Allen and her young children in her squalid, tiny camden town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. In the same film it was also made to look firedamaged and derelict. To kick us off, paul bradbury told us his thoughts on the amazing mr. If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills, or even better, some. Her novel, the amazing mr blunden, was runnerup for the carnegie medal. Apr 05, 2019 this documentary was produced by jay scott, an avid fan of the film the amazing mr blunden. The gateway also features in carry on screaming, carry on nurse, the amazing mr. Antony blair locates this as pinewood studios southern entrance on pinewood road in iver heath, buckinghamshire. X was a filmed tinged with tragedy from the outset, as its initial star carole landis committed suicide mere days before the production was ready for shooting. The youngsters discover the house is haunted by two children and try to. The amazing mr blunden 1972 the film is set in 1918, in which a war widow mrs.
The day the laughter stopped the only way directors. The clerk retorts that is a picture of the current mr blunden s great grandfather who died 100 years ago and doubted if they had seen even the current mr blunden who was bedridden and senile. X, also known as the spiritualist, is a 1948 american horror thriller film noir directed by bernard vorhaus with cinematography by john alton. The novel won the carnegie medal and was filmed in 1972 as the amazing mr blunden. Pinewood studios inaugurated in 1936 is a british film company that has spent over 70 years producing popular films and television shows. Mr claverton delightedly offers the post to mrs allen and soon the family is travelling by bus to langley park, buckinghamshire. Frederick blunden laurence naismith calls on the impoverished mrs. This seems to be a set built in the grounds of heatherden hall at pinewood studios in buckinghamshire. The amazing mr blunden some kids are in trouble 100 years ago. Mark and simon chat through all the films worth seeing on streaming services and. The amazing mr blunden a celebration of a british classic.
Mrs allen and her two children are invited to look after an abandoned house by a strange old. This was a film version of the popular childrens tv show. The amazing mr blunden, into the west, the secret of roan inish, tuck everlasting, the secret garden, tags. In the shadow of my father hindsight is 2020 a uniform used to mean something. Mark also recommends our weekly u certificate classic the amazing mr. It stars laurence naismith, lynne frederick, garry miller, rosalyn landor, marc granger, diana dors, madeline smith, and james villiers. Blunden by antonia barber 1969 short listed for the carnegie medal. While theres some variance in our kids shows, theyre obviously not for everyone given their age range, and the majority of shows we get over here are soap operas, shitty reality tv, and dull gangland drama.
It really encapsulates the film genre of the 1970s and the old way of telling ghost stories which seems to have been lost in modern films. Spike milligan, gert frobe, gene wilder, david niven, michael gough, david tomlinson, peter cushing, christopher lee, donald pleasence and robert helpmann were all considered for the role of mr. Adapted and directed by lionel jeffries, it was based on the novel the ghosts by antonia barber, and was seen as a followup to jeffries big success. During the 70s she had notable minor roles as the exwife of peter sellers in theres a girl in my soup 1970, a frustrated housewife in jerzy skolimowskis deep end 1970, and an excellent character role in the amazing mr. Theres a strange sense of symmetry evoked by watching lionel jeffries the amazing mr blunden in 20, some 40 years after this tale of time. Directors lionel jeffries cast includes laurence naismith, james villiers, diana dors, lynne frederick, garry miller.
This is more than an adorable film, it has amazing cinematic techniques used, it keeps the regular viewer glued to the screen with unanswered questions, and gives three perfect companions to follow along this 110minute voyage. The film tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. A widow dorothy alison and her two children are hired by the wraithlike blunden to aid him in his. Myself and my children have movie nights every saturday and finally i was fed up with all the new film so i sugested watching the amazing mr blunden.
The white horse pub, village lane, hedgerley, buckinghamshire, england, uk inn where the motorbus drops off passengers before resuming its journey to langley park. Clutterbuck shows the family the house where they are to live. Blunden 1972, the fantasyadventure directed by lionel jeffries the text would have been carried on an acetate overlay. While most of the movie was filmed in china, mostly in jiuzhaigou valley, the u. Blunden 1972 g 1h 39min family, mystery, fantasy 1974 usa a mysterious, very old solicitor mr. Little did i know that had she been dolled up, she could have given the muchyounger madeline smith, who plays her daughter in the film, a run for her money. The film was shot at pinewood studios in 1971 with location filming around the village and church at hedgerley. Apologies for awful picture quality this was taped offair in the late 1980s. The asphyx idiot manages to bump off practically entire family in his quest for ultimate life and quality photos. Its a wonderful story, the poor editing of the film is very sad. A widow and her two children are visited by a mysterious solicitor, who offers her a job as caretaker of a derelict mansion.
