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Post by dem bones on Aug 16, 2015 9:22:52 GMT
But anyway, Stephen Lewis: great comic actor and also under-rated as a writer - let's not forget he was the pen behind 'Sparrows Can't Sing', coming out of the work at Stratford East when Joan Littlewood was in charge and Stratford really was a sinkhole (despite 2012 and the claims made, it's still not great). The film of 'Sparrows...' has Mr Lewis playing a caretaker who was obviously Blakey's brother, and also has Queenie Watts in full voice, filmed at the pub she ran. Sparrows Can't Sing is wonderful, had no idea he wrote it! I forgot we had an On The Buses thread. Turns out there's two, the second devoted to horror-themed bus fiction
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Post by David A. Riley on Aug 16, 2015 10:49:48 GMT
But anyway, Stephen Lewis: great comic actor and also under-rated as a writer - let's not forget he was the pen behind 'Sparrows Can't Sing', coming out of the work at Stratford East when Joan Littlewood was in charge and Stratford really was a sinkhole (despite 2012 and the claims made, it's still not great). The film of 'Sparrows...' has Mr Lewis playing a caretaker who was obviously Blakey's brother, and also has Queenie Watts in full voice, filmed at the pub she ran. Sparrows Can't Sing is wonderful, had no idea he wrote it! I forgot we had an On The Buses thread. Turns out there's two, the second devoted to horror-themed bus fictionSparrows Can't Sing is one of my favourite 1960s movies. I have it on DVD and will make sure to watch it again in the next couple of days. I would never imagined that "Blakey" wrote it. Truly amazed.
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