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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 19, 2021 10:19:49 GMT
It would be worth quickly looking it up online (just search on 'Theatre Royal Stratford, Littlewood'), it's a longer and more interesting story than can be given here (politics, the East End, class, O What a Lovely War, the Kray twins, Barbara Windsor, what Littlewood said to Michael Caine etc) .... and Tod Slaughter. He was a popular draw there. In 1950 the BBC broadcast a performance of 'Spring-Heeled Jack, the Terror of Epping Forest' live from the Theatre Royal. According to Wiki: His company revived Victorian "blood-and-thunder" melodramas. They sound fun. Are his films like that? Are they worth tracking down? Tod Slaughter. That's a great name for that sort of entertainment isn't it, and amazingly it's his real name!
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Post by dem bones on May 19, 2021 13:11:51 GMT
His company revived Victorian "blood-and-thunder" melodramas. They sound fun. Are his films like that? Are they worth tracking down? Tod Slaughter. That's a great name for that sort of entertainment isn't it, and amazingly it's his real name! The films are very much in keeping with the stage plays, and most, far as I know are in the public domain and easy to find on-line. Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn is as good a place to start as any. If you enjoy that, it's a fairly safe bet you'll like the rest, as Slaughter and entourage give virtually the same performance every time. Later edit. The magnificent Mr. Slaughter in action and Spring-heeled Jack at the Theatre Royal, Stratford. Tod Slaughter in Curse of the Wraydons, 1946. The Stage, 19 Jan. 1950.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 19, 2021 18:16:48 GMT
His company revived Victorian "blood-and-thunder" melodramas. They sound fun. Are his films like that? Are they worth tracking down? Tod Slaughter. That's a great name for that sort of entertainment isn't it, and amazingly it's his real name! The films are very much in keeping with the stage plays, and most, far as I know are in the public domain and easy to find on-line. Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn is as good a place to start as any. If you enjoy that, it's a fairly safe bet you'll like the rest, as Slaughter and entourage give virtually the same performance every time. Later edit. The magnificent Mr. Slaughter in action and Spring-heeled Jack at the Theatre Royal, Stratford. Tod Slaughter in Curse of the Wraydons, 1946. The Stage, 19 Jan. 1950. That's brilliant! Every time I see it I will think of you.
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Post by dem bones on May 19, 2021 18:39:21 GMT
That's brilliant! Every time I see it I will think of you. Well there's no need to be like that, madam! If the review sounds like your kind of thing, then you really should try at least one of the films. The critic pretty much captures the spirit.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 19, 2021 18:43:11 GMT
That's brilliant! Every time I see it I will think of you. Well there's no need to be like that, madam! If the review sounds like your kind of thing, then you really should try at least one of the films. The critic pretty much captures the spirit. I'll try one soon. Anyway, how do you know that wasn't a complement from me? And that isn't my type of man?
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 19, 2021 18:44:03 GMT
Well there's no need to be like that, madam! If the review sounds like your kind of thing, then you really should try at least one of the films. The critic pretty much captures the spirit. I'll try one soon. Anyway, how do you know that wasn't a complement from me? And that isn't my type of man? It's not. Obviously.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 19, 2021 18:48:20 GMT
That's brilliant! Every time I see it I will think of you. Well there's no need to be like that, madam! If the review sounds like your kind of thing, then you really should try at least one of the films. The critic pretty much captures the spirit. He looks fun! I think I will enjoy them.
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Post by Dr Strange on May 19, 2021 18:57:28 GMT
I think this is the guy who gave me my first post-lockdown haircut the other day.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 19, 2021 18:59:21 GMT
I think this is the guy who gave me my first post-lockdown haircut the other day. Don't eat the pies!
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 19, 2021 19:38:24 GMT
That's brilliant! Every time I see it I will think of you. Well there's no need to be like that, madam! If the review sounds like your kind of thing, then you really should try at least one of the films. The critic pretty much captures the spirit. They seem to be the film versions of the old Penny Dreadfuls. I'd imagine the Victorian stage had a lot of these.
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Post by helrunar on May 19, 2021 20:24:20 GMT
Todd Slaughter. Such understated realism. Such faultless artistry. And above all... such ENTHUSIASM.
H.