Blunden is a 1972 family mystery film involving ghosts directed by lionel jeffries, based on the novel the ghosts by antonia barber. It covers the characters, the storyline and what makes the film such a good watch. A fine adaptation of antonia barbers novel the ghosts, which begins with a quiet nostalgia. The film is prominently featured in altons book on cinematography painting with light 1949 the film stars turhan bey, lynn bari, cathy odonnell, and richard carlson. The fireravaged derelict stately home was in fact heatherden hall, on the estate of which the studios are. It began as a country club in buckinghamshire inside a building built like a victorian house before being. Theres always time for a nice song and dance as well.
Blunden is a 1972 family mystery film involving ghosts directed by lionel jeffries, based on the novel the ghosts by. Piotrowski, the composition provides an intriguing and somewhat ghostly. Allen dorothy alison and her three children, lucy lynne frederick, jamie garry miller and baby benjamin are reduced to living in a tiny, squalid, camden town flat. Alan bates, bernard lee, hayley mills, into the west, the amazing mr blunden, the secret garden, the secret of roan inish, tuck everlasting, whistle down the wind. In the op it said old british childrens films that used to be shown in the 80s. After pausing outside the derelict country house, mr.
An american werewolf in london you really scared us, you shit head and now the screaming starts eye eye, thats handy. Heatherden hall converted to production offices has appeared in several films. Murder 20 as an australian, i can attest to there not being nearly enough genre shows over here. Pinewood studios idea central fandom powered by wikia. I bring it up because between pages 1 and 8 is an enormous story filled with mystery, adventure, suspense and characters that are thoughtfully and thoroughly realized. In the 1972 family fantasy movie the amazing mr blunden, rosalyn landor played sara, one of the ghosts who haunt the hall where she and her brother died. The amazing mr blunden 1972, directed by lionel jeffries. Maciek piotrowski this is the final painted artwork for the quad poster for the amazing mr. The amazing mr blunden 1972 to a certain demographic type, mr blunden was the kind of film which had a profound effect on their childhood. Railway children is a lost treasure that needs to be seen by families and film aficionados alike. Allen dorothy alison and her three children, lucy lynne frederick, jamie garry miller and baby. Scenes from lionel jeffries 1972 family film the amazing mr blunden were filmed in the village and at the church the classic 1953 british film genevieve was shot on roads around pinewood studios and the couples stop for a hair of the dog at the old now demolished one pin pub with genevive seen driving down hedgerley hill as well as actors john gregson.
Blunden is a 1972 british family mystery film involving ghosts film directed by lionel jeffries, based on the novel the ghosts by antonia barber. The only film i had ever diana dors in as a child was the amazing mr blunden, so i always thought she was an old bag. Allen at her lodgings in camden town to offer the widow a job as the caretaker of. The adventures of the wombles, strange creatures who live on wimbledon common and pick up the litter left by the humans. Kate mosses top 10 ghost stories books the guardian. The mousehole cat was a finalist for the smarties prize, winner of the 1990 british book award and commended for the 1991 kate greenaway medal. Sandra greavess top 10 ghost stories childrens books. The ghosts is a novel written by antonia barber in 1969. Next week next week, as covid19 continues to affect things well be. Lawrence naismith is fantastically spooky as the timetravelling lawyer with a promise to keep, diana dors is completely unrecognisable as the hateful housekeeper but understandably it is the children who bring the energy to the story. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Dec 05, 2019 the amazing mr blunden remains a high watermark for fredericks profile as a young actor of some promise, as her work in this film and the bbcs historical drama series henry viii and his six wives saw frederick bag the best new coming actress award from the evening standard british film awards in 1973. Welcome to the beginnings of a fansite about the uks most famous movie studio pinewood. The title character is a ghost, doomed to roam his mansion until an ageold mystery is solved.
A lot of middleclass kids grew up with mr blunden and his ilk candleshoe, one of our dinosaurs is missing, anything else from the bumper book of 70s family films it seemed that every easter holiday not christmas, that would be too appropriate it. Opened in 1936, after a number of factfinding missions to hollywood, pinewood studios comprises a number of soundstages including the recently rebuilt 007 stage used for spectacular action sequences in hundreds of movies since the spy who loved me in 1964 as well as an extensive backlot, and a. Mar 18, 2015 there are really strong performances in the amazing mr blunden. It was filmed in 1972 as the amazing mr blunden with laurence naismith as mr blunden and diana dors as mrs wickens. Allen at her lodgings in camden town to offer the widow a job as the caretaker of langley park, a derelict mansion in the country.