tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post6089488704093104459..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Forgotten Movies: BILLY LIARpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52341951511967469792013-11-08T14:50:28.040-05:002013-11-08T14:50:28.040-05:00Billy Liar is one of my favourite books, and the f...Billy Liar is one of my favourite books, and the film is very good too. I've never seen the musical, though the idea of a John Barry score is very, very tempting. And Barry, like Keith Waterhouse, was a Yorkshireman.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40745585763104481382013-11-05T17:29:15.678-05:002013-11-05T17:29:15.678-05:00This Sporting Life is one of the great "kitch...This Sporting Life is one of the great "kitchen sink" dramas popular in England from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. They featured the downscale lives of working-class Brits who were children during WWII and had come of age during "austerity Britain."<br /><br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20579123189871808702013-11-05T10:21:51.372-05:002013-11-05T10:21:51.372-05:00It does, Ron. They seem too campy or too deliberat...It does, Ron. They seem too campy or too deliberate or too fey or twee. They are the opposite of the film I saw in NY last week in many ways: THIS SPORTING LIFE.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22220883746377496602013-11-05T09:11:15.186-05:002013-11-05T09:11:15.186-05:00As an Anglophile back then who had spent the summe...As an Anglophile back then who had spent the summer of 1964 in Britain, I was fond of these movies, too. They were new-wavy and didn't try to emulate Hollywood. It takes more deliberate patience to watch them now.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68213612890571034612013-11-05T08:25:29.375-05:002013-11-05T08:25:29.375-05:00One correction: it wasn't Elaine Paige's f...One correction: it wasn't Elaine Paige's first role but one of her early roles. She'd been in HAIR several years earlier.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65512313896428035622013-11-05T08:23:03.695-05:002013-11-05T08:23:03.695-05:00Oh, I meant to say the show was called BILLY. Joh...Oh, I meant to say the show was called BILLY. John Barry wrote the music and Don Black the lyrics for the songs. Dick Clement & Ian Le Frenais (who did a lot of British television) wrote the script.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49739831796897337382013-11-05T07:49:44.143-05:002013-11-05T07:49:44.143-05:00Patti - This is a film I'm not familiar with a...Patti - This is a film I'm not familiar with at all. It sounds like a good view though; maybe I should try to find it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52425645430859906372013-11-05T07:44:11.829-05:002013-11-05T07:44:11.829-05:00I'll watch anything with Julie Christie in it....I'll watch anything with Julie Christie in it.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69918802443207924652013-11-05T07:21:49.349-05:002013-11-05T07:21:49.349-05:00Oh, that is interesting, Jeff. Oh, that is interesting, Jeff. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85589777268667338882013-11-05T07:20:33.259-05:002013-11-05T07:20:33.259-05:00One more thing: it became a big musical hit in the...One more thing: it became a big musical hit in the West End (we saw it in 1975) and changed the career of Michael Crawford from just an actor to a huge musical star. Apparently it was also the first appearance of Elaine Paige (in a small role) but all I remember is Crawford.<br /><br />Jeff M.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com