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Post by dem bones on May 20, 2021 6:06:08 GMT
Two episodes from popular 70s sitcom Man about the House... Series 1 Episode 6 'Match of the Day' Robin is due to play in a football match but catches a cold from landlord Mr Roper. He is fed various cures by Chrissie and Jo, and makes the match, but gets a big surprise. Series 4 Episode 1 'Home and Away' Robin and Chrissie borrow Mr Roper's car to attend the Southampton vs Arsenal match, but it breaks down. Thanks for these, Rip. Not sure I've seen either - not sure I want to. Who are Robin & Chrissie supporting at the Soham-Arsenal match? Is the "big surprise" that their opponents are a ladies football team again (see the peerless On The Buses: The Football Match?) Oh joy, I've got a Man About The House paperback! Chris Barlas - Man About The House (Sphere, 1977) Blurb: Take two girls and one guy, put them under the same roof ā and you've got a recipe for laughs! When Robin Tripp moved in to share Jo and Chrissy's flat his arrival was something of a mixed blessing. True, he could cook, which was a help as the girls' culinary effort had produced such delicacies as one square inch of carbonised toast, or grilled oven-glove. But there were problems - such as explaining away the football boots under the bed when Chrissy's mother arrived unexpectedly, or convincing Robin's outraged girlfriends (and his envious mates!) that the relationship between the three was strictly platonic! Based on Thames TV's popular comedy series, Man About The House follows the hilarious adventures of Robin, Jo and Chrissy and their landlords, the Ropers - and proves that the business of living together is never as straightforward as most people think! Of more recent vintage. The Game that Died of Shame. Rachel's premeditated studs-up horror challenge on David somebody, Emmerdale, July 11 2013. Hope she's proud of herself. That reckless lunge could have ended the boy's career.
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Post by dem bones on May 20, 2021 6:29:42 GMT
They seem to be the film versions of the old Penny Dreadfuls. I'd imagine the Victorian stage had a lot of these. Very much the case, in particular those penny dreadfuls took inspiration from celebrated murders. Slaugher & friends toured a Jack the Ripper, but that's one never made the transition to film. Todd Slaughter. Such understated realism. Such faultless artistry. And above all... such ENTHUSIASM. H. Tod's farewell tour, The Stage, Thursday 19 August 1954 "There's no picking up a gentlemanly livelihood nowadays. Hang me if I haven't thought of turning respectable" - The Ticket Of Leave Man (1937) Tod, or someone uncannily like him, graces Roger Johnson's superb The Melodrama in Ghosts & Scholars #10.
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Post by pulphack on May 20, 2021 6:58:21 GMT
Two things of note... much of Tod's ouevre came from that penny dreadful tradition - The Ticket Of Leave Man features Hawkshaw the Detective, who was a staple of such fare (though he's reduced to a bit-part with Tod in charge). Slaughter was a colossus, and sadly we shall never see such again. There is still a space for such people, I would hope. Tod is God, as they might once have said, if we was a footballer...
Which clumsily brings me to Man About The House - it would be Robin who was a Southampton supporter as he came from there, and indeed it was possibly this episode (God knows I haven't seen it for forty years or more I think) where Chrissie met his brother, who she eventually married. He was played by Norman Eshley, who then went on to be Geoffrey Fourmile, neighbour and scourge of George And Mildred, who obviously didn't notice it was Robin's brother disguising himself with a pair of specs...
I need to get out more.
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Post by ripper on May 20, 2021 12:12:50 GMT
Two episodes from popular 70s sitcom Man about the House... Series 1 Episode 6 'Match of the Day' Robin is due to play in a football match but catches a cold from landlord Mr Roper. He is fed various cures by Chrissie and Jo, and makes the match, but gets a big surprise. Series 4 Episode 1 'Home and Away' Robin and Chrissie borrow Mr Roper's car to attend the Southampton vs Arsenal match, but it breaks down. Thanks for these, Rip. Not sure I've seen either - not sure I want to. Who are Robin & Chrissie supporting at the Soham-Arsenal match? Is the "big surprise" that their opponents are a ladies football team again (see the peerless On The Buses: The Football Match? Oh joy, I've got a Man About The House paperback! Chris Barlas - Man About The House (Sphere, 1977) Blurb: Take two girls and one guy, put them under the same roof ā and you've got a recipe for laughs! When Robin Tripp moved in to share Jo and Chrissy's flat his arrival was something of a mixed blessing. True, he could cook, which was a help as the girls' culinary effort had produced such delicacies as one square inch of carbonised toast, or grilled oven-glove. But there were problems - such as explaining away the football boots under the bed when Chrissy's mother arrived unexpectedly, or convincing Robin's outraged girlfriends (and his envious mates!) that the relationship between the three was strictly platonic! Based on Thames TV's popular comedy series, Man About The House follows the hilarious adventures of Robin, Jo and Chrissy and their landlords, the Ropers - and proves that the business of living together is never as straightforward as most people think! Of more recent vintage. The Game that Died of Shame. Rachel's premeditated studs-up horror challenge on David somebody, Emmerdale, July 11 2013. Hope she's proud of herself. That reckless lunge could have ended the boy's career. I think the surprise was that it was a rugby match, and I believe Robin was supporting Southampton, but not totally sure about that.
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