 24th Pleasure Cruise<br />Smoke Lightning<br />July 31st Penguin Pool Mystery<br />Sailors Luck<br />August 7th No Man of Her Own<br />A Shriek in the Night<br />August 14th Zoo in Budapest<br />Money For Speed<br />August 21st The Good Companions<br />August 28th State Fair<br />Their First Mistake<br />Sept 4th Cavalcade<br />Sept 11th Falling For You<br />Sept 18th F.P.1<br />Mr Mugg<br />Babes in The Wood<br />Sept 25th Waltz Time<br />The Vampire Bat<br />Oct 2nd The Ghoul<br />Worthy Deceiver<br />Oct 9th From Hell to Heaven<br />The Sphinx<br />Crashing The Gate<br />Oct 16th Adorable<br />The Prince of Wales<br />Oct 23rd Murders in The Zoo<br />A Study in Scarlet<br />Oct 30th King of The Jungle<br />Best of Enemies<br />Nov 6th Britannia of Billingsgate<br />Sing Sinner Sing<br />Nov 13th The Only Girl<br />The Fire Raisers<br />Mickey Mouse- Building a Building<br />Nov 20th Rasputin, The Mad Monk<br />Towed in The Hole<br />Mickey Mouse- Klondike Kid<br />Nov 27th I Was a Spy<br /><br />Dec4th A Cuckoo in The Nest<br />The Devils in Love<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br />Dec 11th Prince of Arcadia<br />Don't Bet on Love<br />Dec 18th Disgraced<br />Doctor Bull<br />Mickey Mouse Cartoon<br />Dec 26th Paddy The Next Best Thing<br />Arizona to BroadwayMr Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06139292848753810639noreply@blogger.com0