Making every sandwich in a book called 101 Sandwiches which oddly has 103 sandwich recipes in it. The plan is to make one most weeks, I will be drawing a random number each week and that will determine the sandwich.
Sandwich 61 Tomato sandwich. Very nice on a summers day, important to put salt and pepper on the tomatoes. 7.5/10.
Next up: Frittata sandwich......
Just got granted this. Carla Kovach is consistently excellent. Can't wait....
Went on a little 2 hour course on smartphone nature photography this morning. I needs loads of practice, but quite liked my pic of these two tiny berries.
**Sunday morning movie** A TV chat show host with marital issues goes away to a country retreat to recharge and gets implicated in a series of murders.
I believe this was Bob Hope's last movie, wha an absolute legend he was! He must have been around 70 years old when he filmed this and looked amazing.
It is difficult to mix genres. Here, the mystery was very lame and the comedy diluted. Luckily, Hope had enough skill and comedy timing to still raise some smiles.
Hope often gave a sort of audio commentary of what was happening, which I don't believe belongs in a movie and the fashion, decor and soundtrack were classic 70's including the screen swiping up to change scenes.
A strong cast including Eve Marie Saint as his wife, the lovely Ann Archer as the brilliantly named Crazy Hollister, Ralph Bellamy and possible unnecessary cut-ins by the likes of Bing Crosby, John Wayne and others.
It's not a great piece of cinema, but put that behind you and just enjoy the nonsense and I ended up quite enjoying it. I particularly enjoyed the Macgiver type moment as a bow and arrow were made out of a branch, a bra and a crows nest.
RIP Bob Hope and thanks for all the laughs.
William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor & Fernando Lomas.
Powell is a criminal lawyer, Lomas is one of his clients and Taylor is Powell's daughter. Taylor is courting another man until she falls in love with Lomas about two seconds after meeting him.
Lomas is a hoodlum who runs an illegal gambling racket. Powell defends him in a court cased initially tolerates his relationship with his daughter, but as it gets more serious he tries to throw a spanner in the works knowing that Lomas is 'bad news'. It all comes to a dramatic conclusion.
Coming in at a very short 70 minutes, this surprisingly took a while to get going for me. William Powell is effortlessly classy and is at ease throughout, nails his character and purrs along like a classic car. Elizabeth Taylor. although not my favourite actress, does well and despite being a bit naive, does a good job. Fernando Lomas I found to be a bit stiff and there was no chemistry between himself and Taylor at all, there was more chemistry between Taylor and Powell as daughter/father.
Interesting seeing Powell trying to protect his daughter and using his lawyer skills in his reasoning with her.
Nice little character roles by James whoitmore as Victor's (Lomas) number two and by Bill Walker as the butler.
The movie springs into life in the last 10 to 15 minutes and has a satisfactory conclusion.
Discussion thoughts
*William Powell - Where does he sit in the Hollywood greats list.
*What are your memories/thoughts on this movie
* What creates a chemistry between two characters on screen
* Elizabeth Taylor - Was she the Woman who had everything?
An inch or two higher above the left floodlight and it would have been perfect.
**Sunday Morning Movie** - Bartleby 1970.
What an unusual movie. A young man passes an interview (Don't know how) for an accounts clerk position, settles in and then when asked to do anything, replies "I'd prefer not to if you don't mind". The. boss of the company clearly doesn't know how to deal with this young man and awkwardness prevails. Set in the time when depression and autism were not recognised, this is a real thought-provoking piece. All we know of the young man I that he used to work in the dead letter office, John McEnery is brilliant and utterly convincing.
I left the movie wishing I'd known more of the back story, the fact that we don't is possibly the point.
**Sunday Morning Movie** - Bartleby 1970.
What an unusual movie. A young man passes an interview (Don't know how) for an accounts clerk position, settles in and then when asked to do anything, replies "I'd prefer not to if you don't mind". The. boss of the company clearly doesn't know how to deal with this young man and awkwardness prevails. Set in the time when depression and autism were not recognised, this is a real thought-provoking piece. All we know of the young man I that he used to work in the dead letter office, John McEnery is brilliant and utterly convincing.
I left the movie wishing I'd known more of the back story, the fact that we don't is possibly the point.
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Ravenglass & Eskdale line, Lake District.
As Christmas in July comes to an end, create your fantasy CIJ movie.
Lead Actress, lead actor, two supporting actors, movie title and plot.....
**Sunday Morning Movie** Three prisoners on the run end up with a playwright and his wife in their Welsh cottage. Too dark for too long, it's a plot seen many times before but does hold your interest.
James Donald plays it all on one level, no emotion seen at all. Valerie Hobson is feisty and more believable. Howard Keel is miscarriage in my opinion and just whips a gun out continually if anybody questions him. Some of the dialogue was unintentionally comical, such as the loud noise of a car pulling up and Keel saying "Does that sound like a car to you"?
Two kids ending up at the cottage added to the plot and there was a degree of dated tension.
Michael Horden delivers a brief, late cameo.
Certainly worth a watch.